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I was there that day, selling eclipse glasses with my friend!!! It was amazing. Great video 😊

Amazing to find this. I would have been at the school then. Basil Pogson was a fairly new head at that time. This was before the red brick wall had been knocked into the field by an over enthusiastic pupil swinging on the climbing frame.

Is this Lushcott Shropshire?

when my nan took my mum to the zoo around that time there was a little boy running on top of the wall of the polar bear part, no safety net or anything, he was lucky to not fall in

Where the fuck is the sound

Thanks for that, three years before I was born. I love the Tank Museum! 👍

Back then, it was 1968 is nearly 55 previous years ago is 8 previous years before I was born. In those days, 1968 had slam door 🚪 trains 🚆 🚊 🚂. There weren’t electric ⚡️ door 🚪 trains 🚂 🚊 🚆 at the time 🕜. These trains 🚊 like 👍 that honestly don’t exist used part of British Rail anymore. These trains 🚆 are 1st generation DMU - Diesel Multiple Unit trains 🚊. In the present 💝 days, there are more modern 2nd generation trains 🚆. Much better in 2023. In 5 years time 🕖, it will be 2028 where the year 1968 will be aged 6️⃣0️⃣ years old.Very ancient history now updated on Wednesday 12th April 2023. Old trains 🚂 🚆 🚊 are better than walking 🚶‍♂️ to be honest. In 1968, it was called British Rail. Crikey, doesn’t time fly quickly and likewise life is short. My age at present 💝 is 47 years old and had my birthday 🥳 🎂 🎉 recently in the previous month is March. I was born on Tuesday 9th March 1976. The older you get, the quicker years come and go. 😀 😃 😃 😁 😄 😆 👍 👍 👍 👍

Like the gorillas scooping up water. They haven't had them since the 80s.

I remember all the sea birds going mad when the light was going and then all went silent during the full eclipse. Street Lights started turning on. The best thing though was as the light came back you could see the suns shadow or something strange travel in the sky at 1000 miles per hour out over the sea towards the east. It was the most bizarre thing helped by the cloudy skies.

I have very fond memories of this wonderful little train running under it's full sized brethren on the main line above . My parents loved to go for holidays in Colwyn Bay and every year this train was a huge part of the attraction. Thank goodness your Father was able to capture it on film . It's so hard to find much about it now . I wonder where the engine ended up ??

Hi Ian, thanks so much for sharing these videos. I thought you might like to know that after extensive checking of the TV schedule, your wonderful “1965 Christmas” video is actually Boxing Day 1964. I was finally able to track down the safari footage which is from the 2.10pm broadcast of Zanzabuku, with the clip shown being 39 minutes into the film, giving us a time of 2.49pm for that footage!

Those guys are totally bonkers!

I remember riding this train when I was a young lad and the taking my own son on it. I now live in Colwyn Bay and often think of those days as I drive along the promenade. Thank you for the memories.

I go to that school

Thanks for posting. All this old private footage is valuable.

I think I was there with my parents when I was five. An English Electric Lightening did a supersonic Passover which upset the children, me included. Though this could have been the year before or after.

I believe I was there, as a child, we rode in a steam car. I think it was an annual event.

Great to see the old mixed livery coaches and one pulling a tanker......different times!

Does anyone rember the signs 'No BRUTES beyond this point' on Platform 4? BRUTES weren't Wolves supporters. They were British Rail Unitised Trolley Equipment😉

What was formerly a bustling mainline is now a pathetic, shunned branch.

Hi Ian, I'm putting together an early BOAC video and I'm writing to ask if I may include some of this footage. The angles are unique, I'll happy list you and your dad in a credit banner below the footage. Let me know if this is okay with you.

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Was that at or near Goodrington ?

Great footage - just as I remember it as a child. Having been recently I was very disappointed, a lot of money spent on the zoo since those times making life better for the animals but as a visitor experience not good - too expensive, not enough animals, too much foliage small children will not see much and expensive food. Save your money.

Phenomenal quality for the time.

I. Think. It was replaced with a little diesel unit a friend of mine used to drive it and he hurt his back lifting it back on the rails when it derailed a bit.

