Broadreeds Holiday Camp, Selsey - 1961 advert - The Broadreeds Holiday Camp was first built in the 1930s and was used throughout the war to house child evacuees from London. In August 1940 an enemy bomb fell on the camp killing four people including a child. It was purchased by Pontins in 1962 from the Simmons family and was later rebuilt and expanded. The pool and bar area had a Spanish theme. The chalets were unique in that most were brick built with tiled roofs. The camp closed after suffering severe damage in the great storm of October 1987. Within a couple of years most of the buildings had been demolished. The land sat empty for 7 or 8 years until construction began in 1997 on the huge new housing estate which now occupies the site.
