I n 1936 an enterprising businessman lit upon a way to make the British seaside even more of an endurance test. To icy seas, leaden skies and average annual temperatures of 10°C, Billy Butlin added low, wooden huts to house holidaymakers; a Tannoy system to rouse them each morning; and stringent rules to confine them to those huts by 11.15pm. Butlin, observed the author Bill Bryson, had repackaged “the prisoner-of-war camp as holiday, and, this being Britain, people loved it.”
1936年，一位进取的商人以一种使英国海边更具耐力测试的方式。比利·巴林（Billy Butlin）在冰冷的海洋中，铅天空和平均年温度为10°C，在房屋度假者中增加了低矮的木制小屋；每天早晨，一个tannoy系统唤醒他们；和严格的规则将它们局限于晚上11.15的小屋。作者比尔·布赖森（Bill Bryson）观察到的布林（Butlin）重新包装了“战俘营为假期，这是英国，人们喜欢它。”
