Good to see the old pool in full swing. I think the swimming galas were every Wednesday, and were very popular. I used to dread the start of the balloon race, having to blow up the balloon until it burst in your face, before you could dive in and swim across. Rumour had it than some unscrupulous competitors sharpened their fingernails, or hid something small and sharp, to make sure their balloon didn't take too long to burst. My favourite event was the plate diving. You had to retrieve as mant tin plates as possible from the bottom of the pool, in one breath. Then the crowd would count out loud how many you had gathered, as they were thrown back in for the next competitor. Happy days. I spent a lot of the school summer holidays at the pool as a child.
A really lovely nostalgic trip back in time, that’s my Dad driving the steam train, yes it’s changed since the film but it’s still the best place in the world
Happy memories of our IoM holidays in the 60s. I remember walking across the headland from Port Erin to Port St Mary past the limestone Chasms! I notice lots of men still wore their ties, even on the beach!
A brilliant reminder of years gone by, as I lived near Port Erin in the 1960s and its almost impossible now to believe how busy it was in those days. Very few tourists nowadays, the mass tourist boom really finished towards the end of the 1960s when folk went abroad to the Costas! Virtually all the hotels on the promenade are either gone or converted into residential apartments. Nice shot of a Vickers Viscount too at Ronaldsway airport, travelled on those many times back in the day.
Thank you so much for this update about Port Erin. It is hard to know what emotion to feel seeing people having a great holiday at this place all those years ago. It is a little sad to learn that the hotels and B & Bs are now residential. But I guess that is a natural follow on. I have to admit going to the Costas myself...after one wet week in the Isle of Wight one year I felt that the British weather was hard to risk for any annual holiday ever again. But this is our history, it is what my parents enjoyed. And I enjoy seeing this past whenever I can.
@@maxustaxus I lived in the South of the island for 25 years, I was born and brought up there. But I have been back very rarely, it's not the island I knew when I was young. Everywhere in Britain got hit by the continental holidays when they came in the 1960s, other places could fight back, but the IOM couldn't, as it was a place you had to sail or fly to, and book accomodation. Whereas Britsh resorts could welcome you as a day tripper, or you could jump in a car and tarvel there and look for a b&b when you arrived. So the island concentrated on it's new income earner, encouraging financial institutions and welcoming new residents coming there for tax reasons. Sad, but that is the way of the world. A nice video that, showing a bygone age, in the lovely resort of Port Erin.
I suspect that might even have been late 1950's as the caption at the end mentioned for enquiries contact Alec Clague. Alec was Clerk to the Commissioners in the 1950's. I knew him as "Uncle Alec", his wife Lilian being my Godmother.
could see road to our old farm, fishershill, and the old telephone poles along fishershill to strandhall farm.. taylors farmed strandhall in the early 1960's. lovely memories used to walk and cycle along that road castletown to port st mary.
Loved this. So many happy memories of family holidays in Port Erin every year fro 1966 to 1978. This looks a wee bit earlier - possibly early 60s - but I recognised many of the shops!
Thank you for your feedback. I have not been there myself, but it looks really nice. It certainly looks a great place to holiday back then. I date this at about 1960. You see the tail fin of the aeroplane when boarded at the end is known as the BEA red square style...and the plane A-GMOI was one of the first to have this new livery in the spring of 1960. However, the plane you see in the air has the earlier decal, and they had not got around to changing them all until about the end of 1960. So, I am guessing we are looking at the summer of 1960.
The pool was between the Princess and the Royal hotels .stayed at the Princess for a fortnight three years in a row..Lovley entertainment with jimmy and shirley,with those great bingo prizes! Really happy memories.
Good to see the old pool in full swing. I think the swimming galas were every Wednesday, and were very popular. I used to dread the start of the balloon race, having to blow up the balloon until it burst in your face, before you could dive in and swim across. Rumour had it than some unscrupulous competitors sharpened their fingernails, or hid something small and sharp, to make sure their balloon didn't take too long to burst. My favourite event was the plate diving. You had to retrieve as mant tin plates as possible from the bottom of the pool, in one breath. Then the crowd would count out loud how many you had gathered, as they were thrown back in for the next competitor. Happy days. I spent a lot of the school summer holidays at the pool as a child.
