A Day In The Life Of Lytham St. Annes - 1976

[@jonnyjackson6050]

If I could travel back to St. Annes in the 70s I would. Only time in my life I was happy.

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Hope you find renewed happiness soon.

[@Habu2]

Good luck......life very shit for me recently but hanging on.

[@jimsimpson1006]

If I could travel back to anywhere in the 70s I would.

[@enzo48]

Very proud to be from this wonderful corner of the earth. I was 2 at the time of this video. Left the area in 1992 to go to University then lived and traveled all over the world until 2005 when I came to settle back home. Now I live round the corner from the house I grew up in and my son attends the same school that I went to. So many happy memories that I get to relive through these familiar sights every day

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Lovely to hear your story, thanks for sharing.

[@ewankean6723]

Thank you for this. I was 7 in 1976 and have fond memories of visiting here with my Mum and Dad. Fantastic to see the place again as I remember it. Brilliant. Thank you.

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kokloketan1177]

What a coincidence 1976 was the year l just moved to St. Annes and now is down the memory lane. I have such a great time there for two years..i loved to walk around the town square.l still remembered in that year we experienced one of the hottest summers..

[@Habu2]

Red hot !

[@hear_here]

Thanks for this film ! Grainy, shimmery, summery 8mm 70s St Annes, evoking fond childhood memories of the town(s)😊during this time. My family lived in drab Preston but used to visit my great grandmother in St Annes for the day. The contrast in the environments always struck me. Returning to grey Preston by bus after a great trip to the coast was always a sadness and a wrench for me.☹ Also, shocked to see Wrea Green's Dub pond nearly dried up in the drought.😮

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Big 'thank you' for sharing your memories.

[@WobblyDave72]

Thank you - I was born in the memorial hospital in 1972 and our family was still there in LSA until 2010. My Dad taught at QMS & my mum was a lab technician at KES. Went to Heyhouses from '77 to '83 and was part of the Choir at the Parish Church for 7 years. My sister was born in '76

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Thanks David for your comments and glad you enjoyed my dad's film. Brian was the Church Warden at St. Annes Parish church for a number of years and a governor at Heyhouses School. The music prize at Heyhouses Junior was in my dad's name and maybe still is. My mum Enid helped in the production of the large tapestry in the Parish Church Sanctuary. Bernie.

[@v4yo0]

i’m in LSA rn and i hope it was better back then cos it’s not good now

[@janinefarnell8570]

Nice to see St. Anne's in the year my mum and dad first moved there. I was only a toddler at the time so it's lovely to see it from that year.

[@chrisboulton6862]

Thank You. This was really good to see. Some of the happiest times growing up in St Annes during the years 1967 to 1976

[@MrSmeg17]

Lived on Holmefield Rd and went to Our Lady RC School in the late 70s, was the happiest of times😁

[@ricshmitz83]

St. Annes Square looks so busy!

[@valeriesouthern292]

Such a wonderful film. I saw the entrance to my old home on St Anne’s Rd East. I remember going to see The Life of Brian at Ashton Theatre. Nostalgia ❤️

[@v4yo0]

i’m turning 15 this year and i always go back on this video and i just wish i lived here back then

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Thank you for your heart felt comment. I was 15 when I helped my dad make this film. I feel myself very fortunate to have enjoyed my childhood and teens when I did, living in LSA. Kind regards, Bernie.

[@suebt8794]

Part of my childhood memories was St Anne's for holidays x

[@flyingtonyw]

Thanks. great memories of 76. Appreciated the extreme amount of work involved in filming all this and with equipment making it not half as easy as today.

[@ianwhitehead691]

Wish I had a time machine. Loved the 1970's and early 80's. ♥️🙂

[@davidm-1965tb]

Holidays during the 60s. Still get back once a year for a day out…. Great memories

[@Embracing01]

Love the bloke picking up the litter, no stupid ugly hi viz jacket needed and bending down to the pick the litter up, today he would need a litter picker to prevent back injury lol. Been there a few times, lovely place but sadly it's overrun by rich people, house prices will be out of my reach. Even where I live in Wigan it's becoming very hard to afford a nice house that's not some 1 or 2 bed flat, unless you are loaded and have a fancy good paid job.

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Thanks for watching and commenting. It was definitely a different time.

