1976: SCARBOROUGH Bank Holiday | Classic BBC documentary | BBC Archive

[@ry491]

My late wife and I went to Scarborough every year for about 20 years. Our last visit 5 years ago was our last . We stayed at the Grand hotel. She died shortly afterwards. In a way I long to go back there but without my beloved wife it would break my heart. We were so happy there . Simple memories but so precious .

[@wobber999]

Sorry for your loss, the best memories are the simple ones.

[@raphaelnoz8321]

Ah, so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing a bittersweet memory. I’m an American but what difference does that make to the human story. I hope you can go somewhere beautiful that your dearly departed can look down on you and smile knowing that you’re still here and enjoying something for you both. Best to you.

[@ry491]

Raphael . Thank you so much for your kind message . I send you my warmest wishes for a happy and healthy life .

[@charlie6751]

Bless you sir

[@janeokeeffe5297]

Sorry for your loss ❤

[@iamstephenappleby]

I cannot tell you how much this video means to me. My dad is in this footage, to see him fully fit and able is incredible. I didn't even know this footage existed.

[@Jamesy-kp4tu]

which one was he mate, glad you could see it

[@iamstephenappleby]

@@Jamesy-kp4tu he is on the footage at approximately 4 mins

[@Iron_Lion_Of_Zion]

Hang on. Thats my dad also!!! He spent Mon-Wed-Fri-with us, & he had to work the other days!!! He did this for 40 years!!

[@craiggilchrist4223]

Bless you. x

[@thetessellater9163]

@@iamstephenappleby Was he on the broom and hand cart or walking behind, mate ?

[@larkatmic]

Im 91, live in New Earswick. My children and grandchildren all still make a yearly pilgrimage to our lovely Scarborough beach. I’ve been going since 1952. Still a lovely place.

[@matthewheath7839]

New earswick itself is a lovely little hamlet

[@ROBERTRORTER]

Yes my parents lived there for about 15 years. We had a news agents in Monk Bar right next to the gate. I think it’s a toy model shop now 😢

[@tanyaandelvis2698]

The like will never been seen again.

[@larkatmic]

@@tanyaandelvis2698 It’s changed lots. But it needs people to keep coming to stay desirable and-relevant. The pandemic really did a number on us. 3 of my grandchildren have left here to the US, one to Thailand. I miss them so. A shame living is so expensive now for the value of what it once was. People’s future goals and needs are different today because of it.

[@MartinWhite-i5u]

Made me cry . I was 9 in this particular year. Simple beautiful times and I'm proud and happy to of lived in these times.

[@kevinbell8245]

My time to.

[@littleredrose6254]

Me too. Much happier times.

[@SusanTurner-yo9lf]

I was 10 and yes , it is very emotional, the best of times.

[@BrannenHarries]

Same as

[@thetiredtomcat]

Me too! Our dentist moved from Richmond to Scarborough so my father insisted on staying with him. We’d get a Knickerbocker Glory as a treat in one of the sea front cafes afterwards. It was all white and Christian and sometimes bloody cold! At age 58 I’m hankering after 1975 and want to properly explore the UK rather than go abroad. Traveling is horrible these days

[@M_Bamboozled]

Love 'quiet' documentaries where scenes & people tell all you need to know. Some sounds bring back memories - the train doors being closed is a sound we don't hear any more.

[@ry491]

@@M_Bamboozled Yes those doors made a sort of dull clunk didn't they . Sounds like that bring back memories . Happy simple times .

[@jontaylor4511]

Too many docos these days with someone shouting or dramatic sound effects

[@rensha8635]

I watch these archive videos to remember the people of Britain as we all were then. Loyal, peaceful, polite society and we’re proud of who we were.

[@bazerwazer6180]

Football hooliganism excepted?

[@vladnelson1]

And the punks, skins etc. it's weird how selective peoples memories can be ​@@bazerwazer6180

[@sinord5288]

Exactly and well said

LOYAL TO WHAT?

[@JuliaHopewell]

It really doesn't help anyone to generalise like this. There will always be the "good" and the "not so good" characters. It always comes back to treating someone as you would like to be treated - and try to imagine yourself in their shoes. Religion and "the good old days" etc. has nothing to do with it either!

[@philipamer5855]

It may look grim to people today but when I was a kid this was how it was no costas or Florida and we loved it.Be grateful for what you had or have

[@LurkingCrassZero]

It was never grim. We used to ge here in the late 70's early 80's when I was a kid and I loved it.

[@tomthomas9708]

Why was everyone so ugly in those days?

[@swf4841]

I don't think it looks grim at all. I think it looks amazing. It's so nostalgic.

[@dancyprus6863]

It might lack the slick sophistication of some of our modern times but I'd rather have this 1976 version any day of the week

[@isabellewoods1396]

it doesn’t look grim i’m 16 and i bloody love scarborough for what it is

[@Tapper1969]

I was 7 when this came out and lived in Scarborough having been born there. I moved away a few years later but my childhood days wandering around by the sea, cliffs and amusements are some of my best memories. My friends and I could go to the cinema or swim in the north and south bay pools without parental supervision and we’d be out all day. What a time. I loved it.

