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Here the young boys explore the boat, whilst a lady appears only too aware of the photographer.

Boats travelling down the Thames estuary from London were met by stagecoaches here, and their passengers were transported onward by road to Dover.

The pier at Clevedon was opened in 1869, its light and graceful construction looking far too delicate to survive the storms that periodically wreak havoc along the coast.

Pleasure boats are anchored in the shallows, and the large hulk of the old 'museum' ship, the 'Eliza', is higher up on the beach.

Sheltered by the nearby island of Cumbrae, Largs is a popular place for messing about in boats. It was also a good centre for steamer excursions.

It is a popular centre for yachting and for boating trips in the Firth and to the Kyles of Bute. Here we see the esplanade with the pebble beach in evidence.

Both boats are flying the standard of Robinsons Boatyard.

Seahouses managed to hang on to its smaller sailing fishing boats until the 1920s, when motor-driven drifters began to be used.

Jerome K Jerome describes a classic journey in his 'Thee Men in a Boat'.

The two men pose in the wooden flush-built boat, 'White Heather'.

The family in the boat are enjoying sailing on a light breeze, and the boy on the bank is fishing, probably for tench, although eel catching is more popular.

The tea gardens prospered after the Second World War and became a popular and convenient stopping-off place for boat trips along the Thames to and from Oxford and elsewhere.

From here children could play safely, and the fishermen could prepare their nets and their boats.

The fishermen relax on the cliff top, whilst their boats are drawn up on the beach.

The Homepride Flour Mills can be seen in this photograph, and the vessel on the left is a cargo boat, registered in Karachi, and probably delivering grain from Asia.

Behind the crammed Edwardian beach, with boats launched into the millpond of a sea, most of the buildings of Grand Parade survive today, the notable exception being the small gabled house, now replaced

The painting even features himself lounging in a boat near the bridge. He lived his last few years upstream in Marlow and is buried in its parish churchyard by the river.

On the far side of the Severn, a boathouse and rowing boats indicate a swing to tourist trade.

This shot looks northwards to Marine Parade (centre) and beached boats at Cobb Gate.

The Jolly Gardeners pub (near right) was closed in 1955, and has been used since by the Heath family, the boat builders. Barclays Bank on the left was built in 1908.

Jerome K Jerome describes a classic journey in his 'Thee Men in a Boat'.

These boats were used by the ancient Britons, and are still made in the traditional way: canvas is stretched on a framework of interwoven rods and rendered waterproof with pitch or tar.

Another older pub, the Fishing Boat, dates from 1840. There is no pier here, but East Runton attracts people who prefer quieter beaches and country scenery.

Dropping pots from open clinker-built boats in pitch darkness and foul weather meant the whelkers could often find themselves stranded for hours on end on the wrong side of the bar waiting for the tide