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This photograph was taken from the Pleasure Boat Inn. The staithe had become much busier in the 20 years after the war.

The landlords of the Bridgend Inn, the rear of which is on the left, were George and Betty Dobson, and the busy boat hire business operating from the hut further down the towpath was owned by a Mr Price

These were local boats built with a strong hull so they could sit on the mud at low tide, even with a full cargo on board.

However, enlargement of this photograph shows that the boat pictured here is carrying coal.

The landlords of the Bridgend Inn, the rear of which is on the left, were George and Betty Dobson, and the busy boat hire business operating from the hut further down the towpath was owned by a Mr

There is a slight current running as a larger sailing vessel, in the middle right-hand side, closes with a smaller rowing boat amidships.

The building to the right has been smartened up since 1955, and now advertises itself as Foxton Boat Services, providing boat trips and hire. Today it has doubled in size.

The boats at Delph were 50ft long, 6ft 4in wide, 7ft beam and drew 2ft 10in when laden.

Launched in 1900, she was at that time the biggest boat ever to sail on the lake.

A hoy was a broad sailing boat used to transport farming produce. The word 'Helmet' was added to the name in 1922, this being the hard on which the boats were drawn up.

The south bank was a popular location for hiring rowing boats, and the Bedford Rowing Club, founded in 1886, have their boat and club house to the left of the photographer.

In the foreground is a market where trippers could buy fresh fish off the local boats. On the right is the lifeboat station.

In the foreground is a market where trippers could buy fresh fish off the local boats. On the right is the lifeboat station.

This bridge is a railway bridge, and is now part of the west coast main line.Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.

The Anderton Boat Lift at Northwich was built in 1875, providing a link between the Weaver Navigation and the Trent & Mersey Canal.

Ashley no longer lets 'Boats by the Week, Month or Season', nor are they 'Housed and Varnished'. This view is from The Swan pub, still in existence.

Some houseboats, with their sheltered upper deck viewing galleries, and occasionally equipped with grand pianos, had up to twelve beds below decks, and even separate kitchen and servants' boats tied

The river banks are still just as popular today, as is 'messing around in boats'. This boomed from the late 19th century onwards, as increased leisure time reached the lower middle classes.

By the late 19th century the mackerel boat had developed into a two-masted fully decked craft up to 50ft in length.

All is bustle as the boats are got ready for the day's activity. In the foreground a man rows his dinghy, and on the bank another prepares to board his boat, assisted by another man steadying it.

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere. This narrow and historic hump-backed bridge crosses the Leven below Windermere.

During the mackerel season, Newlyn bustled with freelance boatmen who earned their living ferrying the catch in clinker- built rowing boats known as bummers' gigs from fishing boats anchored offshore

It is regrettable that in our increasingly litigious 21st century, where a stubbed toe or a sprained ankle can cost boat hire firms dear in compensation, simple boating pleasures may be slowly

Good supplies of local oak supported Rye's thriving boat and barge building industry, and as the patches on the hull of the sloop indicate, facilitated repair work.