Butlins Barry island compilation
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Butlins Barry island compilation
Butlins Barry island was one of britain's most loved holiday camps to hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.
It was Billy Butlins last camp to be built and first opened its gates in 1966, the camp flourished until 23 years later when shockingly Butlins had no further plans for the camp and in 1989 sold it to Majestic holidays.
Majestic gave the camp another 6 years, in 1996, due to low bookings and deteriation from bad storms the gates were closed for the last time that year.
The camp was left empty and vandalised until 2005 when it was demolished to make room for 250 new homes.
Whether you were a camper or a member of staff, whether you loved Butlins barry island or whether you had a bad experience and hated your stay feel free to leave your memories or your comments.
Thanks so much for posting this. My Dad was musical director at the camp in the 70's and 80's. I spent many happy summer days at the camp, so many of the images in your film brought back distant happy memories...The pool, the arcade, the cablecars, the pig and whistle, the ballroom....magical. It is particularly sad to see the silent rusted and rotting ruins of a place which once was so alive with laughter, warmth and happiness. Happy Days.
I worked in Barry Island Butlins in 1981. My duties included working during the shows in the theatre, moving stage sets and operating the follow spots, and showing the feature films a few times a week. I also showed the filmed horse racing in the ballroom twice a week. In the Pig & Whistle show bar on late night shows, I was lucky enough to meet stars like Bob Monkhouse, Mike Read, and many others. I enjoyed the whole season, and I'm glad I did it. The money was crap, but the fun was priceless.
Wow!!! Now this brings back memories. I was an assistant supervisor in the Lounge bar through the summer of 1978. I met some wonderful people and I had a wonderful time.
Great post, I worked as a sound / lighting technician in the Theatre and Pig & Whistle show bar in the 1981 season. Great memories, wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Thank you for this, it was the best holidays i ever had something special about them so sad it's gone makes me very sad no camp site half as good as Barry was x
This is facinating. I love the way you have filmed the old images and then how it looked just before domilition. Its kind of sad and haunting but it also evokes some of the happiest times of my life. Im sad to see it go. It also captures a much different Britain and a much different society than the one we have now. thanks.
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Happy days indeed!..Have fond memories of going there as a kid...Thanks for sharing..
so so sad, childhood memories, memories of working there when i it was majestics, made me cry, THANK YOU SO MUCH XX
love it!! best holiday memories here as a kid wish it was still there id off taken my 2 sons I know they would of loved it!!
my mum and dad used to bring us every year in the 80's.before my dad drived we used to get the train,i remember the porters waitin at the station who would wheel all your luggage up the hill.the thing i rember the most though were the cable cars,shame you didnt get video footage of them.great vid though and brought back loads of great memories from the 80's!! cheers!!!
Barry island,was always a good holiday for my family. It wasnt all about money. as BILLY BUTLIN said , a weeks holiday for a weeks pay ,not now . thanks for the memorys.
This may have been a dive but being born in 1981 I went here every summer as a child & I have so many fond memories, from paying 10p to play in the arcade while Yazz & 'The Only Way is Up' played over the speakers to getting up early to go to the bakers to get an iced finger! It may not live up to many standards today but it WAS a part of my childhood & i'm sorry it's no longer around.. being a kid at these places is magical & really is what you make it, a wonderful holiday with your family!
i went there as a child this brings back many magic memories of my dad
this is great been looking for somehing like this for ages, went to barry island when it was majestic first year i think it was around the 90'a? and every year til it shut, always made a load of friends and had a few holiday romances! great memories!
Great memories of this wonderful holiday camp as a child.
My favourite the chair lifts.
+MK6062 yeah i was about 5, when i done a runner, the whole of butlins were looking for me. i had escaped by using the chairlifts. i loved the holidays here every year
MK6062 best holidays I ever had. wish my kids could have gone here now .
MK6062 they had chairlifts at skegness as well.
I went to Barry Island in 1988! I was 15 years old and i won the snooker tournament that they had. Met a great bunch of lads from coventry and we had a right laugh. Had a few holiday romances too! well i was 15Q
! lol... i even used to get caught sneaking into Co Co's nightclub a few times by my parents! It was a great place. It is so so sad to see this video with its "then and now" footage. Either way, thankyou barry island xxx
omg soooo miss this place i went every year with my family and got the best childhood memories from here!! cnt beleive itsgone now i would of loved to have taken my kids there!!
Thank you everyone for your pleasant comments and sharing your memories of Butlins Barry Island, It's great to see the video has touched so many of you and to see it has bought back some fond memories, this is exactly why I put this video together. I truely believe with some money spent and a slight make-over the camp would still be thriving today. Shame on the Vale of Glamorgan council. Matt.
Gone but not forgotten very sadly missed
this was the best Butlins by far... in its heyday early 80s it was amazing, especially with the fairground on its doorstep.
from Barry Butlins site u could see all the lights of the fairground while 80s music was blasted out from the under 16s disco lol
good times but all gone now :(
we came here as day visitors just before it closed for good and I was sorry when it got pulled down and a real loss to the town.
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There is nothing left to save now Terry.We were down there last month for a reunion.....a great time was had up at the Cons Club but alas the camp id no more.
Loved it! Such a shame of its demise from grace
I live in Barry and my 1st job, in 1983, was as a porter at the arrivals lounge at Butlins barry Island. Prevcious to that, my grandfather worked as security on the main gate during the 1970s, and as a child of 9 or so I used to be allowed in for free. great memories....Dont know why the vale of Glamorgan council decided to let this little gem go.....Oh, yes I do...to build houses and claim 250 or so annual council tax. Silly me!
Sad how things turn out !
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this man died rip up
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what a waste to make way for new homes.i hate new builds homes there crap i should know ive built them.