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Gallery Package - Summer Holidays


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Summer Scenes at Whitley Bay man and woman paddling in sea<br>

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relaxing on beach

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Women sunbathing with sunglasses, 1957

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Holiday time is here again, and the beaches of Great Britain are gradually becoming more and more packed, as happy families arrive and start their annual week or fort-night of carefree pleasure.<br>Photo Shows: 3 and a half year-old Graham Garrett of Eastbourne makes the most of his last weeks in this country before he goes to Australia, and here he is seen shrimping at Eastbourne with two young holidaymakers from Manchester, 6-year-old Jane and 10 year-old Ann Morgan (right)<br>June 24th 1958

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Couple on beach in 1950's

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Butlin's Camp<br>children having fun in fancy dress at Butlin's<br>1949

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Bikini clad woman looking out to sea

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A game of quoits  on the beach at Newquay, Cornwall<br>16th May 1948

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Charabanc load of holidaymakers.<br>Baycliff, near Ulverston South Cumbria<br>August 1921

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'Back Talk' Tweed in shades of gray, coral, blue or beige, this elastic yarn, dacron, wool and nylon combines to be known as tweed sharkskin and sells for $19.95.<br>

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Top interest for Sunday afternoon crowds at London airport is a Giant Boeing 71 ton stratocruiser. Long queue waiting to go through the huge plane. July 1949

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Jandals, book and pohutukawa flower (New Zealand Christmas tree) on seaside swing

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Front cover of The Graphic magazine. Summer and Travel Number.June 12th 1926.

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Southsea Beach packed with People becomes a grand stand from which the vistitors watch the great line up of ships of the world's navies for the Coronation review by the Queen 15 June 1953

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Spain, Costa Brava Lloret De Mar, Seafront cafe.

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The Cairo Season.<br>English Tourists at the Pyramids.<br>

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London's own &quotSeaside"<br>The &quotBeach" at the Tower. <br>22 August 1935

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Punch and Judy show, Lowestoft, Suffolk, August 1949. Children watching a Punch and Judy show on the beach at Lowestoft at a charge of 3d. Lowestoft Pier can be seen in the background, showing temporary repairs following World War II. <br>Credit: Reproduced by permission of English Heritage / HIP / TopFoto

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Girls holiday on the Broads.<br>

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Loading aboard the passenger ship " Lorina ". Guernsey (England), by 1925. (LL-47A 13x18

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Two piece suit with white sailor hat and long white gloves.<br>5 June 1957

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Paddington's Holiday Crush packed platform at station London 31st July 1937

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Advertisment for aeroplane flights.  <br>Fly to Oslo by BEA for £27 return<br>11th January 1951

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Holiday on the beach

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Eastbourne<br>9th August 1919

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Sprite 400 mark 1 4 berth caravan.

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An enormous hat fashion the largest seen on the river worn by a spectator who cheered her crew to victory from a punt  during the racing at Henley Royal Regatta July 3rd 1937

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Coconut trees reflected in sunglassses, Toberua Island, Fiji

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Passengers for the worlds first jet airliner service are shepherded aboard the BOAC Comet at London Airport this afternoon at the start of the flight to JOhannesburg  Air history was made by the flight<br><br>May 2nd 1952

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  A charaband of holidaymakers<br>1921

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English family taking the air on deck crossing the English Channel on a steamer on their way to France for a continental holiday. Little girls, arm-in-arm with older brother, clutch their dolls. Wind blow scarves and bonnet ribbons nearly horizontal. On deck are folding stools, luggage on bench, and leather hatbox.  Chromolithograph  1886

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Traffic hold up Death Hill Farningham 1st August 1960

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The British Travel association's new tourist information bureau in St James Street<br>London<br>April 1965

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Young competitor in the children's obstacle race has difficulty with an old motor tyre at Butlins Holiday Camp

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At Bank Holiday times, Southend provides the playground for many London families.<br>Photo shows: A section of the crowd on the famous Southend (Essex) Pier, enjoying the bracing ozone and other attractions offered on the mile long deck.<br>30 July 1960  <br>

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Book and towel on chair by beach, Mahurangi, New Zealand

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Bank Holiday Brighton 1933

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Summer scenes at Whitley Bay men paddling in sea 1948<br>

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Canasta, the smart weather coat of the season. It is weatherproof and smart and gay enough to wear in the fine weather too.<br>1952

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Woman with cellphone tucked into bikini

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Old ladies paddling on a wet and windy beach by Grace Robertson

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A launch load of lovelies the Windmill Girls casting off the Tower Pier. The famous Tower Bridge forms a backcloth for this happy holiday picture 1 August 1947

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1950s CLICHES DECADES

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The long-awaited Easter holiday is here and these girls portrayed the holiday spirit as they played on the sands at Blackpool.<br>7th April 1939

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Bathing scenes at Eastbourne<br>19th June 1925

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Man relaxing on beach towel

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School's Out and Summer Holidays Start<br>What children don't jump for joy when school term comes to an end and summer holidays start.  This striking photo captures some of the emotion of youngsters at a school in Miami, Florida, as the youngsters leave school to start a 10-week holiday.<br>25th July 1968

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August Bank Holiday Blackpool Beach

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Mountain joy ride, Madeira.

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 Holiday makers of the British Caravan Club enjoying the sunshine outside their 'holiday homes' at Tatten Park, Knutsford'.  27th May 1947.

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Butlins in Skegness 1950s

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A busy beach in Bournemouth as temperatures soared 10th August 1998

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King George VI as Duke of York being cheered by boys during his visit to his camp at Southwold Suffolk<br>4th August 1932

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Good Friday traffic - This picture was taken about Mid day at Gorse Hill in Farningham Kent on Good Friday  The ambulance is making a detour past the third line of traffic going south and a coach is travelling towards London<br><br>1960s

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Miss Margaret Truman daughter of the American President plays shuffleboard on the American liner ' United States' on its recoard breaking maiden trip from New York.<br> On the left is Miss Trumans chaperone Mrs Horton, daughter of the U S Secretary of the Treasury Mr Snyder. <br>July 8th 1952

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On the Lido Mrs Foster Mr George Thomas and Mrs Emery

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1926 Ramsgate Donkeys

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Child feeding dog on top of sandcastle on the beach

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Tired out before the start at Waterloo August 1920

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The crowded beach at Southend photographed at midday August Bank holiday Sunday<br>4th August 1946

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