[@angelacooper2661]

You are therefore a year older than me, as I was just six!

[@ry491]

@@Tapper1969 Scarborough is still a great place . Much underrated I think . You were lucky to have lived there . We used to stay at the Grand hotel. Amazing building full of history . Sadly gone downhill a bit now but still impressive . We spent many happy hours at the spa listening to the orchestra in the sun court and watching shows in the theatre . Scarborough is special .

[@hilaryepstein6013]

These films are an amazing snapshot of life in Britain over the past 70 or so years. I loved seeing the old candy floss maker which seemed quite magical to me as a small child.

[@raphaelnoz8321]

So funny that we have such a different word for it here in the US- we call it cotton candy. If you said ‘candy floss’ people would think it had something to do with keeping your teeth clean (dental floss) 😊

[@hilaryepstein6013]

@@raphaelnoz8321 Also, we don't really use the word candy in the UK, we say "sweets" but not when it comes to candy floss!

[@christianevans5228]

42 years ago not 70 😅

[@christianevans5228]

48

[@rmsekora509]

@@raphaelnoz8321 In Australia at that time it was called fairy floss.

[@bardo0007]

This is an amazing and historical footage from a time we will never see again! Britain as it used to be.

[@MariaLeonard-i4o]

This is when the bbc was worth watching

[@briandoherty3249]

Not anymore lol. No diversity just British people living thier lives.

[@Dbdbe1]

It still is. Stupid comment

[@tomsharpe2251]

It most definitely isn't

[@robbflynn4325]

Born in 1967. Had a week in Scarborough in the summer of 1979. It rained all week apart from the last day 😂. I remember making the journey in our little gold colored Hillman Imp. It barely made it over the Pennines. My sister and I had suitcases on our laps, a very memorable journey. Money was tight, but they were definitely happier times.

[@angelacooper2661]

You are therefore the same age as my brother Anthony. I am three years younger than you and would have been six - halfway through infant school here. Remember going to Scarborough aged fifteen (nine years later). Yes, I did see the Fair, but that was about five years ago!

[@robbflynn4325]

@angelacooper2661 My middle name is Anthony! My initials are RAF, but I ended up serving in the USAF! We emigrated to the USA in 1983, so these old videos bring back so many special memories, I'll probably watch it all over again!

[@chriswaring5565]

A LOTS CHANGED SINCE 1976 BUT I STILL GO IN AUGUST FOR A 2 WEEK STAY DID YOU SEE HIM SERVING THE ROAST SPUDS WITH HIS FINGER'S CAN'T DO THAT NOW

[@zeddeka]

Not sure I'd describe them as happier times. The 70s were utterly grim.

[@TheMockatiel]

We were a Hillman Avenger 😂

[@stevemills9982]

This was the day of my 21st birthday. Happy times 😢

[@ste9071]

I wasn't born in this time, but seeing how people lived back then in yesteryears, is simply sublime. I was watching all the elderly and thinking god bless them, knowing they're no longer with us. When they were being filmed, never would they have envisaged that in 2024, people would be able to watch them having fun, on their smartphones, iPads, TV's via what we call the internet. They'd be amazed by the technology we have now, but do you know what, I'd give all that up in a second if it meant we could live like they did back then, when life was simple and the cost of living was reasonable. Such a beautiful film of times gone by, with people who had their struggles but were stoic and resilient, and in the face of adversity, could still find it within themselves to smile and have a good time.

[@williamf4544]

Yes life was more simple and although we couldnt really afford ll that much we didnt want all that much so we were happy

[@lsmith9249]

l was 14 in 1976, l remember we spent a week in Blackpool and the biggest worry that summer was the drought, it was hot everyday and there were Ladybirds everywhere, even on the beach but life was a lot better before PCs, Mobiles etc family spent time together, children played out friends saw each other more and went to pubs regularly, and there was no cost of living crisis the high st was thriving, of course people had worries but life was a lot better

[@larkatmic]

@@ste9071 Don’t cut yourself short. I’d trade places with you in a heartbeat. So many great advances that far out weigh the struggles we carried back in the day. Sure it was a simpler time. But it wasn’t easy going for most. Im an old man now and believe me. Nothing has ever been cheap. In my opinion this is the best time to be young and able. So many more opportunities today. Mind you, it’s now a 2 income economy today, compared to a one income when I was young. Woman work now. So everything is based on having 2 incomes. My advice is to get married to a like minded person, have children, become involved in a spiritual organization or church and you will live a life with purpose, like my generation did and not be focused on yourself and the dreaded ego. You must overcome the ego, because the ego will convince you you’re on the right road, when you’re on the wrong one. Every generation has its hardships. Mine was a product of war, the damp, rationing, hunger, coal mining, poverty and hardship. But we overcame. Embrace your generation. You will look back on it someday and realize it wasn’t so bad after all. I wish you well

[@Ivorahyatt]

You don't sound real with the way you talk. My mothers' godmother was an ex teacher and later an MP , Lady Alice Bacon and she didn't sound as fake as you.

