On Film at Butlin's Clacton
"A Butlin holiday picture on Ilford
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The 'Indoor Pool Building' included
the Photographic Shop where hundreds of holiday snaps were
displayed every week. As well as photos of the Campers,
standard shots could be purchased of your favourite
Redcoats, although this was the era of black and white
prints!
Photo: Redcoat "Big John" -
A Butlin holiday picture on Ilford film, circa 1971.
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Ilford Naturally |
A Butlin Holiday Picture |
En-prints | The Photographic
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Ilford Naturally
Conveniently, each camp had a photographic shop to develop your
holiday snaps and to sell you more film, Iford naturally!
- Ilford Selochrome Pan
- Ilford Pan F
- Ilford HP3
- Ilford HPS
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A Butlin Holiday Picture
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"Here we are passing by the foyer of the
Gaiety Building. I was really excited to be on
holiday. We are all wearing our Butlin badges and
it's a nice sunny day. On the left you can just see
the 'toy soldiers' towering above the holidaymakers.
All of the camp was decorated with lights, smiley
faces and fun characters."
Photo: A Butlin
Holiday Picture (1964).
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En-prints
"En-print or enprint is an abbreviation of enlarged print.
These en-prints are markedly larger than the standard 'contact'
print you normally have."
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The Dining Halls were a good place to capture shots
of all family members together.
Photo: Windsor
Dining Hall 1965.
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The Photographic Shop
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As well as the usual photos of the Dining Hall,
there were the famous red Butlin's mini viewers. A
slide film fitted into a red plastic viewer which
you held up to the light to see the image.
In the 1970s, 35p was equivalent to 7 shillings (new
pence was still a novelty).
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Butlin's Clacton had its own photographic shop and
dedicated photographers who spent most of their time
snapping reels and reels of film of the
holidaymakers. As there were hourly competitions
being held for swimming galas, knobbly knees, Miss
Lovely Legs, Father & Son, etc., photographs of the
winners, were taken as part of the event.
Holidaymakers could also buy their own film and get
the photos developed before they went home. This was
of course in the days before '1 hour developing' and
digital cameras! Indeed, black and white film was
still the first choice for most photos.
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Links
Maurice Fisher's
Photographic Memorabilia includes
the history of Ilford films. "In 1964 Ilford had a 50% interest in
Butlin's Photographic Services Ltd."
Paul Godfrey's
Ilford Ltd looks at photofinishing processes and equipment.
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