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As well as portable gangways, boat-carts were also used to get trippers to and from the sailing boats.

All the familiar seaside fun is here: happy holiday-makers digging in the sand, deckchairs and bathing machines fill this evocative picture of Edwardian Broadstairs.The steps and the lift house are

The quality of Brydon's work is well brought out in this view; I have heard visitors commenting on the remarkable survival of so much Roman work!

More accurately, this is the rear of Church Street; modern detached houses have been developed in the allotment-style gardens.

Some consider the Talbot Inn to be the best, in architectural terms, in the whole of the country, and even the finest in England.

Pronounced 'clibbery', Cleobury Mortimer is famous for the crooked spire of its church.

A quiet day in the Market Place when it reverts to its more usual function of bus station and car park.

The jetty has played an important part in English history, as it was from here that Admiral Nelson set out to join his fleet and fight many of his most famous battles.

This photograph shows the holiday season in full swing. The bathing huts will soon be winched down to the shallows so that modest ladies can paddle discreetly.

Their poster proclaims 'on with the show', and they have attracted a large crowd, some watching from the ledge in front of the band­stand.

Beyond the overdressed Victorian beachgoers are a number of stalls selling ice creams and other refreshments.

At the turn of the century, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.

Exmouth's long sea front and sandy beaches made sea-bathing a popular recreation from the town's earliest days as a resort. Tourists came for the bracing air and social activities.

The only attractions on offer here are boat trips and donkey rides; to the far right, on the water's edge, are a number of wheeled bathing machines.

In this later image, suits and towels hired by male bath- ers hang out to dry. The top of the sea wall provides additional seating and a pagoda shelter adorns the prom- enade.

A Backyard 1903 The everyday drudgery of turn of the century life, before modern household appliances eased the burden, is displayed in this portrait of three elderly ladies in this Hitchin backyard

The attractive entrance to the town is seen here; we are looking north from Bath. The parish church of St Mary stands boldly on its mound.

Covering some eight acres, this is believed to be the largest chalk pit in Hampshire.

The clock tower dates from 1875, by which time Newnham had long ceased to be the most important Gloucestershire town on the west bank of the river.

One early visitor to the new resort was Mr Tregonwell, who bathed in the sea and walked the dunes of Mudeford.

High above the East Cliff promenade are the turrets and flags of The Royal Bath Hotel, one of the town's leading resorts at this time.

By the 1950s the first high rise hotels had appeared; also, Bournemouth's old trams had given way to trolley-buses, hence the overhead lines.

Felixstowe was a genteel seaside resort built around a wide shingle bay which offered excellent, safe bathing.

Nailsworth may not be the most attractive town in the Cotswolds, but the student of industrial archaeology will find it a fascinating place to visit.