Valuing Seaside Heritage Symposium
Hosted in partnership with @seasidenetwork.bsky.social, @hbap1924.bsky.social, and @heritagenetwork.bsky.social.
@seasideferry.bsky.social opens the day with 'What is Seaside Heritage?'.
Register: hbap.org.uk/valuing-seas...
Our next online seminar is all about amusement parks and funfairs - we'll be looking at their origins, surviving heritage and the current challenges they face.
Book your *free* place here:
seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...
Will be great to see you Karen!
My next online talk celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain. I'll be looking at how the #seaside was represented at the South Bank and how design there, in its turn, influenced the look of resorts in the 1950s and 60s
Book your ticket at www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
Thanks to our speakers this afternoon who provided lots of examples of care and restoration of #seasidegardens at #southport and #scarborough as well as some lovely floral clocks. If you missed the seminar it will be available to watch online via our website soon
That was in the presentation by @seasideferry.bsky.social 😊
Have you signed up for our June Symposium about Valuing Seaside Heritage? We're thrilled to be partnering again with @hbap1924.bsky.social and also have support from @heritagenetwork.bsky.social this year. Full details here: hbap.org.uk/valuing-seas...
At our seminar tomorrow we're celebrating the green spaces of our coastal resorts. Book your *free* space to hear about King's Gardens in #southport, South Cliff Gardens in #scarborough and the history of #floralclocks from
@seasideferry.bsky.social
seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...
This is going to be great! And what a fantastic venue for our second #seasideheritage symposium with @hbap1924.bsky.social
We've got a packed programme lined up for you finishing with 'chips and chat' on the beach thanks to @heritagenetwork.bsky.social
Sign up NOW and we'll see you there 🌊🏖️
Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough in the spring sunshine. Blue sky and yellow flowers.
Scarborough, this morning @thesjt.bsky.social
De La Warr Pavilion
If you like #vintage #swimwear then #Southend is the place for you! The Beecroft Gallery has a collection of more than 500 swimsuits and I was lucky enough to see a few yesterday. Thanks to the opening of their new Collections Centre last weekend these pieces will be more accessible to researchers
Great news!
We ❤️Blackpool!
Off to go and get a copy of this mag now
the-modernist.org/collections/...
📢Last chance to nominate for the 2026 #bucketandspadelist
Do you have a favourite #seaside attraction, activity, food or experience which makes the seaside special to you?
👉🏽To submit your nomination, please click here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
We've really enjoyed collaborating with @hbap1924.bsky.social
If you have time to give them some feedback it would be most welcome 🔽
Spring in the air so our next online seminar will be all about #seaside #gardens. For more details and to book your *free* place go to seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...
It's going to be a fantastic venue and we've got some great speakers lined up from right around the coast to join us in #Brighton and #Saltdean.
Put the date in your diary seaside lovers!
📣26 June 2026
This is a delight.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...
All the more reason to support living heritage @seasidenetwork.bsky.social
Have you shown your support for the Seaside Holiday as Living Heritage? Encompassing everything from a stroll on the pier to the tang of vinegar on your fish & chips this initiative seeks to recognise cultural heritage as it is practised.
Here's the quick form 🏖️🌊🍦
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
John Hassall created his famous Jolly Fisherman poster for Skegness in 1908. Today, statues of the character stand in the public realm of the seaside resort.
Scene of a crowded swimming pool filled with children and the occasional adult, most of them - and all the girls - are wearing rubber swimming caps
Everyday Ladybird things.
The dreaded swimming cap.
Artist: Harry Wingfield (1970)
We like the sound of this very much! Follow @danthompson33.bsky.social to find out more
Ink and watercolour drawings of shells, birds and fungi from Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, northeast England
Beach wildlife and strandline finds from an early morning walk last month. (Hartlepool, northeast England).
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We're supporting the nomination by
@allanbrodie.bsky.social to include the #Seaside #Holiday on the UK's #LivingHeritage Inventory. It's easy to add your support - just complete this short form:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
A new ride is coming to #Blackpool Pleasure Beach this year - are you brave enough?
For our May seminar we're going to looking into the heritage of our #seaside #amusementparks. Watch this space for details
www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/events/avikt...
One for @seasidenetwork.bsky.social and @seasideferry.bsky.social: the end of the Victorian Teignmouth Pier has gone.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you so much for your feedback Kim, glad you enjoyed our last seminar. It's available to watch here
seasideheritage.org.uk/events/past-...
#Brighton for ladybirds
Tomorrow 😀