Hemsby Pontins, Development Update. Then and Now.
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2020
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Heres a little video for those of you that have shown an interest in our past videos of the abandoned Pontins camp at Hemsby in Norfolk. Join us as we take a look back at it in its heyday and through the last years of its being derelict until now where is currently being part demolished and refurbished to create many new affordable homes using the original chalets and facilities.
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Man seeing this place brings back so many childhood memories makes me really sad
It does for us too thank you very much for watching 🙂
Always sad to see places like this being lost. It seems like the golden age of the British family holiday has all but gone. Nice touch to add the old footage along with the current video you shot. Nicely done!
Thanks mate we wanted to show a then and now.... And once the place is complete we will do a big project on it 😊
Wow! Met my husband there at Pontins in 1981.
Worked here between 1999 and 2003, amazing memories, my parents still live on beach road and we did a paranormal investigation with our group a few years ago, thank you for your time, shivers from memories ❤️
We have been documenting the progress for some time now and yes memories are good for past holidays and workers.... We don't really do the paranormal stuff more like paranoid stuff lol get loads of reading off that lol... Hope you are well and staying safe 😊
worked there between 1972 to 1976 was a barman cellarman great times were had by all also done 2yrs at bracklesham bay like to thank the people for making this video love it the year i started peters and lee were the top entertainment they had won oppurtunity knocks
Thank you very much for watching we are so pleased you liked the video.... And I loved it there as a kid... Thank you so very much for your comments 😊👍
Breaks my heart seeing it in such a state attended many Elvis holidays there in late 80s /90s. Your video of Hemsby definitely best I seen with the editing and music. Look forward to updates.
This place was great back in the day but at least there putting it to use now 👍
Many happy memories of Elvis weeks. You know it make sense. So sad to see it like this. But still have the memories.
So many good memorys from here, every may and october for the hemsby rocknroll weekenders 😪
Yes we get alot of messages from people telling us about the good memories they had of the place, sad it had to close but good that they are finally doing something positive with the land and keeping some of the old chalets. 😊
Me too, good rockin times.
Hi guys Thank you so much for this video, I worked here in 1997 and lived on site, it was a beautiful place and will always be in my heart, I'm glad it will be making nice homes for people your video was a beautiful tribute I will subscribe now as I think you are both great, have a lovely Christmas
Used to go as a kid 🙂
Thanks for the update, i live in Norwich and have jumped that barbed wire fence many a time on a Saturday night 3:11 in the early 1980's with my friend just to get into the club house as it was very hard to get past security at the main gate. Alas my friend is no longer with us but boy the memories with him and this plaice will last me till the day we meet again, very fond memories of this plaice. thanks Em & Stu :)
Really sorry to hear about your friend.... All we want to do is keep these places alive in ppls minds and ours.... We hope one day ppl can look back at these videos and see what was once there 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu you are doing a great job keep it up. on another note i live 5 minutes away from The Griffin pub you went to. wow was that a great plaice in jts heyday.
We never got in we don't break in but there has been a friend of ours went in after vandals got in if u want to watch it..... Go explore with Dale and corrina 😊
Really enjoyed this update guys. Thanks so much for putting the footage together. The images are just amazing well done 👍🏻 👏 👏
Thank you for your comments and support.... We just want ppl to see what was once there 😊
Brilliant! I really like the way you put this together. Thank you!
Thank you very much 😊
So sad to see a place of laughter and happiness just disappear, brilliant music guys very suitable. Brilliant camerawork and editing 👍🏻
Thank you very much 👍😊
I explored this camp in 2016 , watched you're vid to see how the site has changed !...Good vid by the way folks !
Thanks Peter, we regularly pass by the site and its changed alot even since we made this video.. We plan on making another update video next year, its quite incredible the changes they've made. Thanks for watching, we appreciate you're comment 😀
Been looking forward to this all week since the Instagram update. . Was there end of September and got some good pictures. Look forward to the updates as won't be back in Norfolk until next year. Keep up the good work guys. Always look forward to your videos.
It's all gone now such a shame 😞
so I see,Thought I saw some Buildings left on site,Shows how much things change,Thanks for the link
No problem, we hope to return when it's finished to see what it all looks like 😀
Awesome guys can't wait for more updates. Im hoping to take a holiday down there next year too. I always go up Hemsby will be nice driving past seeing the land used x
It was a good morning to do.... We go to hemsby alot we go to the cafe there 😊
Awesome video thanks for the update i loved it when i did this one stay safe guys .
It was a really great place to explore back in the past but quite glad its now being brought back to life again 😊
Cheers guys for the update what a great job you’re doing really hope you go back
Thank you we will 👍😊
Many thanks for sharing this, my parents took me there as a kid and I holidayed there with my family in the late 80s , very sad to see how it became, I’m glad they are actually doing something with it now, great old footage you have there, well done 👍, anyone remember Bevans restaurant and bakery up the road 😁
It's all housing now so some good came out of it 🙂
Spent many happy times there and it's sad to see it this condition..
Was one of the best ones in the country before its closure.. sadly its a sign of the times.. at least they've done quite a nice job turning them into homes.. might have to do an update video soon..
