I went there in the late 1960's as a very wee nipper, every summer in the 1970's and then in 1981 when I was 15 and it was still great then. Many years, later, back in the late 1990's I went again and was truly shocked at how much it had changed. The "magic" of the place had simply disappeared. very sad, but wonderful to see these old film clips of it back in those halcyon days! As many others have said, I wish I had a time machine. Back in those days we just took it for granted and never would have believed that things could change so much.
jesus im getting nostalgic watching this,how quickly time goes,i was eleven years old and used to go to blackpool every year,from when i was a small boy up until i was 16,i remember all the sounds on the front,the music and the lights and the people,the sun AND the rain,but especially the smells,sugar and doughnuts,fish and chips,wow,all them years ago,it only feel like yesterday.i really miss them days.when things were much simpler.
I loved watching this. It's so sad, like someone else said on here, it's like a long lost era. I gaze at the people on here more than anything, sometimes pausing the film to look into their faces. Wondering if they are still alive and what life subsequently brought them. I look at the cars and think of my late father driving us around in some of them like the Cortina, Cavalier and Avenger, and how happy we were in our innocence. Seems even more poignant in these times somehow. Maybe it's because we have time to stop and reflect on our past and the fun we've had but also the mistakes we've made in our lives and the people that are no longer part of our lives.
Our first family car was a Hillman Avenger! No seat belts in the back, no car seats for the babies or kids - how did we survive car journeys back then?!
Ooh I don't know. The little girl at 2:24 looks suspiciously French to me. Hope you didn't smile while watching this video or you'll have to cancel your Britain first membership.
How can you tell.? You are basically outing yourself. You are saying " no obvious foreigners in sight going by skin colour". In your eyes foreigners aren't white. Revolting comment.
I grew up in blackpool, for all those saying “oh back then it was great, today it’s a cesspool”, I still see today what’s reflected in this film , it’s still there, it always had a gritty underside which the public may not have always been fully aware of, the change is in public behaviors but blackpool is still there. I believe Tim burton even recently fell in love with the town, its charm is still there, people just don’t really look for that anymore
Ho Ho Ho Otto slump is talking of the massive influx of foreigners into the uk by Blair’s government , the cover story released to the public via the press was “ to rub the right’s nose in diversity “, which I didn’t believe then or now .
We used to go every year with my mum and dad from the mid 60's until about 1980 and I remember a lot of the places on this film. The log flume was me and my brother's favourite ride, such a shame they replaced it with such a horrible ride. The fun house was real value for money, pay to get in and stay as long as you like, does anyone have film of that? I too spend ages looking at these films hoping to see a glimpse somewhere of my late mum and dad and maybe me and my brother but no luck as yet.
A very nostalgic video, filmed in a year I went to see the illuminations as an 9 year old kid. It's been over 20 years since I've been and I wouldn't go back if you paid me. I remember stepping out of the car to witness a drunken pub fight spilling out on to the street...and this was lunchtime. A complete and utter dump of a town.
I agree - I was 8 - I have fond memories of Blackpool and seeing the iluminations each year. It's not a family-friendly resort any more. Such a shame :(
Funny , we in America say the same thing about our country . the nerdowells almost running the country thanks to an Alice in wonderland type of court system that says drug addicts have more rights than honest working people and we must pay heavy taxes to support their illegal habit and illegal aliens are being called " migrants " and given things we couldn't even dream of . I just shake my head in disbelief .
It's nowhere near the place I grew up in .When I left school there were 34 nightclubs and endless pubs the place was packed and buzzing from March till November in all ways it was a brilliant place to grow up. Today when I go back I can't wait to get out it's a dirty rotten scumbag of a place left in time with all kinds of low life. It hurts to say it but that's life.
I've lived most of my life in Blackpool. Most of my channel is dedicated to showing Blackpool in a better light. This is a great video. So many memories of growing up.
When Blackpool was great. Its lost that now. we used to go every year through the 60s and 70s. We stayed near the pleasure Beach and loved just walking round there watching everything. Now you even have to pay to look round.
It's privately run, not like these monster theme parks, someone has to pay for maintenance, and if you look round, you may even like to join in the fun...
@@masterknife8423 I agree. The Pleasure Beach is still my fave place to go for a fun day out. If it reopens this year, I am going to visit there and spend some of my cancelled holiday money to show my support for this great 'theme' park. More value for money than Alton Towers.
Agreed......I was last there in 1976......The lights were superb......Such good childhood memories of the old trams....Fresh air n Fun........Loved the cockle stalls!
I miss Blackpool! Its not the same anymore.. 1978.. I was 7 and still remember memories of being taken there to the pleasure beach ... its upsetting now since it all changed and became so expensive .. its the only place I know off where Blackpool was one of the most loved placed just like Rhyl, Wales ... there is literally nothing like it anywhere on the earth, I now live near a pleasure resort in the Philippines and well the Filipinos love it but they will never taste the real magic of a true British holiday resort... Good taste of memory lane ..
I went there with my parents and sister only 2 years after this loved it!.I went back in 2009 wish I hadn't!! What a depressing run down hovel.my Goodness how a place can go down so much in 30 years! Such a shame.
