My family visited Blackpool every year when I was a kid and Pontins was my favourite location to stay at. The entire camp was well looked after and the staff were great fun. The last time we stay was in '92 and the camp, like the town, had started to go downhill. Closed off blocks and the interiors were looking a bit drab. Maybe it's because I was 20 at the time and working in hospitality that I picked up on this were as on previous visits I was just a wide-eyed kid supping up all the positives and ignoring the negatives
Us 80s children have now had our souls ripped out lol. Bring back my crazy golf, my giant games arcade, my cinema where I first saw Ghostbusters and all the pubs that my alcoholic dad went into. I wonder how big the area really was because as a child it felt like 1 mile square. I use to sneak out at night and walk around the quiet streets with my flipflops and visit familiar areas.
Loved this place. Went twice, once in the 1940s and next in the nineteen fifties. Still have a picture of my sister and me by one of the fountains, near the outdoor swimming pool.
Spent many summer holidays there as a kid right from an early age (probably 3 or 4) riding on the noddy train to later on going to the crocodile club and playing on the boating lake. Sad to see something from your childhood demolished like that. We visited Blackpool at the weekend and drove past the housing estate that is now there. Shame they haven't named some of the roads to reflect the site's history. They could have thrown a Bluecoat Avenue, Crocodile Close or Princess Road into the mix.
Thank you for sharing that, I was suprised to see that it was shut down. One of the places I had hope to visit when I travel from down under. Will have to go visit one of the other camps now. Good luck for all the staff in their new jobs where ever they may be. KTF
What happened pontins was such a great place now 3 major parks shut and the rest ruined the company running it now haven’t got a clue letting get into such a state
I was a Blue coat at Blackpool for 3 seasons..my best memories are at Pontins ..broke my heart when I heard it was closing ..I learned my craft of entertaining there , lost my virginity there ...never had so many women in all my life !! lol , worked with many now famous people who worked for Pontins. A peice of my life smashed to bits just because of greedy land developers.
Hi do you remember any bluecoat called Amy she had blonde hair , she was a blue coat at prestytn but this video is at Blackpool she must of been at Blackpool too . Could you please let me know
I loved this place went every year in summer holidays and i can remember when one year we all get free well the kids lol as we were their alot i even remember the train picking us up and when it was just croc :) i loved it their shame it closed I still go to blackpool but we go to heaven now one year we had 4 generation of the family go :) and when the vic was called the orange room and painted green haha that year their there was 27 of us 9 adults and the rest were kids so we sort of took over croc club that year haha good times x
we had used pontins. so many have closed ?????. little canada. hemsby, middleston towers, prestatyn, pakefield, southport, and others. i remember when you could get pontins pounds....9 o clock captain crock good night for the kids, then chalet patrols with a flashing light on back of stage to tell the mums and dads if kids were crying we had booked in to blackpool for the fisrt week in sept 2009 and two weeks before we were due to go they sent us our money back and told us it was closing.
everytime i go to football in lytham each monday on the bus, always look at that place, theres just nothing there apart from old buidings with brokens windows ect, not really that nice :'(
I just don't understand it, why close the Blackpool one and invest money in the others? they should do the place up and go back to having day passes too........
Had some great times there. Many as a child with my parents in the Early 80s, then with my own children in the early 2000s... A part of British life gone forever - RIP... :(
I'll miss this place loads. Spent lots of time in Croc Club as a kid and loved working there to. Just wish I could have made it for the last week. It's a pitty it had to go like this. R.I.P Pontins Blackpool Gone but never forgotten.
I went to Pontin's Blackpool one summer with my Dad. Holiday camps were never really my sort of thing but he didn't have much money. We're estranged now (long, unpleasant story) but it was a fun week - I have a lot of nice memories. I remember the pub (Queen Vic, no?) and a really nice barmaid who looked like Scary Spice 🤭😂 I visited the site again about ten years later - after it had closed down - and it was very strange seeing it all again and sealed off. From the sand dunes opposite you could see most of the resort had been pulled down and nothing more remained than a couple of crumbling chalets and the dilapidated dining hall. Bitter sweet memories ...
