HF Holidays Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Co-operative Holidays Association
- Leonard, Rev Thomas A
- Holiday Fellowship Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, North West, England
Sectors:
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Hotel, lodgings & catering services
Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
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Recreation activities
Travel services inc travel agency, excursions & package holidays
Notes:
Traces origins to 1913 when formed as Holiday Fellowship at Blackburn by Rev Thomas A Leonard when he split from the Co-operative Holidays Association, which had been formed in 1893. Focused on provision of holidays for working classes which had an emphasis on walking and outdoor leisure and on internationalism with some overseas holidays being offered. Operated on co-operative principles. Owned or leased own country houses and hostels. 1959 published first brochure. 1982 renamed HF Holidays Ltd. Continues in 2014
Publications:
- A Claim on the Countryside. A history of the British outdoor movement by Taylor, Harvey
- Adventures in Holiday Making; being the story of the rise and development of a people's holiday movement by Leonard, T Arthur
- Democratisation of tourism in the English Lake District. The role of the Co-operative Holidays Association and the Holiday Fellowship by Hope, Douglas G
- History of the Holiday Fellowship. Part 1, 1913-1940 by Hardman, David
- History of the Holiday Fellowship. Part 2, 1941-1980 by Johnson, Charles
- 'Hoildays for all. Popular movements, collective leisure and the pleasure industry' in A Tomlinson (ed), Consumption, Identity and Style. Marketing, meanings and the package of pleasure by Tomlinson, Alan, & Helen J Walker
- Outdoor Movement in England and Wales, 1900-1939 by Walker, Helen J
- Story of HF Holidays by Wroe, Harry
- Thomas Arthur Leonard and the Co-operative Holidays Association. Joy in widest commonalty spread by Hope, Douglas G
- Whatever Happened to 'Rational' Holidays for Working People, c1919-2000. The competing demands of altruism and commercial necessity in the Co-operative Holidays Association and the Holiday Fellowship by Hope, Douglas G
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Co-operative Holidays Association
- Leonard, Rev Thomas A
- Holiday Fellowship Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, North West, England
Sectors:
- Hotel, lodgings & catering services Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
- Recreation activities Travel services inc travel agency, excursions & package holidays
Notes:
Traces origins to 1913 when formed as Holiday Fellowship at Blackburn by Rev Thomas A Leonard when he split from the Co-operative Holidays Association, which had been formed in 1893. Focused on provision of holidays for working classes which had an emphasis on walking and outdoor leisure and on internationalism with some overseas holidays being offered. Operated on co-operative principles. Owned or leased own country houses and hostels. 1959 published first brochure. 1982 renamed HF Holidays Ltd. Continues in 2014Publications:
- A Claim on the Countryside. A history of the British outdoor movement by Taylor, Harvey
- Adventures in Holiday Making; being the story of the rise and development of a people's holiday movement by Leonard, T Arthur
- Democratisation of tourism in the English Lake District. The role of the Co-operative Holidays Association and the Holiday Fellowship by Hope, Douglas G
- History of the Holiday Fellowship. Part 1, 1913-1940 by Hardman, David
- History of the Holiday Fellowship. Part 2, 1941-1980 by Johnson, Charles
- 'Hoildays for all. Popular movements, collective leisure and the pleasure industry' in A Tomlinson (ed), Consumption, Identity and Style. Marketing, meanings and the package of pleasure by Tomlinson, Alan, & Helen J Walker
- Outdoor Movement in England and Wales, 1900-1939 by Walker, Helen J
- Story of HF Holidays by Wroe, Harry
- Thomas Arthur Leonard and the Co-operative Holidays Association. Joy in widest commonalty spread by Hope, Douglas G
- Whatever Happened to 'Rational' Holidays for Working People, c1919-2000. The competing demands of altruism and commercial necessity in the Co-operative Holidays Association and the Holiday Fellowship by Hope, Douglas G