Beside the (British) seaside

With summer rapidly approaching, remind yourself of the beauty (and kitsch factor) of the great British seaside with our collection of summer holiday themed books. You can explore the architecture and fashion, as well as a look back into how we enjoyed holidays in pre and post 1900s.

Click on the images below to view the library catalogue records.

Art Deco by the Sea - A woman in 1930s swimsuit sat on a diving board
Beside the seaside - six women in black and white look out over a blue sky
Book of pebbles - a drawing of pebbles and purple flowers on a beach
Boring postcards - a plain grey front cover. Very dull.
Butlin's Holiday Camp 1982 - A middle age man leaping into an outdoor pool.
Funland - the front of a yellow amusement arcade called Golden Mile
Great Britain in colour - primary coloured drawings on Big Ben, a lighthouse, trees, and the sun.
Happy Holidays - a 1950s style picture of a British beach showing women and children enjoying themselves.
Life's a beach - pink and flowery cover
Plants and places - yellow and red flowers on a light blue background
Postcards - the word postcards made up from many postcards on a pink background
Salthouse 04 - Light green plain cover
Seaside fashions - two women in dresses from the early 1900s walking arm in arm
Seaside houses - a boy laying down reading on a day bed in a beach hut.
Victorian and Edwardian seaside - Edwardian people in traditional dress on the beach