Florence Morham, a schoolgirl from the Victorian era in Whose Town? used to spend her summer holidays at the East Lothian seaside. From a privileged background, Florence’s family and her Uncle’s family would rent holiday cottages next door to each other at West Pans. They would stay away from the city during the summer months enjoying the fresh sea air and outdoors.

She would have indulged in all the familiar seaside activities – donkey rides, sandcastle making, exploring rock pools. Although even after the dreary summer we’ve had it’s unlikely any of your class would have been quite so wrapped up for a day at the beach.

They probably didn’t travel to their holiday destination by horse-drawn railway bus either …