http://www.fmwf.com/media-type/news/2010/02/back-to-butlins-families-flocking-to-its-revamped-holiday-camps-as-they-shun-expensive-foreign-breaks/ Financial Mail Women's Forum Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.fmwf.com/media-type/news/2010/02/back-to-butlins-families-flocking-to-its-revamped-holiday-camps-as-they-shun-expensive-foreign-breaks/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Dee Blick Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:14:42 +0000 http://www.fmwf.com/?p=13546#comment-487 My foggy memories from childhood came back when I read this article. We never stayed in Pontins or Butlins because my Dad was emphatic that we were a cut above the holidaymakers that went there!! However I was often wistful when passing the big gates of Pontins in Blackpool and always desired at least one holiday there, even if it was to lament the rock hard beds and the chilly rooms (reports from friends who did experience Pontins year after year) My brother in law took his family a few years ago and reported a very different picture and one much more in sync with what you describe here. Alas my boys are too old now to take them but who knows, in the future it may be a place to take the grandchildren and see what I missed out on all those years ago! My foggy memories from childhood came back when I read this article. We never stayed in Pontins or Butlins because my Dad was emphatic that we were a cut above the holidaymakers that went there!! However I was often wistful when passing the big gates of Pontins in Blackpool and always desired at least one holiday there, even if it was to lament the rock hard beds and the chilly rooms (reports from friends who did experience Pontins year after year) My brother in law took his family a few years ago and reported a very different picture and one much more in sync with what you describe here. Alas my boys are too old now to take them but who knows, in the future it may be a place to take the grandchildren and see what I missed out on all those years ago!

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