Wearing coats and berets against the chill of an English summer three children have brought their buckets and spades to the beach at Whitby in Yorkshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). June 1930

Bashful bathers take to the waters at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). August 1919

Two bathers enjoy a cigarette on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 2nd July 1926

Marianne Brauns jumping a breakwater on the beach, wearing a structured blue swimsuit with white trim. (Photo by Carl Sutton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1950

Two women changing discreetly on a beach in “Skreenette” bathing tents. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 12th April 1929

An ice cream vendor wearing waders sells Bailey's ice cream to two women bathing in the sea at Brighton. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 7th August 1939

A couple on holiday in Le Touquet, France. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Getty Images). 1947

British holiday-makers creating their own enjoyment on the beach, by leaping over strands of seaweed. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1935

Dr. Barnardo's boys doing handstands on the beach at a holiday camp in Kent. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1st September 1936

A couple relax in their deckchairs on the beach at Great Yarmouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 1st August 1913

Bathing beauties cluster round a fisherman as he regales them with his fishy tales. (Photo by Arthur Tanner/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 15th April 1939

A little boy waves his bucket and spade at the waves as he watches the sea on the beach at Clacton-on-Sea. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). August 1927

French visitor Michele Karsteus (left) paddles with some older holidaymakers at the water's edge. (Photo by George Douglas/Picture Post/Getty Images). 25th August 1951

Three young girls enjoy one of the first rides of the donkey season on the beach at Ramsgate, England. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 7th April 1934

A young child with his dog on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 2nd July 1926

A man rolls up the legs of his suit, paddles into the water to turn his back on the world and stare out to sea. (Photo by Vagn Hansen/BIPs/Getty Images). 1955

Girls on a beach in Japan. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). Circa 1925

Newly weds, honeymooning in Jersey, kiss on the beach. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images). 25th April 1953

Two holidaymakers enjoying a donkey ride on the beach at Blackpool, circa 1950. Blackpool Tower is in the background. (Photo by John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images)