On Saturdays the reception was crammed full of new campers queuing up
to hand over their 2/6 (22.5p in today's money) deposit for chalet keys.
Lots of luggage and hustle and bustle. For the remainder of the week, the
area was virtually deserted, save for the postal section where mail for the
campers could be collected.
Note the Fifties style pendant lights hanging from the ceiling, and the
cage of budgerigars.
Butlin's Clacton - The Reception Hall
Also in the reception building was a picture board which told the story
of Billy Butlin and gave the timescale of the opening of his holiday camps.
The Chalet
Keys
These chalet keys are typical of a those issued to all campers. A Yale
type key on a keyring with a brass disc on which was stamped the chalet row
and number. Note the chromed disc 'Butlins Filey Holiday Camp' - upon the
obverse was embossed 2/6 deposit.
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Butlin's...
The Post Office Tower
Foyer.
A popular Sixties theme was the charity pond which could also be found
in the reception areas of buildings such as the Post Office Tower where Butlin's
Holidays Ltd leased the 'topofthetower' restaurant.
