You have instantly projected to my mind to the happiest holidays in my life at Blackpool, thank you! This footage is a document to pass onto the next generation of how we lived.
@@purplesunflower8242 used to spend all afternoon in there me and me brother, all afternoon for 50p And the monster ride, loved it but it was never as good as it looked especially if you got a car that didn't spin much!
Used to go to Blackpool every year , my dad would write for accommodation, on arrival mum would buy the tickets for the shows during our stay..early to middle 60s
I live in Blackpool and worked at the pleasure beach for 4 seasons, from 1999 until 2003, when I left to go into security. I have made friends with others that worked there, one of whom we are so close, we are like sisters, and I met my ex husband, working there. Between the ages of 17 to 21, where the happiest days of my life, working there. Thank you for posting this
Happiest times ever. Used to go every year and stay on Central drive at a relatives guest house. Everything about the Pleasure Beach, sights, sounds, and the smell was awesome. Best place to be as a kid growing up.
Wow. We used to stay in Lytham st Anne's and go to Blackpool for a day in absolutely loved it (this was in the 70s. In the October school holidays we used to set of to Blackpool mid afternoon arrive in Blackpool teatime then we'd go to the pleasure beach for a while then go to fish and chip restaurant then we'd drive the full length of Blackpool front in the dark to marvel at the illuminations. Happy days.
Brilliant footage...i remember my first trip aged 8 on my dad’s work outing from Birmingham. To go on the big rides you had to be 18 years and over. 😀 so i felt miffed watching my dad and his mates on the wild mouse etc
What a great film ! To have had a camera with zoom and sound must have cost a fortune with developing costs too.This takes me back to my first visit in 1979,to hear it as well is fantastic !
9:44 that arcade on right, a year after this was shot I found the game Starhawk in there and was blown away at how fantastic a TV screen could be... black & white vectors eh... of course Star Wars had just happened which turned me into a geek and what with my parents coming from Blackpool regular trips would occur where I would often venture to the arcades first... staring into the glow of those fascinating screens... then 1980 happened and the proliferation of the silicon chip & then bingo... everything starts to... get weird.
Brilliant video, brings back loads of memories of days out at the Pleasure Beach when I was a kid in the 80's... Amazing video quality for the 70's too! The laugh of that damn clown outside the Funhouse will stay with me forever though - I'd never forget that...
this brings back so many happy memories.i went to pontins in blackpool in 1978 with my late cousin,mick.we were 17 year old punks at the time and went to the pleasure beach most nights looking for lasses. wish them days were back.thanks for posting...
Wow! It's amazing seeing how different it was so many years ago. I kinda wish some of those rides were still there today, I miss old time rides that were more about having fun rather than scaring the pants off you. Great video!
Mackenzie Rough I've been watching old videos of frontierland too. I went when I was about 4 years old, all I remember is the funhouse. Just discovered the Noahs Ark in Blackpool is now closed too. Gutted! So much nostalgia. I miss the good old days before 'health n safety' took over.
Yes Blackpool is now a white knuckle ride park all the classic rides gone, well amost ! great times ! The Canadian Monster was fab and they took that down !
What a fantastic video. The Mouse 20p!? lol! Sure I sat in that exact same car last week!. Fascinating to see how the pleasure beach was back then. All seems a lot more innocent and fun. Not the same now but i'll always have a soft spot for Blackpool. I'm going next week , can't wait.
Great video mate sorry you guys never made it as husband wife you seemed like a nice couple. I remember those days so well when we guys have long thick hair, lots of memories back then great days
So sad in the 60 s my Aunt used to give us the cash to go and play in there all day ! we loved it no health and safety then ! massive Wooden Sides brilliant ! in the Fun House ! what a great time to be a child ! this health and safety stuff has turned many kids into wimps....!
@@purplesunflower8242 you do realise how many unnecessary deaths have been saved by this evil beast "Health and Safety"? Deaths at work have reduced significantly over the period since the Health and Safety Act 1974 was introduced, from around 4,400 to around 200 over the course of the 20th Century, further reducing since the year 2000 to a total of 100 in the latest year. But no, you're alive and that's all that matters, the poor people who needlessly died though, too bad I'm guessing?
What has that to do with how great The Fun House was ? and I was riding the Pleasure Beach since the 50 s ...none of my pals had accidents, and still to this day rides stop in mid ride ...
