Fascinating photos of historical summers - Take a look back at how summers used to be and be thankful for air conditioning and shorts!

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Rickmansworth - Girls try out a new surf boat, 1929.

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Brighton - A girl prepares to take the plunge during a heatwave in Brighton, 1929.

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Margate - Friends relax on the seafront at Margate in Kent, 1930. 

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Clacton - A group of girls play tug-o-war in the sea next to the pier at Clacton, 1933.

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Dover - East Cliff and South Foreland in Dover, circa 1895.

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Under the pier - A family gathers under the pier on a pebbly beach, 1929. 

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Brighton - Bathers play ball on Brighton Beach, 1919.

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Clacton - Holidaymakers on the beach at Clacton, Essex, circa 1925.

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Sandown - Sandown Pier on the Isle of Wight, circa 1920.

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Blackpool - Families enjoy the beachwith the North Pier visible in the background, circa 1903. 

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Blackpool - Bathing machines lined up on the beach in front of the North Pier, circa 1900. 

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Brighton - Deck chairs on Brighton Beach, 1930.

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Southend-on-Sea - A view from the pier at Southend-on-Sea, 1910.

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Egremont - Holidaymakers play on The Sands at Egremont, Cheshire, circa 1910.

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Southend - Eva Honey fishing at the pier during the Southend Angling Festival, September 1923.

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Whitby - Paddlers and bathers on the beach at Whitby, June 1913

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Brighton - The world's youngest diver preparing to dive in order to reprieve the West Pier in Brighton, 1927. 

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Southend - A photographer takes portraits, June 1905.

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Plymouth -

A woman sitting on a fence above the pier at Plymouth, Devon, September 1925. 

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Bournemouth - The pierhead at Bournemouth, 1928.

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Young angler - Audrey Hyams, aged three, is the youngest competitor in the Children's Angling Festival at Worthing, 1932.

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Ramsgate - The Sands at Ramsgate, Kent, 1878.

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Eastbourne - Holidaymakers on the sea front at Eastbourne, East Sussex, circa 1895.

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Margate Pier - A musical troupe entertains the holidaymakers under Margate Pier, circa 1860.

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Brighton - The West Pier, circa 1870.

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Clacton - Holidaymakers on the promenade at Clacton, Essex, with the pier in the background, 1923. 

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Hunstanton - Holidaymakers at the beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk, with the pier in the background, 1923. 

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Eastbourne - Eastbourne Pier in Eastbourne, East Sussex, circa 1885. 

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Southwold - The sea front of Southwold in Suffolk, circa 1920. 

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Eastbourne - People by the sea at Eastbourne, circa 1900.

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