![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, 1930](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/ee/34/000034ee_medium.jpeg)
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, 1919](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/ef/34/000034ef_medium.jpeg)
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, 1926](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f0/34/000034f0_medium.jpeg)
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, 1950](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f1/34/000034f1_medium.jpeg)
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, 1929](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f2/34/000034f2_medium.jpeg)
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, 1939](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f3/34/000034f3_medium.jpeg)
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, 1947](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f4/34/000034f4_medium.jpeg)
A couple on holiday in Le Touquet, France. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Getty Images). 1947
![Holiday-makers creating their own enjoyment on the beach, by leaping over strands of seaweed, 1935](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f5/34/000034f5_medium.jpeg)
British holiday-makers creating their own enjoyment on the beach, by leaping over strands of seaweed. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1935
![Boys doing handstands on the beach at a holiday camp, 1936](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f6/34/000034f6_medium.jpeg)
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 beac, 1913](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f7/34/000034f7_medium.jpeg)
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, 1939](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f8/34/000034f8_medium.jpeg)
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, 1927](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/f9/34/000034f9_medium.jpeg)
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
![Michele Karsteus (left) paddles with some older holidaymakers at the water's edge, 1951](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/fa/34/000034fa_medium.jpeg)
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, 1934](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/fb/34/000034fb_medium.jpeg)
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, 1926](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/fc/34/000034fc_medium.jpeg)
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](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/fd/34/000034fd_medium.jpeg)
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, 1925](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/fe/34/000034fe_medium.jpeg)
Girls on a beach in Japan. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). Circa 1925
![Kiss on the beach](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/ff/34/000034ff_medium.jpeg)
Newly weds, honeymooning in Jersey, kiss on the beach. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images). 25th April 1953
![Two girls enjoy ice creams on the sands, 1958)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/00/35/00003500_medium.jpeg)
![Two holidaymakers enjoying a donkey ride on the beach, 1950](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/01/35/00003501_medium.jpeg)
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)
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