Grew up going here every year as a child. Have so many good memories from it. Kills me to see it this way.
@steepedinmagick619810 жыл бұрын
I was a bluecoat at Blackpool in 1985 aged 21. It has always stayed with me, some good times some bad but that is life. I have made contact over the years with other bluecoats I worked with but time has moved on and it's impossible to recaptured those times.
@TraceyAnneCreativeIdeasWithBSL3 жыл бұрын
I remember going here as a kid with my dad, my nanna and my cousins happy times they were and now the place is gone I loved the swimming pool the best of all thank you for sharing with us all
@xbeanx30003 жыл бұрын
Do you mean that circular area? My childhood memories are so faint but remember a shallow circular water area. I also remember a paddle boat that was sunk in the middle of it (I went in late 80's). The whole area felt massive as a child.
@ELPaso1990TX10 жыл бұрын
Blackpool was one of the best pontins holiday camps. Such a mistake they destroyed it. They've closed all the best camps, such as Wall Park in Brixham, Barton Hall Torquay. Sadly with its present management, what few camps are left of Pontin's are going down hill rapidly.
@TheBeingRealChannel9 жыл бұрын
In fairness to pontins they did want to do the camp up and renew the lease , they probably did see it as a potential flag ship for pontins going forward but the owner of the land seen things differently unfortunately.
@barneyboscoe13 жыл бұрын
As an ex proffesional wrestler,i did shows there from 1974 to 1986,and met many friends there in that time,it was the best camp of them all,and my grandma ,uncle and auntie lived on the camp when it was Squires gate in 1951/2,sadly missed.
@peterainsworth80269 ай бұрын
The two things that made the whole holiday camp experience what it was were lots and lots of people and investment in the camps themselves. You'd have to have been to them at their peak to understand the sense of life and happiness that came from being at fully booked camp full of activities and fun. Once that went so did the investment. The decrepid empty shells we ended up with in Blackpool and other pontins were/are unrecognisable.
@dianemorton94732 жыл бұрын
I had lovely memories ,working at pontine Blackpool ,happy years off my life a waitress ,1976/1977, sad to see it go ,
@keithblake15948 жыл бұрын
I stayed at Blackpool in the 70s and i still remember it as one of the best holidays ive ever had, 10 out of 10 so sad to see such negative comments Im going to start a bring back Pontins campaign............
@TheBeingRealChannel8 жыл бұрын
+Keith Blake Well it be great to see a pontins back in Blackpool and they could really use it for the area as well! Unfortunately it wont be on the the site it was on as the building of the houses has started. I stayed in Blackpool pontins for years as a kid with my parents! I would not have one complaint about the place and either would they, and the staff in Blackpool pontins where always amazing as well.
@paulietrev113 жыл бұрын
@martymart1980 I was a Bluecaot and a entertainments Manager here for 3 seasons during the mid 80's ..When they started knocking this site down it was criminal..One of the most valueble assets that Pontins had..many great memories ..
@katiebayliss_x94823 жыл бұрын
Why did they get rid of it🥺😭
@TheBeingRealChannel13 жыл бұрын
@rammergramps Thanks for watching and hopefully we can keep the memory of this place going.
@ethangregson77435 жыл бұрын
My first ever holiday was here. Bless
@rammergramps14 жыл бұрын
Sadly a place now I will never get to see, I was shocked to discover when it was closed in 2009. then the last was they had a fire somewhere on the site. A lot of history is gone. Thank you for sharing
@50rebec11 жыл бұрын
I worked here in 1972 as an overworked Chalet maid! I worked in the chalets that were across a field where they would put all the young holiday makers...out of sight out of mind. Good times!
@The8thDOCTOR11 жыл бұрын
Scrummy Breakfasts Fun Fun Fun in the pool. Then into Blackpool, Winter Gardens and Pleasure Beach, come back starving... Soup and turkey in the Canteen...and as much ice cream as you could munch down. Great Live entertainment at night. Whites Lemonade from the massive bar area. Collapse to bed.
@callumefc147510 жыл бұрын
Makes me sad watching this have lots of memories from it as a kid spent affair bit of my childhood here with my family :(
@marvin79508 жыл бұрын
Makes me cry lol
@callumefc14758 жыл бұрын
+Neil S me too mate :(
@katiebayliss_x94823 жыл бұрын
Why did they get rid of it, blackpool looked the best pontins out of them all🥺
@TheBeingRealChannel14 жыл бұрын
Just an update on the site,they have started to demolish the site,the bar,leisure centre and swimming pool are demolished now along with alot of the accommodation,very sad to see.
