Cornish Riviera Lido & Cornwall Coliseum
Located at Carlyon Bay this leisure complex first opened in the 1930s and had several different names over the years
Tourist Attractions
Holiday Camps
Caister Holiday Camp
Caister was one of the early pioneer holiday camps and is still open today as a Haven caravan park
Railways, Tourist Attractions
Stapleford House & Park
Explore the turbulent history of Stapleford House and its miniature railway
Tourist Attractions
Alton Towers: 1920s to the 1970s
A look at the history of Alton Towers from the 1920s until the 1970s, before it became a major theme park
Tourist Attractions
Park Hall & Camelot Theme Park
The fascinating story of Park Hall including Arena North and the Camelot Theme Park
Tourist Attractions
Britannia Park & The American Adventure
The short-lived Britannia Park which closed after only 5 months
Tourist Attractions
White City London: After the exhibitions
The story of what happened to the White City site in London after the famous exhibitions ended
Holiday Camps
Pontins Hemsby Holiday Camp
Developed from one of the earliest holiday camps in the country, Pontins Hemsby enjoyed great success until closing in 2008
Holiday Camps
Wallis’s Cayton Bay Holiday Park
Dating from the 1930s the Wallis’s Cayton Bay holiday camp became one of the top resorts in the area
Holiday Camps
Derbyshire Miners Holiday Camp, Skegness
The Derbyshire Miners Holiday camp in Skegness enjoyed a popular 50-year run until closing in the 1980s
Railways, Tourist Attractions
Miners Tramway at Llechwedd Slate Caverns
In 1972 Llechwedd Slate Caverns opened The Miners’s Tramway, Britain’s first public underground mine ride
Tourist Attractions
Rhyl Monorail
The Rhyl monorail only ran for one year and then closed with huge debts
Holiday Camps
Derbyshire Miners Holiday Camp, Rhyl
The first and only holiday camp to be built by the National Coal Board
Holiday Camps, Railways
Early Butlins Miniature Railways
History of the two Hudswell Clarke locos which started the Butlins miniature railways in the 1930s
Railways, Tourist Attractions
Pleasure Beach Express, Blackpool
History of the miniature railway at Blackpool Pleasure Beach which opened in 1933
Railways
Golden Acre Park Railway, Leeds
This railway only operated for 7 years but the locomotives had quite a varied life
Holiday Camps
Kessingland Holiday Camp
Kessingland Holiday Camp was a popular destination for nearly 50 years before it was demolished for housing
Tourist Attractions
Gwrych Castle – The postwar years
During the 1950s and 1960s Gwrych Castle was one of the top attractions in Wales
Tourist Attractions
California-in-England, Wokingham
California-in-England, a 1930s pleasure park near Wokingham, later became a holiday camp and is now a public park