A really lovely nostalgic trip back in time, that’s my Dad driving the steam train, yes it’s changed since the film but it’s still the best place in the world
Great film, I live there now and it’s hardly changed, except for the outdoor pool which has fallen into disrepair.
Takes me back to many happy holidays in the early 1970s when we stayed at The Hydro. 😊
Happy memories of our IoM holidays in the 60s. I remember walking across the headland from Port Erin to Port St Mary past the limestone Chasms!
I notice lots of men still wore their ties, even on the beach!
A brilliant reminder of years gone by, as I lived near Port Erin in the 1960s and its almost impossible now to believe how busy it was in those days. Very few tourists nowadays, the mass tourist boom really finished towards the end of the 1960s when folk went abroad to the Costas! Virtually all the hotels on the promenade are either gone or converted into residential apartments. Nice shot of a Vickers Viscount too at Ronaldsway airport, travelled on those many times back in the day.
Thank you so much for this update about Port Erin. It is hard to know what emotion to feel seeing people having a great holiday at this place all those years ago. It is a little sad to learn that the hotels and B & Bs are now residential. But I guess that is a natural follow on.
I have to admit going to the Costas myself...after one wet week in the Isle of Wight one year I felt that the British weather was hard to risk for any annual holiday ever again. But this is our history, it is what my parents enjoyed. And I enjoy seeing this past whenever I can.
@@maxustaxus I lived in the South of the island for 25 years, I was born and brought up there. But I have been back very rarely, it's not the island I knew when I was young. Everywhere in Britain got hit by the continental holidays when they came in the 1960s, other places could fight back, but the IOM couldn't, as it was a place you had to sail or fly to, and book accomodation. Whereas Britsh resorts could welcome you as a day tripper, or you could jump in a car and tarvel there and look for a b&b when you arrived. So the island concentrated on it's new income earner, encouraging financial institutions and welcoming new residents coming there for tax reasons. Sad, but that is the way of the world. A nice video that, showing a bygone age, in the lovely resort of Port Erin.
I suspect that might even have been late 1950's as the caption at the end mentioned for enquiries contact Alec Clague. Alec was Clerk to the Commissioners in the 1950's. I knew him as "Uncle Alec", his wife Lilian being my Godmother.
That is interesting...thanks for the info...god knows it can be difficult to get the date right on these old films!
I loved it then, and I still love it now.
could see road to our old farm, fishershill, and the old telephone poles along fishershill to strandhall farm.. taylors farmed strandhall in the early 1960's. lovely memories used to walk and cycle along that road castletown to port st mary.
Excellent video, thank you very much...
You are welcome!
@@maxustaxus thanks again!
Thanks 😊 for the memories great vid
Glad you enjoyed it
Loved this. So many happy memories of family holidays in Port Erin every year fro 1966 to 1978. This looks a wee bit earlier - possibly early 60s - but I recognised many of the shops!
Thank you for your feedback. I have not been there myself, but it looks really nice. It certainly looks a great place to holiday back then. I date this at about 1960. You see the tail fin of the aeroplane when boarded at the end is known as the BEA red square style...and the plane A-GMOI was one of the first to have this new livery in the spring of 1960. However, the plane you see in the air has the earlier decal, and they had not got around to changing them all until about the end of 1960. So, I am guessing we are looking at the summer of 1960.
I grew up in port erin in the late 80s. I loved it.
We used to sneak into the Empress Hotel (i think it was ) swimming pool around the back
The pool was between the Princess and the Royal hotels .stayed at the Princess for a fortnight three years in a row..Lovley entertainment with jimmy and shirley,with those great bingo prizes! Really happy memories.
My great grandfather on the boat 4.14 into film!!
I am glad you can see your Great Grandad...but do you mean 4.14? They had not quite got to the boat on my version by then I think?
We have lost so much
I agree!
Nice ☺️
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