[@lsmith9249]

@@Ivorahyatt she had a life peerage, her title was Baroness

[@M_Bamboozled]

I was 4 when this came out & seeing those little kids on the beach, I can't believe I was ever that young. Time flies, make the most of it.

[@Susancorbinart]

I worked in the Scarborough Youth hostel one year after this, in 1977. Being a Canadian it was my first experience of an English seaside resort. An experience I came to love, later working in a hostel near Paignton and Brixham in Devon. Memories do lose their details however so it’s fascinating to see what it was like in 1976 - so popular and busy! A lovely portrait of the quintessential seaside resort in it’s heyday!

[@ekspatriat]

These were the early days of THAT summer! Loved it.

[@markbennett2170]

Summer of 76! Wonderful times spent as an 11 year old. Never to be repeated!!

[@peterharvey1762]

Wouldn’t think it was the year of long hot summer looking at this film , making my dinner cold watching this

[@Vics251]

This was before that summer kicked in. 😎

[@hammerqos]

1977 was the hot summer. This was 1976

[@fezhat7096]

@@hammerqos '76 was the long hot summer.

[@hammerqos]

@fezhat7096 Apologies. Yes, you are correct..I seem to remember all my childhood summers in the 70s being long hot one's

[@DH-kp4vb]

@@hammerqos You are wrong. 76 is well known for being a very hot summer.

[@scott4361]

Sent this over to my mum and she loved it. Thank you BBC!

[@ppullman5470]

Yes, when the BBC was at its finest and wanted to represent all classes and parts of Britain. Completely different to the woke propaganda service we have today. No wonder they've lost half their licence fee subscribers; will they ever wake up?

[@CarolToolen]

My sister just told me about this - she'd spotted my husband & I on the film eating chips! It was on my 20th birthday. I can't believe how busy Scarborough was then. It was wonderful to see it.

[@jasecox3912]

My late mum n dad honeymooned in Scarborough back in 1977 .They loved Scarborough God bless em ❤

[@garyrigby21]

I was 13 in 1976 I remember it being a hot summer. Good times

[@harold6863]

That was a great summer and no talk of global warming 😂

[@Jefferson1969-u4s]

I was 12. What a summer! I had rather hoped it would go on forever.

[@garyrigby21]

@@harold6863 hosepipe ban, ladybirds, Abba

[@garyrigby21]

@@Jefferson1969-u4s Space hoppers, flares, pogo stick

[@Jefferson1969-u4s]

@@garyrigby21 no Muslims 🤣👏👏

[@VeteranHedonist]

