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Pontins Brean Sands - A brief history - Slide Show
Originally opened in the 1930s this small 6-acre holiday camp was used during the war as a US army base. Fred Pontin bought the site in 1946 from the Dean family for £23,000 and it became the first ever Pontins holiday camp with a capacity of 200 guests in small wooden chalets. A few months later Pontin purchased his second camp, also from the Dean family, this time at Osmington Bay in Weymouth.
Facilities at Brean during that first year included the Tudor dining hall, a dance hall and a billiards room. Outside was a bowling green, putting green and two tennis courts. Chalets were equipped with electric lighting, lino floors and a hand basin with cold running water. Four meals a day were provided - breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner - and a week in August, fully inclusive, cost 5.5 guineas per adult (£5.77). During the 1950s an outdoor swimming pool was added.
In 1963 the camp was extensively enlarged and rebuilt to cover 31 acres with over 700 new self-catering chalets mostly arranged in two-storey apartment style blocks. The original 6 acre camp, now itself rebuilt, was located at the front of the current camp immediately to the left of the main entertainment building. The original swimming pool and tennis courts have been removed.
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Pontins Southport in the 1970s and 1980s - Slide Show
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How the holiday camp looked back in the 1970s and 1980s. Located in Ainsdale, about 4 miles south of the famous pier, this 26-acre seafront camp was built new by Pontins in 1969 at a cost of £2.5 million. It featured 700 self-catering chalets arranged in 66 two-storey apartment style blocks which were laid out in an unusual circular pattern. The construction company that built the camp was owne...
Pontins Blackpool - A brief history - Slide Show
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Before it became Pontins it was known as Squires Gate Holiday Camp. Here's a little photographic tribute to both eras. The brainchild of Herbert Pye Squires Gate developed during the early 1930s as a camping ground with tents. By the late 1930s the tents had been replaced by over a thousand wooden chalets and in 1939 a huge new dining hall, bar, 'grand piazza' and outdoor swimming pool were bui...
Pontins Hemsby - A brief history - Slide Show
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Before it was Pontin's it was Maddieson's Holiday Camp. This slide show covers both eras as a tribute to the old camp which lasted for 88 years. Arguably the first proper holiday camp in the country, Hemsby was opened back in 1920 by Harry Maddieson, 16 years before Billy Butlin opened his first camp at Skegness. The little 9 acre full-board camp continued to be run by the Maddieson family for ...
Pontins Prestatyn in the 1970s and 1980s - Slide Show
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A look back at the glory years of the Pontins Holiday Camp in Prestatyn. Covering 40-acres this purpose built self-catering camp was built in 1971 on land previously occupied by a stock car racing and greyhound track - the distinctive oval track still forms the internal road layout today. Prior to this it was a cricket ground. It has 820 chalets mostly arranged in two-storey apartment-style blo...
Wild West World, Park City, Kansas - Aerial views during construction
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Wild West World was a new $30 million theme park located in Park City, Wichita. It opened in May 2007 but closed only two months later after falling into bankruptcy. It never reopened and the rides and buildings were later sold at auction. This great video explains it all: th-cam.com/video/YhHsM6Gdv5M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=IuRXQcbAbeiHQ3Jh These photos show the park shortly before it opened with some c...
Joyland Amusement Park (Wichita, Kansas) - Aerial photos shortly after closure
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Back in 2011 I saved some screenshots from Bing Maps showing Joyland shortly after it closed
Six Flags Astroworld, Houston - Aerial photos shortly after closure
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Back in 2011 I saved some screenshots from Bing Maps showing Astroworld shortly after closure
Geauga Lake, Ohio - Aerial photos shortly after closure
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Back in 2011 I saved some screenshots from Bing Maps showing Geauga Lake shortly after closure. These images were obviously taken on two different occasions as from certain angles rides still appear but in other angles they're gone!
Old color photos of the New York World's Fair 1964
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Old photos of the New York World's Fair in 1964. All these photos available to buy at Old Color Images (posters, canvas or metal) www.oldcolorimages.com
Restoring old Butlins Postcards from the 1960s
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Old Butlins postcards (before the John Hinde era of the 1970s) were notoriously grainy and of poor quality. Using AI technology we're restoring these old postcards in all their grain-free glory. Buy prints (posters or canvas) at Old Color Images www.oldcolorimages.com
How we make our Posters at Old Color Images
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How we make our Posters at Old Color Images
Old photos of Detroit in the 1970s and 1980s - Detroit history
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Old photos of Detroit. All these are available to buy at Old Color Images (posters or canvas prints) www.oldcolorimages.com. FREE shipping
Buick City in the 1990s - Old photos of Flint Michigan
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Visit Old Color Images www.oldcolorimages.com for hundreds of retro color images all available to buy as posters and canvas prints. Free shipping
A look back at Detroit in color from the '50s and '60s - Detroit history
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Old photos of Detroit. All these are available to buy at Old Color Images (posters or canvas prints) www.oldcolorimages.com. FREE shipping
New York Auto show in color from the 1960s
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New York Auto show in color from the 1960s
A look back at Atlantic City in the 1960s - Atlantic City History
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A look back at Atlantic City in the 1960s - Atlantic City History
SeaWorld Ohio, Aurora - Slide Show - Old photos from the 1970s
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SeaWorld Ohio, Aurora - Slide Show - Old photos from the 1970s

