Paddling Collection (page 7)

Paddley Pool by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a sunsuit and large bonnet dips her toe in a small pool of water near a coastal village

Feet First by Muriel Dawson
A toddler wearing a sunsuit ventures cautiously into the shallows at the seaside carrying a bucket and spade

The Humorist Summer Number 1939
Bright and jolly front cover design for The Humorist magazine Summer Number by William Heath Robinson featuring a number of bathers paddling and playing about in the sea

Little girl paddling, with bucket
A little girl paddling, with a bucket in her hand. She is wearing a knitted swimsuit

The Bathing Hour at Boulogne-sur-mer, France. A group of intrepid lady swimmers strike out from the coast amid the attractive bathing machines, parked both in the shallows and on the beach

An Ancient Briton in a coracle
An Ancient Briton paddling a Coracle boat

Playing on the Beach
A group of holidaying children play on the beach, making sandcastles, finding starfish and digging with a bucket and spade

Clergyman Fishing Aldin
A clergyman fishes from the riverbank, watched by the local children

Lobster Sauce
Woman who is surprised to find a lobster next to her whilst paddling in the water

The Sea Hath Pearls - Especially At Deauville In August
Stylised colour illustration showing a lady bathing in the sea swathed in pearls

Children paddling and finding sea creatures
Four young girls paddling at the edge of the sea and examining the crabs and starfish they have found in the shallow water and placed in their buckets. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Grandfather and Grandson go fishing
A Grandfather and his Grandson go fishing in a stream with nets on long poles. The young lad, wearing blue dungarees, catches a big one!

Frogmen in their dinghy, 1945
Photograph showing a group of British frogmen divers paddling their dinghy across a swimming pool during a training exercise in 1945

The Humorist Summer No
A rotund couple dive off their respective boats in perfect symmetry scaring aware fish and quite unaware of the paddling crowds nearer to the beach

American Indians. Native Canoe on the coast of British Colum
Fierce looking Indians, men, women and children, paddling canoe with a schooner in the background

Three paddlers at Scarborough, North Yorkshire
A father takes his little son and daughter for a paddle in the sea at Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Seleucia, Ctesiphon
The ruins of the ancient cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, on either bank of the Tigris. A native is paddling his coracle on the river. Date: circa 1835

GRAVESEND SEASIDE
A Thameside paddling pool for children as they play on the banks of the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, England

Old Age / Paddling C1950S
Two elderly gents in suits take off their shoes to enjoy a paddle in the sea

North Sands, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
View of the North Sands at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, with strollers and paddlers

Busy Beach, Margate
A crowded sea front at Margate. People sunbathe and paddle on the crowded beach

Swimwear 1908 Le Rire
Two young bathing beauties in figure-hugging one-piece costumes walk are-in-arm along the waters edge. Discussing holiday romances no doubt!

Dieppe Paddlers
Children paddling in the surf at Dieppe, France

Paddling at Hampstead
Children paddling in one of the ponds at Hampstead Heath, London, England

Childrens Paddling Pool
Children playing in a public paddling pool, the little girls with their dresses tucked into their knickers to stop them getting wet!

You ll Feel the Same
YOU LL FEEL THE SAME IN A COUPLE OF DAYS !

Paddling at Weymouth
Children paddling at Weymouth, Dorset

Bathing Scene 1950S
Families bathing and paddling at Broadstairs in Kent

Polite Paddlers
Two ladies exchanging polite greetings while paddling

Paddling, Norfolk. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Fishing at Bewdley, Worcestershire
Two young boys fishing in the river at Bewdley, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Bathing in the Sea / 1911
A group of men, women and children having fun bathing and paddling in the sea; one lady wears quite a formal long dress and black hat

The Pleasure of Paddling
A group of French ladies hoik up their skirts and paddle through the ankle-deep surf

Paddling on the Thames
A young lady and her dog take life easy while her friend gently paddles them up, or maybe down, the Thames

Water Show / The Chutes
A native American and three girls in bathing costumes in a canoe shooting the chutes at Boytons Worlds Water Show, Earls Court, London, a sensational feature

Bathing Beauties 1880S
Two bathing beauties at Ostend have lost their bathing hut: they all look the same!

Paddling at Heyst
A group of children in striped bathing costumes paddle happily in the surf at Heyst sur Mer, Belgium

Children / Seaside / Paddle
Four children paddling in the sea: " Guess which is me?"

Children / Seaside Paddle
Children paddling and climbing on rocks on the beach. Date: 1903

Swimwear - Belgium 1913
Bathing beauties in polka dot headscarves and clinging one- piece bathing costumes take a stroll in the sea. One costume has side lacing on the legs & a deep V -neck. Date: 1913

One-Piece Not Allowed
A young woman in a red one- piece bathing costume with lacing on the legs starts to remove the forbidden garment. From a time when the all in one costume seemed fast

Frilly Seaside Bonnets
Three little girls at Blackpool keep their complexions fair by wearing large lacy broad brimmed bonnets which secure under the chin with a bow

New Year Children Stream
Four children playing in a stream and having fun

Children on the Beach
Four young children enjoy an ice cream on the beach

Girl Rock Pooling
A pretty young day-tripper, in a bathing costume paddles amongst the rock pools and shallows looking for starfish & shells equipped with a net on a long pole

Biarritz Canoers
Two girls paddling their canoe dangerously close to some seaweed-covered rocks at Biarritz, France

Girl Paddling / J Lawson
A small girl sits and reflects upon the hugeness of the ocean as she dips her feet into the water

Ladies bathing at Margate, Kent, are reproved by the local constabulary for unseemly behaviour

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