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The boats operating from Eype Mouth in the mid 20th century belonged to Charles and William Warren.

A fishing boat is returning to port from Lyme Bay at high tide, manoeuvering along the ship channel between its double piers into the basin (top right).

The town's nautical connections are clearly seen is this early 20th-century view of the creek, crowded with sailing barges and boats.

Just near the boating lake is the old bandstand, now with only its base - the upper structure fell into disrepair and was removed.

Here we see the marriage of bathing machines and fishing boats under the imposing gaze of the Grand Hotel.

The old road follows the line of the ridge and the beach was once occasionally used to load coal onto boats at high tide from the nearby Trefân Cliff Colliery.

The exception is the young boy perched somewhat precariously upon the small boat; he appears to be wearing sea boots and a fishing smock.

A row of small fishing boats is drawn up on the beach; they were used to gather shrimps and lobsters.

The lake is very popular for boating, and its environs now attract barnacle geese flying up the Ribble estuary.

The mooring is free, the meals at the hotel are good, and there is a ferry and a railway by which you can travel to Norwich, Lowestoft and Yarmouth quicker than by boat; no wonder Cantley is popular with

The man in the rowing boat appears to be getting ready to pull the yacht off.

In the summer months it is thronged with pleasure boats, and all is bustle and noise.

In the melee, the nearest boat to the camera appears to be flying the Stars and Stripes of the USA, which might not be a common sight on England's premier river in those days.

Excellent cakes were on sale from a nearby bakery and painted ladies in their bustles and boats would drape the verandah (where the garage is now).

This peaceful scene shows schoolboys boating near the mill.

The quay is in the foreground, with fishermen sitting around and tending their boats.

Today, as in the 13th century, a rowing boat provides the service for a modest fee.

The road through the Hough towards Wilmslow snakes into the murky distance, while in the foreground are the swing boats in the field of the cottage, a favourite venue for Sunday school outings

Bridge Street leads straight ahead, concealing the ancient Buddle Bridge, which lies beneath the cars between the Pilot Boat Hotel (left) and Rock Point Hotel (right).

In January 1644 Edward Massey, the Parliamentarian garrison commander at Gloucester, launched a lightning raid upon Chepstow by boat; his troops captured a supply ship laden with stores for the Royalists

The service was revived with a rowing boat after the Second World War.

Beyond the lock gates the Thames will carry the boats down to Laleham and Chertsey.

Beyond the boat sheds is the Nag's Head on the Thames, as the pub is now named.

Commercial traffic on the Thames virtually ceased a hundred years ago, and today pleasure boating is everything.