Photograph of a holiday camp, October 1937
Photograph of a holiday camp
Finding number: POST 118/677
This photograph appeared in the March 1938 edition of the Post Office Magazine. It shows a postman delivering mail to members of the public at Gorleston-on-Sea holiday camp.
In the accompanying article, reporter Martin Grand, described the emergence of the modern holiday camps. He evokes a feeling of exuberance and claims that the 1930s holiday camps provide "every modern invention..for the greater comfort of their clients".
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