Skegness 1963

Continuing the run for Skegness is this nice rectangular pin depicting the jolly fisherman. Made by Reeves and Co of Birmingham.

Clacton 1963

A lamp design on this one. Its in good condition but what makes it stand out is the maker. In this case W J Dingley of Birmingham. A new one in my collection.

Pwllheli 1963

What better then the Welsh dragon for this tidy little badge. This one was made by Reeves.

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Bognor Regis 1960 - 1967

Here I present the full run of Bognor Regis badges (excluding variations and replicas) as you can see style varies wildly and three of the main makers of badges for Butlins all get a look in.

This by no means completes my collecting of the Bognor badges as I only have 8 of the 21 camp badges, none of the 11 Committee badges and 2 of the 8 known replica badges. Collecting continues.

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Minehead Collection 1962 - 1967

Here I present my Minehead collection representing one badge for each year of opening in the period 1962 – 1967 .

But wait the quest does not stop there. You see this represents just 25% of the badges labelled Minehead in total there are 24 (not including modern badges). Additionally one of the badges above is actually a replica.

I still need  the 1962 badge and its two concessionary versions, the two concessionary versions for 1962, the brass concessionary for 1963, the brass concessionary for 1966 and the 1967 badge in a colour variation.

PLUS

1962 – 1967s entire run of committee badges.

I’d better keep looking. My premium target is the genuine 1962, just to complete the run.

Coming up: The 8 Bognor years.

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Filey 1963

Another new acquisition this Morton T Colver piece is another very well designed badge. It is in great condition but the clasp on the back has been pushed in. Easy enough to fix I imagine but I’d rather not risk snapping it off.

 

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Butlins Bognor 1963

This is an interesting design, quite brave and innovative but for me fails to evoke the spirit of summer holidays, maye its the colours, maybe its the shape. Actually its probably because it looks like a snowflake. Made by Gaunt this one and stamped on the rear.