@@vooveks Well, sir, the good news is that ranges are indeed available, however, more often than not, these days, we tend to rely on imported stock for that sort of thing, and I'm not entirely certain that that is what sir would be looking for. Could sir be a little more specific about the nature of the not-previously-existing imaginary realms he seeks?
Trollop 7 Imported stock?! I don’t want that foreign crap! I want only traditional British produce, like Chinese takeaways, curries and peanuts with my Heineken.
@@vooveks And would sir be willing to travel? I suspect the authenticity which sir is seeking to be rather niche, and may be more readily available elsewhere, at least at the time of writing.
So lovely to see the monorail and log flume. All the old rides were the best. I wish I could return to Blackpool as I remember how it was in the 1960’s and 70’s. It was clean, safe and family friendly. I recently took my elderly Dad and was upset at how dirty it was. Of course people are to blame. We saw many people just discard their fast food cartons onto the floor, or on those steps they’ve built on the lower prom, so that all the plastic ends up in the sea. The amount of homeless begging was shocking too. I know this is a problem all over the U.K., but we were approached and asked for money frequently which I found intimidating. So sad to see how it used to be compared to now. Thanks so much for this wonderful clip.
@@purplesunflower8242 Places would look nicer if gum was banned as it is in Singapore. What's wrong with sugar free mints and a quick slosh of Listerine before leaving home?
Remember our entire street going on a daytrip to blackpool every year in the 70s..and thats when the bus parked in the street to pick us up !! Happy dayz
The 70's would have been start of me going to Blackpool as a child. That is how I remember it busy. Very busy. Trying to book a B&B at illuminations time was basically if your not booked, forget it. Except for the day trippers though which was popular. Look at the beach. It is windy and cold yet people trying to set up deck chairs and get their spot. Children paddling in the sea. A long time since I seen that there. You would walk that promenade for hours, stroll one way then all the way back. What more do you want as a child but an ice cream, cone of chips, candy floss, hot ringed doughnuts and take home some rock. Special times.
yes, we had happy times at Blackpool clara and yes it can get very windy there with sideways rain. my girlfriend and I loved walks along the prom and we certainly had many of our umbrellas blown inside out and wrecked in the gusty winds., not to mention my poor girlfriend struggling to stop her summer dress from being blowing up over her head. but we had great fun and romantic moments on the beach clara x
I used to go with my parents in the 80's, went to Blackpool with my wife and kids last year. Tower, then a tram to the Pleasure Beach. After a load of rides it was back on the tram towards the Tower, fish and chips, walk on the pier and a few games in the arcades. We had a great day. Rather than just commenting how much better it used to be why not enjoy what is there now. Sure, its not 5 star, it never was but there is plenty of good stuff there. Like any day out, a bit of planning makes all the difference.
I can remember going there in the 70s as a kid (lived within Chorley area at the time, plus my Gran parents lived in Warton), a lots of new buildings have been add and lots of old buildings are still around. Many of the Pleasure Beaches have gone like the log ride and the Octopus one too.
That was when Blackpool was a family seaside vacation town. went last year and it has changed for the worse. Full of dirty bedsits..2nd hand shops...winos....drunks...stag and hen nights...illegals..down and outs..druggies....and so on. We went to the fair and bought an armband which to be fair was a good deal but we went out at night had to come home well before dark . Such a shame.
My grandparents had a boarding house on st.chads rd, slap bang in the middle of everything and near the sea front from 1974 till they passed away in 1999. It saddens me now, how run down and shabby it all looks... The b&b's now are nearly all h.m.o's or run down in such away that people Will look and wonder what must they have looked like in their hay day... Its a real shame, lost forever I'm just grateful that I saw it at it's best as a young child, as well as before the new extensions were added, losing the iconic victorian bay window's for ever...
I am sure everyone who went to Blackpool in the 70s and eighties remember everything on this short vid. I loved going to Blackpool. Today you just don't get the same feeling.
Its just you got older, frailer, and cant walk around without a zimmerframe infront of you. The town hasn't changed much since back then, and that is the problem, it didn't move on. Budget flights to spain hit blackpool hard, and you know who lapped these cheap holidays up and let blackpool to rot? your age group. So thank you, thank you so much.
@@turke6663 I didn't get any cheap flights - I kept coming to Blackpool . I can't think of anything more boring than constsnt sunbathing.. I took my chance with the weather. I used to love being spooked by the Chamber Of Horrors in the Waxworks, and warching the rides on the Pleasure Beach. Now the Waxworks are mainly celebrities and just walking round and watching the rides in the Pleasure Beach costs ten pounds minimum. I came back in 2010 to see my favourite actor in a play, and looked forward to walking back to my hotel. One street full of drunken gangs was enough to make me turn back and get a taxi to my hotel.
Loads of people say Blackpool has been going downhill since the 1960s. The truth is, it's unique and so quintessentially Working Class British. There's definitely a certain magic there.
Whats happening ????????????? A video from 2015 pops up and I am instantly back in blackpool as a kid :-) So is everyone else it seems. This lockdown has its plus points. BROTHERS,SISTERS,ENJOY.
