Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1978

[@harriethare9266]

Life was so much better back then and Blackpool was amazing😍🇬🇧

[@tjall]

It sure was 😊

[@GazLarge]

You obviously never had an outside bog or a Morris Marina 🤣

[@peteraustin370]

Miss those days...and my Dear Parents...You don't know what you've got.....Till it's Gone....!!!!!!!!!

[@paulthomas3841]

Good old days, no Stress, Happy, 9-30 am until 5 pm

[@johnnyboy-f6v]

Never a truer word. I miss those happy times with my parents!

[@Bella-zq6nb]

That was when Blackpool was brilliant. I loved it. Now a pensioner it's lovely to see the old videos. Thank you

[@mackenzierough]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@bmac5085]

I was there with my parents, and brother in the summer of 78. We had a great time, a wonderful era. My parents are both gone now. Miss them both very much. This brings back nice memories 😊.

[@Lazerbather400]

Those were the days and we never even knew it. Life as we know it today is just a dull impersonation of what it once was. We have our memories though. Beautiful footage.

[@purplesunflower8242]

I totally agree ! who ever is managing the Pleasure Beach has no love of rides ! they also closed Southport, The times on the Pleasure Beach and at the Discos with my peer group Blackpool hey days ! So sad things have changed for the worse ! And looks like England!

[@d.w.390EzraHawkwind]

That really explains it in a nutshell.

[@PinkysProductions]

Amanda tompson dose the iceshrink she always did ecen wen jeff was running it nicks toke over part of the park side but hes no lover of rides. Bpb still is gd the scare fest was a brillent idea never been there b4. But nothing will beat old time of wen jeffory run it or when keith was manger of park old times will live on in our memorys

[@Faulty720]

You're having a laugh right? So the constant maintenance of Britain's and the one of the world's oldest coasters, the big one and it's retracking, the new Mack multi-launch ICON? The refurbished plaza and valhalla? Cheap food prices compared to other parks? And on the price I totally agree with the pay before entry system. Every other major park in the UK also uses this system and Blackpool is one of the best value parks too. Plus this system keeps security in better standing and has a higher chance of keeping people who just wanna cause trouble out

[@matthewbritton4149]

@@purplesunflower8242 and frontierland in morecambe when i was 9 or 10yrs old they had the biggest wheel in Europe then they sold it to an amusement park in America it was great going in funhouse and the mousetrap i remember standing on my tiptoes to be same hight as entry level to get on it brilliant times and memories🙏👍🎡🎠🎢🎪🕊🌷⚘😪😢

[@davidbutterworth5258]

When I see this, I'm grateful that I lived through that time and earlier (1950s and 1960s). It was a totally different world and it's regretful that there has been so much change.

[@yammychops]

yes, change is not all its cracked up to be....

[@selenasmith2489]

@blackzed 👍👍👍👍👍

[@selenasmith2489]

I'm with you on this one 👍

[@jaktag]

i totally agree! even more since the pandemic.😫

[@neilgillespie4498]

Since they filled the country up with barbarians! It’s now an unbearable hell hole ! So sad !

[@stevenlynch5375]

I was there in 78 with my beautiful girlfriend sadly no longer on this earth . I wish I could go back and relive that one more time . Precious memories, thanks for sharing

[@mackenzierough]

Sorry to hear that.

[@martinnaylor]

Born in 71 and my mum and dad and sometimes my grandparents would take us off to Blackpool for the day late 70's early 80's ,definitely something magical about the place back then as a kid.

[@chrisevans5259]

I remember as a kid going to day trips to Blackpool during the summer holidays in 1970s and 80s ......loved it ,..my parents never had a lot of money during my childhood, but day trips to the seaside like Blackpool and Rhyl were real treats, and I now realize how golden those times really were

[@DoctorDave5]

I was there in 1978 and for a kid it was just about the most magical place in the world. Going back next month and for a grown up it’s still magical. Love Blackpool.