[@Habu2]

Very good.....as a maker of short films myself this has good pace and showed the town off nicely.

[@TheUkjedi]

Still a special place thanks

[@nigel274]

Born there...learned to sail, row and water ski at fairhaven lake. Worked as a deck chair attendant after going to king edward grammer school 😊

[@northernpickers]

when life was simple!

[@beaveridge1957]

Born at St Annes War Memorial Hospital 1957 ,And have Lived here all My Life ,Was So nice to see how the Town Used to Be Instead of the Shambles It Is Now ,

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Glad you enjoyed the film. I particularly miss the open air swimming pool, though the water was always cold!! The Square could definitely use a massive rethink in my opinion. Looking at photos of earlier times, when there were significant areas of grass would be a great way forward, at least in my opinion. I guess the maintenance would be considered too expensive. But if they could do it then, why not now? I would like to see the 'metal' removed too.

[@beaveridge1957]

Yes the open air Baths were great and as you say always cold water. I had My Appendix out in 1976 and In those days you spent 2 weeks in Hospital then at least a couple of months off work So i spent most of that summer at the open air Baths .Great days , @@brianesmithobefilmmaker

[@purplesunflower8242]

I lived there then hot hot Summer l worked at the Dalmeny Hotel on the Front !

[@DeeLee-c9y]

Very Beautiful.

[@stewriley1183]

What a great film, do you know which farm was making hay bales?

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Hi Stew, I am not sure I am afraid. It is possible that it is the fields around North Houses Lane. Bernie

[@stewriley1183]

@@brianesmithobefilmmaker couldn’t see any landmarks but yes, it could be where Cypress Point is. Just had another look, difficult to tell but there does appear to be some blurred electricity towers in the background which would locate it around and about where you say. There is a ex CEGB substation at the rear of Cypress Point, the towers would be the feed in, very inconclusive though. These really are great films you’ve posted, thanks for sharing

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

@@stewriley1183 Glad you liked the film Stew.

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Hi Stew, so the field definitely was opposite the Radar Station as confirmed by a comment on 'Lytham's Past' Facebook group which you may have seen. Apparently, it used to be referred to as the '100 acre field' and some of the farmers and farm workers in the shots have been identified too. Bernie

[@stewriley1183]

@@brianesmithobefilmmaker lucky guess from me then, if it’s close to St Anne’s that’s the only area where there are Electricity Towers. I only use FB as a viewer but I shall go and have a look at the comments. Thanks

[@callumjb7668]

cool! :)

[@emoji3608]

su

[@markh5433]

When people cared… and respected there area

[@stationlightyears1532]

This is great, we live in St. Annes and it's amazing how much has changed, but also - how much hasn't changed. The prom is p[ossibly all about to change, forever. Fylde Council want to make it a concrete block, like Fairhaven and Blackpool. Shame, we'll miss the Edwardian railings.

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

It would indeed be great if the Council considered and implemented historical elements and design in future developments.

[@Michael-hf8hh]

You never want to see St Annes change. My most favourite place in the world, forever in my heart and soul. Nostalgia's not what it used to be, but I always say the next time I go back to St Annes I'll stay for good. Hope it's still as I remember it

[@leeholden8658]

Why does the guy looking at the Red Arrows look like Timothy Dalton 😂

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Ha Ha!!!

[@jonnyjackson6050]

Back when the Red Arrows flew Folland Gnats instead of BAe Hawks.

[@WobblyDave72]

@@jonnyjackson6050 I remember watching them from the bridge on Highbury Road, near the Links Golf Club along with the Vulcan bomber!

[@vaslav030547]

Is it Lytham or St Annes? They are two different places! Why does this start in Marton?

[@brianesmithobefilmmaker]

Hi Harvey, as I understand it, and as stated in the atlas page and also on the official town sign, both included at the beginning of my dad's film made in 1976, the official name for the town/area is/was Lytham St. Annes, consisting of St Annes on Sea, Ansdell and Fairhaven, and Lytham. All have their own identities and grew up as separate towns. This film includes content from these environs, plus a quick shot of the dried up pond at Wrea Green. I am afraid I do not understand your comment regarding Marton. Which bit of Marton do you consider is included in the film? Kind regards, Bernie.

[@posei3960]

He doesn't know his windmills!