Gone Are Knobbly Knees at the Brave New Butlins ; British Family Entertainment Does Not Come Any More Traditional Than a Break at Butlins. But Just Because the Resort Company Is 70 Years Old, Don't Be Fooled Into Thinking It Is Old-Fashioned or Out of Date. It Provides a Great Break, As Sue Kemp Discovered

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THE great British holiday experience has undergone many changes over the past seven decades, but one name has remained resolutely at its forefront.

Butlins, founded in 1936 by Sir Billy Butlin, has had to weather the advent of cheap package holidays, changing fashions and competition from countless copycat camps -- but it can still boast that it is the best-known brand name in the business.

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Gone Are Knobbly Knees at the Brave New Butlins ; British Family Entertainment Does Not Come Any More Traditional Than a Break at Butlins. But Just Because the Resort Company Is 70 Years Old, Don't Be Fooled Into Thinking It Is Old-Fashioned or Out of Date. It Provides a Great Break, As Sue Kemp Discovered

While the iconic Redcoats are still central to the modern Butlins experience, the days of knobbly knees and glamorous granny contests are just the stuff of memories, or re-run...

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