[@neilgillespie4498]

I bet it’s hell on earth since the replacement

[@ferguslindsay1661]

What a fantastic film , brings back so many family memories of Blackpool holidays in th 1970s. A pleasure to watch a family having lots of time together on a day out

[@mackenzierough]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@wordup1944]

Lovely to watch, I miss the 70s

[@kane211]

Aww bless that girl in the video can watch this and look back at her grandad and mum and dad as young adults

[@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

I bet she is watching it now with her grandchildren 😊 ❤

[@kane211]

@@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer good chance the old guys dead so be wonderful to have such a amazing video to watch

[@lukebennett1648]

@@kane211 good chance? Unless he's one of the world's oldest people!

[@Lucas16IDK]

How old was he

[@andysmith8890]

If she was 25 then let’s say then she’d be 68 now

[@mondodaftasabrush]

I remember sitting on that bench with my sister for the traditional holiday Blackpool in 78 good times

[@zephead2112]

Thank you for sharing this incredible footage. I grew up in St Annes and my parents would often take me to the Pleasure Beach. My late Father would accompany me on any ride I wanted to go on, he was a good sport. Seeing these images is almost like being given the opportunity to travel back in time because they are so personal to me. I have vivid memories of the Pleasure Beach but this footage has brought back so many additional memories. Seeing this, almost all of the sights and sounds (and even smells!) have been brought back to me.

[@mackenzierough]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@badasgamerpro5448]

I am a 12 year old lad who wears tracksuits day after day but its nice to see people wearing normal clothes not once i see a young boy in baggy clothes i really enjoyed this video thank you so much for sharing

[@mackenzierough]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@ladytron9188]

Blackpool was great back in the day,but sadly those days will never come back.

[@colinevans39]

So true the world and society is screwed greed and poor behaviour related to bad politics etc etc I hate the world we are in sorry for being so honest lol x

[@Costa_del_Artlepool]

Back when England was English.

[@FART-REPELLENT]

@@Costa_del_ArtlepoolIt still is English as 80% of British people are native white British.

[@Costa_del_Artlepool]

@@FART-REPELLENT You're repeating out of date info, which was severely underestimated at the time. But even if 80% was true it'd be way too low, and that shouldn't need to be explained to anybody.

[@FART-REPELLENT]

@@Costa_del_Artlepool Your opinion is solely based on Right-Wing media hysteria. While it is true that over the last 20 years we’ve had open borders, the population of native white British people heavily outweighs ethnic minorities; before the turn of the century ethnic minorities only accounted for 10%, now it’s double that at 20%.

[@LeShark75]

This footage is gold to me and must be gold to the family, this is exactly how I remember The Pleasure Beach. Amazing footage, thanks for sharing.

[@mackenzierough]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@LeShark75]

I'd say I enjoyed it alright. Brought back many many memories of summer holidays and day trips from the early 80's. If I could just walk through here one more time with my Grandparents and my Father... Again, thank you.

[@mackenzierough]

@classic camper My ex wife her brother and family and Father in law

[@mackenzierough]

@classic camper I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@zamiadams4343]

Happiest days of my life were spent at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the late 70's and early 80's. It was mind blowing for a kid, thanks for this amazing footage, all my memories come flooding back.

[@peterdockrill9653]

Remember going on the revolution ride when it was introduced in 1980.

[@bens1972]

I can hear the laughing guy in the kiosk in the background... Lots of memories as a kid going here at the same time as this video

[@ST6-Music]

And yet over 40 years later that laughing man is still going.

[@janinefarnell1119]

Me too

[@Mark-ms5pn]

Laughing policeman

[@christislord2832]

I wonder whose voice they used 🤔

[@kathleenrobinson9532]

i remember going to Blackpool with my family when i was eight..30 yrs later i live in Blackpool and just love this place.

[@spiralcreation9697]

Beautiful, a world before social media where people had real communication and real relationships

[@ianstewartorr8455]

Correct 100%

[@MondoCoasters]

Ok boomers

[@matthewbritton4149]

@sam mark 👌👍👏well said brilliant comment🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎡🎢🎪🎠

[@maboelnreads]

Why do people always talk like there’s no way we can still have real communication and relationships? It’s all a matter of choice, you know! You chose to give your kids mobile phones, so deal with it.

[@martinnorth2680]

I was born in this year, was in the blue version of the buggy and my parents started taking me to Blackpool in 1981, I was really lucky to go so many times and I still go regularly today.

