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At this time Port St Mary was still being described as a 'pleasant little fishing port and seaside resort'. The local fishing fleet was, however, in decline.

An old guidebook stressed the benefits to health of a holiday in Weymouth: 'Weymouth is much more open than the majority of seaside resorts, and is almost surrounded by salt water.

This is the seaside end of the road through the village.

The esplanade with its wide pavements proved an excellent place for exercise and recreation - goat carts (like the one on the left) were a common amusement at seaside resorts.

Piers were constructed and seaside attractions of all kinds soon sprang up. Clustering with other booths and stalls under the pier is Wright's 'Noted Tea Saloon'.

Its miles of long sandy beaches, gently sloping sands, and safe bathing offer all that is needed for a perfect seaside holiday.

The Great Western Railway found Newquay a small and almost inaccessible Cornish fishing village, and have transformed it into quite a fashionable seaside resort.

Seaside and Coastal Sussex: From Bosham to Rye

Milford developed into a seaside resort in the 19th century, and there are many Victorian and Edwardian houses and bungalows. In 1960 a new 3-bedroom bungalow with a garage and two WCs cost £4,700.

However, it was also one of the earliest seaside resorts in the country. When the first train arrived here in July 1845, it brought with it huge numbers of day-trippers.

Beyond the third house is a sign bearing the word 'Teas' - an indication that this is a seaside spot.

In 1830 a retired builder from Everton, James Atherton, bought 170 acres of sandhills on the northern tip of the Wirral, with the aim of creating a new seaside resort to rival Brighton.

Notice the almost formal clothing of the seaside visitors – the women all wearing dresses or skirts, children in smart footwear and ankle socks, and the men clad in jackets, pullovers and ties!

A number of the gentlemen are elegantly dressed with boaters to finish off their seaside apparel.

The Strand was named in 1924, extended in 1930, and throughout the 1950s and 1960s, summer found the foreshore as crowded as any seaside beach.

The Fylde area has long-been popular with holiday-makers, for it is well-sited for day-trips to the Lake District as well as the sea-side resorts of the Blackpool coast.

The whole of the building has now gone, to be replaced with a modern structure that dispenses all the familiar fast-food items of seaside resorts.

Here, in Walton High Street, only the occasional pony and trap disturbs the peace, although neighbouring Felixstowe was enjoying popularity as a seaside resort.

Small changing tents were a feature of English seaside holiday towns until well after the last war.

The Bugle Hotel c1955 Although Yarmouth never really devel- oped as a traditional seaside resort, there are stretches of sand available for bath- ing.

This seaside village is steeped in history. Nearby is Culver Hole, a man-made cave in which the local prince is said to have taken refuge from marauding English troops.

This is a great place for a seaside holiday, with golden sand serviced by the growing resort of Newquay, with hotels and boarding houses built literally to the cliff edge.

Exmouth enjoyed live theatre quite early on, as seaside resorts go.

The dock did not succeed until well after his death, but the railway meantime stimulated the development of Felixstowe as a seaside resort.