Butlins Holiday Camps were founded by (later Sir) Billy Butlin to provide economical holidays in Britain. Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne (Billy) Butlin, (September 29, 1899 – June 12, 1980), was the founder of Butlins Holiday Camps. ...

The growth of the business was spurred by World War II when a number of camps were requisitioned for use as training camps, generating revenues for a post-war boom. The business was merged into the Rank Organisation, but sold off in the 1990s. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... The Rank Organisation, a British entertainment company formed in 1937 and absorbed in 1996 by The Rank Group Plc. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

The camps were noted for their famous "Redcoats" who provided entertainment and organisation at every level. There was a UK TV satirical sitcom during the 1980s based on a Butlins-type holiday camp called Hi-De-Hi!. Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Hi-De-Hi! was the name of a popular situation comedy which ran on BBC1 between 1980 and 1988 and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. ...

In 2005, a new £10m hotel was unveiled at the Bognor Regis resort, which moved away from the Hi-De-Hi perception, adding hi-tech equipment and luxurious furniture in each of the 160 rooms. Art deco lines, floor-to-ceiling windows, king-size beds, leather chairs, widescreen TVs, DVD players and en suite facilities are set to become common features of Butlins accommodation. 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map sources for Bognor Regis at grid reference SZ9399 Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town in West Sussex, England, and has a permanent population of about 20,000. ... High tech refers to high technology, technology that is at the cutting-edge and the most advanced currently available. ... Asheville City Hall. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

Locations

listed alphabetically

Current Butlins resorts

• Bognor Regis (1960—) - known as Southcoast World (1990–1998)
• Minehead (1962—) - known as Somerwest World (1986–1998)
• Skegness (1936—) - known as Funcoast World (1987–1998)

Map sources for Bognor Regis at grid reference SZ9399 Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town in West Sussex, England, and has a permanent population of about 20,000. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Map sources for Minehead at grid reference SS9646 Minehead is a coastal town in West Somerset, England with a population of around 10,000. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Skegness is a seaside resort town in Lincolnshire, England, with a permanent population of about 30,000. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Defunct Butlins resorts

• Ayr (1947–1998) - known as Wonderwest World (1989–1998); still open, but operating as Haven Park (1999—)
• Barry Island (1967–1986) - operated independently until closure in 1996
• Clacton (1938–1983)
• Filey (1945–1983) - operated independently for six weeks in 1986, but the venture failed and the park closed
• Mosney (1948–1980) - operated independently until closure in 2000
• Pwllheli (1947–1998) - known as Starcoast World (1990–1998); operating as Haven (1999—)

Location within the British Isles Ayr (Scottish Gaelic, Inbhir Àir) in the south-west of Scotland is a town situated on the Firth of Clyde. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Barry Island (Welsh: Ynys y Barri) is a peninsula forming part of the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Town - Clacton-on-Sea Location - Essex, England Founded - 1871 Population (1991) - 45,065 Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town on the Tendring Peninsula, in Essex, England. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Filey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Pwllheli is the main market town of the Lleyn peninsula in northwestern Wales. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Butlins and Dodgem Cars

Dodgem Cars, a brand of bumper cars, were manufactured in the USA by the Dodgem Cars Ltd. Billy Butlin saw them and obtained the UK franchise. As a result, Butlins Skegness camp saw the first Dodgems cars in the UK in 1923. Bumper car at a small town fair Bumper car is the generic name for a type of flat ride consisting of several small electric cars that draw their power from an overhead grid, which is turned off by the operator at the end of a session. ... Meanings of franchise: Full rights of citizenship given by a country or a town, especially suffrage (political franchise) In a wider sense: any right or privilege granted by constitution or statute. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• BT Tower

BT Tower from the Euston Road, looking south. ...

External links

• Butlins: official site
• ButlinsBarryIsland.com : The history of the Barry Island Camp
• bbc.co.uk/somerset: The Minehead Meander
• Butlins Memories
• South Wales Echo story about Butlin's early career and first holiday camp