***archive: last resort revisited: Dench_NewBrighton06

23 year-old Matt Jones on guard on Kings Parade for the Wirral Beach Lifeguard Service. 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.

23 year-old Matt Jones on guard on Kings Parade for the Wirral Beach Lifeguard Service.

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.