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'''Holiday camp''', in | '''Holiday camp''', in Britain, generally refers to a resort with a boundary that includes accommodation, entertainment and other facilities. | ||
As distinct from [[camping]], accommodation typically consisted of | As distinct from [[camping]], accommodation typically consisted of chalets - rather like small flats/apartments arranged in blocks of three or four storeys, and terraces of ten to twenty long. | ||
In the UK large numbers (some in the many hundreds) of static caravans are termed holiday camps. | In the UK large numbers (some in the many hundreds) of static caravans are termed holiday camps. | ||
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*[[Ballroom dancing]] | *[[Ballroom dancing]] | ||
* | *Swimming pool | ||
*[[Funfair]] | *[[Funfair]] | ||
*[[Table tennis]] | *[[Table tennis]] | ||
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*[[Movie theater|Cinema]] | *[[Movie theater|Cinema]] | ||
There are usually extensive childcare facilities such as a | There are usually extensive childcare facilities such as a crèche and various [[club]]s to keep youngsters occupied, enabling parents to follow their own pursuits. | ||
In addition there are usually other facilities for which a fee is charged: [[bar (establishment)|bars]], | In addition there are usually other facilities for which a fee is charged: [[bar (establishment)|bars]], restaurants, [[amusement arcade]]s. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[Cunningham's Young Men's Holiday Camp]] on the | [[Cunningham's Young Men's Holiday Camp]] on the Isle of Man is sometimes regarded as the first holiday camp. However, it differed from the definition above - especially as accommodation was still in [[tent]]s. | ||
[[Billy Butlin]] is generally regarded as the man who created the holiday camp as defined above, stating that he was dissatisfied with the appalling quality of facilities available to British holidaymakers. However there were already a number of camps in existence before he opened his first site at | [[Billy Butlin]] is generally regarded as the man who created the holiday camp as defined above, stating that he was dissatisfied with the appalling quality of facilities available to British holidaymakers. However there were already a number of camps in existence before he opened his first site at Skegness in [[1936]]. | ||
What distinguished Butlin was the size of the camp and the range of entertainments available. His primary competitors were [[Pontin's]] (founded by Fred Pontin, first site in [[1946]]) and [[Warners (holiday camp)|Warners]] (founded by Harry Warner, first site in [[1931]]). Neither could match Butlins for sheer ambition and by the 1960s and 1970s Butlins had vastly more customers than the other camps put together. | What distinguished Butlin was the size of the camp and the range of entertainments available. His primary competitors were [[Pontin's]] (founded by Fred Pontin, first site in [[1946]]) and [[Warners (holiday camp)|Warners]] (founded by Harry Warner, first site in [[1931]]). Neither could match Butlins for sheer ambition and by the 1960s and 1970s Butlins had vastly more customers than the other camps put together. | ||
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=== Famous ex-redcoats === | === Famous ex-redcoats === | ||
* | *Michael Barrymore | ||
* | *Cliff Richard | ||
*[[Jimmy Tarbuck]] | *[[Jimmy Tarbuck]] | ||
*[[Jimmy Perry]] - co-writer of ''[[Dad's Army]]'' and ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' (a comedy set in a holiday camp) | *[[Jimmy Perry]] - co-writer of ''[[Dad's Army]]'' and ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' (a comedy set in a holiday camp) | ||
