Wish You Were Here!: The Lives, Loves And Friendships Of The Butlin'S Girls

When Billy Butlin founded his holiday camps in 1936, they were bastions of community spirit and havens of luxury. Here, for one week, wives and mothers were freed from the toil and drudgery of housework, children ran free through the grounds, fathers and husbands hung up their work clothes. Rich in period detail and highly evocative, this book follows the lives of five of the camps' key figures through the highs and lows of the holiday season: from redcoats searching for stardom to young families who returned year after year, to pensioners who rediscovered an inner youth.

• | Author: Lynn Russell|Neil Hanson
• | Publisher: Harper Element
• | Publication Date: Jun 19, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0007546386
• | ISBN-13: 9780007546381