SOPHIE THE SEAL! My dad used to take me here where I was a kid back in the late 90s.

My late dad is in this, the guy with the hat on ringing the bell. We thought it it could be the Isle or Wight where he was living.

Despite the title, not filmed on the actual Ventnor West branch which disappeared way back in 1952 but presumably on the wonderful Isle of Wight Steam Railway which has done such a great job of restoring the ancient engines and coaches. Opening shot looks like Ashey.

And what we have now is meant to be progress?

That not newport cattle market..

Remember the market well use to go in the early 60s with my mum, use to meet up with my aunties and uncles etc get fish and chips and sit under the weeping wellow tree in Church Litten Park for lunch

Great to see that in those days The ship Ashore pub was open. It's still there but lies empty - though I have been told the Dabells just use it for their staff. It opened as Tea Rooms around 10 years back but it didn't last long so I guess it wasn't viable. Fantastic footage from 1965.

The White House and the property to the right of it have been demolished. The roundabout on the other side was removed some years back and the area fenced off. The concrete wall you see behind it was 'Mission Control' and this still remains.

I grew up in New Street just s short walk away from the Market. Was it Tuesday Market day? I remember Thursdays as early closing when shops shut at mid day. No 24/7 open times then. I loved the Market and never missed visiting the flower market on the opposite side of South Street. You can just see the green entrance doors early in this video. The smell (scent) was amazing. Thanks for the memory

I recently added a short video of Southern Vectis Lodekkas to my KZbin channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGmkkoZvoMmJhtk

Loved this place. Closed down now :(

Happy to see this! I do wish the original sound was included rather than added music though. I miss the whole experience and the sounds were a huge part of that.

Wonderful video, I used to love going down there in the 50s. Of course a lot of the animals went straight to the abattoirs in Scarrots lane making it all wonderfully local. Of course now animals nearly all have to go to Winchester to be slaughtered. Shame😟

Nice Kestrel. Do you know if any of this is still there and accessible?

I remember Playland and the crazy golf and the boating lake, all from the 70s

Access to the beach down the Chine was still possible in the late 1940s/early 1950s. Much of the Chine and surrounding cliffs have collapsed since then. The tourist facility in its present form, will eventually disappear.

I remember travelling on this route, when I was a boy - so long ago - 1947/48/49.

Bloody shame it's not there anymore, , get rid of morrisons and marks and expensive and put the market back where it belongs, , , I remember the market very well as a kid we used to go and see all the cattle being sold off and being loaded in to the back of the trucks and of to their new homes, , my friend has a video of the market from the 70s just before they closed it down to make way for the new builds , and if im not mistaken Newport football club was just behind the market place before that was moved to where it is today, .,.,.,.,. Great upload 👍👍

Wow brings back loads of memories Shame It closed

Lovely railway. Can't wait to visit here! :-)