Holiday camp photographers were an integral part of holiday camp life in the 1950s, 60s and 70s - Far fewer people owned cameras and so they bought many holiday camp memories from the photographers.

My early memories were of Ted Chandler and his daughter Jean who ran the photography at Southdean for years and lived in Hayling Island.  They became my unofficial adopted parents and were really kind to me as a kid.  I did help them when I was old enough by displaying and selling the photos and numerous other tasks.  One perk of this, was that I could have any of the unsold photos at the end of the week and the kiosk became one of my homes on camp!

Southdean had a photographic kiosk located near Tudor Court but this was later knocked down and the photographers moved into a room in the corner of Tudor Court around the 'Sussex Coast Country Club' time.

Kay Sharp by the photo kiosk.