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From pleasure gardens discover the history of to Disneyland,
The seaside lido offered safe swimming for holidaymakers irrespective of the vagaries of the tide. Kathryn Ferry looks at the architecture of these remarkable creations
Kathryn Ferry delves into 20th-century holiday habits with the help of her postcard collection
Our next extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2005 takes us to 1960… and the seaside
A pub might seem a strange place to begin a history of Britain’s playgrounds. Yet in June 1858, Charles Dickens delivered a speech at the London Tavern in Bishopsgate Street that, he hoped, would tran
This month, we’re focusing on theme parks, and the dangers and joys of these unpredictable amusement spectacles. Whether you’re looking to build a science fiction-fuelled park, where rides fly at the
Who doesn’t love spending time at the seaside? Over the years, I’ve followed the Agatha Christie trail in Torquay, danced the night away in a Brighton discotheque, marvelled at a water-borne circus in