BELLE VUE ZOO GARDENS MANCHESTER

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • Here we have some very rare quite decent quality footage of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in Manchester . It was such an iconic place and had a great history . Here we see some of the grounds , a sea lion show , giraffes being feed , speedboats ,elephants , firework displays , speedway and the circus . Pretty good film this one , enjoy !

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  • @paulworthington8666
    @paulworthington8666 11 месяцев назад +7

    It was a brilliant day out. The elephant ride was joy for 4-year-old me on my first visit, about 1956. One of the keepers was an old army comrade of my Dad's from the Normandy landings all the hard and bitter way to Hamburg. I got a special ride, sitting on the elephant's neck like a mahout - with someone on the Howdah holding on to make sure I didn't fall off. But the best bit was at the end, when the kind and gentle elephant lifted me off with her trunk and put me into my Dad's arms.

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  9 месяцев назад

      Just glad I was at the right age to enjoy the place ! You just thought it would never close ! The elephant rides were such a unique attraction during a day out there .

  • @raybeaumont7670
    @raybeaumont7670 9 месяцев назад +3

    Champion! Brought back lots of happy memories.

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks Ray . Am going to try and do another one of these films on Belle Vue Gardens , just glad I have done at least this one !

  • @kevintookey2469
    @kevintookey2469 7 месяцев назад +1

    Lovely what a wonderful place and a lovely piece of nostalgia a bit like battersea fun fair in London sadly all gone love the speedway in that film lòok at the crowds fantastic

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks Kevin . It was there for over hundred years and survived two world wars , so not a bad innings !

  • @mfranssens
    @mfranssens Месяц назад

    Wow. I had a big photo on hardboard of a lions head. Full face no bars, taken inside the enclosure at Belle Vue. Loved the place.

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  Месяц назад

      In its heyday it was a day out I looked forward too as a young kid .My mother loved feeding the small monkeys .

  • @vaslav030547
    @vaslav030547 24 дня назад

    Nice to see a little bit of Kings Hall Christmas Circus. There is so little archive footage around. It was always a spectacular show.
    No footage ever appears of Pepino's Miniature Circus. I worked at both as a lad.

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  24 дня назад

      Thank you vaslav . Pepino's circus was very popular . There must be some footage out there somewhere , what you have seen on this film , is about all I have got and shot !

  • @moodyguymick
    @moodyguymick 8 месяцев назад +2

    The place was a Health & Safety nightmare...... but we all loved it.

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  8 месяцев назад

      Indeed yes . If health and safety officers were to see children enjoying elephant rides , the officers would have a mental breakdown !!

  • @takata98
    @takata98 3 месяца назад

    Glad but sad! The black and white images make me feel so old. As I child I recall asking for or anticipating BELLE VUE visits. The sights and the sounds were magic to us as children, the animals we would never have seen otherwise. Looking back at the different "natural habitat" zoo's I have visited since there is a sadness to what was considered normal at the time and the stark environments in which animals were displayed or survived. Even the little people boxing makes me feel sad that there was a little bit of a Ripley's believe it or not! aspect to BELLE VUE I never saw as a child.

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks Takata . It was a big treat for me to go for a day out there . I agree the zoo , then , seemed to be modern enough , I guess a city centre zoo just became a bit outdated eventually , But I enjoyed many happy days there !

  • @lunn77
    @lunn77 2 дня назад

    Crazy to think all that was in Gorton and there's not a trace of it anymore 😢sad! It was massive.

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  День назад +1

      Spot on Lunn ! In its heyday it was helluva place . It was there for a long , long time . Got through two world wars , it was a treat to go there for a long day out .

  • @chorlton4
    @chorlton4 11 месяцев назад +2

    Lovely! A wonderful evocation of slower and simpler times, and how neat and tidy everyone and everyplace looked , despite people then having fewer material possessions. Did we go wrong somewhere along the line?

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  11 месяцев назад

      Ah thanks . It was a great place to chill out and relax especially around the Zoo enclosures . You were sort of coocooned in a different world . The small monkey house was our favourite animal attraction and when I got a bit older I got quite hooked on the speedway !

  • @MartinSmith-pv3zf
    @MartinSmith-pv3zf 4 месяца назад

    This footage is like my mother used to tell me about, she lived on grey mare lane, her maiden name was rogers , saturday night at belle vue the dancing or the circus and she was a big peter craven fan watching the aces,i went on to watch peter collins and ivan mauger,the whole belle vue set up was really special to those that remember.

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  4 месяца назад

      Thanks Martin . It’s great there are plenty of folk who were old enough to enjoy the Belle Vue Gardens when the place was buzzing . I was lucky enough , it was a treat to go there for a day out . Am still speedway mad though !

  • @floswason8776
    @floswason8776 3 месяца назад

    I lived on kirky lane across from station-approach fireworks almost every night had a dancehall beer garden every amusement ride under the sun the zoo and animals very well cared for there were two huge car parks across from zoo filled every night all the day trip buses it was a goldmine and across the street the dog track saw a lot of stars at the big hall l couldn’t believe that they had closed it down and razed it to the ground it had everything

  • @paulboardman01
    @paulboardman01 Год назад +1

    remember it a lot, when i told people you could ride an elephant, people wouldnt believe me, still trying to find pictures of the swinging axe thing as you walked in. some nice photos iv not seen before

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  Год назад

      Thanks Paul , used to love the elephants , and feeding the small monkeys !

    • @moodyguymick
      @moodyguymick 8 месяцев назад +1

      The Pit & The Pendulum in the window of the waxworks.

    • @paulsowney771
      @paulsowney771 5 месяцев назад

      Wonderful video Roy. Must have been amazing as a kid going there. Looks great thank you

  • @followerofkaos3976
    @followerofkaos3976 8 месяцев назад

    Come on now the peel company,time to bring something back like this to manchester,looked awesome,any videos on the fighting,bare knuckle ,,the history of this place is nearly forgotten to the youth of today

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  8 месяцев назад

      The Gorton Monastrey have a few good Belle Vue Zoo displays and sometimes have talks there and bits of video showing .
      Helps to keep the memories of the Zoo Gardens alive .
      Yes , maybe Peel Holdings could build a zoo . There were rumours of the possibility of one , near to the AJ Bell Rugby League stadium , the other side of the Barton Bridge !!

  • @beyondbeauty6921
    @beyondbeauty6921 Месяц назад

    does anyone know what was on redgate lane Belle vue back in 1970’s.

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  Месяц назад

      I would walk up that street to the speedway stadium ..

  • @Mykethepsych
    @Mykethepsych 4 месяца назад

    What year did this close?

    • @roynicol8353
      @roynicol8353  4 месяца назад +1

      The zoo closed in 1977 . The speedway closed and was relocated in 1988 .Hope that helps!

    • @Mykethepsych
      @Mykethepsych 4 месяца назад

      @@roynicol8353 Thank you.