Early 1970s Blackpool in Summer, UK in HD from 35mm

[@sjp6839]

I was born in 1968 so remember going to Blackpool as a child in the 1970s we went every summer and always had such happy times. Iv nothing but fond memories of those times. Wish could go back to those carefree days it was magical

[@christinacramsie5646]

Same here, my grandparents lived in St Anne's, then moved to Blackpool when I was about 10yrs old. Just coming out of 3rd(4th?) Lockdown here I have spent a lot of time distracted by videos of Blackpool and memories of summer holidays.

[@laurencedunn5508]

😊🎉

[@Wayner71]

The early 70's was the best era of them all. I look back on that time with great fondness and a sense of sadness for what could have been.

[@evo5dave]

When I was a kid, visiting Blackpool was just about the most exciting thing imaginable.

[@xanadudawn]

It makes me want to climb into that film. I really miss those days

[@WinChun78]

Blackpool was wonderful back then, for all the family.

[@jamesauld5145]

Lets get a time machine, go there then burn the time machine!

[@xanadudawn]

@@jamesauld5145 That's me and you. Go for it.

[@desertrose1226]

You and me both, Paul.

[@tracyclark9702]

Ah the 70s. Best times

[@Catmad65]

Love, love ,love this, I can actually feel the excitement I felt at the time of seeing the sea and the tower for the first time way back . I’m 57 now and sometimes revisit Blackpool, it’s no where near as it was. Just look at how clean and tidy it is, all those people , some of the elderly who would probably have lived lived through two wars all out in their Sunday best . Fabulous, and thank you for letting us see how it was !

[@jenniferjones188]

I was only a child in thd early 70s but my holidays in Blackpool were fabulous with my family. Mum and dad passed away now but lovely times. We would always go and see a show on the pier Russ Abbot was there in the 80s lovely times.

[@sjp6839]

Your memories sound exactly like mine. The 70s were magical times on holiday in blackpool with my parents and grandparents. I have memories of seeing summer shows on north pier and id give anything to go back to these carefree times

[@paull7175]

As children we went to blackpool every year for our holiday. We had the best times ever! This film really takes me back to the good times.

[@johnogroin5974]

When my wife and I got married in 1975, a week in Blackpool was all we could afford, We have been abroad a few times, but for the last 45 years every year we have had a week or weekend in Blackpool. Love the place, great memories

[@G4RY1159]

That's great Got some real memories myself as a kid and still try and visit each year.

[@jenniferjones188]

Me too. I visit Blackpool regularly

[@GasFinger1]

WHAT A PRICELESS TREASURE OF A FILM !

[@eddienewall5033]

It's nice to see people talking to each other instead of staring at a mobile phone. I used to love listening to the Wurlitzer organ at the Tower Ballroom and many of the pubs had a Hammond organ. Package holidays destroyed Blackpool. Then came the drugs.

[@andypandy4078]

@@posteveryside-beatsnews Yeah but a few bootboys in exchange for the overall malaise of modern life would be a great price to pay to go back.

[@stevenoneill7166]

@eddienewall5033 I agree 100 %+ regarding Blackpool's demise. Also a lot of the entertainers who did summer shows there had their TV shows axed during the 90's & that didn't help Blackpool's fortunes either

[@TheGilly45]

My grandparents lived in Lytham so we visited Blackpool alot ,loved this video ,so nostalgic for a 63 year old ❤

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

I was there on holiday in 76-77 and this was when I thought the sea front looked the best..I was looking out for my mam cos she had a bright blonde bee hive and a flower power mini skirt…Anyone else notice how clean and beautiful the streets were

[@myalfie]

A beautiful clean and tidy country long since gone,which unfortunately we’ll never see again a great pity.

[@acex222]

Mate there's litter in almost every shot

[@warsawtugger]

Litter everywhere, Irish sea pure sewage, cars belching lead, the beach one giant ashtray and I remember making sandcastles at Blackpool back then and digging up the odd sand encrusted dog turd. It was pure filth everywhere you went.

