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Brighton / Sea Front 1953Holidaymakers enjoy the sunshine on the Promenade, Brighton, West Sussex. Date: 1953
Promenade at Filey, North YorkshireView along the Promenade at Filey, North Yorkshire, with a few people on the beach. Date: 1940s
View down Tin Ghaut, Whitby, North YorkshireView down Tin Ghaut, a narrow street in Whitby, North Yorkshire. " Ghaut" is a Hindi word, meaning " broad steps leading down to the river"
Sand Pies by Muriel DawsonA small blonde girl in a sunsuit and sun bonnet studiously mixes sand in a bucket
Poster for Nazare in PortugalPoster advertising the seaside town of Nazare in Portugal featuring a blazing sun, yellow sand, a Portuguese lady dressed all in black with a basket on her head, and a boy with a fish
Captain Collins of Brighton, with his familyCaptain Fred Collins of Brighton, who ran three pleasure boats called the Skylark and was a familiar figure on Brighton Beach for sixty years
Seaside boating sceneA couple push out their small motor boat into an estuary at the mouth of a small coastal river. This looks like a southern Norfolk or North Suffolk coastal view as the terns swoop overhead
Villers-sur-Mer posterTravel poster from national railways for the French seaside resort of Villers-sur-Mer in northern France on the Channel coast advertising a beach for children on which they can build sandcastles
Wales / Llandudno 1950SThe popular seaside resort of Llandudno, Wales, with its long promenade and Victorian boarding houses and steps leading onto the beach
Cleethorpes Sea FrontThe crowded sea front at Cleethorpes. People sunbathe in deckchairs and paddle in the sea
Girls on Donkeys 1920SThree thoroughly modern girls in their swimming costumes, taking a ride on Wilfred and Squeak, two donkeys, on the beach at Ramsgate, Kent, England
Torcross & Slapton SandsTorcross, the little village on Slapton Sands, South Devon, England
Hastings BeachFishermen dry their nets on the shore at Hastings, Sussex
Felixstowe, the BeachThe beach at Felixstowe, Suffolk, with its row of beach huts
Children / Paddling 1922Three children paddling in the sea; one carries a bucket, another inspects a toy boat
Girl & Beach Ball 1950SWindswept young lady, wearing shorts & a stripey dolman (batwing) sleeved top with cowl collar leans against a large beach ball to have her photograph taken
England / St. IvesTwo little boys keep their grandfather company while he finishes off his painting of a fishing trawler, on the beach near the harbour of St. Ives, Cornwall
Teignmouth BayA view of the docks and harbour at Teignmouth, Devonshire, England. Date: 1950s
Poster advertising Commodore Cruises between Ramsgate Harbour, Clacton Pier, Guernsey and Sark
HAYLE, CornwallFishing vessels in the harbour at Hayle, Cornwall
Lifeboat and crewmen at Appledore, DevonView of the local lifeboat and crewmen at Appledore, on the North Devon coast. The lifeboat has left the shore, and the crewmen are wading in the shallows
Newquay HarbourView by the harbour at Newquay, a popular Cornish holiday resort. Date: 1950s
Southport Bathing LakeThe bathing lake at Southport, Lancashire
The Crossword Craze / 1920A dashing couple display the growing crossword craze with their checked attire and similarly squared-off small dog!
Deauville, the BeachA beach scene at the French resort of Deauville
The Leas Lift at Folkestone, KentView of the Leas Lift at Folkestone, Kent. It was designed by R.G. Waygood in 1885, and in 1890 it was decided to build a further lift alongside
Mother Shows You How: on the beach. From Teddy Bear (11 August 1973)
WALES / DALEA glimpse of the fine beach at Dale, on Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was here that Henry Tudor landed in August 1485, on his way to the Battle of Bosworth. Date: 1950s
View of the beach at Skipsea, near Driffield, YorkshireView of the beach looking north, at Skipsea, near Driffield, East Yorkshire. Date: 1940s
Prestatyn Holiday Camp brochureA Prestatyn Holiday Camp brochure -- Look! Heres your 1955 Holiday -- showing two women and a man in swimsuits standing on the deck of a ship, looking out
Maer Beach with Bathing Huts, Bude, Cornwall
Shire horses and cart on Marazion beach, CornwallTwo white shire horses pulling a cart along Marazion beach in Cornwall, with St Michaels Mount in the background
Shire horses and dray at Lands End, CornwallShire horses and a dray at Lands End, Cornwall
Aerial view of Looe, CornwallAn aerial view of Looe in Cornwall, showing fishing boats, the quayside, a bridge, and various buildings stretching back up the hill
Poster advertising Val d Esquieres, South of FrancePoster advertising the resort of Val D Esquieres between Sainte Maxime and St Raphael on the Cote d Azur, South of France
Surf riding at Muizenburg on the Cape CoastA contrast to the grey days at home: surf-riding at Muizenburg, the Queen of Cape Coast Watering Places. A universal summer pastime of the South African coastal resorts, surf-riding
The Faithful Heart by George StuddyA little dog with mournful eyes, obviously alarmed at his owners sea bathing antics, paddles as far as he can into the water holding her dress
Mossel Bay posterTravel poster for Mossel Bay in South Africa, advertising safe bathing, excellent golf, unsurpassed fishing, and illustrated by a sandy beach scene with three ladies in bathing costumes enjoying
The Bystander Cover 1929Striking cover of The Bystander featuring a leggy, athletic woman clad in bathing costume and cap dancing around in the surf with a beach ball
Cromer Beach 1930SRough seas on the coast of Norfolk at Cromer, England, with its bathing huts on the beach and pier in the background
Bathing Machines / 1883A vast assortment of bathing machines
Deal Aerial ViewAerial view of Deal, Kent, looking very picturesque, with lovely Victorian seafront buildings and pristine beach
Lowestoft SandsChildren engaged in all kinds of activity on the sands at Lowestoft, Suffolk
DEAL BEACHOn the pebbly beach at Deal, Kent, some put up deckchairs, others put up with the pebbles
Deal BandstandThe bandstand during a performance, and a distant glimpse of the pier at Deal, Kent
Tiny Parasol Circa 1810White muslin dress with high stand collar & single ruff worn with a pale green spencer with collar & lapels, matching boots, a lace cap & a small hat. Her parasol is tiny
Dawlish Low TideThe beach at Dawlish, Devon, at low tide : the tide has washed up an enormous quantity of seaweed which lies between the sand and the water
Summer Holidays in the British IslesCover 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