Pwllheli 1964

Staying with the dragon motif for the Welsh resort this is another excellent badge with a particularly mean looking Welsh Red! 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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Bognor 1964

Here we have the badge for Bognor 1964. A pleasing view of the illuminations with a breakout lamp making the otherwise plain rectangular badge far more interesting. This one was produced by Gaunt and is stamped on the back as such.

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Clacton 1964

Another slightly more stylish badge, This one hits the right buttons for me with shape and colour. The angular style is very effective. The maker for this badge was Fattorini and Sons.

Badges For Sale

I am currently listing some of my duplicate badges on eBay so this may be a chance to fill gaps in personal collections.

MY EBAY AUCTIONS

Of direct interest to this blog are two Minehead 1964 badges and the 1966 Beaver badge I posted yesterday (yes I now have two!!)

As always pictures say 1000 words, everything starts at 99p so maybe you could even start your collection here? Its a cheap hobby (honest, until you add the cumulative cost!)

End of sales pitch…

Skegness 1964

In every run of fantastic badges there is always a pig, one that does not do the others justice.

Ladies and gentlemen I give you Skegness 1964. A badge that is a real pig. If they all looked this bad then nobody would bother collecting Butlins Badges at all. As you may have guessed I'm not keen on this one at all. Its lazy and not at all innovative. This was made by Fattorini and Sons.

Minehead 1964

A week or so ago I posted about the Minehead 1967 badge (READ ABOUT IT HERE) which I though was rather disappointing in design. As a comparison here is the 1964 badge which illustrate my disappointment at the lacklustre effort.

This one is a Gaunt badge and is stamped on the back as such.

Beavers Club 1964

It wasn’t just the camps that had badges, Butlins also issued badges to kids for access to the Beavers Club, Staff badges, committee badges, event badges and more. This example is my 1964 Beavers Club badge. It features a drummer boy against a background of a sailing yacht and unlike the camp badges is painted rather then enamelled. Considering the pounding it would have had in the hands of our dads it is in surprisingly good condition with no visible paint chipping and only surface scratches on the rear. The maker is John Gaunt of London.

Blackpool 1964

Butlins are mainly known for their holiday camps. They also diversified into hotels, the badges for which were less widespread and hence often more valuable. This is a fantastically preserved Blackpool 1964 badge.

Stamped on the rear is F & S, a new manufacturer perhaps. No its out old friend Fattorini and Sons. This is a badge well liked in my collection.