I was born in December 1975 just before. I wasn't even one yet when this film was made. However, I have such fond memories of Scarborough. My mum couldn't have children because she had cancer of the womb in her early 20s and had to have a hysterectomy and other surgeries, so she fostered and adopted all her life. And in the 60s and 70, you didn't get lots of money like foster parents do today. I'm not saying today they do it for the money, but in the 60s and 70's it was for the love of helping children because the money you did get was not much more than child benefits. Plus my mum and dad ended up adopting 4 of us too. I was one of the lucky ones. Anyway, there was always quite a few of us, kids running about everywhere. It must have been a real headache. 🙄😁 However, even though money was short, we had an old Bedford van, we were like the 70s and early 80s Beverly Hillbillies 😁 But we didn't care. In Burnley where I was born (I think) but definitely raised all my life, we used to have our summer holidays two weeks before most other towns and cities, etc. So we packed as much as we could in the van and even though they hadn't much money, we used to go away every year, TWICE in summer we'd go to places like Tenby in Wales or Devon, Dorset, down that way. Mostly the south West. We used to book a small static caravan on a park where they had free kids activities like swimming and holiday clubs and two of us, normally the two eldest which were my sisters both were over 10 years older than me (the youngest) and my youngest sister who was a year older than me. Anyway, (if you're still reading, I always go off on a tangent and end up writing autobiographies 😂) every September we Burnley had another week holiday for schools and factory workers etc. My dad worked at Michelin for over 40 years and for our September holidays we always went to Scarborough and I loved it. The old counterbalance trams to get you the hill (Correct me if I'm wrong naming it). The massive ice creams with three big scoops in. The best thing, though, for me was Peasholm Park. Beautiful park with lots of things to do for kids, but the main attraction was the World War 2 Model Navel Battle. It was amazing for a young lad. My earliest memories are probably from 1981 ish onwards. And we all were treat exactly the same and got the same spending money etc, apart from when my eldest sisters got to their teens and wanted to go to the caravan park disco, so I think mum would of give them a little more then, Just like me and my younger sister when we got to that age. Sometimes, they'd take us to the disco and get us big gob stopper bubblegum from the bubblegum machine. And I always got told to stop staring at the mean looking punks 😂 and the New romatics and their clothes etc. It was a whole new world. And watching my two eldest sisters going for it on the dance floor doing the most 80s dance ever. Where you just kick one foot to your left, then the right with the occasional finger clicks and arm movements. The best bits, though, were when Black lace or Russ abbots 'Atmosphere' was played by the DJ 😂 And what was the song where everyone sat down and did this weird rowing gesture to the song? What song was that? The esrly 80s were so bizarre, haha. It was a big melting pot of all different subcultures. Some that had disappeared, but come back like the Mods and Skin heads and Ska and post punk and the Punks that wouldn't stop being punks 😂For a young lad at my age though it was like going to the star wars bar. All these totally different looking people all dressed differently and speaking differently etc. It's the small things in life that make you happy. And the memories from being young when your family was all closer and you went away with your grandparents and aunties and uncles etc. Some nights we'd just stay in the caravans playing domino's and cards, monopoly etc while my Grandma drank Sherry and others were drinking Babyshams, snowballs, martini rosso 😁 I was allowed little sips to taste it. You'd probably get done for that now 😂. I used to love the taste of Bailey's though. Sometimes my dad would put a tiny bit on ice creams. Not walking down the seafront with a bottle of Bailey's, but ice cream we used to put in the caravan freezer in tubs. So many fond memories. Then when I got to about 9 or ten my dad took me on my first sea fishing trip down near Bridlington down the road. He'd already got me into course fishing and I was casting my own fly rods about 8/9 year old. But my first sea fishing trip was so exciting. Sometimes, more often than not without modern radar and all that, some fishing excursions would catch absolutely nothing, but my first ever sea trip out I caught a plaice, Dog fish and a small cod and I don't think one person on that boat didn't go home empty handed. Then I was hooked (excuse the pun 😂). I once went on a fishing trip off Scarborough or Whiteley Bay (can't remember exactly) when I was about 14 with my dad and it looked a really calm day, but harbours can be deceiving. It looked really calm but as soon as we got out of the harbour the boat started rocking and the captain kept the engines on for ages. It was only about 4 miles, but it felt like we'd travelled to Denmark it took hours, and the conditions got alot worse. Every person, including the skipper, was sick. Sea sickness is much worse than just normally being sick. Even when you get back, which seemed like the longest boat ride ever and got of the boat everything still felt like it was bobbing and moving. Anyway I'm going to shut up now. I bet I've bored so many people 😂😂😂 I just don't know when to shut up haha. I'd be very surprised if anyone's made it to the end and read everything. Better stop now the osteoarthritis in my thumbs and hands is giving me hell. I'm not even 50 (Just quite yet) and live in the body of a 90 year old. 🙄😁 Anyway, thanks again Scarborough for all the memories that will stay with me forever, even though there's only me and my sisters and cousins left now, that's why I cherish it so much when all the families used to come with us. ❤

[@jerryduhon1075]

I ENJOYED READING ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD.. AWESOME

[@meagain3876]

The tramway to the beach is called a funicular. The song is 'Oops up side your head' by The Gap Band. I've had many visits to Scarborough Beach, both as a child and taking my kids there. I'm so glad that you've got so many happy memories of visiting Scarborough and of your childhood in general. ⛱️🪣🍦

[@TheMockatiel]

I’m 3 years older than you.The star wars bar is a brilliant description of the pubs n clubs of those times 😂 All the different subcultures sat in clusters. I was one of them. All those old ladies reminded me of my Gran I just wanted to fall into their arms. ❤

[@raphaelnoz8321]

Yeah, you can judge yourself, but not everyone reading will. I also liked hearing (reading ) your story. Maybe that’s why- it was like listening to someone tell stories that brought a smile to their face. ..and smiling is contagious. 😊

[@Jefferson1969-u4s]

That’s a dissertation!

[@johncalder5703]

“Live in hope die in despair” a bit of Yorkshire optimism

[@M_Bamboozled]

With fish and chips at 75p and the Icelandic cod wars on, I dare say the man was trying to catch his own fish and save some money 😉

[@happyapple4269]

proper practical thinking is that.

[@MrHammerkop]

I've learnt that people who see life like that are usually profoundly happy in themselves, and also know how to shrug the world off their shoulders.

[@benji.B-side]

Totally wonderful to watch. The times when the simple things in life were very much appreciated. And to think, the very old people both endured WW1 and WW2. The stories they could have told about their individual life's, would have been so interesting to listen to. Loved watching this.

[@Gastronaught]

The litter was appalling, but that did take me back to happier times. 85p for Fish and Chips was expensive back then.

[@Victoria-gq8gt]

And now it's 20 quid!!! Disgraceful that supermarket fish and air fryer chips are what people can just about afford nowadays. All the chippies that are closed down, communities lose out, what a waste of a wonderful past time... going out and buying f&c...

