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On the beach Collection

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Background imageOn the beach Collection: Stone on the beach K020295

Stone on the beach K020295
KIMMERIDGE, Dorset. Detail view of a stone on the beach surrounded by water

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Crosby Sands N060824

Crosby Sands N060824
CROSBY SANDS, Crosby, Liverpool. General view of the sands including Another Place art installation by Antony Gormley

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Beach huts K030616

Beach huts K030616
BEACH HUTS, Southwold, Suffolk. Row of eight colourful beach huts

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Picnic on the beach BB98_02415

Picnic on the beach BB98_02415
KENNACK SANDS, St Keverne, Cornwall. A group having a picnic on the beach at Kennack. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son between 1896 and 1914

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Blackpool a058145

Blackpool a058145
BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. Beach view from the central pier looking towards the tower

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Blackpool Beach a047930

Blackpool Beach a047930
BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. Informal holiday portrait showing rear view of a family with two small daughters paddling in the sea, with Blackpool Tower in the background (mid-20th century). John Gay

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Cricket on Filey beach WSA01_01_G0584

Cricket on Filey beach WSA01_01_G0584
Filey, North Yorkshire. Children playing cricket on the beach, with two bathing tents in the background. Photographed for the Walter Scott postcard company in 1930

Background imageOn the beach Collection: On the beach a082144

On the beach a082144
Suffolk. A couple walking along a beach, the man pulling a pram behind him. Photographed by John Gay in 1963

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Punch and Judy show a98_10838

Punch and Judy show a98_10838
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Children watching a Punch and Judy show on the beach, with the Britannia Pier in the background. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in 1948

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Wind farm N090478

Wind farm N090478
WIND TURBINES, Blyth, Northumberland. View across the beach towards two wind turbines that are part of the Blyth Offshore Wind Farm

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Blackpool a047928

Blackpool a047928
BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. An elderly man on holiday paddling in the sea, with Blackpool Tower in the background. Date range 1946-1955. John Gay

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Jaywick Sands DP219091

Jaywick Sands DP219091
Jaywick Sands, Jaywick, Tendring, Essex. A sign on the beach reading Danger Soft Mud, with a rock breakwater beyond, October 2017

Background imageOn the beach Collection: On the beach JLP01_08_021246a

On the beach JLP01_08_021246a
LLANDUDNO, CONWY, WALES. Hilda Laing on the beach at Llandudno during a Laing staff trip. In 1947, after a seven year break, Laing had resurrected their Area Outings for staff and their families

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Paddling JLP01_08_021236

Paddling JLP01_08_021236
LLANDUDNO, CONWY, WALES. A man holding the hand of a toddler on the beach during a Laing staff trip to Llandudno. In 1947, after a seven year break

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Cricket on the beach JLP01_08_001074

Cricket on the beach JLP01_08_001074
MINEHEAD, WEST SOMERSET. A group of people playing cricket on the beach, with a young boy as batsman, during a Laing staff outing to Minehead

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Bournemouth Beach JLP01_08_046387

Bournemouth Beach JLP01_08_046387
BOURNEMOUTH. A young child on the beach with her legs buried in the sand, taken during a Laing staff outing to Bournemouth

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Bournemouth Beach JLP01_08_008856

Bournemouth Beach JLP01_08_008856
BOURNEMOUTH. Children playing on the beach and adults relaxing on deckchairs during a staff outing of the Laing London office to Bournemouth

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Hotel Metropole OP00485

Hotel Metropole OP00485
HOTEL METROPOLE, THE PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL. The Hotel Metropole as viewed from the north shore with holidaymakers on the beach in the foreground

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Morecambe Bay DP175067

Morecambe Bay DP175067
Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, with the tide out, featuring two cockle pickers

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Chesil Beach JEH_22044_022

Chesil Beach JEH_22044_022
Chesil Beach, Dorset. The shingle barrier beach is a natural formation forming part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Photographed in September 1970 by Jim Hancock

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Lowestoft beach N000042

Lowestoft beach N000042
LOWESTOFT BEACH, Suffolk. A groyne on the beach at Lowestoft

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Blackpool a047903

Blackpool a047903
BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. General view along beach towards the Blackpool Tower seen through centre of ring of life buoy on central pier. Mid 20th century. John Gay

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Boating WSA01_01_07979

Boating WSA01_01_07979
West End Pier, Marine Road West, Morecambe, Lancashire. A view of West End Pier from across the Childrens Boating Pool. 1925-1930. Walter Scott

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Clacton-on-Sea a98_17446

Clacton-on-Sea a98_17446
CLACTON-ON-SEA, Essex. A view of the pier complete with rollercoaster. In the foreground seaside holidaymakers lounge in deckchairs while a small boat offers sea trips

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Pebbles a087193

Pebbles a087193
A close-up view of sea-worn rocks and pebbles on a Cornwall beach. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1950 - 1960

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk a082550

Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk a082550
ALDEBURGH BEACH, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Fisherman tipping a wicker basket at the seas edge with gulls wheeling overhead and a sea mark in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay in 1977

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Sennen Cove K020713

Sennen Cove K020713
SENNEN COVE, The Lizard, Cornwall. Close-up of surf on pebble beach

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Hunstanton Beach K020480

Hunstanton Beach K020480
HUNSTANTON BEACH, Norfolk. View of rocks on the beach

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Coastal scene K011192

Coastal scene K011192
ROBIN HOODS BAY, North Yorkshire. A view from the beach looking across rock pools and the sea towards the headland at Ravenscar

Background imageOn the beach Collection: The Stade 29494_027

The Stade 29494_027
Hastings, East Sussex. The Stade, a shingle beach that has been used for beaching fishing boats for centuries. Photographed in September 2015

Background imageOn the beach Collection: New Brighton, Merseyside c. 1900 OP00589

New Brighton, Merseyside c. 1900 OP00589
NEW BRIGHTON, Merseyside. A view along Egremont Promenade towards New Brighton Tower. A group of children stand in the foreground enjoying a day out by the seaside. Photographed by W and Co. c.1900

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Walberswick Beach a082343

Walberswick Beach a082343
WALBERSWICK BEACH, Suffolk. Rotted wooden posts in the sea at Walberswick, with figures in the distance. Photographed by John Gay in 1969

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Chesil Beach K020279

Chesil Beach K020279
CHESIL BEACH, Dorset. View of the beach and sea at sunset

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Thurlestone Sands K020328

Thurlestone Sands K020328
THURLESTONE SANDS, Devon. View looking along the beach

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Durdle Bay K020299

Durdle Bay K020299
DURDLE BAY, Dorset. Sunset view looking west along the beach, west of Lulworth

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Coastal view K020591

Coastal view K020591
PORLOCK WEIR, Exmoor, Somerset. A view from Bossington Beach

Background imageOn the beach Collection: Coastal view at sunrise K011524

Coastal view at sunrise K011524
SANDSEND, North Yorkshire. View at sunrise of the sandy beach & groynes looking east towards Whitby



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