Just found on Radio 4 a lovely little piece of oral history, Honeymoon Hotel, about newly married couples making a great adventurous journey, to Jersey, in 1956, lured by a tax break that one says gave them £25!
It is a reminder of how far and fast the world has changed. For virtually all of them this was the first time they’d been on a plane – which made it a great exciting adventure. And they were so shy – embarrassed about being seen to go to bed that the barman had to chase them out in the evening.
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