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G2393;The RNLI lifeboat on its launching slipway at the foot of Harbour Street, Broadstairs, with the houses of Albion Street in the background. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 19719.
The seafront with lifeboat on the slipway, Broadstairs, Kent. (Glass photonegative)
G3152;The quay at Buck Mills, foreshore and cliffs looking east at low tide. The East Kiln (built in 1760) is on the cliff side. On the steep track leading from the beach to the village are two pack donkeys with their boy attendants. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 55987.
Pack donkeys with boy attendants, Bucks Mills, Devon (Glass photonegative)
G3165;Looking along a cobbled thoroughfare known as The Fradgan with fishermen's cottages on either side. The punt belonging to the 1st class lugger JENNY LIND PZ.58 has its bowler-hatted owner, Mr. Downing, standing at the transom. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 56533.
Newlyn Court, Cornwall (Glass photonegative)
G2445;A view looking west-by-north from The Warren across the harbour entrance at Polperro, which is blocked by fishing vessels with crews aboard. It is low tide and some are just afloat, while others are on beaching legs. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 21273.
Polperro harbour at low tide, Cornwall (Glass photonegative)
G2474;The fishing fleet in the outer harbour with sails sets waiting for a breeze. Identifiable boats are DH.213, DH.105, DH.121, DH.66, DH.737 and DH.191. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 21558.
Fishing fleet waiting for a breeze, Brixham, Devon. (Glass photonegative)
G3163;Looking south-east from the corner of Church Street and Fore Street showing pilchard drivers in the old harbour. Groups of fishermen are lounging about and washing is hung over the roadside handrails. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 56523.
Newlyn harbour, Cornwall (Glass photonegative)
G3429; Seaton seafront and Wesleigh Hotel, Devon. Looking north-west from the foreshore of Seaton up Castle Hill with the Cliff Private Hotel (far left) and the Westleigh Hotel (far right) in the background. In the foreground boatmen and small boys are operating a hand-worked capstan. Charabancs operated by Silver Cars are parked at the foot of Castle Hill. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 79822.
Seaton seafront and Wesleigh Hotel, Devon (Glass photonegative)
G3483;Like Looe and Polperro, Mevagissey was the home of a fishing fleet employed in drift­net and line fishing. In 1895, Mevagissey is said to have become the first place to have electric street lighting, the new power station being powered entirely by pilchard oil. Today tourism, rather than fishing, is the dominant industry in the village.
A view across the harbour at Mevagissey, Cornwall (Glass photonegative)
G3164;The fish market on The Strand. Conger eels are laid out on the ground. A woman in the foreground is reading a note while carrying a wicker basket which is supported by a strap over her head. The premises of W C Olds is in the right background. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 56525.
Fish market, Newlyn, Cornwall (Glass photonegative)
G2459;The lifeboat house and strand at East Looe with nets drying on the foreshore. A number of children are on the strand and a group of bowler hatted men are gathered by a boat on the left. Francis Frith & Co. negative no. 21307a.
Lifeboat house, Looe, Cornwall. (Glass photonegative)
G3319;Looking from the south end of Southwold town along South Beach to the River Blyth breakwater. There are a large number of bathing machines on the beach and some fishing boats are hauled out in the distance. Sam May's bathing machines office hut is in the centre and there are two motor cars in view, as well as some bicycles. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 69114.
Southwold harbour, Suffolk (Glass photonegative)
G3532; Fisherman's cottage with lobster pots in the foreground, Runswick Bay, Yorkshire;A fisherman's cottage at the north end of the village at Runswick Bay, Yorkshire, with lobster pots haphazardly stacked in the foreground. Behind are the steep cliffs of the fields above the settlement. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 87340.
Fisherman's cottage with lobster pots in the foreground, Runswick Bay, Yorkshire (Glass plate negative)
Folkestone, Kent
Folkestone, Kent (Photographic negative)
Folkestone, Kent
Folkestone, Kent (Photographic negative)
G3185;A group of five local boatmen mending half-cylinder lobster pots on the promenade at Sheringham. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 56879.
Fishermen with lobster pots, Sheringham, Norfolk (Glass photonegative)
G2415;In 1801, Weston-super-Mare had a population of only 138. By the time this photograph was taken, it had become a prosperous and popular seaside resort, which was connected by rail to nearby Bristol in 1841. The flat-bottomed boats seen here are taking visitors for short pleasure trips while many women shelter underneath umbrellas as tanning was highly unfashionable. The Grand Pier was destroyed by fire in July 2008.This was a devastating event mourned by locals and visitors.
Looking west from the foreshore at Anchor Head by the Claremont Hotel, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Glass photonegative)
G2624;Looking north-west from the pier in the River Wyre estuary to the North Euston Hotel, the low lighthouse and the customs watch house. The shrimper 78.FD (Morecambe Bay prawner) is at the water's edgte and children are paddling. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 30421.
Beach and customs watch house, Fleetwood, Lancashire (Glass photonegative)
G2795;ANN, JOHN & MARY (1888); A starboard quarter view; Shown with crew. Mounted on horse drawn carriage in a street at Skegness. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 38419.; The fully manned RNLI lifeboat on a 4-wheeled carriage in a Skegness street. The boat is probably the ANN, JOHN & MARY (1888), Official No. 203, a 37 ft, 12 oared, self-righter that served at Skegness 1888-1906. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 38419.
Lifeboat crew, Skegness, Lincolnshire (Glass photonegative)
The Clifton Baths on Clifton Marine Parade at Gravesend. A view from the foreshore of the River Thames, looking west. Clifton Terrace (on the right side of this photograph) and the Clifton Hotel later the New Thames Yacht Club House (out of the picture to the left). F. C. Gould & Son
The Clifton Baths at Gravesend, circa 1870 (Glass plate negative)
G3631; The herring fleet anchored offshore with sails set, taken from the beach. Bathing machines are in the water and parked on the beach with small group of people walking close the waterline.
The herring fleet anchored offshore, Scarborough, Yorkshire (Glass photonegative)
G2384;A port side view, just off the bow, of the topsail schooner Astrea (1826) moored in harbour near New Quay Road, Whitby. The topmasts are out of picture. The Angel Vaults public house is beyond her and Wm. Harker's Wholesale Jet Ornament Manufactory is just right of centre with the Abbey beyond. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 18168.
A port side view, just off the bow, of the topsail schooner Astrea (1826) moored in Whitby harbour near New Quay Road. (Glass photonegative)
G2461;The quays and river from West Looe quay looking north to the bridge. Two women are gutting fish in the foreground. The fishing boat 590.FY is alongside and schooners are at East Looe quay. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 21310.
West Looe quay with women gutting fish, Cornwall. (Glass photonegative)
G3292;FRENCHMAN (1892); A port near beam view from just aft of broadside; Under way leaving Bridlington harbour northwards with passengers. SCARBOROUGH (1866); A port bow view; Alongside the end of the east breakwater at Bridlington. Similar to G3291 but from a slightly different viewpoint. The paddle steamer FRENCHMAN (1892) is heading northward with passengers and the paddle steamer SCARBOROUGH (1866) is at the end of the east breakwater. Francis Frith & Co negative no.66245.
Bridlington harbour, Yorkshire. (Glass photonegative)
G3071;Looking south-south-east from the promenade showing the full length of the pier with a Belle paddle steamer leaving. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 51536.
Pier and paddle steamers, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex (Glass photonegative)