Generations ago, countless Merseyside families would head to the likes of Rhyl Sun Centre, New Brighton beach and Pontins in Blackpool during the summer holidays.
In 1970, Pontins in Southport was built at the the height of the British Holiday Camp industry and continues to this day. And while we already have a Pontins site on Merseyside, a few local families will remember venturing further to meet up with family or see what else Blackpool had to offer.
Pontins holiday camps were the brainchild of Fred Pontin, who opened his first Pontins in a former US army base in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset in 1946. At its peak, Pontins expanded its empire to 30 sites.
