When Summer Moves On
Dublin Core
Title
When Summer Moves On
Description
The Humberston Fitties In Winter.
The plotland movement developed at the turn of the 20th century and gained pace in the interwar years as people escaped the cramped and dirty towns and cities of Britain for their own piece of paradise in the countryside or by the coast. These pieces of land were on the margins, hilly landscapes or fields thick with clay that were unprofitable to farm but could be rented out as plots where disused railways carriages or diy timber chalets could be constructed, adapted and used as a place of escape.
A change in planning laws in 1948 slowly brought the end of many of these plotlands through demolition, conversion to static caravan holiday parks or as they became permanent residences. A few still survive though, dotted around the country.
One of those precarious survivors is the Humberston Fitties, named after the local word for salt marsh, in North East Lincolnshire. This selection of photographs, the first in a longer term series, taken from 2015-2021, show the Fitties when the holidaymakers have left, the wind whips through the dunes and summer moves on.
The plotland movement developed at the turn of the 20th century and gained pace in the interwar years as people escaped the cramped and dirty towns and cities of Britain for their own piece of paradise in the countryside or by the coast. These pieces of land were on the margins, hilly landscapes or fields thick with clay that were unprofitable to farm but could be rented out as plots where disused railways carriages or diy timber chalets could be constructed, adapted and used as a place of escape.
A change in planning laws in 1948 slowly brought the end of many of these plotlands through demolition, conversion to static caravan holiday parks or as they became permanent residences. A few still survive though, dotted around the country.
One of those precarious survivors is the Humberston Fitties, named after the local word for salt marsh, in North East Lincolnshire. This selection of photographs, the first in a longer term series, taken from 2015-2021, show the Fitties when the holidaymakers have left, the wind whips through the dunes and summer moves on.
Publisher
Seagull Swamp
Date
2021
Format
Perfect bound, uncoated paper, cover 350gsm, inside 170gsm
Zine Item Type Metadata
Issue Number
1
Contributors
Andy McClean, Richard McClean
Dimensions
14.8cm, 21.0cm, 0.6cm
Number of Pages
54
Place of Publication
North East Lincolnshire
Printer
Mixam
Edition Size
30
Website
www.seagullswamp.co.uk
Where to buy
www.seagullswamp.co.uk
Citation
Seagull Swamp, “When Summer Moves On,” Photo Book Cafe Archive, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/444.