Butlins Minehead in 1991 Including Monorail

[@ulysses2162]

Me and my family used to go here back in the 80's and early 90's. Things started to change though in the mid to late 90's and it wasn't as good any more. Thank you for bringing back some memories for me.

[@jackiestewart3651]

Looks much better back then and good video with reminders of what once was ..

[@skyhawkerleigh]

Yes, I prefer the old style Butlins

[@goffyam]

great video thanks for sharing it... i do wish the monorail was still here, the monorail and chairlift were the two things that i relate to butlins and always will..... great memories live on

[@MK6062]

Butlins with the best bits, monorail, chairlifts boating lake and outdoor pools. Even with the British summers! Lol

[@yamamlol2000]

thanks for that spent one of the best years of my life working there in 1991 certainly brought back memories for me

[@grahampearce3511]

Wow. This brought back a lot of memories. Thank you for uploading it

[@PhilipDavies62]

I was there about 10 years before you shot this, brings back lovely memories!

[@daledez84]

This is great,, thanks,, brings back happy memories for me and my dad,, we all used to go here an Skegness every year,,, great times!!!!

[@LiamBranch]

I guess when holidays abroad became cheap enough for everyone, these resorts saw a massive decline and had to tear down things that were too expensive to run or needed lots of restoration. I'm sure the Old Winsor building was a massive roller skating rink when I last went. Used to spend hours in the Laser Quest arena, great memories as a kid. With British Summers getting hotter and holidays abroad getting very expensive, maybe these resorts will get busy again.

[@ladyjennyanytime5195]

when i went in 1990 and 91 the roller-rink was at the back near the boating lake , i think underneath the windsor building.

[@stevenedwards2162]

Wish someone with the deepest pockets imaginable, would build a new one like it was back then , I'm sure it would be a successful business venture.

[@OrangeTadders]

So many memories!! Had so many happy memories as a child here!

[@independentpuppy7520]

Much better how it used to be. Same as Skegness. It was a magical wonderland. Ruined now with those big white tents,and everything torn up that used to be outside. Was nice with the monorails,chairlifts,boating lakes,gardens,out door swimming pools,fountains,lanterns,and coloured buildings. Now looks plain and boring.

[@nov3019892008]

Neal Wilson you clearly havent been since the tents went up

[@brettkeepin808]

I agree with grafter, it was magical then but it's amazing with the skyline now, roll with the times😂

[@sambee8982]

Yeah, roll with the times Neal! I liked Butlins from when they had the Skyline Pavilion; 1999 to 2004 was the era that I grew up and knew Butlins, back when they had Noddy.

[@perky26hughes]

100% agree.

[@Rayrazer]

I really enjoyed watching this thanks ! I first went to butlins minehead a year after this was filmed (1992).im so glad you got a little bit of footage of the beachcomber.my favourite memory was supping half a pint of shandy in the beachcomber (i was 14 at the time).the band that played every night in there were called The Manhattans.They were basically just a guitar and bass player playing to a backing track but they were brilliant.Does anyone remember them? Great memories !

[@deangriffin9095]

I remember the Crazy Horse Saloon whenever that was. We use to go to Skegness and Minehead all the time. Just not the same anymore sadly

[@COVbadman79]

Awesome just as I remember Thanks for the video

[@EllisJonesDeath]

Used to come with my mum and dad early to late 90's (before the overhaul) now visiting with my partner and daughter and the place is unrecognizable. There's very little to do here other than 20 mins of this and that (entertainment wise) in intervals. As a kid there was entertainment all evening.. red coats entertaining... now it's so basic. Sad to see the old nightclub with volcanoes outside went... I always wanted to go there when I was a "grown up"

[@perky26hughes]

Agree 100%. Butlin's is rubbish now.

[@TheCormTube]

It's amazing how much it's changed and I only found out there was a monorail from watching this and other vids from the time.

[@MrClarkey01]

Wow. Fantastic footage. I first went to Minehead when I was about 6. I remember it so well. Thanks for posting.

[@newman447]

Went there every year with my Grandparents from the age of 6 until I was about 11.....then went a couple of times with my football team. Can't believe how much it's changed now....

[@billynightmare]

wow thanks for posting this, brought back so many fun memory's

[@patricksullivan7854]

I was there two weeks ago. Apart from the sea it is completely different. Still lot of fun.

[@delphinadolphin]

Watching this video makes me happy and sad. I miss going there and I miss the old layout. I know that everything needs modernising. But it's still sad. I remember when you could see into the swimming pool from the entertainment hall. (I can't remember the name)

[@tdbullock]

Another great video - thank for uploading it. Many happy memories of Butlins in the 90s as a child.

[@ladyjennyanytime5195]

i was there that same year with my Grandparents, last 2 weeks in August. aged 16 We went the previous year and i loved it. Made loadsa new mates a couple of whom im still friends with now after over 30 years. I went back there about 67 years ago as I worked for a company staging shows that went into Centre stage and the lower family friendly venue. Was strange being back ther and it had all changed, Thanks for the trip down memory lane to see it as it was. I had THE most fun there as a teen, My only regret was not taking up the offer of a job as a red coat off of management when i was old enough. yes I was THAT loud attention seeking kid with "personality" lol

[@DJSBOldSkoolHouse]

wow thanks for sharing this awesome video. my gran used to live in minehead back in the early to mid 90s i recall goin to this very same butlins, this video brings back some fond memories of seein the big war ships by the beach. had a look on google earth and boy butlins has changed alot since i last went maybe 1994/95'ish.. any one remember the old big white caddilac limo that was parked up near main entrance? i actually had my pic taken next to the limo must digg them out.. butlins as a whole is barely recognisable to me :/ sad but things change..

