Links

Bathing Costumes
http://www.vintagefashionguild.org/content/view/610/84/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A5249018
Swimming costumes through the ages.

Fashion at the Seaside
http://www.fashion-era.com/the_seaside.htm
Victorian seaside covers topics - The Victorian and Edwardian Seaside, The Changing Coastline of Britain, The New Entertainment, Class Differences Between Seaside Visitors, Sexuality at The Beach, New Resorts, Winter Gardens, Bathing Machines, Promenading, Seaside Fashions and Early Swimwear.

Films
http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk/archives/se/collection.html
Click on Films then Leisure to see a selection of seaside films.

Holiday Camps - Butlins
http://www.butlinsmemories.com/bognor.htm
Excellent site with memories and photographs of Butlins Bognor Regis.

Ice cream
http://www.zingersicecream.com/history.htm
History of ice cream.

Images
http://www.westsussexpast.org.uk/pictures/quickSearch.html
West Sussex Past Pictures has photographs & pictures of all towns & villages on the coast.  Type beach in the Quick Search box to find over 400 images.

Lesson Plans for KS1 Seaside
http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/learning/schools/teaching_sessions/a_trip_to_the_seaside/index.html
http://www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/best_practice/seaside/index_main.html

Piers
http://www.piers.co.uk/
Pier Society website with general information and some images of Bognor and Worthing Piers.

Punch and Judy
http://www.punchandjudy.com/
http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/punch-and-judy
Two sites which explore the history of the puppets and include many images.

School Resources
http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/seaside.htm
This Snaith Primary School site includes learning resources and slideshow of images.

Seaside History
http://www.seasidehistory.co.uk/
A seaside and travel nostalgia site, with information on beach huts, Butlins, lidos and many images.

West Sussex Resorts
http://www.westsussexpast.org/gateway/links.aspx
For seaside towns and village websites, see the West Sussex Past Gateway website 'Links' section.