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  • @dgreensuperhoops
    @dgreensuperhoops 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That site is currently being turned into a new housing development called The Dunes. The structure of the brick chalets has been retained and will be used in the new houses.

  • @howardschultzberg4263
    @howardschultzberg4263 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks, but the shots of the motel parking lot we could do without. They could have been taken in Trenton......

  • @jimbutke
    @jimbutke หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never forgive what Cedar Fair did to this. So many childhood and adult memories there

  • @jaydee975
    @jaydee975 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Before the dark times before the ghetto age. 😢

  • @coupleofbeers31
    @coupleofbeers31 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The people are so well-dressed, presentable, at a healthy weight, and most of all look happier.

  • @bobbrown6682
    @bobbrown6682 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for this video. I worked in the paint shop from 1994-1998. Great to see all of these pictures.

  • @bobbrown6682
    @bobbrown6682 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I worked in the paint shop (1994-1998). Operated the automatic spray equipment. Very neat to see pictures of it. Wish I had more to look back on

  • @ArturoNavarrete-lq9kc
    @ArturoNavarrete-lq9kc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I thought Buick City is the only plant in Flint, Michigan was only for buicks but it turns out it's for all the GM cars.

  • @krissylee524
    @krissylee524 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😢

  • @roncotton7963
    @roncotton7963 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What 60 des Lame ass click bate

  • @MattAttack54
    @MattAttack54 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is how my dad remembers the auto show as a child of the 60s

  • @annieb3781
    @annieb3781 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awe it brought back some good memories. Thank you

  • @marystrbac4030
    @marystrbac4030 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the good times geauga lake sea world park

  • @it1988a
    @it1988a 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Buick still makes some of these same cars 35 years later

  • @tomreicher455
    @tomreicher455 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 50s and 60s were the heyday of America, its been down hill ever since..

  • @Comeoffitman
    @Comeoffitman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wild West world will be that best ever!! Mark my word!! I guarantee it!!

  • @djdj-qx3hb
    @djdj-qx3hb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like the music

  • @ernokirnyan9984
    @ernokirnyan9984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Detroit may get back on track again. Something has started, people at high places say. Stay positive.

  • @daviddisandro821
    @daviddisandro821 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I work as a pest control service guy. I drive through and around Atlantic City constantly. since I am originally from Pennsylvania, its interesting to view the grandeur of the city that once was. thanks

  • @chillydawgg4354
    @chillydawgg4354 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Any video with Detroit in the title gets crusty old racists in the comments, guaranteed

  • @hiresrootbeer1876
    @hiresrootbeer1876 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The last picture was taken from The Traymore Hotel, known as "The Sandcastle By The Sea." It was, at one time, the world's largest resort hotel and had Absecon Island's (where Atlantic City's located) first elevator. The Traymore was imploded in April 1972.

