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  • Pensioners on holiday - or on a daytrip - at the Nofilk seaside town of Great Yarmouth wait for a friend beneath a wide banner advertising a Karaoke event at the venue behind them that night. There are four old ladies and one man in the group, all dressed in summer clothes for their day at the beach. Only the gentleman is looking our way as the women are otherwise occupied. There is litter at their feet and garish posters are behind them. The man is outnumbered, a gender ratio of 4 to 1.
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  • A man has inserted his hand into a woman's back pocket while on the Grand Pier at West-super-Mare. One is not sure whether the three people standing at the pier rail are all mates – and if the third is a ‘gooseberry’ – the name for an unwelcome friend, or if they are strangers. Nonetheless, this is a curiously confusing image of day-trippers on this renewed Victorian structure, damaged by fire. In the background are other day-trippers and further away in the distance, the eastern part of this north Somerset resort. The Grand Pier is a pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. It is situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles (29 km) south west of Bristol.
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  • Looking up from beach level, we see the steps and slightly rusting railings as seaside girls use the stairs to descend from the upper Kings Road level near the West Pier. The neglected iron-work is showing the rust from exposure to numerous  salt air and water storms over the years and is need of fresh paint to brighten this seaside resort. The two ladies chat as they come down and one licks an ice-cream cone, both happy on this warm spring day. Way above them, two other women are seated on chairs, overlooking the steps and the seaside beyond and an anonymous man stands with his back to us at the very top.
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  • It is night-time on Blackpool's Golden Mile, the seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Like an English Las Vegas the neon lights glow to entice the holidaymaker inside where slot machines, games and rides await visitors to lose their vacation money. The Golden Mile is the name given to the stretch of Promenade between the North and South piers. It emerged in the late 19th Century, when small-time fairground operators, fortune-tellers, phrenologists and oyster bars set up in the front gardens of boarding houses, This northern seaside resort in the north-west of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. Blackpool is the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people from industrial towns and cities during the industrial revolution.
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  • Sitting on garden seats, a seaside couple enjoy ice creams near broken building materials in the resort of Sandown. A decaying pile of rubble and building bricks have been left on the ground where visitors and tourists sit on their holiday making for a grim and depressing experience and dystopic landscape. This is the seaside resort of Sandown on the Isle of Wight, twinned (jumelée in French) with the town of Tonnay-Charente, in the western French département of Charente-Maritime. Its American twin town is St. Pete Beach, Florida.
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  • Visitors to Weston-super-Mare walk over the causeway on the seaside resort's seafront. Two people below dip their feet in the warm water on the pool side of the walkway while others make their way along the long diagonal of the path that takes them across the beach towards hotels on the other side. Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in Somerset, England located on the Bristol Channel coast, 18 miles (29 km) south west of Bristol.
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  • Visitors to Weston-super-Mare walk over the causeway on the seaside resort's seafront. Two people below dip their feet in the warm water on the pool side of the walkway while others make their way along the long diagonal of the path that takes them across the beach towards hotels on the other side. Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in Somerset, England located on the Bristol Channel coast, 18 miles (29 km) south west of Bristol.
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  • Two sisters sit in identical poses on sea wall benches at Blackpool's Promenade, Lancashire, England. The eccentric pair has adopted the same posture in a way that twins and sisters sharing the same genetic characteristics and habits often do. Seated with bags at their own sandals and with the same styles of floral pattern dresses, the two look like the proverbial ‘peas in a pod.’ Blackpool is a seaside resort in the northwest of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. Blackpool is the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people during the industrial revolution.
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  • A pet poodle looks towards us in the same way that an RSPCA charity box model spaniel does outside a seaside shop tourist. The shop is selling seaside resort holiday tourist trinkets – a postcard rack has been carefully placed in the middle of the pavement (sidewalk) as holidaymakers pass-by to browse the cheap mementoes. The owner of the poodle has stopped to choose some cards for those at home and allows his dog a little slack on the lead. The dog cranes its neck towards the viewer, matching the posture and stance of the model charity spaniel whose cast sits, posing in a sorrowful and empathy-making show of need, suffering and want – enough perhaps to encourage people to give to this charity, the RSPCA (the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals).
