These photos capture all the fun of seaside holidays around the UK in the 60s and 70s.
You can sit back and enjoy the nostalgic images without the misery of getting sand in your picnic or dashing for cover during an unexpected rain shower.
This retro photo gallery captures the crowds that descended on the nation’s beaches each summer, when overseas holidays were still out of reach for many families.
Youngsters are seen enjoying the simple pleasures of a day out at the coast, from splashing amid the waves to building sandcastles.
Some of the seaside resorts pictured look very different today to how they did in these images.
In one photo, a stunning lido, which has sadly since been demolished, is shown sparkling in the sunshine.
Elsewhere, the coastline’s natural beauty is captured before it was scarred by more recent developments.
Amid all the ordinary holidaymakers enjoying the seaside, there are a few famous faces - including two of the biggest bands of the day.
Do these photos bring back any memories for you? If you enjoyed this retro photo gallery, you might like this look back at some of the UK’s most popular lost theme parks.
21. Happy days
Glasgow Fair Holiday-makers at Portobello beach, Edinburgh, in 1961 | TSPL Photo: TSPL
22. 70s cars
Holidaymakers stay by their cars on the beach at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in August 1973 | Getty Images Photo: Lowndes/Express/Hulton Archive
23. Lost lido
St Leonard's Lido, Hastings, East Sussex, pictured in 1962. The lido closed in 1986 and was demolished in 1993, 60 years after it first opened. | Getty Images Photo: English Heritage/Heritage Images
24. Mud football
A mud football match at Southend-on-Sea in 1962 | Getty Images Photo: Fox Photos