Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex is a traditional little seaside town. It's got a sandy beach and a pier and not much else. But despite the age of the jet and the cheap package tour, Walton's population still doubles during the season.\n\nThis film reflects a typical day at the seaside with the visitors who have been coming here for years and the people whose job it is to entertain them and keep them happy.\n\nIt begins early in the morning when Eileen Fowler, the 'First Lady of Keep Fit', can be found on the beach, still practising what she started preaching back in the 50s. She first visited there as a child in 1921 and returned to retire.\n\nWe meet the Punch and Judy man, the family who run a Wild West show at the back of the car park, and Brian and Charlie, resident entertainers, who love doing the season 'because we get just as much enjoyment here as we would at the Palladium or Las Vegas'.
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