My first holiday was in Barry Butlins. Me, mam, dad and my two sisters travelled there in a relatives camper van-dropped off at the front gates and after getting all booked in went off to find our chalet. I was 13 at the time and I was imagining a plush trendy place to stay but what greeted us was sometheing I will remember for many years.
The bunk bed rocked back and fore and smelt fausty. There were so many staines on the furninshings it left me traumatised. However, it was our first family holiday and after joining the kids clubs and putting on a really Welsh accent because everyone else had a brumy or some sort of English accent I just wanted to fit in (what I didn't realise at that age was that my Welsh accent was already there I just didn' know it) I also told the other kids that I came from miles and miles away when in reality I came from just outside Caerphilly.
I had a fab time even though we had very little money then my parents made sure we had fun on the beach by my dad organising beach games with the other kids.
If I told my kids now that we were going to Barry on holiday they would think I was insane and embarrassing.
Barry has some good childhood memories its nice to drift back and remember those days in the 70's.....
The bunk bed rocked back and fore and smelt fausty. There were so many staines on the furninshings it left me traumatised. However, it was our first family holiday and after joining the kids clubs and putting on a really Welsh accent because everyone else had a brumy or some sort of English accent I just wanted to fit in (what I didn't realise at that age was that my Welsh accent was already there I just didn' know it) I also told the other kids that I came from miles and miles away when in reality I came from just outside Caerphilly.
I had a fab time even though we had very little money then my parents made sure we had fun on the beach by my dad organising beach games with the other kids.
If I told my kids now that we were going to Barry on holiday they would think I was insane and embarrassing.
Barry has some good childhood memories its nice to drift back and remember those days in the 70's.....