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I wonder where Sweetie Pie was?? He was a Salisbury Beach icon back in the day.

Man. I LOVED my summers at Salisbury Beach. My whole family (stepfathers side) would stay at this once little “block” of condos right on the beach - about 1/2 mile from the center. Maybe less? The old couple that owned the cottages were named Sam and Edna. I think the last name was Fudgee?? I don’t know how to spell it. It was the coolest thing ever. At 36, I look back at those times and can’t believe how beautiful it all was.

I lived in salisbury briefly from 2001-2004. I was in college and would come home for weekends and breaks. So much fun. Used to go as a little kid in the 90s. So sad it withered away. My husband and our friends now frequent one of the local campgrounds. Its weird.

I remember these days wow good old days

This brings back some happy memories. I remember every year at Memorial School we had a beach day for the class to spend an entire day at the beach. It was usually shortly before summer vacation and was how we would kick off the summer. At the time, they had some pretty fun rides like the Sea Dragon and the Matterhorn. My childhood was a bit rough, but playing some arcades, going on rides, the bumper cars, eating a fried dough from Happys and shooting targets with those light guns at the entrance of the pavilion really let me forget everything for a little while. I always remember there was an old guy that had a cotton candy machine between the strip and the parking lot area. I wonder what ever happened to him after he closed up shop.

I went to Salisbury Beach with my family when I was very young (I think 1997) and I'm trying to identify a ride that was near the Ferris wheel. I remember it being enclosed and you could hear the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey from inside.

Great stuff! I was 11 and 12 in 1989-1990. I spent many summers going here as well as to Hampton, Jenness, and Wallis Sands. I can smell the fried dough and "beach pizza" watching this.

Simply amazing

This is the next best thing to a time machine! My heart and mind ache ls trying to remember every detail of Salisbury Beach's glory days. You brought it all back! Thank you you for having the equipment 35 years ago to record history and God bless you for putting it all together and sharing!

Thanks so much for the Great memories ❤I lived in Amesbury and spent most of my time at Salisbury and Hampton Beaches as a kid in the 60's and 70's. I am now 63 boy i miss those days. It was so nice to see it again. I also brought my kids there in the 80's and 90's. God Bless ! 🙏🙏

They say they might bring back the Robbie horses the original set

Ha I remember the Wildcat coaster

Sadly it’s long gone

I live nearby and go to Salisbury Beach often. It still crushes me when I see the bite they took out of it. Parking lots, condos where the rides were and the whole left side of the boardwalk just gone.

Park was dead😂😢

I miss this ride at Salisbury!!!

Love it! Like the accent too. I have it too. No matter how hard I try it’s always there.

Didnt go to joes playland? Liked it better them the amusment park

He’s still after lots of years one of my greatest inspirations!

SO GOOD

Thanks for sharing this with everyone. I grew up spending every summer there and lived there in 87 and went triton high for a bit before going back to methuen high. Countless memories of being young and falling in love at the beach and crushing on the cristis pizza guys with my girlfriend's lol. Sneaking onto the outside deck of the bar at the end of the path that leads to Vermont Ave. I don't know the exact address but I remember adults helping to pull us up onto the deck I was 15!!!! Lol.I could go on and on and even name some names of incredible, wild, devious, hilarious, romantic, and mischievous doings but we all know that what happened those summer days and nights at Salisbury Beach stay at Salisbury Beach lol.

That last bit at the end was nice!

Great playing but I would need a chiropractor after the song 😁

Pretty much disappeared...great talent...a lot of national bands could use him.

THANK YOU FOR THIS 🥹😭

Thank you for this, this was my childhood

makes me sad my son will never see it the way I did

Watching this video after 10 years now.... Wow.. superb Boss 🙂❤️ India.

HIS MOTHER WAS A PIANO TEACHER. GOD BLESS HER FOR CREATE SUCH A TALENTED SON!

i wish i was a teen in the 80s 😭 '

You filmed it as if somewhere in the back of your mind you knew what was going to happen. The whole feel of this is very foreshadowing.

6:00 mark - guy beating his dog

I remember how much used to be there in the 80's. Now there's no rides other than the carousel & all the waterfront arcades/amusements are a memory. My kids will never get to enjoy the joyful chaos of it. Closest thing to it is old orchard Beach.

This man should have a far bigger audience with these numbers he plays

Awesome!!!

Before Covid when you see people everywhere just having fun. Now we are either wearing masks everywhere, socially distanced, or in the morgues and funeral homes.

Remember The Hustle disco playing!!!

Fantastic!

Is he still performing in SF? Or is he in a band or something? Man I love this guy and still listening to his songs. A cool and kind hello from Barcelona Spain!!

It's funny: I work at Canobie part time as a second job every summer and the major noticeable difference: Trees and shade. I guess we all thought nothing of baking on the open beach back then.

Up in Hampton for a few weeks going as far as burying a few nights a week as well right right during this filming but during the same time frame. Salisbury is kind of dead these days

My favorite

What a great video Salisbury Beach was a great place to go it’s sad that it looks nothing like it did in this video here in the year 2021 just a faded memory of what once was too bad a lot of the beach amusement parks in New England are long gone only one left that I know of is Old Orchard Beach Maine I do stop down at Salisbury Beach every so often for some beach pizza!

I appreciate this video so much. I always loved going on the himalaya ride. Aye yi yi. It's the himalaya

Unfortunately the boardwalk has taken a bit of a dive. Some of the vendors are still there, but a lot of businesses have closed. Hampton, on the other hand, is getting a bit of a renaissance.

I have great memories going there as a kid in the 50s and 60s ! The place was total magic. We could never afford to go anywhere on vacation but every summer we would take 2 day trips to Salisbury Beach.

Don’t go back. The place is a mess... :(

I remember the Frolics club on the beach. I saw the J. Geils band. They served drinks during the show. The sunrise woke me up on the beach the next morning.

anybody remember my grandmother "Wing Ding" ?

I live on the beach now. Wow times have changed. Brings back so many memories