Who remembers the Wrestlers at the Horseshoe? I'd help them set up. That's the Blackpool of my youth. I was 11 years old then and the Funhouse was my domain. Memories came flooding back watching this. Happy Days.
two observations really. 1. change is inevitable and essential. 2. Things always seemed better in the old days, because you were younger. The truth is that the 70s was a grim decade
I've been taking my family to Blackpool for the last 25 years a lot of these clubs and pubs are closed , and some are refurbished like the philharmonic club which I first visited 25 years ago and used to go back to every year with kids playroom upstairs pool table and tv etc, it's now turned into a brighter looking family bar , the central pier bar is also refurbished and has acts on to entertain the kids on the afternoons and evenings , and one of the regular kids artist singer is Emma louise Jackson Blackpool singer , she was on the voice tv programme years ago , the Blackpool council are trying to improve things to make the city better for all comers to enjoy , madam Tussauds, Blackpool tower circus and ballroom , pleasure beach and sea life plus the three piers all have bars on them , the best bars are the central and the south for kiddies entertainment and drinks are reasonably priced as well , so if you are going back after lockdown try these places out and hope you enjoy , as myself and family still do ...
I'm from down south, I've had two great visits to Blackpool in the last 5 years. Yes it's run down and dodgy in some areas like any where, but you can still have a great time .There as plenty to see and do. I hope the British government start investing in seaside resorts now brexit is under way and virus sorted and get us all holidaying in UK in a traditional family way .
i was in Blackpool this September and from what I saw the future couldn't have looked bleaker for Blackpool. Scaled back lights. Appalling weather. Every third B and B on the golden mile a semi demolished pile of rubble, no one about except for old people sitting in the cabaret bars waiting for the bingo to start, all the attractions on the piers closed. Very depressing to see my favorite seaside town turn into a deserted ghost town.
my girlfriend and I loved visiting Blackpool for a romantic weekend. we love walking along the prom and on the beach but we did not realize how wet and windy it can get on the prom, we struggled to keep our big sturdy umbrella up which constantly got blown inside out by the strong gusts. I think we got through many umbrellas on our visits to Blackpool LOL but we manage to have fun and enjoyed ourselves, but next time we take a windproof umbrella LOL
Jelleepit yeh, thankfully. Hopefully northern England will stay mostly white, despite it being the “poorer” side, it’s the side I will always prefer bcuz it is less friendly down south, I’m gonna be honest, I’m a labour supporter but even I think that London has become a violent dump ever since white ppl became a minority, and they can’t say that it’s down to poverty bcuz the poorest part of london is richer than the richest part of Northern Ireland, so I think it’s proof that money does not equal happiness especially when the important things like healthcare and schooling are free. The uk has always been rich vs poor, only London ruins that
@@throwow1014 I am a south bastard who moved up to the midlands so I agree 100%. Southerners seem to have something to prove. It's a shame about Birmingham but I hope you are right and the North holds fast to its heritage. I think we have to accept that London is gone. Now it is filled with tribal factions at war and criminals. But in a way it is a good thing that people can see what diversity really means.
Totally true, and Rhyl did it of a evening. The see used to be brown and I did wonder how on earth people could go in it. The pipes were open to the sea. Now they have put in a proper treatment system, but the resort is on its last legs
I still reckon Blackpool good now is got the pressure beach including the Pepsi max, the Blackpool tower, sealife, massuards thuhards, the 3 pears. The swimming pool. Arcades and lots of food places, trams, the town center not bad either
I went there once, in 1986. There were miles of roadworks on the M6 from the midlands north. Had to park a mile from the sea front. All the cafes were packed. Walked along the 'golden mile' and never saw the tower! We were afraid to look up in case we got trampled under foot. Left after about 2 hours swearing never to go again. Sorry Blackpool. My family loved the place though :-)
As a Glaswegian , i was taken to Blackers every year of my life from birth to around 17. I last visited in 2012 and it was a horrible place of empty decaying shops and businesses, beggars and stag . I loved Blackers as a kid it was full of soo much wonder and excitement. With the pandemic ,Has Blackpool council thought that by heavily investing and demolishing the shits shows they could attract families again. This is the time with foreign holidays being a no no for quite some time. With the right management and consultation we could get a VEGAS of the north. It takes me via Glasgow airport 3.5 hrs to fly to Southern Spain , the same time to drive to Blackers ( if i drive slowly) B Council do the right thing , borrow and invest , get rid of the squaller
Well said White Wolf,dont worry my friend ,the people rember what those bastards did. You just have to look in their eyes when young girls pass and i am sad to say its ALL OF THEM. Keep strong my friend.
back in the days when people took responsibility of their own actions and didnt sue everyone , work place health and safety has stopped all these kinds of places..
Cold and hard days in which people took things seriously, not like today. I did not like those days, but at the same time appreciated them as they never saw people swaggering around with the filth of their own self-importance on the scale that we do now, and souls were more concerned about education and hobbies, being constructive, even the Mods and Rokcers were
@@TheEarthHistorysConfusing Amen! and never go out without your mother checking behind your ears, and asking if you had washed your face, and looked at you to see if you were smart on account that it would reflect badly upon them. Life was not perfect, but there were far more parents and delinquents with children; the reverse is now all too present, and even down to dress. Look around and we see a society that throws something on, and so often looks as though slept in.
