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Sailing barges and leisure craft rub hulls in this typical riverside scene, and the more recent development of the marina amply demonstrates that there is still nothing - absolutely nothing

Other steamers were also used as pleasure craft.

Overlooking the river Bure stands a large, thatched house in the Arts and Crafts style, typical of many built between the wars. Well-tended gardens lead down to a private mooring and boat houses.

The river appears devoid of traffic; this contrasts with this busy reach today, which throughout the summer buzzes with motor cruisers and holiday craft.

St Ives fishermen favoured flat-bottomed craft that remained upright at low water in the harbour surf.

Inside, there are pleasant Arts and Crafts features, including some late Morris and Co windows.

The days of sail were really over, and the boats were either converted or replaced with new craft. In the background the Wharf wall has been built all along the harbour from the West Pier.

The boat in the foreground looks distinctly like a pleasure-craft, though, to judge by that slatted seat. The church is St Mary's, which doubled as a seamark for the mariners.

Shipbuilding was also carried on here, the yard specialising in fishing vessels, tugboats and inland waterways craft. Because of the width of the river, vessels were launched sideways.

There were ten locks at the end of the Bridgewater Canal linking it with the docks below; figures for 1883 show that in that year alone 60,300 craft passed up and down.

On the right is the 1894 School of Industrial Art, built in Arts and Crafts style, with an inscription by William Tooke.

Poole is still an important port, though more now the haunt of leisure craft than merchant shipping.

By the time this photograph was taken, though, only pleasure craft plied these waters. In the distance, across the water meadows, the spire-topped tower of St Lawrence's church beckons.

In the mud are various beached craft. Today, Bangor is home to the Royal Ulster Yacht Club's annual regatta.

An excursion craft passes the weir close to Lincomb Lock, now the most northern on the river.

During the latter half of the 20th century the mill was restored and opened to visitors as a craft centre and art gallery.

Broadway is a tempting village for tourists, full of antique and craft shops.

The North Sea tides could prove fatal for small craft, and more than once the Cromer lifeboat was forced out into bad weather to rescue whelkers.

For many years ancient forest crafts were practised, including the making of charcoal from green sticks, which were burned slowly under controlled conditions in great heaps.Two are shown here ready

These pleasure craft are packed to the gunwhales with dignitaries celebrating the great event.

The harbour was at that time still the preserve of local fishermen, but today the area is monopolised by pleasure craft and luxury yachts.

In front are two Norfolk wherries: the black sail that can be seen on the further boat is a characteristic of these broad-beamed, shallow-bottomed craft.

A craft heads southwards towards Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal.

It is still a busy water passage, with a great many pleasure craft passing through each day.