None of my pals died some of the piss heads riding and messing around possibly did my Mother took me on the Big Dipper when I was 6 months old yeap! and been going back ever since Kyle A you are from the Nanny state ! sorry
The best I’ve seen yet of the 1970’s Blackpool, my wife and our first child were knocking around the pleasure beach at that time too. We would have been in our 20’s then. So many things I thought I’d forgotten, good old days. Really made my day finding this clip thanks. I would love to know who the older gent was in the movie, and if he is still having a ball now? Great stuff thanks again!!
I'm so glad that you enjoyed my movie, the older gent was my father-in-law at the time, he lived in Cleveleys then, I can't remember his fist name just Mr Hodgson, I am no longer with his daughter Christina.
Even though I was born late 78' a lot of these rides still remained right through my childhood. Really enjoyed watching this video. Many thanks for sharing it with us.
Wow thank you so much for posting this fab film! My Granny & Grandad lived in St Annes then moved to Blackpool and the family used to go 3 times a year and stop with them. Brings back so many memories. I went on the monster with my cousin holding a candy floss - not recommended. Got family photos sat on Gullivers boot, remember going in the Hansel & Great album house, and I have photos outside the Gold Mine. I would have been about 13 when this was filmed. Brings back so many memories! Loved seeing the Noah's Ark ride and the lion that ate your rubbish and roared when you put it in. Ah memories!
I worked there in this period and it was the best job I have had because it never felt like work. I thought this years illuminations looked poor and your video reminded me of how it used to be.
This was the magical place my Mom would bring me and my 2 brothers every year for the lights, on a coach trip from Loughborough, then a band b weekend or 4 days mid week if she could afford it, she loved it as much as we did . They last time we went was in 2006 to scatter her ashes in the sea , she was amazing, . Thanks for bringing back some awesome memories. Stay safe stay well
Thank you for sharing this.. I went to Blackpool in 77 and 78 too for family weddings, and the Pleasure Beach was the best thing ever. I went back this week for the first time since 1990, for a rides day. I like the shot of the figure holding up the monorail thing.. I'd forgotten that!
Best footage I've seen of blackpool in the 70s, 20p to ride the wild mouse then that was cheap, now its about £3-£4 a ride. The monster, space tower , Astro Sweell Tom Sawyer raft ride, all sadly gone and some of the best rides then in the 80s early 90s for me and I'm only 29 thanks for uploading this
My mum and aunties were there every year in the 1970's. They were all under the age of 10 then so BPB was wondrous and they loved it. Their dad was a trumpet player in the Tower Circus band and also at the Ice Drome so they practically lived there for the 6 weeks hols every summer. This video has brought back so many memories - thanks for sharing - it's awesome.
Thank you for shareing i wasnt born till 88 but i fond memorys and video we did in 93 as was building the big ones piller foundaions. I saw octipus there then and remember fun house. That will be most missed fun house nice to see asteral glider not seen that inaction ever.
Amazing film and a remarkable piece of social history brilliantly captured. Had many happy holidays in Blackpool in the 60s and 70s. The quality of the images in places could easily be mistaken for 16mm, it is simply stunning and shows the fantastic quality that super 8 can achieve. Having live sound as well adds that extra dimension that makes all the difference. Hearing the sounds from around the pleasure beach really showcases what the sound cameras were designed to do. I had a super 8 sound camera back in the day but I never really used it to its full potential like in your film. Thank you for uploading.
I love this!!! Thankyou so much for sharing it - I was born in 1977 and it's amazing to see the Pleasure Beach as I remember it from my young childhood and also some of the rides that I went on only last week
Great film bought back so many happy memories of working at the Supedome Circus at the Pleasure Beach for several seasons. I joined several touring circuses after the seasons ended. Happiest days of my life. I've moved back to Bispham now so I can still visit whenever I want.
Just stumbled on this video. Thanks for uploading it. I was about 7yrs back then.I was absolutely overjoyed when I saw the Sooty and Sweep bit. I loved that and would always ask Mum to put money in everytime we visited the pleasure beach.Thanks for bringing back such happy memories.
So many memories... I used to go to the Pleasure Beach all the time in the late 70s/early 80s... I remember when the Wild Mouse was 20p.. I got whiplash so many times riding that thing but I didn't care... :)
Blackpool was great in the 50s and 60s. You could stay for a fortnight and go to a different show every night. All the stars of the time longed for a Summer season in Blackpool.