Funny, I remember going in the very late 80s/early 90s, and it seemed to be pretty much the same as this, only the cars were (slightly) newer. Seems that the pace of change has accelerated quite a lot in the last 15-20 years. Some of it does still look like it did back then, even now.
The days before mobile phones where there was a couple of TV channels and better music, no internet and people made their own entertainment. The world has changed, some things are better, some are probably worse. Nothing is new under the sun with humanity, just different technology that's all
Nice seeing this, I've lived in Blackpool since 1973, it used to be a lovely place but sadly not anymore, nowadays it's a town of druggies, alcoholics and hen parties. Such a huge shame.
Well, that was a pleasant walk down memory lane, I had a few holidays and wk/ends in Blackpool. Great when you're a kid. Had a few drunken wk/ends with the lads it was a great place to pick up girls. I still think it's pretty much the same now. I have not been for twenty years so I really don't know what it is like now. The clothes and haircuts of the time much smarter than now. That's when it was okay to be white. We were with our own.
I was one of the lucky ones to experience the main big rollercoaster twice over a few years, maybe 1998 - 2000 - before the greed set in and now need a ticket to the whole mini theme park. Only in England can a great thing be ruined beyond the point of return - as I notice the only spades are with the buckets.
Does anyone know what happened to the Gulliver statue that held up the monorail? I wonder if it’s lying in a corner somewhere 🥲. I loved that when I was 3.
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Makes me feel very sad for a lost era. Seems like a million years ago.
i know it hurts
Agreed...
Reminds me of the lyrics from that Boston song..."I closed my eyes and she slipped away...."
Urien. I shop at Morrisons and didn't vote for Brexit. Blackpool's progressed? In what way, nobody goes there anymore.
Lost indeed.
I went there in the late 1960's as a very wee nipper, every summer in the 1970's and then in 1981 when I was 15 and it was still great then. Many years, later, back in the late 1990's I went again and was truly shocked at how much it had changed. The "magic" of the place had simply disappeared. very sad, but wonderful to see these old film clips of it back in those halcyon days! As many others have said, I wish I had a time machine. Back in those days we just took it for granted and never would have believed that things could change so much.
Was Blackpool really that bad in the late 90s?
Who gives a shit
@Otto Sump Ever heard of Thatcherism?
jesus im getting nostalgic watching this,how quickly time goes,i was eleven years old and used to go to blackpool every year,from when i was a small boy up until i was 16,i remember all the sounds on the front,the music and the lights and the people,the sun AND the rain,but especially the smells,sugar and doughnuts,fish and chips,wow,all them years ago,it only feel like yesterday.i really miss them days.when things were much simpler.
I loved watching this. It's so sad, like someone else said on here, it's like a long lost era.
I gaze at the people on here more than anything, sometimes pausing the film to look into their faces. Wondering if they are still alive and what life subsequently brought them. I look at the cars and think of my late father driving us around in some of them like the Cortina, Cavalier and Avenger, and how happy we were in our innocence. Seems even more poignant in these times somehow. Maybe it's because we have time to stop and reflect on our past and the fun we've had but also the mistakes we've made in our lives and the people that are no longer part of our lives.
Our first family car was a Hillman Avenger! No seat belts in the back, no car seats for the babies or kids - how did we survive car journeys back then?!
_"...clunk, click every trip..."
@@donovanwray5974 only in the front seats though, back seats didn't have belts back then. Xx
@@sixxlee890 I was just reminiscing about public information films: _The Green Cross Code_ and _Clunk Click_ .
@@donovanwray5974 I know, it wasn't a criticism, and I'm sorry if it came across as one. Sadly, I'm old enough to remember those. 😞
not a foreigner in sight. great to see great times
Ooh I don't know. The little girl at 2:24 looks suspiciously French to me. Hope you didn't smile while watching this video or you'll have to cancel your Britain first membership.
@@user-jn7iw8ik2manother leech
foreigners can be white too
I used to go there and I’m an Indian born an bred in Bolton in 1963
How can you tell.?
You are basically outing yourself. You are saying " no obvious foreigners in sight going by skin colour". In your eyes foreigners aren't white.
Revolting comment.
I grew up in blackpool, for all those saying “oh back then it was great, today it’s a cesspool”, I still see today what’s reflected in this film , it’s still there, it always had a gritty underside which the public may not have always been fully aware of, the change is in public behaviors but blackpool is still there. I believe Tim burton even recently fell in love with the town, its charm is still there, people just don’t really look for that anymore
I remember an elderly lady back in those days telling me she had been on a coach trip to see Blackpool Hallucinations.... ;-)
My Mother always calls them the Luminations
Showing yer age Quiet man :)
I used to do the same and amazing sights
@@salvadormarley But is she an enlightened woman?
@THE QUIET MAN 1958 it certainty was ...well done...10 points.
I visit Blackpool at least 4 times a year and still love it but after watching this i cant help feel its best days are in the past
Do you still manage to pull?
You don't say
@@JG-ib7xk How about you? Do you still pull when you're there?
@@trollop_7 you can "pull" anywhere if youve got game
Considering Blackpool at nights is full of drunken parasites it won't be hard
How I yearn for those days. Life was simpler, and people despite their troubles were far happier.
crazy how life has changed so quick it’s a shame
MJ it was not by accident
Ho Ho Ho Otto slump is talking of the massive influx of foreigners into the uk by Blair’s government , the cover story released to the public via the press was “ to rub the right’s nose in diversity “, which I didn’t believe then or now .
