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Scarborough Town Trails
A series of heritage trails for Scarborough, each themed around a different aspect of the town.
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The neglected heritage of the seaside
An academic paper by SHN trustees Anya Chapman and Duncan Light which looks at why the heritage of our seaside resorts is so frequently overlooked
In The neglected heritage of the English seaside holiday, SHN trustees Anya Chapman and Duncan Light examine why the architecture of entertainment and pleasure has so rarely been considered in terms of heritage.
They examine conventional ways of defining heritage and the pervasive influence of the ‘Authorised Heritage Discourse ’, which conventionally accepts some things as being ‘heritage’, whilst excluding other things. The heritage of seaside towns simply doesn’t fit the way of thinking of the Authorised Heritage Discourse.
However, things are gradually changing. The heritage of tourism itself at the seaside is increasingly valued by local communities and is also being mobilised within strategies of place promotion as seaside resorts reposition themselves as destinations for heritage tourism
The paper is open access and free to download
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Donald McGill: The King of the Saucy Postcard
An educational resource covering the history of the postcard, postcards and the law, and the drive to stamp out smut with the rise in popularity of McGill's postcards at the seaside.
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Art Deco Bournemouth Walking Trail
A self-guided 1-hour walking tour of Bournemouth's finest interwar Art Deco and Modernist buildings, from the Pavilion Theatre to the former Odeon Cinema.
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