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The church in the distance is that of St Mary, built in 1833. In the centre is the Mounts Bay Hotel (right) and the Queen's Hotel (left, with turret).

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.

Many a local will remember learning to drive for the first time on this huge beach near Porthmadog, although summer access is now a little more restricted than we see here.

A view taken along the coast road between Westport and Louisberg, showing the almost conical Croagh Patrick.

The view eastwards from Higher Sea Kabe (left) looks across a pastoral Charmouth before the village extended to the sea.

The Broadway c1955 In the last years of the 19th cen- tury Marconi set up an early wireless transmitting station near to Totland Bay, exchanging radio signals with a steamer out at sea.

On the left-hand side of the street, the building with the bay window, once the Castle Hotel and then the Co-op, is now Mackays clothing; while the premises to the right, occupied for many years by Folley's

Above the second shop on the left, the wood is brown and its walls are cream; the second bay window has been removed. The fifth shop along is Boots, which now occupies three of the shop fronts.

A long line of rowing boats waiting for their customers stretch around the bay at Waterhead, near Ambleside. In the distance, Todd Crag and Loughrigg Fell fill in the left background.

The little concrete pier affords some protection to the fishing boats at Portscatho, although it is barely a harbour. Nare Head and the Gull Rock can be seen across Gerrans Bay.

Felixstowe was a genteel seaside resort built around a wide shingle bay which offered excellent, safe bathing.

A quiet corner of the tiny village of Cark, where the River Eea flows under a low bridge into the sands of Morecambe Bay. Note the upturned cart by the bridge.

Sandown and its twin resort of Shanklin, a couple of miles to the south, are connected by a long prom- enade that winds around the curve of Shanklin Bay. This

A few visitors peer out at the sun from under their umbrellas. They must have been sweltering from the heat in their heavy dark clothes - leisure-wear had not yet been invented.

Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.

Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.

Here we see a corner in the old part of the fishing village, with a Victorian granite house added on the right. Flower pots are all around the upper bay window ledge.

The southern end of Derby Haven is protected by St Michael's Island with its ruined chapel, Derby fort and battery.

For decades, just as in this picture, people have sun bathed along the sea wall.

The castle, overlooking the bay, is dominant. A pleasure boat is tied up alongside the Lighthouse Pier, and the helter-skelter of the funfair on east pier can just be picked out.

Just around the corner from Mevagissey, this charming view places the little cove and hamlet in their context admirably, with the outline of Black Head in the distance and a few fishing boats on the water

Beyond Torquay harbour is the fine sweep of Torbay. In Nelson's day the entire British fleet could anchor within the sheltering arms of the bay.

Looking along the broad sweep of Lyme Bay toward the eminence of Barton Cliff, with the protective harbour walls jutting out to sea, and the signal mast of the coastguard station clearly visible.

The Bugle Inn 1923 Yarmouth is an excellent centre for exploring the western half of the Isle of Wight, with Totland and Alum Bays and the Needles being not far away.