Great video i live in Norfolk brought back memories when we had our hols there super channel 🥇🥇🥇
Thank you very much we really appreciate that 👍
they did the same thing with Pontins in blackpool . that was a vibrant and wonderful place .. thats a housing estate now
This was the best one they had in the lot and closed it down never understood why 😶
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu they never gave an explanation for shutting down the blackpool one .. pontins with staff accomodation is usually one of the safest jobs going..
Yer we definitely know that we still don't know why they did it to Hemsby it got left to vandalism and fires
I worked summer seasons here in 1995 and 1997 as a musician. It was my first time working professionally as a musician. We had to play two sets of cover tunes every night plus backing the caberet of the day, which involved sometimes some difficult sight reading. The caberet acts consisted of singers, comedians, ventriloquists, hypnotists and unicyclists.
When I arrived, I discovered my childhood freind was the childrens clown, which is hilarious because he didn't have a lot of patience for kids. It was just like HiDiHi. (He suddenly had an abrupt career change a couple of years later and became a professional cyclist for Britain and would later become a coach.)
What a laugh. The best bit was that I didnt have to pack my drums up after the gig. They stayed on stage for the season. We would stagger back to our shalieghs every night, or back to someone elses.
Great to hear about your memories of this place, I actually worked here for a little while as a teenager cleaning chalets, always so busy and full of families enjoying their holidays, shame they decided to close it as I believe it was one of the better ones at the time.. We'll no doubt be returning once the development has finished to do some comparison shots. Thanks again for commenting and watching 😊👍
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu thanks for making the video. Yes, it's sad to see these places knocked down but I am interested to see what it becomes.
Hello Em Stu that was great thank you.
Cheers Robert hope you are well 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Hey u guys I am racked with pain in my legs 24/7 now so your vids are great see the outside world hope your both good.
Rest up mate keep ur self safe the kent videos will be out soon 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu I will look forward to them thank you.
It's so sad to see these historic holiday venues go to ruins. Though it is good to see that they are making something of it. Keep up the good work Em and Stu!
I had to smile between 3:50 - 4:12. Between you, you managed to get five "actually's" in. 😁
Lol that day was a very rushed morning we had so much to do no thinking about much about it we just thought " should we do it or not and thought yer well progress it" lol
It's very sad a end to a era. We went to pontins in Wales a few weeks ago where they filmed holiday on the buses. But I don't think that will be going much longer unfortunately
We want to go there and also love that film lol good old fashioned comedy 😄
I heard that the sites back up for sale again as the people redeveloping it have gone bust? Not sure how many years it’ll just be left like this now. So sad to see x
Yes I believe you're correct so I've been reading in our local news, shame as what they had planned looked pretty good..
So sad to watch holiday centres go like that
It was sad to see it the way it was 😑
Interesting to see places change. Who knows one day holidays like that may come back.
We really hope so Raymond 😊
Wondering if this holiday camp started off as a P.O.W., Army or RAF facility as some of them did post war. Some even retained their barbed wire perimeters and guard rooms, which always strikes me as funny to think holiday makers kept prisoner during their holidays and forced to do things like P.E. exercises before breakfast!
Also discovered Hemsby was once targeted by Vikings in search of precious materials and slaves!
Sad to think a place that gave parents and children such pleasure is no more, but hopefully happy memories for those once holidaying there, and the staff who ran it.
We know Kessingland land is one of the old camps don't know about this one... We will see and have a look into it 😊
So sad to see what has become of the place........first holidayed at Hemsby with my parents back in early to mid 70's and then actually worked the 1978 season as the DJ in the childrens den/discotheque and thoroughly enjoyed my time there......Went back there for a week in 1997 with friends for what was for me a nostalgia week only even back then the place had changed so much between me working there and going back 19 years later....A lot of the features like the childrens den had gone and a lot of the daytime organised entertainment had vanished and the so called bluecoats just didn't seem as friendly and helpful as in the past.........Shame as back in the day these were very fun field camps normally packed...over the years have visited apart from Hemsby, Brean Sands, Camber Sands, Prestatyn and Morecambe..........Brean Sands was just for the October Country and Western weekends during the 80's before the line dancers hijacked it, Morcambe played host to a Star Trek convention one year early 90's but always my favourite camp was Hemsby but sadly now a thing of the past
Thanks for sharing all your memories with us, so many people have lots of stories to tell us about visiting or working here.. Like you same its a shame to see the life of these places coming to an end. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Guaranteed a great family holiday at Pontins or Butlins in the 60’s and 70’s 👍🏻 until everyone realised the drinks were cheaper , accommodation nicer , a huge swimming pool and guaranteed sunshine in Spain ‼️ The package foreign holiday killed the British seaside holiday resorts 😢
Oh yes definitely that is very true and the worst part of that is places like butlins and center parks....and caravan parks are still charging these prices 😳
I drove passed on the weekend and noticed new houses already going up.Used to go here with the kids couple times a year until it close :(
Yer that's why we did this video.... We are following the progress on it over the year then go back 😊
Apparently British holidays are back, and not enough housing to accommodate. It's almost impossible to book a stay. People complaining of too many houses etc, yet reaped the awards when it was Pontins, of the business gained. It will have its own leisure centre, I'm. Sure it will have its surgery and convenience store, cafes, bars/pub Then residents will complain that no one is using the village facilities?? .