[@perky26hughes]

Yeah I remember it well. I worked there from 1994 to 1998, good times.

[@DJSBOldSkoolHouse]

@@perky26hughes WICKED Bet you have some fond memories. :)

[@grayalun]

The outdoor pool was always fun of a bit cold lol

[@garyjackson5070]

I worked on the fair from 1990 to 92 worked the monorail a lot of times I even in one if the morning practice runs crashed the blue one into the other one putting a right dint in the front of the blue one I had an amazing time working there meet some great friends and guasts time of my life

[@80s90sGuy]

Great vid. Thanks for uploading. I was 11 in 1991 and I only have fading memories of Butlins now. This was great..

[@deangriffin9095]

Oh god, i remember that spinning ride in the background as they ride the flying chairs. I'm so old lol.....

[@skyhawkerleigh]

Me too 😅

[@RetailSecurityWorld]

i miss the monorail

[@80s90sGuy]

I also bought and still have the same Terminator T shirt your friend is wearing. I got it from a shop at Butlins!

[@RaVeR076]

Exactly 30 yrs ago today, and im there... Barracuda room.7

[@murdershe......7378]

Hi Lee, looking at the date on the video made me realize that you went the exact same week as we always went every year throughout my childhood, we always went for the last week of September and I was 14 at the time in 1991, did you used to go to the teen club back in the day? You know the one they had on the ground floor with a pool table and a wall you could write on as well, well if you did use to go to that club then it is likely we would have met one another way back when, I loved going and was sad to see the monorail go in 96 but it was looking run down by then so would need lots of investment, Anyway thanks for posting as this has been great to show to my daughter who is now 14 and we are going to Butlins in August for a week so it was good she got to see what it is was like when her mum was her age.

[@ladyjennyanytime5195]

i was gthere last weekend in August so just would've missed you by a mionth. Wasn't the teen club called Bandinos or Banditoss? something like that. Think there were 3 kids cliubs, Whizzy world for infants,(5-8s) Kool-Kats for juniors (7-13s)and seniors , Bandinos(13-16/17a . There was loads to do with the teen red-coat team leaders, had such a laugh and got friendly with most of the redcoats, and even got offered a job when i was old enough. which i never took them up on to my regret. Still life took me down a different path and i wound up back there 6 years ago with one of the shows i was in charge of at the time. Funny how life can take you back to your past unwittingly at times eh! 😀

[@googleboughtmee]

KZbin is a fricking time machine

[@mikekaraoke]

Ah the summer(August) of 1991, I was 10 years old. I remember when all that part was being constructed with the water park, monorail. etc in the 80's in the summer of 1986 then went there just over a year later in Sept of 1987 when it was all open. :-) You got any footage from any Theme Parks-either in UK or/and abroad??

[@StefanPriceUK]

Went all through 70s and until 85. Then went 99. Everything gone. The outside pool (no indoor fun pool in the in 70s and early 80s) 70s the outside pool was a normal pool. Indoor pool was a normal pool with glass so diners could see swimming. 99 no monorail, chair lifts, no talent competition. No Mother and baby competition. NO DISCO DANCING COMPETITION. No fancy dress competition. The white trousers were now red. They had nothing. Reds and a pub. Crap.

[@sambee8982]

I know why the Monorail at Minehead closed in the Summer of 1996, but does anyone know why the Monorail at Skegness closed at the end of 2002?

[@chriswathen9612]

+Sam Bee For anyone who doesn't know - Minehead's was shutdown in 1996 following the two trains crashing into each other. Butlins was later fined £25000 after it emerged that the signalling didn't work and the controller was inexperienced. They probably could've fixed the problems and reopened it again but since it would have to go after the 1998 season anyway as the route went over what is now the Skyline they obviously decided it wasn't worth the bother and so it stayed shut. It was all still in place until 1998, it just didn't run any more. Skeggy's survived the 1999 rebuild due to the route it took but it too presumably would need investment and overhaul to keep it running that they didn't want to do and so it was withdrawn rather than upgraded. The Butlin's of the time saw things like Monorails and Chairlifts as part of the old image they were trying to move away from. Sadly now that they've gone all retro they probably would've kept these features if they were still in place.

[@sambee8982]

Chris Wathen It'd be great if the monorail was brought back; but I would say that the popularity of it declined in 1999 when the skyline was built, and probably because by then, there wasn't much to see.....

[@sambee8982]

@@chriswathen9612 According to a team member who used to work at Butlin's, she said that the monorail at Skegness closed at the end of the 2002 season because it was deemed to be structurally unsafe due to deterioration in the support foundations on the ground.

[@lindat2009]

Fair enough, they could have fixed it though. It was quite exiting and useful

[@dissyduster]

why change it,,was well good in the old days,,,,shame,,,,,,,,,,,

[@courtthree]

Wicked video! Thanks mate.

[@deangriffin9095]

Anyone else thinks Butlins has somehow lost it's charm? Nothing like it use to be and WAY OVER PRICED. Not like it use to be #FUNCOASTWORLD #WIZZYWORLD #MONORAIL 🇬🇧

[@skyhawkerleigh]

Agree

[@skyhawkerleigh]

no, 1991!

[@thisiszaphod]

Sound quality is poor. So is the photography.

[@nov3019892008]

thisiszaphodbeeblebr its from 1991. There were no digital cameras back then

[@markholroyde9412]

You fkn lunatic, it was some teenagers on Holiday ...you have an I phone 11 back then I suppose, twat.

[@brettkeepin808]

This is great for its time, no Apple phones in those days😂

[@brettkeepin808]

I had a Sony view cam back in those days, top notch then 👍

[@tjmiller2086]

It's from 1991 lol