We asked you to show us your retro holiday snaps to capture how things have changed for holidaymakers over the years. Last week we looked at the 60s. This week it's the 70s - with photos of Greek ferry trips, a day out to Warwick castle and lots of flares
Taking a break during a visit to Warwick Castle. "A golden wonder moment for me, mum, sister and aunty," says the reader who submitted it. "Must have been the seventies, check out those flares!" Photograph: Fruffle/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Fruffle/GuardianWitnessThe same family enjoying a day at the beach in St Bees: "Maybe all that 70s sun sent people a bit mad?" Photograph: Fruffle/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Fruffle/GuardianWitnessA classic camper van was the transport of choice for this overland trip to Marrakesh in 1978. "We all suffered in the heat in our job lot pink/red cardies!" Photograph: Ali Rigby/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Ali Rigby/GuardianWitness"Every kid used to dig a great big hole in the sand in the mid 70s didn't they?" says Michael Key. "Here's me with my latest effort enjoying a lolly in my very trendy pants!" Photograph: Michael David Key/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Michael David Key/GuardianWitnessTaking a roadside break in Bodelwyddan, during a holiday to Llandudno. The regular trip involved: "packing four children into the back of the car with the inevitable quarrels as to who had the window seats." Photograph: LeedsTim/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: LeedsTim/GuardianWitnessThis stylish snap shows the reader and her mum on a trip to Powys Castle in July 1970. The photo was developed by her father. Photograph: HongKonger /GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Hongkonger/GuardianWitnessA fantastic shot taken at a caravan site in Barmston, 1976, filled with those orange hues so prevalent in photos from the decade. "Our grandad had a static caravan which we visited most summers," says Andrew Brook, whose sister is the girl in the photo. "Most of the site has disappeared now due to coastal erosion." Photograph: Andrew Brook/Guardian WitnessPhotograph: Andrew Brook/GuardianWitnessPosing outside the family caravan in south France, 1973. "At school I was regarded as over-privileged because of the overseas holidays," says the reader who submitted the photo. "But Dad and Mum started touring Europe in a Morris Minor at the beginning of the 1960s. Recently I bought a van and renewed the tradition. A mattress in the back and a few camping bits is the extent of the facilities, so I'm probably roughing it more than we were back then." Photograph: JacBur/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Jacbur/GuardianWitnessCatching the sun on the deck of the MV Canaris or the MV Miouwlis – two of the "venerable ferries chugging around the Greek Islands in the 70s." Photograph: mvmiaowsel/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: mvmiaowsel/GuardianWitnessThis snap it of Pete Wrench showing friends around Scotland in their shiny Hillman Avenger. "Picnics from back of the estate were a feature of holidays in the 70's," he says. "I think my mum (centre) looks très chic. Guess which is me!" Photograph: PeteWrench /GuardianWitnessPhotograph: PeteWrench/GuardianWitnessA bearded young man waits for the bus to Whipsnade Zoo in 1970. The trip involved hanging out on the pavement in Dunstable waiting for the bus to turn up. Photograph: mvmiaowsel/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: mvmiaowsel/GuardianWitnessThere's not such a happy ending to this roadside picnic in France, 1975. "After finishing our picnic, we set off to explore the meadow behind us only to find it was being used as a toilet for all and sundry," says the reader. "Worse still, we then realised that we had been sitting amid scatterings of dried human ordure and sun-crisped toilet paper. Dad did us the honour of bringing some into the car, stuck to the sole of his sandal." Photograph: Tedtrundle/GuardianWitnessPhotograph: Tedtrundle/GuardianWitnessA colourful shot of Varkiza in Athens, taken in Greece in the 70s - a very different sight to the area today. Photograph: Νίκος Βασιλειάδης/Guardian WitnessPhotograph: Νίκος Βασιλειάδης/GuardianWitness