Otto Sump fuck you prick
Anyone else trying to see if they can spot themselves cos they went to blackpool in the 70s..lol..
The videos ive watched since covid19...omg.
Me too Barry, great times!!
We used to go every year with my mum and dad from the mid 60's until about 1980 and I remember a lot of the places on this film. The log flume was me and my brother's favourite ride, such a shame they replaced it with such a horrible ride. The fun house was real value for money, pay to get in and stay as long as you like, does anyone have film of that? I too spend ages looking at these films hoping to see a glimpse somewhere of my late mum and dad and maybe me and my brother but no luck as yet.
Barry Allen- That's exactly what I am doing mate.
Barry Allen I actuality was looking to see if I could spot me and my mates lol
I was looking for myself as I specifically remember going to Blackpool in summer 1978 and also 1977 (the day Elvis died)
A very nostalgic video, filmed in a year I went to see the illuminations as an 9 year old kid. It's been over 20 years since I've been and I wouldn't go back if you paid me. I remember stepping out of the car to witness a drunken pub fight spilling out on to the street...and this was lunchtime. A complete and utter dump of a town.
the good old days. i was 5 then. our country will never be so great again. :-(
I agree - I was 8 - I have fond memories of Blackpool and seeing the iluminations each year.
It's not a family-friendly resort any more. Such a shame :(
Funny , we in America say the same thing about our country . the nerdowells almost running the country thanks to an Alice in wonderland type of court system that says drug addicts have more rights than honest working people and we must pay heavy taxes to support their illegal habit and illegal aliens are being called " migrants " and given things we couldn't even dream of . I just shake my head in disbelief .
It still looks the same a dump your taste is so tacky
Dear old Blackpool.......I STILL love it so much.
It's nowhere near the place I grew up in .When I left school there were 34 nightclubs and endless pubs the place was packed and buzzing from March till November in all ways it was a brilliant place to grow up.
Today when I go back I can't wait to get out it's a dirty rotten scumbag of a place left in time with all kinds of low life. It hurts to say it but that's life.
Absolutely loved watching this. We went every year for our annual holiday, such great memories. Thank you so much for posting this.
I've lived most of my life in Blackpool. Most of my channel is dedicated to showing Blackpool in a better light. This is a great video. So many memories of growing up.
When Blackpool was great. Its lost that now. we used to go every year through the 60s and 70s. We stayed near the pleasure Beach and loved just walking round there watching everything. Now you even have to pay to look round.
Phillip Brownlow You do realise the pleasure beach is still great even with the entry fee. Just be grateful it's cheaper than Alton Towers
Grateful to whom ?
It's privately run, not like these monster theme parks, someone has to pay for maintenance, and if you look round, you may even like to join in the fun...
@@masterknife8423
I agree. The Pleasure Beach is still my fave place to go for a fun day out. If it reopens this year, I am going to visit there and spend some of my cancelled holiday money to show my support for this great 'theme' park.
More value for money than Alton Towers.
So sad to see whats happened to dear old England
Is a half-ghost town, due to coronavirus reasons.
@@NESTABROWN9 better place right now
Bloody Beltin' is Blackpool! Still great for a day out after all these years. Be there in no time from the mill towns and cities.
Superb
my first time in Blackpool was in 1978 as a 5 year old. my family loved it then and myself and my own children still do
love that disco music to the video, sadly Blackpool will never be as good as it was then
@Blackporsche roadster Who are you calling an old bird?
Agreed......I was last there in 1976......The lights were superb......Such good childhood memories of the old trams....Fresh air n Fun........Loved the cockle stalls!
I miss Blackpool! Its not the same anymore.. 1978.. I was 7 and still remember memories of being taken there to the pleasure beach ... its upsetting now since it all changed and became so expensive .. its the only place I know off where Blackpool was one of the most loved placed just like Rhyl, Wales ... there is literally nothing like it anywhere on the earth, I now live near a pleasure resort in the Philippines and well the Filipinos love it but they will never taste the real magic of a true British holiday resort... Good taste of memory lane ..
I went there with my parents and sister only 2 years after this loved it!.I went back in 2009 wish I hadn't!! What a depressing run down hovel.my Goodness how a place can go down so much in 30 years! Such a shame.
Went to Blackpool for a day out in 1982 with 3 mates.. loved it.
Oh to at Blackpool again in the 1970s as a teenager. They were great times and I've got fantastic family memories that I shall never forget.
I came here just for the comments, I wasn't disappointed!!!!!!!
Was there something in particular you were looking for, sir?
@@trollop_7 Have you got something in a small minded racism and nostalgia for a world that never really was?
@@vooveks Well, sir, the good news is that ranges are indeed available, however, more often than not, these days, we tend to rely on imported stock for that sort of thing, and I'm not entirely certain that that is what sir would be looking for. Could sir be a little more specific about the nature of the not-previously-existing imaginary realms he seeks?
Trollop 7 Imported stock?! I don’t want that foreign crap! I want only traditional British produce, like Chinese takeaways, curries and peanuts with my Heineken.
