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Note the inscriptions on either side of the door and the plaque above it.

Benjamin Beale, a local glovemaker and a Quaker, invented the bathing machine in 1751 to conserve ladies' modesty while they took a dip in the briny.

The Great Eastern Railway Company developed the quayside, and freight trains rolled under the high platform of the tall granary warehouse to receive produce.

Below, a shingle beach with patches of pea-grit provides a spot for rest and relaxation between Raffey's Ledge and the Mouth Rocks, where the River Char enters the sea.

'The sands', says the Frith title, but as you can see, central Morecambe has always had a pebble beach, especially at high tide.

A classic west Dorset view, showing Seatown and Golden Cap which, at 618 feet above sea level, is the highest cliff on the South Coast of England.

Along with the building to the left, it is now part of an amusement arcade, yet much of the original façade remains intact.

This lively low-angle shot, virtually from ground level, looks north-eastwards along the Market Place and the northern side of East Street at its western end.

'The Queen of Welsh resorts', Llandudno preserves much of its Victorian flavour, with its sweeping promenade faced by numerous hotels, its expanse of sands between the headlands of the Great and Little

They called the main railway line from Crewe to Glasgow the West Coast Main Line, but here at Hest Bank is the only spot where you can actually see the coast and the sea beyond.

Somewhere along this steeply-sloping, shingle beach the armoured legionaries from Julius Caesar's invading army waded ashore in 55BC.

The London Evening News vendors' placards stridently announcing 'Mahon: Today's Evidence' reveal that this photograph was taken in the last weeks of July 1924.

The White Swan public house, first mentioned in 1722, stands on raised ground just beyond the beached punts to the left of centre.

Somewhere along this steeply-sloping, shingle beach the armoured legionaries from Julius Caesar's invading army waded ashore in 55BC.

During the 1920s and 30s, Worthing continued to rapidly expand.

So Essex can be seen as a county where the normal seems abnormal; where ordinariness rubs shoulders with surprises.

Today, all that remains of the Plume of Feathers is the stableyard, now used as garages, which can be seen from Tythings Court.

Bideford was a busy little quay both for traffic up and down the Taw and Tamar rivers, and for general coasting trade between the north Devon and north Cornwall ports, the Bristol Channel and South

Over the years, the Parks Department has been responsible for many fine floral displays commemorating special events.

AS YOU JOURNEY eastwards from the sedate and literary little town of Lyme Regis towards the sandy beaches and urban sprawl of Bournemouth, you become aware that this beautiful Dorset coast has been

The bathing machines, the concert party stage, Punch and Judy, the newspaper and magazine stalls, the various hawkers, the organ grinders have gone.

ONE of the great joys of Exmouth is its beautiful setting, caught magnificently between the sea, the long Exe estuary and the wilder countryside of heath and cliff that so defines east Devon, offering

During the Georgian and Regency eras most visitors came to Margate for their health and the sea bathing.

THE golden sands have always been one of Margate's main attractions and have given the resort an advantage over the more common shingle beaches of South-East England.