Who went here for their Hols.....

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:05 am

http://www.butlinsmemories.com/

Cowboy · **Posted:** Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:08 am

Did a long weekend at Butlins Skegness ONCE!

NEVER .... EVER ....... AGAIN

Cowboy · **Posted:** Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:22 am

MadJohn wrote:

Most years up until I was about 9. Filey mostly but also Skeggy and Ayr.

And I am going to Butlins Minehead on Friday :grin:

:sweet:

You have my deepest sympathy :grin:

Cowboy · **Posted:** Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:36 am

Have fun then :grin:

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22566

Always wanted to go as a kid but I never got any further than Seaton.

The comparison to my daughter is staggering. She's 11 and has been to just about every country in Western Europe along with the Caribbean, Egypt, Lapland, US and god knows where else.

Most of us were born into poverty or near poverty or at the very least, I bet no one on this board had a family who was always flush.

Salty · **Posted:** Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:06 pm

filey, once, was great man!

our holidays were whitby for a week alternating annually with keswick for a week.

not too bad i suppose, our kids have left the country just once...... confised

parmopooly · **Posted:** Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:47 pm

Miss Lovely Legs sponsored by Skol Lager!! Class!!! Only the British could conjure up something like that!! It's what makes us great!!!!

Spender · **Posted:** Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:57 pm

Mr I wrote:

I bet no one on this board had a family who was always flush.

We didn't even have a toilet that flushed until I was eight. :shock:

BritishWestHpool · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:35 pm **Posts:** 1243

Nuns on bikes...
That's what my memory of Butlins is.
My mam and step-dad went out for a drink and left me and my sister in the chalet thing on our own.
We were pretty young. I'm sure it would be considered illegal or something now.
I remember jumping up and down on our beds non-stop until we saw the nuns coming on their bikes. They put their heads to the window to see we were sleeping peacefully.
We laid down, pretended we were happy in the land of nod then as soon as they went we jumped up and down on our beds til the next nuns came (or the same ones on the next leg).
Does anyone else remember nuns on bikes or have I just taken too many drugs?

Cowboy · **Posted:** Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:17 pm

As a kid up until the age of 11 I went on 1 holiday - a week in Scarborough

After that we went away every year - to one or other of my two brothers who lived away. Apart from one school trip to France, I didn't go abroad until I was about 25

My kids have been to - Cyprus, Spain, Malta, France, Corfu and the USA no less than 3 times - they REALLY don't realise how lucky they are!

I agree with the comment Mr I made about most of us being born into poverty or near poverty. My Dad worked so many hours to make ends meet that when I was young I could go as long as a month without seeing him at all! A sunday roast would feed us for 3 days - Sunday lunch, rissoles on Monday & soup on Tuesday - & yet the only memories I have of being a kid is being happy - odd isn't it?

Salty · **Posted:** Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:49 am

BritishWestHpool wrote:

Nuns on bikes...
That's what my memory of Butlins is.
My mam and step-dad went out for a drink and left me and my sister in the chalet thing on our own.
We were pretty young. I'm sure it would be considered illegal or something now.
I remember jumping up and down on our beds non-stop until we saw the nuns coming on their bikes. They put their heads to the window to see we were sleeping peacefully.
We laid down, pretended we were happy in the land of nod then as soon as they went we jumped up and down on our beds til the next nuns came (or the same ones on the next leg).
Does anyone else remember nuns on bikes or have I just taken too many drugs?

sounds pretty trippy to me that!! :laugh:

Spender · **Posted:** Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:22 pm

I took a 10 man stag party to Butlins in 2004. It was the only place I could think of with a bar that also had a fence round it. We paid £60 each and it was big success.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:25 pm

Went to Pontins the other weekend....does that count???? confised

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