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During the 18th century, Blisworth was the venue for loading and unloading boats from London, the Midlands and the North.

The shallow-bottomed boat on the right is used for transporting the reeds, and finished thatch can be seen on the roof of the cottage and outhouses.

The boat is typical of many used on Windermere, for the purposes of both traditional char fishing and hire to visitors.

To the left, on the pier, there is a large telescope with which the flurry of little boats could be viewed.

To the front of the view is the lifeboat house and boat park. The lifeboat was once crewed by women when the men of the crew were caught in a squall.

It is dawn and stevedores, carpenters, coopers and ropemakers are arriving by boat to begin the day’s toil.

Here, we are on the tow path along the west bank, looking north towards Christchurch Meadow; it is the end of May, and the annual Eights Week, when the college boats race each other, is in full swing.

There are boat rollers by the Isleworth bank on the right, and Richmond Lock is on the left. This and the stylish pedestrian bridge date from 1892-4.

The beach itself is dotted with numerous fishing boats.

Beyond the bandstand are Alfred Everson, boat builder at the Phoenix works, and the Deben Rowing Club. Ahead are the Station House, the theatre, shipyards, and cranes on the dock.

Along this stretch of the river, the tan-sailed barges carrying cargoes of paper and timber, and the 'stumpies', or narrow boats, used to convey bricks from the kilns down river, were once a familiar

A sign in the river warns of hidden dangers for swimmers and small boats, but ashore there were plenty of safe ways to enjoy a summer's day on this pleasant, green, riverside corridor

With smartly-dressed attendants very much in evidence we may be viewing an early morning scene as the boats are lined up and ready but there are few paying customers.

Many of the Morecambe Bay boats had names suggesting that they were bigger vessels, such as the 'Queen Mary' in the foreground -but she predated the Cunarder.

Seaton's fishing industry declined soon after this photograph was taken; notice the fishing boats drawn up on the beach. It is now a much larger town, and a popular resort.

They specialised in marine engines, boat repairs, trolley making and welding.

This boating lake opened in 1930.

A boy in the boat to the right, engrossed in his task, remains unaware of events happening around him.

Boats could enter the castle this way – there was a small quay to the rear of the tower.

The wide-hulled, shallow-draught boat was ideal for transporting goods up from Yarmouth. Only one original wherry remains, though replicas are now in use.

Here the characters in Jerome K Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat' lunched, accompanied by their dog. The lunch was, apparently, 'much to Montmorency's satisfaction'.

Here, we are on the tow path along the west bank, looking north towards Christchurch Meadow; it is the end of May, and the annual Eights Week, when the college boats race each other, is in full swing.

Those taking to the sea do so in rowing boats. The popularity of these inexpensive vessels for hire probably reached their zenith at the turn of the century.

Along this stretch of the river, the tan-sailed barges carrying cargoes of paper and timber, and the 'stumpies', or narrow boats, used to convey bricks from the kilns down river, were once a familiar