[@SarfLondonGeezer]

They are white rocks 😂 not litter

[@gijgij4541]

Seventeen shillings?! That's outrageous.

[@lordwalker71]

Was thinking everyone was cleaning at the beginning but place was still a mess.

[@marine4lyfe85]

15:57 The senior citizen with a Bay City Rollers hat.

[@mbgames73]

Growing up in Whitby down the road in the 1970's and 80's, this film fills me with happy childhood sounds and unlocks memeories.Was always lots of working boats and loud characters and old ladies with plastic scarfes on their heads with shopping bags. All gone now.

[@chriswinwood6501]

Model warships and a floating organist. I’d pay to see that. And the old fella giving the driver a telling off, then realising he’s in the wrong queue. And what a gent Max Jaffa is I’m a sucker for a film like this. I find it really touching, nostalgic, revealing and insightful. Lovely stuff.

[@gailclark3599]

Enjoy watching this great memories Life was so much better back then

[@Dwyfor-yq2ul]

Was it though? Crap food, smokers everywhere, no exercise, people looking 20 years older than their age and the Yorkshire Ripper. Yeah, paradise.

[@ok2760]

Yes Gail, you were young

[@MikeTaylor-i2x]

This means the world to me. I was 8 then. And hearing the older people talk in the video makes me feel i'm home.

[@richardcwmason4492]

What a great video, such more laid back and innocent and people were just nicer in general

[@SmithMrCorona]

And then the boomers came along and turned everything to shite

[@archiet2205]

This is so so amazing. Words can’t describe how much this footage means, not just for myself, but for our knowledge of history, culture, raison d’être, meaning etc

[@SimonEllwood]

Great hearing Johnny Walker who has just made his last show.

[@steveosshenanigans]

At 9..29 Yes indeed

[@pit_stop77]

Well they were old times, maybe not great. All those middle aged men would have served in the war, so respect to them

[@peaeater1]

Some of the older may well have served as teenagers in the Great War!

[@MathVdb]

Was thinking the same about the old chaps!

[@robwilton9539]

I sold popcorn on Skegness beach during the heatwave of '76, aged 15. When the Red Arrows flew over I sold 288 bags in half an hour and made £8.80 in commission. Happy days!

[@FrankJCarver]

About £50 in today's money. Lucky devil.

[@robwilton9539]

@@FrankJCarver Thanks for the reply Frank. Yes, at the end of the season I bought a brand new Carlton Corsa racing bike for £74. A fortune! So about £440 in todays money?

[@Victoria-gq8gt]

Wow you've got a mighty fine memory to remember the exact money you received!

[@robwilton9539]

@@Victoria-gq8gt LOL, not that great a memory really Victoria. It was a record breaking event so it sticks in my mind. The bags of popcorn were packed in boxes of 72 and sold for 10p each (£7.20). On any typical day we would only sell around three boxes for a whole day's work. We had a six foot, square edged, wooden pole and we used drawing pins to attach the bags to it, three at a time. (Sore thumbs!). The result was what looked like a giant corn-on-the cob. The most we could fit on the pole, and actually lift the weight, was four boxes. The shop owner got a fiver and we got the £2.20 per box.

[@jasonbarron3047]

@@robwilton9539 wow that was a fortune back then mate

[@arkyoptrix]

Scarborough is my second home. It's interesting how it just doesn't change but also has changed so much.

[@charlie6751]

Very true

[@ry491]

@@arkyoptrix I agree. Scarborough is wonderful . Always has been .

[@dr.plutonus1496]

I grew up in Scarborough & was 13 when this came out. I visit the town every year to see my sister, who still lives there. The main street is sadly run down - like so many British seaside towns it's been hammered by cheap flights to warmer destinations. That said, there are still some bright spots & some flourishing businesses, so all is not lost.

[@charlottejackson7873]

I was 4 yrs old when this was filmed and could have easily been on this fabulous footage. My parents took us to Scarborough all the time. I still live only an hour away. Great memories 🩷

[@eliotclarke1129]

Best invention of the 20th Century - those little motorised road sweepers

[@マーシャルテレンス]

I'm Irish who finds this very nostalgic even though I've never been there☘️ Was 14 living in Dublin! And yes, it really was a hot summer that year!! Days never to return 😢The kids these days have no idea ☘️

[@triodehexode]

1976 had the long hot summer this looks like mid winter!

[@margaretmaskell9985]

The long hot Summer didn’t actually begin until the end of June.The temperature was below average until then,as this film shows.

[@stormytempest6521]

Poorer people, but better people. 🇬🇧

[@dummatube]

Great sound quality for 1976!

[@rabbit64sj91]

I went to Scarborough for the day in August 1976, I was twelve years old. We were taking my 64 year old Gran there, she lived in Leeds. I remember it well, the weather was hot and sunny. We were from Hertfordshire, spending time in Yorkshire. Great seeing this film from 48 years ago. I can hardly believe I'm almost the same age my Gran was at the time, how time flies! 🥰

[@Wantefc]

Great memory.