@@vooveks And would sir be willing to travel? I suspect the authenticity which sir is seeking to be rather niche, and may be more readily available elsewhere, at least at the time of writing.
So lovely to see the monorail and log flume. All the old rides were the best.
I wish I could return to Blackpool as I remember how it was in the 1960’s and 70’s. It was clean, safe and family friendly. I recently took my elderly Dad and was upset at how dirty it was. Of course people are to blame. We saw many people just discard their fast food cartons onto the floor, or on those steps they’ve built on the lower prom, so that all the plastic ends up in the sea. The amount of homeless begging was shocking too. I know this is a problem all over the U.K., but we were approached and asked for money frequently which I found intimidating. So sad to see how it used to be compared to now. Thanks so much for this wonderful clip.
Parents do not see fit to teach social manners littering is about this !
@@purplesunflower8242 Places would look nicer if gum was banned as it is in Singapore. What's wrong with sugar free mints and a quick slosh of Listerine before leaving home?
Remember our entire street going on a daytrip to blackpool every year in the 70s..and thats when the bus parked in the street to pick us up !! Happy dayz
This is wonderful, thank you
The 70's would have been start of me going to Blackpool as a child. That is how I remember it busy. Very busy.
Trying to book a B&B at illuminations time was basically if your not booked, forget it. Except for the day trippers though which was popular.
Look at the beach. It is windy and cold yet people trying to set up deck chairs and get their spot. Children paddling in the sea. A long time since I seen that there.
You would walk that promenade for hours, stroll one way then all the way back. What more do you want as a child but an ice cream, cone of chips, candy floss, hot ringed doughnuts and take home some rock.
Special times.
yes, we had happy times at Blackpool clara and yes it can get very windy there with sideways rain. my girlfriend and I loved walks along the prom and we certainly had many of our umbrellas blown inside out and wrecked in the gusty winds., not to mention my poor girlfriend struggling to stop her summer dress from being blowing up over her head. but we had great fun and romantic moments on the beach clara x
Happier days.
Were you there for the Radio One Road Show? _oh, my effing God!_
Great place, loads to do and see, if only it wasn't cold and wet every time I go!
Well done showing this brings back memories
I was 7 in 78 and loved living in Blackpool all that amazing fun glad I moved to Scotland tho in 2010
Hahahahaha, fuck off. Wee Jimmy Krankie wants to import the 3rd world to Scotland too. You're still fucked.
The good old days lost forever 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🙏
I used to go with my parents in the 80's, went to Blackpool with my wife and kids last year. Tower, then a tram to the Pleasure Beach. After a load of rides it was back on the tram towards the Tower, fish and chips, walk on the pier and a few games in the arcades. We had a great day. Rather than just commenting how much better it used to be why not enjoy what is there now. Sure, its not 5 star, it never was but there is plenty of good stuff there. Like any day out, a bit of planning makes all the difference.
We all love Blackpool
Saying hello from Blackpool in 2020!
Thanks for uploading
I can remember going there in the 70s as a kid (lived within Chorley area at the time, plus my Gran parents lived in Warton), a lots of new buildings have been add and lots of old buildings are still around. Many of the Pleasure Beaches have gone like the log ride and the Octopus one too.
My town in the year I was born. Thanks for posting x
That was when Blackpool was a family seaside vacation town. went last year and it has changed for the worse. Full of dirty bedsits..2nd hand shops...winos....drunks...stag and hen nights...illegals..down and outs..druggies....and so on. We went to the fair and bought an armband which to be fair was a good deal but we went out at night had to come home well before dark . Such a shame.
Bob Wallace Jnr same,we went out for a meal at night and the landlady told us to be back before it gets dark .
Some popular American beaches went downhill as well. Bedbug hotels, strip clubs, and cooler thieving locals.
@@naughtydorf18 Coney Island for one.
My grandparents had a boarding house on st.chads rd, slap bang in the middle of everything and near the sea front from 1974 till they passed away in 1999.
It saddens me now, how run down and shabby it all looks...
The b&b's now are nearly all h.m.o's or run down in such away that people Will look and wonder what must they have looked like in their hay day...
Its a real shame, lost forever I'm just grateful that I saw it at it's best as a young child, as well as before the new extensions were added, losing the iconic victorian bay window's for ever...
Blackpool has gone to the dog's
I remember going to see the lights when i was young on a bus trip i fell asleep before we got to them and sleep through the whole thing lol
I am sure everyone who went to Blackpool in the 70s and eighties remember everything on this short vid. I loved going to Blackpool. Today you just don't get the same feeling.
Tell me your stories 😮
Its just you got older, frailer, and cant walk around without a zimmerframe infront of you. The town hasn't changed much since back then, and that is the problem, it didn't move on. Budget flights to spain hit blackpool hard, and you know who lapped these cheap holidays up and let blackpool to rot? your age group. So thank you, thank you so much.
@@turke6663 I didn't get any cheap flights - I kept coming to Blackpool . I can't think of anything more boring than constsnt sunbathing.. I took my chance with the weather. I used to love being spooked by the Chamber Of Horrors in the Waxworks, and warching the rides on the Pleasure Beach. Now the Waxworks are mainly celebrities and just walking round and watching the rides in the Pleasure Beach costs ten pounds minimum. I came back in 2010 to see my favourite actor in a play, and looked forward to walking back to my hotel. One street full of drunken gangs was enough to make me turn back and get a taxi to my hotel.