I spent my cdhood at pontins blackpool sumner and xmas both my perants have passed away and we all enjoyed our holidays as a family now i feel that my childhood memory has gone i always wanted to take my grandkids there but its never going to hapoen god bless you all xxx
I went there in 2009 I loved it i was 8 we go to pontins Prestatyn know but it anit the same but i love prestatyn and blackpool such a sad site :( bye bye bye bye bye :(
I've never been to a pontins camp and I don't want to now however it looked good and everyone was so happy... THEN, the new owners took over, they should be ashamed of themselves:( brings a tear to my eye to think that this is just a pile of rubbish now
Went there in May 2009 didn't realise it was about to close for good.By then it really had seen better days. Squalid is the word that best some it up.Everything was closed hardly any staff about and the ones you could find were not helpful at all.Horrible place. Probably nice back in the day.Had fond memories of Pontins Brean Sands in Somerset in the 80's as a kid.That's why I went with my family in 2009 to Blackpool. Very Disappointed, My wife gave me so much shit over that holiday Lol.Only stayed 1 night we had booked for 3 days.
I will miss this place sooooooo much. I met the love of my life in Pontins Blackpool in August-September 2009 and we went back for the last weekend before they closed, thank you Pontins for such a wonderful time.
pontins really couldn`t care less about their customer`s the least they could have done was honour the bookings they had aready taken before they decided to close blackpool down now that it`s gone there is nowhere for families to stay except hotels that don`t really want or can`t cater for children surely blackpool council were aware of this when they did nothing to avoid pontins closing shame on everybody concerned, all the money you make i hope it does you no good best wishes to all the staff
I was with the last holiday coach that visited Pontins just before it closed, on the 7th i left. It looked quite run down and it could have been improved but the staff were extra polite and accommodating, the food and entertainment was brilliant plus my room was quite nice. Dearly missed would be the words i use now to describe Blackpool Pontins, i truly mean that.
we were meant to be there the week after it closed, twice a yr we went for the last 4yrs, I'll even miss the uncomfortable beds, and the showers where you got 20 seconds of water then had to press the button again. and of course the bluecoats who were great, we'll miss them.
Betcha Haven at Marton Mere are rubbing their hands though. Long live the British Budget Holiday. I wish the rest of you wonderful long waits on airport benches .......
I had some amazing holidays here, growing up with my family , then as an adult with my daughter and little sisters. Probably had at least 6/7 holidays here. We weren't very well off growing up so going to Pontins was everything!! I used to love meal times in the restaurant, my nan made us dress up and then we would go straight to the bar/club. Singing "Goodnight children" at the end of the children's hour. I have some great photos still. I was heartbroken when it closed. It felt like a part of my history was gone too. I have mixed emotions watching this. Bittersweet. 💖
By the time I went in May 2009 it was in a terrible state.Need £1000's of pounds investment just to bring it up to scratch.Not surprised they Buldozed it
My family visited Blackpool every year when I was a kid and Pontins was my favourite location to stay at. The entire camp was well looked after and the staff were great fun. The last time we stay was in '92 and the camp, like the town, had started to go downhill. Closed off blocks and the interiors were looking a bit drab. Maybe it's because I was 20 at the time and working in hospitality that I picked up on this were as on previous visits I was just a wide-eyed kid supping up all the positives and ignoring the negatives
I worked Blackpool Pontins 1978 79 80 life guard & security most fun job I ever had in a happy environment, sad all good things come to an end.
working at pontins and having holidays with my family was the greatest experience of my life
I worked there 1976/1977 best years off my life ,was a waitress ,loved it broke my heart to see it go sad
The Crocodile club playhouse was awesome when I was about 10 back in the 80s
Ya l enjoyed working in pontins Blackpool in mid 70s..and have sweet memories there...nice and friendly environment to work in at those era..
Us 80s children have now had our souls ripped out lol. Bring back my crazy golf, my giant games arcade, my cinema where I first saw Ghostbusters and all the pubs that my alcoholic dad went into. I wonder how big the area really was because as a child it felt like 1 mile square. I use to sneak out at night and walk around the quiet streets with my flipflops and visit familiar areas.
Thanks for the memories
Loved this place. Went twice, once in the 1940s and next in the nineteen fifties. Still have a picture of my sister and me by one of the fountains, near the outdoor swimming pool.
I will miss this place, I met my partner here and had the greatest time ever.
Same.
