Dr Kathryn Ferry

That's an attractive looking block

Hard to imagine now but the #Brighton Grand Hotel must have looked like a skyscraper when it was first built in 1864. Designed by John Whichcord Jr. it towered over the rest of the seafront

Yay!

A nostalgic exploration of Britain’s distinctive and architecturally significant seafront buildings from the 1920s to the new millennium. This book takes the first look at how resort architecture around the UK coast kept pace with changing fashions and competition of foreign destinations.

My next book talk is coming up this weekend when I'll be in #sheffield for #offtheshelf Festival of Words. I'm speaking on Sunday at 6pm - here's the info
offtheshelf.org.uk/events/twent...

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It was one of several scarves on show - serious collectors!

Yay! Hope you enjoy it 😊

Lovely to talk about the Seaside Section of the Festival of Britain just metres away from where it was located in 1951. Here's a pic of the site today and some souvenirs belonging to members of the Festival of Britain Society

This morning I'm at the Royal Festival Hall to give a talk for the Festival of Britain Society all about how the 1951 exhibition was influenced by, and in its turn influenced, the British seaside.

The Garrick Theatre in #southport is a glorious essay in #artdeco styling that will hopefully be brought back to life soon. Designed by local architect George Tonge in 1932, it has more recently been a bingo hall and is now scheduled to become a classy hotel 🤞

From my pre-breakfast mooch around #southport Marine Lake, an area replete with ornamental shelters. The iron ones feature #artnouveau motifs and were cast by David King & Sons of #glasgow
#ShelterAppreciationSociety

Lovely audience for my talk last night so big thank you to #TheAtkinson #Southport for having me and to Waterstones for setting up the bookstall

The beloved Dorset hotel 'in disrepair' set to finally make a comeback A hotel in a popular seaside town in the UK is set to make a comeback. The building, one of the area's most recognisable coastal landmarks, fell into disrepair in 2022.

Keeping my fingers crossed 🤞
www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...

On my way to #Southport to give a talk this evening at The Atkinson. Going to be talking about piers, bandstands, lidos (with and without pools!) cinemas and leisure centres. Basically the whole 20th century seaside schbang ☺️

Looks like the sand is shifting around them. We don't have many huts actually on the beach in the UK, probably for this reason!

Glad to hear it!!

This was really fun to record. Hope you all enjoy it!

Aha! That is an extremely smart set up you've got there. I'd say a deck chair is right for the 50s 👍

If I find any other postcard evidence I'll let you know. I do have one or two (thousand!!) that I can look through...

That is VERY niche, but then that's sort of my speciality...
I think it was probably the 60s. This postcard from my book was sold to promote the new extension to the Cavendish Hotel which was completed in 1965. The loungers are part of the modern ideal the hotel was selling.

Bless them, these ladies have got to #Southport a bit early for my talk but I'm glad to see they've dressed up!
I'll be at The Atkinson next week, 2 October at 7pm talking about my new book theatkinson.co.uk/events/c20-s...

Looking forward to seeing this on catch up

Very happy to be an Art Deco ambassador, I might even adopt that title 😊

Artistic licence I guess, but thanks for the correction

Well, that was fun! And I can now say I've performed on the same stage as ABBA! Lovely to be at #BrightonDome talking about Art Deco - it's a building of many layers, all of them fascinating

Yes, very cool place

It re-opened after its art deco makeover 90 years ago TODAY!

Sitting in my VIP dressing room at Brighton Dome waiting to give my #HeritageOpenDay talk about the building and it's #artdeco design. Exciting!

Lovely cover image, including 3 open air pools on the beach @chrisromerlee.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who joined us this afternoon. Next year we'll be back to our Big Day OUT, heading to #scarborough to help celebrate the resort's 400th anniversary!