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Sail boats and bathing machines dominate the beach area between the North Pier and the South Jetty. In the distance we get some idea of the development of this end of the town.

Notice that there are some boats moored, obviously available for hire.

The railway tracks and trucks can be seen above the harbour wall, behind the boats.

With so many canals recently restored for leisure purposes, this is a scene that is still very familiar to fishermen, walkers and boat people all over the country.

The mill has now lost its sails, but not its inverted boat-style cap.

On the far bank is one of the stages for excursion steamers, and a station for the hire of rowing boats.

A late 19th-century advertisment for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties or anglers

It was built originally as a landing stage for local boats and ships.

There is a trading boat on the beach, either discharging coal or loading slate.

The mill has now lost its sails, but not its inverted boat-style cap.

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station. One of these is a yacht, the other a river trip launch.

An idyllic scene: flowers in the foreground, the lake and the boat house against a setting of trees and shrubs — but the chimney of Bank Hall Colliery is a reminder that we are in Burnley.

Note the signs on the right to the Petrifying Wells, to the boats on the River Derwent, and to The Royal Museum, no longer there.

This is the same yachtsman as in photograph No 61998, clearly there to add an extra dynamic to the photographs (note that he is looking underneath the boom, and the boat is actually moored).

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station. One of these is a yacht, the other a river trip launch.

Moored fishing boats enhance the idyllic scene. There is still a popular hotel on the headland today.

Below Wroxham, the River Bure flows between several broads that form wonderful boating lakes.

Gnosall also had two canal-side pubs, the Boat Inn by Bridge No 34, and the Navigation Inn by Bridge No 35.

Even in 1900 tourists were flocking to such picturesque places as this on foot, in boats, and on bicycles. Larger crowds now throng the estuary on hot summer days.

Pleasure boats are in evidence, and holidaymakers are clearly enjoying a day in the Victorian sunshine.

Wroxham is at the western gateway to the Broads, and profited greatly from the late 19th-century boom in 'messing about in boats'.

Cars pass by today where boats were once pulled up on the beach.

Hawsers 'thick as a man's thigh' check the impetus of boats entering on the tide.

A busy scene of Bangor, showing the piers and sailing boats. In addition to the pedestrians, the main traffic is typical Irish jaunting cars and wagons. A solitary lady can be seen on her bike.