Used to holiday there with my folks in the 1950’s at Coombe Haven Caravan Park & have very fond memories of the place. The Olympic sized outdoor swimming pool was amazing, and when it rained (as it often did!) we’d go to the White Rock indoor pool that was ingeniously built into the promenade sea wall! ❤
@jamesmorse9592 ай бұрын
Great stuff Lenny
@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw3 ай бұрын
If they had KEPT Dover WD operational and simply modernised the trains and tracks, I am certain it would be thriving as a service now. I don't know the full story, but I suspect a shady deal was done, behind the scenes between Eurotunnel / Eurostar and the British government. If you want the tunnel built, (private capital), you will eliminate the competition for foot passengers, ie Victoria to Dover WD. It was an excellent and POPULAR service. If it was allowed to exist the tunnel wouldn't be viable financially.
@alzeNL3 ай бұрын
thanks for the upload, love the gorgeous Intercity locos and a very interesting running location.
@alzeNL4 ай бұрын
it was £1 to ride all day up and down the line, remember it well going with me mum. Happy days :)
@gavinstrachan13734 ай бұрын
Thanks film I just remember cricket ground I was 5 then I think Gavin. Local lived hastings all my life 62 now I don't feel it .
@alzeNL4 ай бұрын
Grew up in Hastings, really enjoyed this video. I've not been back since the pier got rebuilt. I think I'll hold onto the memorys I have :)
@alzeNL4 ай бұрын
lovely film, it breaks my heart when ever I see the cricket field in town which has been replaced by horrendous shopping center. Hopefully one day the shopping center will be torn down and the cricket field, or at least a green space for the people of the town to enjoy, will return again.
@marklawrence56354 ай бұрын
Yes went there last week was a complete shock 😢😢😢😢😢😢
@michaelhaywood82626 ай бұрын
Sad thought is that virtually everyone in the film will be dead now, except those who were little kids at the time. Has anyone watched this film and seen their parents or grandparents in it?
@adamhughes44427 ай бұрын
Horrible world now!!!!
@clnre11 ай бұрын
I arrived at Dover Western Docks station in 1980 to catch a hovercraft to Boulogne, I remember it well because it was like stepping back in time to the 1920's/1930's. Wonderful old station.
@keithbickmore2801 Жыл бұрын
A car more gentle time now sadly gone.
@keithbickmore2801 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memory of a time that will never come again and one that I was lucky enough to grow up in.
@matthew0605 Жыл бұрын
It's so nice to see the pier in its heyday, lovely to see it with all the lights illuminated, nowadays it's a shadow of its former self, I heard that the owner who purchased it after the fire destroyed it has now sold it , he also owns Eastbourne pier too, and yesterday I was on Brighton pier and realised that Hastings pier has no arcades or shops and unfortunately will die a death . There just isn't and won't be the public footfall to keep it financially viable. Its a shame . -bud the painter-
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
came to Hastings in 1959 ,camping at Farelight Glenn , ended up living here in 2000 , after my friends moved here in 1969 . love it
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
DOC Shirley was on fire here,,
@Crocs4cats Жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@godmeherbaba5607 Жыл бұрын
❤❤💖💖💘💘
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
wow that was interesting..
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
wow Bob Geldorf
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
king Charles says , god bless you , and one is really proud of you ,
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
a classic in in purest form John Lennon
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
the best song and bass I have ever heard ,
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
Queen Elizabeth ,says really great boys
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
her last breath
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
great music ,,Paul Mc McCartney
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
a true classic ,, Eric Clapton
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
happy days
@conanhayle Жыл бұрын
brings back memories from the 70s ,, happy days
@dieseldave3879 Жыл бұрын
9:10 Very smart livery on that '47. 🚂👍
@peterkearvell9347 Жыл бұрын
Do you have any other Stamco games from 1991
@sunnyonion3461 Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t England enchanting in those times; what a crime that crept upon us to steal it!
@peterjohn63 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this Sarah, I was Fireman here from1963 to 1971 i then transferred to Leeds , lovely memories ,,
@conanhayle2 жыл бұрын
piss heads galore,,,great
@martinkendall9782 жыл бұрын
great job guys - brilliant energy
@trainman86trainstramsandmore2 жыл бұрын
Why did they clsoed dover western docks
@gquayle2 жыл бұрын
The channel tunnel basically killed it.