I worked at the Superdome Circus on the pleasure beach, for 4 seasons. I loved every second of it. I made so many friends & I'm still in contact with some of the acts. Happy days
@@ravendebonaire3297 Yes i enjoyed every minute of it. Started on the Derby racer which was under the Dome at the time, Dodgems, Wild mouse, that spinning cage thing and Uncle tom sawyer Rafts. First job in the morning deliver huge bags of change to the boxes on a trolley. Took a day off once and my replacement took the money home.
Superb video of Blackpool Pleasure Beach I was only a kid then and watching this has brought back memories, the Pleasure Beach hasn't really changed much it still is magical and it has brought a lot of pleasure to millions of people throughout the years, I love the sound of the laughing King, Blackpool is a wonderful town it's a shame that it's going downhill it needs more investment.
Blackpool has been my favourite place ever since I was young. Now I'm 18 and the Pleasure Beach is my all time fav theme park. It has brilliant history.
Hi Mark, I'm glad that you enjoyed it, I'm very happy for you to post on your facebook page, ITV are going to use some of the footage on Rory Bremner's "Great British Views" programme starting at the end of April.
I seem to remember that a sound camera could cost from £250- £600 and 3min 20sec sound 50th Super 8m/m film cartridge would cost around £12 with processing included.
I was 21 in 1977 and holidayed in Blackpool that summer with my family.Man that ride "The monster" was brilliant,best ride in the pleasure beach..happy memories.Alas I've not been there since the eighties ..heard it's not good for families anymore ,full of druggies and Strags and hens getting drunk etc.Shame.
Actual Pleasure Beach and the attractions and the Promenade, no. Pleasure Beach is like a theme park now. It's great. And the front is beautiful. A lot has been invested. Don't judge if you haven't been there, go there yourself before you express and opinion based off someone else's tale.
Was there for a 5 day holiday in the summer last year whilst the weather was amazing. Felt like being in Spain. Didn't see a single stag or hen do. Didn't see any drug use. Didn't see anyone getting drunk. Doesn't mean to say it doesn't happen but then it will happen in my local town too. I just don't tend to venture into the areas of town and times where and when that happens. Saw plenty people having fun at the Pleasure beach and seafront enjoying themselves, exactly like in this video.
What a wonderful film, I really enjoyed watching it. Was it shot on super 8 film? If so it is a real bonus having the sound to go with it, pretty rare back then I should think. This is the Pleasure Beach as I remember it, thanks for sharing your day there all those years ago with us. It was almost like being there, like a time traveller. Brilliant.
I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie, it was shot of Super 8, most camera companies sold sound cameras in the mid 1970's but they were quite expensive.
Absolutely hated the wild mouse ride,felt like it would fall off the track when it went round corners🤪 and why do I remember a laughing policeman and not a clown, first time I ever saw that thing it gave me bloody nightmares for weeks 😩
Great Film , brought some great memorys back.. took my kids their a short while back.. near bankrupt after paying todays prices lol. never even managed to win a Gonk ! either ;-)
Hi Mackenzie, When you said 1977/78 were u unsure of the date? Because I noticed that the exact date is shown outside of the Goldmine ride :-) I've seen this film before but I loved seeing it again ...thanks again for posting it
I loved your film Mackenzie. I just wondered if the cam u used was a proper tv camera? ..because I'm pretty sure the ones of that era were just cine cams without sound on them
Hi Simon, It was a home movie Super 8m/m sound camera, they came out around 1974, there was a magnetic sound stripe on the film and the camera had a built in microphone on the top. Glad that you enjoyed my movie.
Hi Mackenzie, Thanks very much for your reply. Oh right that's cool, I was born in '77 & didn't realise that u could buy cams with sound. Was The Revolution a new ride back then do you know? Thanks again
Hi, is it for a non profit production? I just got taken for a fool when I let someone use my footage for what I thought was a private/student project so didn't charge him a fee, now I find that his film is being released in London's West end cinemas! Can you please give me full details about your production please?
It will be monetized, and I will be more than happy to compensate you for its usage. I am sorry that you were deceived in the past and I have no intention to do the same. To go in depth, it is for a video about the past coasters at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. I plan on only using the Wild Mouse footage between 1:51 and 2:41. I will be using the video but not the audio. How much will the fee be?
Hi, I normally charge €25 per second for commercial use for TV stations etc and provide a full HD file to download from Vimeo, my minimum fee is €120, why don't you make me an offer? You can email me on ian.rough@yahoo.com Kind regards Ian Rough.