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  • A portrait of a lady fishmonger and her shellfish in the Norfolk seaside town of Great Yarmouth. Holding up a tray of fish and shellfish, the lady proudly stands outside her kiosk in the centre of this eastern England seaside resort. A pot of shrimps, some crabs, salmon steaks and traditional kippers are shown to us. In the background are cod fillets, prawns and other smoked fish.
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  • Lifeguards in the seaside resort of Lowestoft practise the recovery position and resuscitation to a volunteer seaside victim. Lying on the smooth sand near the water's edge, a young man wearing a wetsuit lies pretending to be unconscious, having ingested sea water and requiring immediate treatment by the staff, well-versed in saving lives. As one starts chest compressions, the other holds on the mouth before continuing mouth-to-mouth. Passing time is vital if they are to start a heart and get air into the brain.
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  • Elderly visitors to Weston-super-Mare read an events brochure on the seaside resort's seafront. We look down on the tops of their heads and straw hats, both circular with bands - one for women and another for men. The husband has a walking stick and tattoo on his forearm and wears stripes while the woman is in floral patterns - both gender fashion stereotypes.
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  • Elderly visitors to Weston-super-Mare read an events brochure on the seaside resort's seafront. We look down on the tops of their heads and straw hats, both circular with bands - one for women and another for men. The husband has a walking stick and tattoo on his forearm and wears stripes while the woman is in floral patterns - both gender fashion stereotypes.
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  • A grinning portrait of a fishmonger from the Princess Cafe on Foreshore Road in the North Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough. Smiling with bad teeth but with a generous and kind face, the elderly man stands on the corner, outside his traditional seaside business in the centre of town where passing trade from locals and tourists guarantee him an income  - a secure future towards his retirement in the coming years. In the background are signs advertising his produce: Haddock, Cod, and Lemon Sole - all locally caught and served with chips.
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  • A lady sits outside in morning sunshine on the terrace of her B+B guesthouse in the Devon seaside town of Paignton. It is late morning and a lady has emerged from her bead and breakfast. Sunlight is quite high in the sky and the shadows of a vine that is growing across the roof of the building's terrace, is seen on the wall behind the woman. She is seated reading a magazine in a garden chair and is surrounded by colourful flowers in their prime. Well-painted original victorian railings that act as a sort of ballustrade are in front of the female. In the window is a scene of typical seaside Englishness. Serviettes are splayed out on a table along with breakfast or dinner items awaiting guests at the next meal.
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  • Whilst many English seaside piers are in decline, Southwold Pier is enjoying renewed popularity. The pier sign is at the Suffolk seaside town's seafront. Southwold Pier was built in 1900, and, at 247 metres (about 810 feet) was long enough to accommodate the Belle steamers which carried trippers along the coast. In World War 2, it was weakened by having two breaches blown in it: one by the Royal Engineers to hinder a possible German invasion, and the other by a loose sea-mine. Southwold is a small town on the North Sea coast, in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is around 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft and 29 miles (47 km) north-east of Ipswich.
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  • Looking south out to sea, we see the stony shingle of the seaside town  of Brighton whose blue and red stripe beach deck chairs and ruined West Pier stand like statues. It is mid-afternoon yet there are no people seen on this East Sussex beach in England. The West Pier has seen a series of tragic accidents and fires that have left this Victorian iron structure to almost fall into the sea. Several restoration projects have promised to safeguard its future but finance has always been an issue. It therefore stands like a monument to a bygone era of seaside amusement. The sea is relatively calm but the canvass of the deck-chairs billow slightly in a slight breeze.
