Southend | 1980s Southend-on-Sea | Essex | British Seaside | 1989

[@MrJonpac]

Oh the nostalgia. Seeing them roller skates on a sunny day. When England was England

[@amieetruthwins8731]

Thank you for taking us back to the good old days, used to love going Southend as a kid🙏

[@nikkijackson2981]

In 1989 I was 8 yrs old and went to Llandudno with my grandma&grandpa. I wore a bright pink shell suit that I thought was the absolute bomb and was chased by a huge swan in it.!. We also went tobogganing. (My gran is still going at age 97 & I'm now 40 so feel truly blessed). Great footage guys X :)

[@mikekaraoke]

Depends on what month to be fair. I was 7 in 89 till 18th of June then I was 8. 😁 Where you from, I'm in county of Kent between Dartford/Bexleyheath way! I really miss the 80's. 😭

[@nikkijackson2981]

@@mikekaraoke Up north nr Preston in Lancashire. I miss those times ! X.

[@davidfelix2594]

@@nikkijackson2981 Mikey & Nikki sitting in a tree...Kay Eye Ess Ess Eye En Gee.....

[@mikekaraoke]

@@davidfelix2594 😂🤣

[@mikekaraoke]

@@nikkijackson2981 You say nr Preston in Lancashire, I know Preston and near it are part of Lancashire lol Have you ever been to any parts of Kent?? Last time I was in Lancashire went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool Tower/Madame Tussauds(remember when it was Louis Tussauds), and one of my fav Water Parks-Sandcastle. 😁 That was way back in late summer of 2018!

[@mdamaged]

Ah, the 1980's before they invented sound.

[@civlyzed]

Huh?

[@Benbowrainbow]

@@civlyzed there’s no sound!

[@civlyzed]

@@Benbowrainbow I was trying to make a lame joke :D

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

I remember those quite days.🤣🤣🤣

[@waynegrow]

😄😄😄

[@pod9538]

Do you think them little girls where looking at their I I phones???? NO.. I miss the 90s

[@mikekaraoke]

But this is 80's though, not 90's!

[@michaelmartin9090]

I miss the 70's and 80's

[@glpilpi6209]

Still remember the inside of the Kursaal and the rides and machines plus the old studio display behind the window ( this was the mid late 60s). Taking a ride to the end of the pier in those green and cream train's too.

[@carmencornelianastase1240]

Beautiful video !🌟

[@RetroReminiscing]

Loved watching this..thanks for the nostalgia

[@frazzleface753]

Indeed, now a city 🏰. RIP David Amess ✝

[@colettereed4987]

Loved going to southend, I remember the crooked house very well, lovely memories.

[@manofweed1]

It’s still there and renovated.

[@minxlaura123shorts3]

Love this i am in southend

[@bertiewooster3326]

Left Southend in 1969 went to Siberia far better.

[@esterherschkovich6499]

@@bertiewooster3326 lol..so the salt mines of Siberia were better😜

[@WackyNZ]

@@bertiewooster3326 Left in 82 to NZ.

[@Miawallce80]

I left Southend in 97' now.live in Australia.... Best years of my life was growing up in Southend and westcliff xxxx

[@Miawallce80]

@@bertiewooster3326 lol my family left Dagenham in 1980 for a better life in Southend 🤣🤣🤣🤣 we now live in Australia

[@jasonayres]

(9:48) Bloke on the ladder : What, like when.. Now? Camera man : Yes, yeah. Just act normally, like you were working on the wiring. We're filming a documentary. (10 :38) Bloke on the ladder : What, like, oh you're still here..

[@RetroReminiscing]

lol

[@hazelwray4184]

"Sah-fend"

[@Steveholmes1972]

saaarfend

[@jami099]

Does anyone have any footage or pictures of The Fantasy Dome that used to be there?, it was my favourite attraction as a kid but all memories of it seem to have been lost, and there isn't much footage of it anywhere sadly

[@fiveminuteman]

Ah, who had a pair of Bauers in the late 80s👍😊

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Hi from Westcliff 💐Enoying this.

