Above: a couple at a café
in the seaside resort of
New Brighton, on the Wirral.
Martin Parr’s series
The Last Resort, 1983-85,
depicted the working
classes in holiday mode
Right: a family enjoy a
day on windswept Whitley
Bay, Northumberland,
captured by the Czech
photographer Marketa
Luskacova for her project
By the Sea, 1976-80
The Sunday Times Magazine • 49