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  • A grinning portrait of a fishmonger from the Princess Cafe on Foreshore Road in the North Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough. Smiling with bad teeth but with a generous and kind face, the elderly man stands on the corner, outside his traditional seaside business in the centre of town where passing trade from locals and tourists guarantee him an income  - a secure future towards his retirement in the coming years. In the background are signs advertising his produce: Haddock, Cod, and Lemon Sole - all locally caught and served with chips.
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  • A young couple sit on an early, quiet Blackpool North Pier in Lancashire. With no one else to bother them during a private conversation. It looks a little one-sided, as the man sits nonchalantly with legs splayed, as if disinterested in the romantic whispers from his girlfriend, and the woman, looking much more attentive and in love. We see the calm waters of the Irish Sea that this morning is at high tide. In the background is Blackpool Tower, an architectural copy of Paris' Eiffel Tower opened to the public on 14 May 1894 and rises to 158m (518 ft 9 inches). This northern seaside resort in the northwest of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. Blackpool is the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people during the industrial revolution.
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  • A man dressed in a dark suit and tie, shoes and socks lies down on his matching jacket for a short rest - perhaps during a lunchtime break from an office job - and stretches out on the incline of Blackpool seafront. In the background is Blackpool Tower, an architectural copy of Paris' Eiffel Tower opened to the public on 14 May 1894 and rises to 158m (518 ft 9 inches). As a sort of English eccentric character, the man looks incongruous as he sleeps in sunshine amid other holidaymakers. This northern seaside resort in the north-west of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. Blackpool is the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people from industrial towns and cities during the industrial revolution.
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  • A male surfer returns to the beach after surfing at San Sebastian Beach on 26th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • Beautiful architecture at Matadouro beach on 25th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.  photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • Five Portuguese men with umbrellas looking out to sea at Fisherman’s Beach on 25th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • A cafe in the centre of Ericeira on 27th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • South beach on the 26th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • A male surf instructor teaches four learner surfers to stand on a surfboard at Matadouro beach on 26th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • A surfer sitting on the beach watching other surfers at San Sebastian Beach on 25th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • A male surfer walking from the water at Foz do Lizandro on 26th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • Respect, enjoy and preserve sign at Matadouro beach on 25th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • Sun parasols and deckchairs at Fisherman’s Beach on 25th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • Four Portuguese men with umbrellas looking out to sea at Fisherman’s Beach on 25th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • Sunset surfers at San Sebastian Beach on 24th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • Fisherman’s harbour, a traditional fishing harbour at Praia dos Pescadores on 24th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • A man fishing off the coast of Praia dos Pescadores on 24th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • The Capela de Santa Marta on 24th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • A seaside boating lake overlooking Hastings old town on the 20th April 2019 in Hastings in the United Kingdom. Hastings is a town on England’s southeast coast, its known for the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
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  • A bright and colourfull seaside seating area on the 20th April 2019 in Hastings in the United Kingdom. Hastings is a town on England’s southeast coast, its known for the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
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  • People using swan-shaped pedalos at a seaside boating lake on the 20th April 2019 in Hastings in the United Kingdom. Hastings is a town on England’s southeast coast, its known for the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
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  • A person stands below a maritime shipping transit navigation sign at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk. A naval transit is a marker in the shape of a giant red diamond that aids coastal shipping to safely navigate. Adleburgh is a small town on the North Sea coast, in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. The town is around 12 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft and 29 miles (47 km) north-east of Ipswich.
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  • A group of young Scottish women gather for a portrait on Brighton seafront during their Hen weekend. One of their number is soon to be married and they are holidaying in this southern English seaside resort wearing matching nautical sailor caps and sunglasses, enjoying the warm coastal weather on May Bank Holiday. Behind them is the calm sea and the Victorian Palace Pier. Seagulls wheel overhead during this busy long weekend and the girls are revelling in their fun away from partners or husbands, escaping the tedium of the working week.
