***archive: last resort revisited: Dench_NewBrighton08

71 year-old John James tests his new model boat, Andrea Gail on the King's Parade lake. John has been a member for six years, the club has around 70 members. A new gymn and open air pool is being built next to the boating lake as part of major redevelopment 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 pilgrimage to New Brigthon to walk in Parr's footsteps to document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.

71 year-old John James tests his new model boat, Andrea Gail on the King's Parade lake. John has been a member for six years, the club has around 70 members. A new gymn and open air pool is being built next to the boating lake as part of major redevelopment 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 pilgrimage to New Brigthon to walk in Parr's footsteps to document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.