I was born just up the road in Clacton in the great freeze of 1963. Love this film, takes me back to when I was a child, Jaywick looked much the same in the 1970’s too.
I’ve never seen the footage before but it was wonderful to see it. My youngest brother and baby sister in the pram. The chalet hasn’t changed much, a bathroom added and the veranda has gone or been enclosed.
We had one of those bungalows for two weeks one year. It must have been around 1965 - I would have been about five. I remember there was a storm one night and the waves we crashing over the roof. There was no ceiling and you could see up into the rafters. I remembered being a bit scared of the noise but mum and dad were there to look after me, as they always did. We mostly went went to my Uncle Bert’s caravan at Valley Farm at Holland on Sea. I visited Jaywick a few years ago and I thought it still looked nice with just one or two uncared for places. Fantastic sandy beach. I notice the cameras always focus on these to make a story I suppose. I predict this will be an up and coming area in the next twenty years. I hope the 20s/30s bungalows will survive. Mike McGonigle (dad Tom and mum Kath RIP)
I used to have a friend with a holiday home there in the sixties. Their main home was a big mansion in Essex so I suppose it must have been quite posh then.
Thanks Matthew you've brought back some wonderful memories. I stayed there many times with my mum and dad and 3 sisters, great fun . Many thanks for posting x
@@knowitall3503 Yeah agreed, it's a shame in a way but holiday chalets from the 1930s cannot support modern living. They should leave some as a historical reference though, would be a shame to lose them all.
My nanna lives in jaywick when I was about 4/5 so about 47/48 years ago 1970s. Does anyone remember the lady who had the whole front garden made of shells collected on the beach.
Fascinating. The sea defenses are similar to so much else on that coast. I really enjoyed the music track. It would have been s bit twee with period sounds. You have really enhanced the whole piece.
Those kids would all be retired, now. Happy memories as a kid at Sacketts Grove Campsite. Sadly only one solution for Jaywick ... bulldoze it, fix the sea defences and re-build.
Hi Matthew, am I allowed to use some of the footage from this video for a university documentary I’m currently making? Full credit will be given if so. Cheers, Elliott
Hi Elliott, that's no problem, as long as not for commercial use, if you can link back to the original video, or matthewgreasley.co.uk where possible, that would be great...
I was born just up the road in Clacton in the great freeze of 1963. Love this film, takes me back to when I was a child, Jaywick looked much the same in the 1970’s too.
Great times...look how carefree those teens looked.60s--70s great time to be young....we took it all for granted.
and along came the smackheads and benefit tramps
My family took a summer holiday in Jaywick 1962. Something about the place draws me. I have revisited several times over the years.
My brother is the little boy, we lived in that bungalow. Rosemary Avenue
Excellent! Have you seen the footage before?
Nice one STELLA 💯💓🇬🇧
LOVE FROM LONDON 😍🇬🇧🙏
No, it was wonderful to see it. Lived there for over ten years. 🙂
What is it like now?
Hardly any changes at all! Dots the newsagent at the end of the road is still there. Bought my sweets there 42 years ago! Incredible
I like the look of it. People were slim, fit, smiling. Families together. Happy to be British, happy with their lives. How refreshing.
T y for sharing. Great holidays there in the 1960s, love the ties!
I’ve never seen the footage before but it was wonderful to see it. My youngest brother and baby sister in the pram. The chalet hasn’t changed much, a bathroom added and the veranda has gone or been enclosed.
Such a lovely moment for them all
We had one of those bungalows for two weeks one year. It must have been around 1965 - I would have been about five. I remember there was a storm one night and the waves we crashing over the roof. There was no ceiling and you could see up into the rafters. I remembered being a bit scared of the noise but mum and dad were there to look after me, as they always did. We mostly went went to my Uncle Bert’s caravan at Valley Farm at Holland on Sea. I visited Jaywick a few years ago and I thought it still looked nice with just one or two uncared for places. Fantastic sandy beach. I notice the cameras always focus on these to make a story I suppose. I predict this will be an up and coming area in the next twenty years. I hope the 20s/30s bungalows will survive. Mike McGonigle (dad Tom and mum Kath RIP)
Lovely to hear your memories!
Fantastic! A Historical treasure!
Wow everybody was smart dressed and white
I live just a few miles from where this was filmed.....Great stuff.....good memories of that time.
I used to have a friend with a holiday home there in the sixties. Their main home was a big mansion in Essex so I suppose it must have been quite posh then.
Amazing.....I wish I had that footage of how things once were!
You have it here, come back whenever you like!
Thanks Matthew you've brought back some wonderful memories. I stayed there many times with my mum and dad and 3 sisters, great fun . Many thanks for posting x
0:25 The potholes were there already in the 60's!
