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| Image Album - Seaside |
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selection of images will be relevant for:
- KS1 Geography unit 4 'Going to the Seaside'
- KS1 History topic 3 'What were seaside holidays like in the past'
- KS2 Citizenship unit 9 section 4 'New Uses for empty buildings'.
You can use the image album in your classroom in a variety
of ways:
- The images can be dramatically displayed for whole class teaching
on a whiteboard or copied onto acetates and projected on an OHP.
- You can print out individual images or captions or copy them into
a worksheet of your own design.
- Pupils could do further research and show their findings in a presentation
illustrated with these images.
For more ideas on using this image album in the classroom and a
list of useful sources... click here
For 'How to Guides' on searching or using images ...click
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© Mr Peter Clark LRPS |
Needles Lighthouse, Shorwell, Isle
of Wight
Lighthouses were built to warn ships away from dangerous rocky parts
of the coast. This one was built in 1859 to replace an earlier one on
top of the cliff. Men used to live in them to maintain the lights but
they are now all automated.
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© Mr John Turner |
The Old Harbour, East Harbour and
Old Pier Scarborough, Yorkshire
Towns and villages grew up where there was calm water for boats to
shelter in. Later on walls and piers were built to form more protected
harbours. Scarborough's old pier was built in Tudor times and the harbours
now shelter a mix of fishing and pleasure boats.
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© Mr John Turner |
Salt Pan Well Steps, Whitby
Fishermens' houses were often built on the steep slopes of the cliffs
that rise up behind the coast. This view is typical of the older parts
of seaside towns with narrow streets and houses huddled close together
to take up less space and for protection from storms.
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© Mr Trevor Fenwick |
Poole Hill, Bournemouth
From the eighteenth century it became fashionable for rich people to
visit the seaside. Towns on the coast began to change as new buildings
were constructed for visitors. This building was constructed in 1860
in the Regency seaside style of architecture which can be seen in many
other seaside towns mainly in the south of England.
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© Mr John Giles |
Cromer Pier, Norfolk
The Victorian era saw a boom in the development of seaside towns as
the invention of the steam train made it easier for people to travel.
New structures such as piers were built. They allowed visitors to walk
out and take the air and often had buildings on them.
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© Mr Mike Thompson |
Torquay Pavilion, Devon
Pavilions were built to provide entertainment and refreshments. The
style of architecture in seaside locations was often a particularly
flamboyant version of the current architectural fashion.
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© Mr G M Smith ARPS |
Promenade Shelter, Queen's Promenade,
Blackpool, Lancashire
This shelter was built of cast iron around 1905 to allow people to
sit and look out to sea protected from the sea breezes. Promenades are
a common seaside feature allowing access to the beach and also enabling
people to take healthy walks along the coast. The promenade at Blackpool
stretches some miles so trams run along as well.
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© Mr John Turner |
Battery Parade Whitby
The sea front at Whitby illustrates several seaside features including
a beach, protective sea wall, two old customs look-outs for spotting
boats that could be smuggling in illegal goods, a funfair and a massive
block of houses and hotels built on top of the cliff in Victorian times
to cater for visitors.
Whitby today combines fishing and tourism.
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© Mr John Turner |
The Spa Scarborough
People started visiting the seaside because doctors believed sea water
was good for them, both to drink and to bathe in. This spa, which was
the most fashionable place of entertainment and rendezvous during the
Victorian hey-day of Scarborough and frequented by the Prince of Wales,
was built on the site of a mineral spring. 'Taking the waters' was a
popular pastime in the nineteenth century.
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© Mr Ken Clark LRPS |
The Kursaal Amusement Park, Eastern
Esplanade, Southend on Sea, Essex
This building is the remnants of a Victorian amusement park which originally
covered twenty six acres and included a menagerie, music hall, funfair,
ninety shops and fifty-three houses.
After becoming derelict it was rebuilt in 1998 and now houses ten pin
bowling, themed bars and restaurants, an amusements and fun area and
a casino. It makes a feature of its Victorian architecture and heritage
with a display of old photographs.
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© Mr Andrew C. Letchford |
Tinside Lido and Changing Rooms,
Plymouth, Devon
The 1930s saw another wave of building in seaside towns. This sea water
bathing pool built in 1935 in art deco style is typical. It stands between
the sea and the cliffs and is part of the landscape of railed terraces,
shelters and steps down to the beach.
Lidos were very popular up to the 1960s but many, like this one, fall
into a state of disrepair, often a source of disagreement between planners
who want to redevelop the site and local people who wish to preserve
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© Mr G M Smith ARPS |
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
Relaxing in the sunshine, sheltered from the breeze, with a view of
the sea. Many older people move to the seaside after they retire from
work.
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| Ideas for using these images in the classroom |
- Use the photographs either to introduce a topic on the seaside or
for revision at the end of a project. Ask pupils to find examples
of the following seaside features; harbour, sea wall, beach, cliff,
pier, promenade.
- Make a general timeline showing how a small fishing community would
typically have developed into a large resort - list the natural and
man made features. Alternatively make a timeline based on an actual
resort using a combination of photographs from Images of England
and historic photographs. Click here
for tips on finding historic photographs. A search on the theme 'seaside'
on the Viewfinder
website will find a selection of historic and more modern images.
- What was it like to live in a lighthouse? How did the lighthouse
keepers get there? Did this change over time? What were the advantages/disadvantages
of living in a lighthouse? SeeThe Lighthouse Keepers Lunch
for a relevant story book.
- Using the photograph and list description of the Kursaal amusement
park and the Kursaal
web site compare a Victorian amusement park with a modern one.
Older pupils could consider; What does this demonstrate about changes
in leisure pursuits? How important is 'heritage' to modern tourists?
- Using the photograph and description of Tinside Lido. Look on Images
of England for more lidos and search the Viewfinder
website, local studies library or web for images of lidos as they
were. Compare what they were like with how they are now. Try to make
a list of reasons why they have declined. Ask older pupils to prepare
power point presentations using images, either in support of preservation
or making the case for closure. Hold a vote when the presentations
have all been seen. Use a local example if possible. Visit
this website for news about Tinside Lido.
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