I was. Born a year after closing and I wish I could go
...my ol heart has sunk another notch
Spent many summer holidays there as a kid right from an early age (probably 3 or 4) riding on the noddy train to later on going to the crocodile club and playing on the boating lake. Sad to see something from your childhood demolished like that. We visited Blackpool at the weekend and drove past the housing estate that is now there. Shame they haven't named some of the roads to reflect the site's history. They could have thrown a Bluecoat Avenue, Crocodile Close or Princess Road into the mix.
Thank you for sharing that, I was suprised to see that it was shut down. One of the places I had hope to visit when I travel from down under. Will have to go visit one of the other camps now. Good luck for all the staff in their new jobs where ever they may be. KTF
I remember the 70s at pontins.😢
What happened pontins was such a great place now 3 major parks shut and the rest ruined the company running it now haven’t got a clue letting get into such a state
I was a Blue coat at Blackpool for 3 seasons..my best memories are at Pontins ..broke my heart when I heard it was closing ..I learned my craft of entertaining there , lost my virginity there ...never had so many women in all my life !! lol , worked with many now famous people who worked for Pontins. A peice of my life smashed to bits just because of greedy land developers.
Hi do you remember any bluecoat called Amy she had blonde hair , she was a blue coat at prestytn but this video is at Blackpool she must of been at Blackpool too . Could you please let me know
I loved this place went every year in summer holidays and i can remember when one year we all get free well the kids lol as we were their alot i even remember the train picking us up and when it was just croc :) i loved it their shame it closed I still go to blackpool but we go to heaven now one year we had 4 generation of the family go :) and when the vic was called the orange room and painted green haha that year their there was 27 of us 9 adults and the rest were kids so we sort of took over croc club that year haha good times x
we had used pontins. so many have closed ?????. little canada. hemsby, middleston towers, prestatyn, pakefield, southport, and others. i remember when you could get pontins pounds....9 o clock captain crock good night for the kids, then chalet patrols with a flashing light on back of stage to tell the mums and dads if kids were crying we had booked in to blackpool for the fisrt week in sept 2009 and two weeks before we were due to go they sent us our money back and told us it was closing.
everytime i go to football in lytham each monday on the bus, always look at that place, theres just nothing there apart from old buidings with brokens windows ect, not really that nice :'(
r.i.p pontins blackpool :( :( :( :(
WAIT IDEA SOMEONE MAKE A CHARITY AND IF IT GETS MORE THAN £100 IT WILL REOPEN WHAT DO YOU THINK?
pontins memories great
pontins memories theres houses there now
ok FORGET MY IDEA
No it no longer exists they knocked it down a few months later :(
I just don't understand it, why close the Blackpool one and invest money in the others? they should do the place up and go back to having day passes too........
it does work DRSMASH
it's demolished
Had some great times there. Many as a child with my parents in the Early 80s, then with my own children in the early 2000s... A part of British life gone forever - RIP... :(
I'll miss this place loads.
Spent lots of time in Croc Club as a kid and loved working there to.
Just wish I could have made it for the last week.
It's a pitty it had to go like this.
R.I.P Pontins Blackpool Gone but never forgotten.
I had a t shirt of Croc
2:32 is southport
yes i worked at pontins in blackpool and loved it and the tidy tackle so thanks again sir freddy R.I.P billy hunter seahouses
Best points i had been to loved going up filling my plate from the food hall hahaha
I went to Pontin's Blackpool one summer with my Dad. Holiday camps were never really my sort of thing but he didn't have much money. We're estranged now (long, unpleasant story) but it was a fun week - I have a lot of nice memories. I remember the pub (Queen Vic, no?) and a really nice barmaid who looked like Scary Spice 🤭😂 I visited the site again about ten years later - after it had closed down - and it was very strange seeing it all again and sealed off. From the sand dunes opposite you could see most of the resort had been pulled down and nothing more remained than a couple of crumbling chalets and the dilapidated dining hall. Bitter sweet memories ...
Great video.Going to miss the place so much.Being a bluecoat at Blackpool was the best job ever
so sad i miss the camp so much
I used to go there with my family went Blackpool and had a parade we did the laurel and hardy convention
I spent my cdhood at pontins blackpool sumner and xmas both my perants have passed away and we all enjoyed our holidays as a family now i feel that my childhood memory has gone i always wanted to take my grandkids there but its never going to hapoen god bless you all xxx
I went there in 2009 I loved it i was 8 we go to pontins Prestatyn know but it anit the same but i love prestatyn and blackpool such a sad site :( bye bye bye bye bye :(
worked there 1967 in security...was great place to be.
