Holiday Camps - Couverture souple

Ferry, Kathryn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747807752 ISBN 13 : 9780747807759

Editeur : Shire Publications, 2010

Synopsis

From the 1930s to the 1960s, millions of British people chose to spend their annual summer break at a holiday camp, taking advantage of the all-in package that included accommodation, food, and plentiful entertainment. The market leader was Billy Butlin whose camps operated on a vast scale, and offered a brightly coloured leisure land in contrast to the drabness of post-war rationing. The holiday camp story, however, goes back to the 1890s, and it continues into the present day with signs of a revival in camp fortunes. Kathryn Ferry celebrates the communal and the kitsch, glamorous grandmother competitions, chalets, Redcoats and all the other well-known symbols of an incredibly popular form of twentieth-century holiday.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kathryn Ferry is a writer and historian specialising in the British seaside. She has a PhD in architectural history and has written for Shire on beach huts, British seaside holidays and the Victorian home.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shire Publications
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747807752
• ISBN 13: 9780747807759
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible