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This row of diminutive, white cottages provided accommodation for the Coastguards maintaining a watch along this busy stretch of the Kent coastline with its treacherous offshore sandbanks.

Those taking to the sea do so in rowing boats. The popularity of these inexpensive vessels for hire probably reached their zenith at the turn of the century.

It also reminds us of how much can change, since the row of houses shown here have all gone, to be replaced by some bungalows.

The terraced houses and cobbled street of Long Row at Belper is one of the many legacies left by Jedediah Strutt who, with Richard Arkwright, brought industry to the town in the late 18th century.

These buildings were built on the wastes in front of the original Chigwell Row in c1880.

A prosperous row of shops indicate the popularity of this desirable suburb so near to the capital.

This row of fishermen's cottages took their name from the High Light, the lighthouse we can see in the background. The dioptric light was lit by oil until 1938, when it was electrified.

A River and Rowing Museum opened in the town in 1998.

A number of buildings had to be demolished to make space for the memorial close to Parliament Row - here, it has been suggested, parliament met in the 1500s during outbreaks of plague in London.

This shows a quiet day at Barry beach, with the only sign of life a rowing boat with its landing ramp.

first glance the church's most striking feature appears to be the contrasting steep and shallow pitched roofs; but a closer look identifies the ancient stone column of an Ibric cross (furthest in second row

Many old favourites on the row include Waterworths the greengrocers and Dewhursts the butchers.

Still recognisable today, this view shows on the right the well-known arcade of shops which started life as an island block between Back Row and the present Market Place; note the rabbits hanging outside

At the far end a bank in Wren/Queen Anne style completes the row. Across the road beyond is a good Art Nouveau/Gothic church of 1912.

A group of children stand by a 19th-century cottage now called White Gates.

This view from the end of the stone pier shows the four-storey Custom House surrounded by rowing boats, which were used by both local fishermen and holidaymakers.

With the colliery came rows of miners' housing, such as those in Stephenson Street, Bessemer Street, Rennie Street, Davy Street, and Newton Street.

Observing this remarkably packed mass of presumably happy humanity are the occupants of a private steam launch and people in rowing boats.

This view was taken from near the Bedford Rowing Club clubhouse just before the buildings on the right were demolished for Swan House in 1960.

The A134 runs in front of the rows of cottages.

railway arrived in 1864, many more visitors came; a variety of activities was arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the bay in the rowing

Here we see the By Brook flowing placidly past the rows of exquisite cottages, with their steep stone-slated roofs and dormers. A man sits on the bank with his granddaughter enjoying the tranquillity.

railway arrived in 1864, many more visitors came; a variety of activities was arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the bay in the rowing

The splendid Westminster Bank building on the corner of Mercers Row, distinguished by its striking dome, is now a branch of Nationwide; the tall, narrow building to the right of it is a jeweller and diamond