@kennymarsden68926 жыл бұрын
so many happy holidays, spent with the family at Blackpool, so sad to see it now
@TheBeingRealChannel13 жыл бұрын
@martymart1980 Ya its a real shame and as a visitor to this park for the last couple of years it was really sad to go around the camp when it was closed,it was like a ghost town,hard to believe a place that was so full of life could be so quiet .
@bencarroll862610 жыл бұрын
why close it down i loved this park i am 13 we have to go to pontins prtayen in walies
@shelleywright7387 Жыл бұрын
I work there in the 80s fantastic times meet my first boyfriend lee😂❤❤
@peterclark84086 жыл бұрын
It was in St. Annes, not Blackpool.
@joshlunt78276 жыл бұрын
peter clark The road that it was on goes into Blackpool though
@leonardo148010 жыл бұрын
Have some fond memories of it when I was young, the room we had wasn't that good but was liveable why did they close Pontins Blackpool?
@TheBeingRealChannel9 жыл бұрын
They closed due to the greed of the owner he was leasing it out to pontins but decided to close it and demolish and build houses backed my government scheme,it is still derelict at the moment with work due to start on the houses but all in all it could have be kept open even for a few year more as noting was done with the site in last few years, its a huge loss to the area in my opinion as it obviously brought alot of traffic into the pleasure beach and shops etc. Really sad to see it that way such a shame.
@leonardo14809 жыл бұрын
TheBeingRealChannel yeah such a shame!
@MissMairead14 жыл бұрын
some of these picture have been taken from the inside so how did you get them if your not allowed in?
@TheBeingRealChannel8 жыл бұрын
For Anyone who wants to see the Pontins Site Now! www.google.ie/maps/@53.7715227,-3.0510753,3a,75y,74.69h,83.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJHtgqMDgImcoqQRaH8jVkQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
@TheBeingRealChannel14 жыл бұрын
@mm23031 It was bit tricky,there is security on the site waiting for people to go in.
@50rebec11 жыл бұрын
does anyone realise that once a light aircraft crashed into some of the holiday makers chalets? Some of the kitchen staff helped with the rescue
@TheBeingRealChannel14 жыл бұрын
@Halkyn08 no if you enter the site or try to enter they will stop you ,they might waite until you enter the site to catch you.
@jetty3yo14 жыл бұрын
awh i went there a few times sad to see it go :(
@paulietrev112 жыл бұрын
@martymart1980 Well I was a Bluecoat in1986 /87/88 ..Trevor Hemmings bought Pontins and it went down hill from that moment on
@susancottonackroyd54511 жыл бұрын
I worked there in the 1980s as a young chalet maid.
@mallerstang114 жыл бұрын
very sad it has closed had some good times there
@pontinsmemories55177 жыл бұрын
r.i.p pontins blackpool heart breaking to see it in this state but why did they shut the lovely place down???
@nomorepontins60912 жыл бұрын
then i went to great yarmouth to find out caister pontin gone too why the better pontins site have been shut down?or were they the bigger sites cause most left are the smallers ones, and i went to pakefield not long ago, i never go again !!! but loved blackpool cant belive it gone
@MichelleGoffVA12 жыл бұрын
a pretty sad site :( I just felt my childhood die....I hope the bastards who own it are happy now.
@MissMairead14 жыл бұрын
how did you get in there?:O
@tomasroberts67978 жыл бұрын
WHAT IS THIS SONG CALLED
@sasmcdade86855 жыл бұрын
Great spot.
@QKingsleyPW9 жыл бұрын
im goin to pontins brean sands in 3 days and its sad to see that even one pontins site has closed its doors...
@kyledawson32758 жыл бұрын
+TheLivingDead I went to Pontins Brean sands on 3 september 2015 and had 892
@kyledawson32758 жыл бұрын
+Kyle Dawson (GoldenKittyCat) +TheLivingDead It had its bad parts but there's something that makes me want to go again
@TheBeingRealChannel14 жыл бұрын
@mm23031 By avoiding the security
@nomorepontins60912 жыл бұрын
so so sad to see this, i just remember the happy chidhood times we had therethen took my own kids,, then went to book a yearor so back to fine it shut, i felt if a peace of me gone with it so so sad, why ? why blackpool ? :>(
@disconatasha13 жыл бұрын
little bams why do they have to desory it mad pricks i am 13 and it is terrible :(
@coolkitten8613 жыл бұрын
yeh and because if this person i ended up in rubbish haven camp. Pontins is the only holiday camp that is the closest to a nostalgic 70s holiday camp and thats why love it so much. Butlins and haven, have lost there soul, there just heartless overpriced, money grabbing twats. So it breaks my heart when another camp shuts. Its just such a waste It must be more awful for you though. Do you know why they closed it thanks :)