The English seaside / Peter Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Peter, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seaside resorts--England--Pictorial works.

Seaside resorts.

Seaside architecture--England--Pictorial works.

Seaside architecture.

England.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

176 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Swindon : English Heritage, 2005.

Summary:

There is something about the seaside that brings out the beating heart of John Bull in the English: doggedly erecting our wind-breaks to capture every vestige of a watery sun; wrestling with deckchairs; wrapping up against the determined wind on the verandas of our beach huts; accepting that 'sand' in 'sandwich' means just that! But we still love it and nowhere else in the world can match its myriad charms and eccentricities.

Peter Williams's evocative photographs will make you want to rediscover what a fantastic place the seaside is - full of character, charm and 'Englishness'.

Contents:

The natural coast 8

Fishing 10

Lighthouses 16

Time and tide 20

Weather 24

Wrecks 26

Lifeboats 28

War and peace 34

Religion 46

Bathing 52

On the beach 56

Punch and Judy 60

Donkeys 64

Piers 66

Beach huts 76

Cliff lifts 84

Hotels 86

Wooden walls 92

Caravans and chalets 96

Seaside architecture of the 1930s 98

Shelters 102

Telephone kiosks 108

Something to sit on 110

Public conveniences 116

Contemporary seaside sculpture 118

Seaside gardens 122

Model villages 128

Bandstands 130

Amusements 132

Helter-skelters 142

Carousels 146

Golf 148

Food 150

Famous people 162

Palmists and clairvoyants 166

Joke shops 168

A nice cup of tea 170

Staring out to sea 172.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1850749396

9781850749394

OCLC:

62131307