The camp was owned by Pontins from July 1955 until its closure in October 1994, and became a flagship Pontins holiday destination.
For almost four decades, its chalets, entertainment centre, theatre, swimming pool and pub made it an ideal choice for family summer holidays.
But all good things must come to an end and it eventually closed in 1994, leading to the abandonment of the site.
At one point, the Government did consider the holiday camp as a potential prison but the plan never got off the ground.
By 2008, the holiday camp had been redeveloped as a retirement village and gated community with bungalows, flats and other facilities.
9. Pontins memories
Nancy Hull (nee Lawrenson) kindly shares this postcard of Middleton Tower Holiday Camp. Photo: Submit
10. Pontins memories
Frank Schofield sent in this picture and recalled fond memories of holidays at Middleton Tower. He said: "My parents took me and my sister there for our annual summer one week’s holiday in the early 1950s. We were joined by friends who had the newsagents next to my father’s butchers shop. This was of course the Preston Wakes week when shops closed. We could not leave for the holiday camp until the shop was closed late on Saturday and my father left us at the camp on Tuesday so he could reopen the shop on Wednesday for fear of losing customers. He came back to pick us up Saturday. There was always a big variety show in the Berengaria Theatre on Sunday nights, but you never knew who the top of the bill was as it was advertised as Mr X or a Mystery Star. Mr X turned out to be Joseph Lock, the most popular singer of the day, and the Mystery Star was George Formby. I can only presume that their performance was ‘cash in hand’ which cut out the taxman, hence not naming them. I thoroughly enjoyed my holidays there with the Olympic-sized swimming pool, tennis courts, football pitches and a large indoor games room with snooker, table tennis, darts and so on. The TV series Hi-de-Hi was Middleton Towers to perfection but that is not a criticism. I have many happy memories of our stays there which were reasonably priced and included three meals a day." Photo: Submit
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Photo of Middleton Tower Holiday Camp taken in the 1950s, sent in by Fred Lang. The photo shows his late parents on the left, Bob and Marie Lang, and his dad's auntie (late) Rose Walsh, on the right. "It was a great holiday camp and my sister Marie and me had a nice time," he said. Photo: Submit
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Mark Phoenix, MD of Prestigious Living Group, at the former Middleton Tower Holiday Camp ahead of the holiday chalets being demolished to make way for the UK's largest retirement village Photo: Submit