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BUTLINS / AIR B&B

"Every part along here was spectacular."

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"All in all it was
magic!"

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"Every single building along the seafront was Butlin hotels"

"It wasn’t a holiday camp like when you go to Bognor, but there were big hotels."

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"What was lovely, these hotels were all joined by a tunnel
under the road."

"Kids could go from
one hotel to another,
and not be in any harm at all!"

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"We had the dolphinarium and I used to swim with the dolphins when I was a kid which was fabulous!"

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"It’s all got demolished
and stayed as it is."

AIR B&B

"Airbnb are in some respects good
because people are
doing places up,
and trying to restore original features.
But you’re losing some of the
rental for local people,
so it’s a tricky balance."

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"During the summer their business is fine,
but in the winter
when everyone’s gone,
there’s no one there."

"There is a housing shortage
in the area"

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