Great pics ..... I worked in the ice cream hut when I was a kid ....... Southport used to have soul back then ....... But the life has been sucked out of it slowly over the years .........what have we done to his country ........... Poor old Southport ...... Shit tip now ....... Same as Blackpool .............

Excellent moody photos of the seedier side of town. I live in Southport and am happy here in my adopted town.

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Southport is a wonderful seaside town.Thanks for sharing these super photos.

Pl share the location. God bless to this ship to enjoy the life

i knew a lad who was 30 and lived here off the money he charged old ladies for sex. his name was noel himmit

I remember that bollard being wonky for years and years 😂 4:32

As always Dave, effort equals reward

Looks a good lump that Dave

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Ready for the SUMMER ?

Happy memories. Interesting to see so many businesses now sadly gone. The sea front has vastly improved though.

1st time I've ever seen a band member playing wearing wellies.

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There is no denying it but back then our little town was a rundown dump! Despite everything it is so much better now!

Any of the fair?

Superb.

Brought back happy and sad memories. Thank you for sharing

Excellent really enjoyed these photos

What a drab video!

Great pictures. I always think black and white shows a more emotional story.

It is so sad that Sefton let it get like that after it being such a great place to live in through the sixties. And now it is even worse Skelmersdale on sea. Everything that made it unique demolished.

Nice to see.

Oh my. How did we manage without mobile phones . People were reading newspapers! Wow

One of the pics show where I live now but as a kid 77 to 81 was my era for kicking about Southport and these pics sum up the atmosphere of a Sunday perfectly. A train fare, a morning in the baths and a ride or two in the Fair for less than a quid. It looked a bit dilapidated back then and I fear it's going the same way in 2019.

Sad to think of it now my dad always told me story's about his time at south port

me on my grifter 😆 good memories

Lucky enough to see the same some evenings from my living room window , great to watch

Well it certainly is a shithole now I'm afraid :(

Don't you just love people who like to show the bad side? So negative. Southport has changed and had £m's spent on a new pier, Marine Way Bridge, sea wall, Ocean Plaza on Marine Drive, refurbished most of the main streets and the Monument, All Lord Street gardens well maintained, King's Gardens completely upgraded including the footbridge over the Marin Lake and the Atkinson/library had a £9m spent on it. Thank you so much to the Liberal Democrats.

Thanks. Happy memories of the town i love.

Dave can you publish your email address here please? I can't find it on your site anywhere. Thanks

Happy memories of Southport - what a surprise to click on a link from Southport GB and see that the thumbnail picture was our newsagents, right at the end of the film. Our dog Sheba was very popular with the customers and used to love lying on the pavement in the sun outside. We had the shop for 10 years, selling it in 1982 when my parents retired. I live down south now but visit Southport from time to time and although the shop has changed hands many times since those days, it's always nice to see that the Cleveland cafe (or Eric's as we knew it, as seen in a couple of photos in this film just before 'ours') is still very much as it was.

Wow! being on holiday with you looks fun! It doesn't quite match the Southport I remember 77 to 81. Thanks for posting though!

My god Southport looked a rat hole then. Horrible and grim. Thankfully the place as had some money spent on it and today is much nicer.

Southport hasn't changed much, despite the sea wall being built the coastal road will be shut this weekend due to the high tide !!!

walking slowly over wet sands...

mmmm not the same anymore what whent wrong ? Very snobby now

Hide on the promenade Etch a postcard : "how I dearly wish I was not here" In the seaside town ...that they forgot to bomb Come, come, come - nuclear bomb

These photo's are excellent!

Any chance of you sending me a copy of the picture of me (or the back of me lol) in the photo booth, I remember seeing you with your camera as I came out, Thanks.. Im on Facebook Lynda Warnock.

I think thats me in the photo booth with the denim bib and brace on with the buggy outside :) fab photos :)

just took me back to my childhood. Thanks very much for submitting these photos!!!!!!!!!!