Remember the night fairs?

This is nothing like "One of the few authentic and original sand trains still running"

3 blasts on whistle means she is going astern (in reverse) she has to do that under col regs

Thanks for posting that bit of History and I remember the precinct and the offices being built. It was Gedling Councils Planning Department from 1974 until they centralised everything in Arnold. My dad Rex Robinson owned the bike shop further up Carlton Hill on what is now Tesco. The bike shop by the Blacks Head was provided to Dad as part of the deal to buy his property and was run by his assistant Ray Hunt. Dad retired at that point. It’s closed down now and that whole area looked pretty sad when I drove through a couple of weeks ago..

Brings a lump to the throat - well it does mine!! Such a glorious organ which breathes 'Blackpool', the 1930s and 1940s.

Absolutely stunning

Nice to see the old archives of Goose Fair 👌

If there's one thing that always irritates me, it's keyboard performers who only play the chorus of 'I do like to be beside the seaside' and not the main theme.

Happy Go Lucky Me and Banjo Boy were among my first records when I was 2 years old in 1969 and I still love his music

hes been gone 60 years

What a botched job this was .creating a very ugly precinct .

What a beautiful stone. Fitting for someone so well known

Nice headstone

Ive got many good memories of being a kid on frontier land as my late mothers expartner had his barbers shop there just past the battery now gone gerry merrick

I was there in 87 bloody great time,with all old friends,can't believe it's all gone now

i say what a horrid place

Only 45 years old? He looked about 70.

Hi,my name is Phil when I was a fireman at Trafford Park shed in in the 60s we use have a train on standby if it broke down to work it I did 50yrs on the footplate 8yrs on steam Regards Phil.

Love Aberystwyth .. been there many times ❤

I don’t suppose you have the NatWest Trophy highlights from that year? Been searching for a long time.

Much Respect to an Extremely talented man. Of yesteryear! 🥰😥

Great video.

no flowers

I remember as a kid about 10yr old which was 1982 i bet i was there on the big wheel which was the biggest in europe frontierland sold it to an amusement park in america it was massive or it was just cause i was a kid brilliant memories my late mothers late partner had a barbers shop just past the battery near morecambe promenade god bless gerry Merrick😪🕊🙏

Great monument and Tribute to George.

That was informative, NOT!

Those Engines are amazing.

Great

My grandparents live there

George formby is my great great uncle yet I’ve never seen his grave 😔

Went to see it last month and it is certainly a look tribute to a very well liked and popular entertainer.

1st went here in 1979 with my School, an old farmer and i think his brother owned it, nice friendly old chaps. Enjoyed it very much. Went back in 2015 with my children. And although the place was very similar ( building) inside, prices i thought were very expensive and new owners, people who run it, were not as friendly, it kind of took the shine off my memory, especially as it was closing in 30 mins but we still had to cough up full price( and my wife and i have 3 kids). Kids still enjoyed visiting it though, and that is the main thing.

CANT BELIEVE ITS GONE HOW DEPRESSING 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

I wad so upset when they replaced the Chinese Maze with the log flume. We spent most of our summers in the maze for free thanks to a hole in the hedge.

3:08 what an affront to the eye!

Bit Pink Floydy! :)

I used to work as a telegram boy at carlton post office in 1948. I also have some wonderful memories of Victoria Station when I was a fireman at Colwick loco.

I'd love to see the full video including 'when your smiling'

Dies ist nicht der Hafen von Santiago, sondern von San Sebastian!

Remember this place fondly. Although the year is wrong, as it didn't turn into Frontierland until 1986, we have nothing now.

gay

Is this near Fanabe? :)

There used to be a Fine Fayre supermarket in the precinct when it was first built. Used to rollerskate there on a Sunday when all the shops were closed in the early 70's. Used to go to the Blackshead pub in the early 80's and play pool in the bar. When I first got married we lived on Park Rd, near by and we'd take a bottle or two to the Vollo and go in the lounge and the landlady would fill the bottles with beer and we'd take em home and drink em. The bike shop was Rex Robinsons, it moved down to Carlton square from Carlton Hill after the original shop wad demolished for the Tesco store. Loved growing up in Carlton and Gedling.

Amazing to see that George's mother outlived him by 20 years. She reached the grand old age of 102.

my grandfather and his father where brothers. i was Yvonne Hoy i lived in Wellington New Zealand. my top teeth looked exactly like his teeth. unfortunately i have top false teeth now. there is singing talent in our families here in New Zealand. My aunty my father's sister told me all about our connection we had with George Formby.

The man is the unknown talent. he puts his heart into it.he should be world wide star . 😎

The year i was born in, good times there before i the town went to shit.

It was streets ahead of anything of the day.

I gave this a well-deserved thumb up despite the fact that it left me sad and wistful.

happy go lucky all of us