The British seaside holiday
Ferry, Kathryn2009
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Focusing on the period from 1870 to 1970, this volume takes a nostalgic journey through the promenades, deckchairs and sandcastles to discover how ordinary people spent their seaside holidays. Photographs and images are brought to life with light-hearted commentary revealing the history behind these idyllic trips to the seaside. Old fashioned seaside holidays inspire a great deal of nostalgic affection among British people. Quintessential elements such as seaside donkeys and sickly sticks of rock are easily identifiable and memorable ingredients of a tradition that most people in this country have experienced. Focusing on the one-hundred-year period from 1870 to 1970, this book taps into collective nostalgia for an inside look at how ordinary people spent their seaside holidays. It examines what it actually meant to go to the seaside and what one could expect upon arrival, as well as various places to stay and how to spend one's days. Each chapter explores a different theme in order to build up a picture of holiday life and how it changed over time.
Main title:
The British seaside holiday / Kathryn Ferry.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Shire, 2009.
Collation:
127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Series title:
Shire history ; 4.
Notes:
Formerly CIP. Uk
ISBN:
9780747807278 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.481250941306.48125
LC class:
DA566.4
Language:
English
Subject:
Seaside resorts -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centurySeaside resorts -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryVacations -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryVacations -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryHistoryGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th centuryGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
BRN:
2618599