[@darrenwalsh4794]

wow, that brings back memories. i worked there in 1978 (15 years old). thanks for sharing.

[@moodyguymick]

A nice family enjoying time together.

[@TheEx3rgj]

I was there in August 1978 with my girlfriend at the time I was only eighteen, jeez where’s the years gone, happy times.

[@Mary-1888]

The good old days....brought back lovely memories...😊

[@mackenzierough]

Great, I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@Mary-1888]

@@mackenzierough it was brilliant..

[@markduckmanton4227]

A trip to Blackpool was like wining the lottery when we were kids. I still have my certificate for being the first 500 on the revolution. The B&Bs were clean, warm, affordable and did great full English breakfasts. Make Blackpool great again!

[@truth.speaker]

It's getting better I think

[@handsoffmycactus2958]

Why would you want your accommodation to be warm when it is boiling in summer? You’d want it to be cool and fresh

[@christislord2832]

@@handsoffmycactus2958it’s rarely warm in Blackpool

[@catdaddy5472]

A time when England was enjoyable

[@DaveSmith-go3hk]

Always remember my grandma and grandad used to go to blackpool for two week every year used to love the postcard they would send us as kids , miss them both so badly blackpool reminds me of them and how happy they looked in the photos

[@dainfarley9057]

Thank you for this dear memory sad as it is to watch a wonderful time gone by

[@mackenzierough]

You're very welcome

[@mickeymunkchunk4512]

A lot of people stopped going on the pleasure beach when they started to charge an entrance fee, I'm 61 and have great memories going to Blackpool with my mates and girlfriends, the woman on this video was classed as a real fit bird back then, nice flairs, big hair, where were the kiss me quick hats.

[@anniespencer7879]

I went to Blackpool to see a play in 2010. In the afternoon I went up to the Pleasure Beach just to walk round and look. I was told I had to buy an armband for £20 just to get in, and sadly had to give up on my plan.

[@jimsteele2072]

That Redhead is a Fox!

[@purplesunflower8242]

Yes paying a fee to walk around is robbery.. 63! And remember the hey day of the pleasure Beech more laughter! Then!

[@DavE-bh8lz]

She sure is attractive and exactly how I remember the girls looking back then. I was 21 in 1978, so remember it well. Great times indeed!!

[@jasonmitchell3398]

Superb film. Many thanks for posting. Better times!!

[@krisscross44]

The 1970's Power cuts, the 3 day week, dodgy fashion and it was still better than the sh** we have today.

[@desertrose1226]

At least we were free no Coronavirus hanging around like a bad Chinese takeaway.

[@MsSmigger55]

Spot on...👍

[@CheshireCat6639]

Awww what a fabulous trip down memory lane, i was 18 great fun times in sunny Blackpool 🎉 ty for staring 🎉

[@steveaustin6467]

cheap and cheerful before modern life stepped in, it was affordable, even the fish and chips were nicer, great footage

[@mackenzierough]

Thank you, yes great times.

[@verbee4856]

I prefer it now icon is the best

[@verbee4856]

@i i years off i am 15 near 16 and I'm also coaster enthusiast and i only listen to gorillaz alot and what the f is drill music

[@ladytron9188]

Blackpool was never cheap.You could spend a fortune on holiday there.

[@ingertaylor8444]

what a brill movie , loved seeing the place the rides and the prices (yes we did spot the 20p ride) the clothes etc took us back to our youth well done

[@mackenzierough]

Hi, I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@gnarly7769]

This is brilliant. It's like watching a weird cheese dream of my hazy memories of the 70s.

[@mackenzierough]

I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@nicoriggall]

G Narly 5 counties?

[@7ofthem]

G Narly I remember going to Blackpool in the early 70s and sitting in a leaky tram where someone had put a sticking plaster on the roof 😂 , I remember the fun and the lights , great , happy home movie .

[@vlobster7660]

I've travelled the world due to my job and luckily have had amazing holidays.But when i see this it excites me more than anywhere i've been.We used to holiday in Blackpool in the late 70s early 80s every july for 2 weeks.When you could see the tower in the distance as you drove nearer it just filled you with joy.I used to love the Funhouse at the Pleasure Beach so to see this on here is fantastic.Thanks for sharing this happy history!.

