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The Great British Seaside Collection (page 8)

Oh I do Like to Be Beside the Seaside; for decades British holidaymakers have flocked to the coast.

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Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Sunny Bognor

Sunny Bognor
1929: Crowds on the promenade and beach at Bognor Regis. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Vanderbilt Coach

Vanderbilt Coach
22nd April 1907: The Vanderbilt coach Meteor drives past the YMCA in Crawley, West Sussex on its first voyage to Brighton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Drawing Room

Drawing Room
15th July 1948: The south drawing room, with Dolphin furniture loaned by the Admiralty, and presented to Greenwich Hospital in memory of Nelson, at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Brooklands Flight

Brooklands Flight
9th May 1911: Gilmours flight from Brooklands to Brighton is seen taking off by spectators. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Bleriot Take Off

Bleriot Take Off
May 1911: A Bleriot monoplane flown by Gustave Hamel leaving Brooklands for Brighton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Southend Beach

Southend Beach
circa 1919: Bathers at Southend enjoying a dip with the security of a rope attatched to their bathing machines. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Sand Yachting

Sand Yachting
19th April 1927: A sand yacht at the Easter meeting of the New City Sand Yachting Club at Bognor Regis. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Beachcombers

Beachcombers
19th October 1936: Beachcombers at Brighton diligently searching for anything thrown up by the rough sea. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Holiday Crowds

Holiday Crowds
June 1922: Holiday crowds on Pier Hill, Southend. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Bournemouth Regatta

Bournemouth Regatta
July 1924: Three yachts Britannia, Shamrock IV and White Heather at the Bournemouth Yachting Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Royal Pavilion

Royal Pavilion
15th July 1948: The Banqueting Room of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, Sussex, added by architect John Nash in 1818, ready for the opening of a Regency exhibition

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Southend Transport

Southend Transport
1907: The laying of wires for the electrification of the Southend-on-Sea trams. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Brighton Pavilion

Brighton Pavilion
15th July 1948: The Music Room at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton bespeaks opulence with many articles in the exhibition having been lent by the King and Queen, Princess Elizabeth

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Whitby Abbey

Whitby Abbey
December 1914: Whitby Abbey after being shelled by German battlecruisers on 16th December. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Bournemouth

Bournemouth
7th February 1928: The pierhead at Bournemouth from the beach. (Photo by Console/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Perched Seagulls & Blackpool Tower

Perched Seagulls & Blackpool Tower
Two seagulls sit perched upon a lamp post beneath the icon Blackpool Tower

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Vicorian arches in Brighton, Sussex, UK

Vicorian arches in Brighton, Sussex, UK
Colourful turquoise Victorian arches on Madeira Drive, dominate the view of the esplanade of Brighton, in East Sussex, England, in the United Kingdom

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Brighton Belle

Brighton Belle
20th March 1970: The Brighton Belle train near Victoria Station, London, on its way to Brighton. (Photo by Victor Drees/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: A Famous Shimmy

A Famous Shimmy
circa 1950: A young holidaymaker in Bognor Regis looking at a machine which promises to reveal how Gilda Gray Demonstrates Her Famous Shimmy. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Holidaymakers on the beach at Brighton

Holidaymakers on the beach at Brighton

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Big Wheel

Big Wheel
12th August 1939: Big Wheel on the Palace Pier, Brighton. Original Publication: Picture Post - 171 - Brighton - pub. 1939 (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: And Over There

And Over There
12th August 1939: On Brighton pier a woman point out buildings in the town to her partner. Original Publication: Picture Post - 171 - Brighton - pub

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Chinese Room

Chinese Room
The Chinese Room in Buckingham Palace, circa 1930. The furnishings acquired from the Brighton Pavilion. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Brighton Pier; litter left by the departed crowds

Brighton Pier; litter left by the departed crowds
June 1952: A pile of litter left by the departed crowds on the famous Brighton Pier. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5902 - Brighton Pier - unpub

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Brighton Pavilion

Brighton Pavilion
circa 1825: The Indian-style domes of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, built by Henry Holland and John Nash for King George IV, then Prince of Wales. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Little Wonder

Little Wonder
circa 1890: Portrait of the Margate dwarf, Jenny Worgen. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Beach Photographer

Beach Photographer
1904: A German beach photographer plies his trade on Brighton beach. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Volunteer Review

Volunteer Review
7th April 1883: Troops of the British Volunteers artillery company during a troop review, Brighton, England. Original Publication: Pictorial World - pub. 1883 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: New Road

New Road
circa 1925: Cars travelling the newly opened road between London and Southend. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Blackpool Tramlines

Blackpool Tramlines
circa 1903: A main street, with tramlines, in the seaside resort of Blackpool, Lancashire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Brighton Chain Pier

Brighton Chain Pier
The Royal Suspension Chain Pier in Brighton is severely damaged by lightning during a storm, 15th October 1833. Engraved by George Hunt from a painting by S. J. E. Jones

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: New Brighton Beach

New Brighton Beach
Crowds on New Brighton beach, Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1925. Photo by S.C. Smith/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Beach Inspection

Beach Inspection
The beach is inspected after flooding at Margate, Kent, 18th October 1934. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Fish Furniture

Fish Furniture
The Dolphin Furniture or Fish Furniture at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, 15th July 1948. Commissioned by John Fish as a memorial to Lord Horatio Nelson

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Prittlewell

Prittlewell
A street in the village of Prittlewell, near Southend, Essex, 1891. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Travel Break

Travel Break
Supporters of the Blackpool motor races travelling up from London by Serpollet omnibus, stop for refreshments at the Cock Hotel, Stratford. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Always Welcome

Always Welcome
A view through the new Welcome Arch on Blackpool promenade, a week after Gilbert Harding inaugurated the years illuminations, 17th September 1954. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Blackpool Tower

Blackpool Tower
The illuminated structure of Blackpool Tower, 1954. (Photo by C. R. Meadows/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: The Upper Harbour

The Upper Harbour
A view of the upper harbour in Whitby, circa 1880. (Photo by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: London To Brighton

London To Brighton
Two Panhard cars complete the first London to Brighton car run, outside the Hotel Metropole, Brighton. This run was known as the Liberation or Emancipation run as it celebrated the repeal of the law

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: The Black-Rock Fort

The Black-Rock Fort
The Black Rock fort and lighthouse in New Brighton, Merseyside, near Liverpool, circa 1830. The fort is a coastal defence battery built in the 1820s, and later renamed Fort Perch Rock

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Banqueting Hall

Banqueting Hall
The banqueting hall inside the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, which was designed by the architect John Nash. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Royal Pavilion

Royal Pavilion
The Royal Pavilion at Brighton, completed to designs of John Nash. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Hastings Beach

Hastings Beach
The seafront at Hastings, Sussex, circa 1900. Drawn up on the beach are wheeled bathing huts and rowing boats. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Whitby Harbour

Whitby Harbour
Fishing boats moored in Whitby harbour, circa 1880. (Photo by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Brighton Sands

Brighton Sands
1872: Brighton shore with bathing machines at the waters edge and houses lining the promenade. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Eastbourne Sea Front

Eastbourne Sea Front
Holidaymakers on the sea front at Eastbourne, East Sussex, with Eastbourne pier in the background, circa 1895. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Great British Seaside Collection: Newgate Gap

Newgate Gap, Margate, Kent, circa 1900. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty mages)



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