Benefits becoming a way of life has changed everything.
Oh wow! It was beautiful
Hard to think tha all these happy smiling faces have now passed over... and how smart the chalets looked... where did we go wrong ?
You came along , that's where the world went wrong . And you know it 😡
the teenagers and the little boy would/could still be alive
lol no we are still very much alive!
@@insertnamehere5146 the little boy is! My brother!
@@stellaroberts8847 Great to hear Stella. some places are best left in your memories. Jaywick is not the place your happy holidays were had anymore..
Let's get jaywick back to its beauty
Yes , by demolishing the whole dump and redeveloping it in a practical manner.
@@knowitall3503
Yeah agreed, it's a shame in a way but holiday chalets from the 1930s cannot support modern living. They should leave some as a historical reference though, would be a shame to lose them all.
@@iamnotawasp5151 agreed, a few original looking ones could be preserved ( if any exist) .
My nanna lives in jaywick when I was about 4/5 so about 47/48 years ago 1970s. Does anyone remember the lady who had the whole front garden made of shells collected on the beach.
Yes, I do! We all use to marvel at it when we had a day at the beach there at Jaywick😊
@@sallybutton6237 ahh I’ve often wondered if anyone else used to be taken to see it like we were as children 🤣
many a holiday in jaywick back in the 70s , brooklands austin avenue .
Fascinating. The sea defenses are similar to so much else on that coast.
I really enjoyed the music track. It would have been s bit twee with period sounds. You have really enhanced the whole piece.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Great footage friend and loved the music.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Cool pic's
Looks amazing then
Gladis lived there two
Those kids would all be retired, now. Happy memories as a kid at Sacketts Grove Campsite. Sadly only one solution for Jaywick ... bulldoze it, fix the sea defences and re-build.
Cool
This is amazing. Any more where that came from?
Very happy good people.
Have you got any more of Jaywick love it
I'll have a look, don't think so though...
Love the music. Very good. Do you have a link to more of your music?
Thanks, you can listen to a whole bunch of stuff here - matthewgreasley.co.uk/
can anyone name the road i was there not long ago and many houses are abandoned and they look same as in the vid never touched
Rosemary Way
Gosh..they used to build sea walls in 62…
They built them in 1862 too!
Flatten it and start again. 5 dozers, 5 days. Sorted. They had standards then and little drugs...
Yep! You can't do anything with those existing tiny lots.
Yes, only had a couple of wars in the good old days that killed a few people. Take the rose tinted glasses off.
Where is the Sunspot arcade? cheers!
its been demolished sadly . Now building a market there and gardens .
We came here for a family holiday ann auntie ann lived at key road and gladis😭
They must have been well off having a second home back then.
Hi Matthew, am I allowed to use some of the footage from this video for a university documentary I’m currently making? Full credit will be given if so.
Cheers,
Elliott
Hi Elliott, that's no problem, as long as not for commercial use, if you can link back to the original video, or matthewgreasley.co.uk where possible, that would be great...
@@MatthewGreasley Thank you! Am I allowed to upload the finished project to RUclips? I won’t be receiving any money from it.
@@elliottpettigrove That will be fine, if you can link to me in the description somewhere that would be great...
I guess back then you were lucky to have a holiday home in Jaywick.
The music does not reflect the film..
It was our permanent home for over ten years
@@stellaroberts8847 Did you like it there ?
I’ll bet they didn’t pay £1,000 for that registration plate…they knew the value of money then..they got the chalet for a thousand ..
Where is the happy club
Brooklands
Where is Sloggit?
Danny or Sid ?
Werent so many dealers then
Well he certainly won't be at work...
Playing cricket?
@@vincebevis2277 Danny
Surely they all didn't get out of that tiny car.
It's a Cardis.
@@MatthewGreasley comment of the month. Well done.
not so tiny it was a austin a50 i had one back in the day plenty of room for 3 in the back a good car back then
@@ivorjones6618 still a good car,, a tool kit and a little know-how and your back on the road, not like today you need a computer 😀
@@billgriffiths1685 yes those were the days
Till the rats took over
The rats are the only good thing about it know.
cant beat 60s women
Damned annoying, repetitious sound - not music!
Thanks for watching!
There's a distinct and reprehensible lack of diversity in this video. This is unacceptable in 2024.
Can it please be re-edited to correct the problem.
The worst music to accompany this ....absolute garbage
Many thanks for your critique, if you would like to review any of my other music please feel free!
@@MatthewGreasley oh I will ....Mr music maker
@@MatthewGreasley I thought the music fitted rather well. Why don't people hit the off button if the sound offends them?
I thought the music was like quadrophenia….
@@griswald7156 well then you've never seen quadrophenia