Paperback / softback
Description
From the 1930s to the 1960s, millions of British people chose to spend their annual summer break at a holiday camp, taking advantage of the all-in package that included accommodation, food, and plentiful entertainment.
The market leader was Billy Butlin whose camps operated on a vast scale, and offered a brightly coloured leisure land in contrast to the drabness of post-war rationing.
The holiday camp story, however, goes back to the 1890s, and it continues into the present day with signs of a revival in camp fortunes.
Kathryn Ferry celebrates the communal and the kitsch, glamorous grandmother competitions, chalets, Redcoats and all the other well-known symbols of an incredibly popular form of twentieth-century holiday.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, 57 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/06/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780747807759
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, 57 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/06/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780747807759
