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Today it is popular for watersports, but formerly it was an important sea port. The coastal trade was very important to Aberdyfi during the 19th century; earlier, smuggling had been rife.

Bowls was one of the most popular seaside holiday pastimes and every resort had at least one bowling green, supplemented by lawn tennis courts in some cases, and of course by the more lighthearted

It is still a wonderful asset for the town and immensely popular.

Later it was used by the US Air Force up to 1958, and then after closure was rescued in 1983 and transformed into the popular Yorkshire Air Museum.

Goathland, also on the popular North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which carries 200,000 passengers each year, has become a haven of tea and souvenir shops.

Today it is popular for watersports, but formerly it was an important sea port. The coastal trade was very important to Aberdyfi during the 19th century; earlier, smuggling had been rife.

The Crown Hotel (extreme left) is a popular spot for locals and visitors. The market place is surrounded by well-kept 18th-century buildings, but parking is a problem.

On the opposite side of the road, Hillary's Popular Stores was a draper's and outfitter's, and also sold footwear, postcards, newspapers and toys.

The afternoon tea dances held here were very popular, and visitors could dance in the flower-filled pavilion below its clusters of hanging baskets.

There is much activity just above the waterline: fishing was once a popular pastime on the river.

Petty Sessions were held in the Swan Hotel, and the public house on the right has been a popular watering-hole since the early 1800s.

It is one of three attractive inns, which must add to the popularity of the village. The weather is not so harsh here, as the area is protected by Longridge Fell.

Much of the remainder is roofless, but restored and consolidated; the Country Park was opened in 1969, and very popular it is too, with a café and shops in the nearby stable block.

Always Norfolk's biggest and most popular holiday resort, Great Yarmouth always tried to find the latest attraction.

It is still a very popular venue, with yachts and dinghies sailing across its enclosed waters and the brightly coloured sails of wind-surfers zipping across its surface.

A few years before the time of this photograph its yard had been filled with derelict cars, and it was a popular scavenging ground for spare parts.

During the 1920s two-seater light cars made in the sports form were becoming popular.

The docks grew further, with more dry docks, and today Castle Drive is a popular place to view the shipping.

Not only were the passengers treated to some wonderful natural scenery, there were also enclosures for both polar bears and sea lions. Lhen Coan translates as 'lovely Glen'.

A reconverted omnibus, very similar to the one shown here (right), still goes the rounds of the town as a popular attraction for visitors.

Nearly four hundred feet above sea level, this principal inland resort of Kent owes its popularity to the accidental discovery of a chalybeate spring by Dudley, Lord North in 1606, which led to the fashion

The enormous popularity of messing about on the River Thames during the Victorian era is demonstrated in this scene of the crowded lock at Molesey, just upstream from Hampton Court; it had been linked

The years have treated the buildings kindly, and a major refurbishment at the turn of the century ensures their continuing popularity.

South of Farnham, on the greensand heathland, there are two famous and immensely popular lakes, Frensham Great Pond and Frensham Little Pond.