Coast Collection (#13)

Boscastle, Cornwall, UK
Boscastle, a village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, UK. Date: late 19th century

Topless girls, Costa del Sol
Topless girls on beach, Benalmdena, Costa Del Sol, Spain. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Bray Dunes, near Dunkirk, during the evacuation, WW2
Members of the British Expeditionary Force at Bray Dunes, to the east of Dunkirk, northern France, during the evacuation, with men making their way into the water ready to embark onto vessels

WWII September 1939 Circular sandbag redoubt
Anti-aircraft post on the East Coast constructed of sandbags, formed in the first week of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Poster, Healthful Hartlepool, seaside resort in County Durham, natural beauties unsurpassed. Date: circa 1910

Hotel Paris, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal. Date: circa 1940

Julius Caesars invasion of Britain
This picture shows the British forces trying to prevent Roman soldiers from landing on the shores of Kent. The Romans, following the standard bearer, wade from their ship toward the shore. Date: 54 BC

Donkey Rides on the beach at Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk
Donkey Rides on the beach at Gorleston-on-Sea, known colloquially as Gorleston, a town in Norfolk, England (to the south of Great Yarmouth). circa 1920s

1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeler car
Jolly woman posing for a photograph seated in a fabulous 1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeled car at the seafront in Margate, Kent. 1927

Harbour Beach, St Ives, Cornwall. Date: circa 1960s

Ismidt (Izmit), Turkey
Izmit, Turkey - houses a harbour 87 km southeast of Istanbul. The Eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire between 286-324 AD

Swinoujscie, Poland (formerly Swinemunde in Prussia)
Bathers with their marvelous wickerwork seats on the beach at the Baltic Sea Coastal resort of Swinoujscie, Poland (formerly Swinemunde in German Prussia) Date: 1905

Waves roll on to the beach - Solway coast at Port Mary Cove
Ocean waves roll on to the beach on the Solway coast at Port Mary Cove, Dundrennan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Abbey Head looms in the background Date: 2004

The old outdoor swimming pool at Portstewart, County Derry
A small boy fishes with a net in the old outdoor swimming pool at Portstewart, County Derry, Northern Ireland. This area is now redeveloped as The Crescent Play Park

RWF Willie Poole - shrimping
Fat man with big bum shrimping in rock pools on a beach, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. This is RWF Willy Poole 1940-2017. Writer, countryman, humourist, master of foxhounds

Group of Female Bathers at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Date: circa 1909

Blankenberge, Belgium - The Belgium Pier. Built in 1933 after an Art Deco design by architect Jules Soete. The concrete structure stretches 350m out into the North Sea. Date: circa 1930s

Ecuador - Guayaquil - Paseo de Las Colonias. Date: circa 1950s

Aerial view of the border - Free State of Fiume and Susek
Aerial view of the border between the Free State of Fiume and the district of Susak, Rijeka, Croatia. The Free State of Fiume was an independent free state which existed between 1920 and 1924

Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s - French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta

Stylish young 1940s couple at the seaside
Stylish young 1940s couple (newly engaged) at the seaside (South Coast of England?). Date: circa 1946

Map, Gold Coast Colony, Ghana, West Africa, with the main cocoa producing areas shaded, a railway line and steamship routes. Also a gold mining area. Date: circa 1920

German rescue buoy in Channel by G. H. Davis
Rettungsboje -- nicknamed lobster pots by the RAF -- German rescue buoys anchored in the English Channel during the Second World War

Map - The Yorkshire Coast
Map by M. F. Peck - The Yorkshire Coast

Vessels of the Spanish Armada wrecked on the rocky Irish west coast after being driven there by storms, September 1588. Date: 1588

The Giants Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
The Giants Causeway - The Honeycomb - 40, 000 interlocking basalt columns on the coast at County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1930s

19th century vintage photograph: Bichari, Bishari desert guides - used to guide camel caravans or trains from Korosko to Khartoum

Baramulla, on the Jhelum River, Kashmir, India
19th century vintage photograph: Baramulla is a city and a municipality in the Baramulla district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir

The Cisterns of Borj Jedid Carthage near Tunis, Tunisia
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Cisterns of Borj Jedid - a group of cisterns, which are among the most visible features of the archaeological site of Carthage near Tunis, Tunisia

Bay at Juan-les-Pins, France
Parc de la Pinede - view of the bay at Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, Cotes d Azur, France. Date: circa 1930s

Skegness is SO bracing - McGill parody of Hassall poster
Skegness is SO bracing - A Donald McGill parody of the famous Jolly Fisherman poster created by artist John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway (GNR)

India Calcutta, Howrah pontoon bridge over Hooghly River
India Calcutta, Howrah pontoon bridge over the Hooghly River. Vintage 19th century photograph

Map of Africa, 1820. Showing Morocco, Barbary and the Sahara in the north, Soudan and Guinea in the west, Khoikhoi (Hottentots) and Bantu (Caffres) in the south, and Abyssinia and Sennaar in the east

All that remained of a cliff at Beltinge near Herne Bay on the North Kent coast where residents were concerned about the level of erosion. Date: 1953

Aerial view of Dunkirk during the evacuation, WW2
Aerial view of Dunkirk and harbour during the evacuation, with surrounding countryside. Date: 1940

Sunset off Dunkirk during the evacuation, WW2
Sunset off Dunkirk, on the northern French coast, during the evacuation, with Junkers dive-bombers attacking shipping, and a paddle steamer hit and beached

Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, Devon. 1878

Temple of Poseidon at Paestum, Southern Italy
Temple at Paestum (Pesto), Province of Salerno, Campania, Southern Italy. A Doric style Greek temple, it was once thought to be dedicated to Poseidon

Seashore scene with avocets and rare birds
Seashore scene viewed from a hide, with avocets and rare birds. Date: circa 1950s

Great sea serpent seen off the coast of Greenland in 1734, Scoliophis atlanticus. From a description by Hans Egede. Steel engraving by W.H

Gonaqua, extinct Khoikhoi people of South Africa
Gonaqua, extinct Khoikhoi people, who lived on the south coast between Algoa Bay and Mbhashe River. In fur capes, hats, beaded aprons and necklaces

Railway map, Devonport & Plymouth, showing the Great Western and London & South Western railways. Date: 1909

Tiburon, Marin County, California, USA, showing the docks, the railway pierhead and a hilltop fire. Date: circa 1910

People on holiday at Biarritz, south west France - Rosemary Phelps Dodge and Mademoiselle Eliane O Rossdi in the modernistic garden of the Grand Hotel at Ibiarritz (top)

Chief sword-bearer to the King, Gold Coast, West Africa
Chief sword-bearer to the King of Bekwai, Gold Coast, Ghana (then part of the British Empire), West Africa, holding an ornate gold-handled sword. Date: 1922

Comic seaside postcard sent from Blackpool. Date: circa 1930s

North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang N1202 Houstonian (msn 111-29080, formerly 44-10947), with race number 60. One of three owned by Oil Tycoon Glenn McArthy

United States Navy - Douglas A3D-2P Skywarrior 144847 (msn 12093, unit code PP, call-sign 933 ), of VCP-63 144847, while flying with VAP-61, was hit by aA over Quang Binh Province

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