Love the background music, cant get much more 70s :-)
Loved watching but made me feel so sad too...
Big nostalgic smile here!
The good thing for me though is that I live in Blackpool 👌and it’s fun! Especially coral island and the pleasure beach!
Remember Blackpool during 1970s where you couldn't get accommodation unless you booked well in advance
i love it here its awesome 🤘
Loads of people say Blackpool has been going downhill since the 1960s. The truth is, it's unique and so quintessentially Working Class British. There's definitely a certain magic there.
When I was a kid this was magical. Watching it back now, it looks like a right dump.
Many happy memories. I would have been there with my family in 1978
That’s my mum at 3.00 playing the bandit ❤️
Whats happening ?????????????
A video from 2015 pops up and I am instantly back in blackpool as a kid :-)
So is everyone else it seems.
This lockdown has its plus points.
BROTHERS,SISTERS,ENJOY.
Who remembers the Wrestlers at the Horseshoe? I'd help them set up. That's the Blackpool of my youth. I was 11 years old then and the Funhouse was my domain. Memories came flooding back watching this. Happy Days.
two observations really. 1. change is inevitable and essential. 2. Things always seemed better in the old days, because you were younger. The truth is that the 70s was a grim decade
Blackpool is a far far grimmer place now than in the 70s its a shithole
I've been taking my family to Blackpool for the last 25 years a lot of these clubs and pubs are closed , and some are refurbished like the philharmonic club which I first visited 25 years ago and used to go back to every year with kids playroom upstairs pool table and tv etc, it's now turned into a brighter looking family bar , the central pier bar is also refurbished and has acts on to entertain the kids on the afternoons and evenings , and one of the regular kids artist singer is Emma louise Jackson Blackpool singer , she was on the voice tv programme years ago , the Blackpool council are trying to improve things to make the city better for all comers to enjoy , madam Tussauds, Blackpool tower circus and ballroom , pleasure beach and sea life plus the three piers all have bars on them , the best bars are the central and the south for kiddies entertainment and drinks are reasonably priced as well , so if you are going back after lockdown try these places out and hope you enjoy , as myself and family still do ...
I'm from down south, I've had two great visits to Blackpool in the last 5 years. Yes it's run down and dodgy in some areas like any where, but you can still have a great time .There as plenty to see and do. I hope the British government start investing in seaside resorts now brexit is under way and virus sorted and get us all holidaying in UK in a traditional family way .
i was in Blackpool this September and from what I saw the future couldn't have looked bleaker for Blackpool. Scaled back lights. Appalling weather. Every third B and B on the golden mile a semi demolished pile of rubble, no one about except for old people sitting in the cabaret bars waiting for the bingo to start, all the attractions on the piers closed. Very depressing to see my favorite seaside town turn into a deserted ghost town.
Richard Booth I don't think the weather has changed much in the last 40 years. Blackpool would've gotten as much rain then as it does now
@@masterknife8423 but
Spot on
Born and brought up there-I was 14 when this was made.
my girlfriend and I loved visiting Blackpool for a romantic weekend. we love walking along the prom and on the beach but we did not realize how wet and windy it can get on the prom, we struggled to keep our big sturdy umbrella up which constantly got blown inside out by the strong gusts. I think we got through many umbrellas on our visits to Blackpool LOL but we manage to have fun and enjoyed ourselves, but next time we take a windproof umbrella LOL
Had a holiday when I was a kid in 1979 and saw the muppets turn on the illuminations
Hey look kids, this is a country that used to exist called England.
Yeh long before we were taken over by the religion of peace.
Jelleepit Blackpool is still 96% English, north England is still white English, can’t say the same for london tho ☹️
@@throwow1014 Surprising, in a good way.
Jelleepit yeh, thankfully. Hopefully northern England will stay mostly white, despite it being the “poorer” side, it’s the side I will always prefer bcuz it is less friendly down south, I’m gonna be honest, I’m a labour supporter but even I think that London has become a violent dump ever since white ppl became a minority, and they can’t say that it’s down to poverty bcuz the poorest part of london is richer than the richest part of Northern Ireland, so I think it’s proof that money does not equal happiness especially when the important things like healthcare and schooling are free. The uk has always been rich vs poor, only London ruins that
@@throwow1014 I am a south bastard who moved up to the midlands so I agree 100%. Southerners seem to have something to prove. It's a shame about Birmingham but I hope you are right and the North holds fast to its heritage. I think we have to accept that London is gone. Now it is filled with tribal factions at war and criminals. But in a way it is a good thing that people can see what diversity really means.
When Blackpool used to be good, the best place about Blackpool now is the M55 out.
