When Billy Butlin opened his first resort in 1936, it transformed British seaside holidays for the working classes. An official history by Kathryn Ferry gives a nostalgic glimpse of the resorts in their heyday
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Seaside holidays at Butlin’s
Cheerful chalets Butlin’s brightly coloured chalets were instantly recognisable, like these ones at Clacton in the 1950s. A Redcoat described the scene at Filey: “I saw rows and rows of chalets all with different coloured doors and windows... it was...