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David Boyer

Carved into a sandstone cliff 3,200 years ago, four seated statues of Ramses II—part of the Abu Simbel temple complex—were in danger of being submerged before they were moved to higher ground.

Tourists wet their feet in the water of Blea Tarn, in the central Lake District, 1956.

Tourists feed ducks near an old packhorse bridge over a fell stream, or 'beck', 1956.

Shepherds coax their flock of sheep uphill high above Watendlath Tarn, 1956.

Speed boats return to shore after a gala race on Lake Windermere, 1956. The lake's controversial maximum speed limit of 10 knots was introduced in 2005 to reduce the hazards caused by to the number of craft on the water.

A group of tourists have a picnic against hay bales on the shores of Rydal Water, 1956.

A walker looks down upon Ullswater, 1956.

Rock climbers negotiate a crack on Raven Crag, Great Langdale, 1956. Rock climbing enjoyed a boom in the years following the successful British ascent of Everest in 1953.

Swans and rowing boats converge at the lakeside in Bowness-on-Windermere, 1956.

Walkers in rain gear regard a map during a Lakeland rainstorm, 1956.