Growing up in the seventies, we were on the brink of the modern age. But despite a brave new world of casio hand-held calculators and digital watches, one thing remained the same: the family holiday. For the seventies ch...Growing up in the seventies, we were on the brink of the modern age. But despite a brave new world of casio hand-held calculators and digital watches, one thing remained the same: the family holiday. For the seventies child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of centreparcs or the sophistication of a tuscan villa.