http://jameskennell.com/2008/08/18/british-seaside-towns/ A blog on tourism, events, regeneration and economic development Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://jameskennell.com/2008/08/18/british-seaside-towns/#comment-81 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:38:43 +0000 http://jameskennell.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-81 For me the oddest things about seaside towns are their strong association with the Victorian cult of hydrotherapy (far to much colonic irrigation going on for it to have been solely about ‘health’) and the role of the recent housing asset price bubble in re-’gentrifying’ those seaside towns with average to good transport links.
My own home town of Littlehampton now has, in a few restricted locations, the same eye watering house prices that you see here in London and has been substantially affected by the housing boom.

]]> http://jameskennell.com/2008/08/18/british-seaside-towns/#comment-78 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:18:31 +0000 http://jameskennell.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-78 It’s not JUST an excuse to do that – I’d put that in the box marked ‘unintended consequences’!

]]> http://jameskennell.com/2008/08/18/british-seaside-towns/#comment-76 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:23:14 +0000 http://jameskennell.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-76 Nice. Are you sure this isn’t just an excuse to visit the seaside a lot and eat fish and chips though?

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