  • @StitchFLFan
    @StitchFLFan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This would have been an interesting video had it not been for the horrendous music. Perhaps Motown?

  • @jazziez6467
    @jazziez6467 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    and i grew up in the 60's with a drunk dad that was top car salemen in the entire region and his family, me and my 2 brothers and mom were on welfare and without a car most times. He would bring home a corvair and tell my mom she could have it if we cleaned it up so we scrubbed it and he would then sell it from underneath us, he did this several times.

  • @CommonMapTurtle
    @CommonMapTurtle 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the AMX prototype (probably at a 1966-7 show) and then the production AMX at a '68 show!

  • @Mattman0627
    @Mattman0627 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank goodness you took these because there's almost nothing left.

  • @thomassvec3771
    @thomassvec3771 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    On Columbus circle ? 😊

  • @ladyd8339
    @ladyd8339 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Belle Isle, the Boblo Boat, Hudson's and Sanders! United Artist and Fox theater!.Tigers stadium! Bettermade, Vernors and Faygo!. Then came the sixties! Remember don't go past 8 Mile! It was great while it lasted!

  • @motowngirl5891
    @motowngirl5891 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The music ruins the video

  • @peterainsworth8026
    @peterainsworth8026 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely evocative music.

  • @johnrider5701
    @johnrider5701 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have many happy memories of pontins it's so sad to think that they are all going to be closed down forever..😢

  • @Zapp33311
    @Zapp33311 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This must be back when most had pride in their community, their family and themselves.

  • @JH-si9oe
    @JH-si9oe 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No more holiday for the Brits. Migrants holiday on the tax payers!

  • @Beast777Mode
    @Beast777Mode 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    all the Whites people left and now you have a bunch of idiots that like to shoot each other and blame it on poverty

  • @HfYr-p3e
    @HfYr-p3e 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How cool that video was of seeing the NY auto show back in the sixties, I've never seen a video of that before, I'd love to see more like that

  • @guynorth3277
    @guynorth3277 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These would be really great with an explanation on the pictures, before I understand what I am looking at the picture has moved on, maps really help expand the understanding too.

  • @neilhilton35
    @neilhilton35 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hope it reopens next season 🙏

  • @CC-nl1bo
    @CC-nl1bo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember going to Hudson with my mother and father looking at the Christmas displays. Bob-lo in the summer also the Detroit Zoo. When the zoo had the chimpanzee show. Picnics with the family at Belle- Isle💜

  • @buffuzo4201
    @buffuzo4201 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was a crap place to grow up in the 60s and is a thousand times worse now.

  • @bulgingbattery2050
    @bulgingbattery2050 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    REGINALD

  • @jjjilani9634
    @jjjilani9634 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Look at this video and all the videos of Detroit in yester years. They are mostly Caucasian people. When the BLM people moved in, no matter where they moved in, they left behind death, destruction, violence, looting etc. Detroit had knee ga rism problem.

  • @michaelsheedy
    @michaelsheedy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah, I grew up in Detroit in the 50's and 60's and remember it well...the good and the bad like the riots and how it affected my neighborhood and the white flight that resulted.

  • @kennylewis6702
    @kennylewis6702 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh man...I grew up going to Astroworld. It's crazy to see it taken down.

  • @VesproDBA
    @VesproDBA 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😮

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heartbreaking.

  • @denaemiller5915
    @denaemiller5915 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that an elephant

    • @oldcolorimages
      @oldcolorimages 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! The world's only water skiing elephant...

  • @tybarker5038
    @tybarker5038 ปีที่แล้ว

    Then the jobs left and the crack entered

  • @darrenfunk8440
    @darrenfunk8440 ปีที่แล้ว

    People blaming unions 😂 ya, nothing worse than workers having a voice lol

  • @tomgrzywacz6135
    @tomgrzywacz6135 ปีที่แล้ว

    High quality camera for the time

  • @ruslarmalay2928
    @ruslarmalay2928 ปีที่แล้ว

    Черные пришли и город ушел в черную жопу

  • @timfronimos459
    @timfronimos459 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 2:02 the site where the RenCen now sits. I can remember it just barely. Nice to to the Belle Isle Zoo.