On the Beach, 1909 by English painter Laura Knight #WomensArt #July

Such a delight to meet old Twitter friends (finally!) and get to know other independent historians. What a great bunch of people! Thank you and see you next time ☺️

Some snaps from my trip to #saltdean and #brighton last week for @seasidenetwork.bsky.social Symposium #nationalseasideday

Wahoo! Time to vote in the #bucketandspade list awards people! I'm torn between the wondrous #shellgrotto at #Margate and the tasty treats of the #harbourbar #scarborough!

A scene from Walton on the Naze.

Really looking forward to this!

BlueSky still doesn't have enough #seaside content! Help us to change that on #nationalseasideday tomorrow...

On my way to Saltdean Lido for @seasidenetwork.bsky.social symposium. The sea is flat as a pancake 🥞🌊

Happy Centenary #worthingpavilion opened #onthisday 1926! Its architect, Stanley Adshead, claimed it was the 'last word in pavilions' outclassing everything he'd seen in Paris, Rome, Vienna & New York! On 12 July I'm talking about 'Worthing Pavilion and the Art Deco Seaside' wtm.uk/events/worth...

Really excited to share my *new* website with updated content and lots more pictures. Thanks very much to Richard at Sunset Design for embracing my love of colour and building a site that really represents what I do ☺️ www.kathrynferry.co.uk

It's my final seaside anniversaries talk tomorrow at 7pm. I'm looking at the design of #portmeirion compared to other #seaside villages - #clovelly, #thorpeness, #portofino and #peacehaven. Still time to buy your ticket and join me online www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry

It's exactly a month until my talk about #WorthingPavilion and the #artdeco #seaside. I'm joining in the celebrations for the theatre's centenary, now one of only 5 #pier theatres in the country still in use. Tickets available from wtm.uk/events/worth...

Kathryn, Lucy & I are delighted that @karenaverby.bsky.social is joining the team behind IHN! Between us we have loads of ideas about what this network can do and achieve for independent historians out there. Sign up to our newsletter, follow us or join us for drinks on 1st July! (DM for details)

Thanks to our friends @heritagenetwork.bsky.social delegates attending the #valuingseasideheritage symposium can enjoy some complementary chips...on the beach! We'll be heading down to the sea with co-hosts @hbap1924.bsky.social after the talks are finished. Join us hbap.org.uk/valuing-seas...

Just making final edits to my new website. Can't wait to share it with everyone...

What makes Portmeirion unique? I'll be exploring that question in my online talk on 17th June. The vision of its founder, Clough Williams-Ellis, was a determining factor. His use of colour, architectural salvage and carefully contrived views all make it stand out www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry

one of our co-founders has been on the comedy circuit with Alex Horne and Harry Hill. It also turns out she has a soft spot for a pebbly beach. Ouch.

I appeared as a 'Theme of the Week' expert on the #HarryHillShow and the episode is out now! It is all wonderfully bonkers and there is a lot of ham but I loved chatting to Harry and Alex Horne about the #britishseaside and its heritage. Watch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDnk...

Looking forward to my online talk for @c20cymru.bsky.social this week. There is very little written about the Welsh seaside but it would make a great book if there are any publishers out there who fancy the idea! I'll be focusing on architecture like this... secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

Next month I'll be in #Gravesend to talk #seasidehistory as part of the Great British Holiday Summer Exhibition at St George's Arts Centre. If you're in the area do come and say hello!

Fancy joining me for a virtual trip to 'The Biarritz of Wales' and the 'Welsh Riviera'? What about 'Barry-bados'? On 10 June at 6.30pm I'll be doing an online talk about Welsh #seasidearchitecture for @c20cymru.bsky.social Tickets available from secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

Been in #morecambe today doing a spot of filming about the history of holiday making there. Great to see the #midlandhotel again and spot my #seaside100 book in the breakfast room at Broadwater Guest House

This looks fab!

There are very few surviving interiors designed by #victorian architect Owen Jones so that at St Bartholomew's, Sutton Waldron is rather special. My article all about it is in this week's @countrylifemag.bsky.social

Looking forward to @seasidenetwork.bsky.social conference next month. We have supported a lot of seaside regeneration projects over our 50 years - including venue Saltdean Lido! - so looking forward to sharing a few lessons. It's a great programme put together by @seasideferry.bsky.social!

Funding is obviously really crucial to any #seaside #regeneration project so the opportunity to hear from and ask questions of @archhfund.org.uk is not to be missed!

