Holiday Collection (page 5)

Mother and four children on the beach
A delightful photograph of a Mother and her four children spending the day on the beach at Palm Bay, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent

Prestatyn Holiday Camp
Brochure front cover advertising Thomas Cooks holidays at Prestatyn Holiday Camp. Date: circa 1960s

Holidaymakers in the sea at Margate, Kent Date: circa 1910s

Poster advertising holidays in Greece, with an idyllic view of the Bay of Athens. 20th century

Poster advertising Royal Mail Line trips to Venice
Poster advertising Royal Mail Line autumn cruises to Venice, also calling at the Dalmatian Coast, Athens, Corfu and Constantinople. Showing a gondola on the canal below the Bridge of Sighs

Silhouette swimwear advertisement, 1962
Jolly advertisement for Silhouette swimwear featuring a number of smiling (and, perhaps a little vacuous-looking) women on a beach wearing some brightly printed swimwear

Ordnance Survey map cover - Dorking and Leith Hill
Front cover of an Ordnance Survey map covering the Dorking and Leith Hill area of Surrey. The cover features a hiker or rambler leaning against a wall and smoking a pipe as he consults his map

Five views at Ulrome, near Driffield, East Yorkshire
Five views of the village and sands of Ulrome, near Driffield, East Yorkshire. Date: 1950s

Albion charabanc, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A group of people on a choir outing in an Albion solid tyred charabanc outside Morses Refreshment Rooms in Dew Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Greens Motors charabanc outing, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A Greens Motors charabanc outing, with five charabancs in total, makes its way through the streets of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

South Africa Round Africa
Poster advertising travel to South Africa or round Africa on the Union-Castle shipping line, which operated passenger and mail ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977

Accessories for Sunshine, 1954
A woman sits enjoying the holiday sunshine surrounded by raffia accessories including a huge coolie hat, natural sandals, red sandals, a cone bag, an Ascher cotton square in diced blue and white

Cunard Poster advertising cruises from Liverpool to Boston on the Scythia and Laconia cruise ships

Ladies and Bath Machine
Ladies on a beach beside their bathing machine

Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century

Poster, Experienced Travellers Fly British - BOAC and BEA offer services to and from nearly 70 countries Date: circa 1955

Comic postcard, Little girl at the seaside, marooned on a pile of sand. Date: 20th century

Poster, Sils, Engadin, Switzerland. circa 1930

Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Campbell Parade and Esplanade, Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with many cars parked. Date: circa 1930

Cecil Beaton and Lady Diana Abdy, Lido in Venice, Italy
Cecil Beaton, photographer and designer, and Lady Diana Abdy, daughter of the Earl of Bradford, on the beach at the Lido in Venice, Italy. Date: 1933

Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, North London
Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, riding in a cart drawn by a mule, North London. Date: 1922

Poster, Pan American World Airways to the Caribbean -- the System of the Flying Clippers, designed by Mark von Arenburg. circa 1950s

Poster, SNCF to Plombieres Les Bains, Vosges, France
Poster, SNCF to Plombieres Les Bains (spa), Vosges, France, five hours from Paris. circa 1935

Poster, Mont Ventoux Excursions in the French and Italian Alps, and the Hotel du Mont Ventoux. circa 1930

Holiday Bungalows, Felpham, Bognor Regis, Arun, Sussex, England. Date: 1930s

The Bystander - Surf riders front cover
Front cover of The Bystander featuring an illustration by C. Rebel Stanton of three girls in red bathing costumes surf riding - a sort of combined forerunner of surfing and water skiing. Date: 1929

Advertisment for Simplon-Orient Express, Taurus Express
Advertisement for the Simplon-Orient Express and the Taurus Express. The advertisement shows the route between London and Istanbul and also the routes from Haydarpasha (Istanbul) to Cairo

MV Reina del Pacifico, people taking tea on deck
MV Reina del Pacifico of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company -- passengers taking tea on deck. Date: 1930s

Ariel Sands, Beach Club, Bermuda Date: late 1950s

Poster, Fly BEA from Manchester to Paris, by Leonard Ripley. Date: 1958

Punch and Judy show on the beach, Cornwall
Children watching a Punch and Judy show on the beach, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Mirror dinghies at Newquay, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Poster, Select Folkestone
Poster by Lander, Select Folkestone, advertising the town as a holiday destination. Date: 1958

Poster, See Canada and USA through Canadian National Railways. Date: circa 1930s

Aerial view of beach, Galveston, Texas, USA
Aerial view of the beach, Galveston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1930

Beauty on Parade - a beach belle by David Wright
Front cover of The American Weekly featuring an illustration by David Wright, of a red-haired woman in a green swimsuit relaxing on the beach. Date: 1948

People outside beach huts, Cayeux, France
People outside their beach huts at Cayeux-sur-Mer, northern France, on a sunny day. Date: 1929

The Beach at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Date: circa 1909

Un Bon Coup de Pied by Nick
A twenties bathing belle in a fetching red swimsuit, energetically kicks a beach ball as she splashes around in the surf. Date: 1927

Corner Shop, Snack Bar, Foyles Library, Walton, Essex
The Corner Shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, which sold tobacco, confectionery and all things for an enjoyable day on the beach

Seaside shops at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Seaside shops at The Albion corner in Walton-on-the-Naze, on the north Essex coast. 1970

Holiday Camp Chalets
Children playing in the sand on the beach in front of a row of yellow chalets at a British holiday camp. Date: 1960s

Poster advertising trips to Lucerne, Switzerland, showing people in a boat on the river. 20th century

Poster advertising French railways to St Honore les Bains

Les Papillons - a Monte Carlo impression by Lewis Baumer
A colourful Mediterranean scene of Monte Carlo during the 1920s showing fashionably and gaily dressed women carrying paper parasols promenading along by the sea

Poster, Arcachon, France, a town for winter and summer, Chemins de Fer du Midi - casinos, beach, forest, hunting, fishing, regattas, races, pigeon shooting, golf. Date: circa 1895

Boat trips, Bridlington to Flamborough, Whitsun 1938
Boat trips from Bridlington to Flamborough, North Yorkshire, during the Whitsun period, 1938. 1938

Poster, All the year round the French Riviera calls you
Poster, French National Railways, All the year round the French Riviera calls you. 1949

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