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Holiday Camps: No Loud Talking After 11

1979 , Clacton-on-Sea (Essex)

Cat no. 4872

Holiday Camps: No Loud Talking After 11

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A history of holiday camps, from socialist beginnings to non-stop entertainment.

BBC East documentary presenting a brief history of seaside holiday camps by a combination of archival photographs, old brochures and anecdotes from past holidaymakers, camp-workers and redcoats. Although the Butlin's camp at Clacton-on-Sea has been in continuous use since 1938, and was the second Butlin's after Skegness, it wasn't Billy Butlin that invented the concept of a holiday camp. Tracing the history of holiday camps, the programme begins with J. Fletcher Dodd's socialist camp at Caister-on-Sea, which aimed to provide accommodation for working people who couldn't otherwise afford a holiday by the sea. Dodd pioneered most of the features of modern holiday camps, but his was run with rules and regulations informed by a high Fabian morality, which forbade the consumption of alcohol, inappropriate swimming attire and loud talking after 11pm. Before long, Dodd faced competition from rival camps such as Maddison's at Hemsby in Norfolk, but the holiday camp scene was transformed by the arrival of Billy Butlin in the mid-1930s, who conceived of an all weather holiday camp with non-stop entertainment.

Featured Buildings

Butlin's Holiday Camp, Clacton-on-Sea

Keywords

Holiday camps; Leisure; Seaside; Travel

Other Places

Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk; Hemsby, Norfolk

Manifestations

Holiday Camps: No Loud Talking After 11

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