Southdean Holiday Camp, Middleton on Sea, W Sussex - 1965 advert - First opened in 1922 as 'New City Holiday Camp' by Sir Walter Blount on the site of an old aircraft factory in Middleton on Sea near Bognor Regis. The hangers were retained and converted into a dining hall, dance hall and indoor tennis courts. After the war it changed hands several times and a new hotel was added. It had a number of different names over the years including Southdean, the South Coast Country Club and the Sussex Coast holiday centre. For a time it was owned by the Dean family who had given Fred Pontin his start in 1946 by selling him their original camps at Brean Sands and Osmington Bay. In later years it was owned by Warners and then Shearings. It closed in the late 1990s and the land is now covered with housing. Where was it located exactly? Search out Thompson Rd, Alfred Court and Douglas Court - these are all built on the old camp.