I understand. Although I cannot currently afford that, I appreciate you getting back to me and I respect your rights to your footage. A friend of mine also informed me that he has his own footage of the ride, so I will use that. Thank you for your response and I wish you well. Sincerely, Peter DiDonato.
The Grand national was easy so was the fun house and river caves :) The maze was disappointing. Cleggy my mate started crying at around 7 pm as we hade been trying to find our way out for two hours.
You have instantly projected to my mind to the happiest holidays in my life at Blackpool, thank you! This footage is a document to pass onto the next generation of how we lived.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing footage. For a moment, just a moment, I was a kid again watching this.
Thanks Mackenzie ! For sharing this with us all . This brings back so many memories to us 40 plus year olds ! It's great ! Thank you !
Hi, So glad that you enjoyed my home move
monotrious So glad that you enjoyed it
ANYONE REMEMBER THE fUN hOUSE ?
@@purplesunflower8242 used to spend all afternoon in there me and me brother, all afternoon for 50p
And the monster ride, loved it but it was never as good as it looked especially if you got a car that didn't spin much!
@@stevehadfield5963 yes my brother and I did riding those huge wooded slides..ssooo sad it burned down 😃🙄 Great times !
Used to go to Blackpool every year , my dad would write for accommodation, on arrival mum would buy the tickets for the shows during our stay..early to middle 60s
I live in Blackpool and worked at the pleasure beach for 4 seasons, from 1999 until 2003, when I left to go into security. I have made friends with others that worked there, one of whom we are so close, we are like sisters, and I met my ex husband, working there. Between the ages of 17 to 21, where the happiest days of my life, working there. Thank you for posting this
Happiest times ever. Used to go every year and stay on Central drive at a relatives guest house. Everything about the Pleasure Beach, sights, sounds, and the smell was awesome. Best place to be as a kid growing up.
That laughing clown used to scare me as a kid back in the 70s. This footage was wonderful it takes me right back
It was a king, not a clown, but everyone used to know it as the laughing clown. Unsurprisingly odd.
Wow. We used to stay in Lytham st Anne's and go to Blackpool for a day in absolutely loved it (this was in the 70s. In the October school holidays we used to set of to Blackpool mid afternoon arrive in Blackpool teatime then we'd go to the pleasure beach for a while then go to fish and chip restaurant then we'd drive the full length of Blackpool front in the dark to marvel at the illuminations. Happy days.
Brilliant footage...i remember my first trip aged 8 on my dad’s work outing from Birmingham. To go on the big rides you had to be 18 years and over. 😀 so i felt miffed watching my dad and his mates on the wild mouse etc
What a great film ! To have had a camera with zoom and sound must have cost a fortune with developing costs too.This takes me back to my first visit in 1979,to hear it as well is fantastic !
9:44 that arcade on right, a year after this was shot I found the game Starhawk in there and was blown away at how fantastic a TV screen could be... black & white vectors eh... of course Star Wars had just happened which turned me into a geek and what with my parents coming from Blackpool regular trips would occur where I would often venture to the arcades first... staring into the glow of those fascinating screens... then 1980 happened and the proliferation of the silicon chip & then bingo... everything starts to... get weird.
Thank you for sharing this so many memories brought back blackpool in the 70s
Brilliant video, brings back loads of memories of days out at the Pleasure Beach when I was a kid in the 80's... Amazing video quality for the 70's too! The laugh of that damn clown outside the Funhouse will stay with me forever though - I'd never forget that...
witchfinder1976 That Clown!!!
That Wild Mouse was crazy!!! One of the best rides back then!! Thanks for this - I was a young teen and spent many Saturdays at pleasure beach.
I'm glad that it brought back old memories.
Loved this video, made me want to be a kid again!! Great times the 70s
I remember the cine 2000 early in the 80s. That big dome you went in and thought you were going over mountains, with the giant movie screen.
I had many happy memories of Blackpool I spent with my gran at Blackpool pleasure beech in the seventies better than today
this brings back so many happy memories.i went to pontins in blackpool in 1978 with my late cousin,mick.we were 17 year old punks at the time and went to the pleasure beach most nights looking for lasses. wish them days were back.thanks for posting...
I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie
Me and my mate went to the pleasure beach 10 years earlier looking for lasses too, some things never change 😀
ha ha
millionseller jeff sadly Pontins closed at the end of the 2009 season, houses being built there now!
