The Tree Walk in Peasholm Park, Scarborough
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2023
- Peasholm Park is the best park in North Yorkshire, confirmed by the Trip Advisor Traveller’s Choice Awards. But it’s perhaps best known by the 40+ generation for its legendary Tree Walk Wonderland and miniature Naval Warfare.
In this video, I take a wander around the park to show it how it is today, before taking a look at the “little boat show” and the lost Treewalk.
Whilst making the video, I put out requests for people’s old photos of the Treewalk, but unfortunately they seem to be few and far between. I hadn’t intended to include the Naval Warfare when I planned the video but, once I started editing, it seemed a natural thing to include.
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I remember holidays with my parents in Scarborough and in particular night time visits to see The Tree Walk, as a seven year old it was just magic. With today's hi tech lighting, lasers and the like you could imagine what they could do with lighting effects if the Tree Walk was brought back and yes it would be a feather in Scarborough's cap as an added family attraction.
Brings back so many memories, as a child in the 70's the tree walk was a big part of our family holidays in glorious scarborough
The most magical place on earth. So many memories as a kid, like many others here. Both my older sisters ashes are scattered in the park, such were our memories of family holidays there in the 1960’s and ‘70’s xx
I worked on the boat deck in Peasholm the summer of 1953 and drove HMS Ajax in the naval warfare twice a week and again on Bank holidays. While much has changed in the park this wonderful video brought back many memories of my childhood in Scarborough.
I loved those summer evenings with my Auntie Chris, walking around the illuminated island at night. I miss those summers, and the charm and homeliness of Scarborough in the 70s & 80s.
I loved doing the Tree Walk. It was always the last night of our holiday activity so it became very special to us. It was fun and became so magical as it became bigger and then improved. It was so sad that Scarborough stopped it as they have done with so many other things. It is not the same Scarborough anymore,
Thank you. It takes me back to my childhood holidays to Scarborough in the 60's
Delightful! Another beautiful video filled with scenic allure and nostalgic charm. A welcome respite from the chaos and angst of today's world. Thank you!
Thank you. Glad you’re still enjoying them! 👍🏼
I remember being there in 1978 and it was a magical place.
Remember the tree walk when a nipper with my mam and gran 1960s sometime . It's stuck in my mind happy days love Scarborough.
I worked on the boat deck in Peasholm for three summers from 2005, which also included the envious task of driving a naval warfare boat three times a week. HMS Exeter was my toy! You don’t get many summer jobs better than that!
As others have said, that’s another great video of the area with some really interesting information and as always, great use of the drone. 👍
Brilliant Matt, that must have been awesome. Glad you’re enjoying the videos 👍🏼
Amazing. Brought up memories and tears. Thank you
Cheers Tony! 👍🏼
The Tree walk was amazing and that pub mum used to get cocktails with a little cocktail stick with a cute animals 😅 and a umbrella and sparkly in
As a WW2 baby boomer, for our annual two week holiday, my parents, brother and I would walk from my grandmothers terraced house in Tindal St off Victoria Rd to Peasholm Park, first stop was the little boating pond, only about a foot deep, were I would push out my sail boat along with other children, before walking through the Japanese garden down to the lake, then at night walk around the island with its attractions all lit up. The Naval warfare we visited like all the other attractions every year until the mid sixties.
As you say for a child in the fifties it was indeed magical as was so much in Scarborough.
I was able to take my daughter twenty years ago so she could enjoy those same attractions. Last year in April for my 70th birthday, my daughter and I stayed at The Grand, a chance to reminisce and enjoy Scarborough.
