Constitutional Holiday Camp, Hopton on Sea – 1961 advert - from our story '‘Everything is Free and Easy’ – British Holiday Camp Ads from the 1960s'

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Constitutional Holiday Camp, Hopton on Sea - 1961 advert - First opened in the early 1930s by A. Edgar Simmons and known as the Constitutional camp. In 1973 it was taken over by Holimarine and underwent a major rebuilding programme which saw all the old chalets replaced with a mixture of new apartments and caravans. At the same time the park was expanded by taking over the adjoining Speedwell Caravan Park and the Majorca Holiday Centre. in 1989 a new indoor pool was opened by former Olympic swimmer David Wilkie. Following Holimarine's demise in 1995 the park (along with two other Holimarine parks in Burnham and New Quay) was sold to Bourne Leisure who rebranded it as a British Holidays park. After their acquisition of the Rank leisure group it was rebranded as a Haven park which it still retains to this day. All of the Holimarine apartments have since been demolished and the park is now a sea of caravans.

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