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Sand Between the Toes

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Memories of the pleasures and pains of holidays on the south coast between the Wars.

Tin buckets and dances on the pier. Nostalgic feature about memories of holidays on the south coast between the Wars. From 1984.

'One of the best parts was the great build-up to the holiday and seeing all the things being unpacked from the previous year. The nanny would get the bathing dresses out and there would be that glorious smell of the sea that still appeared to be stuck to the sand-shoes, and sometimes if you were lucky, a grain of sand might come out.' 

Evocative interviews with people remembering the childhood excitement of looking forward to their annual seaside holiday and their sadness when it was all over.  

The sights, sounds and scents of the seaside and an historical document of transport, entertainment, accommodation and food in Britain between the first and second world wars.

Producer Peter Hoare

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.

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