Cheers Andrew👍
Cheers Richard. Enjoyed reading that. Happy New Year mate 👍🏼
Happy days in the 60s the park and the big outdoor pool was great😘
Great post again, 70s kid here and loved running around Peasholm whilst on holiday with my family and have been back many a time with my own kids 👍
Thanks for a lovely trip down memory lane, Andrew. It has brought back happy childhood memories of the park and illuminations in the 1960s and I also recall a small orchestra playing in the bandstand on the lake, in the evening, which helped to make it seem a magical place to a child. We lived in Stoke-on-Trent and would stay in Scarborough during the week of York races, my father was a Bookmaker, stopping at the St Nicholas Hotel on St Nicholas cliff. I still have the postcards that my mother sent to my grandparents showing the area as it was back then with the Esplanade lined with, what are now, classic cars. Going off at a tangent - I can remember Max Jaffa broadcasting, from the Spa Theatre, on the 'wireless' on a Sunday afternoon which would always remind me of our holidays in Scarborough. Seems like a different world now ! But nice to see that Scarborough has retained many of the nice parts that make it special. Planning a couple of trips up to the area this year to explore some of the places featured in your interesting videos.
In the 60's the Free Walk theme was taken from a puppet tv show called Four Feather Falls with illuminated Indians with hatchets jumping out from behind the trees.Also at the top was a small cafe where you could get "cowboy" food. Sadly missed now it's a pity my children cannot take their children to see the wonders they so fondly remember.Thanks for the video another walk back in time.
So many fond memories of the tree walk from my childhood ❤
I would love to have been able to take my grandchildren to see it all .
Let’s hope it does get brought back to its former glory for us all to enjoy again ❤
Again wonderful memories of holidays spent on the yorkshire coast with my parents ,remember the naval battles at night but boy did those pedalos make your legs ache you felt like you were still peddling when you were back on the paths thanks for sharing ,
I remember there being a flea circus on the tree walk as a kid It was so so magical
Yes me too I had forgotten until I read your post
We were children of the 60s so remember it with really fond memories, thank you for taking us down memory lane ... ❤👵🐾🐾🐾🤠
Another great video with perfect accompanying music. Can’t wait for the summer so I can get back to Scarby……love it.
Cheers Sandie.
Was worth the wait lol. I would love to see The Tree Walk back, it was my favourite thing to do in Scarborough...oh & the Roller disco !
I used to like coming to Scarborough with parents in the 1970s and walking around pesholm Park
Great to see another of your posts. The Staffan Carlen track a bonus too!
Vivid memories as a kid in the 80s catching it. I remember the glass boxes with the flea circus performers lol. 80s and 90s Scarborough was a great place to enjoy as a kid...now...a sad sight it is.
As another local I remember this place so well, magical is the only word I can use at it holds so many happy times here for me. I remember the wooden boxes with puppets on strings. They were so clever and done with so much care. I was lucky enough to bump into a lady not so long ago in the job that I do and we started talking about Scarborough and especially Peasholm Park. She told me her husband who has now passed use to be the one that made the puppets which were on strings which were housed in those magical boxes. It use to be a wonderful place. It still is to be fair even though the bird cages were taken down a few years ago, we as a family still go there weather permitting very frequently. Thanks for the wonderful trip down memory lane. Keep up the good work!
Fantastic episode. So glad to have come across your channel as it brings back so many memories from summer holidays in the 70s
I remember the flea circus, nothing worked, but it was great.
Love your laid back presentation, beautifully shot, plus love the music...
Thanks Ken 👍🏼
Your videos are so well put together, I find them very inspirational.
Cheers mate, appreciate that. Lots of planning and lots of editing! 👍🏼
Thanks for that I remember going through the tree walk but couldn't remember what was on it ❤
Awww a lovely nostalgia trip back to some very happy childhood holidays 🥰 Loved seeing that the Naval Battle is still going strong. Seeing that on holiday was extra special for me because my little sister hated the loud bangs so much she screamed the place down loud enough to be heard back home in Fife 😆 so it had to be a day when Dad took me to the Park and my Mum did something with my sister.
Hope the Tree Walk comes back too that was magical. It was an absolutely perfect place to generate absolute wonder in little ones and I loved it.
Love your videos of Scarborough Debbie Sheffield
Briliant work as ever Andrew and the Tree Walk brings back fab memories of when I was a child visiting the town about a decade or so before I moved there aged 17. It was a hugely popular attraction, especially for children who were mesmorised by the beautifully illuminated animated displays and the sheer scale of it all. Why it ever closed is beyond comprehension. I no longerr live there but visit whenever I can to see friends and enjoy the beauty of the town. Thanks for this great nostalgia trip.
