I absolutely loved those little cottages when I went as a kid. Is there anywhere similar I can take my daughter?

every where was probably better in sixties than it is now

Love the part where the lad asks if it’s gonna be on tele 📺 3:10

Sincere thanks from Somerset, fascinating film and perfect soundtrack, very clever.

before it was a shit hole

Im 42. First went to Poole in 1995, then 1996. I decided then that i wanted to live there. Property wasnt expensive either and cheaper than in the Midlands. Years later i got into a relationship with someone from another city and moved there had kids, relationship ended, couldnt move away from kids. Been many times from 2001 - 2022. Visited 7 times in 2020. Its changed so much and not as nice as i remember it to be.

left 1960 never came back only to see family lived in london now in the Fens of cambridge.

God what beautiful memories. I used to ride on that Poole Park train with my Mum, probably in exactly that time period. Also the drive over the crest of Evening Hill, heading towards Shore Road and Sandbanks. My Mum would tell me about how she saw flying boats in Poole Harbour during and just after the Second world war. Quite emotional to see such an old memories brought to life! Thank you Rod Bean for posting this.

thanks so much

Hi Rod, would you happen to remember "The Great Crazy Critter Bonanza"? From my research, it seems to have been brand new around the time of your 1986 visit but we have no confirmation of it's opening outside of the company's name records in 1985 matching with the company name on the concept art and a newspaper from 1989!

I love these videos but always wonder what the reason was for filming them.

No-one was overweight!

A blast from the past, especially seeing C&A again!

The sad fact of the matter is that back then - Worksop looked great and was full of open shops. Worksop now is an absolute shithole. I am telling you that Selby is 10 times better than Worksop and Selby is also a shithole. Harehills lane is a safer and more enjoyable place to spend a Saturday night.

Wonderful. Thank you.

That's back when Bournemouth was a nice place. Now it's just a dump full of immigrants and evil drug dealers. Shame on this joke of a country! Glad I moved away. Laughing stock of the world!

From 9:00 - for a couple of minutes, not given on screen, it is Parkstone, the park near Ashley Cross, Parkstone Railway Station, St Peter’s Ashley Cross where Baden Powell is buried.

Great to see this video ,I was there with an ex girlfriend & her parents I was 21 she was 17 ,first time I went ,it was November ‘91 when I went ,bought clothes & still remember buying sonic for my mega drive ,don’t think girlfriend approved ,remember that day like yesterday .When England was England 😔

I used tohave a flat then very happy times

This is quite remarkable, especially the quality and colour; What camera did you use?

Anyone remember Trolley Buses in Bournemouth.

When Bournemouth was still beautiful….before it became the dump it is now!

Smashing video, thanks for sharing. I was 18 at the time. It's great to see all those now classic cars looking nearly new. Town centres were so much nicer then. Sadly, the nice people now shop in out of town retail parks, leaving the town centre in a downward spiral of beggars & drunks.

No women in burkas 😂

Thanks for the video Rod. I’m too young to remember that you could drive through the square and weird to see buses driving up Old Christchurch Road! But shows you how great Bournemouth looked back in the day.

Being able to drive through Poole park😮

Oh the Hants centre lol

Great video unfortunately crime and other events have really destroyed the family attraction of my home town which looks like a different place now.

Absolutely beautiful. This was the year I was born. My late father was a gardener and worked on the displays in Bournemouth and Boscombe gardens for years. When I see them from this time and the lovely comments people make, I cant help feeling proud. Does anyone else scan these videos to see if they can spot anyone they know or knew?

Fantastic. My sister in laws house there on Chatsworth road!

The sooner a time machine is invented the better. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

Brings back so many happy memories

On another note, not a pot hole in sight..

Take me back...

This was taken in Doncaster, Dave Cox in the Sprite and Chris Haslam a red Mini not sure which one 🤔

Hi Rod, was this taken in Worksop ?

Great Footage Rod. The club is still here in Worksop and going strong.

Very calming video from a time when life was worth something. Thank you

So pleased I found this...thank you...I moved to the area in '71 and have no regrets as such, after 7yrs in London...the music accompanying the film is SO evocative of the period...dgp

I used to wait on the bridge in poole until the train came and run through the steam! Learnt to skate at Bournemouth Skating Rink. Still miss the perfect climate - we lived in Parkstone, between Poole and Bournemouth. I'm in Ottawa, Canada where the winter temperatures can be extreme. But, of course, they're messing around with HARP, climate change, etc., so who knows how much more they can mess up?

I absolutely loved this place as a kid. Wonderful memories - sad it's no longer there

Much of the town centre has been pedestrianised and free car parking is almost non-existent. Result: A full quarter of shops in the town centre are now boarded and closed. Well done, councillors and civil servants.

The Shell House was demolished in the 1990s. Now a block of very nice flats.

The music makes this sound 70 years old....

Just back from a week in Bournemouth. What a mis-managed mess it has become. Interesting to note that even during the mid 80's and early 90s, there is still a lot of vacant shops especially around Gervis Place and Westover Road... But what a tragedy, Westover Road and the cinemas have gone to ruin, still no ice rink, huge lack of quality accommodation in the town, all the big name stores have moved out or relocated to Castle point, the East Cliff Lift is damaged beyond repair, all the students now live in managed accommodation (no out of season income for guest houses). Even the famous Yellow Bus company went bankrupt and gone forever. You can't drive through Poole Park anymore, Poole pottery is gone... Now I hear the sandbanks ferry is on its last legs as well.... It used to be "Better in Bournemouth", now it's all doom and gloom...

Lovely to come across this. I spent a week in Bournemouth with three of my friends in July 1981 after we bunked off the last week of school! We camped by the airport and drove into town every day and spent our time on the beach and on the pier playing the amusements. So many happy memories. Thank you.

Brilliant films - left with lots of thoughts. Firstly Wimborne was pretty much unchanged right up until the 2010s when local planning / big landowner inappropriate collusion forced the cricket club off the town centre site replacing with a large Waitrose ruining all the historic vistas of the Minster etc. Secondly, I am surprised by how much traffic there was then - all those lead diesel fumes cant have been that healthy. Thirdly, Poole Park is how I remember it - and to be fair at least it still exists in its entirety. Finally, agree Bournemouth as totally gone to the dogs - personally I feel the decline really started setting in some time in the 90s for a whole host of local and national factors

What I would do to go back in time and experience it. I was born in 2001 sadly but I do remember Bournemouth being very nice when I was a child it’s awful now I avoid the town center at all costs

Just look at all the old cars 😢

Oh wow I wish I was alive back then 😢 look how lovely everything was it’s so upsetting 😢