Holy Wighty Batman - this is superb quality!! Starts off in Yarmouth - then to Shanklin Old Village - never seen The Crab Inn so busy! Mews beers in those days - no crappy Greene King. The great Sir Harry's Bar at 1:10. 1:37 - great close up of the old Pier at Shanklin which blew down in the storm of 1987. Showing the same hoarding as I saw in 1968 - 'IT'S FINE ON THE PIER'. Then to Bonchurch - no sing of the pond. Looks like a departure from Yarmouth again. Sealink were privatised in 1984 and in 1990 this ferry - MV Cenwulf - passed to Wightlink. It was later withdrawn from service and scrapped in 2010.
Great Quality video, good to see Shanklin pier again
Holy Wighty Batman - this is superb quality!!
Starts off in Yarmouth - then to Shanklin Old Village - never seen The Crab Inn so busy! Mews beers in those days - no crappy Greene King.
The great Sir Harry's Bar at 1:10.
1:37 - great close up of the old Pier at Shanklin which blew down in the storm of 1987. Showing the same hoarding as I saw in 1968 - 'IT'S FINE ON THE PIER'.
Then to Bonchurch - no sing of the pond.
Looks like a departure from Yarmouth again.
Sealink were privatised in 1984 and in 1990 this ferry - MV Cenwulf - passed to Wightlink. It was later withdrawn from service and scrapped in 2010.
Great vid. I went there in 1984 and many times since. Much has changed but fortunately, most of the island remains unspoilt (in fact, untouched).
Great shots of Shanklin Pier, thanks for sharing.
Many thanks!
Shanklin pier, just 3 years before the October hurricane of '87 destroyed it.
Many years of holidays to the IOW. I will leave you with the standard holiday joke. Whats Brown and Smells and comes out of Cowes! The IOW Ferry.
Isle of WIGHT please!
Wight