[@colincarroll5953]

Great nostalgic trip down memory lane of the Blackpool that was the fair in its prime and the lights too and a time when britain was Britain a much happier simpler time pre internet and before political interference and PC drove us all mad- gem of a video.

[@tonygunk8261]

My first holidays as a kid were to blackpool. Went three years in a row in 81, 82 and 83. We used to get the train down from glasgow and stay in a B&B. As a young kid the pleasure beach was brillant fun. I came back down in july of this year with my 5 year old daughter and she loved it. I went on the alice in wonderland ride for the first time in 36 years and the memories came flooding back.

[@colincarroll5953]

Yes had some great hols myself both young with parents and then with mates in late 80s lots fab memories there I generally pop down twice a year to reminisce etc and see the lights or take in a Blackpool fc game.

[@tonygunk8261]

@@colincarroll5953 even though its a bit rough around the edges in places (can say that about most towns and cities) you can see that blackpool is still putting on a show for visitors. Its only 3 hours away in the car so will defo be back at some point.

[@anniespencer7879]

As a disabled person I'd like to say that the Internet is a big help to me. Apart from that, there was a wonderful atmosphere in Blackpool in the sixties and seventies.

[@colincarroll5953]

@@anniespencer7879 That's great that it's a big help to you we all need the internet for something its necessary to have it in modern life I use it alot but the point I'm making is we did get by without it in more genteel times and had more time for eachother but times change I guess .There is good and bad on internet the bad being the scams the organised crime and the sexual predators etc the good being the apps which give us easy access to world news sport friends you tube ebay etc so it does have great benefits too.

[@stacyturner3150]

I remember the ride that you showed at the start of the video the octopus, been on it many times years ago, nothing like it use to be Blackpool

[@biggdogg99848]

Loved it went holidays down there every year when a was a kid in the eighties it was buzzing

[@purplesunflower8242]

The Canadian Monster....

[@JustMeZero988]

I loved Blackpool when I was younger (now 61) and I went to the pleasure beach many times. I even have a caravan in Blackpool now which I go to every weekend. But then they brought in this ridiculous idea of charging EVERYBODY to get in (EVEN IF YOU WASN'T GOING ON THE RIDES) which we don't at our age, but the kids and grandkids would. BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE SINCE THEY STARTED THAT many many years ago. I wrote to them saying that they would be making MORE money as my wife and I would be playing the arcades ETC whilst the kids were doing the rides, and also, making the money on the cafes and restaurants as we would ALL be eating and drinking. But they replied saying the '''board of directors''' on their £110k+ annual pay, thought it was better to charge people entering and that was the way to go. (that is them on their £100k+ that think it is a reasonable price to pay), but they don't live in the real world where it is almost a weeks wages for some to go in there for one day for a family. So it hasn't changed, and I haven't been in now for many years. So they have lost all my money and others like me. PITY REALLY.

[@germans1]

Same here not been in since they charge. Like you I would spend money in the food and drink shops go on the odd ride of my choosing.

[@tonyball3927]

Neither have I

[@8-bitsteve500]

Yeah I still live near the Pleasure Beach and I used to enjoy walking through the place every so often but since they made you pay to enter, I've never been back. The amusing thing is, by me walking around or through, I'd always spend some money on arcade machines or food/drink. but now they've lost that.

[@nicoriggall]

Colin Parry - Droflas totally

[@seanhatch6415]

It's a system that actually makes the park much safer. It discourages people who are looking to cause trouble since they have to pay to get in which has reduced crime within the pleasure beach. It also means that children can't just wander out of the park into Blackpool which has allowed school trips to visit the park since the children can't leave without a teacher. This increase in revenue from other groups of people is far greater than the likes of your few 10p's going into the slot machines. Personally, I prefer the safer, less crowded park as it is today.

[@peterarmstrong3298]

What a fantastic time capsule. How lucky to have a video recorder in the 70's.

[@mackenzierough]

Glad you enjoyed my movie, not video but shot on Super 8 film.

[@jackiebird6083]

Brilliant footage from much better times.

[@mackenzierough]

Thank you Jackie, yes good times.