You hit the nail right on the head no one will ever win with this argument...that's why we don't really give opinion on the matter...but it's a shame there is a negative vibe with it all 😶
How on earth is Hemsby to cope when all these houses are complete? The village hasn’t got the resources for this amount of new housing and what the families will bring, regardless of the new shops etc the developers say they’re going to build. Only got to see previous developments where doctors surgeries, shops, green areas were promised and none of this has been done, it’ll just be yet another masssive estate of houses with very little green space per property.
We are just talking about it now and you are right 🤔
omg i went here in the 70s when i was a kid with my parents and learnt to swim here
All being developed now such a shame 😞
It's so sad just think of how much fun all ages of the families has been on that point in Is so much fun even the blue Coats having fun with the clients and guest it's so sad I'd love to own punting Southport and I'll bring it back to 2 make it look like Hi D Hi
It is very sad to see it like this now.. I actually worked there for a little while as a teenager and can remember how busy it used to be.. British holidays just don't seem the same anymore.. 😔
another amazing video from exploring catalogue,,, do hope you both keeping well,, have noticed you have superb background music tastes9 sond of silence,,,,keep up good work in these trying times ,,,,.............neocombovan 08
Thank you so much we are trying our best to make the music go with the footage
Sorry for the short reply we are out on a explore now and we are taking a small break for a min... Thank you for your comments 😊
It's a bit heartbreaking to see this as I went to that pontins every new years from when I was born up to & including the year it closed
It was Emma worked there for abit and I went on holiday was sad to see it like this 😔 thank you for watching and Merry Christmas 🎄🤶🎅
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu merry Christmas to you to
Its cleaner now than when it was open, its preferable to be homeless, than have a week at pontins.... they should all be closed
Yer there doing a good job on it at the moment 👍
Just like every holiday camp in England, neglected, untouched, torn down, rebuilt for housing ? (WHY) ££££££££££££££££,
Many of our holiday camps on the isle ofWight have gone it's a great shame to see them go, ! ! , but hey you can't stop greed and progress .. . . Keep up the good work em@stu.
We know it's getting sader every time we see places.... And the worst thing is the country needs them more now then ever before 😣
Went there in the 80s and 90s so sad. What is the music at 5.00 onwards?
I can't remember what is was il find out 🙂
Sad ending nice music😭😭😭
Well hopfully it won't be sad once it's done and finished 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu you would have a heyday where I am in Cornwall with all the abandoned coastal forts.
Don't we know we will get round to them we are trying so hard to document so much at the moment we will do it one day I know it's somewhere Emma wants to get to 😊
wonder if they will put a haven site on there
Housing now its all being turned into homes 😑
Omg, it looks so different! Do you know what they're turning it into?
The video tells you what they are doing 😊
Their turning into more of a shithole.
Lol in other words yes lol 🤔
I like the music thank you for the update
From the glory days to just neglect and uncertainty but also vandalism was rife
This place could of housed the homeless when this shut down
But I guess it wasnt to be
This place should of had loads of stuff done here should of been used instead of being left you are abs right about that thank you for your comments.... Stay safe 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu thank you for the reply your right this could of been used for multiple things maybe even a holiday resort for people who are disabled they could of knocked down the too floor apartments and just made is ground floor there arent many holiday places for this I myself are disabled and rely on carers and a holiday like this would of been great you see kno one wants to invest money for people who are disabled or who have complex needs
You really don't know how much I agree with this I have very strong views on this matter...me and Emma are in some way involved with this subject....we don't disclose what either of us do for a living or even in personal situations....but be sure to know we sympathise and completely understand your feelings on this 😔
Are the housing all the refugee s here, ?? Would be a great idea
No there now expensive houses 😐
Will you revisit?
Yes when it's finished it's still under construction 🙂
Took my young family there in mid 90's, stayed for an hour then got in a long line of holiday makers at reception to get a full refund, the place was damp and very dated, sad as i remember it in it's hay day's in late sixties.
Had some idiot called "Bondy" at Hemsby Pontins throw me into a paddling pool of water. Ended up in a complaint. I was 8 or 9 years old. A bad experience, also had damp sheets on the bed back when I was last there, also coin electric meters, A large white tank over the bathtub too. Chipboard cupboard and wire hangers just inside the front door entrance. I was in chalet No: 38.
If anyone knows who "Bondy" was I'd throw him into a paddling pool lol
Lol omg you just made me laugh... Il keep an eye out for bondy lol thank you for that msg really appreciated it 😂😊
Wicked shame.
Yes it really is 😦
Sod living in a chalet lol
Lol true but it does look pretty good what there doing there tho 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu atleast something positive is coming out of it, wouldve liked to had seen it up and running again as a holiday park but still good i spose
We said the exact that lol 😊
Remember going there as kid had a great time a victim of cheap foreign holidays
I remember going also I actually was a great place to go plenty to do 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu definitely Great Yarmouth was not to far away either always a good day out