Anyone been here?

[Old Fart]

It looks nice.

Bognor Regis Cam in Bognor Regis, , United Kingdom

http://www.earthcam.com/world/uk/bognorregis/

[Rudy]

...looks a little chilly to me.

[Dazzler]

Never been there, but there are scores of seaside towns like this all around the coast, from North Shields to Brighton to Morecambe, all built by wealthy Victorians as summer residences. Most of them are in a state of disrepair having never recovered from the dawning of the age of mass air travel combined with a taste for more adventurous pursuits than lying on a beach and trudging around a funfair.

If you're interested, there's quite a poignant photo essay here:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gall ... n-pictures

And an older article here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5260652.stm

A more recent one here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14387516

It's quite grim reading though. And this has all happened in my lifetime. I remember going to Skegness, Scarborough, Blackpool when I was a kid and they were absolutely heaving with people. I went to Skegness recently and it was absolutely dead. even the free car parks were empty.

[uk*bag*lady]

I went to the Butlins camp at Bognor in the mid 60's. It was okay.

I think that's the old Butlins camp in the background.

:-)

[boneymaroni]

Nice to see that Mumbles wasn't on the list of decline.

[des]

Lytham St Annes is still a nice day out so long as your kids are under 10!

Teenagers would probably find it dull as ditchwater!


Peace, Des.

[slither]

Lytham St Annes is still a nice day out so long as your kids are under 10!

Teenagers would probably find it dull as ditchwater!


Peace, Des.

Where a daring young Spaniard by the name of Severiano Ballasteros won the British Open.