[@peakyblinder777]

Great footage from back in the day ! Thank you for sharing this . Its a tragic illusion that many perceive that as we move "forward" through time that we are somehow evolving/progressing ...so sad 🥺

[@mackenzierough]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed my home movie, yes it is sad what's happening these days.

[@James-wp3jq]

I knew there was a monorail at the pleasure beach it went through the fun house but i didn't know there used to be a chairlift. I loved the butlins type chairlifts. Someone needs to invent time travel !

[@mackenzierough]

Correct!

[@LeeThompson-pu6xf]

Loved The Monster when I used to go in my childhood. Great video, simpler times - definitely, better times - probably.

[@philstewart8594]

Awesome, bringing back wonderful memories of days out in Blackpool in the late 70's to mid 80's with my best friend Dave his wife Carol and my lovely wife Denise... thank you for sharing

[@mackenzierough]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@carlieXlouise]

Although I wasn't born until the 90s, it was nice to see parts of the park that were part of my childhood in the late 90s/early 00s that are no longer there

[@batesady]

There are some priceless family memories right there! Very nostalgic for me age 47...

[@chipchipperson5420]

We were a people and a country once.

[@yammychops]

thanks for posting this , i miss simplier ways of life....

[@mackenzierough]

Yes it was, Glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@stellaashcroft1100]

Thank you this has brought back so many wonderful memories my mum loved Blackpool I live in Fleetwood now Blackpool is nothing now compared to when we were kids

[@mackenzierough]

I so glad that you enjoyed my home movie, much better times.

[@ykdickybill]

I went on the infamous ‘ Mouse ‘ didn’t feel safe at all ! It moved around so much ! Felt as if it was going to come of the rails on the corners !

[@garrywood5345]

Went in the Summer..with my daughter She's 31 and I'm 66..Loved it. Can't beat a good laugh

[@sharonellis8776]

This is a great video. It was so much better during the 70's / 80's ! xx

[@mackenzierough]

Thank you, I haven't been back since I shot this!

[@fredgaskit]

Great times at Blackpool in the late 70's. I visit Blackpool Town most years and just been to the pleasure beach last week. I still think it's great.

[@EllieFish1]

Wow!! That took me back a bit. 20p to go on the Wild Mouse. I was 18. Used to go to Blackpool regularly. Life was much better back then. Fantastic footage.

[@mackenzierough]

Hi Ellie, I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@ritasmith978]

Thankyou really liked watching this delightful footage, i have shown it to my teenage daughter who thought it was funny as people were screaming on some of the family rides , nothing like the thrill rides today,. No wifi either, nobody standing around on their phones either!!😊😊

[@mackenzierough]

Hi Rita, I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home home, great times.

[@tinatina1104]

The grand national. A right old scary bone shaker

[@Pedrobakkono7]

Still going today as well

[@wanderer299a]

You get strapped in today. Was very dangerous back then.

[@matoko123]

Especially on the back seat, used to very nearly get thrown out, really hurt my back on it once.

[@alm5966]

I genuinely thought I was having a heart attack on that ride. I was only around 22 but the pain in my chest on that deathtrap was excruciating.

[@kane211]

There having such a good time I love it take me back!!!!! 😫

[@AL4N777]

*AND THATS THE PLEASURE BEACH WE ALL LOVED*

[@johnroberts8233]

And now you have to pay just to go in and take a stroll down memory lane. Ridiculous!

[@bluenose007]

Yes and its still crap today

[@selenasmith2489]

Fantastic times its all gone now 😭

[@handsoffmycactus2958]

@@johnroberts8233 you have to pay to go in all theme parks you pathetic man

[@handsoffmycactus2958]

@@johnroberts8233 it’s a theme park which is a business, it’s not there for your memory lane free of charge

[@worsignor8519]

Great footage of a forgotten time.how times have changed in every way. Some spot on comments below a time when people were happy and made do with what they had.take me back to them days anytime.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Always remember the octopus was the first ride you saw walking in ❤..I also remember playing the game that young guy was playing it was shooting down planes and the volume was always full blast and you could swivel the chair from side to side, haha, great memories

[@mackenzierough]

I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@donna1420]

My first visit to Blackpool was 2 weeks after this was filmed. Brings back the best memories

[@jamiew6438]

Great to see my year of birth captured so innocently on film . I remember being pushed around in the blue version of the blonde baby's buggy !

