Fun on the beach: a gallery of vintage seaside photos
Most collections of amateur vintage photographs and negatives that come my way have beach pictures among them. People love the beach, and they love taking photos at the beach. The quality of the photos, I admit, is not always fantastic, but there's a nostalgic charm about these seaside pictures that draws me in. Here is a few examples from my collection - and some kindly loaned by other people too. Newcastle Beach, circa 1904. You could bathe without togs, if you were young enough, but the hat was harder to do without. Newcastle's Merewether Beach, circa…