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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Pontin's
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The main rival to *Butlin's in the holiday camp business, with the staff known as bluecoats instead of redcoats. The chain was established in 1946 by Fred Pontin (b. 1906), who opened his first site in that year at Brean Sands near Weston-super-Mare.
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