Pontins

[lancsdave]

It was bought by Pontins in the 60's

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by Benipete

You may well be right but if you want me as you're toy boy you must learn you're place.

If it helps with the year Cliff and the Shadows ( Drifters) kept on singing Living Doll While I was attempting to break my neck roller skating.

I came second in the Junior Miss Middleton contest 1952.
I'm not looking for a toyboy, but it is nice of you to consider such an offer if I had made it.

[Benipete]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

I came second in the Junior Miss Middleton contest 1952.
I'm not looking for a toyboy, but it is nice of you to consider such an offer if I had made it.

Oh what fun we had walking over the tops to Heysham Harbour.drinking Nettle beer - riding on the Boat Swing and catching crabs in the lower regions of the harbour.

I must be getting old.

[joaner3]

I remember going to Middleton Towers, I must ave been 8 years old, me and my brothers had a great time, I remember sailing little boats in a pool? I don't know if that was part of Middleton Towers or into Morecambe. I think my dad said it used to be a Prisoner of War camp?

[wadey]

Brochure photo here

Pontins Brochure 1972 - Middleton Tower | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by joaner3

I think my dad said it used to be a Prisoner of War camp?

Looking at the previous inmates on this thread I think they forgot to tell them the war was over

[cashman]

also went to middleton towers would be 64/65 not certain of the year, but it was the year Drew got killed under railway bridge on blackburn rd, can remember the report on the telly on the camp. met a cracking bird from huddersfield, had a great time, happy days.

[wadey]

"Living Doll" always reminds me of a holiday in Scarborough, 1959, I was only talking about it to one of my brothers the other day

[shillelagh]

i never went to holiday camps .. i went to ireland instead ... first time i went to one i was 17 and on the YTS .. we all got sent on a 'work as a team' holiday mon - fri ..in February .. ended up at pwhelli butlins ..

[wadey]

You've lived the "High Life"

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by wadey

Brochure photo here

Pontins Brochure 1972 - Middleton Tower | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Pontins bought it later - originally it was owned by a japanese chap. I remember there was a large photo of him in reception. I had never seen a jap before so it sticks in my mind.
proof here -
http://www.butlinsmemories.com/ponti...2002/index.htm

[wadey]

There's some rare photos here of Middleton Sands

Flickr: The Holiday camp UK - Middleton Tower Pool

[Tealeaf]

Originally Posted by cashman

also went to middleton towers would be 64/65 not certain of the year, but it was the year Drew got killed under railway bridge on blackburn rd, can remember the report on the telly on the camp. met a cracking bird from huddersfield, had a great time, happy days.

I think I'm right in saying that Middleton Towers was designed by a German bloke in the mid-50's; the same bloke who designed Auschwitz in the early 1940's. The aerial view certainly looks very similar.

Just out of interest, Cashy, do you remember the colour of the lampshades in your hut? Yellow/Pink by any chance?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

I think I'm right in saying that Middleton Towers was designed by a German bloke in the mid-50's; the same bloke who designed Auschwitz in the early 1940's. The aerial view certainly looks very similar.

Just out of interest, Cashy, do you remember the colour of the lampshades in your hut? Yellow/Pink by any chance?

no sodding idea T. wasn't my hut.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Benipete

Oh what fun we had walking over the tops to Heysham Harbour.drinking Nettle beer - riding on the Boat Swing and catching crabs in the lower regions of the harbour.

I must be getting old.

Catching crabs, eh