1. To use our own knowledge and a source to explain why the seaside was a popular destination for the working classes in the 1930s

2. Key words Charabanc Boarding houses Holiday pay Bathing suits
Bathing machines
Punch & Judy

3. Boarding Houses & Hotels
Holiday makers stayed in Boarding houses
Richer people stayed in hotels
The boarding houses were strictly run, People were offered bed and breakfast and would not be allowed to return to the boarding house until the evening

4. Holidays with pay were introduced between 1922-1938
A committee of inquiry report in 1938 recommended the gradual introduction of a statutory right to holidays in July 1938.
The Holidays with Pay Act gave workers, whose
minimum rates of wages were
fixed by trade boards,
the right to one weeks holiday per
year.

5. Holidays for the rich 1900-1920 Holidays abroad were only for the rich
There was an excellent RAIL NETWORK through Europe and the rich made regular trips to France and Switzerland

6. Poorer people –
Poorer people did not have the time or the money for long holidays abroad.
They took short trips to the seaside and travelled in an open top motor car called a CHARABANC , or train

7. Bathing suits
Before the 1930’s women were not allowed to show arms and legs on the beach
Women wore long dresses made from wool or flannel so they would not be transparent in the water. They were also weighted to stop the dresses rising up
Lycra and latex were not invented until 1932
By the 1930’s men began to go swimming
without shirts.
Throughout the 1930’s swimsuits gradually
began hugging the body.

8. Bathing Machines
Back in the 18th and 19th century, ladies just couldn't strip to their swimwear and run towards the waves. There are certain sea-side etiquettes that needed to be observed
Getting oneself seen in their bathing costumes by the members of the opposite sex was certainly not one of them.
To help women maintain their modesty and dignity, a simple contraption called the “bathing machine” was developed. A bathing machine resembled a wooden changing room commonly seen on beaches

9. Watch the clip Clacton beach 1929
Note the clothes worn and activities families are doing on the beach.

10. Punch & Judy
Punch and Judy came from Italy to London, the first show was in Covent Garden in 1662
Punch & Judy puppet shows became popular entertainment for seaside holiday makers in 1930 – present day.
The scripts are not as violent now.