Clacton Pool Butlins Holiday Camp 1938 – Nurtured stars of today.
Clacton Pool Butlins Railway Poster above
Clacton Pool Butlins Holiday Camp 1938
Having lots of fun during a ‘Crazy Gala’. Click picture for Pathe Clip.
“Sleepy Shores” by Johnny Pearson was played at 07.00
…to rouse you for the day!
Clacton pool Butlins fitted into a very popular location for a camp site. It nurtured many of the stars today, and it was filled to capacity most years. Indeed most of the memories, videos and literature portrays slightly more than the other camps. But only just!
Read more…Filey Camp Pool. The first of Billie Butlins Camps’
The Pool – What else?!
The Lay Out
Clacton Butlins Holiday Camp and Pool. Click to expand to full image
OUTCOME: Butlins Clacton was the second Butlins Camp to be closed. Clacton was the core of the camp. This was a shock announcement. In 1983 it had unfortunately made no profit over the last three years and it was decided it would take considerable investment to bring it up to the standards of modern times. It was eventually sold to a developer after many other visions for the site, and is now completely covered with housing, in sympathetic style to the former site, using much timber in its construction.
A very interesting historical account leading to it’s demise found here, plus the bonus of more camp information. Butlins Holiday Camps and Pools is of course another story. Just a tiny sample here.
http://www.butlinsmemories.com/clacton/index.htm
Sir Billy Butlin – features all camps. Click Sir Billy! Uploaded by the Meakers.
A previously networked video on U-Tube featuring contributions from: Roy Hudd, Ted Rogers, Charlie Drake, George Melly, Jimmy Perry, Arthur English, Mike Reid and The Beverley Sisters….and many more! such an hour of fascinating memories of the stars mentioned here.
Click to fully expand. Indicated is the happy area of the swimming pool!
I’m sure many of you have spent fun days here. have you any more to add?
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