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Only a glance at this wonderful photograph gives an idea of the phenomenal popularity of rowing a hundred years ago.

The jetty is for the use of passengers waiting for a pleasure trip on the rowing boats.

The small huts are where you hired your boat from for a by-the-hour row round the bay.

Simultaneously, they keep an eye upon the rowing boats, who are making the most of calm conditions to leave the security of this harbour.

In this view of Marske beach, with the distinctive cliffs of Huntcliffe in the distance, there appears to be some form of camp being held on the sands with a row of distinctive wigwam-like

This panoramic view is very evocative of two major factors in the city's history: the rolling hills which surround it, and the rows of terraced worker's cottages, which testify to the city's once significant

Later, the rowing boats were to have competition from pedal craft. Standing out in front of the trees is the new war memorial.

The long terrace of cottages is known locally as The Row; it once housed local workers, but it is now holiday homes.

One row of houses further on is the line of the old Roman wall, whilst just off-camera to the right are the ruins of the Norman St Botolph's Priory, the first in the country founded by the Augustinian

A row of mainly Georgian houses gives a gracious air to the village.

On the edge of Reading, a rowing boat hangs on as the lock keeper drains the lock to allow it entry. To the left, a fisherman tries his luck in the turbulent water.

A close-up of rowing and fishing boats, drawn up on the shore at low tide. The Martello tower is again visible in the distance.

The railway line continues past the houses and the stone bridge of East Row, whilst the flow from the beck makes a tempting paddling pool.

This is reputed by East Grinsteaders to be one of the longest continuous rows of medieval timber-framed buildings in the country.

The tugs greatly improved the ship-handling capabilities of the City Docks, and were far more efficient than the old rowed towboats.

Nearby are rows of pretty cottages and ancient, timber-framed buildings with walls of wattle and daub.

A row of drifters settled on the South Beach. The sheer volume of boats of all shapes and sizes is staggering. Again, the east coast herring fishing boats are prominent.

St Peter Street had several rows of cottages, some in great dilapidation, occupied by river workers such as ferrymen, bargees and wharfingers.

Here a little Victorian girl poses among the rowing boats laid up on the beach at Arnside.

A delivery van waits outside a sturdy row of 18th-century cottages in the Swaledale village of Keld.

She has drawn her row boat up on the sand alongside the ivy-encrusted boathouse. All around is a scene of utter rural peace.

A row of cottages with weather-boarding and a thatched roof faces the parish church.

Another view of Low Row, showing the Post Office and the Methodist Chapel on the right.

This fine row of early 17th-century weavers' cottages is now owned by the National Trust.