***additional galleries: the last resort revisited: Dench_NewBrighton14

Sharon McCullogh and Steven O'Keefe with grandaughters Elise and Kayleigh on Marine Promenade in New Brighton.In 1986, world famous photographer Martin Parr published his book 'The Last Resort,' a set of photographs taken over three seasons 1983-85 in the Liverpool suburb of New Brighton. 25 years later, photographer and Parr fan, Peter Dench, went on a Bank Holiday pilgrimage to New Brighton to walk in Parr's footsteps and document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.

Sharon McCullogh and Steven O'Keefe with grandaughters Elise and Kayleigh on Marine Promenade in New Brighton.

In 1986, world famous photographer Martin Parr published his book 'The Last Resort,' a set of photographs taken over three seasons 1983-85 in the Liverpool suburb of New Brighton. 25 years later, photographer and Parr fan, Peter Dench, went on a Bank Holiday pilgrimage to New Brighton to walk in Parr's footsteps and document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.