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This prettily-posed group stand in the harbour, where a spritsail barge and her boat are moored on the right. On the left, colliers are unloaded.

It soon replaced the car ferries and luggage boats. The tower of the Municipal Buildings on Dale Street dominates the sky-line to the left.

The two octagons of the tower can be seen for miles around, and were used as a beacon by those travelling by boat through Willingham Mere.

At the northern end of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, an unusual pleasure boat conversion heads towards Wolverhampton. The narrow section is a solid aqueduct over the River Trent.

Swings and slides and a roundabout were installed for youngsters at a cost of £59. The cenotaph war memorial, left, and the boating pond are still here for the residents of the town.

The biggest excitement hereabouts in recent times was when the rector's son Donald Ridler set out along the road with his home-made boat 'Erik the Red', in which he sailed alone to America to prove the

Despite their cumbersome looks, Humber keel boats—see the example in the foreground—carried up to fifty tonnes of cargo, were extremely manoeuvrable, could sail close to the wind, and could

This small esplanade at East Beach leads from the pier and passes the gangway where the fishermen launch and land their boats. This area is illuminated by beautiful, ornate lamp posts.

Henry III ordered the Keeper of Windsor Forest to deliver to Andrew, Sergeant of Caversham, one good oak to make a boat for ferrying poor people over the water of Caversham.

As well as the small local fishing boats pictured here, it was also a popular destination for the Victorian paddle steamers from nearby Weymouth, which had specially strengthened bows to enable the

Wealthy mill owners and industrialists found it handy to leave their boats in the shelter of the dock or the canal basin, and leisure became more and more a source of income for Glasson Dock.

The crews of the fishing boats prepare to hoist sail once they have cleared Hartlepool.

Goods were taken by boat and barge from Chepstow up the Wye as far as Hereford. However, it was not all work here—annual regattas were also held on the river.

In the summer months it is thronged with pleasure boats, and all is bustle and noise. Here village policemen are directing the summer traffic.

We can see a steam launch and the cabin of a pleasure boat builder on the left of the bridge.

The Royal Military Canal was constructed in the early 19th century; its purpose was to transport military personnel along the most vulnerable stretch of Kent's coast in the event of a French

The collection of moored open boats lying inside the jetty, and a few other small craft, make a strong contrast with the crowded waters inside an obviously busy harbour in the previous

Second left is the Pilot Boat Inn, where the publican's dog, Lassie, licked back to life one of the sailors from the battleship HMS 'Formidable' on 1 January 1915.

The man in the boat alongside the slipway holds her steady, making it easier for his lady passenger to disembark. F r a n c i s F r i t h ' s P i c t u r e s q u e H a r b o u r s

In his comic novel 'Three Men in a Boat', Jerome K Jerome vividly describes such a scene as this.

An empty pair of boats (the one in front is the 'Clio') head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal. It is unusual that the butty has no steerer, although the tiller is in place.

The experiment was performed using three boats with masts of equal height moored along the length of the river.

A bracing north-easterly catches flags and furls the lugsails of three packed boats entering harbour.

Cassiobury Park trees, just beyond the keeper's cottage, the barge horse and his female driver enjoy a brief rest while waiting for the Iron Bridge lock to fill so that the gaily painted butty boats