Unfortunately Pontins has fallen on hard times lately and whilst Butlins seems to have ridden the recent economic storm Pontins went into administration in 2010. It seems Butlins went a bit upmarket whilst Pontins retained its cheap and cheerful image and this is where they went wrong.

However, let’s put their current travails aside and look back to the early 1970s when Pontins was in rude health, family fun was the name of the game and you could even indulge in a Pontinental holiday in Torremolinos.