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Scarborough, Yorkshire
Scarborough, Yorkshire (Photographic negative)
Herring girls, Scarborough, Yorkshire
Herring girls, Scarborough, Yorkshire (Photographic negative)
Scarborough, Yorkshire
Scarborough, Yorkshire (Photographic negative)
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Trawlers berthed in the outer harbour with the morning mist rising. (Glass plate negative)
G3377;Following King George III’s visit to Sidmouth in 1781, it grew from a small village into a stylish resort. It was popular with affluent visitors including Queen Victoria’s parents. Bypassed by the railway in the mid-19th century, Sidmouth declined in popularity; tourists were deterred by the long coach journey from Exeter. The railway finally here arrived in the late 19th century.
Seafront with a paddle steamer beaching, Sidmouth, Devon (Glass photonegative)
G3132;Looking south-east from Princess Gardens and Rock Walk with Vane Hill and the harbour in the background. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 54011.
Torquay harbour and pleasure gardens, Devon (Glass photonegative)
G3150;Looking south-west from the breakwater showing part of the harbour and the village. An old man is leaning against the breakwater steps on the right. Vertical format. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 55953.
Clovelly harbour and village from the breakwater, Devon (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)
G4358; EDWARD MOORE (1857); A starboard broadside view; Alongside castle quay at Carnarvon. UNICORN (1840 or 1848); Starboard near beam view from just aft of broadside; Moored in midstream on the River Seiont with Carnarvon Castle in the background. Partially obscured by a cutter in the foreground. Looking north east across the River Seiont to northeast. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 23111.
A view across the River Seiont towards Carnarvon Castle with the schooners Edward Moore (1857) and Unicorn (1840 or 1848). (Negative)
G3123;A posed photograph of a family of fisher folk, comprising two adults and five children, standing by an open boat on the bank of Llangym Pill, River Cleddau. Net drying poles are conspicuous. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 53760.
Family of fisherfolk, Llangwm, Pembrokeshire (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)
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)
G3330;Looking west across the inner harbour to the fish quay from the inner pier. The St Ives pilchard driver AGNES and the Penzance boats ONEIDA, PELICAN and MYRTLE are alongside the pier. In the background is the R R Bath & Newlyn Ice Co building. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 69746.
Newlyn harbour and fish quay, Cornwall (Glass photonegative)
G3030;Looking east along the seafront from near West Pier. The Palace Pier is in the background with the paddle steamer 'Brighton Queen' underway passing the end of the pier. The foreshore is cluttered with rowing boats and 2 masted luggers, hauling out capstans and bathing machines. The holidaymakers are all fully dressed. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 48510.
King’s Road and Palace Pier, Brighton, Sussex (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)
G3241;ANN ELIZABETH (1856); A port just off bow view; Moored to quayside in the inner harbour at Porthleven. Bow partially obscured. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 63640.; Looking south along the length of the inner harbour with the Bickford-Smith Institute in the background. The ketch ANN ELIZABETH (1856) is alongside the quay and the Commercial Hotel is on the left. Two small girls are in the foreground. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 63640.
Inner harbour, Porthleven, Cornwall (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)
G3128;An old lady pausing during dredging for cockles on the mudflats between Cockwood and Dawlish Warren with the boathouses of Exmouth in the distance. Vertical format. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 53961.
Cockle Woman, Exmouth, Devon (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
G3062;Looking south from the Esplanade near Cross Street along the seafront and beach to the pier and the Pier Hotel. There is a lot of activity on the beach including donkey rides, a stage show and possibly a sand castle competition. Francis Frith & Co negative no. 50103.
Seafront and beach, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset (Glass photonegative)