The Seaside Travel and Nostalgia site
This site is all about the British Seaside Holiday. We cover the whole country from Bournemouth to Brighton; from Blackpool to Cornwall. There are sections about lidos, holiday camps, piers, hotels, camping, sun bathing and the history of the British Seaside Holiday.
Southwold
Is Southwold still Britain's unspoilt resort? Seasidehistory looks at Southwold past and present.
See Southwold
Beach Hut of the Year
Seasidehistory looks at the Beach Hut of the Year Competition
Wells-next-the-Sea
Wells-next-the-Sea is a charming, family resort on the Norfolk coast. It is unspoilt, but has been 'rediscovered' by thousands of visitors. Like Southwold on the Suffolk coast, little has changed at Wells since the 1950s, but the resort is well looked after and is thriving.
Read our guide to Well-next-the-Sea
Beach huts
The traditional beach hut is the height of fashion. We take a look at the origin of the beach hut and how they are being enjoyed today. We also visit Bournemouth, Mudeford and Southwold to check out some of the beach huts.
Beach huts
Butlin's
Holiday camps started in the early twentieth century. Butlin's started in 1936. The 50s and 60s though, were the heyday of the British holiday camp.
Fawlty Towers
The Gleneagles Hotel, Torquay was the inspiration for "Fawlty Towers".
The Gleneagles Hotel
Blackpool
Blackpool is often called the Las Vegas of the North.
BlackpoolHistoric Blackpool
Sidney Little's Hastings
In the 1930s Hastings was transformed into a concrete and chrome tribute to the modern age.
Sun, Sea and Sand
Our latest book about the history of the Great British Seaside Holiday is available now!
Read more: Sun, Sea and Sand
Interested in the 50s and 60s? - Visit our sister site
www.retrowow.co.uk
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