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Enterprising locals discovered that wave action separated coal from stone, so there was no need to buy coal when it could be picked for free from the beach; some even turned it into a business.

The playground, which can be seen just beyond the raised promenade on the left, was constructed in Beach House grounds and opened in 1951 as Peter Pan's Playground.

The lifeboat 'Louisa Heartwell' is seen on the beach, with the faint outline of the church tower of St Peter and St Paul in the background. At 160 feet, it was the tallest church tower in Norfolk.

The name of the town does not refer to any beach, but comes from the Old English word 'beck', meaning 'stream'. Clayhithe was the harbour of Waterbeach; the word 'hythe' means 'landing-place'.

Beach offerings range from Punch and Judy (centre foreground) through to multiple opportunities for buying ices, Weymouth rock, teas and other refreshments. Bathing cubicles and salons are seawards.

The line of new hotels along the cliff-top, including the white stuccoed Albion Hotel, and the crowded beach, are a clear indication of the resort's appeal to holidaymakers.

The boat lying on the beach in the fore ground, in Hugh Town harbour, is vaguely reminiscent of an ex-ships' lifeboat, and shows the rugged clinker-built construction of this type of craft.

westwards from the foothills of Ridge Cliff to Seatown hamlet (centre left) and Mill House and Mill Lane (lower right), which was concrete-covered in the Second World War to enable the large-scale removal of beach

The hull was shaped to allow the boat to ride through the breakers to the shore; the crew then used the oars protruding from orruck holes to carry the boat up the beach.

The teashop on the left (supplying trays for the beach) was one of the many refreshment places in this historic little town - a favourite haunt of Charles Dickens.

At the time of this photograph, a character known as Blind Martin accompanied by his faithful dog used to move around the streets and beach trundling a harmonium on wheels.

The fishermen relax on the cliff top, whilst their boats are drawn up on the beach.

Behind the crammed Edwardian beach, with boats launched into the millpond of a sea, most of the buildings of Grand Parade survive today, the notable exception being the small gabled house, now replaced

Its quaint, colour-washed cottages complement the easy access to the beach. It is hard to imagine that the harbour was mainly used for the export of anthracite and coal.

This picture of the front shows a cargo vessel and numerous small fishing boats beached opposite the church.

This picture of the front shows a cargo vessel and numerous small fishing boats beached opposite the church.

Sand yachts were large four-wheeled vehicles mounting a yacht rig and capable of tearing up and down the beach at high speed.

fishermen whose boats are lined up on the foreshore, grew up around the declivity where the local stream, the Wynreford, after passing through Chideock, finally reaches the sea on this shingle beach

The rowing boats and solitary figure standing on the isolated shingle beach offer a rare glimpse of what is now part of the Army`s prohibited Lulworth Range.

Sand yachts were large four-wheeled vehicles mounting a yacht rig and capable of tearing up and down the beach at high speed.

Its name means 'mouth of the water', and with its two beaches, natural harbour and 13th-century castle, it has long been popular with visitors.

It must have been very different from this scene of holidaymakers on the beach.

Then building began in earnest as visitors flocked to enjoy its safe, sandy beach and bracing cliff-top walks.

Hence Rhyl has become noted for the number of children that visit it, and these little ones find an inexhaustible fund of pleasure on its beach.