Do You Remember Your Holidays When You Were Young?

[Caran]

I can remember going to Towyn in Wales to a caravan site. Having to cross a railway line by a footbridge, as a steam train went under and blew its steam at me. Terrifying!
We also went to Cornwall can't remember where but it began with a P!
Young brother aged about 6 went into the sea. Terrible currents and he got swept out to sea.. luckily dad ran out into the sea and saved him. Unfortunately brother suffered with convulsions for a long time afterwards.
What do you remember about your early holidays?

[albaqwerty]

laughter, lots of it.
Rain or shine, just a feeling of safety, love and laughter.

[pastafreak]

We never took holidays. Maybe its a Brit thing...but I really don't remember my friends going away, either.

[maggiebee]

Never had a holiday as a child but visited cousins. First real holiday I had was when I was married with two children.

[douglas9401]

Train journeys to exotic places that are now about three hours away by road at the outside.
Nairn, Elgin, Stonehaven, Arisaig, Mallaig and more importantly Highland Perthshire, land of the ancestors.

Quite a lot of rain. :-)

[JimF]

Pitlochry, the Highland Games in Braemar, Islay. Magical times.

[Caran]

I'm going back a long time. Early mid fifties maybe I remember the earliest. I can remember going to Bray in NI. I must have been about 13/14. Parents never booked anywhere, just went on spec!
Remember dad knocking on doors asking have you any rooms. One family had three girls, said they would put them in the attic and we could have their rooms.
I remember meeting a lad. Joe Doyle, parents had village shop.
We had a good holiday and kept in touch for a while.
Amazing what memories come up when you start the process!

[shoota]

I got swept under by the undertow in Whitby, I think I survived...

[retrocop]

Croyde Bay Devon. About 6 years old. Watching a ASR chopper netting a body out the sea about 150 yds off shore.
Bigbury on Sea. Riding a sea tractor

carrier through the sea to Burgh Island when at high tide and having a meal in the Pilchard Inn.

https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t-s&p=burgh+island+sea+tractor#id=5&vid=c10d887c8ffc3074a125974d6d94de25&action=click

[Cloverjo]

Our holidays were in Devon and Cornwall, in caravans or a camper van. I remember lots of rain, us all squashed into a small space and my mum being a bit grumpy because she didn’t like being away from home.

[albaqwerty]

talking of memories, one year we (mum, dad, siblings as well as an aunt and uncle) were in a rented cottage in Skipness (I think)
The lady told mum and aunt that the milkman was supposed to deliver daily, but he is erotic.

Too young to understand, but the adults found it funny for a couple of days.

[Patsy33]

My Mum's family lived in a small seaside town, so we visited there a lot. Other than that, just occasional days out. I can remember a lot.

[retrocop]

The four of us abandoning a caravan on a cliff at Rockley Sands ,Poole Dorset at about 0200 hrs in the middle of a storm force gale. My parents thought we would be blown over the cliff. The caravan was shaking violently. I was about 4 and sister 10. We slept inland in a Austin A30 that night. :-(

[Barsel]

From being a babe in arms, we always went on holiday mostly to Squires Gate Holiday Camp near Blackpool. When I was a bit older we went on the ferry to the Isle of Man. The thing I remember most is that while you were there on holiday, your relatives would come to visit for the day! Very strange.

[Barsel]

Sorry I don't mean they came for the day to the Isle of Man, but when we were in Blackpool.

[jennyjoan]

First holiday when I was 13 years old and myself and another 5 girls from school went to the Gaeltacht - Donegal - to somebody's house - most memorable - the food - home made bread, creamy milk that was warm - right from the cow's udders. Incredible.

[piggynose]

Barry island, Rhyll, Blackpool, and Kings Horn( caravan holiday).
These are just a few memories from the 70's

[Maydup]

I remember long slow car journeys when the roads were all single carriageways and none of the cars went much faster than 40 miles an hour.

We'd stop for a break at Stonehenge and lay our picnic out on the stones.

[Arksided]

Blackpool, being about 5-ish we had relatives there (Mid 70's) I used to love playing the crane game in 'treasure island' I was really good at it... one time I was told by the cashier (getting me 2p's) that a bloke was acting very suspicious hanging around me... I seemed to be alone, he had no idea that two of my uncles were about and six other football players from their team were playing gambling machines in there.

[Caran]

Remembered, perranporth!

[lady-janine]

Perranporth. Nice village. Quite near. Got a friend who lives there. Expect DTC knows it.