Thats a shame.Must be the inclement weather in Britain and cheap holidays abroad.
Wow! It's amazing seeing how different it was so many years ago. I kinda wish some of those rides were still there today, I miss old time rides that were more about having fun rather than scaring the pants off you. Great video!
I'm so that you enjoyed my movie.
Mackenzie Rough I've been watching old videos of frontierland too. I went when I was about 4 years old, all I remember is the funhouse. Just discovered the Noahs Ark in Blackpool is now closed too. Gutted! So much nostalgia. I miss the good old days before 'health n safety' took over.
Yes Blackpool is now a white knuckle ride park all the classic rides gone, well amost ! great times ! The Canadian Monster was fab and they took that down !
What a fantastic video. The Mouse 20p!? lol! Sure I sat in that exact same car last week!. Fascinating to see how the pleasure beach was back then. All seems a lot more innocent and fun. Not the same now but i'll always have a soft spot for Blackpool. I'm going next week , can't wait.
So enjoyable watching this, thankyou so much for sharing just wish I had the foresight to have recorded trips back then.
So glad that you enjoyed it.
Good video of the good times at blackpool. So many memories. Ste from leigh lancs
Looks like you had a great time. I miss those times. Thanks for sharing memories. Pretty lady too.
Hi Stevie, I'm glad that you enjoyed my movie, that's no lady, it was my wife, Ha, Ha.
Great video mate sorry you guys never made it as husband wife you seemed like a nice couple. I remember those days so well when we guys have long thick hair, lots of memories back then great days
I used to love playing in the Funhouse where everyone had stockingfeet. So sad when it burned down and not replaced.
So sad in the 60 s my Aunt used to give us the cash to go and play in there all day ! we loved it no health and safety then ! massive Wooden Sides brilliant ! in the Fun House ! what a great time to be a child ! this health and safety stuff has turned many kids into wimps....!
nouthing rearly replaced it for 9 years till valhalla went in its place in 2000
@@purplesunflower8242 you do realise how many unnecessary deaths have been saved by this evil beast "Health and Safety"? Deaths at work have reduced significantly over the period since the Health and Safety Act 1974 was introduced, from around 4,400 to around 200 over the course of the 20th Century, further reducing since the year 2000 to a total of 100 in the latest year. But no, you're alive and that's all that matters, the poor people who needlessly died though, too bad I'm guessing?
What has that to do with how great The Fun House was ? and I was riding the Pleasure Beach since the 50 s ...none of my pals had accidents, and still to this day rides stop in mid ride ...
None of my pals died some of the piss heads riding and messing around possibly did my Mother took me on the Big Dipper when I was 6 months old yeap! and been going back ever since Kyle A you are from the Nanny state ! sorry
This is great! Thank you so much for sharing this. Many happy memories of some of the old rides!
Hi Ian, I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie
The best I’ve seen yet of the 1970’s Blackpool, my wife and our first child were knocking around the pleasure beach at that time too. We would have been in our 20’s then. So many things I thought I’d forgotten, good old days. Really made my day finding this clip thanks. I would love to know who the older gent was in the movie, and if he is still having a ball now? Great stuff thanks again!!
I'm so glad that you enjoyed my movie, the older gent was my father-in-law at the time, he lived in Cleveleys then, I can't remember his fist name just Mr Hodgson, I am no longer with his daughter Christina.
@@mackenzieroughhow old do you reckon ur father in law was at the time of this video was being made
I'm so glad that you enjoyed my home movie, great times. he was my father in law of my first wife, he was such fun, he must be long gone now!
Even though I was born late 78' a lot of these rides still remained right through my childhood.
Really enjoyed watching this video. Many thanks for sharing it with us.
Hi Mick, I'm glad that you enjoyed my movie.
Wow thank you so much for posting this fab film! My Granny & Grandad lived in St Annes then moved to Blackpool and the family used to go 3 times a year and stop with them. Brings back so many memories. I went on the monster with my cousin holding a candy floss - not recommended. Got family photos sat on Gullivers boot, remember going in the Hansel & Great album house, and I have photos outside the Gold Mine. I would have been about 13 when this was filmed. Brings back so many memories! Loved seeing the Noah's Ark ride and the lion that ate your rubbish and roared when you put it in. Ah memories!
Thank you, I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie, Great times.
I worked there in this period and it was the best job I have had because it never felt like work. I thought this years illuminations looked poor and your video reminded me of how it used to be.
Thanks for sharing. Reminds me of seeing the Pleasure Beach around 1982...
This was the magical place my Mom would bring me and my 2 brothers every year for the lights, on a coach trip from Loughborough, then a band b weekend or 4 days mid week if she could afford it, she loved it as much as we did . They last time we went was in 2006 to scatter her ashes in the sea , she was amazing, . Thanks for bringing back some awesome memories.
Stay safe stay well
I'm so glad that my home movie brought back good memories.
Thank you for sharing this.. I went to Blackpool in 77 and 78 too for family weddings, and the Pleasure Beach was the best thing ever. I went back this week for the first time since 1990, for a rides day. I like the shot of the figure holding up the monorail thing.. I'd forgotten that!
Hi Katherine, I'm glad that you enjoyed my movie.
Great film , takes me back years ,,,lovely to see
its lovely to see , thanks brought back loads of forgotten memories
paul
Best footage I've seen of blackpool in the 70s, 20p to ride the wild mouse then that was cheap, now its about £3-£4 a ride. The monster, space tower , Astro Sweell Tom Sawyer raft ride, all sadly gone and some of the best rides then in the 80s early 90s for me and I'm only 29 thanks for uploading this
It wasn't cheap at all, have you heard of inflation? It's £20 for a wristband and unlimited riding, so pennies per ride now. Now THAT is cheap.
The Astro Liner ride makes this very rare footage. It was only there for a season or two, and then moved to Southport.
That's interesting, thank you, Tommy.
Tommy Carr it's not in southport either anymore
nice footage thanks for sharing brings back good memories :O)
My mum and aunties were there every year in the 1970's. They were all under the age of 10 then so BPB was wondrous and they loved it. Their dad was a trumpet player in the Tower Circus band and also at the Ice Drome so they practically lived there for the 6 weeks hols every summer. This video has brought back so many memories - thanks for sharing - it's awesome.
I'm so very glad that you enjoyed my home movie.
Great video. Wonderful to see this old footage. Thanks for posting
Wow... this brought back many, many happy memories of family holidays ! Thanks so much for sharing 😀
Hi Andy, I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.
Thank you for shareing i wasnt born till 88 but i fond memorys and video we did in 93 as was building the big ones piller foundaions. I saw octipus there then and remember fun house. That will be most missed fun house nice to see asteral glider not seen that inaction ever.
I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Oh what memories thank you for uploading this video
Brought back so many happy memories. Now we live in this terrible way of life. Wish it was still like that now. 😓
Great video glad you had the chance to record it to look back on.
shared on twitter great footage good days
pre wristband tickets to ride on stuff
monster was quality the reel was awesome
Amazing film and a remarkable piece of social history brilliantly captured. Had many happy holidays in Blackpool in the 60s and 70s. The quality of the images in places could easily be mistaken for 16mm, it is simply stunning and shows the fantastic quality that super 8 can achieve. Having live sound as well adds that extra dimension that makes all the difference. Hearing the sounds from around the pleasure beach really showcases what the sound cameras were designed to do. I had a super 8 sound camera back in the day but I never really used it to its full potential like in your film. Thank you for uploading.
Thank you, I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.
I love this!!! Thankyou so much for sharing it - I was born in 1977 and it's amazing to see the Pleasure Beach as I remember it from my young childhood and also some of the rides that I went on only last week
Hi Neena, so glad that you enjoyed my film
Great film bought back so many happy memories of working at the Supedome Circus at the Pleasure Beach for several seasons. I joined several touring circuses after the seasons ended. Happiest days of my life. I've moved back to Bispham now so I can still visit whenever I want.
Just stumbled on this video. Thanks for uploading it. I was about 7yrs back then.I was absolutely overjoyed when I saw the Sooty and Sweep bit. I loved that and would always ask Mum to put money in everytime we visited the pleasure beach.Thanks for bringing back such happy memories.
Remember that black octopus ride 😱😱 memories and the laughing man 🤣
that smell near alice in wonderland was the best...never how i miss whats gone
Wow, the Astro-liner! Rare footage indeed! :D
So many memories... I used to go to the Pleasure Beach all the time in the late 70s/early 80s... I remember when the Wild Mouse was 20p.. I got whiplash so many times riding that thing but I didn't care... :)
Glad you enjoyed my movie
Blackpool was great in the 50s and 60s. You could stay for a fortnight and go to a different show every night. All the stars of the time longed for a Summer season in Blackpool.
