82 pupils from Great Stony School in Ongar, Essex (since closed in 1994) descended on Pleasure Beach on Tuesday 22 June 1971. The day trip had been arranged through the Variety Club of Great Britain. Albert Botton of Botton Brothers, which ran Pleasure Beach at the time, was a member and paid for the double-decker buses the children travelled on to the seaside. They enjoyed lunch at the restaurant, opened only two years earlier, followed by run of the park and its various rides and attractions.
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| Pupils enjoy lunch at the restaurant. Albert and Lottie Botton can be seen in the background at top-right. |
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| Pupils and a teacher wait their turn on the Snails ride... |
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| ...and arrive back in the station after their turn on the Scenic Railway. |
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