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The Wells whelkers are renowned along this coast for their persistence in pursuing their trade. Whelking was not always a comfortable affair.

The boats dressed overall with signal flags have just passed through.

Across the water, rowing boats are available for hire.

The children play with dolls and boats, unfettered by today's safety police.

Our cameraman seems to be attracting attention from the boat crew and the family across the water.

Of canal boats there is no sign. When this view was taken, the canal carrying age was over and the leisure boom had yet to explode.

A high tide sees the recreational boats afloat. Strangely, no Edwardian Barumites (the local name for Barnstaple residents) are enjoying a summer walk along Taw Valley Parade.

The shallow-bottomed boat on the right is used for transporting the reeds, and finished thatch can be seen on the roof of the cottage and outhouses.

The boat is typical of many used on Windermere, for the purposes of both traditional char fishing and hire to visitors.

To the left, on the pier, there is a large telescope with which the flurry of little boats could be viewed.

To the front of the view is the lifeboat house and boat park. The lifeboat was once crewed by women when the men of the crew were caught in a squall.

During the 18th century, Blisworth was the venue for loading and unloading boats from London, the Midlands and the North.

It is dawn and stevedores, carpenters, coopers and ropemakers are arriving by boat to begin the day’s toil.

end of a little lane that is a dead end, this is yet another former port that now lies, quite literally, some miles inland - the church even has an iron ring attached to it where once, so it is said, boats

The Mersey's plucky little boats saw action in both World Wars, and the original 'Iris' and 'Daffodil' were awarded their title 'Royal' for their gallant service at Zeebrugge in 1918.

A derrick crane on the left is for unloading coal, while a small crane near the lock gates is for lifting rowing boats in and out of the water in the outer harbour.

In the foreground are some fine clinker-built fishing boats.

Some of the old mills and warehouses alongside the canal have been given a new lease of life with the development of the Boat Museum.

The Boat House is visible at the end of The Parade.

It was a huge success and even carried passengers on packet boats. The development of the railways heralded its decline, but it was not until 1947 that cargo traffic finally ended.

Shortly after, a shipyard also opened, and although some new boats were commissioned, it profited more from repairs and refitting work.

A fisherman's life was hard, even when the weather was kind: in 1872 William Munday, coxswain of the Mullion lifeboat, and his crew of three were lost on a fine spring day when their boat foundered in

In 1736 the Coverack Customs boat caught a smuggler carrying 150 ankers of spirits.

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Lake Windermere.