Holidays before EasyJet

Holidays before EasyJet

Money was short during the Great Depression. Ordinary workers were only allowed one week for their annual holiday but even one week needed careful budgeting. The railways used to offer reduced price excursion tickets to seaside resorts like Brighton so we had a few seaside holidays. We would stay in a small guesthouse, but I did not like these very much. On one occasion I disliked the food so much that I ended up eating sandwiches of tomato sauce between slices of bread.

Both men and women used to wear full length bathing costumes. People did not have special sporty clothes for their holidays. Sometimes men would sit on the beach wearing long trousers and jacket.




There was very little entertainment for someone my age. I enjoyed going on the Dodgems cars but that was only once or twice in the week.
Playing by myself on the beach soon became boring. I was never encouraged to learn to swim. When I was older I refused to go swimming because I believed that swimming could make me go deaf. My father was deaf, and I was not prepared to risk it. Unfortunately, nobody ever asked me why I was frightened of swimming so I did not learn until I was 23.





Sometimes my mother would bring her youngest sister. Aunt Win was about eight years older than me. She would play with me and that helped a lot . She was very kind and like a big sister to me.

Next time I will tell you about My Country Holidays which I enjoyed much more.