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The Hoy & Helmet, on the left, was originally built in the 15th century, with later extensions. A hoy was a broad sailing boat used to transport farming produce.

They came originally in the famous Margate 'hoys', and later by steam packet.

During the reign of Elizabeth I this little port also maintained about twenty small sailing boats, locally called 'hoys', which carried passengers along the coast and on the Thames.

During the reign of Elizabeth I this little port also maintained about twenty small sailing boats, locally called 'hoys', which carried passengers along the coast and on the Thames.

(Stephen G Hoye) The new Roman Catholic church is a very interesting building. ITV broadcast one of their morning services from here.

(Stephen G Hoye) This shows the layout of Enfield town in 1572.

(Stephen G Hoye) This shows the layout of Enfield town in 1572.

Although the bathing boys are the subject of this photograph, of particular interest is the steam coaster alongside the new pier in the background, where construction work still appears to be going on.

Boys stand in their boats and paddle near the rapids, while others fish around on the bank without a concern in the world, as boys have probably done here for centuries.

In 1907, Robert Baden Powell held a camp for boys on the island, which laid the foundations for the Boy Scout movement.

A young boy looks out around the fence of the George Hotel, his attention drawn not by the other boys fishing nearby but by the photographer.

A small collection of boys (extreme right) dressed exact- ly as one would expect of the era are doing what little boys have always done alongside rivers: enjoying themselves and getting filthy!

In 1907, Robert Baden Powell held a camp for boys on the island, which laid the foundations for the Boy Scout movement.

At this time boys were often in their teens before they got a pair of long trousers. Jeans were unheard of, and the design of children's clothes had hardly changed for thirty years.

In 1907, Robert Baden Powell held a camp for boys on the island, which laid the foundations for the Boy Scout movement, which he initiated not long afterwards.

Sporting their red uniforms, the bootblack boys were a familiar sight on the streets of London. The Ragged Schools, Saffron Hill, set up the first society, and nine others followed.

The boys in the boat demonstrate that youngsters and the sea can rarely be separated. Whilst one sculls from the stern, the youngster in the bows keeps a keen look out.

In 1881 the Peel herring fleet consisted of 309 boats employing 2163 men and boys; the annual catch was worth around £11,000.

Notice the boys playing cricket in the foreground - old boys still come to play a game each year. Now an International College, St Michael's was formerly a choir school.

Located at the corner of Stockerston Road and South Backway, West Bank was built in 1866 by Howard Candler, 'a small, energetic mathematician', who always refused to have more than six boys boarding.

The straw-hatted boy peers round the fence of the George Hotel from its riverside garden; another boy fishes.

From the rear of the Black Boy are fine views towards North Marston, the hill dropping sharply into the valley.

The fashions of the day are interesting; both boys and girls wear blouses similar to those worn by sailors of the Royal Navy.

At this time boys were often in their teens before they got a pair of long trousers. Jeans were unheard of, and the design of children's clothes had hardly changed for thirty years.