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The hook, centre foreground, and mooring blocks suggest that a small craft is often tied here, and the bathing huts, right, are well kept and brightly painted.

In Dawber's Lane the craft of wattle and daub for cruck-built cottages was carried on, but Runshaw Lane has few signs of antiquity today.

There are still boats but these are now holiday craft from all over the country. In 1882 there were 823 canal boats registered in Runcorn.

Today it is mainly used by pleasure craft, although there are plans for some small commercial use.

Since 1924, Froxfield has been home to the Edward Barnsley workshop; it makes superb furniture, and has its roots in the Arts and Crafts movement.

Sleek craft such as these, or the sailing dinghy behind, have all but disappeared from today's municipal boating lakes, where pedalos and electric motorboats are now more the fashion.

Trying to land a 300lb, 8-foot fish from these small craft would seem a hazardous task, but it was once done in 1896 on the River Towy, overturning two coracles and breaking three nets in the process.

He was a well known Liverpool architect, responsible for building Sunlight Village on the other side of the county in the Arts and Crafts style, although the Morris and Co windows in the

The building on the bridge (dated 1910) was a grocery shop in the 1960s; it is now a craft-shop, with Olly`s Unisex Hair Salon upstairs.

We are looking back towards the Parade and Marine Terrace from the Harbour Pier, with fishing boats and pleasure craft afloat on the rippling water.

Beyond the greenhouse is Briarwood, one of a number of rather good sub-Arts and Crafts houses dotted around Sandilands.

A typical stone quay protects the inner mole to provide safe anchorage for a variety of small craft; for a number of years previously, it had allowed the berthing of large ocean-going ships

The main stem of the jetty continues to serve craft belonging to the Outward Bound Sea School. Tenby

By the mid 1930s, pleasure craft had achieved greater importance.

Note the single high-peaked mainsail, the considerable height allowing the craft to collect every last puff of wind that passed over the thick canopy of trees fringing the banks.

The orderly mooring of boats assists any single one to slip her lines and negotiate the harbour entrance without causing disturbance or damage to neighbouring craft.

Today the village is mainly the province of pleasure craft, who clog the quays in the months of summer.

Shipbuilding was also carried on here, the yard specialising in fishing vessels, tugboats and inland waterways craft. Because of the width of the river, vessels were launched sideways.

Its design incorporates an odd mixture of styles ranging from Tudor to Gothic, and these were augmented with the further building of science and arts and craft blocks in 1967.

Today the village is mainly the province of pleasure craft, who clog the quays in the months of summer.

By now the advent of steam was apparent even in small craft.

In contrast to its earlier days, when the Deben was a highway of commerce, the river is now used by yachts and pleasure craft.

Prominent lighthouses mark this harbour entrance, whilst an incoming tide ripples the surrounding water, causing the fishing craft ride to surge gently.

He was never seen again, but the remains of the craft were found on a mountain in Spain. The boats operating from Eype Mouth in the mid 20th century belonged to Charles and William Warren.