[@enoz.j3506]

Who remembers the Wild Mouse Southend in the 80's.

[@hanahasan7350]

I can hear no sound!

[@jasonayres]

*Please note that there is no audio to this video * (-in the description, when you press the little arrow at the top)

[@hanahasan7350]

@@jasonayres Thanks

[@jasonayres]

@@hanahasan7350 🙂👂👍 (Always ear to elp)

[@brianperry]

l grew up in a couple of villages just outside Sarfend', so it was the main nearby town...l lived there from 1946 to 1978/9. The kursaal fairground went long ago and became a housing estate. Peter Pan's Playground is also gone. Queen Victoria's statue was moved from the top of Pier Hill to its present location on Clifton Parade. I've heard it said that the council moved her because she was pointing to the location of a Public Convenience..! Sarfend' the East end Londoner's playground...

[@johnmh1000]

Hi Brian while Peter Pan's playground is gone in name, it's now called Adventure Island.

[@Daniel_1uk]

When arcades had video games in them

[@briannichols7618]

Why can I not hear any audio on this video?

[@rozcindylove4583]

We had that crooked house in Southport. Wonder if its the same one or there were two exactly the same.

[@richardwager283]

Maybe the title should say Southend on sea unitary authority within Essex soon to be the City of Southend on sea.

[@Nick-AngelpeodSeaxisc]

The part of Southend that nobody who lives in Southend ever goes to more than once or twice a decade unless it's for work.

[@davidsirett5560]

i have lived in Saaafend since 1998 and very rarely go to the sea front.

[@winniewin236]

So true 😂

[@AmyWinehouse.914]

Lived just off the sea front 88 - 98.

[@lj7169]

Nice video but some music wouldn't have gone a miss!

[@CameraNostalgiaClub]

Southend 🤩

[@bobdinwiddy]

delightful!

[@saborfrancias]

A simplier time

[@jaminhifi]

5:00 would now be full of paddle boarders if Peter pan's never got extended 🤣🏄‍♀️

[@Pikestnt]

Ah, The Foresters. Now what was that pub famous for? 🤔🤣

[@swaneknoctic9555]

Hahahaha 10:17. He has already won the game but him and his friend go crazy!

[@MrNobbyify]

He clearly lost.

[@swaneknoctic9555]

@@MrNobbyify yes you're right the CPU is still standing! Need to pay more attention!

[@bigboyrambo2009]

No diversity? I thought Britain was always multicultural.

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Southend is in England...only in recent years as many immigrants have moved in..Silly thing you said!!

[@bigboyrambo2009]

@@esterherschkovich6499 don't you know sarcasm?

[@ladylaughter7393]

It was always multicultural. Where do you think the Vikings, Saxons etc came from? Non white people were around in the 80s. They’ve been around in high numbers since after the war. You can’t see them here as they probably favoured other seaside towns.

[@bigboyrambo2009]

@@ladylaughter7393 Vikings and Saxons are white northern European people.

[@ladylaughter7393]

You’re talking about Britain. There is no 100% native person left on this island. All mixed. If you’re saying white as opposed to others then Europe stretches to Russia. Northern Indians have Russian ancestry which is why they have European genes. Or are they not included because they’re not the same colour but share the same genes? Who went to their countries for hundreds of years first?

[@Darksideofthepit]

Shame it's gone to shit

[@dominewimbury2039]

Nah sorry, I much prefer Walton On The Naze just down the road a bit

[@Bonzman]

Year about 60 miles up the road!

[@AmyWinehouse.914]

You're probably thinking of Clacton...about an hour away.

[@Miawallce80]

Lol I used to live in Southend and we had a caravan in Walton on the naze.... Walton was definitely nicer for a holiday.... To much trouble in Southend