Cost to much to renovate so demolished it much more money with building houses land is precious
I've never been to a pontins camp and I don't want to now however it looked good and everyone was so happy...
THEN, the new owners took over, they should be ashamed of themselves:( brings a tear to my eye to think that this is just a pile of rubbish now
I went there it eas so great
ROLLER COASTER KID it was a fantastic experience my daughter loved it but now it’s a shambles to put it politely
Chasing cars is distracting. It doesn’t really go with the video.
Worked there in 77 , waitressing, happy days
This is what I remember it no the previous video's. Memories are here
I went there as a little kid many years ago
Went there in May 2009 didn't realise it was about to close for good.By then it really had seen better days. Squalid is the word that best some it up.Everything was closed hardly any staff about and the ones you could find were not helpful at all.Horrible place. Probably nice back in the day.Had fond memories of Pontins Brean Sands in Somerset in the 80's as a kid.That's why I went with my family in 2009 to Blackpool. Very Disappointed, My wife gave me so much shit over that holiday Lol.Only stayed 1 night we had booked for 3 days.
Think we have learned not to take advantage of anything. No matter how much we hate or love it because one day, you will regret it.
WOW... Emotional :(
so sad ;(
The Plane jetting off 02:56 to Spain or Turkey or any-fucking-where but the UK speaks volumes as to why Pontins, Butlins are all in deep shit.
This closed only a few years after I was born, wish it had stayed open longer for me to go!
I will miss this place sooooooo much.
I met the love of my life in Pontins Blackpool in August-September 2009 and we went back for the last weekend before they closed, thank you Pontins for such a wonderful time.
pontins really couldn`t care less about their customer`s the least they could have done was honour the bookings they had aready taken before they decided to close blackpool down now that it`s gone there is nowhere for families to stay except hotels that don`t really want or can`t cater for children surely blackpool council were aware of this when they did nothing to avoid pontins closing shame on everybody concerned, all the money you make i hope it does you no good best wishes to all the staff
I was with the last holiday coach that visited Pontins just before it closed, on the 7th i left. It looked quite run down and it could have been improved but the staff were extra polite and accommodating, the food and entertainment was brilliant plus my room was quite nice.
Dearly missed would be the words i use now to describe Blackpool Pontins, i truly mean that.
we were meant to be there the week after it closed, twice a yr we went for the last 4yrs, I'll even miss the uncomfortable beds, and the showers where you got 20 seconds of water then had to press the button again. and of course the bluecoats who were great, we'll miss them.
Betcha Haven at Marton Mere are rubbing their hands though. Long live the British Budget Holiday. I wish the rest of you wonderful long waits on airport benches .......
These days in 95-96 ish, worked on the pool and in the bar,, cant remember much else but fun days) lol.. just the best days ive ever had. And some ;-)
I had some amazing holidays here, growing up with my family , then as an adult with my daughter and little sisters. Probably had at least 6/7 holidays here. We weren't very well off growing up so going to Pontins was everything!! I used to love meal times in the restaurant, my nan made us dress up and then we would go straight to the bar/club. Singing "Goodnight children" at the end of the children's hour. I have some great photos still. I was heartbroken when it closed. It felt like a part of my history was gone too. I have mixed emotions watching this. Bittersweet. 💖
omg so sad i am like 13 & it was the best place eva accept our carvan at my bed in the corner had dampness and the bed was all wet :(
Make a video without that song, Pontins was ace. No carnival rides but was still somehow amazing.
When life was uncomplicated.
why did you not do dis for wall park or hemsby
My childhood has now gone with pontins
never been to this one but I actually find this quite sad😕
check 1:24 look its andy! and amy after him lol
ha, at 0:58, check simon cooper out.
lm sad
😭😭
why did it shut down
because the park did not have enough money to keep running so they were forced to shut down sadly
By the time I went in May 2009 it was in a terrible state.Need £1000's of pounds investment just to bring it up to scratch.Not surprised they Buldozed it
whill it open again
hopefully it will but probely never
The site has been sold. There's a residential development called "Coastal Dunes" currently being built on it