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The group of people on the left appear to be on a well prepared outing and are having a picnic. The small huts are where you hired your boat from for a by-the-hour row round the bay.

Coverack men were infamous for smuggling, and early coastguards reported that '7,000 ankers of brandy' had been covertly run ashore in the bay in the previous twelve month period.

From the Bay Horse there was a coach to Selby; from the Elephant & Castle there was one to Thirsk, Leeds, York and Harrogate.

This tranquil view shows promenaders on the parade. The picture was taken from the pier, which was built in 1873 to replace the earlier and more ambitious pier designed by Telford.

This tranquil view shows promenaders on the parade. The picture was taken from the pier, which was built in 1873 to replace the earlier and more ambitious pier designed by Telford.

The fine bay windows of this house have been filled in with concrete and adorned with graffiti, while other windows have been boarded up.

Tom Moore lived at Sloperton Cottage, Westbrook for nearly 34 years whilst under the patronage of the Earl of Shelburne.

Looking through the gate, the Crown Hotel, now no longer in existence, can be seen on the left of the High Street.The dormer windows on the right sit uneasily with the older overhanging bay window

Templand is the farm to the upper right in this view, which was taken from Wart Barrow. Lane End is the crossroads in the centre of the picture.

Passing through the gatehouse passage into the courtyard, we are faced with the hall entrance and the magnificent bay windows.

Choppy water washes between the piers of Brisport Harbour; the cranes of Costain and other contractors working on the extension of the basin are to the left.

One of the most pleasant walks over the white cliffs is from Kingsdown past the golf course and up to the Dover Patrol Monument, then on to St Margaret's Bay.

On the skyline is the Carlyon Bay Hotel which, when completed in 1930, was one of the fashionable spots to stay, with guests that included Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson.

Hodges Garage (in the distance, behind the bus entering Market Square) has since been demolished, and the Castle Hotel (by the street lamp on the right) has also closed.

South-westwards from the North Wall (left), across the harbour basin just about as empty as it would be today, are the Cobb Warehouses (centre) and Granny's Teeth steps, to the left

The buildings on the left were soon to be demolished. The shop by the lamp standard, 22 High Street, was that of Walter Small, 'floral specialist and fruiterer'.

Almost swallowed up by the caravan sites to the east that merge Mablethorpe with Sutton on Sea, Trusthorpe clings to some independence.

Almost swallowed up by the caravan sites to the east that merge Mablethorpe with Sutton on Sea, Trusthorpe clings to some independence.

There is never a shortage of children to enjoy the sandy delights of Dymchurch beach. This fashionable holiday destination was home at this time to the Great War artist Paul Nash.

Safe bathing brought thousands of early visitors to Shanklin, as we can see from the profusion of bathing huts and tents. Many of the boats in the foreground would have been for hire.

The west front is at the end of a very long fourteen-bay nave.

A vast caravanopolis now covers the cliff tops above Sandy Bay, once a smuggling cove and now Littleham's bathing beach.

Hove, a small fishing village west of Brighton, developed slowly from the mid 19th century onwards. As at Brighton, large areas of working class housing arose away from the sea front.

These houses overlook Porthminster Beach and have views of St Ives Bay that are as superb today as they were when this photograph was taken.