BUTLINS BOGNOR 1960

LIZ MUNDAY

BUTLINS BOGNOR'S BUBBLY BLONDE Butlins Bognor 1960 was one place where the phrase: 'I don't like Mundays' was definitely never uttered.

My name is Liz Munday, or was in 1960. I was a Redcoat and, after 6 weeks training at Skegness, I opened Bognor Regis Butlins. There I met, and later married, Eddie Keene - the resident comedian.

The cowboy is Camp Comic, Eddie Keene. With him at the mic' is Dave Butler, who went on to achieve fame in the TV series "The Comedians."	And here is Eddie Keene burlesquing on the dance floor with another Redcoat.

We loved every minute of it, even the collapse of the indoor swimming pool. Then, when the campers flushed the toilets, the taps in the sink came on. The campers saying that there were no mattresses in the chalets.

I learned how to entertain 4,200 campers, while they had their breakfast; to looking after the kids in the Kids Club. I was part of Radio Butlin, and did sing-songs in the 'Pig and Whistle' bar. That was before the Cabaret spots, the Lancers, the Chopsticks, the Redcoat Show, and the Sunday Night Variety Show on the revolving stage. I was 18 at the time.

I could go on forever, but all great experiences!
Cheers!
Liz Mundy

We are sincerely grateful to the photographers who took these pictures,
and preserved them as windows to the past, and to LIZ MUNDAY for sharing them.

See also:

BUTLINS BOGNOR REDCOATS 1960

BUTLINS BOGNOR REDCOATS 1961