Victorian Seaside Holidays22 September 2023 (by admin) |
Today we learned what seaside holidays were like over one hundred years ago, in Victorian times.
We learnt that families went to the seaside because the bracing air was believed to be healthy. Nobody went to sun- bathe, this was not fashionable and in Victorian times most people went to the beach fully clothed.
We also found out that not many people could swim in the Victorian period – they could only paddle. Rich people paid to get changed in wooden huts called bathing machines which were then taken into the sea by a horse. A lot of people didn’t own their own costumes and had to hire them.