These lovely old pictures show life at a somewhat slower pace in Lyme Regis.

The images, showing people strolling along in the seaside resort of Lyme, were taken by a keen photographer called Mr Davis.

Mr Davis lived in Tiverton, Devon, and he and his wife rode bicycles touring England and Wales, taking photos.

It's thanks to reader Gregory Wellman that we could share these beautiful images, which make up part of the archive of the Bridport and Lyme Regis News.

It seems Lyme Regis was fast becoming a popular tourist attraction by the 1930s.

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The 1933 edition of the annual town guide promised the following: "Lyme Regis appeals at once and quite irresistibly to those who seek real relaxation, facilities for holiday sport and recreation among surroundings of unique charm and beauty."

Strangely, then, the lifeboat station boasting five sailing and rowing boats was closed in 1932 after the motorised lifeboats from Exmouth and Weymouth were judged as being able to cover the area.

The town's accessibility to visitors across Britain was also celebrated within the guide: "The facilities offered, both by road and rail transport companies, are excellent and visitors travel easily and comfortably to Lyme from all over the country."

The progressive nature of the town was emphasised during the 1930s, too, when the mill had its water wheel removed and replaced by a turbine.

From 1936 until 1946, electricity generated by the mill supplemented the power supplies of the town, until it fell into disrepair following the nationalisation of the electricity industry after the Second World War.

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It was not until a team of dedicated volunteers restored the mill in recent times that it began to produce electricity once more.

On April 13, 1934, a group of 30 people met in the Three Cups Hotel to found “A society aimed at the preservation of the beauty and antiquity of Lyme Regis”.

Today, they would have named it “The Lyme Regis Civic Society” but the name chosen in 1934 was The Lyme Regis Preservation Society. The fledgling society was a branch of The Council for the Preservation of Rural England. Today, the Society is still affiliated to the CPRE it is now called The Lyme Regis Society.

In the 1930s the Society encouraged builders to use materials which would harmonise with the old grey colouring of the town. Working with a panel of architects, a pamphlet was prepared and published giving advice.

With thanks to the Lyme Regis Society for some of the information provided here.