Back in the 60's Blackpool seemed such a magical place. it still pulls them in, year after year, But I have so many fond memories of this town in the 60's.
@karenchance60984 жыл бұрын
So emotional watching this. Thank you so much. Blackpool at its best.
@InsiderBlackpool4 жыл бұрын
visit soon :-)
@stephencunliffe30623 жыл бұрын
Pity those happy days all gone now. Mention Blackpool to kids today and they grimace. Wish we could go back. Anyhow I still love Blackpool 💘
@john1112573 жыл бұрын
me too, covid will help Blackpool
@vaslav0305472 жыл бұрын
Kids tell you what to get them today, not accept what they are given.
@walterkronkitesleftshoe66842 жыл бұрын
@@vaslav030547 My kids are brought up the old way. Lazy parenting and lefty education establishment responsible for the mouthbreathers today.
@johnogroin59744 жыл бұрын
I love Blackpool, been going there every year since 1975
@InsiderBlackpool4 жыл бұрын
Even last year? A lot have sadly missed out with only a small window of opportunity :-(
@vincentjohnson37634 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, wonderfull memories, I was born in Blackpool in 1949 so I would of been 12 year old and it was great to go back , notice how thin and fit people were, notice the great business being done by all and sundry , notice two shilling and sixpence for adults and one and sixpence for children people cared for families with children, notice suprisingly ,two black persons, I was 14 before I ever saw a black man, he was a tattooist on the golden mile---Reginald Dixon on the Wurlitzer ( that is him playing on your clip) a free concert given every day in the Tower concert hall , huge queue every day to get in, toffee apples sixpence and so much more ,Blackpool was great when ENGLAND was great ,Tommy Trinder , you lucky people, that was his catch phrase, it was funny because it was ironic most of the adults had harsh war memories ,Tommy Trinder was chairman of Fulham football club I said halo Mr Trinder to him at a Blackpool Fulham game about this time ,he winked and said halo lad, I was proud, told my Mum and Dad ,don't know why I am crying perhaps it is for something special that has been destroyed so unfairly---anyway thanks for posting will keep it and show my grandchildren
@billy007rodaway3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your memories.
@stephenaustinjohnnunns48543 жыл бұрын
It's not Reginald Dixon playing....its theatre organist Stephen Austin playing throughout the film.
@vincentjohnson37633 жыл бұрын
@@stephenaustinjohnnunns4854 Yes I had worked that out later ,I stand corrected
@blackpoolrox64752 жыл бұрын
The black tattooist was called Prince Eugine
@jacquiquinn9974 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful to watch
@bozzface13 жыл бұрын
I was only born in the 80s but spent almost every weekend in Blackpool absolutely loved it.....its a dump now but its my dump
@john1112573 жыл бұрын
not a dump, just England now
@elliottg.19542 жыл бұрын
Visited Blackpool as a young kid in 1964 and saw the Circus, Reginald Dixon, and Charlie Cairoli. Been back maybe twice in sixty years.
@tuesdaydelaney44804 жыл бұрын
Love your Channel it’s Brilliant
@garethwood66593 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic footage. Thank you for sharing it.
@ComptonLodgeStudios3 жыл бұрын
Hi Stephen and John What a wonderful lovely film. Not only does it bring back happy memories of weekends at Blackpool with my late father but of visiting the Tower Ballroom many times and listening to the one and only Reginald Dixon at the Wonder Wurlitzer. Hope you are both keeping well in these difficult times and that we'll meet up again in future. Much Love and Best Wishes from this old organ grinder in the Rhondda Valley! Take care, PAUL.
@laticsprem3 жыл бұрын
The seafront between Central Pier and the former Woolworth building is now totally unrecognisable from this.
@Finglesham2 жыл бұрын
Very nostalgic. I went there in 1958 with my family and it looked just like that. We went on a train of course and I remember the crowds. Very exciting for an eleven year old. Thanks
@christinacramsie56464 жыл бұрын
I remember the fountain at Stanley Park, used to go regularly to Blackpool and St Annes. They did Miss England in the park once and put a walkway over the water and fountain. That would probably be in the 70's
@robharding40283 жыл бұрын
I was 4 when this film was made, But I can still remember being put into the sea for the first time by my dad, He told me you have to sink, or swim, I sort of screamed and swallowed quite a bit of sea water, But It taught me one thing, If something looks exciting, is not always true !
@freck26143 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for you having to experience that.
