Butlins Holiday Camp Mosney
Jun 23rd 2009, 6:46 pm
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Butlins Holiday Camp Mosney
This is certainly off topic but may be of interest to members who like me have fond memories of childhood holidays at Butlins holiday camps.
It is a little known fact that, although the majority of Butlins camps have closed and the remaining open ones have changed almost beyond recognition for the most part, there is still one of Sir Billy Butlins original camps left largely intact (structurally) in Mosney, East Ireland.
This camp closed as a Butlins in the 1980s, and is now a detention centre for asylum seekers. However the buildings and other camp features have been very well maintained over the years and still look remarkably similar to how they did when the camp was open as Butlins.
I am in the early stages of starting a campaign with some of my fellow Butlins fanatics to have the Mosney site heritage listed and protected from any future development.
I believe after fairly extensive research, that the Mosney camp is the last remaining large scale traditional British holiday camp of this type which is still preserved much as it was as far back as the 1950s.
As such, I believe this site has a special unique heritage value for the people of Great Britain (and us expats of course too), and should be protected against any future redevelopment.
If you agree, please sign this new petition I have created.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mosney/petition.html
You do not need to 'sign up' or 'join' anything in order to sign the petition, nor will you need to view lots of annoying ads. It only takes 2 minutes to read it and sign if you agree. No personal details will be displayed for others to see either.
Thank you.
It is a little known fact that, although the majority of Butlins camps have closed and the remaining open ones have changed almost beyond recognition for the most part, there is still one of Sir Billy Butlins original camps left largely intact (structurally) in Mosney, East Ireland.
This camp closed as a Butlins in the 1980s, and is now a detention centre for asylum seekers. However the buildings and other camp features have been very well maintained over the years and still look remarkably similar to how they did when the camp was open as Butlins.
I am in the early stages of starting a campaign with some of my fellow Butlins fanatics to have the Mosney site heritage listed and protected from any future development.
I believe after fairly extensive research, that the Mosney camp is the last remaining large scale traditional British holiday camp of this type which is still preserved much as it was as far back as the 1950s.
As such, I believe this site has a special unique heritage value for the people of Great Britain (and us expats of course too), and should be protected against any future redevelopment.
If you agree, please sign this new petition I have created.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mosney/petition.html
You do not need to 'sign up' or 'join' anything in order to sign the petition, nor will you need to view lots of annoying ads. It only takes 2 minutes to read it and sign if you agree. No personal details will be displayed for others to see either.
Thank you.
Last edited by backagen; Jun 23rd 2009 at 6:49 pm.
Jun 24th 2009, 3:16 am
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Re: Butlins Holiday Camp Mosney
This is certainly off topic but may be of interest to members who like me have fond memories of childhood holidays at Butlins holiday camps.
It is a little known fact that, although the majority of Butlins camps have closed and the remaining open ones have changed almost beyond recognition for the most part, there is still one of Sir Billy Butlins original camps left largely intact (structurally) in Mosney, East Ireland.
This camp closed as a Butlins in the 1980s, and is now a detention centre for asylum seekers. However the buildings and other camp features have been very well maintained over the years and still look remarkably similar to how they did when the camp was open as Butlins.
I am in the early stages of starting a campaign with some of my fellow Butlins fanatics to have the Mosney site heritage listed and protected from any future development.
I believe after fairly extensive research, that the Mosney camp is the last remaining large scale traditional British holiday camp of this type which is still preserved much as it was as far back as the 1950s.
As such, I believe this site has a special unique heritage value for the people of Great Britain (and us expats of course too), and should be protected against any future redevelopment.
If you agree, please sign this new petition I have created.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mosney/petition.html
You do not need to 'sign up' or 'join' anything in order to sign the petition, nor will you need to view lots of annoying ads. It only takes 2 minutes to read it and sign if you agree. No personal details will be displayed for others to see either.
Thank you.
It is a little known fact that, although the majority of Butlins camps have closed and the remaining open ones have changed almost beyond recognition for the most part, there is still one of Sir Billy Butlins original camps left largely intact (structurally) in Mosney, East Ireland.
This camp closed as a Butlins in the 1980s, and is now a detention centre for asylum seekers. However the buildings and other camp features have been very well maintained over the years and still look remarkably similar to how they did when the camp was open as Butlins.
I am in the early stages of starting a campaign with some of my fellow Butlins fanatics to have the Mosney site heritage listed and protected from any future development.
I believe after fairly extensive research, that the Mosney camp is the last remaining large scale traditional British holiday camp of this type which is still preserved much as it was as far back as the 1950s.
As such, I believe this site has a special unique heritage value for the people of Great Britain (and us expats of course too), and should be protected against any future redevelopment.
If you agree, please sign this new petition I have created.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mosney/petition.html
You do not need to 'sign up' or 'join' anything in order to sign the petition, nor will you need to view lots of annoying ads. It only takes 2 minutes to read it and sign if you agree. No personal details will be displayed for others to see either.
Thank you.
