When a Good Story Isn't Enough

Lovely typeface. Nice color palette. Well-executed iconography.

As for the name:

Our unusual name can be traced as far back as the reign of Henry VII. It appeared on maps and other documents of the time as ‘Sandyballas’, which is the description given to the dome-shaped sand and gravel outcrops on our western boundary.

Those outcrops were formed millennia ago during the Eocene era. Many of them remain including Good Friday Hill and Giant’s Grave, and it’s for them that Sandy Balls Holiday Centre is named.

Yes, this 91-year-old Hampshire (UK) resort has history and etymology on its side. Our inner twelve-year-old, however, can't get past the uncomfortable-sounding double entendre. And the tagline ("Make It..."? Really?) isn't helping.

Bear in mind, however, that Sandy Balls is in a country whose citizens consume spotted dick and bangers and mash. So perhaps what we have here is a separated-by-a-common-language situtation.

Hat tip: Brand Channel and Brian Phipps, who tweeted about Sandy Balls this morning.

Comments

[Mark Allen]

I first read about "Sandy Balls" in Bill Bryson's "Notes From a Small Island." But it is only fifth on the Telegraph's list of Britain's Rudest Place Names: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7263112/Britains-rudest-place-names.html