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Taken from my 1967 Entertainment Guide
As you can see on the 1967 map, the blue camp started at the beginning of the accommodation line and had both single and double-decker lodgings. The rows were labelled A to O for the single-deckers and P to ZR for the double-deckers.
*This part of the Butlins Memorabilia website shows the Ocean point side
In the 1970s, Butlin's expanded the blue camp by adding a new building (marked number 16), which we called the Infants Centre with a Romper room upstairs.
The Nursery provided several amenities for campers, including meal times, a complimentary nappy washing service, and pram/pushchair rentals. Butlin's also made sure that guest children are safe and sound with a designated person monitoring the chalets during the evening. Any issues are displayed on a dot matrix in the club, allowing parents to attend to their children promptly.
The Infants Centre has been renamed as the Nursery Centre, without any reference to the Romper Room. The prams and pushchairs are now available for hire at £3 per week with a £7 deposit, while the free nappy washing service remains in place with only a one-hour difference from the previous service.
The playrooms are available during specified hours and a sitting service is provided. The Evening children's patrol has been renamed to 'Chalet Patrol'.A new service, the 'late night cabaret patrol', has been introduced for strictly adult-only entertainment. The nursery is also available to assist children who may become lost.
Showing the map from the 1985 Entertainment Guide
Displaying a map of the Blue camp and the Nursery building. The Blue camp spanned from Gaiety Green to the back of the camp, just before Mendips accommodation.
Showing the map from the 1988 Entertainment Guide
The front single-decker accommodation has been transferred to the new Beechwood name, while the double-deckers of the Yellow camp have been renamed Yellow Stone. On the right-hand side, the double-deckers appear to be split in two, but they actually have long balconies with a middle insert that can be walked through.
Butlin's Entertainment Guide Map
The map's left-hand side shows...
Only four double-decker accommodations remain from Yellowstone. The other buildings were demolished to make way for the new Exmoor Village. The four remaining double-decker accommodations were converted to self-catering and transferred to the new name of Beachwood. Two single-decker accommodations in Yellowstone were also transferred to Beechwood.
The map's right-hand side
Double-decker buses were running alongside the dining room. The last five were self-catering, while the rest were room-only.
Showing the map from the 1993 Entertainment Guide
The map shows significant changes to the layout of the accommodation in this area. The Beechwood area, highlighted in yellow, was previously part of the Yellow camp, which has since been renamed to Yellowstone. The Exmoor Village, which used to be the double-deckers in the Yellow camp, is a new build. The Beechwood area on the right was previously part of the Blue camp and has been renamed. The Yellow camp name has been removed and Beechwood now occupies a significant portion of the former village.
The nursery continued through the start of the holiday worlds with play rooms added.
The name of the patrol was changed again to "Child Listening Patrol" however, the terms of the service had changed greatly
As you can see here, the rules on what happens if your child is crying is more explained to the customers
The night owl service is also operating with the nursery now looking after babies up to 11:45 pm.
The blue camp remained in the 1970s with the additional building added (marked number 16). It was known as the Infants Centre with a Romper room upstairs.
This area was transferred to Beechwood in the '90s, however in the new layout it was separated into its own name, which remains today as Atlantic Bay (as of 2023)
The left-hand side was the Yellow camp until it transferred to Beechwood during the 90's. In 1999, it was renamed to Pacific Wharf, where it remains to this date (as of 2023).
The remaining part of Beechwood was also given a new name, which remains to this very date (as of 2023). Known as Ocean Point, it has seen a lot of changes in the first rows. The last five remaining self-catering sites have been closed to the public for over 15 years however still remain in place.
On the right hand side is Ocean Point chalets with the former Sunset Wharf on the left, which is no longer in Butlins today (as of 2023)
Ocean Point is on the left-hand side, which was formerly known as the Blue camp and then into the Beechwood. If you look at the letter F, you will see that it's in shape. This was a symbol system used to help the customers find the village they were staying in. You simply follow this until you find your location where you will be sleeping for your break.
In this photo, you can see that work is being done to the Ocean Point room only to be converted then into the current silver suite that you see at Butlins Minehead today (as of 2023). They removed the doors all on one side and replaced them with windows whilst merging the chalet rooms within to form a bigger chalet from the other side. This converted them from one to two bedrooms to two to three bedrooms with a small living room with a shower.
You can see that the doors upstairs and downstairs have been removed with only memories to tell a story of a time that someone might have stayed in these very rooms. It's sad to see a part of history removed but at the same time, exciting to see that developments are being made to make it better.
Where I worked in 1999, do miss this greatly.
The old symbol system was still being shown on the chalets after being discontinued as a way to find where your staying.
This is the insert part that I typed about further up the page.
View of Oyster Bay from Ocean Point
The former single-deckers called Sunset Wharf had been demolished at this stage to be replaced with a new chalet village.
You can now see the new builds on the left-hand side and Ocean point going towards the rear of the resort.
The former self-catering units were used in the very early days of the family entertainment resorts.
On the left-hand side is the former self-catering unit that was formerly known as Beechwood and the Blue camp. On the right-hand side, is the same but room only and is still currently being used.
This photo shows you the Butlin's Family Entertainment Resort backboard and decoration.
Bath in the self-catering, which was unusual to find as the majority of the chalets were converted into showers
Showing the former Butlins Family Entertainment Resorts logo
