Haven mainly. Blue Dolphin or Primrose Valley in North Yorkshire were the two we went to most often.
Wasnt until I turned 19 that I had my first abroad holiday.
Haven. Very fond memories of Combe Haven
Haven, usually in Dorset – those caravan days bring back so much nostalgia.
Ha went to Brean many times as a youth but caravan parks, not Pontins. What a shit hole Brean is 😂
Borstal ❤️
Pontins Brean sands and Southport for me
Parkdean Resorts in Dorset and Kent
Gran-ma’s house in Falmouth because we had no money 😆
Butlins in Skeg when I was a kid
Took the kids to a Parkdean once in Cornwall, which looked like a prisoner of war camp
After that we stuck with Haven
Butlins at Clacton or Skeggy.
Pontins Wall Park in Brixham Devon two years in a row, then Pontins Camber Sands in Rye Sussex, I think 1975 and 76 for Brixham and 77 for Camber Sands.
Pontins blackpool every year till I was old enough to stay home, and then my parents pissed off abroad
Not holiday ‘camps’ like that
But always bloody Keycamp (and then it renamed to Eurocamp i think?)
Club Ruda in Croyde. I remember the excitement of the car sticker arriving in the post.
Once you hit the queue of traffic in Braunton you knew you were only a few hours away from paradise 😅
My sister worked at Pontins in Brean as a teenager back in the 70’s. She was only 14 but told them she was 18 and they didn’t care as long as she turned up and worked (a bus would come and pick all the cleaners up from the council estate where we lived). She was the richest 14 year old on the estate.
I never went but I did go to Butlins at Clacton with my friend in the late 70’s.
Butlins Skegness or Pwllheli (always bloody rained in Wales) occasionally Woolacombe Bay.
Sandy balls….
Whichever ones were cheap, I remember my dad saving up the tokens from the Sun to get the ‘free’ ones.
Still have fond memories, always gratefull we got to go on holiday every year, even if it was just to a caravan park in Weymouth.
Always desperate to go to Centre Parks when I was a kid. But we were always skint. The holiday park was camping in my Nans garden. Still a good time though.
Haven Holidays: Seashore in Great Yarmouth.
Vauxhall Park in Great Yarmouth.
I went there often before Parkdean bought it. I recently went last year, it’s okay. A lot has changed, namely the arcade having a massive focus on ticket games now, the eateries have changed and are not exactly my thing anymore. Might be nostalgia, but I really miss how it used to be.
Butlins Minehead until I was about 6.
Butlins in Skegness, Pontins I don’t remember where.
Minehead Butlins was the absolute GOAT and nobody can sway me otherwise
S K C Sparky’s Krew Club
None. We were dirt poor. Very rally went anywhere on holiday, mostly stayed at home.
Butlins in Minehead as a child. Then when my son was a toddler we went to the North Wales one. I’d been persuading my husband that he’d enjoy it and how much fun Butlins had been.
We went to Wales by train as there was a special offer. And basically we’re stuck for a week in an absolute hell hole. It was filthy and everything broke down. Miserable.
Pontins. Went to butlins once, was the best thing ever. Luxury.
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Haven mainly. Blue Dolphin or Primrose Valley in North Yorkshire were the two we went to most often.
Wasnt until I turned 19 that I had my first abroad holiday.
Haven. Very fond memories of Combe Haven
Haven, usually in Dorset – those caravan days bring back so much nostalgia.
Ha went to Brean many times as a youth but caravan parks, not Pontins. What a shit hole Brean is 😂
Borstal ❤️
Pontins Brean sands and Southport for me
Parkdean Resorts in Dorset and Kent
Gran-ma’s house in Falmouth because we had no money 😆
Butlins in Skeg when I was a kid
Took the kids to a Parkdean once in Cornwall, which looked like a prisoner of war camp
After that we stuck with Haven
Butlins at Clacton or Skeggy.
Pontins Wall Park in Brixham Devon two years in a row, then Pontins Camber Sands in Rye Sussex, I think 1975 and 76 for Brixham and 77 for Camber Sands.
Pontins blackpool every year till I was old enough to stay home, and then my parents pissed off abroad
Not holiday ‘camps’ like that
But always bloody Keycamp (and then it renamed to Eurocamp i think?)
Club Ruda in Croyde. I remember the excitement of the car sticker arriving in the post.
Once you hit the queue of traffic in Braunton you knew you were only a few hours away from paradise 😅
My sister worked at Pontins in Brean as a teenager back in the 70’s. She was only 14 but told them she was 18 and they didn’t care as long as she turned up and worked (a bus would come and pick all the cleaners up from the council estate where we lived). She was the richest 14 year old on the estate.
I never went but I did go to Butlins at Clacton with my friend in the late 70’s.
Butlins Skegness or Pwllheli (always bloody rained in Wales) occasionally Woolacombe Bay.
Sandy balls….
Whichever ones were cheap, I remember my dad saving up the tokens from the Sun to get the ‘free’ ones.
Still have fond memories, always gratefull we got to go on holiday every year, even if it was just to a caravan park in Weymouth.
Always desperate to go to Centre Parks when I was a kid. But we were always skint. The holiday park was camping in my Nans garden. Still a good time though.
Haven Holidays: Seashore in Great Yarmouth.
Vauxhall Park in Great Yarmouth.
I went there often before Parkdean bought it. I recently went last year, it’s okay. A lot has changed, namely the arcade having a massive focus on ticket games now, the eateries have changed and are not exactly my thing anymore. Might be nostalgia, but I really miss how it used to be.
Butlins Minehead until I was about 6.
Butlins in Skegness, Pontins I don’t remember where.
Minehead Butlins was the absolute GOAT and nobody can sway me otherwise
S K C Sparky’s Krew Club
None. We were dirt poor. Very rally went anywhere on holiday, mostly stayed at home.
Butlins in Minehead as a child. Then when my son was a toddler we went to the North Wales one. I’d been persuading my husband that he’d enjoy it and how much fun Butlins had been.
We went to Wales by train as there was a special offer. And basically we’re stuck for a week in an absolute hell hole. It was filthy and everything broke down. Miserable.
Pontins. Went to butlins once, was the best thing ever. Luxury.
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