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The girl carrying a baby (left) and the children playing in the boats are noticeably not visitors.

Below, from Hope Corner to the stream that trickles beside the rowing boat, the beach was also donated to the Trust by playwright Robert Cedric Sherriff in 1966.

In 1811 the local boat builder at Salcombe completed the ketch 'Ceres' for Capt William Lewis of Bude for trading with north Spanish ports, though for much of 1813 and 1814 she was employed carrying

Here, a solitary oarsman on the river and a short line of boats drawn up but not in use indicate a less busy time, perhaps early autumn; the pleasant walk alongside the river could be enjoyed

The Isle of Man boats could be boarded from here, there were ships to Scotland and Ireland, and trains left for all parts of the country. Mr T Oldham in his top hat and tails was the stationmaster.

Small fish rejected by Icelanders were brought to Teignmouth in Pike Ward`s boat Elise. In 1900, 100 tons were brought in for local consumption.

A large power-driven coaster lies at the jetty served by the corn store, and the letters PW on the port bow of the moored craft are the registration letters assigned to fishing boats in this

Top Locks was named thus because if its location at the top of a large set of locks which opened in about 1780; they brought boats from the River Mersey and Liverpool up to the Bridgewater Canal.

This was once a popular suburb for wealthy fishing boat owners from Hull.

By the 1890s the leisure boathouses and boat builders had taken over, interspersed with inns and hotels catering for the visitors who flocked to the river in and out of the Regatta season.

At least boating is still legal! (see left).

It was also from the Empress that the Cape Line mail boats for South America and the West Indies departed.

excursion to experience the coastal splendour first hand would have been a common activity for those interested in the natural world, and various modes of transport would have been employed to get there: boat

Passengers on a Douglas boat take in the sights, sounds and smells of Belfast Harbour.

It is the site of the first lock on the Thames, which has been rebuilt in masonry, with a subsidiary lock for the passage of pleasure boats.

It is an unusual and different sensation to be sitting and eating in the upstairs of the restaurant and see a boat go underneath.

She wanted it here on the banks of the Irwell because Thomas had saved her life here when her father's boat, the 'Emma', capsized on its launch. Many people were drowned in the tragedy.

The canal bridges are scored and worn by the ropes of the horses that used to pull the narrow boats.

(Marion Hill) The Pennyland Boat Basin.

If he happened to be on leave in wartime, Peter took the nurses across by rowing boat or by shire horse and cart, together with a churn of fresh milk!

Papermaking supplies grew scarce due to U-boat blockade and pulp was rationed. With food shortages the inhabitants of Hemel Hempstead had a struggle to survive.

It is an unusual and different sensation to be sitting and eating in the upstairs of the restaurant and see a boat go underneath.

With the boats and quays in the background, this open-air swimming pool has a definite industrial maritime feel to it, but that did not prevent it from being very popular.

The Swan is well known to boating people, and especially anglers. Among its many frequenters none was fonder of this riverside resort than Thomas Hook, who penned 'The Song of the Shirt'.