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7d Now and Then

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holiday, they take a train, plane, ship or
drive to a seaside resort. They spend all
day swimming, sunbathing and doing water
sports. But it wasn’t like that in the past.
efore the railway, people didn’t travel beach because they didn’t want a suntan. When
B much. But in the 1840s there were trains all women wanted to go into the water, they wore
over Britain, so a day trip or even a week at the bathing costumes. These costumes looked like
seaside became easy. dresses.
Of course, seaside holidays were very di ferent On the beach people used bathing machines.
from today. People wore all their clothes on the They used them as a place to change their
clothes. When they were ready, a horse pulled
clothes. When they were ready, a horse pulled
the bathing machine near the sea and they
the bathing machine near the sea and they
entered the water.
entered the water.
In the past, there wasn’t much to do
In the past, there wasn’t much to do
on the beach. Not many people knew
on the beach. Not many people knew
how to swim, so they just walked in
how to swim, so they just walked in
the water. Walks on the beach were
the water. Walks on the beach were
popular too, and some beaches even
popular too, and some beaches even
had donkey rides.
had donkey rides.
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