A paddling pool was built on this beach to the south of Portishead in the 1920s, and since the 1970s there have been attempts to restore it to its former glory. Currently, the tide seems to deposit huge amounts of mud in the pool, but it’s thought that with sluices and other attention it could become more wholesome. Below my picture is one of better days, I think the 1950s, copyright North Somerset Times.

The picture below, from roughly the same position as the one above, shows the new (well, founded 1955) sailing club headquarters, with the launch slip in the foreground. The shelter, further down the beach in the original, has long gone, although some old concrete bases remain.