[@NealLeon-u3x]

Im native American Choctaw nation at13 i moved to wales to live with my Welsh dad he took me to black pool for a week i loved it i had never seen anything like it the noise the people laughing and having a good time the fish and chips and i had candyfloss first time stick of rock 😂😂😂 up the tower 🎉 it was a dream world for me being from native American people 🎉🎉

[@mp3ste1]

Brilliant footage the days when the family british holiday was good fun !

[@nigelcarruthers6113]

Remember that week so well, camping with two mates Dave & Scotty, still got the photo of the three of us on that bench 1st sept 1978. Double denim,sunshine and drinking legally for the first time. Terry Wogan did the illuminations switch on. Thanks for the post, happy days !

[@leefran71]

Great memories on video,this is the pleasure beach I fondly remember,sad to see so many rides that no longer exist, unfortunately the wild mouse has recently now joined them as well.

[@danielledewitt1]

leefran71 It’s good wild mouse is gone.

[@pjkkerr]

I remember the wild mouse. It was terrifying!

[@welovemoistybutter7570]

Danielle Dewitt nah I had tons of memories on that ride yes it was a bone shaker but there’s the fun

[@StewartyMac]

I loved the Wild Mouse, but I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did.

[@BRW1965]

What a find this was! So many memories packed into this gem. Thank you!

[@mackenzierough]

I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie

[@jillhurst7390]

My friend and I spent a lot of time on that Monster ride when we were 14 years old. Happy memories. Different world then

[@mackenzierough]

A far better World then!

[@bazsheasby6529]

How very nostalgic,great video

[@mackenzierough]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@stillevanderer]

This is such a great video, thank you for sharing, it brings back so many happy memories of when Blackpool was at its best!

[@mackenzierough]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@2wittysue535]

Thank you so much for posting this. My late father and I went on holiday to Blackpool every year. Sad thing is it's much the same price to take my Grandson's to Euro Disney for few days than Blackpool for a week! Lovely memories of my Dad before Dementia robbed him from me. 🐾xx

[@mackenzierough]

Hi, I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@Chanesmyname]

Thanks for sharing this, many memories from b p b look just like them.

[@mackenzierough]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@grahamharry2943]

Great. Took me right back. Thanks.

[@mackenzierough]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@harryboy3305]

Pre diversity times. Wonderful

[@rachelroberts6473]

That laughing clown scared the life outta me as a kid lol

[@Parknest]

The first time I went to Blackpool was in 1977 with me, my parents and one of my brothers (the other one wasn't born until 1978). We took a National Express coach (neither of my parents could drive and probably couldn't afford a car anyway) from Bradford for the day. We didn't go to the Pleasure Beach but we did go inside the Tower building. My mum still has the black & white photos she took on the Halina camera which took the 126 films. I'd love to go back in time and take my GoPro with me. It would make for fantastic footage. In 1984 I went to the Pleasure Beach for the first time and I remember the laughing clown. I said something inappropriate about it and got into trouble for it. My mum still has the colour photos of that particular visit as well somewhere. The last time I went to the Pleasure Beach, it was like going through airport security with the metal scanners and X-ray machines.

[@alyb731]

Brings back lovely memories. We had our 2 weeks holidays in Blackpool every year in late sixties to seventies. Great times. Thank you for posting this film.

[@mackenzierough]

I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@robertclarkson5356]

OMG That was amazing, absolutely brilliant , life was great then everyone was much happier no stress no mobile phones ect, I had many a bruise from that wild mouse lol and spent many an hour in the fun house . Great times happy days thank you for the memories. Rob in Dundee.

[@mackenzierough]

Hi Rob, I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@frankburns8946]

The child in the push chair is now around 42/43 years old...sobering thought...

[@raymondmcdonald355]

I was there in 1978, and I was only 3.

[@matthewbritton4149]

I was 6yr old then but my memories are from frontier land in morecambe as my mothers partner gerry had his barbers shop there near the battery its gone now the fairground at morecambe building houses on the old site now was brilliant as a kid i remember goin to the hot ice skating as a 15yr old as i was in fylde farm approved school back in 1987-88

[@matthewbritton4149]

@Martay Artay Art Works haha iam 47yr old now its great in it😀👌

[@tootsiestorm7365]

I,m 47 now , doesn't time fly.

