Team CW Life in the Past

Rainbows have been learning what it was like to visit the seaside a long time ago. They identified some similarities and differences and talked about these with their partner after looking at some photos.

Here are some of the differences they identified;

People had to be covered up on the beach and wore long dresses and trousers. They wore their smart clothes to the beach.

Bathing machines were for people to get changed in and taken out to sea where the visitors could get straight into the sea without showing their swimwear to other visitors.

There were no inflatables or lots of beach toys to play with.

People often sat on deckchairs rather than play with their families like they do now.


Some similarities they identified were;

Children still made sandcastles and played in the sand.

People still enjoyed having an ice cream (or gelato or a penny lick in the past).

It was still very busy at the seaside.

They still used to ride donkeys on the beach like they do now.


The Rainbows enjoyed learning about transport and looked at pictures of a steam train and a charabanc which took people to the seaside. They decided it would still have been fun to visit the seaside in the past, just like it is now.