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HOLIDAYS

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"Off we'd go!"

"The sea, the sand, the harbour,
and the pier,
it was ‘wow!’"

"We had a guest house"

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"There were a lot of return families
that would come back."

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"People didn’t have package holidays then, so they all came to the seaside."

"Changover was chaos!"

"Washing up, chambermaiding, serving the tables at breakfast for the tourists…"

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"People would come year after year.
We had a lovely family life in the hotel"

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"We’d be on the beach eating sand sandwiches."

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"Ladies dressed in lace
going along the promenade."

"It’s quite sad that all those
great hotels
are no longer there."

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"You could always get a part-time job in one of the local guesthouses"

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"Breakfast was at 9am, evening meal at 6pm. Saturday breakfast was at 8.30.
No dietary substitutions!"

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"Very busy in the summer."

"My parents were great friends
with the hotels on each side."

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