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The bathing huts will soon be winched down to the shallows so that modest ladies can paddle discreetly.

Felixstowe Cottage, on the left, is now called Above Town Cottage, and the taller timber-framed house on the right is known as The Downs House.

Further down Tuck's Lane, on the right, is the Blue Boar public house, selling Morrell's ales. R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, was born in the village.

There are two Benthams, High and Lower, and this view looks down Mount Pleasant from the village cross in High Bentham.

It was surrounded by its own wooded grounds, leading down to the sea at Polridmouth Bay.

It is now a series of steps leading down to the water. Out of sight and beyond the bridge to the left is the new County Hall.

From the arches of the Georgian Guildhall the camera looks down White Hart Street. The buildings on the right replace medieval market place encroachment.

The old wooden hut on the bank is sliding inevitably down into the shallows, its thatched roof rotted and patched.

These stages had to be manhandled up and down the beach as the tide went out and came in.

The village is famous for a charming myth which suggests that if the mist in the beechwoods on the nearby Downs rolled westwards towards Cocking, then rain was on the way.

Later the house became a butcher`s: older residents recall blood dribbling down into the picturesque village-pond.

The civic fashion was to lay down long promenades, like this one at Colwyn Bay, to allow the leisured classes to promenade and take their sea air without having to trudge through sand

This is a busy scene looking down the High Street.The photographer appears to have persuaded almost all the people in the street to pose for the camera.The only wheeled traffic is the bicycle on the

This view looks down Lower High Street, where the King Edward VI Grammar School can be seen on the right.

Looking down towards the Old Bridge this is barely recognisable today.

Erosion is a real problem here, and it can be quite difficult to get down to the beach.

Here we see Conigar Walk running down the bank of the River Usk.

The statue of the Prince Consort gazes benevolently down High Street. The tower, built on reclaimed land, now leans slightly.

Further down is Plums Cycle Depot.

All Hallows looks down on the beautiful Ayrmer Cove. Note the curious little circular window on the left.

The northern end of the Post Office (just visible down Basket Street in the centre) would now be on Royal Parade outside Dingles.

The ferry queue no longer blocks Fore Street - it takes the road on the right down to a large waiting area by the river.

Pedestrians could walk down the middle of the street with impunity when this mid-morning photograph was taken just before the First World War.

This view looks down Lower High Street, where the King Edward VI Grammar School can be seen on the right.