Those were the days...

We've also been doing some research into people's pasts and compiling memories from their favourite childhood destinations. Interestingly we've found that a lot of people wouldn't want to go back for a whole variety of different reasons. One of the main reasons why people wouldn't want to return to their childhood holiday locations is because they feel that the majority of British seaside towns have declined and gone into neglect over recent years. This is an interesting idea that we will be looking into further in the zine but in the meantime, here of some of our favourite photos from the seaside over the years...

Date and location unknown

Bridlington, date unknown

Brighton Beach, 1930

Location unknown, circa 1930

Mablethorpe, 1932

Skegness, 1936

Location unknown, circa 1936

Mablethorpe, 1937

Mablethorpe, 1937

Blue Anchor Bay, 1939

Mablethorpe, 1947

Gorleston Beach, 1951

Location unknown, 1959

Location unknown, circa 1968

Location unknown, circa 1970

Seaton Carew, 1973

Skegness, 1974

En Route to Bournemouth, 1974

En Route to Bournemouth, 1974

Bournemouth Winter Gardens, 1974

Bournemouth, 1974

Bournemouth, 1974

Llanbedrog, 1975

Bournemouth, 1976

Morecambe, 1993

Blackpool, 1994

Pwllheli, 1994

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Pretty Crap Postcards

We've been researching different postcards that are available at British seaside resorts for one of our features and one thing we've discovered is that most of them are pretty crap. From bleak images of grey seafronts, to the extremely random and just downright weird, we've collected some of the most unusual postcards that really don't make you wish you were here. Here's a preview...

As you can see, we have found Ramsgate to be one of the worst offenders when it comes to having crap postcards and some of them are just downright disturbing. There also a strong cat theme for no apparent reason. 


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Research Trip to Blackpool

As part of our research into individual seaside resorts and in an attempt to find inspiration for articles in our zine we took a couple of research trips to different seaside locations. I visited Blackpool and took some photos to document my visit and also as a basis for any sketches we might want to make.

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