What did people do at the seaside in the past?

Key Stage 1: History

Learning Aims and Outcomes

• Compare seaside holidays in the past with ones today

• Identify similarities and differences

• Infer information from a picture or photograph

• Ask appropriate questions about seaside holidays in the past

Seaside words: Geography

SeaCliff Coast Beach

Sand

Seaside words: Objects

Punch and Judy Sandcastle Bucket and spade

Deckchair Paddle boatDonkey

Look at the photograph of children playing at the seaside.What do you think they are doing?

Look at the clothes people are wearing.Are they the same or different from clothes you would ware?

Talk to the person next to you: Do you think this photograph was taken recently or in the past?

Now look at some more photographs of seaside holidays.

Use the table below to record all the different seaside activities you can spot in the photographs

Activity ✓ or X Done today? ✓ or X

Building sand castles

Playing arcade games

Paddling

Going for a boat ride

Sunbathing

Skateboarding

Swimming

Playing with a ball

Broadstairs, Kent – 1890 - 1910

© Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive Ref:OP00509

Lytham St Anne’s, Lancashire – 1890-1910

© Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive Ref:OP00452

New Brighton, Merseyside – 1930

© Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive Ref:CC80_00454

Scarborough, North Yorkshire – 1930s

© Crown copyright. Historic England Archive Ref:CC80/00401

Lowestoft, Suffolk – August 1949

© Historic England Archive Ref:OP00075

Bridlington, East Yorkshire – 1950s

© Historic England Archive Ref:AA99_00354

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