[@imonlyhereforthecomments4267]

Take off the nostalga glasses.

[@imonlyhereforthecomments4267]

@Anglosaurus Rex good

[@thecritic8586]

@Anglosaurus Rex white girls love bbc, 99 out of 100 white girl got a black baby. White girls dont like the 2 inch white men.

[@richardsholisticnetwork]

It looks so clean and fresh - nice to see some of the buildings and streets looking different to what they do now

[@blank-dr2kx]

Blackpool has never been clean tbh, fresh yes, signwriters would look after their fronts more. But always been litter

[@nightw4tchman]

Well you wouldn't film it looking bad if you wanted people to visit would you?

[@underneonloneliness2]

@@nightw4tchman There was more cleaners back then, less chavs, less immigrants. More of our own English people enjoying themselves and respecting one another. Decent culture back then.

[@stefanmarkusuebele1007]

I want to go back in time!

[@jutjet4011]

Absolutely 💯

[@stanlee5766]

I second this notion!!!

[@Stu_Yorkie]

The dislikes are from people who never experienced the seventies. They really missed out. It was a magical era, same as the sixties.

[@john111257]

60s chips and tea for the beach, pirate radio, 240 pennies to play the 1d machines..how things have changed

[@aldorfc220]

Love to go back to 90s as today sucks but then again we wouldn't have time machines lol

[@underneonloneliness2]

When the country had more respect and everything was better well kept. The country has been destroyed.

[@Asduyr]

Its not about the 70's its about what the country's like now ! A tip😨

[@stevenoneill7166]

​@john111257 it's interesting you mentioning pirate radio. I went to Blackpool in August 1982 & I remember listening to the Irish chart show on RTE Radio 2 (now 2FM) on 612 AM. In my hometown of Middlesbrough I could barely pick the signal up, but in Blackpool it were clear as a whistle. I also picked up a rock show on BBC Radio Wales, all kinds of stuff on Manx Radio & even the IBA's test transmissions for Red Rose Radio. Wonderful memories

[@alilindsay4304]

Born in Blackpool 1974, and raised here x gorgeous video! Xx

[@nonacee5065]

Oh my goodness. I visited Blackpool as a 17 year old tourist from Australia 1971. I bought postcards from all over during my 6 month travel and my collection captures some of the very images seen in this footage. Nostalgic indeed. Will have to look at my albums again since I also used it as a diary entry under each postcard.

[@LHRTW]

A convict

[@adeh503]

Amazing film, look how clean it looks

[@pizzazzart5310]

When the tram came into shot I swear I could hear that metal scraping sound as it goes past , despite there being no sound ....... amazing how the brain and memory work x

[@stevenoneill7166]

@pizzazzart5310 I think this was one of those short films they played in cinemas before the big movie & I'm guessing the producers would add music, commentary & a few sound effects. I agree it's a terrific piece of film, even without sound

[@margaretsomerville7333]

Watching this with so much nostalgia, thanks for sharing

[@geoffjoffy]

Those were the days. I was a teenager. Great times.

[@markduckmanton4227]

A trip to Blackpool was like winning the lottery when I was a kid. My wife’s from Lytham, she makes a Yorkshire person look like a spendthrift. Sad to see so many lovely old seaside destinations decline as they have.

[@desertrose1226]

Llandudno is still nice but unfortunately we still get trashy young scousers there..I used to love scousers having been born in Liverpool however they're a rotten bunch , the young ones now... I'm only in my thirties but I see the decline.

[@douglasb.5601]

I was born in Yorkshire (Elland) and at the age of 5 in 1970 my parents moved us to Lytham...never seemed like Yorkshire...but it was posh after Elland. 🙂 I used to run accross the sand dunes to Blackpool on those Sunny Summer days, it (Blackpool) really was a very nice place back in those days. Lytham is still nice as my Mum and Sister still live there.👍🏻

[@florencewhite3946]

i was a little girl in the 70s and remember the beautiful weather, sounds of car horns and music!

[@desertrose1226]

A Simple Life...a Perfect life. I hate today.

[@spo5egy]

@@desertrose1226 Same here, I went in the mid 70s as a wee boy and it was buzzing... In a Good way.

[@mohammadwasilliterate8037]

Yes I was there when I was a kid, I bet it's full of 3rd world immigrants now.

[@spo5egy]

@@mohammadwasilliterate8037 Everything in this world has changed now... But don't blame anyone but the elites, as they play both sides of the chessboard!

[@mohammadwasilliterate8037]

@@spo5egy I blame whoever allowed mass 3rd world immigration 300,000/yr. However I left, couldn't stand the overcrowding, Australia is far better.

[@Kingdonnerkebab]

Holidayed in Blackpool from Scotland many a time, loved it. Shame its not like it used to be but still nowhere is these days.

[@capitol7950]

When it was a real family resort, im a 70s kid, it was a real treat travelling from North Scotland for holiday in Blackpool.

[@terraterrestrial5709]

I grew up in St Anne’s on Sea so spent many a day in Blackpool. I’m 61 now and growing up through the 70s was the best time I’ve ever had. So much fun to be had and the energy was lifted and alive compared to now. Those who never experienced the 70s their negative comments are meaningless, and not living the digital age then, much of it was tougher than now. I preferred then, than now in many ways. (you can’t miss what you never had). there is nothing wrong with remembering the past fondly, memories are important. These days are just going downhill fast, many towns are worse now than before.

[@iangeorge745]

I was born in 64 so spent many happy times as a kid in Blackpool with my parents and sister. Fabulous times.

[@mick5296]

I went to Blackpool as a seventeen year old with some mates, and collected some great memories in 1971. Sun seemed to shine all the time back then

[@stumac869]

Standard of living is better today but the quality of life was much better back then.

[@spleeeen4it]

sorry mate but standard of living was way better back then if you were on a low wage, you could live then, you cant now, not under this government

[@_indrid_cold_]

Can you imagine a prawn and oyster bar on the beach nowadays? It would be like;"let's see now, that's 4 prawns and an oyster...that'll be £52, thanks very much".

[@paulj1]

Indrid Cold Exactly! That’s if they pass all the health & safety checks these days, which they probably wouldn’t...!

[@G4RY1159]

I think it was 1975 or 76 I had my 1st holiday in Blackpool and still try and get down each year from Glasgow. Got so many memories in the place.

[@minimaxi802]

Just wish I could go back in time and enjoy Blackpool in the 1970s. My favourite amusements were enjoying the Fun House in grey stockingfeet, riding the Big Dipper, Mouse, and Grand National on the Pleasure Beach. Love the old trams and the tower.

[@critchblackpoolful]

One of the main things I noticed is how clean it is and how well maintained the buildings are. 70s and 80 was a good time for Blackpool. 90s was a bad time for Blackpool I feel not enough money was put into and it lived in the past. It's definitely back on track now there's so much to do for everyone. Might not be clean and might smell of weed sometimes but Blackpool can't help who comes there

[@scottwilson5979]

Which blackpool are you referring to ,back on track is not the word I would use.lived here since 94.

[@critchblackpoolful]

@@scottwilson5979 are you kidding me. What about all the attractions the work that's been done on the seafront If you don't like it why don't you leave

[@scottwilson5979]

@@critchblackpoolful I don't even know what to say,do you think the sea front is the only relevant part .as regards leaving blackpool why would I, my issue is with the town council selling off parcels of public land for 300 million and then claiming poverty, the town council leader took a loan out apparently to build the wooden climbing structure at Stanley park which is never used and when it is by schoolkids such as my son they are charged £8 .

[@critchblackpoolful]

@@scottwilson5979 well of course you have to pay for it!! It has staff and needs maintaining 🙈🙈😂😂

[@scottwilson5979]

@@critchblackpoolful have a good day.

[@patmitchell8761]

I can see my house! Used to live on this street, lovely times wish I could just pop in to see my mum sadly passed away. The row on the right sadly now demolished 😥

[@garethwood6659]

Blackpool was wonderful back in these days

[@King-bn3wr]

Looks so clean

[@retroDaz992]

Brought back memories of my childhood holidays at blackpool. The beach had food and icecream Van's on it and was always busy. Blackpool looked clean back in the 70's and 80's. Fantastic old video.

[@paulhagen5645]

Me too.

[@Keithbarber]

Probably cine film

[@retroDaz992]

@@Keithbarber my grandad had loads of cine film of Blackpool. My favourite was a pov of the big dipper rollercoaster and he would project it onto a white wall.

[@Keithbarber]

@@retroDaz992 be good if it could be uploaded onto you tube for posterity As I live near the Olympic park in London, I should search for old videos of southend in essex, the nearest seaside resort to the east end

[@paulhagen5645]

Yes it does look like cine film. Probably 16, 35 ml film.

[@no2embish]

Stunning!!! Not many know but Blackpool remains the most visited seaside town in Europe... quite a feat

[@ropa2142]

People all look quite happy....back in the days when a trip to Spain would have been an unaffordable luxury to most.

[@ryanniv1851]

Surely that would have been a lot earlier than the 70s

[@therebel4332]

They made it affordable to bring in a one world order

[@john111257]

the kids wanted blackpool

[@BettySwollocks13]

I look at old films like this and hope I see myself :) A few good holidays here as a kid in the early 70s, we always stayed at Dunkerlys on St Chads Road. I remember the barrow boys at the bus station who would carry your cases to your digs.

[@rozcindylove4583]

So clean, so busy and funfilled I went in the 70's and 80's

[@Ravenswalk]

As a child of the sixties who Grandparents lived in Blackpool it was a wonderful place I've not been back since the 70s we emigrated to Canada in 76 but have fond memories of holidays in Blackpool.

[@stevewright7745]

That's really good quality 35mm footage for the 70s, I remember how all beaches used to get packed like that back then, and most of them still wearing clothes 😄

[@ianstewartorr8455]

Blackpool has a charm to it and has a wonderful atmosphere

[@flamezodiac5736]

It's a shit hole and the people are annoying nosey trash

[@Tmuk2]

Someone hasn't been recently

[@ianstewartorr8455]

Tmuk2 last summer

[@montyzumazoom1337]

Flame zodiac Yes a bloody shit hole, I went once then I took someone a second time to show them just how shit it really was. Drunken yobs fighting in the middle of the afternoon, left over fish and chips in the street-everywhere, bloody noisy clapped out trams. Walk back a couple of streets from the sea front and it’s a real mess. Blackpool no thanks

[@desertrose1226]

Monty Zumazoom nothings the same now..I'm sorry but the younger element are trash, some aren't, but lots are, they're sleazy trashy arseholes who behave like they're on love island.

[@johnnygreenshirt6215]

This vlogger was way ahead of his time.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

This is exactly how I remember it

[@wataboutya9310]

I remember getting one of those little captains caps as a boy at the seaside and riding the donkeys! Great memories.

[@whisthpo]

Thank you for this memory flashback, I was there in the mid 60's. We used to travel there courtesy of 'Eavesway Coaches'..

[@rhdtv2002]

Damn that beach was packed

[@Nicole-jv2pq]

Can’t express how amazed I am too watch this I LOVE my history and just too see how everything use too be back in the days is incredible☺️

[@sitcorocket]

Superb..my era...watched it hoping to see my parents and me....the place looks so clean..guest houses painted... donkeys on the beach ..no mobile phones or beggers etc....simpler and better times.❤

[@simontattersall3148]

I can be seen on this serving an ice cream from the blue and cream van furthest from the camera at 2:34 . I worked in that van most days during the seasons of 1972 & 1973. I think this is 1973

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Every place in the 1970s uk looked like a paradise, living in the 1970s uk looked like a paradise, a lot like the 1950s America. If only I could be there.

[@sjp6839]

Britain looks totally different back then in the 70s to how it is now, so clean and tidy and no sign of the mass immigration waiting to happen that will slowly but surely change britain in to something totally unrecognizable from this wonderful film.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

@@sjp6839 yep

[@ecinomahaeugene]

Never went to Blackpool, but Barry Island near Cardiff was just like this. Great memories of the moment the ocean came in sight upon arrival, and all those colorful stores along the promenade selling buckets and spades.

[@tennysonfordblackbird2087]

We lived in the midlands so we used to go too Rhyl which tried to be a mini Blackpool.

[@EpicAelflaed]

I remember Blackpool in the late 1970’s and 1980’s - it was magical to go there back then. Blackpool pleasure beach, Blackpool rock. The laughing clown and all the rides and amusement arcades. It shows here just what it was like. Them times have sadly changed. Our country isn’t great as it once was.

[@marialee627]

This brought back some lovely memories glad I came across it

[@stevebrown-bz5ry]

Blackpool...I'm the seventies..early eighties.. Was a magical place. Such lovely memories of holidays there with my mum and dad , and sister....

[@RyanJohnson-ox3py]

I was a baby in the 70s reminds me of the time we went to Blackpool every year in the late 70s and 80s with my late mum and dad when Blackpool was great not as good as it once was but still go to Blackpool as and when I can

[@fran-kittyayers5329]

Growing up in the 70s we didn't have much money, so a day at the seaside was a real treat, penny arcades candyfloss and saucy postcards sticks of rock ahhh great memories 😀

[@garyhillman4993]

The glorious 70 s Magical time

[@davecunni]

Fantastic quality footage

[@WinChun78]

It was quite a cheap day out as well, back then. A lot of the small rides were only 10p to get on The log flume and roller coaster were 50p if you wanted to push the boat out.. ;-)

[@veilbreak5867]

WinChun78, yea it was cheap, a pound note went a long way. I remember the cigarette machines were on the wall, outside the shops! 50p for 20 (i was a child, I dint smoke)...but that trust of having them on the wall, no cameras or alarms! Now they're under lock and key behind the counter and cost a small fortune.

[@christinacramsie5646]

I remember Walls "Heart" ice cream 10p early seventies.

[@stephensutcliffe1555]

Thank you very much for the upload this takes me back.

I could almost smell the sea-air and the fish & chips. Glorious! Love to be able to go back.

[@adjo82]

That's quite an achievement to make the film so good quality.

[@DisneyMarkUK]

This is just beautiful, thank you

[@JhonMayall]

Good to see the video of Tyldsley Road.Used to go and stay at a guest house there.Heard that the row of guest houses used to be called Ham and Eggs row but that could be hear say.Also good to see the Progress Twin car trams, the Coronation trams, Balloon tram, and the illuminated tram HMS Blackpool.

[@garryclarke7695]

Please let me go back.

[@1061andy]

Went to Pontins blackpool in 72 & 73...it was never this sunny but always very windy. Haven't been there in years now.

[@fizzlepop9451]

Great film. I was surprised to see the boat tram at the end.. I though that was a modern thing!

[@amibrooksbank7388]

Lovely trip down memory lane, blackpool was the bee's knees when I were a kid in the 80,s, a special treat for all the family, sad to hear of it's demise

[@ravenhill_of_yore_1968]

wonderful footage.

[@tennysonfordblackbird2087]

Lovely old film.

[@jimtmc]

I love Blackpool, something for everyone.

[@joymaxfield7589]

Remember it well ,so thank you for sharing .👍

[@christophernolan9994]

Looks really clear, good filming

[@paulhagen5645]

I remember as a kid I was on holiday in Blackpool in 74 and 75.l wish I knew exactly when this footage was taken because it looks much the same. Makes me want to visit the place again. The last time I was there was 1982. I'll bet there been some changes since then. In the seventies it was a boarding house run by a Mrs Mellor near the North side that we went to.

[@adrianfox9431]

if you do go, only plan a one night stop-over max. It's a bit of a dump now in comparison, so set your expectations accordingly. We called in on the way back down from the lake-district.

[@paulhagen5645]

Thanks very much I appreciate that.

[@johnhall4851]

Wonderful. I want to go back there and stay.

[@john111257]

My late parents had great holidays here

[@andypandy4078]

I lived down south and we used to go to Weymouth instead but things were pretty much the same at all the main English seaside resorts (beach, bucket and spade, deckchairs, rock, amusement arcades and fairs, donkeys, punch and judy etc) and as a young boy or girl back then you'd always have a great time at the seaside. Even at this stage a few people had started going on foreign package tours to Spain so its days were numbered. But these were great times and the English seaside holiday was a tradition we sadly lost.

[@dnakatomiuk]

When Blackpool was the destination for the summer holidays, it was brilliant when I was growing up I went about 3 times when I was a kid. Early 90s I loved it then I went about 9 years ago for a 4 day break with my girlfriend. Wasn't the same hardly no families just stag nighters and that's it's problem it hasn't got rid of the image. I really hope it goes back to this for families like it should be

[@Back2TheBike]

I lived 200 yards from where this was filmed. Mum ran a guest house on Coop St. I'd just started at Blackpool Collegiate Grammar. Dad managed the Merrie England Bar on North Pier.

[@jota3732]

The beaches in some parts of Spain and Greece are like this , family’s having family time . You only have to look at our police force ( dressed more like batman than coppers) to know it’s not a nice place to live anymore .

[@davidjacksonjackson3212]

I went to Blackpool as a kid in the 50s & 60s, this film brings back such good memories, people comment that Blackpool is now a rundown dump, that makes me a bit sad.

[@guystevens162]

I loved this place as a kid. But how many if any can remember the trams lit up as Star Wars as think it was they year it came out in the uk i think was around December 1977

[@grahamhawthorn2320]

No drunks, no piercings, no tattoos, no anti social behaviour. Bliss.

[@harryboy3305]

No diversity

[@skiddmarks]

Not a tracksuit in sight 👍

[@dickplum2034]

Yes mate or chav shitheads trying to act hard .

[@Questionconfusion]

Or some ethnic obese woman pushing a double stroller shouting at their 10 kids with a foreign accent

[@flamezodiac5736]

@@Questionconfusion I never see those I see loads of chavs though

[@Questionconfusion]

@@flamezodiac5736 seasides on the south coast you see them all of the time. Yeah Pb is full of chavs

[@plymouthtoleedsonaxchst9537]

@@Questionconfusion and no Scottish

[@MrAndrew25]

I can't believe how clean and well kept thevwhole place once was 😮

[@wunderwaffe7998]

Y’all who lived through 60s to now are lucky.

[@MB-zh1yi]

thankyou for posting this

[@simonp7095]

Wow quality film , looks great times

[@ufoools]

Throughout time as we get older we reminisce of a better world but what hellish future will we be in 50 years time when folk are reminiscing about smart phones, drivable cars and months of coronavirus lockdown.

[@nguyendailam6703]

Not the same place or decade but this video reminded me of my family holidays to Great Yarmouth and Skegness in the 80s when I was a kid. Happy times.

[@Sr19769p]

Same, dude. Reminded me of family hols in Mablethorpe, too

[@Sr19769p]

@S S I'm so sorry to hear that, dude. Hang in there. All my love

[@noeltroy2634]

"with me little stick of Blackpool rock along the promenade I stroll, it may be hot and sticky, but it's nice to have a nibble every now and again" George Formby

[@bonniecat2918]

Is that a double entendre ??? 😂😂😂😂

[@christinacramsie5646]

All Formby's songs were double entendre - just listen to the lyrics!

[@cosmic4037]

The Blackpool I remember

[@mandymichaels6131]

Amazing thank you.

[@BlackpoolRockTV]

Great video buddy.

[@funkymoped8955]

Simple times,less stressful times,happy times.