* Bathing belles and beach huts
*Piers and promenades
*Fish and chips and candy floss
*Grand hotels and seafront villas
*Donkey rides and sandcastles
*Bandstands and winter gardens
In 'The Seaside' Gavin Weightman, historian of popular culture and documentary film-maker, tells the story of that great British institution, the seaside holiday.
'Pictures from the Past' is a series of photographic books published in collaboration with the Hulton Picture Company, Europe's largest photographic archive.