I had so much fun working there in 1978.
I worked at the Superdome Circus on the pleasure beach, for 4 seasons. I loved every second of it. I made so many friends & I'm still in contact with some of the acts. Happy days
@@ravendebonaire3297 Yes i enjoyed every minute of it. Started on the Derby racer which was under the Dome at the time, Dodgems, Wild mouse, that spinning cage thing and Uncle tom sawyer Rafts. First job in the morning deliver huge bags of change to the boxes on a trolley. Took a day off once and my replacement took the money home.
wot afantastic film really took me back got some great memories in Blackpool
Superb video of Blackpool Pleasure Beach I was only a kid then and watching this has brought back memories, the Pleasure Beach hasn't really changed much it still is magical and it has brought a lot of pleasure to millions of people throughout the years, I love the sound of the laughing King, Blackpool is a wonderful town it's a shame that it's going downhill it needs more investment.
Blackpool has been my favourite place ever since I was young. Now I'm 18 and the Pleasure Beach is my all time fav theme park. It has brilliant history.
Ryan Beet defi
It's called the Laughing Man
It was called the laughing clown....that's why it's dressed as a clown.
Thants great cheers. Excellent to see that your footage will be seen by a wider audience. The Pleasure Beach really is a special place.
Im trying to find myself as a kid on here , i went there every year from 1974 x
I was only 7 years old thank you for the memories
I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.
@@mackenzierough yes very much❤️
Great to see a clip of my favourite ever ride, the Monster
Glad you enjoyed it.
I don't know why but my heart literally flutters when i see Blackpool like this
I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.
Hi Mark, I'm glad that you enjoyed it, I'm very happy for you to post on your facebook page, ITV are going to use some of the footage on Rory Bremner's "Great British Views" programme starting at the end of April.
So pleased that you enjoyed it Paul.
Cracking video btw!! Thanks for sharing.
Glad that you liked my film
I was three in 78 loved this vid thanks for posting.
Hi, I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.
Guess you can't remember an awful lot about it if you were three in 78. I would have been eleven and remember loads!!
Nice Home video off blackpool.. Thank you for uploading and shareing it to everyone :-)
Wow I love to know what like Blackpool shop in 60s
I seem to remember that a sound camera could cost from £250- £600 and 3min 20sec sound 50th Super 8m/m film cartridge would cost around £12 with processing included.
Thank you for such incredible video
I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie.
Blackpool hasn't changed from the 70's.... it has unfortunately been left back in the past to rot by Blackpool council... sad.
Bullshit has it. I went baxk for the first time in 20 years and it was hugely different
Completely and utterly untrue! Why make such a stupid comment?
i was born in blackpool in the 1970s and this is exactley as i remember the rides
ive lived all over and nothing comes close to blackpool
Hi, So glad that you enjoyed it
I was 21 in 1977 and holidayed in Blackpool that summer with my family.Man that ride "The monster" was brilliant,best ride in the pleasure beach..happy memories.Alas I've not been there since the eighties ..heard it's not good for families anymore ,full of druggies and Strags and hens getting drunk etc.Shame.
Actual Pleasure Beach and the attractions and the Promenade, no. Pleasure Beach is like a theme park now. It's great. And the front is beautiful. A lot has been invested. Don't judge if you haven't been there, go there yourself before you express and opinion based off someone else's tale.
Was there for a 5 day holiday in the summer last year whilst the weather was amazing. Felt like being in Spain. Didn't see a single stag or hen do. Didn't see any drug use. Didn't see anyone getting drunk. Doesn't mean to say it doesn't happen but then it will happen in my local town too. I just don't tend to venture into the areas of town and times where and when that happens. Saw plenty people having fun at the Pleasure beach and seafront enjoying themselves, exactly like in this video.
We are so lucky now with digital,I used to have up to 36 photos for a holiday,now I have 5,ooo !
we went on a charrabang there with our street from Liverpool 15
Hi Mark,
"Great British Views" starts today ITV at 2.00pm every weekday, Blackpool is featured next Tuesday
Omg I remember this ride myself didn't go on it tho as money was tight lol
Thank you for sharing this
What a wonderful film, I really enjoyed watching it. Was it shot on super 8 film? If so it is a real bonus having the sound to go with it, pretty rare back then I should think. This is the Pleasure Beach as I remember it, thanks for sharing your day there all those years ago with us. It was almost like being there, like a time traveller. Brilliant.