Of all the blackpool bashing, this wins
My worst nightmare of a holiday
Totally true, and Rhyl did it of a evening. The see used to be brown and I did wonder how on earth people could go in it. The pipes were open to the sea. Now they have put in a proper treatment system, but the resort is on its last legs
I still reckon Blackpool good now is got the pressure beach including the Pepsi max, the Blackpool tower, sealife, massuards thuhards, the 3 pears. The swimming pool. Arcades and lots of food places, trams, the town center not bad either
As kids we use to turn up at blackpool north train station with a barrow to carry luggage to hotels for holiday makers. We made a fortune :)
I went there once, in 1986. There were miles of roadworks on the M6 from the midlands north. Had to park a mile from the sea front. All the cafes were packed. Walked along the 'golden mile' and never saw the tower! We were afraid to look up in case we got trampled under foot. Left after about 2 hours swearing never to go again. Sorry Blackpool. My family loved the place though :-)
As a Glaswegian , i was taken to Blackers every year of my life from birth to around 17. I last visited in 2012 and it was a horrible place of empty decaying shops and businesses, beggars and stag . I loved Blackers as a kid it was full of soo much wonder and excitement. With the pandemic ,Has Blackpool council thought that by heavily investing and demolishing the shits shows they could attract families again. This is the time with foreign holidays being a no no for quite some time. With the right management and consultation we could get a VEGAS of the north.
It takes me via Glasgow airport 3.5 hrs to fly to Southern Spain , the same time to drive to Blackers ( if i drive slowly)
B Council do the right thing , borrow and invest , get rid of the squaller
R.I.P. Charlene Downes. Never Forgive Never Forget.
And try to avoid eating, if at all possible.
Well said White Wolf,dont worry my friend ,the people rember what those bastards did.
You just have to look in their eyes when young girls pass and i am sad to say its ALL OF THEM.
Keep strong my friend.
Ha ha! this was the year I was born!...Cheers!.👽💚✌️😷💥
Lots of clean decent looking people back then
I still think Blackpool is great
And Blackpool thinks you're great!
I think the Coral Island Arcade is still there, it's at the top end of the prom near the tower.
mistofoles it is! I live there
Omg the log flume was great
Very interesting, thank you. Never seen this before.
I always loved a Mr "Whippy" ice cream cone.
A few pence? Those were the days 👍
back in the days when people took responsibility of their own actions and didnt sue everyone , work place health and safety has stopped all these kinds of places..
That is very true,unfortunately.
Cold and hard days in which people took things seriously, not like today. I did not like those days, but at the same time appreciated them as they never saw people swaggering around with the filth of their own self-importance on the scale that we do now, and souls were more concerned about education and hobbies, being constructive, even the Mods and Rokcers were
Mersey Side : yes sir i understand, today’s society has no morals. Least back then people did, even took good care of their dress.
@@TheEarthHistorysConfusing Amen! and never go out without your mother checking behind your ears, and asking if you had washed your face, and looked at you to see if you were smart on account that it would reflect badly upon them.
Life was not perfect, but there were far more parents and delinquents with children; the reverse is now all too present, and even down to dress. Look around and we see a society that throws something on, and so often looks as though slept in.
@@merseyside659 My son 12 said that today, look how people dressed and entertained each other , now its all gorne... :(
Super!
Wonderful days as a child
Used to be a doctor who thing down there in the eighties scared the shit out of me when a was a kid haha
Funny, I remember going in the very late 80s/early 90s, and it seemed to be pretty much the same as this, only the cars were (slightly) newer. Seems that the pace of change has accelerated quite a lot in the last 15-20 years. Some of it does still look like it did back then, even now.
I never went to Blackpool as a kid - not once. Except that one time when I went there.
@TKtheGK But then again I don't think I did go, even when I didn't not go there then
The days before mobile phones where there was a couple of TV channels and better music, no internet and people made their own entertainment. The world has changed, some things are better, some are probably worse. Nothing is new under the sun with humanity, just different technology that's all
wow, i've always wondered what Coral Island used to look like from inside back before it became what it is today
I spent two weeks here one weekend 😁👍
Nice seeing this, I've lived in Blackpool since 1973, it used to be a lovely place but sadly not anymore, nowadays it's a town of druggies, alcoholics and hen parties. Such a huge shame.
I was 16. Seems like yesterday.
@Martay Artay Art Works But not 1 any more. haha
bit empty atm with covid 19. its a ghost town but still awesome af.. i love living ere
Well, that was a pleasant walk down memory lane, I had a few holidays and wk/ends in Blackpool. Great when you're a kid. Had a few drunken wk/ends with the lads it was a great place to pick up girls. I still think it's pretty much the same now. I have not been for twenty years so I really don't know what it is like now. The clothes and haircuts of the time much smarter than now. That's when it was okay to be white. We were with our own.
This virus will kill Blackpool off altogether.Those days in the 70s will never come back again, better just keeping our happy memories of the place.
I was one of the lucky ones to experience the main big rollercoaster twice over a few years, maybe 1998 - 2000 - before the greed set in and now need a ticket to the whole mini theme park. Only in England can a great thing be ruined beyond the point of return - as I notice the only spades are with the buckets.
Does anyone know what happened to the Gulliver statue that held up the monorail? I wonder if it’s lying in a corner somewhere 🥲. I loved that when I was 3.
Brill memories
The British public used to smile before Thatcher took over!
real english people
Blackpool was England in the 70's but not anymore. very sad
I was there in 77!!! I was seven!! Swinging my Bay city rollers bag!!!! Sucking on kojak Lolly's!!!