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Away from the broad, along the staithe, the moored boats can bob gently in the calmer water. In the background is the Pleasure Boat Inn, popular with visitors to the Broads.

This turn of the century view shows the broad and spacious high street. In the centre is the former town hall, later a masonic hall, which dates from 1775.

The yacht is passing by the north side of the Broad, with 1930s bungalows along the frontage. The yacht is typical of those developed since the 1930s for use on the Broads.

Much of this prosperous market town north of the Broads was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600. Its pleasing Georgian facades spread around the market place.

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600. Its pleasing Georgian facades spread round the market place.

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600. Its pleasing Georgian facades spread round the market place.

By 1965 most of the boats on the Broads were motorised. The lifebelt on the left of the picture is a reminder that each year the Broads claim lives.

The yacht is passing by the north side of the Broad, with 1930s bungalows along the frontage. The yacht is typical of those developed since the 1930s for use on the Broads.

Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.

Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.

The Broads The 'Silver Swallow'

On the River Bure, Coltishall is a picturesque place and an important centre for building the famous Norfolk wherry.

Holidays on the Broads were already big business when this photograph of cruisers was taken of the moorings near Acle.

Trees shade the broad square. The street is a pleasing mix of Victorian shops and modern infill.

Here we see the broad sweep of the sandy bay to the west of the harbour area on a quiet day.

Typical sailing cruisers glide majestically along the River Thurne, passing one of the essential wind pumps which drain the fields throughout the Broads area.

The classic Broads marshland scene with an open-trestle windpump. The low-lying marshes of the Broads were drained by windpumps until the 1940s, when electric pumps took over.

A sailing barge makes its way along the Orwell, with lush wooded hillsides coming down to meet the broad tidal mudflats at the water's edge.

Woodland surrounds many of the broads in the upper stretches of the Bure, providing shelter and seclusion for these early cabin cruisers. The thick reed beds obscure the exact edge of the land.

On a clear day, Eastbourne may be seen to the west across Pevensey Bay from Hastings Pier and the sea front. To the east are clear views to the broad peninsula of Dungeness.

North of Leyburn is the manorial village of Bellerby. Here the stream runs through the broad green in the centre. Around it are farm cottages, and in the middle distance stands the Old Hall.

Note the broad width of the street where the market used to be held, and the pleasing variety of architecture and raised pavements.

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station. One of these is a yacht, the other a river trip launch.

It is the word used for all mooring places on the Broads, whether along the river or up an inlet.