[@rthholland2496]

Hello, I was also 12 that year and went in the summer holidays

[@Miller4866]

What an amazing little treasure of a video this is! Love it.🎉 ❤

[@dino575]

I was 8 years old grew up less than 30 miles from Scarborough -I wonder on that day what me and my family were doing - so many of them now passed - and I live in a world I hardly recognise anymore - it makes me sad - life seemed simpler then ... maybe I am wrong but it is how it makes me feel watching this reel.

[@jasonbarron3047]

i feel that brother

[@ry491]

@@dino575 No you are not wrong . Life was so much better then in so many ways . We didn't have much but what we had made us truly happy . I despair of the modern world . I am glad that at least I experienced those times. You don't realise what you have until it's lost.

[@PeterM8987]

What a breath of fresh air. I love this documentary footage. Charming and down to earth. I was born in 1972 in Australia. These were simpler times.

[@Wreckhead]

I spent a week in Scarborough one night. The window in the B&B I was staying in couldn't shut properly, oh how the North Sea blew a gale through that gap. Cold as.

[@jameshardy6277]

lol

[@ianwhitehead691]

🌬️🌊🌧️🥶☹️ 👀😂🤣

[@keep_it_tidy56]

Fascinating, brings back memories of visits in the sixties & seventies. The bobbies on the beat are good to see, and the number of day trippers. We were there last year in September & Scarborough is a shadow of its former self. The COVID pandemic did a lot of damage & many places, like Scarborough, haven’t recovered well. Still a place I enjoy visiting, a walk on the prom is as good as ever, although fish & chips and dressed crabs have gone up a bit!

[@marton349]

Brings back so many memories. Remember the heatwave 76. Ladybirds and tarmac melting. I still love the place.

[@raycathode]

This is priceless thank you.

[@MrMerrrrrrr]

Wow 🤩 what a beautiful video. Me and the wife’s happy place my in-laws let me tag along back in 1993 a couple of teenagers back then. Still love the place today. Scarbados xxx

[@cannonfodder6654]

This is excellent!

[@nervo6321]

For anyone brought up in Yorkshire or Wearside and Tyneside this is beautiful.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I was 11 years old in 1976, and got heatstroke from running around with my friends all afternoon during the heatwave.

[@bernadetteaspinall6710]

What a great soundtrack to a great film .. I was 17 in 1976 and enjoying every minute of it,… we were so lucky 💃🏻🌈❤️…

[@ghadeeralkhamees8752]

It brought tears to my eyes beautiful precious memories ❤️

[@andyinnes2178]

What a delight. England, back when it was still England. I remember that summer like it was yesterday. What a scorcher! Blue sky and no rain for the whole summer, and stand pipes in every street because of the water shortage. I spent that summer in the Isle of wight. Not quite as crowded as Scarborough, but had that same seaside atmosphere.

[@stevelee4952]

Anyone got a time machine to us back to when Britain was the Britain I remember.

[@ry491]

@@stevelee4952 if only . I would be the first to jump on board !

[@stevelee4952]

@ry491 we would have to share a seat mate. I was born in 1952 and would be happy to share to get back to the Britain I recall.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

A sing song on the coach going back home as well, the best of great Britain has all but gone .Look at Britain today it's a dump ,all the town centres look the same with boarded up shops ,charity shops, bookmakers,e cigarette shops ,kebab shops ,Turkish barbers ,run down pubs ,homeless beggers ,drugged up beggers ,mentally homeless people ,shop lifters ,pick pockets ,drug dealers ,and deliveroo foreign takeaway bicycle riders . What are people going to do when the depression tablets run out of stock

[@MARKETMAN6789]

I remember when places like Blackpool catered for family holidays ,not just holidays for alcoholics and drug users ,

[@Luxsound67]

❤ What a completely different world from today's perspective: Despite all the hustle and bustle, there was still a feeling of serenity without today's downright terrorizing hectic pace, stress, time pressure - and you always ask yourself: How did we get here...

[@bryansmith1920]

I was born in Chatham Kent 1954, I got Married in Welling in Kent, 1975, I lived in Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, in 1976 with that years Drought, Bags of gravel in your loo Cistern, to reduce water usage, Of Course 1977 was Queen Elisabeths Jubilee, I never made it up to North Yorkshire, until the early 90's, I still live in Peterborough, But me little Sis made it up to Peterlee, What a fantastic Isle we live on, Best in the World,

[@kenstevens5065]

Still plenty of blokes with suits, collars and ties on ready for a day on the beach!

