TRANSATLANTIQUE...
A windy day in Scarborough, Yorkshire.
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Sources refer to it as the "Brighton beach chair" or "chaise transatlantique" ("chaise transat").
A deckchair (or deck chair) is a folding chair, usually with a frame of treated wood or other material.
In Northern Europe, the remains of folding chairs have been found dating back to the Bronze Age.
Foldable chairs were also used in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. During the Middle Ages, the folding chair was widely used as a liturgical furniture piece.
The Titanic carried 600 such wooden chairs; six were known to survive, of which one was sold in 2001 for £35,000.
The hiring out of deckchairs, on an hourly or daily basis, became established in British seaside resorts, often for use on piers and promenades, in the early 20th century.
They were also often used in large public parks such as Hyde Park, and for spectators at informal sporting events such as local cricket matches.
In one of the largest English resorts, Blackpool, 68,000 deckchairs were rented out in 2003, at £1.50 a day, but tourism officers suggested that they should be phased out, except on the piers themselves, because they were a reminder of the era of "cloth caps", and had "had their time in the 50s and 60s".
In Ostend, on the Belgian coast, where I grew up, you can still rent them...
Enjoy and make the BEST of every day! Thank you, M, (*_*)
For more : www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
chairs, deck chairs, transatlantique, cloth, wood, foldable, relaxing, day, Summer, horizontal, "magda indigo"
TRANSATLANTIQUE...
A windy day in Scarborough, Yorkshire.
#AbFav_CHAIRS
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
Sources refer to it as the "Brighton beach chair" or "chaise transatlantique" ("chaise transat").
A deckchair (or deck chair) is a folding chair, usually with a frame of treated wood or other material.
In Northern Europe, the remains of folding chairs have been found dating back to the Bronze Age.
Foldable chairs were also used in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. During the Middle Ages, the folding chair was widely used as a liturgical furniture piece.
The Titanic carried 600 such wooden chairs; six were known to survive, of which one was sold in 2001 for £35,000.
The hiring out of deckchairs, on an hourly or daily basis, became established in British seaside resorts, often for use on piers and promenades, in the early 20th century.
They were also often used in large public parks such as Hyde Park, and for spectators at informal sporting events such as local cricket matches.
In one of the largest English resorts, Blackpool, 68,000 deckchairs were rented out in 2003, at £1.50 a day, but tourism officers suggested that they should be phased out, except on the piers themselves, because they were a reminder of the era of "cloth caps", and had "had their time in the 50s and 60s".
In Ostend, on the Belgian coast, where I grew up, you can still rent them...
Enjoy and make the BEST of every day! Thank you, M, (*_*)
For more : www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
chairs, deck chairs, transatlantique, cloth, wood, foldable, relaxing, day, Summer, horizontal, "magda indigo"