Butlins for your holiday ,as you can't go anywhere sunny

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  1. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    They also had an arcade machine with the Sooty and Sweep band in, including my arch enemy Soo :mad:

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    Merlin Cat, Oct 12, 2020
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  2. jivedubbin

    jivedubbin

    Every day is a school day.i never knew they had a sooty and sweep band.
    Did they ever have a Christmas number
     
    jivedubbin, Oct 12, 2020
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  3. Tilly

    Tilly

    No Mr Blobby beat them to it.
     
    Tilly, Oct 12, 2020
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  4. CollyP

    CollyP Moderator

    Didn’t Minehead beach have a concrete ‘swimming pool’ that filled at high tide for use at low tide?
     
    CollyP, Oct 12, 2020
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  5. snotty

    snotty

    Is she...naked :eek:?
     
    snotty, Oct 12, 2020
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  6. Poptop2

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    I’ve never been to either :(




    We had our own caravans on two exclusive sites in wales. Lush they was, we never mingled with the riff raff! :hattip::chewie:
     
    Poptop2, Oct 12, 2020
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  7. Louey

    Louey Moderator

    I know there was one in Plymouth. Not s Butlins but public use.

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    Louey, Oct 12, 2020
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  8. CollyP

    CollyP Moderator

    Hmmm. Don’t remember Plymouth holiday.
    Defo swam in a beach pool filled by seawater.
     
    CollyP, Oct 12, 2020
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  9. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    Snob:thumbsup:
     
    Barry Haynes, Oct 12, 2020
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  10. Lasty

    Lasty

    They were called saltwater 'lidos' back in the day
    (Have a search , I'm on mi phone so can't do a link ..)
    I remember one in Scarborough , great fun with slides , fountains and diving boards . Outdoor changing rooms and footyball turnstiles on the entrance !
    The structure was concrete so it's probably all rotted away by now ...

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  11. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

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    Barry Haynes, Oct 12, 2020
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  12. Lasty

    Lasty

    That's looks like the one Bazza - South bay if I'm not mistaken ??
    There was also one in North bay , opposite Peasholm Park but that wasn't saltwater...


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    Lasty, Oct 12, 2020
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  13. Poptop2

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    I say old bean, that’s a bit strong. We were very kind to the poor children in the village,we once took a whole bag of apple cores and potato peelings to a needy family on Christmas morning, a veritable feast I’ll have you know!
     
    Poptop2, Oct 12, 2020
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  14. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    Yes it says it's sarf bay Scarborough, I went to Scarborough once 4th October 1989, but we won't talk about it :(:(
     
    Barry Haynes, Oct 12, 2020
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  15. Lasty

    Lasty

    Come on then , spill the beans ...

    Didn't involve the donkeys did it ??



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    Lasty, Oct 12, 2020
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  16. mgbman

    mgbman

    Went to Butlins Skegness with my mates in 1965, and with my girlfriend to Minehead in 1966. Loved both places, you paid a fixed weekly price which included old style chalet, meals and entertainment. Great memories of simple fun holidays.
     
    mgbman, Oct 12, 2020
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  17. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    Worse
     
    Barry Haynes, Oct 12, 2020
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  18. Lasty

    Lasty

    I was living and working in Scarborough at that time , the game was huge with the lads at work ...
    Me ??
    I didn't give a toss , t'was only footyball innit ??

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    Lasty, Oct 12, 2020
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  19. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    Bad day at the office, long drive home to sarf London after the game:p
     
    Barry Haynes, Oct 12, 2020
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  20. Purple

    Purple

    Yes it did - lined with seaweed and barnacles up the walls to step on bare footed, so you cut your feet then walk back to your parents, stepping through the cakes from the donkeys pulling the kids rides along at dangerous galloping speed.

    Ah the good old days.
     
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    Purple, Oct 12, 2020
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