Nice! Was this the future site of Telford Central?

Some excellent ploughing there and a beautiful turn out of heavy horse 👍👍

Amazing archive footage, can't believe how the polar bear and bear enclosure used to look, how magical! Thanks for creating this ♥️

Wonderful footage - I went for the first time, aged 11, in 1967, then every year for the next 4 or 5 years, always starting at Porthmadog and turning round at TyB, so I never went up to Dduallt. I would love to return and do the whole thing and the WHR all on the same day. Thanks for this footage, it has brought back some great memories.

I have recently found an article in the papers. The Prince Charles Steam Loco was first run on 27th July 1953 having arrived the previous week.

I didn't take on a tennis career even with a seemingly young interest at the age of 2yrs

Was great to see your colour video from 1966 Ian. Mom and Dad took me to Colwyn Bay in 1966. I have a photo Dad took of me in the miniature steam engine and Mom standing nearby. We moved to Canada in 1974...love to go back there again one day. Mom is 77 now, she also enjoyed your vid.

Very interesting thank you!

wonderful to see that again I loved seeing the engines when walking to my grans in Walton avenue

lovely to see I remember it well but sadly under houses now and walked those fields many a time beating for the shoots as a lad and walked the lane to shifnal snow rain and sun with my dad and the dog to see my uncle

All those old prop planes (I worked on Shacks at Ballykelly and Beverleys in Aden) with a Lightning in the middle. A rose between thorns.

Hi Ian, would like to get in contact regarding possible use of your footage in a documentary featuring Heathrow Airport. Please drop me an email at 'lauren@barefootrascals.com' to discuss this further. Thanks! Lauren

Thanks for posting this! My first holiday was in 1959 when just a toddler but I remember this train and had my photo taken beside it. I have found a few still photos but this is the first time I have seen the train moving (and in colour) since then. The driver at the time I was there had most of his thumb missing so this was a great curiosity for me! I can smell the sulphurous steam coal when I see this video.

OMG - my first visit to the line, and North Wales, was summer '68. We stayed at Colwyn Bay and made the trek down to TyB and had a return trip behind Linda. Remember being in a mood because we hadn't gone on the new extension to Dduallt!! Great vid - thanks for the memory!

You do know how to bring back old memories. This film shows how farmers and hands were proud of their skills ,the judges were ruthless in their perfection. One thing not shown in the film was that there were a number of steam tractors that also took part in the competitions . They would normally work ploughing in pairs ,one each end of the field, toughing a plough on a cable. If I remember correctly they had reversible ploughs that meaning they ploughed on each crossing of the field. They were really skilled at thier work

Hi ,I have just by chance watched your video . Takes me back to my youth. I went all over Shropshire and especially south of Shrewsbury with my late father who dug by hand and operated trenchers just the same as the one shown on your video.He must have laid hundreds of miles of clay pipes in his time. He worked for the WarAgg (war ministry for food production during and after the war) based at Condover Camp then was self employed for a while before working for Kinch Parry Ltd , Baston Hill. Great memories.

2.30 how long did Elton John work on the line? Whereabouts is that derailment and what caused it? I remember the original Earl came off the line at Portmadoc having divided the frog of the points approaching the station circa 1971 (or was it Merdyn?). It broke leading axle. PS How come Merdyn has survived through the years but now two Earls are knackered?

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Hey Ian. We absolutely love this footage. Is there any chance we can share it on our page?

Amazing footage!!

If the band at 1:07 is the 4th(V)Btn KSLI (It's definitely Light Infantry with Buglers on the front rank), then my grandad's in there...

Ah, those good old days at Abingdon - 53,47 & S&SF 1959 to 1963 ---- Graham 'squeek' Wade.

The Beverley brings back memories of Singapore - I was on 34 Squadron at Seletar 1960/62.

Pre super-8 so had to turn film over half way through and re thread it each 90seconds or so. My dads cine8 was clockwork. Then when the reels came back there was editing, splicing, gluing then hanging a sheet up to view it with light getting in at the ends of each section. Happy days. Thanks for posting.