My next online talk celebrates the centenary of the most picturesque #seaside village in Britain. #Portmeirion was the brainchild of Clough Williams-Ellis, a labour of love that he built over fifty years. Always a hotel, join me to learn about its unique history www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry

Did you know that comedy actor, writer & broadcaster Ronnie Barker was a collector of ‘bathing beauty items’ which included both ceramics & ephemera? A selection from that collection featured in this book - 'Pebbles on the Beach. A Pictorial Tribute to the Seaside Girl,’ pub. 1977 #MHVD2026 #Seaside

Budapest has over 4000 internal courtyards, Marchand Meffre documented many of them. marchandmeffre.com/budapest

Bill Pertwee (Dad’s Army) began in concert parties and loved seaside entertainment & pierrots. That passion led him to write books celebrating Britain’s variety heritage, including 'Pertwee’s Promenades & Pierrots' (1979). 🎭 #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside #Pierrots

#onthisday, 16 May 1877, David Urquhart (b.1 Jul 1805) died. The inspiration for Irish physician Richard Barter's building of the first modern hot dry air baths of the Romans—now known as Victorian #TurkishBaths, and in Europe as the Irish-Roman bath—he was connected to 30+ early UK baths. 🗃️ #C19th

#regeneration can be a powerful force at #seaside resorts so we're delighted to be hearing from people with first hand experience of projects at #selsey #folkestone #ramsgate at our #valuingseasideheritage symposium on 26 June. Book here to join us hbap.org.uk/valuing-seas...

Great talk by @seasideferry.bsky.social on the influence of the Festival of Britain on post war seaside architecture. Pleased to be see that Cleethorpes was one of the destinations of the Guinness Clock, and that a legacy of Festival architecture can still be found at the beach huts.

This looks unmissable. Do check it out: online from 7:00 - 8:30 pm tonight. Kathryn recently gave a talk at the Isokon Gallery and is an excellent and engaging speaker.

📢Last call for my online talk *this evening* about the impact of the #festivalofbritain on #seaside buildings. To celebrate its 75th anniversary I'll discuss festival style as seen in #piers, pavilions and even #beachhuts ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry @c20society.bsky.social

Lovely #artnouveau cover to this #blackpool guide

If you've got a sweet tooth you'll like Maynard's in #filey. The shop is more than 100 years old and they still make their own sweets - walnut whips a speciality! Their fudge is way cheaper than those chain places and I can recommend the banana and chocolate flavour 🍌🍫😋

Yesterday I spoke at the #FileyLiteratureFestival for the third time. It's a lovely sea-themed event and I met some great people. Afterwards I had a personal tour of the town museum that re-opens soon. They've got lots of great plans and I enjoyed seeing the gansey display

I've enjoyed being back on the #yorkshirecoast this weekend. To #scarborough first to do some event planning for @seasidenetwork.bsky.social so here are some gems from the #victorian era - Grand Hotel & Central Tramway, former Bland's Baths now amusements, former Sea Bathing Hospital, my fave cafe

I'm chairing this seminar later today. Still time to sign up if you fancy a (virtual) trip to the fair

We've got some fantastic case studies to share at the upcoming #valuingseasideheritage symposium with @hbap1924.bsky.social. We're welcoming Stuart Wood and Rob Kenyon to discuss the exciting projects they are spearheading in #cleethorpes and #ramsgate respectively hbap.org.uk/valuing-seas...

This week I also did a recce for the @seasidenetwork.bsky.social 'Modernism on Sea' walking tour which will be led by Prof Fred Gray on 27 June. Here's a taste of some of the buildings en route from Ovingdean to Saltdean. Want to come along? Then book here seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...

I've had a week full of Modernism and was lucky enough to visit not one, but two buildings by Canadian architect and industrial designer Wells Coates - 1935 Embassy Court in #Brighton followed by the 1934 Lawn Road Flats @isokongallery.bsky.social Two very classy buildings

I always like to mention my favourite car park in talks!! Thanks so much to @isokongallery.bsky.social for having me yesterday

... for delightful & inexpensive holidays - British Railways Camping Coaches. 1961 guide to the 134 locations where you could rent an old railway carriage, parked up at a station, for holiday use. This shows one of the 'new' additions; Southern Region's old Pullman coaches. flic.kr/p/2s9Tfhr

I've always wanted to stay at the #artdeco Burgh Island Hotel. Can't wait to hear all about it at this event

The BBC documentary about the #festivalofbritain made for the 60th anniversary is back on iplayer and it includes beautiful colour film of the South Bank and Pleasure Gardens - including a bit of the Guinness Clock in action www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

My talk at the @isokongallery.bsky.social on Thursday is sold out but next week I'm heading up to Filey for my third appearance at their lovely Literature Festival. If you're in the Yorkshire coast vicinity there are still tickets available for Saturday 9th May 3pm.

The original Guinness Clock, which went mad with moving parts every 1/4 hour, was made for the 1951 Festival Gardens at Battersea. Travelling versions then toured resorts. There'll be more #festivalofbritain / #seaside crossovers in my online talk - 13 May www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry