Vive Torbay: Travelling to the British Seaside (1968) | British Pathé

This travelogue from the 1960s gives us a stunning view of the British seaside borough of Torbay (Torquay, Brixham and Paignton) in South Devon. This holiday destination has it all from an injection of French culture to celebrities on a getaway from city life.
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Torbay (Torquay, Brixham and Paignton), South Devon.
Travelogue along the 20 mile stretch of South Devon coast presents attractions of Torquay, Brixham and Paignton as well as some villages along the coast. Each town is presented with the usual travel shots, and to make Torbay more attractive, famous people and various events are presented. In Torquay, where "international entertainer Max Bygraves chose to stay", one can watch waiters' race at Hotels Day. Waiters are seen racing with trays along the street.
In Brixham, where composer Lionel Bart stays, firm tradition of Elizabethan age is kept. Vintage cars are exhibited, replica of Golden Hind is anchored in harbour and Brixham's fishing fleet provides excellent food for tourists. Bikini babes and kids playing with sand are seen at Paignton beach.
The 'buzziest' place, after all, is Torquay. Lovely Cockington village for romantics, golf course where one rubs shoulders with celebrities (Val Doonican, Sid James and Arthur Askey on golf course) or mingle through the crowd at Carnival Time.
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[@StephenMerchant-up8sg]

Every British seaside town councillor should be forced to watch this on repeat until they break down and weep

[@bill-2018]

Yes.

[@maxflight777]

Stephen.. beautifully put ! 🎯

[@scotbotvideos]

They're too busy counting their ill-gotten cash in their brown envelopes to even care.

[@TC8787-yq7og]

what a rational response

[@Nzappreciator110]

​@@TC8787-yq7og we are sick to death of having our identity and way of life destroyed.

[@spanishpeaches2930]

All this brings me is nostalgia and a sad, heavy heart.

[@richardgray115]

Definitely an era that is gone forever . No internet and everybody looks so happy!

[@scj00380]

@@richardgray115 Not only "no Internet", but everyone looks so slender, too!

[@WS-bk7uu]

Everyone looked slimmer back then!

[@dominicbrant1968]

most were, those who weren't probably had undiagnosed diabetes

[@tom-mp7ki]

Everyone walked everywhere and nobody had 20 snacks between meals

[@sergeantbigmac]

The real reason is probably because most of the people you see in this video grew up during strict food rationing, that lasted well in the 50s for Britian as they recovered economically from WWII.

[@dominicbrant1968]

@@sergeantbigmac this is true, my grandparents still treated food as a luxury and understood that it could 'disappear' at any time. my statement about undiagnosed diabetes was true. my neighbour used to give her kids the 'good food' and would fill survive on chips/fries. They were filling and cheap. She was large...

[@sueverona6530]

I grew up during these times and most people smoked quite a bit. You can spy people doing it in this video. It may account for some of the thinner figures.

[@feeltheforce10]

The glory days - never to be seen again - just memories on videos like this.

[@respectedgentleman4322]

Torquay still exists. I'm sure if you have money you too can experience many of the things in this video.

[@leontubrok]

What a paradise compared to now

[@MS-sb9ov]

So I was in Torquay a few days ago and it felt like WWII had just paid a visit. Drab and empty shop fronts, massive roadworks with three or four workmen standing around, and an overall feel of decline and neglect. Who the heck is in charge of the place because someone needs a new job.

[@dominicbrant1968]

It's one of the saddest sights I've seen. In my lifetime it's gone from party central to desolate. Breaks my heart. Pensioners, semi-retired rich vs poor and hopeless. So so sad.

[@lucasa.a4495]

I wish I could go back in time!!! Those were good times!!!

[@jurgen6768]

FrogFace-fy1tg Britain was sinking fast in 1968..........bit like now really.

[@TheCatLady65]

Why? Because everyone is white?

[@-Pol-]

3:43 - Who else remembers when a glass of prawn coctail was the height of sophistication? Bit of tomato, slice of lemon, couple of mint leaves, all washed down with a fine glass of Mateus rosé - Magnifique! 👌

[@mollyfilms]

I wonder how many people who lived around that time would dearly love to be back in more simple and enjoyable times. I know I would.

[@nopretribrapture2318]

me too 😢

[@barbarahalkyard1901]

And me in a heartbeat.

[@fisherpeter695]

These marvellous images of a English resort in the late 60s is a perfect example of life back then. In the scorching summer of 1970 I recall my first visit to Newquay on the South West coast that was not dissimilar to Torquay, Clean colourful and beaches I always believed the 60s and 70s were the best time to grow up in the UK. I/T hadn't impacted on employment, work place stress unheard of, Mortgages within reach with a modest deposit, and TV that entertained.

[@freebeerfordworkers]

I first went to Newquay camping then and it was an incredible place in the summer really alive and bouncing. Purely out of nostalgia I had to fly from the airport and stayed in one of the biggest hotels overnight to have a look around. I know it was early October but I can sum it up in one word - depressing.

[@SwissCheese112]

are you kidding the 70s was economically dismal lmao.

[@fisherpeter695]

@@SwissCheese112 Depends on what your circumstances were in the 1970s you didn't need huge deposits to gain a mortgage, and in the UK we had municipal housing, which was a stepping stone on to the housing ladder, now unavailable for first time tenants. And in 1975 the unemployment rate was 400,000. A figure never seen in the 80s and beyond.

[@freebeerfordworkers]

Just seen this and in passing we had municipal housing well onto the 1990's. As late as 1996 we had a surplus and on my patch alone we had 15% vacancies Which amounted to over 400 modern houses and flats. @@fisherpeter695

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@fisherpeter695 Curious that you didn't mention the arts, especially music.

[@stephenguppy7882]

I have fond memories of Torbay in the 60s and 70s. It really was just like in the film. How I wish I could go back to those times.

[@monteceitomoocher]

Happy times indeed, i loathe what we've become in only fifty years.

[@pgroove163]

I was stationed in Europe in the US air force.. in 1961 and 62' I visited Greece with a buddy.. we rented a small cheap Vespa traveled all over the country.. and several ionian islands.. I can only say that it was probably the most beautiful countryside I have ever witnessed in my life.... And the people was so friendly... For me the island of keflonia was just incredible.. like the rest of the world things have changed.... But my memories of the Greek people and Greece I will cherish forever

[@josephwilliamhack-myers599]

Tell me about it!😩

[@Mawo3pg]

Absolutely 💯

[@wellyftw]

Look on the bright side, you’ve probably only a few years left.

[@josephwilliamhack-myers599]

@@wellyftw Alright, no need for the death warning

[@timsummers870]

Things you noticed in this video: (1) everyone is European (2) nobody is fat (3) nobody is distracted on their cell phones because they didn't exist.

[@crosbonit]

But how many were Christian? That is the problem. You can be a European but if you're an ignorant heathen, then there will be problems and things will go down. And things have gone down for this reason. Christianity is what led to European dominance, not European blood.

[@timsummers870]

@@crosbonit This is not the point of the discussion.

[@daic7274]

@@crosbonit I would imagine quite a few would be Catholic, particularly the older generation.

[@thisorthat7626]

But look how many people were smoking. That's surprising to me. Yes, people did look healthier than they do now.

[@82pythons85]

I imagine this is what Heaven is like. On a side note, all those potentially beautiful women still exist in our world, but their beauty is hidden by an obese body. I can’t count how many times a day I see a young woman who would’ve been gorgeous thirty years ago, but in these times is just an overweight pig.

[@nicknewey6152]

I can see my dear old dad in his budgie smugglers, pot belly hanging over like a bay window plodding down Paignton beach. Bless him!

[@darrenrobertw]

Nick, your Mum must have been one lucky woman haha

[@polaris7122]

Aye lass as long as he provided for your family, you've got to respect the man. We used to go on holiday to Silloth and Blackpool, it was great. My mam and dad both worked full time and our grandmother looked after three brothers. We enjoyed every time we went on holiday!

[@ATomRileyA]

Legend :)

[@quietman2672]

Something that sticks in my mind is having a full English breakfast every morning for a fortnight in the boarding house. It was like we was royalty. I used to wake up at about 5 am , it being light by then and go for a walk along the beach with my brother. We was 12/14 years old. Magic memories. Everyone has passed now . All the adults, mom dad Nan uncles and aunts.😥

[@robertpavey5615]

Those last two sentences..woah, thats a heavy feeling.

[@eagleowlish]

Same here, except my mum who’s now almost 90. I’m feeling very mortal right now! But hey, I remember holidays by the sea with my mum and dad, and I smile. Such brilliant times, I had a great childhood, my parents worked very hard and the rewards were regular holidays to the coast.

[@paulnash7630]

Sadly that's our situation, everyone passed away, so sad thinking about those day's, these towns are a shadow of their former glory 😢

[@carolineinthe60s]

This was perfect. I am feeling very nostalgic but when I watch this kind of videos, the feeling is getting even stronger. Come on, look at this perfect world : no smartphones and social medias, people were all slim and looking healthy, the streets were clean and sophisticated, everyone was elegant and stylish,... Honestly, people just seemed to be much more happy back then. I'm a 22 years old student but I miss the 60s... Actually, I'm getting quite obsessed with this decade ! Good music, good fashion, no untimely multiculturalism... I wish I could travel through time.

[@diamondsprince]

untimely multiculturalism?

[@I2obiNtube]

it's like you instinctively know something is wrong despite not having lived in that era

[@thesilverreich3947]

When Britain was white

[@michaelrodgers7109]

Wonderful times as boy loved the 60s 70s and 80s what fine time we had mother always got top clothing X for our holiday X my dad part time fireman X we go to fire station Christmas party X disco in we were allowed few pints bitter X red barrel X very weak beer X golly X no phone X we play records and go bike rides X soap box carts X cinema X was so cheap keep enjoying the 60s u can feel the nice times come bk those music movies X enjoy X every thing is bit fake now for me X

[@jacobrivers5728]

The 60s was the best decade ever. Things started to go wrong from the 70s onwards. I wish I could travel back to that time and stay there.

[@Daniela99]

I wish life was still like this in the UK 😢

[@edwardhudson9851]

I was born in 1963,60 yrs and it's all gone,i was so so lucky

[@gingercat555]

From a time when this country was worth some thing ... Oh how far we have sunk down ... sad but true ... good to be reminded of how it all was.

[@robotsonmars1989]

6 young Scottish lads went here in 1981 for 2 weeks. Aged from 17 -21. At the time we thought it was a boring holiday,the pubs shut at 11 the discos at 1am. We used to but carryouts and hide them in the bushes and get them after the clubs shut and head down to the beach.We still talk about it today 2022,most of us now in our 60s as one of the best holidays we ever had. Great memories..

[@adamthers1881]

Rose tinted glasses I believe is the expression

[@JulieWallis1963]

You say yourself you thought it was boring, so why the nostalgia for something you didn’t enjoy? In 1981 I was 17. My best ever holiday was in Antigua last year or maybe in the Arctic circle in 2019, certainly not somewhere I thought _boring_

[@robotsonmars1989]

@@JulieWallis1963 No it was just that at that age your expectations are way different.We got up to a lot of nonsense. Just being lads.. Antigua sounds nice and I did honeymoon in Barbados 😆.. I have travelled fairly extensively my whole life but still remember this holiday in Torquay with my first mates and drinking buddies.Nothing wrong with Nostalgia.

[@knightowl3577]

Memories of childhood holidays, when the sky was always blue and the days were always long and sunny.

[@desertrose1226]

true

[@TheUtuber999]

It rains more these days?

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

Ah yes, selective memory leaning towards the positives while ignoring the many negatives.

[@WONGLER]

When Britain was muslimfree

[@jamesmason8436]

@@TheUtuber999 doubtful. But we only remember the sunny summer days where we did interesting stuff, not the rainy days where we were locked away indoors, so our memories are biased towards the former making it seem like it was always sunny and fun when were younger.

[@LisaBakewell-pg8yo]

I'm the little curly haired girl of the family in the video. My sister, dad and I are still alive and kicking! Wasn't it a wonderful place - the sun seemed to shine everyday.

[@MrYorickJenkins]

Happy days. I was hugely enjoying myself in that year.

[@johnmiller2290]

My mum and dad took our family there in 1978; I was nine years old. This film took me right back to some very happy memories.. Thank you British Pathe

[@LordJimUSA]

I hope you had a lovely time John, a right grand holiday.

[@johnmiller2290]

@@LordJimUSA Yes we did thank you.. It was a different time though, all gone now. I'm glad I was a kid of the 70s

[@freebeerfordworkers]

@@johnmiller2290 sadly true the whole of Torbay it's just a shadow of what it was when we took the children there. I stayed in Paignton about five years ago visiting Torquay and Brixham and everything shutdown about 6:00 o'clock.

[@johnmiller2290]

@@freebeerfordworkers It's all very sad, I think it's much the same across the UK..

[@Bingpot_Cowabunga]

I think your dad might be my father

[@nzrdb6]

Britain is still one of the world's most beautiful places. From the Scottish Highlands to the Yorkshire Dales, Devon and Cornwall. So much packed into one small island

[@plandemic1984]

Max Heidcase lol behave you Muppet

[@bighands69]

Not as nice as it once was. You can still find beautiful places today. I think Harrogate is beautiful and many coastal towns as well. Many places have been destroyed though.

[@lindsaypeterholden2701]

Enjoy it before it gets swept away into the 3rd World!!! believe me it won't be long!!!!

[@garydunn3037]

So much weather, most of it bad, packed into such a small island.

[@andrewnorris5415]

Yes, one day too they will change. Appreciate them while we can :)

[@stevehayward1854]

I was 18 and I drove up to Torbay every night from Plymouth, what a great time I had.

[@ssssSTopmotion]

How were the fish'n'chips ???

[@UmVtCg]

And you would have a great time today if you were 18.

[@Barbarian646]

Ok Steve how does that compare to today?

[@nullnull7495]

@Mark Miller you have no idea what you are gibbering about. 3 towns share torbay. torquay,paignton and Brixham

[@daphne4983]

Everything is better when you're young :)

[@marcossilveiracamargo2814]

A journey back in time to the magical 60's. Undeniably, that era was a delight with great quality, in music, in food, in the fashion of people dressing. Today, despite the technological advance, everything seems to have no more soul or quality. Fortunately I lived in that time and I can testify that it was my best years of my existence. - M.S.C.

[@bighands69]

That is what happens when a nation loses its identity and tries to pretend that it does not matter.

[@marklion315]

It wasn't. 1968: Paris riots, Viet Nam, Cold War, worsening relations between capital and labour, Britain vexed about Europe etc. Mods and rockers in Brighton and elsewhere (cp. Quadrophenia). That is, all things being equal, much the same as today.

[@nelzelpher2088]

Isaac Mercado no one is listening to you

[@chaitea3912]

Isaac Mercado. your a glass half empty person.

[@mickymouze1224]

@@marklion315 When isn't there a riot in Paris, they live for them. For Vietnam I could give you the Middle East. Mods & Rockers was a bank holiday affair, easily avoided. I was just a kid in the 60's so too young to appreciate it but it was evidently a great time for many Brits. You must've been a right miserable blighter if you were sat at home worrying about events in 'Nam.

[@Alsayid]

These old films fascinate me. Back when Europe was still Europe.

[@cosmoray9750]

Indeed. Those were the days of casual racism.

[@zmz2283]

@@cosmoray9750 As opposed to today, with constant, directed racist behaviour towards anyone... that is not with the 'program'.

[@elmiragemini8772]

Days when european women were slim

[@blyat5352]

Lol your name is "Al Sayid"

[@kenmasters8540]

@@blyat5352 Who cares what his name is? This is not about racism. If I go to China, I want to see chinese culture. If I go to Sweden or Germany I want to see their culture. Not some identity-less melting pot.

[@jackwilson5513]

First went on holiday to Torquay and Babbacombe in 1976, long drive from Glasgow. Fantastic memories. Returned in 2011 and it had hardly changed. Well, in my mind at least, lovely part of England.

[@petecarter2618]

Babbacombe and Oddicombe were opposite each other they were very beautiful but it was very steep to get down there by car. The funicular railway was great to get to both of those and has been in a couple of films. Great days from the 60s and 70s and there was never any trouble or graffiti unlike now!!

[@freebeerfordworkers]

Sadly both of them are almost deserted now . When we first went there in the 1960's the beach would be packed in high summer with ferries going to and from Torquay. Late afternoon there was a 20 minute queue for the funicular railway and the gardens woulds be covered with deck chairs. @@petecarter2618

[@MrMjp58]

I love these period films. I try to reconcile my own youthful impressions with how I've perceived change over the years - up to now. I can't help feeling that there's been a gradual disintegration of certain key aspects of the physical world over recent decades.

[@sandwichbar8226]

That's an understatement!

[@toastnjam7384]

Especially the people. It's like witnessing human de-evolution.

[@MrMjp58]

@@toastnjam7384 Thanks for the reply. I have to agree.

[@MarleyH2022]

@@toastnjam7384 If it's any comfort, I think we've always been the same humans, just our environments have changed, back then people were more conformist and got their info from less sources plus theres less footage from back then compared to now. Now with social media and the internet, people conform less and stupidity can spread like wildfire online and at the same time everyone can watch it. Maybe we are just more aware of it now, either way we all seemed a bit more civilised back then for the most part.

[@limpet7r63]

@@MarleyH2022 I think there's a lot of truth in that. People in the 1960s weren't connected instantly to news sources from all over the world, and weren't able to gain anything like the same insight into life in other places and times as we are today.

[@sharons9773]

Torbay is gorgeous and holds tons of memories of lovely family holidays ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@carpenter33]

4:25 perfection personified.

[@jnolette1030]

I gotta agree with you on that

[@eagleowlish]

I wonder if she has seen this recently!

[@liftmanleigh]

I grew up in Torquay at exactly this time. It was common to see the celebrities like Val Doonigan, The Two Ronnies, Morecombe and Wise et al just wandering around the town. Preston beach for the swimming, Torre Abbey for the girls, so much more friendly than it is today. Now a poor shadow of it's former glory. Sad to see the state of the place now, rubbish and graffiti everywhere, closed down shops and tat.

[@testicularoxide5055]

The two Ronnies!😅 Huge earthquake in Chile with hundreds dead, its Chile con carnage...

[@freebeerfordworkers]

True back then it had all the best shows and all the best performers and the movies seem to open there first. There was something different to do every night even if Nat Temple at the now demolished dance hall by the harbour was a bit dated. I went with my late wife in 2004 and the only show in town was Jim Davidson at the Pavilion. He was ok but was basically some dancers and a warm up man then him for an hour and a half,

[@maidindevon]

Torquay just feels so dangerous. I couldn't imagine being amongst this holiday paradise.

[@freebeerfordworkers]

@@maidindevon sadly I know what you mean I was last there with my late wife 20 years ago and Castle Street on Saturday night was unpleasant. There seemed to be a lot of non European young men and the paramedics actually had an ambulance based in the town centre to save them turning out.

[@maidindevon]

@@freebeerfordworkers I regularly walk through there, I have never once felt uneasy about the middle eastern people, other than those seeking to be processed in the hotel, a sizeable chunk are medical professionals in Torquay Hospital. It is the drunks that fall out of the pubs, the British men in groups that leer and provide unimaginative sexual comments and the addict's, that make me fearful.

[@MrFreefonix420]

Crazy seeing this when you live in Torbay, it really is a shadow of its former self

[@LittlePinkPiggy1]

Look how slim everyone was!

[@dilapnapunjabi703]

Conclusion: Those people lived their life and we spending our time on KZbin wishing we were born in that era.

[@RandomVids4U488]

True

[@zssandhu786]

yes , very true

[@lucaschapman2188]

Wouldn't last a week in the 1960's seems so lovely on KZbin and all that with the sun shining. I bet it wasn't for your average working class man. "Nostalgia not what it used to be " your average millennial and General Z wouldn't last 5 minutes without the internet Lol! I'm GenerationX (49 years old) and I would miss the perks of modern life.

[@LIGIERJS111979]

@@lucaschapman2188 tem que ser o brasileiro falando bosta.. bom é ficar confinado em casa por causa de covid, num calor de 34 graus, tendo que ficar no youtube, ne seu bosta? corno!

[@damaristighe3227]

True and sad. Can't escape that conclusion.

[@garyhare8902]

Even the Seagulls where friendly back then.

[@WOLFROY47]

ohh yeah brilliant observation love it

[@neo9961]

they were probably homophobic sexist and racist too

[@thunderstruck1078]

Seagulls are white.

[@southlondon86]

were*

[@stephencooper684]

Seagulls are not seagulls, they are Gulls.

[@algernonwolfwhistle6351]

I had a few childhood holidays on the 'English Riviera'. There were always a lot of foreign students living in the area for some reason. Torquay was filled with small hotels and guest houses and even though the beach wasn't a pretty one, it was packed with people and often the gardens behind the beach too. Cheap flights and the package holiday to Spain killed the appeal of the south coast and it hasn't recovered since.

[@jduff7036]

Torquay has a large English as a foreign language school, hence the students.

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

@@jduff7036 Yes, I fondly remember meeting a lot of Scandinavian girls there in the 70's. Penelope's club in Paignton was a favourite place, along with the Pacific Bar. Those girls used to line up inside the door at Penelope's, waiting to pounce on any boy they fancied - no "chatting up" required ! 😁 Daytimes spent on Goodrington sands or catching the steam train to Kingswear and Dartmouth, and once we spotted Agatha Christie from the train. Great times.

[@globalpartnerspp]

I was one of those foreign students. Arrived in the UK for the first time and picked up at Heathrow by my contact from the company that organised the trip, caught the train to Torquay and stayed with a family at their home for 3 months while studying english at the language school. Fond memories that I will never forget.

[@tinacolmer3403]

I moved to torquay from Plymouth 5yrs ago and never looked back, I love it here, so much to see and do and most of it walking distance.

[@oppressednolonger1497]

whats it been like since covid. Friends tells me its been eerily desolate. hope it comes back..

[@michaelwaugh1187]

No fat slappers with tats and dodgy eyebrows in the 60s 70s and 80s. Natural stunning women.

[@Shane-zx4ps]

You made me laugh out loud with that statement, cause it’s true

[@clothingi8943]

Lmfao

[@harryboy3305]

It was all white back then

[@chrisnineteen80s50]

This was before the 70’s move to holidays in Spain, after that British holiday destinations and culture died. People also ate properly, today people would eat burgers and litter the place. I’m too young to have lived that life but I think the 1960’s must have been the peak of British civilisation.

[@andradejurk]

The amazing 60's. The 60´s and 70´s (the 80´s too) was the best decades around the world. Regards from Brazil.

[@gasman417]

Wish I had a time machine. I'd go back and stay there.

[@WOLFROY47]

unfortunately you would still get old you would have t keep going back don't forget to charge your batteries, and take some spare parts with you they didn't make them back then, shame, nothing's perfect

[@sanchezmorales99]

Will you leave all of the technology in this time?

[@oppressednolonger1497]

Im just glad I finally have a washing machine. Too bad it doesn;t take ppl back in time during one of the long kind of boring cycles >

[@crickcrot]

@John Evans my home town is unrecognisable now because of the politicians satanic policy's.that ruined our? Country.

[@chapsnaps1]

Having lived the first 30 years of my life without smart technology, I could easily live without it. The 60s and early 70s were a great time to grow up. I can definitely understand the desire to go back to that time. Unfortunately, it's not possible. More's the pity.

[@AFMMarcelD]

Back when people were civilised, lovers of fine arts and Nature, kindness everywhere, no pillaging and no ugly people destroying property.

[@rastislavstanik]

truly a false image of reality :D

[@bbbsmith2644]

And no phones anywhere

[@AFMMarcelD]

@@rastislavstanik You May have a point, but you cannot deny that things are pretty bad nowadays.

[@BidenPOTUS]

@@AFMMarcelD whats pretty bad nowadays?

[@zimzim251]

@@Luca-nu2zg you must be dumb to say something like that because Islam had existed since the 600s

[@davidlitzelman9884]

I'm ready to go on vacation to this time.

[@tonylynch.4563]

"Fings ain't wot they used t'be", Cor, hor, hor, hor, hor, hor. 😜 Sorry couldn't resist that after seeing Max Bygraves and Sid James. I live in New Zealand now but was born in London in 67. This brings back happy memories of family holidays in the 70's to Ramsgate and Margate, much nicer resorts in my honest humble opinion 😄. Thanks for the upload . Ps, Margate was so good Chas n Dave wrote a song about it 👍.

[@joeagius66]

50 years ago........ amazing

[@isobar5857]

Those were the days my friend, thought they would never end.......

[@davejones9503]

We'd sing and dance forever and a day..........

[@tollundman7524]

Nice pop culture reference. Mary Hopkins.

[@ianstewartorr8455]

Forever and a day

[@StanleyKowalski.]

music from originally russian song added with old turkish song "uskudara gideriken", with new lyrics

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

Goes to show the lack of education then.

[@Daddywaah]

Dear Lord, please take me back to those times...

[@Playsinvain]

Until you have to go the dentist.

[@Daddywaah]

@@Playsinvain lol, fair call!

[@carllewis7964]

amen to that

[@rustamsalechov4630]

England is looking for her Churchill, America Eisenhower, Stalin's Russia, and only Germany, the poor thing, except the Fuhrer and there is no one to remember. Let's pray for her sinful soul.

[@turtleextra4128]

@colorado121 1. globalism is a necessity of the modern world it was the same back then 2. I don't see how leftism has anything to do with this 3. find me 1 peer-reviewed study on how climate change isn't real 4. can you clarify that? what is mass imigration

[@Kiinell]

The 1960's, when Torquay was in France and Dad was as fit as fuck.

[@kat13man]

Ha ha ha. The good old days.

[@jnusslein6301]

Life in 1968 better than the most part of the rest of the world in 2028.

[@MrMenefrego1]

We will have to wait and see.

[@DannieGemz]

would have loved to live back then, all i have are the tales my mother and gran told me and classic clips like this. So sad to see all these things gone now.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@peter burry Yes, that's because things of value have always been lost from one generation to another. Only, the pace is not constant, nor is the pace at which valuable new things, if any, take their place. Optimism, like its opposite, is fatal to the mind. All the best.

[@Iain1962]

@peter burry Not at all, I was a young lad at that time, and my dad had been through the war, starving in Malta, he told me to make the best of it because it was a much better time than he had to live through.

[@AK-hi7mg]

@peter burry no these were really peak Western Civilization times .before that it was horrible ,and now it's just anxious and dangerously unstable .

[@1MinuteFlipDoc]

the good old days were never as good as today.

[@UmVtCg]

Yeah, that's what your children write will about the present time in 50 years. I'd enjoy yit while you can and stop having nostalgic feelings for a time that wasn't all that great, ask some Vietnam veterans.

[@michaelcollett1175]

as grow up in 60s, remember my holiday in weymouth with fonds memories , with prefect summer and plenty to do, had great time

[@hideouslyugly]

I love Devon and Cornwall. We are going to Cornwall this July 2019. First family holiday since 2014, so we really are looking forward to it.Weve saved hard for this.

[@obsolise8063]

Have a great holiday!☀️🏖

[@hideouslyugly]

@@obsolise8063 Thanks. It doesn't bother us if we don't have a holiday, other things crop up, and the money is not there, but this time, we have been blessed, and are returning to the Haven campsite at Perran Sands. Bless you.

[@obsolise8063]

Mark Cook & bless you too, & your family - hoping you get the same weather & atmosphere as this video🌞

[@QED_]

@Mark Cook: Good for you (!)

[@hideouslyugly]

@@QED_ Thanks. Bless you.

[@ric6383]

So refreshing to see the Britain of my childhood, north east coast wasn't quite so posh, but I can relate. Stuck in London now, an eye opener to hear anyone speak English on a bus or in the street.

[@arjunghanekar6140]

Is english being the lingua franca not enough for you people lol. Matlab kuch bhi bolne ka english nahi bolne mei tumhe kya farak pad raha hai re

[@dennis8196]

I'm British, learning other languages to avoid talking to people like you.

[@ric6383]

@@dennis8196 I'm British and proud of my inheritance, and would probably avoid talking to people like you. Any of the countries I've visited and lived in have exactly the same attitude as me. Note, I didn't say learning another language is bad... Written by someone who spoke enough German to qualify for a German passport, and who has heavily invested in Ethiopia and been learning Amharic.

[@newtonia-uo4889]

@@ric6383 people from around the world do great things to ensure the dominance/longevity of their cultures in their own countries yet the west is shamed whenever it does so

[@ric6383]

@@newtonia-uo4889 Very true, the other half is Amhara, they are polite, decent, but damn well stick up for their culture.

[@andrew-karens-adventures]

Brings back so many memories of when I was a 9 yr child (50 yrs ago), our 1weeks annual holiday was spent Paington lots of happy hours spent on Goodrington sands, we always went to see Val Doonican summer show 👍😁

[@stephaniebates3812]

The quality of this clip is amazing. I feel like I'm watching a modern recording of people dressed in costumes from the 60s.

[@bighands69]

16mm film is amazing. Have a look at people doing 16mm film today to see what it is like.

[@arunv4243]

Its remastered

[@rkjer]

I feel like I’m watching recording through a 2005 cellphone...

[@eagleowlish]

I’ve got home movies from 1968 that are just like this! So lucky that my dad was a photographer. There can’t have been cameras beck then, unlike today when everyone has one.

[@bighands69]

@@arunv4243 Remaster means they got it to the original film standard.

[@alan01256]

Holidays of my childhood. Great days!

[@nyimalhamo7856]

Loved my home in Brixham - the 80’s. High above the bay. Gorgeous view. And of course, the famous clotted cream 😉. Stunning walks thru neighboring Dartmoor.

[@amyy2403]

i love seeing all the lights reflect onto the harbour at brixham!

[@moksastudio9962]

Such a joy watching the real England! What have you done to yourself England??!?!?!

[@Willsey]

It's the politician's. They ruined it.

[@davidgreenwood5241]

You mean what have the politicians done to England

[@shaunbat5097]

The government wanted a new Africa

[@davidgreenwood5241]

@@shaunbat5097 actually that’s not a bad idea that means we will be able to receive more handouts

[@allangreenley9901]

Correct exactly

[@Phangmaster]

This country no longer exists by the way

[@tlhtorquay]

Great to see Torquay back then . . . .

[@charlsfrancis4183]

I’ve been in your swimming pool lots and it is really fun!

[@MrDavey2010]

Shame it’s changed. I was there on business a few years ago and it was in a poor condition.

[@Generalfund]

Whats it like now?

[@Generalfund]

@@tlhtorquay thank you!

[@Steve-ix2un]

@@Generalfund went there last year with my wife, there is nothing there rubbish.

[@fionamoorcroft7]

I love Torbay, and find it mad that the buildings haven't changed! Even the cafe at the beach in Torquay was there in 1968, and I had thought that looked quite new when I first went about ten years ago!

[@avalondreaming1433]

You are lucky for that. I live in Dallas Texas, a city that spits in the face of history. If something is old we demolish it, pronto!

[@bbigbird2298]

There all derelict and abandoned

[@iangodfrey4518]

It's gone down hill quite a bit since this film was made, and more so in the 8 years since you made this comment.

[@ronaldhagendorens5657]

my family long motherside lived in Brittain , Luton Brighton and Brixham Torquay......i missed those holidays spending with our family

[@ghostontheline]

Pure nostalgia, everything changes but not for the better. Carry on Sydney and Arthur..........

[@trevor311264]

Aye, that's a fact, even nostalgia is not what it used to be....

[@DM-hw4cr]

The miniature village is awesome

[@whnook]

Model Village. Not far from Torquay Utd's ground.

[@roberthaworth8991]

The Dutch do the model village thing, um, big time. There's an extensive one in Amsterdam. But of course, it's Dutch, so they depict an SS Panzer battalion at the edge of town.

[@securityrobot]

It sure was, a paradise!

[@bobsilver3983]

This was happy times.

[@prawnjohn]

love these times of innocence and simplicity although narrators sounded like MR. Chumley Warner

[@OfflineSetup]

...and people will look back at the "youtube voice" that is so popular.

[@joseffritzl1788]

Yes, Grayson.

[@MrSimonmcc]

It's spelled Cholmondley-Warner.

[@peakperformancetrain]

Small sacrifices one can’t have everything!

[@EricIrl]

@@peakperformancetrain I wonder who inspired Harry Enfileld when he was creating Cholmondley Warner.

[@robertoc2485]

Arthur Askey and Sid James! And Eamon Andrews - brilliant piece of film. Thank you.

[@JohnJones-cp4wh]

Val Doonican, Max Bygraves.

[@thethinker8805]

The good old days, remember them well

[@chubeye1187]

Grim

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

@Eat your cake and Have it too Too few racists apparently.

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

@Alice Rabbit Quick question. Is that the only option you can think of?

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

@Alice Rabbit So is that the only option you can think of? Why be so shy, may as well just admit it?

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

@Alice Rabbit How am I anti white? Define forced diversity.

[@jacobrivers5728]

Beautiful England at a more beautiful time in history.

[@peterbrunsden380]

"Sophistication? I've been to Torquay..." I remember our neighbours used to go there on holiday and we all thought of it as Monte |Carlo!

[@bighands69]

It was an absolutely beautiful place as were several other places. Many places have turned into slot machine gala bingo hell holes.

[@ixlnxs]

Compared to Monte Carlo today, the Torbay of the 1960s does look rather sophisticated, actually. In an understated elegance kind of way.

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

Torquay is more beautiful than Montecarlo. Montecarlo is just ugly concrete tower blocks.

[@terrytk9398]

What amazing film stock! Warm & luscious. I wonder what stock it is? Wish we made more of these travelogues & not the ‘selfie’ celebrity nonsense of today.

[@juanjots]

I'm so impressed with this1968 HD video!

[@DevonDandy]

Almost certainly 16mm photographic film. It was not until HD video came into being that we equaled 16mm

[@bighands69]

@@DevonDandy 16mm is better in resolution than 4K. 35mm is about 8K. Color processing is far more natural with film stock as well.

[@bighands69]

@@mattikaki I am afraid to burst your bubble but 35mm is about 7 to 8K at a minimum. 70mm is about 18k. And these are only estimations of the scanning rate as film does not have pixels. "On theatre they show 35mm films using 4K projectors" That is the lens you are referencing not the film stock. Do not confuse the two.

[@admiralyisoonshin4995]

Wow, it was a film of 53 years ago! Best quality, best picture. Time flies like an arrow. People in the film are still alive now? Life is short.

[@bassman1ism]

What a delight to watch this.

[@lopaul2149]

Beautiful people , wonderful time

[@BazzerObama]

We used to go on holiday to Torbay most summers in the 1960’s up until ‘75, the drive from London would take 8 hours with various stops, my Dad would avoid the nightmarish A303 wherever possible. Many happy childhood holidays there, we saw Val Doonican and Sid James at their respective summer shows that year. Thank you for posting and bringing back many happy memories.

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

I remember my parents taking us there for a summer holiday.

[@paulkcormier]

WE WERE ALL HERE AND NOW WE ARE GONE LIKE the brief moment we all share in time

[@deebee311]

No-one staring at a phone, instead enjoying the views and surroundings.

[@MrTim207]

True, but make no mistake, if we’d have had phones back then, we would have been the same as the kids today.

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

Long live peace its the secret of the beauty and fun at any place on the globe.

[@americanpatriot3759]

Throw your phone if you hate technology

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

@@americanpatriot3759 crazy

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

@Mr.ΠΩβΩDΨ which world Mr. phony

[@briannababesshhsshah2373]

I grew up with smartphones and I wish I hadn’t , I wish I lived in s time where people were happy , spoke to eachother and the weather was astonishing

[@garden2571]

You're romanticising the past so much mate

[@bighands69]

@@garden2571 No. Most people know that it was far better to be in that era. A lowly educated person for that era could make a career or life for them self. Unlike today.

[@danial469]

@@bighands69 exactly

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Having a laugh? The climate hasn't actually changed yet. If you were serious you could move to Canada, where the summers are hot. I see no one sweating in the video and the way they're dressed they appear to be on the verge of chilliness. Is it a degree over 20? I suppose shorts were indecorous at the time, as well as sandals (and t-shirts of course).

[@Xtremedarkjoy]

@emergerq technology isn't a curse .....majority humans are not ready for it. Neanderthals living among us

[@nickwillobey2205]

What a truly great film.....love the old days 😍😍😍...now it's just finished.

[@simonjohnhinton1938]

Came back from a 4 day break in Torquay and what a wonderful part of the world it is. Friendly folk and great places to eat. Love the harbour and also visited Paignton too.

[@zander1323]

The quality of the film reminds me of The Prisoner.

[@JamesJohnson-re9zw]

The film is amazingly clear

[@pattieboon7322]

Love to live in Torbay. Smashing place to holiday and relax.

[@pleun315]

In the rain .....😂😂

[@zharkiebrowner1297]

This Documentary Channel is 1one of the VERY BEST that British people has ever created to record and show the Whole World how their lives have been decade after decade!. Thanks British Pathe.🤗🇬🇧💖

[@PandoraApocalypse]

Girls were so gorgeous back then

[@davidmccormick4319]

No fat shaming required

[@victorgomez4107]

I want to be there. We need time-travelling!

[@annodomini7887]

Too bad time traveling will never exist, or else there would be time travelers everywhere.

[@summertime787]

@@annodomini7887 I'm 9 years old and my sister is 16 and when she drives me around with her in her little car both of us are always barefooted and I am shirtless and my sister wears her bikini top and bottoms and drives barefooted

[@annodomini7887]

What? Where the hell did that come from????

[@Perririri]

*covid-68 has entered the medical journals*

[@anonymous0121]

If only 😞

[@ricardoroberto100]

Brilliant video well made. The bits that interested me most were the shots of the Riveria Hotel which is now demolished but we have often stayed in a house that's on the same site overlooking the harbour. Fascinating to see the original hotel in so much detail.

[@56bluegold]

Beautiful video. In my opinion that was a much better time to have lived in.

[@michaelrodgers7109]

Thank you X it's was so.much nicer X then X

[@jfloresmac]

Ahhh, yes, the good old days. Jolly good show. Carry on, chaps. Cheers!

[@boleslawzajac4729]

COR BLIMEY ,GOOD OLD DAYS IN GOOD OLD ENGLAND !!! UNFORGETABLE !

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Was there in late 60s. The Beach Boys “Do It Again” could be heard everywhere on the tiny portable transistor radios.

[@thisisnev]

My memories of childhood holidays in Torbay: stuck in a grotty caravan, watching the rain beat endlessly on the window.

[@RickyJr46]

A sparkling little gem! Loved every second.

[@lejoe48]

Magical mistery tour!

[@duffbaker9554]

Magical misery tour? Huh??

[@nataliaendacott3326]

They had such fun!

[@Michael-bf1dt]

Hi Natalia how are you. Greetings from Ireland 🥰😀😘

[@stiofandundealgan1280]

Nostalgia for these happy days ! Thanks very much !

[@sallysmith3108]

Thank you uploading