Holidayed there in the 70s and early 80s. Visited there a few years ago and the place had hardly changed but what had done so was for the better. I was sad to hear the beach road railway had closed however.

Nice!

1973 is the same year Chicago, Illinois discontinued use of electric trolleybuses. March 31, was the last day of commercial operation.

Why did they remove this beautiful mini railway 😭?

Brill video.very evocative of rides on 654 in c.palace and 630 in mitchAm. Pity they never completed conversion job sarf ov the river .would hAve had them in sw 16.😢.thx AGAIN. 😊

A time when it was said Wells had more council housing per head of population than anywhere else in England. Today it is almost impossible for locals to buy even rent a home in Wells. The social cleansing of Norfolk's small towns and villages is shameful.

Yes I used to love wells , but not anymore

I've just returned from a lovely holiday in wells next to sea. Stayed at the blue skies campsite, great shower block. Went on the train to Walsingham and had coffee and cake in the cafe in the village of Walsingham, lovely welcoming lady in the cafe. Dog friendly and we got free top up of coffee. Would definitely recommend the train ride 👍 thank you for a lovely relaxing afternoon.

A really good practical gauge for a ride on miniature railway. Giving thrills to kids and grown ups alike. Located in a nice part of the country too.

Sadly, the Harbour Railway is no longer there.

how lovely to travel back to those days .. .

Thanks for putting this on here - I was in Wells today and whilst there is a resemblance to the world we see in this film, the character and atmosphere of the whole of North Norfolk is so different from the way it was when i was a kid living in a village not far from Wells. It was so much more interesting, the shipping, the shops, the historical continuity of the feel and grain of the buildings and the sense of being in a really out of the way / isolated part fo the Country - you couldnt say that now sadly. Also the lack of gentrification and the fact that the Town 'worked' and had a working purpose - all quite self contained - are so evident in the film

Where the buses segregated?

It's amazing that a little train still operates in England. I think trains are synonymous with England

Grew up in East runton.

Amazing how clean the country looked then . Everything's ordent .

My family were the Coxes of Wells - fishermen and lifeboatmen. Came from Sheringham to Wells in late 1800s. My Mum married Dad in 1949 so she settled in Wells but her family were West Country/Wales - coal miners and carpenters! My family history runs a bit like Poldark.

I loved them! ❤

Why did they do away with them

What a pity the Pre '36 Standard Stock didn't last a bit longer. I much preferred these to the later 1938 stock even when they were both running on London Transport. However, we were lucky to have the '38 stock as long as we did. I wonder how long the D78s will last on the Island?

Der graef und, Stift obus 178 von 1985 hat sich gut angehört.

My grandmother came from Wells. So many fond childhood memories including nearly being cut off by the incoming tide having visited the East Hills on more than one occasion. It's a shame the West End Bakery is no longer there. Their cakes were out of this World.

such a shame they are stopping the railway to the beach.

Law & Order. Police Station.

I never visit Norfolk without a slow stroll down Staithe St.

August 1972. Apart from the wells harbour railway it looks as if that portion of the film was shot mid 1980s .

Crazy how it looks so empty downtown in terms of foot traffic. Sad. I miss my home.

Absolutely love this. Just as I remember it as a child. Thanks.

Little train at Wells closing, Holkham Estate unwilling to renew lease, they claim train not suitable for today's visitors, my kids loved the train. Holkham Estate becoming too greedy, they shouldn't forget they receive taxpayers money to support their farming.

This video I assume was made between 1970 - 1973 as from 1973 it was compulsory to wear crash helmets. Around the 2min45sec mark there was a motorcyclist not wearing a crash helmet

Love the old video reminds me of the two holidays i had there in 1971 and 1972

Beautiful

Pure nostalgia! Cars s then had proper names not like today's cactuses, and leafs lol

Lovely!

Why the hell did Johannesburg abandon trolley buses instead of renewing and even expanding them? The city would be so much quieter and cleaner!!! 😭

really cool film and beautiful old british trains :-)

I am moving to Norfolk soon, in a place called binham which is next to this place, I love it there. This was exiting for me

Dam I miss going to wells school

I recon that is 1972

70s without any doubt the greatest decade known to humanity. If your teenage years were spent in the 70s you were immensely lucky...and mine were

It’s so weird that back then the trains went from Watt/I-80 to Butterfield lol

Er... lovely film, lovely place but er, its loaded out with tourists and old salts and alike and er, well, er... where are all the Inns and pubs?!!!

I'm wondering if this is two films put together. The first part, looking at the cars and fashions would seem to be late 1960s possibly very early 1970s. Then a clue at 07:38 is a sign showing train fares at 30p. Decimalization came in February 1971 so it must be very shortly after that. There then seems to be a strange inconsistency....towards the end of the film at 08:50 I'm sure that's a MkV Cortina driving by and a late 70s style Elddis caravan that would date that part much later...around 1980?!

We lived in Wells for about three months, when I was a kid. Can't remember the name of the street, but it was near the cinema

wow, k street is so different now in days

Still a beautiful place today.

It would appear the passenger numbers must have dramatically reduced over the years if they are only running 2 car units.

So lovely to see these 1938 stock trains still running. The Isle Of Wight is my second home. I get very sentimental riding on Ryde Rail/Island Line trains.

This is glorious! Some super shots of vehicles - takes me straight back to that time. Gorgeous old Commer TS3 fire engine.

Rachel Gates was carnival Queen that year.