Resources

Take your research further

ARCHIVE THE HISTORY OF ADVERTISING TRUST a 12 Raveningham Centre, Raveningham, Norfolk NR14 6NU t 01508 548623 w hatads.org.uk

The trust holds Butlin’s Heritage Collection, including uniforms, photos and memorabilia. Much of the collection is digitised and can be viewed at bit.ly/hat-but.

BOOKS Holiday Camps

Kathryn Ferry

Shire Publications, 2010 Ferry traces the rise and fall of traditional holiday camps. The Nation’s Host

Kathryn Ferry

Viking, 2016

This history of Butlin’s includes a biography of Billy Butlin.

Steven Braggs and

Diane Harris

Tempus Publishing, 2006 This study of seaside holidays includes hotels, piers, pavilions and holiday camps.

WEBSITES Sun, Sea and Sand BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE w bit.ly/bna-camps

The archive’s blog has very useful advice on searching for articles about holiday camps. w britishpathe.com Highlights include Focus on

Children (1959), which shows games in Cliftonville, Kent, and

Crazy Gala (1960), featuring family fun at the swimming pool at Butlin’s in Clacton, Essex. BRITISH PATHÉ SEASIDE HISTORY w seasidehistory.co.uk

This site covers holiday camps, piers, lidos and beach huts.