Cheers Jeff! 👍🏼
Bloody love the Naval battles. Thank you so much for this.
Fantastic I'm from York we were regular visitors to Peasholme Park mainly because my Mum and Dad were in the light operatic society and often Sang over the road in the other park on the island.
I'm 58 now and just with you walking round brought back fantastic memories in fact I'm subscribed to your channel and enjoy it especially the old railway lines thank you very enjoyable
Cheers Jon. Glad you’re enjoying the videos. Hopefully a few more train related this year 👍🏼
Brilliant Beautiful
Brought back so many great memories of the tree walk and the naval battle which were always highlights of our family holidays. Brought a tear to my eye. Such a shame its all gone. I seem to remember the lights used to continue up into the trees on Peasholm Rd and Columbus Ravine, with illuminated cowboys and indians(?). For some strange reason another fond memory is of the illuminated ponds/fountains in Valley Rd, opposite the Rotunda on the site of the former Aquarium.
I've been trying to place where those fountains used to be for years! Remember seeing them all lit up when I used to visit Scarborough with my parents.
My grandfather played the organ in bandstand and was the band conductor through the 70s 80s I remember seeing him when I was a small child sat in the bandstand in the middle of the lake playing away 😢
Great memories to have!
Thanks for making another great video. I’m visiting the UK from NZ at the moment and purely because of watching your videos, which initially popped up at random on my home page, I made a day trip to Scarborough after Christmas. It was certainly a cold day but we had a great day out and it certainly exceeding my expectations. Well worth a visit. Thank you.
Awesome Andy! Hope you’re enjoying your time over here. Glad you had a good day in Scarborough! 👍🏼
You said you were going to do this...... and you delivered! Thank you so much 🙏
Cheers Paul! Really pleased you got to see it & enjoyed it 😀 Hope you’re well mate! 👍🏼
Well done for your hard work getting some information and photos of Tree Walk I have been scouring the internet for ages trying to get something. Your explanation of poor cameras and night time attraction makes complete sense thinking about it.
All of your Scarbourough videos are amazing, well researched and presented. I was born in 1967 and spent every summer for my first 12 years staying with my grandparents up there so camr to love the place very much. Even though I have no family remaining up there we still come up for a long weekend every year wthout fail. Looking through the youtube videos that I have found that span from the 1930s until the present day you realise that nothing really changes much over the decades. Scarborough is still a place for families to be together and have fun!
Cheers Paul!
Great video. Brought back a lot of memories for me.
Yay!! You’re back. Love your videos
At least they don't need repairs to prop shafts after a spend of £3 billion.
Great drone shots again!
Thanks Andrew.
Cheers David!
As a local the tree walk was a big part of my childhood, it was magical and felt like you were transported to a different world when you went over that bridge, I remember giant illuminated story books that had pages that turned as you walked past and also a rope bridge kinda thing, It would rock from side to side as we walked over it, thank you for the great trip down memory lane and for the amazing shots of our beautiful town
Thanks Kylie! 🙂
I remember that bridge 🙂
I remember it was so amazing 🎉😂❤
Your videos are such great quality and fabulous content. Thanks.
Thanks as always Rachel 🙂
Wow look at the crowds of people, back in the day, nice drone shots Andrew, all very well put together, but then again would nt have expected anything less from you, made with the love , and passion you show Scarborough , and surrounding area, good health to you, and yours.
Thanks Stephen. Same to you mate 👍🏼
You're back.Yay.
I too have fond memories of The Tree Walk. I remember well a faint Disney theme running throughout and I remember the 7 Dwarves Diamond Mine part where you could see the diamonds flash on the cave wall. I also remember they had display cabinets on the way up and have very fond memories of watching and seeing the fleas in the flea circus! I'd love to see the place return in the future as well!
Burniston Caravan Park, the Water Park, winckling and the Joke Shop. ah, the good old days when a trip to the Seaside felt like you were going an amazing adventure.
