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This photograph was taken at a time when Solva's harbour was reaching the end of its time as a working harbour - the quay with its array of small boats looks somewhat run down.

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

Sails are being raised on the clinker-built boat as she prepares to get under way and enter the Menai Strait.

The lantern in the after part of the fishing boat was by this time a legal requirement, as well, of course, as providing light for the men to work by during night hours.

The many entertainments include a fairground, boating lake and aviaries. This view shows the boat station by the 1936 hump-backed bridge. Nowadays there is also an elevated monorail.

The dray on the left is delivering to the Pleasure Boat Inn, which is hidden by trees on the left of the picture.

The steam tug in the foreground was very handy to manoeuvre, and is an example of working boats which have done sterling service throughout the world.

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

It was founded in 1885, with the first clubroom at Alfred Burgoine's boathouse here at Hampton Wick, where club members moored their boats.

In this beautifully composed picture, a cluster of fishing boats are at rest in

The building on the left is the Stop House, where boats would stop to pay their tolls as they moved from one canal company canal to another.

For those who could not join the Belfast Boat Club, with its tennis court and long tea-room, there was still the canal to be discovered at Stranmillis.

The entrance to the pier for the Dunoon boats is to the right.

This is a popular spot on the Yare to start and finish a Broads holiday, or merely to top up with fuel for both body and boat; Note the signs for Lyons cakes and Walls ice cream (left), which in their

At about 2315hrs on 6 February 1917, whilst carrying troops between Southampton and Havre, she rammed a German U-boat.

The Boat House Inn ferry offered a more sedate way of crossing the Severn than by the nearby Kingsland Bridge.

Rowing boats are drawn up, and mothers and children are enjoying a paddle in the sea.

This view shows Hollingworth on a glorious summer's day, with both the paddle boats and the ice cream vans doing brisk trade.

A few sailing fishing boats remain in the harbour at this date, while two fishermen display part of their catch on the quay.

Boating, strolling or simply relaxing, it's all here.

Skinningrove has long been popular with fishermen and in this delightful view we see a group of fishing boats and the jetty.

This inn used to provide sustenance for the boat builders, seamen and lime burners, but it soon became an important attraction for the holidaymakers.

As the sun goes down, the only activity at sea comes from fishing boats and one or two yachtsmen.

The launching of the boats causes a good deal of interest in this excellent view, which is full of human interest.