P Ier Collection

Littlehampton Harbour
A paddle steamer chugs up the harbour beside the pier at Littlehampton, West Sussex

Parade at Cleethorpes
The parade at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire, packed with parked cars and people making the most of a summer stroll along the sea front, perhaps to visit the big wheel or pier Date: 1951

Old Pier - Weston Super Mare Date: 1910

St Leonards-on-sea and Hastings from St Leonards Pier Date: circa 1905

Cleethorpes / Pier 1912
Cleethorpes, Humberside (formerly north-east Lincolnshire): the pier

Donaghadee Lighthouse
The lighthouse on the pier at Donaghadee, a popular summer holiday resort in County Down, Northern Ireland. Date: 1950s

Chatham / Kent / Medway / 1907
Chatham, Kent: looking down the Medway from Chatham Pier

England / Southend-On-Sea
A glimpse of Pier Hill, seen from across the Boating Lake, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, with the impressive Palace Hotel in the background

The Pier, with Drakes Island, Plymouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Pier Train / Southend
The electric train carries passengers to the end of the one and a half mile long pier, the longest in the world

Bathing Belle on Pier
A flirtatious young woman in a two-piece bathing costume of side lacing shorts & striped tunic adjusts her black stockings. N.B espadrilles with ribbon lacing

Fishing boats entering the harbour at Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk. Britain was once described by a politician as " built on coal and surrounded by fish"

The pier, Dunoon, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Poster for Eastern National Express Coach Services
Poster for Lander Eastern National Express Coach Services running between London and Clacton-on-Sea (pictured). 1955

The pier, Southend-on-Sea, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Redcar Beach 1950S
Lots of deckchairs and families with young children on the beach at Redcar, Cleveland, England

Eastbourne Pier 1950S
Holidaymakers and day trippers on the beach at Eastbourne, Sussex, England, beside Eastbourne Pier

Gravesend / Milton C1840?
Gravesend, Kent: proposed development at Milton-on-Thames at the Royal Terrace Pier and Gardens

Brighton / West Pier 1900
Brighton, Sussex: the West Pier

The pier, Paignton, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Redondo Beach and pier, southern California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Doggetts Coat and Badge Race, River Thames, London
Watermen on duty at the end of Doggetts Coat and Badge Race on the River Thames. They are wearing the livery of the Fishmongers Company

The pier, Worthing, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Poster advertising Commodore Cruises between Ramsgate Harbour, Clacton Pier, Guernsey and Sark

Hastings / Pier 1912
Hastings, Sussex: the pier

The pier, Weston-super-Mare, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Castle from pier, Dumbarton, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Pier and harbor, Littlehampton, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Iron pier, Llandudno, Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Pier and Pavillion, Colwyn Bay, Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Amble Beacon Light
The small pier and Beacon Light at the harbour entrance, Amble, at the mouth of the River Coquet, Northumberland, England. Date: 1950s

The pier at Entebbe, Uganda - Lake Victoria
The pier at Entebbe, Uganda on the shore of Lake Victoria with the steam ferryboats Clement Hill (on left) which was in service between 1906-36 and either the Winifred or Sybil (on the right)

GRAVESEND
The terrace new pier at Gravesend, Kent

Pier Head Station, Liverpool Docks, 1893
Engraving showing the Pier Head Station of the Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway, 1893. This passenger railway, which ran for seven miles through Liverpools docks

Cromer Beach 1930S
Rough seas on the coast of Norfolk at Cromer, England, with its bathing huts on the beach and pier in the background

Brighton / Chain Pier 1835
The Chain Pier, Brighton, Sussex

Colwyn Bay / Prom & Pier
Colwyn Bay: promenade and pier

Deal Bandstand
The bandstand during a performance, and a distant glimpse of the pier at Deal, Kent

Summer Holidays in the British Isles
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an English seaside resort, with a sandy beach, sailing boats on the sea, a pier and a blue sky

Dover / Admiralty Pier
Dover, Kent: on the Admiralty Pier

Princes Pier, Greenock, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Dancing on the pier at Blackpool, Lancashire
One of the piers at Blackpool, Lancashire, packed with dancing couples

Coney Island
The pier seen from Steeplechase Park roller coaster, Coney Island, New York, America

Whitehall / Hollar 1647
Whitehall from the Thames showing possibly the view between White Hall Palace Stairs & Privy Stairs with Inigo Joness Banqueting House in the background

Blackpool / Pier / Prom 1890
Blackpool pier and section of the promanade

St Annes Home, Herne Bay, Kent
In 1876, the former Pier Hotel in Herne Bay (centre of picture) became a convalescent home for pauper children from the South Metropolitan School District

RHYL LIDO
Children enjoying themselves in the lido next to the pier at Rhyl, Flintshire, north Wales

Bath Chair at Eastbourne
An attendant with a bath chair for hire waits for a customer whom he will pull along the sea front at Eastbourne

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