@walterkronkitesleftshoe66842 жыл бұрын
@@freck2614 I bet Rob can swim now though.
@percyquill66285 ай бұрын
How times have changed. Everyone dressed respectfully: no hoodies, shell suits, suggestive offensive T shirts and not a single male or female 'overweight blimp ' waddling about. Well thought out organ accompaniment to complete a slice of life that will never return.
@stevenedwards21623 жыл бұрын
Went there around this time from Wales in a Austin A35 with my two older sisters and my mam and dad, I must have been around five years old ,still have a few memories of that holiday , this is how I remember it great times .
@1701_FyldeFlyer4 жыл бұрын
I think I might be in that film somewhere!
@jimward80952 жыл бұрын
Those were the days...happy and carefree...spent many many hours as a lad,train spotting at the central station. All gone..and with it any resemblance of what I remember then,but thanks to this video,better times back then..this nation,has turned into a 3rd world sh-t hole?
@eddywells56894 ай бұрын
Great vid tks
@vaslav0305472 жыл бұрын
Far happier times. Not a mobile phone in sight, and two coppers walking the beat.(One of them a sergeant)
@mh53j2 жыл бұрын
Both wearing white gloves as well.
@leathandrubb2 жыл бұрын
I agree fully. I have a friend that visits me once a day and although we talk his phone is glued to his hand all through.
@hexadec2 жыл бұрын
...and no fatties like there are everywhere now! 🙂
@catherineclark44843 жыл бұрын
I adore this video
@shaleshiftersvintagespeedw22912 жыл бұрын
I love this film. Wonderful content. I wonder if the film original still exists? It would be terrific if it could be given to a film archive and given frame by frame digitisation. Not in any way to detract from this very welcome contribution.
@fizzlepop94514 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see how it was back then, compared to now. My first visits would have been mid 80's
@InsiderBlackpool4 жыл бұрын
when was you last visit? Blackpool is changing sooo quickly.
@fizzlepop94514 жыл бұрын
@@InsiderBlackpool We were there early November to see the illuminations, just as the second lockdown was announced. We enjoyed a stay at the new BLVD hotel (see our vlog) but it was super windy that weekend!! We try and get to the illuminations every year!
@InsiderBlackpool4 жыл бұрын
@@fizzlepop9451 What a fab hotel! Probably best in Blackpool...... currently anyway :-) Will check out your VLOG now, thanks.
@InsiderBlackpool4 жыл бұрын
Well..... I say that..... we actually watched it a few days back lol. Recognised it as soon as it started paying again lol
@fizzlepop94514 жыл бұрын
@@InsiderBlackpool That's exactly what our thumbnail said! We ate evening meal and breakfast there too! 👍
@giannihallett49512 жыл бұрын
Awesome video
@charlesgalloway34452 жыл бұрын
Do you have videos of Fylde railway 1 and 2
@adambutterworth76083 жыл бұрын
There’s a channel called a walk on the wild side. He shows you round Blackpool now. It’s changed a bit compared to this. 😳
@john1112573 жыл бұрын
subbed
@anth13754 жыл бұрын
When England was England
@chrishaz11224 жыл бұрын
Them days have long gone my friend
@johnroberts82334 жыл бұрын
… And not Great Britain.
@dcw14674 жыл бұрын
Absolutely !!!
@marshallh93 жыл бұрын
Pride in their country. Pride in themselves.
@robertbolton12744 жыл бұрын
How things change. A time without drunks with tattoos, tracksuits or yobs wondering around.
@twinkle30264 жыл бұрын
Well, as a heavily tattooed lady, i am dismayed by your narrow mindedness! However, i still wish ya, a happy crimbo! xx
@InsiderBlackpool4 жыл бұрын
Still has that going on but much less than say ten years ago. Really targeting families a lot more now as the core rather than stag and hen parties.
@Embracing013 жыл бұрын
I really do think the downhill has been deliberately made that way by our governments. Can't really blame the people, but I think people have been socially engineered and manipulated, not least through the culture we live in; drugs, poverty, lack of jobs, alcohol, etc.
@dcw14674 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhh not a Face Nappy in Sight....... Everybody had a Immune System.
@astereux45193 жыл бұрын
You an anti vaxxer?
@alan63 жыл бұрын
@@astereux4519 shut up
@angiehazelaar3 жыл бұрын
Who the hell says face nappy?
@Embracing013 жыл бұрын
@@angiehazelaar Alot of people, not the normies who wear them though.