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Boating in those far-off days was an altogether quieter pastime than it is today with thousands of mechanically driven craft around.

A conglomeration of craft are passing through the lock on a warm summer's day, with not a motor boat in sight.

A Thames barge, fitted with a leeboard to assist in sailing such light draught craft, casts shortened shadows across the water.

The Suffolk boat builder took out 56 patents on the design and the first experimental hover- craft crossed the English Channel in

The grounds behind the hall became a public park, with a small museum exhibiting fine art and crafts, mainly from Ancient Egypt.

Prominent lighthouses mark this harbour entrance, whilst an incoming tide ripples the surrounding water, causing the fishing craft ride to surge gently.

Note the single high-peaked mainsail: its considerable height allowed the craft to collect every last puff of wind blowing across the tree-fringed banks.

Prominent lighthouses mark this harbour entrance, whilst an incoming tide ripples the surrounding water, causing the fishing craft ride to surge gently.

He was never seen again, but the remains of the craft were found on a mountain in Spain.

The tall building on the left has an Arts and Crafts-style gable and windows.

Shugborough Hall, Lord Lichfield's house, is behind the trees to the left; the small building on the towing path is now a craft shop.

These could have become entangled with discarded wire, which was probably broken under strain from a visiting craft.

A brisk south-westerly wind snatches sails and flags, rippling the surface of the sea and causing both the sail- and power-driven craft to pitch and roll easily.

It takes but a little imagination to people the parkland with yeoman and gentry; ladies in muslins 'enduring' the heat of a summer's day and children floating rudimentary craft on the water while dipping

These robust characters earn their living all year round on dark-sailed wherries, which are dingier than the white-hulled craft we see here, including the large broads holiday cruiser.

Fowey is crowded with all manner of craft, from rowing boats to private steam yachts.

Or will they be transferring to a bigger craft moored further out?

There are still boats but these are now holiday craft from all over the country.

The hook, centre foreground, and mooring blocks suggest that a small craft is often tied here, and the bathing huts, right, are well kept and brightly painted.

Today it is mainly used by pleasure craft, although there are plans for some small commercial use.

Since 1924, Froxfield has been home to the Edward Barnsley workshop; it makes superb furniture, and has its roots in the Arts and Crafts movement.

In Dawber's Lane the craft of wattle and daub for cruck-built cottages was carried on, but Runshaw Lane has few signs of antiquity today.

Craft navigating between Worcester and Stourport are allowed maximum dimensions of 90ft length, beam 19ft and headroom 20ft.

The main port lay north of this point, since a medieval three- arched stone bridge blocked the further passage of tall craft upstream along the River Parrett; even in the early 20th century,