Holiday Camps

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. This title celebrates the communal and the kitsch! grandmother competitions! chalets! Redcoats and the other well-known symbols. A wonderfully illustrated history of the British holiday camp with an emphasis on the golden age of the 1950s and 1960s. Zusammenfassung 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. This title celebrates the communal and the kitsch, grandmother competitions, chalets, Redcoats and the other well-known symbols. Inhaltsverzeichnis Communal Camping /Going Mass Market /The All-in Package /Entertainments The Holiday Camp Phenomenon /Further Information /Index

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Ferry
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2010
• EAN: 9780747807759
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-0775-9
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 201 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Travel; European History, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Travel and holiday