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Boats could enter the castle this way – there was a small quay to the rear of the tower.

A boy in the boat to the right, engrossed in his task, remains unaware of events happening around him.

The beach itself is dotted with numerous fishing boats.

There are boat rollers by the Isleworth bank on the right, and Richmond Lock is on the left.

Along this stretch of the river, the tan-sailed barges carrying cargoes of paper and timber, and the 'stumpies', or narrow boats, used to convey bricks from the kilns down river, were once a familiar

Seaton's fishing industry declined soon after this photograph was taken; notice the fishing boats drawn up on the beach.

A sign in the river warns of hidden dangers for swimmers and small boats, but ashore there were plenty of safe ways to enjoy a summer's day on this pleasant, green, riverside corridor

With smartly-dressed attendants very much in evidence we may be viewing an early morning scene as the boats are lined up and ready but there are few paying customers.

Many of the Morecambe Bay boats had names suggesting that they were bigger vessels, such as the 'Queen Mary' in the foreground -but she predated the Cunarder.

Beyond the bandstand are Alfred Everson, boat builder at the Phoenix works, and the Deben Rowing Club.

They specialised in marine engines, boat repairs, trolley making and welding.

This boating lake opened in 1930.

The boat under construction here is one of the famed Brixham trawlers.

Here we see a Humber keel boat on the river.

Here we see workers arriving by boat at one of the ship-building yards that once dotted the eastern banks; these included the great Millwall Yards, which launched among others Brunel's 'Great Eastern'

The white building to the right is original, built in the 1780s, whilst the land to the left has been excavated to make more room for boats.

Whether it be Blackpool, Dunoon, Port Bannatyne, Port Erin or any of a hundred other resorts in the 1890s, holidaymakers had developed a passion for messing about in boats, mainly of the rowing variety

in this view has changed since 1890: the mid 19th-century lock-keeper's cottage was rebuilt by the Thames Conservancy in 1931 and the area to the left has been built up with industrial buildings and boat

A motorised narrow boat tows its butty along behind – on the open canal, the 'snubber' or towing rope was normally 60 feet long.

, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome commends the inn in 'Three Men in a Boat

, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome commends the inn in 'Three Men in a Boat

A wonderful picture which shows Norfolk reeds in all stages of their growth and use: growing in the water, gathered into boats, and bundled and piled up to await transport further afield.

A short distance downstream from Fell Foot, a young boy watches for fish in the shallow, reed-grown water by the shore, apparently in charge of a large rowing boat.

In this later picture, the 'Teal', a comparatively modern large boat, launched in 1936, approaches the steamer pier at Bowness.