1966: News - Testing holiday value for money

“The butter in the two and sixpenny sandwich turned out to be margarine, and you could tell the difference.”

Were English seaside resorts value for money during the August Bank Holiday in 1966? BBC reporters took 50 bob to Blackpool, Great Yarmouth and Torquay to find out.

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BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 29 August 1966.