[@juliehotlady]

@@matthewbritton4149 Well I am 54 years old and it appears I was older than all of you in push chairs lol

[@geraldtaylor373]

Lol i was seven just brought back fantastic memories absolutely brilliant thank you for sharing

[@mackenzierough]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie.

[@cliffcindyperry3295]

Great footage . When England was England , not any more …… want a Time Machine to go bank ..

[@MrsShakespeare]

OMG The Octopus! Used to love that!

[@grahamf9351]

The ride was not called the Octopus it was called THE MONSTER and it came from Expo 67 in Canada.

[@SaxJockey]

​@@grahamf9351Yes, it was called the monster when I used to go on it in the 1970s. I can see why it might have the name octopus on some amusement parks.

[@dawnfinch8232]

Thankyou so much for sharing this lol brilliant

[@mackenzierough]

I'm glad that you enjoyed my movie.

[@wills4624]

Fantastic footage. Brought back so many memories when I was a young one. Especially now its lockdown everywhere with the COVID-19 virus. I gotta go back when this ia all over.

[@donovanphillips4973]

Still awesome 2024🎉 Thank you for the awesome scenes

[@mackenzierough]

My pleasure, great times.

[@paddy1437]

awesome. thanks for the memories ❤👌

[@bluelady4183]

Hey look!!! No mobile phones 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Kettyvw]

Blue Lady ok boomer

[@Kettyvw]

Gary Pendleton okay, Gary.

[@lindamcmahon3577]

What people actually talking that would be fantastic, I just ban the use of phones when anybody come in the door, if you visit someone I mean what's the point if u just play games or whatever on it, it's not just young people. Soon people living together will be texting what do you fancy for dinner or would you like a coffee or tea. OMG give the phones and yourself a break. I personally believe the art of conversation is dying. 🤔

[@selenasmith2489]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@selenasmith2489]

@@Kettyvw shut up stuipd you must be one of the young disrespectful ungrateful idiots this world has now got , God help us all

[@johnhewlett531]

Aww so good ..went in 86 and went on the rickety roller coaster ..most rides .It was a great day..and yes noticed no phones..great days..and

[@lambjack1]

Ahh yes i remember it well. Before you know who showed up....

[@lesjoy4387]

Yep we all know who you mean and all agree, ship them out.

[@soulmanpeter2652]

Many thanks for sharing this video.Couldn't beleive at 4minutes 24seconds in was my late father George Gibson.He started working on the beach in 1950 for the Taylor family before he got his own stalls.The Pleasure Beach was his life even after he retired you could still find down on the Pleasure Beach.For me so many happy memories.A greeting.

[@mackenzierough]

I'm so pleased that you found this footage of your father.

[@donna1420]

What a wonderful find for you

[@susanwalton5273]

Fabulous footage, good times before mobiles and extortionate prices to get in anywhere..... lovely film, thank you for sharing it. X

[@mackenzierough]

Hi, I'm glad that you enjoyed my movie.

[@dainfarley9057]

I have a pic of my Dad stood under the giant statue ... and pics of my sister on my Dads shoulders and me and my brother walking beside ..... My Dad in the ground now ... I’d love to go back in time to these days as an adult and say .... “hey Dad wanna go for a pint” he will be like who is this guy? I will be like .......... I’m your son and I miss you so much it kills me everyday let’s just go for a pint 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@justinvardy2652]

Lots of people with happy faces

[@hiboo6012]

back when the sun was yellow

[@Nightjar57-vd1yd]

Great days the 70 s. Tough times but we enjoyed it.Proper music,football , pubs,nightclubs, cheap transport. Even the BBC was decent. Went to Blackpool several times then.

[@glynbirchall9146]

Remember we used to go on the double decker bus from opposite the old central station as kids with my wonderful late grandparents .Mam and dad took one year and in his false wisdom took us on the expensive train .He only had £1 left to spend .(He didnt know the price of the tickets).We had a walk on the beach ,a look round the fun fair with the promise of rides next time we were there .We shared some chips .Oh well.