Weekend Break | TRAVEL
Bridlington's bracing seafront is very busy with fairground rides, fish and chip shops, ice cream and waffle kiosks doing a roaring trade. Yet the characterful narrow streets of the Old Town are eerily quiet in contrast.
Whilst the promenade crowds appear to have come for the haddock and chips, a spin on the dodgems or to brave the wind whipping off the North Sea on one or other of the two vast sandy beaches, I've come to sample the history tucked away in the quaint backstreets, a half-hour walk inland. As a fan of Dad's Army I knew that Bridlington became Walmington-on-Sea for the 2016 movie.
Admittedly, that was what had initially made me park opposite the Pack Horse in Market Place, expectant of being able to instantly recognise Jones’ butcher shop or Hodges’ greengrocers in the Walmington scenes. Um, no, I don't actually (I should have downloaded the Dad's Army Film Trail to help me find filming locations in Bridlington and surrounding areas; see panel).
What I find as I wander down the picturesque High Street
