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"I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside": The British Vacation Tradition

6/27/2019

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in History by Janet Mullany

A nice cup of tea at Brighton. (Photo: Janet Mullany)

Our Janet Mullany takes us on a nostalgia trip through the history of the British seaside holiday and explains how it all began.