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This small and delightful riverside town has a bustling quayside with a mix of pleasure boats and commerce in the shape of boat builders and repairers.

This small and delightful riverside town has a bustling quayside with a mix of pleasure boats and commerce in the shape of boat builders and repairers.

We can see the large boats of the 1930s, the 'Teal' and the 'Swan', each taking the name of one of the Victorian steamers, in this post-World War II scene by Bowness pier.

In this post-Second World War scene by Bowness pier, we can see the large boats of the 1930s, the 'Teal' and the 'Swan', each taking the name of one of the Victorian steamers.

The steam tug in the foreground was very handy to manoeuvre, and is an example of working boats which have done sterling service throughout the world.

The Bowness Ferry across the narrowest part of Windermere was originally a rowing boat, but it became steam- operated just 17 years before this photograph was taken.

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

At about 2315hrs on 6 February 1917, whilst carrying troops between Southampton and Havre, she rammed a German U-boat.

Packed to the gunwales, the newly-commissioned pleasure steamer 'Teal' leaves Bowness Pier for a trip on Windermere.At this time, private boat ownership was beyond the means of all but the wealthiest

Packed to the gunwales, the newly-commissioned pleasure steamer 'Teal' leaves Bowness Pier for a trip on Windermere.

This slightly later view looks across what has become the motor launch area of the Bowness boat station.

A young lad balances precariously inside a small boat, whilst men work on the mast of a vessel moored starboard side to the jetty.

With a little imagination, it is almost possible to smell the uncovered weed drying in the sun, as a lonely figure tramps with bowed back along the lower part of the slipway towards the boat trolley,

Lines of boats moored in the river have become more streamlined, particularly the nearer of the larger sailing yachts and the cabin cruiser moored off her port bow.

The well-filled departing steamer is one of the fleet constructed in the second half of the 19th century, still puffing happily on the timetabled service, but now supplemented by a considerable

The Bowness ferry carries a coach and four across Lake Windermere.

As well as the small local fishing boats pictured here, it was also a popular destination for the Victorian paddle steamers from nearby Weymouth, which had specially strengthened bows to enable the

There are several stories as to how the zulu got its name, but the first of the type does appear to have been built around 1879 at the time of the Zulu War.

A large power-driven coaster lies at the jetty served by the corn store, and the letters PW on the port bow of the moored craft are the registration letters assigned to fishing boats in this

Top Locks was named thus because if its location at the top of a large set of locks which opened in about 1780; they brought boats from the River Mersey and Liverpool up to the Bridgewater Canal.