How have holidays changed?

Holidays now

Today a lot of people fly abroad to go on their holidays.

Let’s look at what holidays were like around 100 years ago. This may be when your great-great-grandparents were alive.

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This is an old postcard of Brighton West Pier. People could walk along the pier above the sea. Some piers had bandstands or even a ballroom for dancing.
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This is a painting of families enjoying the seaside in Ramsgate. What are people wearing at the beach? Are they the kind of things people wear at the beach nowadays?
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This is an old postcard showing the seaside at Scarborough. Can you spot a child riding a donkey? Children playing with spades in the sand? A woman with baskets of seafood?
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This is a drawing of children playing at the beach. One child is swimming and another is holding a bucket and spade.

There are some things you cannot see in these pictures.

100 years ago factories would close and everyone would have the week off work. This was called wakes week.
People travelled by train to the coast.
The fun at the seaside included games on the beach, walking on the pier, donkey rides and Punch & Judy shows.

We have seen how holidays were different around 100 years ago. What changes have happened between then and today?

One type of popular holiday 60 years ago was spending a week at a holiday camp.

Here are some fun facts about holiday camps:

People could travel to camps by train or by car.
The first holiday camps in the UK opened in the 1890s.
Holiday camps became very popular between the 1930s and the 1960s.
There would be lots of things to do at camps, like cycling, ballroom dancing and swimming.