***archive: last resort revisited: Dench_NewBrighton05

Eight year old Georgina Jackson hooks for crabs in Marine Lake with her Grandad, Kenneth (61).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 pilgrimage to New Brigthon to walk in Parr's footsteps to document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.

Eight year old Georgina Jackson hooks for crabs in Marine Lake with her Grandad, Kenneth (61).

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 pilgrimage to New Brigthon to walk in Parr's footsteps to document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.