Workers' Travel Association
Other Business Names:
- Galleon Travel
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- England
Sectors:
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Recreation activities
Travel services inc travel agency, excursions & package holidays
Notes:
Established 1921 by trade unions, Labour Party and Co-operative Movement to arrange holidays for working class. Emphasized educational benefits and initially focused on overseas travel. 1960s renamed Galleon Travel
Publications:
- '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
- Journey into adventure. The story of the Workers' Travel Association by Williams, Edward F
- Outdoor Movement in England and Wales, 1900-1939 by Walker, Helen J
- Working Class Organisations and Popular Tourism, 1840-1970 by Barton, Susan
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Galleon Travel
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- England
Sectors:
- Recreation activities Travel services inc travel agency, excursions & package holidays
Notes:
Established 1921 by trade unions, Labour Party and Co-operative Movement to arrange holidays for working class. Emphasized educational benefits and initially focused on overseas travel. 1960s renamed Galleon TravelPublications:
- '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
- Journey into adventure. The story of the Workers' Travel Association by Williams, Edward F
- Outdoor Movement in England and Wales, 1900-1939 by Walker, Helen J
- Working Class Organisations and Popular Tourism, 1840-1970 by Barton, Susan