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Skegness's most famous fairground ride was the Figure Eight, which was regarded as a worthy rival to Coney Island!

To give the patients the benefit of the healthy sea breezes, a convalescent home for women and girls, with a wing for mothers and infants, was built in Nether Avenue in 1902.

Despite the lofty heights surrounding Ilfracombe, the town centre is low- lying and prone to flooding.

Myrtles and hydrangeas bloom lustily in the open air in this delightful spot. The beach is famous for its prettily-marked pebbles.

The jetty was constructed by the Skinningrove Iron Company in 1886 to enable the products from their works to be exported.

Surrounded by some of the oldest trees in Penarth, children on the bridge gaze toward the camera. In 1884 gas lamps were installed along the route to the beach.

A few horse carriages and carts, a bicycle and one distant motor car are the only vehicles in the street during the last year of the Great War.

On the left side of Ceylon House is the post office and to the right the grocer's and provision's shop, both run by William Lowrey. Today both businesses are in the right half of the building.

The acres and acres of superb sand are what make these Lincolnshire coastal resorts such a pleasure; I remember donkey rides here, and indeed my daughters have also ridden the Skegness donkeys in the past

We are on the south-east coast at Cawsand Bay; the twin villages perched above the beach, where fishing boats are drawn up. The fields and woods of the Mount Edgcumbe estate reach down to the water.

Margate is today a bustling seaside resort on the Isle of Thanet, with many miles of sandy beaches, and typical seaside attractions.

Known as the village of millionaires at the turn of the century (because no less than six lived in the village), Overstrand maintained its exclusivity for many years.

Though the photographers' stalls were harmless enough, the beach by this date had acquired a reputation for cheap and tacky sideshows, gambling, brawling and drunkenness.

The village is at the north end of a magnificent two-mile long sandy beach. Until the 1800s this stretch of coast was remote, its splendours familiar only to Ilfracombe fishermen.

Let's go home before the storm! The Lincolnshire coast is well known for its sandy beaches, and Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea are outstanding, as this photograph shows.

The well-dressed ladies and children on the beach are most likely to be seasonal visitors to Tenby.

There is never a shortage of children to enjoy the sandy delights of Dymchurch beach. This fashionable holiday destination was home at this time to the Great War artist Paul Nash.

Modern dormer windows tell us that 'home improvements' are on their way for these small Welsh cottages, and this lady offers morning tea and coffee in hers to visitors on their way to the beaches nearby

Frith may have been guilty of a little artistic licence in describing these women as 'cave dwellers' - there are indeed plenty of caves on the beach here, but all are sea-washed at high tide with even

The journey to Studland Bay was probably the favourite excursion for tourists from Swanage, who could either get there by walking along the cliff tops or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the

This striking view across the bay was taken from the grounds of The Kymin. The house is one of the very few left that are 'pre Esplanade', itself occupying the site of an earlier farm.

With the council's eventual acquisition of the pier in 1924 their financial commitment to it and to the development of the Esplanade would be huge, and spread over decades of work.

Families are leaving the beach and strolling to the roadway, which is a short distance from the village centre.

The Great Western Railway found Newquay a small and almost inaccessible Cornish fishing village, and have transformed it into quite a fashionable seaside resort.