Lovely video and an amazing park. I always visit Peasholm when I'm holidaying in the area. It's such a well kept and charming park, would be great to see the Treek Walk brought back again as it would help encourage more people to visit in the evenings. I'd certainly support and contribute to any crowdfunding for it.
Brilliant video. Welcome back mate. In a shxt world we need people like you. You're good for people's health and also learnt a lot. Very educational without being boring. Can't wait for your next video. Hope you and your family gets what you want this year.
Thanks Nicholas. Definitely won’t be as long a wait for the next one. I’m busy planning for this year while the weather isn’t great 👍🏼
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer I'm sure we'll get some good weather soon. The days are now getting out. So by March it should be lighter for longer. I don't mind winter. Be nice to see your neck of the woods in different seasons. Keep well and looking forward to hear your calming voice.. You should work for the local council tourism. What you don't know about what you do in your videos is not worth knowing. Love you. 🦆🤘
Why have I got your reply to my comment. I've sent this comment ages ago. Strange. Happy Easter
Fascinating place , I was lucky enough to witness the naval warfare battle one summer. I still have a small booklet detailing all of the ships featured in the fleet. Brilliant video for a Sunday morning.
Cheers Robert. Glad you enjoyed it!
Very fond memories of holidays in Scarborough over 50 years ago ! After dinner at the Guest house, a walk down to Peasholm was a must - happy days.
Another cracking video. Great filming, voice over and choice of music.
Cheers mate, thanks for that! 👍🏼
Another top quality video,thanks
Thanks mate 👍🏼
Loved this video, Andrew! One of your best 👍🏼💙
Cheers James! 🙂👍🏼
Loved it
Great as usual.
The first town I visited in UK and lived since 2018!
Peasholm park and its Battle are my lasting first memories!!!
Brings back memories, my family moved to Scarborough in 1977, we loved the Tree Walk and like you said I remember on warm Summer evenings and it did seem magical. It was always my favourite area of Scarborough and it hasn't changed as much as the rest of the North Bay.
Scarborough is so underrated. A proper old-fashioned resort with much of its Victorian splendour still intact, most of it just needs a lick of paint, oh and *much* better marketing.
That said i like the fact that it hasn't been gentrified beyond all recognition yet, it means i still have half a chance of living there one day!
Same can't be said for Torquay, where i spent a lot of my childhood and where even modest flats now regularly sell for £500k+. They also had illuminated gardens on the seafront which are much missed after the council cut all the trees down in the mid-2000s.
Unlike in Torquay, there's still the opportunity to restore the Scarborough tree walk - with modern LED technology it could be something *really* special - and i for one would be there like a shot.
Loved both of them as a local kid. I think Naval battle was originally the battle of the River plate. Remember taking a torch to orur evening at the tree walk.
Yes, it was the retelling of the Battle Of The River Plate.
As someone who likes to visit but only when it's warm, this video is great for me
Yep , went as a kid on the tree walk circa 1985. Magic ❤
I always remember the smell of popcorn filling the air near the start of the bridge as the popcorn vendor had positioned themselves there rather strategically. So many nostalgic moments in this video, such a beautiful park to visit.
I remember visiting as a small child it seemed like a magical place
As a kid I loved going to Scarborough we would stay in a guest house for a week. As teenager I was in a brass band and played on the bandstand a few time. But the tree walk always held a special place in my heart,
Thanks for brining back so many happy memories.👍👍
I do remember a big figure at the bridge , Talking Hank, which spoke! And a cowboys and Indians theme. Would have been probably early sixties when I was about ten.
Ohh the nostalgia! Spent summer school holidays 1966 - 1973 with my Grandparents who lived up by the Cricket Ground. Peasholm came to be considered our back yard! Fond memories of sneaking in to watch the Naval Battle without paying: must have had an effect because I joined the RN in 73, transferring to the FAA in 1980. Also remember the brass band concerts on a Sunday, invariably by a colliery brass band from 't'other side' (of Yorkshire I presume they meant!); always immaculately dressed in their uniforms despite the occasional heatwaves. Oh and remember the rowing boats (named after flowers and shrubs if I recall) and the Red Indian style canoes you could hire for ½ an hour at a time. Good to see it is all still going in these modern times.
