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Rowing boats offering trips around the bay, boat shops drawn up on the beach and donkey rides were some of the attractions on offer at the Island.

This view shows St Ives' smallest beach bursting at the seams at a time when beach holidays were at the height of their popularity.

The WB&SSPCo paddler 'Victoria' disembarks trippers on to the steep-shelved beach in Lulworth Cove.

Southsea's long shingle beach is crowded with trippers. Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed.

A shingle beach with sandy soil and grass forming the shoreline. The seawall and wooden groynes are in the distance. Beach huts await bathers and picnickers.

The road from the village ends at this beach, which is known as the Gap.

The road from the village ends at this beach, which is known as the Gap.

A small wooden bridge across Hayburn Beck leads to the rocky beach, where the stream cascades over large gritstone boulders into a pool on the beach below.

A feature of beaches in the 1950s was the religious gatherings.

Note the boys in the centre. 'Yes', said Mother, 'you can play on the beach, but keep your shirt, tie and hat on - and your jacket'.

The shingly and sandy beaches of Bonchurch have always drawn a great number of bathers, and can get crowded on hot summer days.

Here we see a very crowded Ramsgate beach, with the pier in the distance on the right beyond the massed bathing machines.

The Beach 1894 Two youngsters are digging for shrimps in the sands of the beach at Arnside, where the River Kent enters Morecambe Bay, while in the background three adults sit on the seawall.

There are more bathing tents; by now the St Ives' beaches were being managed as tourist attractions. In the distance can be seen a slipway that was built from The Island to Porthmeor Beach in 1911.

Another view of the beach at Canvey Island shows children busily playing around the many deckchairs. Most of the older holidaymakers are well wrapped up against the cold.

Pictured from the beach, the sheer extent of the Grand Hotel becomes plain.

Here we see one of the famous Lincolnshire beaches with its necessary donkeys. No beach is complete without these loveable and cuddlesome beasts, all with their friendly names.

Visitors enjoy the beach at Dymchurch whilst a boat waits to take people on a cruise.

This view shows the beach bungalows which were built right behind the top of the beach. They were used by the military during the Second World War, but are no longer there today.

The beach at Spiddal has always been popular with Galway folk and other tourists. In this scene, the beach is quiet, with bathers enjoying a summer swim. The village is in the distance.

By this time, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.

Here we see one of the famous Lincolnshire beaches with its necessary donkeys. No beach is complete without these loveable and cuddlesome beasts, all with their friendly names.

The extensive remains of 12th-century Scarborough Castle crown the headland in the background of this summer time view of Scarborough's South Beach.

Here we have a busy scene, with most of those enjoying the beach placing their deckchairs close to the sea wall. This is a sandy beach, ideal for making sand castles.