The MD guide to the 40 greatest seaside memories of our youth. In order.

Number 40.

Amusement arcade bingo. A sliding plastic tile always missing, stuck or burnt with the end of a cig in losing anger. ImageImage
Number 39

The absolute wonder of the monorail. Image
Number 38

Crazy Golf ImageImage
Number 37

The while-u-wait printed t-shirt ImageImage
Number 36

The beautifully poetic Butlins slogan Image
Number 35

The disturbing world of socks with sandals ImageImage
Number 34

The submarine arcade game. Strange rash on the forehead guaranteed. ImageImage
Number 33

Jack Straws in the caravan. Absolute carnage. "THE LADDER MOVED!!!!!" Image
Number 32

The beautiful yet somewhat underwhelming Helter Skelter ImageImage
Number 31

A relaxing day at the beach Image
Number 30

The strange and wonderful world of the joke shop Image
Number 29

The gorgeous wooden win a KitKat machine. We actually won one. And one of the fingers was solid chocolate. Still regarded as an full-on miracle in our family to this day. Image
Number 28

The striptease pen. Valuable playground currency. ImageImage
Number 27

Digging a massive hole on the beach with your Alsatian looking on in admiration Image
Number 26

Sunbathing ImageImage
Number 25

The luxury caravan ImageImage
Number 24

Vintage cars on rails Image
Number 23

Learning to swim at Butlins, Ayr.

An outdoor pool. In Ayr. Almost froze to death, with the bonus of a guaranteed verruca. Image
Number 22

Wearing a knotted hankie on your head Image
Number 21

Health food ImageImage
Number 20

The saucy postcard Image
Number 19

The serious Butlins snooker hall. First illicit taste of Double Diamond. Aged 9. ImageImage
Number 18

The Kentucky Derby Game. Heart stopping levels of excitement. A lad peed himself next to us when he won. Nobody batted an eyelid. Image
Number 17

The utterly terrifying fortune telling machine:

"You will win the jackpot on the slot machine bandit in this arcade tonight. It won't pay out." ImageImage
Number 16

The glory of pinball Image
Number 15

Shuggy boats on the beach. H&S nightmare. Image
Number 14

The glorious Butlins badges ImageImageImageImage
Number 13

Butlins, Skegness 1974. Waited all year to go and it burnt to the f*cking ground the day after we got there. Image
Number 12

The Funhouse. Ambulance on permanent standby. Bigger boys smoking in the dark corners. ImageImageImage
Number 11

The kiss me quick hat. ImageImage
Number 10

The frankly traumatic Punch & Judy show. ImageImage
Number 9

Bumper cars. Listening to Jungle Rock, driving with one hand thinking you were king of the world until some mad bastard hits you head-on and you lose your front teeth on the steering wheel Image
Number 8

A vicious bout of food poisoning Image
Number 7

Constant deckchair and windbreak trauma ImageImage
Number 6

Playing games in the boarding house while it hammered it down for 5 days straight. Image
Number 5

The epic Grand National Image
Number 4

The Penny Falls. ImageImage
Number 3

Fish and Chips. Never tasted as good as at the seaside. Image
Number 2

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