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  • An elderly couple sleep on a seaside shelter's bench on the promenade at the southern English resort of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. As the gentleman clasps both hands and with his stick propped up on the seating, the lady has hooked her handbag around an elbow, her arms folded over themselves as she snoozes for an afternoon catnap. They are the epitome of marital loyalty, a lifetime commitment of stability, love and affection.
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  • A window display selling various household and kitchen cleaning products on 26th May 2018 in Ericeira in Portugal. Ericeira is a civil parish and seaside resort/fishing community on the western coast of Portugal.
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  • Entrance to Coral Island on New Bonny Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.  Coral Island is Blackpools largest indoor free admission family attraction including seaside rides, adult games, slot machines and bingo and is located in the Golden Mile.
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  • Expensive real estate beach hut at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk,known for its lack of branded commercialism. A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box. The huts are an iconic image resorts such as Southwold, the most quintessential of British beach holiday destinations. Today Southwold’s beach huts are most likely to hit the national media because of their value meaning that they sell for large sums of money. Estate agents Durrants say huts on the promenade behind the sale item can go for £100,000. In 2012 a derelict beach hut in Southwold was on the market for £40,000.
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  • Expensive real estate beach hut at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk, known for its lack of branded commercialism. A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box. The huts are an iconic image resorts such as Southwold, the most quintessential of British beach holiday destinations. Today Southwold’s beach huts are most likely to hit the national media because of their value meaning that they sell for large sums of money. Estate agents Durrants say huts on the promenade behind the sale item can go for £100,000. In 2012 a derelict beach hut in Southwold was on the market for £40,000.
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  • Expensive real estate beach hut at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk, known for its lack of branded commercialism. A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box. The huts are an iconic image resorts such as Southwold, the most quintessential of British beach holiday destinations. Today Southwold’s beach huts are most likely to hit the national media because of their value meaning that they sell for large sums of money. Estate agents Durrants say huts on the promenade behind the sale item can go for £100,000. In 2012 a derelict beach hut in Southwold was on the market for £40,000.
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  • Expensive real estate beach hut at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk, known for its lack of branded commercialism. A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box. The huts are an iconic image resorts such as Southwold, the most quintessential of British beach holiday destinations. Today Southwold’s beach huts are most likely to hit the national media because of their value meaning that they sell for large sums of money. Estate agents Durrants say huts on the promenade behind the sale item can go for £100,000. In 2012 a derelict beach hut in Southwold was on the market for £40,000.
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  • Expensive real estate beach hut at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk, known for its lack of branded commercialism. A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box. The huts are an iconic image resorts such as Southwold, the most quintessential of British beach holiday destinations. Today Southwold’s beach huts are most likely to hit the national media because of their value meaning that they sell for large sums of money. Estate agents Durrants say huts on the promenade behind the sale item can go for £100,000. In 2012 a derelict beach hut in Southwold was on the market for £40,000.
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  • Expensive real estate beach hut at 4x4 car at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk, known for its lack of branded commercialism. A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box. The huts are an iconic image resorts such as Southwold, the most quintessential of British beach holiday destinations. Today Southwold’s beach huts are most likely to hit the national media because of their value meaning that they sell for large sums of money. Estate agents Durrants say huts on the promenade behind the sale item can go for £100,000. In 2012 a derelict beach hut in Southwold was on the market for £40,000.
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  • Neglected but expensive real estate beach hut at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk. With peeling paint and a boarded up rear window, the property has been allowed to deteriorate, upsetting locals who value their standards and aware of the hut's value and demand. A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box. The huts are an iconic image resorts such as Southwold, the most quintessential of British beach holiday destinations. Today Southwold’s beach huts are most likely to hit the national media because of their value meaning that they sell for large sums of money. Estate agents Durrants say huts on the promenade behind the sale item can go for £100,000. In 2012 a derelict beach hut in Southwold was on the market for £40,000.
