25 eye-catching black and white images showing local folk loving life at Sussex's beaches between 1895 and 1935 - including Brighton, Eastbourne, Worthing, Littlehampton and Hastings
The weather is miserable right now, but it wont be long until we can get beside the seaside once again.
Our beaches have stayed the same for centuries, but, as these pictures show, life and fashions certainly haven’t stayed still.
And in our latest retro gallery we take a look at how people have enjoyed life at the seaside around our fine county down the decades.
You can view more retro content from around Sussexhere.
You can view more retro content from around Sussexhere.
5. Beach train with a difference
An electric railway carrying a carriage on parallel tracks along Brighton beach from the Banjo Groyne to Rottingdean, circa 1895: Photo: Hulton Archive
6. Hove Lawns
A view of Brighton from Hove Lawns, early 20th century. Photo: Print Collector
7. Eastbourne
The pier, promenade and bandstand at Eastbourne in the 1920's. Photo: Print Collector:f
8. Smoking on the beach
Two young girls on Brighton beach are about to have a cigarette, circa 1910: Photo: General Photographic Agency