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G2570;Sailing and steam trawlers packed into the Fish Dock, Grimsby. They include the JUDITH (1877) and DH.168. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 26723.
Fish dock, Grimsby, Lincolnshire (Glass photonegative)
G3174;Looking south-west along the seafront and Grand Parade from the pier. The beach and promenade is crowded and there are boats and bathing machines at the water's edge. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 56684.
From the pier, Eastbourne, Sussex (Glass photonegative)
G3061;Looking east from Worthing Beach in front of West Parade to the pier with a yawl in the middle-distance, and a paddle steamer, a visiting ship apparently not registered on the South Coast, at the pierhead. Children are paddling in the foreground. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 50082.
Worthing beach, pier and paddle steamer, West Sussex (Glass photonegative)
G3175;Looking west from the shore end of the pier showing holiday-makers on the beach at Worthing. A 2-masted Shoreham-registered Brighton lugger SM129 is on the beach advertising a fish and poultry merchant. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 56700.
View from the pier, Worthing, Sussex (Glass photonegative)
G2433;The Bodinnick ferry, propelled by two men using sweeps. In the background are sailing vessels moored in Caffamill Pill, Fowey. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 21235 captioned Bodenick Ferry.
Bodinnick ferry, Fowey, Cornwall. (Glass photonegative)
G2417;By the 18th century, tourism was flourishing in Cullercoats. By 1751 the town was so fashionable that one diarist noted that there was ‘not a room empty’. It was also home to an important artists’ community, which included the American artist Winslow Homer. He arrived in 1881, and spent the next eighteen months painting the local fisherwomen. Here, little girls paddle in the sea, while the boys watch from the seawall.
View of the foreshore in the harbour at Cullercoats, Northumberland. (Glass photonegative)
G2392;Looking south west along the seafront at Broadstairs from the RNLI lifeboat house towards the cliffs, beach and bathing machines. The topsail schooner DISPATCH (1806) and small craft are moored in the bay. The houses on Victoria Parade line the cliff top. The figurehead of Hercules came from a Spanish ship wrecked 16 January 1844 and the Highland Chief figurehead came from a ship wrecked 12 February 1869. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 19716.
Seafront with bathing machines, Broadstairs, Kent. (Glass photonegative)
G2389;A line of cobles on the beach at Staithes, looking north west to Cowbar Nab. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 18215.
A line of cobles on the beach, Staithes, Yorkshire. (Glass photonegative)
G2447;A group of fishermen checking a catch of fish being weighed on official scales on the foreshore, watched by local boys with two women and a baby standing on the entrance balcony of a stone cottage. The stern of the dried out Plymouth lugger ALICE & JANE can be seen on the left. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 21276.
Fish being weighed, Polperro, Cornwall. (Glass photonegative)
G2381;Looking north from high ground overlooking Flamborough North Landing with various sizes of Yorkshire coble on the beach and hauled out high above the shore. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 18000.
A view from the cliffs down onto North landing, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. (Glass photonegative)
G2470;MARY JANE (fl.1889); A port near beam view from just aft of broadside; Lying aground in Brixham Harbour. Heeled over to starboard. Distant and on left of the picture. Francis Frith Negative No.21553.; Looking north across the inner harbour at low tide. Fishing vessels dried out include RIA DH.784, MARY JANE 540.DH, DH.223?, EVANGELIST and VIOLET DH.51. Some of these boats are on beaching legs. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 21553.
Inner harbour, Brixham, Devon (Glass photonegative)
G3183;The beach and seafront from the pier, looking south. Bathing machines and pleasure sailing craft are at the water's edge. The lighthouse rises above the rooftops in the distance. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 56829.
Southwold seafront and beach, Suffolk (Glass photonegative)
G2866;J C R (1865); A starboard just off bow view; Moored at quayside in the inner harbour, Castletown, Isle of Man. Distant. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 39892.; Looking south across the inner harbour to the swing bridge with Rushen Castle in the background. At the quay on the right is the schooner J.C.R. (1865) and small boys are playing on the shore in the foreground. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 39892.
Harbour and Castle Rushen, Castletown, Isle of Man (Glass photonegative)
G2598;Looking north-west from the harbour foreshore to Gosker Rock at low tide. Local children are playing on the boats in the foreground. The ketch rigged fishing boat M.26 is on beaching legs. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 28041. G02598;Looking north-west from the harbour foreshore to Gosker Rock at low tide. Local children are playing on the boats in the foreground. The ketch rigged fishing boat M.26 is on beaching legs. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 28041.
Tenby harbour, Pembrokeshire (Glass photonegative)