This stunning photography book
captures the spirit of the now almost lost tradition of the English
seaside holiday. The photographs - all taken from English Heritage's
unique collection of over ten million images held in the National
Monuments Record - show how we used to take our summer holidays
before cheap flights and package deals made foreign holidays
affordable to all and led to the decline of the English seaside
resort.
From Victorian bathers to 1950s
beach huts, from 19th-century fishermen to long destroyed landmarks
such as New Brighton's tower (higher than its more famous rival,
Blackpool) and from Punch and Judy shows to donkey rides, the book
reminds us how we have changed as a nation and what we have lost
forever. The book includes some very unusual shots of amusement
parks, including Morecambe's Winter Gardens, Southport's
Pleasureland, Blackpool's Pleasure Beach and Great Yarmouth's
Pleasure Beach.
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