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  • The seaside Crumbles Cafe along the A12 on the 26th October 2009 in Lowestoft in the United Kingdom.
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  • A family walk along the surf with their reflections in wet sand at the Welsh seaside town of Llandudno. Holding a very tired toddler, the mother walks alongside the father and a small girl who splashes in shallow water. Their figures are seen in the reflected wet sand at low tide.
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  • Young fans and their parents of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team wave their favourite display act before the display at Jersey air show. On their flag we see the famous Hawk jet aircraft among their emblem – the Diamond Nine formation. Spectators line up along the seaside wall in the Channel Island promenade of St. Helier. The Red Arrows perform throughout their calendar of appearances at air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where aerobatics aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of massed crowds.
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  • Young fans of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team wave their favourite display act before the display at Jersey air show. O their flag we see the famous Hawk jet aircraft among their emblem – the Diamond Nine formation. In the background are more spectators lined up along the seaside this Channel Island promenade in St. Helier. The Red Arrows perform throughout their calendar of appearances at air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where aerobatics aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of massed crowds.
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  • During the annual Southend Air show on the Thames river estuary, spectators sit on the top of the Cliffs above where thousands have lined-up along the seaside town’s promenade, awaiting the appearance of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. Craning their necks to watch military jets as they perform their displays, it is a hot summer’s Bank Holiday weekend and a popular event in a this town’s calendar. The Red Arrows Hawks perform throughout their calendar of appearances at air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where aerobatics aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of massed crowds.
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  • During the annual Southend Air show on the Thames river estuary, elderly ladies listen to the loud roar military jets overhead. Thousands have lined-up along the seaside town’s promenade, awaiting the appearance of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. The team’s merchandising trailer has been parked among the crowds, selling a range of squadron memorabilia to members of the public and careers advice to wannabe RAF personnel of the future. The Red Arrows Hawks perform throughout their calendar of appearances at air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where aerobatics aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of massed crowds.
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  • The seaside Crumbles Cafe along the A12 on the 26th October 2009 in Lowestoft in the United Kingdom.
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  • Union Jack flags flutter on a summer breeze at the Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, Suffolk, known for its lack of branded commercialism. The triangular pennants flutter in the wind in a quintessential scene of Englishness. Southwold is a small town on the North Sea coast, in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is around 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft and 29 miles (47 km) north-east of Ipswich.
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  • It is late morning and a lady has emerged from her bead and breakfast (B+B)  in Paignton, Devon. Sunlight is quite high in the sky and the shadows of a vine that is growing across the roof of the building's terrace, is seen on the wall behind the woman. She is seated reading a magazine in a garden chair and is surrounded by colourful flowers in their prime. Well-painted original victorian railings that act as a sort of ballustrade are in front of the female. In the window is a scene of typical seaside Englishness. Serviettes are splayed out on a table along with breakfast or dinner items awaiting guests at the next meal.
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  • A holiday couple sleep on portable beds in a particularly shabby corner of Bournemouth, a seaside resort in southern England. Above them are posters for this seedy part of the seaside resort on the south coast. Stars appearing in the summer season are an Elvis impersonator and the comedians Joe Longthorne and Les Dawson, who is appearing in Ray Cooney’s show called “Run For Your Wife!” The couple lie on their fold-up chairs, stretched out in a quiet corner below peeling plaster walls and beside a chained-up stack of deck chairs. The scene is a quintessentially English resort town that many from the 60s and 70s recall, when the Spanish package holiday suddenly became more attractive options, than the domestic week at home.
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  • An elderly couple sit in peace on a quiet beach in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. In a classic English beach holiday scene, the husband and wife relax, reclining in a pair of deckchairs at a kiosk that dispenses these quaintly British beach chairs. A sign telling other holidaymakers to collect and pay for their time in them appears on the freshly-painted clap-board wall. As the lazy completes word puzzles in her magazine, the gentleman reads his regular copy of the Daily Mirror tabloid newspaper. He is tanned, perhaps spent his summer tending his garden back home but here on holiday, they both have the chance to spend some time together away from home, in a resort known for its beaches and coastal adventures.
