http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/seaside_01.shtml
Here is an inspiring article from BBC that includes a wide range of history about British Seaside Holidays.
Sneak Preview of a few key issues from the article itself:
Victorian traditions - Childish innocence (buckets, spades and sandcastles), nature (starfish, rock-pools and gulls as well as the power and tranquillity of the sea itself), simple 'old-fashioned' fun (donkeys, roundabouts, Punch and Judy, boat trips, beach entertainers), and tasty, informal seaside food: fattening, glutinous and eaten out of the bag while on the move, in defiance of conventional table manners (fish and chips, ice cream, candy-floss, cockles and whelks)
Different Seaside Towns: Different overlapping versions of seaside destinations remind us that there were (and are) many versions of the British seaside. Little informal villages where fishing and farming predominated and visitors entertained themselves and each other, up to big purpose-built holiday towns with the full paraphernalia of commercial entertainment and huge crowds of visitors who needed policing as well as pleasing
This information is critical in helping me show a historical side to my music video. It provides me with information to show where it all came from by exploring traditional seaside holidays.
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