There is always the option of requesting a caravan that is not close to the entertainment complex as well. And so this is a really profound change and it comes just right at the beginning of the 1930s, it filters through to the seaside, and some of the best sort of art deco and modernist buildings are actually at the seaside because there was a demand. But by the time you come into the 1930s, you’re getting some people who wanting to go for something more radical, um, architecturally and go from sort of modern houses, modernist sort of blocks of flats and fantastic sort of art deco and modernist cinemas and entertainment venues. After the war, however, the railways would come back into their own, before they were overtaken by widespread car ownership, and the rush to the sea would take place on motorways. The investment in these massive facilities that it would go on forever, that people continue to come forever.
A lot of it is the suburban bungalow and people just want to be beside the sea and live beside the seaside. There’s a lot of investment in development and building at the British seaside at this time, and it’s all focused on making the most of the sea and the coastline. And that isn’t actually true because the seaside continued to have quite a lot of investment after the Second World War, but that modern period, it sort of steps up through the 1920s and then the 1930s is really, feels like it is that sort of golden age period as well, you know, not necessarily in terms of visitor numbers, because they did pick up beyond that as well, but just in terms of the kind of investment and the, the kind of sense of, the sort of faith in the seaside, you know, as this wonderful place and the sort of confidence, I suppose, that’s what you really get a sense of from that era.
Allan: One of the important things about the British seaside is that they are real towns. Oliver was on hand to provide a reasonable valuation for each one for the family, as well as some advice for the best way to get these sold. One of the things that Mike did recently, was to donate all of his old Atari documents for archiving at Stanford University. People wanted things at seaside resorts, and the sort of the great expanses of glass and concrete seem to fit really nicely and give a modern feel to sort of seaside resort development. ’s definitely an uptake in the number of people going to the seaside. And partly that’s because I suppose there’s a recognition that the pressure of work is such and that manufacturing, people who work in factories, it’s a more mundane experience that people should have the right to at least a week, a year to let off some steam, and it’s the seaside that is the key beneficiary of that, because that’s where people go. Caroline: This is the kind of art deco, 1930s seaside you might associate with a David Suchet Poirot episode, with that modernist, nautical feel. This kind of heat is new to me, the kind which you feel as a generally uncomfortable ambient temperature, rather than direct from the sun.
Before Alton Towers there was just little old Alton village in the Churnet valley, with a crumbling castle and handsome Victorian railway station. It moved to Hopton-on-Sea in 1925 and to another site within that village in 1933. We have archived an arriving group at an unidentified camp (about 1930). Camps took on a larger scale with the establishment of substantial chains like Butlins. InterContinental Hotels Group. 4 June 2004. p. InterContinental Hotels Group. p. Many tourists went on short weekend breaks, choosing to stay in serviced apartments or hotels. We’ve also selected the best family-friendly hotels in Wales, London, the Lake District and Edinburgh. Laid out in Sporting Life were details of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company’s services to the seaside, as well as the ‘cheap tickets’ offered by the Great Western Railway Company, and the ‘cheap day excursions’ to such places as Ramsgate, Margate and Hastings, put on by the South Eastern Railway Company. And for better or for worse, the day tripper was here to stay. From relaxing summer days to revitalising sunset strolls along the seafront, you can be sure that a holiday here has everything you need for an unforgettable staycation.