Description:In the late 18th and 19th centuries seaside holidays became popular with those families who could afford them. With improved transport links, this popularity gradually spread to the working classes who would look forward to the annual day-trip to the seaside. The seaside provided not only the opportunity to build sandcastles, paddle in the sea, and play on the beach, but also offered popular entertainments such as donkey rides and the Punch and Judy show.
The Cadbury family holidayed at Blackpool in the 1840s. In this extract the children make a castle out of sand and stone. Maria and their mother Candia make a flag to decorate it.