I'm glad that you enjoyed my home movie, it was shot of Super 8, most camera companies sold sound cameras in the mid 1970's but they were quite expensive.
Oh I lived the "Monster" went on it loads of times!
So Did I great shame when they took it out !
that young lady is probably in her 60s now. thanks for uploading this its fascinating
She would be nearly 70! Glad that you enjoyed my home movie
God! I was 16 then, good old days.😥
Thank you for this video ,it Is great ☺
You're welcome 😊
Brilliant happy days
Yes they were great times.
The good old days . 😢
Absolutely hated the wild mouse ride,felt like it would fall off the track when it went round corners🤪 and why do I remember a laughing policeman and not a clown, first time I ever saw that thing it gave me bloody nightmares for weeks 😩
Beautiful video.
Thank you very much.
Omg I remember this ride when I was a kid I'm 50 now can remember eating jacket spuds in the stadium by it
Great Film , brought some great memorys back.. took my kids their a short while back.. near bankrupt after paying todays prices lol. never even managed to win a Gonk ! either ;-)
Truly moving and fascinating insight into the old Blackpool. Thank you for sharing! Were you the little toddler sir in the video?
No I'm not in it just behind the camera, I would have been around 26 the red head was my wife!
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Hi Mackenzie, When you said 1977/78 were u unsure of the date? Because I noticed that the exact date is shown outside of the Goldmine ride :-) I've seen this film before but I loved seeing it again ...thanks again for posting it
The first half is 1977 and the second half is 1978 it says outside the Gold Mine Sep 3rd 1978, glad that you enjoyed it
1978 film starts at 5min 30secs in
Brilliant video cheers
I loved your film Mackenzie. I just wondered if the cam u used was a proper tv camera? ..because I'm pretty sure the ones of that era were just cine cams without sound on them
Hi Simon,
It was a home movie Super 8m/m sound camera, they came out around 1974, there was a magnetic sound stripe on the film and the camera had a built in microphone on the top. Glad that you enjoyed my movie.
Hi Mackenzie, Thanks very much for your reply. Oh right that's cool, I was born in '77 & didn't realise that u could buy cams with sound. Was The Revolution a new ride back then do you know? Thanks again
I'm not sure but it look like it was a new addition
The Revolution was built in 1979.
The camera was canon super 8m/m film camera with sound, there was a magnetic stripe on the film cassette and built in mic on the top of the camera.
This is amazing! May I use your footage in a video I'm making on Blackpool's Pleasure Beach's history? I will give you full credit.
Hi, is it for a non profit production? I just got taken for a fool when I let someone use my footage for what I thought was a private/student project so didn't charge him a fee, now I find that his film is being released in London's West end cinemas! Can you please give me full details about your production please?
It will be monetized, and I will be more than happy to compensate you for its usage. I am sorry that you were deceived in the past and I have no intention to do the same. To go in depth, it is for a video about the past coasters at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. I plan on only using the Wild Mouse footage between 1:51 and 2:41. I will be using the video but not the audio. How much will the fee be?
Hi, I normally charge €25 per second for commercial use for TV stations etc and provide a full HD file to download from Vimeo, my minimum fee is €120, why don't you make me an offer? You can email me on ian.rough@yahoo.com Kind regards Ian Rough.
I understand. Although I cannot currently afford that, I appreciate you getting back to me and I respect your rights to your footage. A friend of mine also informed me that he has his own footage of the ride, so I will use that. Thank you for your response and I wish you well. Sincerely, Peter DiDonato.
Hi Peter, make me your best offer then as my fees are not 'set in stone!'
Well, I guessed you could tell between the '77/'78 footage, because suddenly everyone in the vid was wearing different outfits !
Yes
The mad mouse that brings back great memories the laughing clown recall all these great family days out in the 70 s
I was born in 76 it's funny but they had better rides back then than now
That's very interesting, so glad that you found this clip, have you been back lately?
Hi Mackenzie, I was a lad that was there on the day of shooting, I remember you walking down the ramp past river caves :)
Wow, how interesting, good memory, pity that I didn't film you.
It was one of my happiest days, I was there with four friends trying to nick on the rides :)
The Grand national was easy so was the fun house and river caves :)
The maze was disappointing.
Cleggy my mate started crying at around 7 pm as we hade been trying to find our way out for two hours.
You were the only one with a camera.
I don't remember the river caves, I have not been back since 1977!