Holidays - Where did you go?

[sally 1973]

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We used to go to Torbay Chalet Hotel in Paignton, later taken over by Pontins. Now demolished for houses. We went there every year from the late 70's to mid 80's. It was fantastic, still mates with people we met there on Facebook. We also had a caravan in Llanbedrog and used to go to the Warren in Abersoch. back then it catered for families with shops and restaurants and a little cafe on the beach but now it has gone all exclusive with a gym and members only club. Beach is still amazing though. Sending mum and dad there this year for their 45th anniversary.

[chrisredditch]

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We did a few Pontins camps when I was a kid but mainly we stayed at Warners (when they catered for children)
I stayed at, amongst others, Sinah Warren, Coronation and Dovercourt Bay.
It was at Dovercourt Bay where they filmed Hi-De-Hi and Im always boring my family by pointing out the obvious during H-D-H reruns!

I think Sinah Warren is the only one remaining from my youth

[Richard1978]

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As a kid Butlins was a magical holiday..so much to do, & all of it free!

As an adult, been back with the kids in 2003...went home early as kids were bored & driving us mad. Very little entertainment compared to the 70's; and hardly any facilities were free

I went to Minehead in 1985 & was surprised that almost everything there was free, especially the fun fair (though the queues we often long). Some of the live entertainment wasn't far removed from Hi-De-Hi.

[rossobantam]

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As a kid Butlins was a magical holiday..so much to do, & all of it free!

As an adult, been back with the kids in 2003...went home early as kids were bored & driving us mad. Very little entertainment compared to the 70's; and hardly any facilities were free

[Kiop]

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I count my blessings that my family didn't make me holiday at Butlins, Pontin's etc. To me they are like prisoner-of-war camps that are very inflexible as to what times you can eat, what time you have to get back in the grounds for before the Goons close the big metal gates and guards start patrolling the inner compound. A bit like wearing an electronic tag and being under curfue.

Are they really like that or is it just my twisted imagination?

[HG]

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Another postcard from Butlins Filey of the boating lake, train and swimming pools, circa 1981

[Richard1978]

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Before I was born my parents went of a couple of canal holidays, one year they did the Grand Union Canal, & on the other the Cheshire Ring.

There were a few hi-jinx on both holidays, involing a near coming together with another boat, & spilt chemical loo & a TV aerial trapped under a low tunnel.

[glam_racket]

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Mr Racket (snr) decreed holidays were to be a once a year, fortnight long tour of canals of the midlands on a narrowboat.

At the time, I thought this was a fate worse than death. The weather was always dismal, stopping for a boozy (for my parents at least) pub lunch, then more locks, rain, slippery towpaths, wonky chemical toilets, running aground etc etc.

However, looking back now, it wasn't all that bad, saw some lovely countryside and mooring up in the middle of nowhere is something I'd probably consider now.

Plus, without them holidays, I could never say I'd visited places as exotic and varied as Kidsgrove, Macclesfield, Bromsgrove, Burton-on-Trent or Market Drayton.

However, responding to the where did you go for your holidays question at primary school always felt a little underwhelming. On my holidays I went to Tamworth!

[ridski]

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Highfields in Clacton. Pontin's in Brixham (St. Mary's I think), then 2 years at Pontin's Camber Sands, and after that we got all exotic. Went to Lido Di Jesolo outside Venice one year, then Monastir in Tunisia in 1987. That was pretty much the last family holiday I went on. Still have weirdly fond memories of Camber Sands, though the earlier poster describing the camp as a bit of a gulag was correct. Great amusement arcade, though. Spent pretty much 2 weeks playing Gorf.

[Marine Boy]

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Wonderful pic huggie. No mistaking the decade there!

Ohhhhh I love the 70s.

...if you hadn't guessed yet

[Heather74]

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Type A & B chalets at Maddiesons Camber Caravan Park in 1973".

[HG]

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I'm a member too

I'm a lurker

[Heather74]

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I'm a member too

[Marine Boy]

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'tis a great site..been a member for a few years now...anyone else from here on it?

I'm on it as 'DoncasterDaveSkegness85'

ps worked there in the staff dining hall /bars '85, holidayed there as a kid 71-75, Skeg & Pllwhelli

I registered last night. No Mods doing a regular welcome though. Probably a much quieter forum. Will have fun on there though, I'm sure.

[rossobantam]

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Thanks so much for this link! I can't imagine how I missed it with all my Googling. There are some brilliant old photos and it's generally a very good site. Nostalgia fest imminant as I search all the areas of the site

'tis a great site..been a member for a few years now...anyone else from here on it?

I'm on it as 'DoncasterDaveSkegness85'

ps worked there in the staff dining hall /bars '85, holidayed there as a kid 71-75, Skeg & Pllwhelli