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  • A rather eccentric-looking man is seated on a bench on Blackpool's North Pier. This northern seaside resort in the north-west of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. The pier has intricate cast ironwork seat backs dating from 1863 and the man sits with ankles crossed, wearing a suit and trilby hat on a warm summer's day. In the background we see families - parents and children - playing and walking on the beach at low-tide - the golden sands a much-visited aspect of Blackpool, the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people from industrial towns and cities during the industrial revolution.
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  • Two boys carry large inflatable rings at a watersport ride called the River Run, at the north-eastern seaside resort of Scarborough, on 21st August 1992, in Scarborough, England.
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  • A father rests his head on tattooed arms while minding his baby, asleep in its buggy on the promenade at the north-eastern seaside resort of Scarborough, on 21st August 1992, in Scarborough, England.
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  • A lady peers down into the viewfinder of a vintage film camera whilst holidaying on the pier at Bournemouth seaside resort, on 20th October 1990, in Bournemouth, England.
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  • As an older daughter plays in the surf, a young girl hugs her mother while on holiday in the southern English seaside resort of Paignton, on 19th July 1993, in Paignton, England.
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  • Digging work on the front at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • An abandoned Crazy Golf course lies broken and sad in a field at the northwestern seaside resort of Southport. It is a dark winter’s day and off-season when no tourists, let alone locals have ventured out to this otherwise popular summer resort for those away from the towns and cities such as nearby Liverpool. The word Golf is peeling and fading on a broken green fence and the course that was once freshly painted woodwork attracted families for an hour’s fun. The rapid growth of Southport largely coincided with the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian era. Town attractions include Southport Pier, the second longest seaside pleasure pier in the British Isles. Now it is a sad indictment of the decline of many English towns and only the green grass looks fresh and healthy.
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  • Amusement arcades along the front at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • People enjoying the various rides at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Overview of Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Amusement arcades along the front at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Shops in the town centre at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Shops in the town centre at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Shops in the town centre at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Brightly coloured beach balls for sale at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Joke bumper stickers for sale at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Elderly ladies in wheelchairs are pushed along the front by their carers at Southend-on-sea, Essex. Thier are an extraordinary number of disabled people in Southend. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Park Inn Palace Hotel and seafront overview at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Deck chairs on the beach at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • People on the beach at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • People on the beach at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • People on the beach at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • People on the beach at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • People on the beach at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • People on the beach at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend beachC.jpg
  • People enjoying the various rides at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • People enjoying the various rides at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend amusement parkL.jpg
  • People enjoying the various rides at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend amusement parkJ.jpg
  • Boys race the go karts at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend amusement parkH.jpg
  • People enjoying the various rides at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend amusement parkG.jpg
  • People enjoying the various rides at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Young girls enjoying the rides at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend amusement parkD.jpg
  • Young girls enjoying the rides at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend amusement parkC.jpg
  • People enjoying the various rides at Adventure Island Funfair at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend amusement parkB.jpg
  • Amusement arcades along the front at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend on seaP.jpg
  • Amusement arcades along the front at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend on seaN.jpg
  • Shops in the town centre at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Shops in the town centre at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
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  • Shops in the town centre at Southend-on-sea, Essex. The town could be described as run down as while there are some signs of affluence, these are few and far between. The predominant atmosphere is quite rough feeling and quite poor. Southend is a seaside resort that is very popular with people from the East side of London due to it's close proximity, just an hour away by train along the Thames Gateway. With the decline of seaside resorts, from the 1960s much of the centre was developed for commerce and many of the original features were destroyed through redevelopment or neglect.
    20100709southend on seaF.jpg
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