Caister On Sea, The "Camp Special" Arrives, Holiday Camp c.1955

Photo ref: C450004

Hi everyone! I’m hoping someone might have old photos from Caister Holiday Park in 1987, back when it was owned by Ladbroke. I went there with my mum and brother for my very first holiday — I was 5 at the time — and although Mum didn’t take any pictures, I’ve never forgotten it. I remember: • A kids playground built like a fortress right by the ...see more

This is the plane I had my first flight in during the 1950s. My father had done some work for the owner/pilot , so as a reward we had a flight along the coast, I remember the pilot always used to dive bomb a large dune near where Caister Holiday Camp is .

During the summer of 1979 I worked at Ladbrookes Holiday Centre with my friend Tina, we had a wonderful summer full of laughter, I even met my husband there, he was on holiday, 37yrs later we're still married and twice a yr we go back to scratby on holiday wonderful place wonderful memories

My father was a milkman, for Home Counties Dairy, the horses were stabled in Hodeson road, the bottling dairy was opposite the Eardley arms pub. The livery was green, and the trade mark a gold triangle. Milk then was in glass pint and half pint bottles with cardboard caps. They also sold small items beside milk.