My parents took me to Margate for holidays in the fifties Bonzo! I was a very skinny little mite in a pink knitted swimsuit that hung down to my knees when wet from paddling in the sea. You and I may have seen each other!!
By the way, does anybody remember playing Battleships on squared paper? Numbers down one side, letters across the top, and one called out for example "C 9" hoping to 'bomb' someone's battleship represented by a blob on a square on their sheet.
I still miss "Two fat ladies" "Two little ducks" etc. But at least Legs eleven exists, with the accompanying whistle.