[@Paulruk]

Going to send this to my 90 year old mum, she’s from Yorkshire and she always complains about how much litter there is on the streets these days and nobody cares 😂

[@andypalin3287]

We went to Filey every year as kids from the mid sixties onwards. Then into Scarborough at night for the amusements. Finishing off with Fish n Chips at the Fish Pan. Great days indeed! 😃

[@RegCostello]

It was a nice touch to put Radio 2/Radio 1 combined in the soundtrack. No sign of the long hot summer yet.

[@wobber999]

I preferred Scarborough back In the 70s and the tree walk wonderland was brilliant.

[@craiglbeaumont]

When did the Tree Walk Wonderland close down? I remember it in the mid-80s.

[@wobber999]

@@craiglbeaumont It closed In 1990 unfortunately, there are attempts to get It back and running again but as usual scarborough council are dragging their feet, the same goes for the mere that was brilliant too as a young lad.

[@dawnyWestScotland]

Loved this! 💛

[@hoisin75]

If they could see what's happened to the grand hotel since their hearts would break

[@chriswaring5565]

AYE SALMONELLA TOWERS AS I CALL IT

[@AtheistOrphan]

Being based in Sussex we used to alternate our seaside trips between Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Brighton, and the Isle of Wight (Sandown, Shanklin and Blackgang Chine).

[@skagamnesia1972]

I loved going to scarborough beach and open air pool and peasholme park as a kid

[@AndrewDaley-lr9qg]

Have you seen the battle ship display there.

[@MichaelLoda]

I love this channel so much

[@ModelRailwaysUnlimited]

Absolutely wonderful, what a great little production! I remember Radio 2 on long wave. Hard to believe it was so long ago!

[@jimbo6693]

I actually feel like crying when I'm watching this. This was my England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and my youth when England was for the English and we were a proud country..

[@ziggsstar]

You mean no black people? We were called 'the sick man of Europe' for a good reason.

[@KS777-h1w]

what?? LOL

[@robn973]

Shame none of you could be arsed to pick up your litter, though, eh?

[@jimbo6693]

@robn973 Haven't you got a free Palestine march to go to on.??. 🤡 🤡

[@LAMF25]

@@robn973 No one did back then.

[@johnathanryan2117]

" We're from Blackburn!" Fair owd treck for the day that.

[@garyrigby21]

She said Bradford

[@JJONNYREPP]

1976: SCARBOROUGH Bank Holiday | Classic BBC documentary | BBC Archive 26.11.24 1053am i wouldn't admit to that... good idea, though - shouting out the time of the last train to one's home town... the day's yer own, then...

[@smitz7847]

They still come from that way for the day now. 🥷

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@smitz7847 1976: SCARBOROUGH Bank Holiday | Classic BBC documentary | BBC Archive 2201pm 29.11.24 on the steam trains to wander round scarboro and find the pub which sells a decent pint.

[@davethepacer]

I thought we had a litter problem these days, but the amount of litter there was shocking !

[@Carlos-o3l1j]

If I remember rightly most of the litter bins in highly populated areas were removed at that time due to the IRA’s tendency to hide bombs in them. Which would explain the litter

[@keithfalkingham8861]

​@@Carlos-o3l1j then you take it home, no excuse

[@FoobsTon]

​@@keithfalkingham8861 You're applying the social mores of today to yesteryear. In 40 years time people will likely be disgusted at your use of a petrol car and a gas boiler today.

[@trebsscan9644]

Bit late to comment on litter picking. Unless you have a Tardis ​@@keithfalkingham8861

[@pauldixon3953]

​@@Carlos-o3l1j Removal of litter bins due to terrorism was a 90s phenomenon. Litter was appalling in the 70s.

[@belleooo]

The year of the ladybirds that flooded the east Lincolnshire coast where I holidayed that year and other areas. One hot summer. Scarborough is still a great place to visit. Lovely Yorkshire accent, I could have a grand conversation with any of these guys and match their slang ha ha. I remember this like it was yesterday. Takes a video like this for me to realise how things have moved along.

[@Jack_Warner]

I wish I could go back to 1976. I was 14. I only wish I'd been old enough to drive.

[@angelacooper2661]

If I went back to 1976, I would have been six and halfway through infant school then, eight years younger than you!

[@chriswaring5565]

I WAS 10 YEARS OLD IN 1976 CAN REMEMBER THAT LONG HOT SUMMER WATER SHORTAGES

[@rensha8635]

Even the seagulls sounded happier then

[@ianwhitehead691]

Oh how I wish I could go back to 1976 again, We could have PuNk rOcK start all over again. Great days 😂🤣🧷

[@sonnysingh2617]

Wonderful marvellous video footage of seaside life from the late 70s..absolutely priceless..thank you for posting 🙏🙏

[@bhamboy05]

76 would have been classed as mid 70s surely

[@melthebell33]

tbh i dont remember ever going to Scarborough as a kid despite coming from Sheffield, we went to Blackpool, Cleethorpes, Mablethorpe a lot, it wasnt until i got my own family we went a couple of times, now i live near Whitby.