@gquayle2 жыл бұрын
All major rail traffic going through the tunnel, rather than going to Dover, onto a boat, to Calais back onto a train
@trainman86trainstramsandmore2 жыл бұрын
@@gquayle Oh thats a shame
@joegrey98072 жыл бұрын
Also the main docks moved to the east side of the harbour, which is (slightly) easier to reach from Priory station.
@joegrey98072 жыл бұрын
Great filming, very evocative. I managed to do the line a couple of times before it closed. Thank you
@davidbooth32853 жыл бұрын
4.09-4.22 Bottle Alley with the beach as it was! 4.24-4.29 the Sun Lounge,gone! 4.41-4.46 the park boating lake,when it had boats! 5.16-5.24 the Memorial Clock Tower,gone! 5.54-6.02 Foyles House from Foyles War!
@MrTantrums0073 жыл бұрын
This film is early 1960s when Costa Del Hastings started going into decline with far worse to come in the c1970s and c1980s. The best years for Hastings were probably late 1940s and 1950s.
@MrTantrums0073 жыл бұрын
The late 1950s was the last time Hastings was civilised. Look at Warrior Square in this film and how superb it once was and compare with today.
@marklawrence56354 ай бұрын
Yes definitely not the same now went there last week quite a shock 😢😢😢😢😢
@barrythedieselelectricstea52173 жыл бұрын
it's ashame i didn't see what it was like before they closed it pity they did i have been been down there but sadly couldn't get on the platforms because a ship was in and they couldn't let me in because of security it should have never closed they could have made it a container port like tilbury felixstowe Southampton 😟
@michaelperkins57463 жыл бұрын
Wot a shit hole thank god the tunnel opened
@blackmanjohn93 жыл бұрын
A little bit confusing. This film is my childhood. I remember it all. Someone mentioned 1963. Sounds about right but there are still Trolley Bus overhead cables. They didn't stop until 1959. But 63 fits with my memory. One of the cars looks 63 but not the overhead cables. I am going with 59.
@gman9223 жыл бұрын
It's just a Theme Park now no damn character my home town the Old Town has gone just full of overpriced shops selling crap and rich Londoners.
@ruthparkinson8493 жыл бұрын
Lovely filming Sarah... beautiful station.... days of freedom ....
@1976honeybunny3 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to find out something about your church, I've been attending since 2099-2010 I think, it was, it's a friendly place, a lovely warm church toworsh God
@SussexHistory4 жыл бұрын
Kodachrome II 8mm film is 1961 to 1974, so it can't be the 50s. The last trolleybus ran in 1959 and the trolley bus wires were removed the following year, so it can't be the 50s even if you allow that it is not Kodachrome film. I would date it to 1963.
@phantomgtowner3 жыл бұрын
The trolley wires would indicate it wasn't the 1960's at all. They went in mid 1959.
@phayzic40394 жыл бұрын
Sad to see 99% of this lost to time. Hastings is just a dive now.
@marklawrence56354 ай бұрын
Went there last week what a shock to the system 😢😢😢😢😢😢
@Stevesmith-rk5kv4 жыл бұрын
Been there many times,post station times,to pick up from cruise ships. Lovely building.
@christineingleton86674 жыл бұрын
Lived in Norman Road for 9years. Loved St. Leonard's.
@roberthill62164 жыл бұрын
Wow, that Dover station has better architecture than any modern station, and, most London terminals. And B.R. bulldozed it. Criminal.
@lorquet212 жыл бұрын
Robert, I think the main station is still there and is a car park....
@robtyman4281 Жыл бұрын
Although the tracks leading into the old station have long since been lifted and subsequently filled in, the actual station building is still there - it's been converted into a Cruise Liner terminal. So not everything was bulldozed.....they managed to find a new use for the main building and repurpose it. That's got to be a good thing! 😀
@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw3 ай бұрын
The big white building briefly seen from the train is / was the offices of Network Rail or whatever it's called now. ORIGINALLY it was built and opened as the Lord Warden Hotel, right on the Quay for the "packet" boats, as they used to be called. It was very elegant and expensive aimed at the top tier travellers. Kings, diplomats, businessmen, writers etc were the clientele. Charles Dickens was a regular. It is mentioned in the M R James ghost story "Casting the Runes".
@Isochest4 жыл бұрын
Was this train hauled by a 47. I used an EMU from Waterloo in 1993 to go to Belgium. I think they should have kept this station open