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The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.

This view is taken from slightly further along the Esplanade than photograph No 44206.

A tremendous visual change here is that there are now no breakwater defences along the beach. The bathing huts are still there, and so is the glorious sand.

Exmouth's long sea front and sandy beaches made sea-bathing a popular recreation from the town's earliest days as a resort. Tourists came for the bracing air and social activities.

Camping was a popular, cheap way of spending a family holiday by the sea. The tent in the foreground has a large awning, a useful way of extending the living area.

This has been called 'the Queen of English watering-places'. The Victorians loved all sorts of entertainment, especially music. Travelling showmen were a common sight.

This picture shows a scene similar to the previous view, but was taken a little further up the street and 20 years later.

This area of the North Devon coast has acres of sandhills. These, at Saunton, were riddled with tiny beach chalets. Many survived until relatively recent times.

A large crowd gathers around Edward Perkins' bathing platform on the gently sloping Margate Sands.

This photograph was taken in pre-breakwater days; Goodwick is now the port from which the Irish ferry service operates. As well as the quay there is also a railway terminus.

Changing times - instead of a schooner on the beach, there is a fine parade of classic cars - but look carefully and the old telephone box is still there.

A small party is enjoying a game of tennis on the rocky beach. Despite the warm weather they are sweltering under their many layers of heavy clothing.

A typically busy picture of Dawlish beach. The rich variety of reds in the sandstone cliff are a delight to the eye.

A typically busy picture of Dawlish beach. The rich variety of reds in the sandstone cliff are a delight to the eye.

Plymouth never quite achieved the status of being a major seaside resort, though tourists have always bathed from its beaches and promenaded across the famous Hoe.

A number of beach huts and sales stalls served holidaymakers on Exmouth's sands in the heady days before the Second World War. Here we see a refreshment hut and a kiosk selling film.

This view was taken from the first floor of the present Regatta Restaurant.

Weymouth's Georgian Esplanade has come through another century unscathed, with only the shingle having retreated since Queen Victoria's Jubilee Clock was erected in 1887.

This shows a packed beach with striped umbrellas marking the variety of stalls. These sold everything from teas and soft drinks to shellfish and souvenirs.

The Harbour, or Sands, station dominated Ramsgate beach from the time it was constructed.

The beach was the centre of fun and frivolity. The flags are flying and a throng of holidaymakers waits to board a fleet of row boats for a trip along the coast.

The beach was the centre of fun and frivolity. The flags are flying and a throng of holidaymakers waits to board a fleet of row boats for a trip along the coast.

East and to the left of this view, the St Audries Bay Holiday Club occupies the cliff tops at the end of a winding lane that descends from the main road.

You could get a week's holiday 'all in' for £8 15s around the time of this photograph, and full entertainment was included right next to the beach by the owner, Billy Butlin.