Southport 1934 & 1974.

[@susanfairbrass]

I found your films simply marvellous. In 1934 my father would have been seven so like to think he could be on there somewhere! I was seven in 1974 so the colour films bring back a lot of memories for me.

[@ianhorner8984]

Susan, Sorry for not replying sooner to your kind remarks. Very much appreciated. Kind regards. Ian.

[@JoJo-et5np]

Thank you so much for putting that together. Seen so much I remember and how it used to be such a lovely family town.. Good clean fun. Wish people still wanted that.. it would be wonderful to have a place like that now. A bit of our tradition saved so that young kids (and old) could enjoy it too. Thanks for bringing back the memories though! All the best, J x

[@ianhorner8984]

Jo Jo, I could not agree more. Regards. Ian.

[@a.brooks7656]

I was on holiday there in summer 1974. Thanks for sharing. A trip down memory lane.

[@ianhorner8984]

So pleased this brought some happy memories. Regards. Ian.

[@soulbrotherjimmy]

Well that was a most enjoyable 20 minutes! Thanks for sharing it Ian.

[@ianhorner8984]

Thank you for your kind remarks. Angel Radio a nostalgia station plays this kind of music. Like the film you remember it and the melodies. Best wishes....Ian.

[@rimski7265]

What a fantastic glimpse into the past, happier times indeed. Thanks for sharing this

[@ianhorner8984]

Rimski,Thank you for your comments; how very true your words are, I was there. Ian.

[@annlindsaywright3169]

Wonderful films. It’s good to see people actually swimming in the sea. Never see it nowadays.

[@WinChun78]

Such simpler, happy times they were, back in the 1970's. Spent many a happy day out, in the summer, at Southport back then. You wouldn't believe that it is the same place now. So sad how it was ruined.

[@dcan911]

You are experiencing a common phenomenon that has afflicted aging people since we were running round in loin cloths. You dont miss the way things were - you just miss your own youth. The old men in those clips from 1970s southport will have been pining for the 1930s, and no doubt the old men in those clips from 1930s Southport will have been pining for the Victorian days.

[@mrmensa1096]

Another Masterpiece from the Horner family, many thanks. Such a shame the Open Air Pool is no longer part of the Southport Summer scene. Hope you are well my friend, Ian White

[@ianhorner8984]

Ian, My belated thanks for your kind remarks which James Walton and I very much appreciate. Our films are varied and give historical coverage of the period we were living at the time.

[@mrmensa1096]

@@ianhorner8984 - Thank you for your response - wish you both Well

[@mrmensa1096]

@@ianhorner8984 - Someone should do a "Southport 2024" - (hint hint)

[@ianhorner8984]

Ian, Thanks for your suggestions; alas Southport has changed a great deal and sadly not entirely the right way. Regards. Ian.

[@juliemorris8952]

That was wonderful , it brought some happy childhood memories , thank you for sharing it with us all . :) :)

[@ianhorner8984]

Many thanks Julie; glad you enjoyed it. Ian.

[@ianhorner8984]

I am very grateful for all the comments about this film. Time has passed on and sadly not all to the benefit of Southport; for I had many happy holidays staying there in the nineteen thirties.

[@ianhorner8984]

Abbie, This is for public use. My Father took all the black and white footage, as we said forty years later I together with Fred Walton and his Son James returned and photographed in colour. Regards..Ian.

[@shortslovesmjj]

Thank you so much was so sad to see the place ruined today and not a solitary flower on the prom what we paying council tax for. No sign of the train tracks but I so remembered it. Happy times

[@sobatknives1837]

Great film with great music.

[@ianhorner8984]

Many hanks or your comments. Regards...Ian.

[@paulaburrows8660]

Thank you.

[@stephenjohnson9560]

Been down that water slide at the outdoor pool a few times.

[@ianhorner8984]

Stephen, That makes two of us. Regards. Ian.

[@chameleon5393]

Very nicely done, thanx! Scarily...you could flick 1974 to B&W and still think it was 1934 :):):)

[@ianhorner8984]

Chameleon, Thank you for your comments. Ian.

[@rockliffe22]

Wonderful

[@ianhorner8984]

many thanks for your comment. Ian.

[@ianhorner8984]

Vistaworx, A belated thank you for your kind remarks. Ian.

[@hjp1hjp22]

The Yorkshire town at the beginning and end of the film looks like Halifax.

[@ianhorner8984]

You are correct Halifax it is Regards...Ian.

[@markdavis2522]

Wow brilliant

[@ianhorner8984]

Thank you Mark for your remarks. a piece of history which thankfully we added to it. Regards....Ian.

[@ianhorner8984]

Mark, Thank you for your comments. Ian.

[@ianhorner8984]

Mark, Thank you for your remark, glad we have shown Southport yesterday. Ian.

[@therespectedlex9794]

You have to wonder why it was deemed so important to knock down all the sea bathing lake structures. I was hoping for a glimpse of the Winter Gardens in 1934. Or was that too late?

[@fatroberto3012]

It's strange how people tell me how much worse this country was before we joined the EU and opened the floodgates and yet films like this show it was actually exactly how I remember it. You would cry if someone made a film visiting these locations today.

[@ianhorner8984]

Fat Roberto, We did visit Southport forty years later and the film is available for you to see. Ian.

[@ArnoldClarke]

Forty years after 1934 Ian or forty years after 1974?

[@dcan911]

What has this got to do with the EU? The only reason our parks are in a poor state now is because of the Tory fetish for cuts and outsourcing.

[@ArnoldClarke]

Yes darling, you want me to steer the boat? Why I’m to busy looking cool lighting my cigarette. You want the boat to turn then you steer it. 08:04

[@anthonymcdonnell6615]

The lifeboat Duwks, became the yellow duckmarine at liverpool in the 2000s