Whats all this about the loudspeakers and that infamous wakey-wakey call?
Radio ButlinAll of the camps and hotels had an extensive network of loudspeakers supplied by the London company of Tannoy Ltd. They were operated by staff from Radio Butlin and were used to broadcast both announcements and music. But probably their most memorable purpose was to wake the campers every morning. At a certain time the loudspeakers would suddenly burst into life with the famous ‘wakey-wakey’ call and music would blare out to let everyone know that the first sitting for breakfast was coming up. The early campers at Ayr probably had the worse deal as they endured a wake-up call in the form of a local bagpipist! The Tannoy system was toned down in the 1970s and later scrapped altogether.