[@nigelhall6714]

The litter is quite shocking.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

I was just thinking how little of that colonialism and pillaging the world for centuries actually got to the common people It’s astonishing!

[@andydixon2980]

Bloody northerners. 😅

[@JJONNYREPP]

1976: SCARBOROUGH Bank Holiday | Classic BBC documentary | BBC Archive 1049am 26.11.24 you think that's bad. go to Margate and walk down the prom at 4am or 5am prior to the fine old road sweepers and trashmen setting to work. post-apocalyptic is not the word.......

[@johnd8538]

It was like that everywhere then, I was 8 when this was made and about that time at school they were drumming it into us about littering. There was a song, milk bottle tops and paper bags, iron bedsteads, dirty old rags...

[@Happyinmyautotrail]

The litter!! It’s easy to think this is a modern problem but obviously our nation has always been scruffy. I really don’t remember litter when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s

[@LocutorBritanico]

Great to see life in the UK back in the 70s.

[@Paul-010]

Yes, so much better than today.

[@angelacooper2661]

Especially when you are infant school age, like me - I was just six!

[@Jefferson1969-u4s]

Before woke hysteria and mass Muslim immigration.

[@joannefoster891]

That was lovely! I used to spend a few weeks at my grandparents house in Scarborough every summer during the 70's, loved the amusements, and especially Jaconelli's, where we treated ourselves to a knicker bocker glory. Always took my Nana to a show at The Futurist. After i left school, we moved to Cayton, and I worked at Eves cafe for the summer. I dont remember all that litter though, what a mess!! Fond memories though.

[@phelimoneill8000]

Have seen many about Scarborough…being born in 1966 and living there for 5 years in my 20s…this I very much relate to…….definitely one of the best and must sees….FIVE STARS……..JOE

[@ianhartley6253]

Lovely film. I was 10 then and went on holidays to see my grandma and auntie and uncle in 1976. And remember fondly my uncle driving a double Decker bus and picking me my sister and mum up at the bus stop. Oh happy innocent times

[@jerryduhon1075]

WONDERFUL VIDEO

[@stuartwaby3081]

That Summer, began in April with blistering Sun and beautiful Blue skies and everyday just got hotter and it lasted until August bank holiday with torrential rain, remember it well, i was 21 and it's one of the best years ever ❤

[@dannywhite3538]

Oh what a long hot summer that year.

[@amandawhiteley6737]

I was 10 in that year, a fabulous summer, but we were at Filey that year, mid August ❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@kaymann8007]

God, this is gorgeous.

[@SheilaThomson-sj7qk]

Brilliant film. My Aunt & Uncle lived there at this time & we used to stay with rhem on holiday.

[@DixieDaydreamer]

I was born in the 1970s in London and spent most of my childhood holidays camping with my mum and dad in Scotland and the North of England, my parents loved the north and the people there. My mum was forever having to go to the lost children huts to get me as I had a tendancy to wander off and get lost in my own dream world, ha! I guess it's why to the very day I love the simple pleasures of going to a seaside town on a cold, wet and windy day, it chases the idiots away and all you need then is a raincoat and bravery to go out and enjoy the wet and windy prom in a UK seaside town. One of the first holidays my girlfriend ( now my wife of 30 yeras ) and I ever took together was in Scarborough at the beginning of the 1990s. A happy innocent time, I can still see her wonderful youthful cheeky face in my memories, always beaming from ear to ear while I stomped about in my goth trench coat and Dr Martin boots tyring to look mean and moody! ha ha! It was finding ourselves with little to do but talk and just be together and with few distracitons, that helped us fall madly in love with each other, something we still have to this day together despite all the trials and tribulations life has thrown at us. Scarborough is still one of the most important places in our lives, the place where my dreams came true to fall in love with the most perfect girl in the world.

[@DH-kp4vb]

This piece is about Scarborough, not you.

[@ToniTerrier]

"The Pong of the assembled Poms " XD this had me chuckling lol.

[@londonmadeeasy]

Being a North Yorkshire lad I’ve spent many a depressing bank holiday in Scarborough

[@Jamez1093]

@AlberttheFlasher-i7wbecause it’s a dump pal

[@ianwhitehead691]

Being a Lancashire lad I've spent many a depressing bank holiday in Blackpool 🤣👍🏻

[@anonnemo2504]

So many people with so much in common!

[@mikebutler3263]

Quite charming.

[@zoekayira5884]

Wow, makes me feel ancient. I am from Scarborough but moved away when I was 20. (Born 1973) Lots of familiar sounds, from the train doors to the paper man shouting! 🤣 Was there an appearance half way through from the local 70s, peado jaconelli? We are certainly evolved since those days (thank god!)

[@mjruston1]

Has this been made just for me? Thank you.

[@simonkane]

Phenomenal. Thank you for sharing.

[@terrybarton8388]

I was on one of those six Royal Navy Frigates, HMS Gurkha F122….. Happy memories!… A/B Dick Barton (Special Agent for the use of!..)