I certainly remember the tree walk and have tried to describe it to my children when we've visited Peasholme.
For us as a family in the 1960's, the first Saturday night at Scarborough on our family holiday was when we'd visit the tree walk.
Such happy memories.
As you mention it I also remember happy times spent at the North Side Pool.
The last time I was there though, was to use the changing facilities, it must've been in the early 00's, after running the Scarborough Fayre 10k road race.
The post race presentation was in the Corner Cafe, another iconic North Bay landmark.
Magical childhood wander.
Love the vintage battle footage.
Great video thanks. Brings back so many family memories of holidays in the 70s. The treetop walk was always a weekly treat. From Peasholme Park it looked like the Pavilion was suspended by the trees and the never ending fountain was magical. Thanks again.
I used to go there with my parents in the 60's great times i can remember canoeing around the lake and not sure but was there a small roller coaster ride with a water splash
Cheers Andrew went here throughout the 70s with my cousins 13 of us always saw the battle and walk around, I still get there for a long weekend with my wife it brings back many memories but also somehow with a tinge of sadness.
Thank you for a really, really enjoyable video. It brought back happy memories of my wife and I walking through and enjoying the delights of Peasholm Park.
Ohh! Andrew that was great.
The Park is lovely to look at.
I would like to go for a walk here and also experience the slip speck. That you very much. Bye for now ✨️
Thanks Christel! 🙂
Absolutely brill video takes me back to late 60s and 70s, good music as well.
Great video, brings back some great memories from my childhood, remember going to see the battles
Another very interesting vlog, as a young child in what must have been the early to mid 90's i remember going to Peasholm Park and watching the Naval Warfare and riding on the miniature railway and Kinderland, don't remember doing the light walk though, though it looks like it would of been great fun with all the lights. I then remember going back in what must have been about 15 years later to find Kinderland was all gone, i made me feel quite sad as i'm sure it would have been very popular today in fact a few things had changed at the North Bay including the loss of the cliff lift seemed that most things i had remembered from my childhood had disappeared.
Great video really enjoy watching them, really want to walk the old railway line route from Whitby to Scarborough, so your vlog on that was FAB thanks
Cheers Tony. At least a couple of railway walks planned this year 👍🏼
Very nice thanks for sharing this much appreciated
Hello Andrew, I moved from stockton to Scarborough in 1987 till 2006 and served my time as a electrician there , the company I worked for did a refurb on the lighting around the lake , the electricity supply from the food kiosk goes under the water and up to the pagoda at the top of the island that supplies the lights so I got the key to go inside and do the connects ( ps there's nothing in there , it's a empty shell ) but it was cool going inside , keep the vlogs coming .
Fantastic videos have such fond memories of tree walk as a child the flea circus was my favorite 😊 thank you for bringing those memories back
It would indeed be wonderful to re-create the tree walk. Those photo's were magical. Thank you.
Thanks for another cracking vlog very interesting story 😊lovely place
Another quality video Andrew. Many happy memories from childhood. Now as pensioners we always have a couple of hours there when we visit the town.
Happy New Year Andrew, thank you for this wonderful video.
Cheers Richard. Happy New Year!
Another excellent video, as always, very informative with excellent footage, love the drone shots. This brought back many happy memories of the tree walk lights, it had an instant affect as she remembered the magical scenes and lights.
Thank you and looking forward to the next one.
Thanks Mark!
My grandmother used to tell us a story that an aunt of hers used to own part of the land Peasholm was built on. There was also some open common land and my grandma remembers going to see the Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley cowboy show there when they came over for a European tour.
Lovely work, Andrew: a very polished production. Particularly liked your
choice of music. I've seen newsreels of the "Naval Battle" before and believe there's an adult operator inside each vessel. Wouldn't want to be manning any that sank! 🙃
Cheers Bryan. Yes, there is in each one. Happy New Year mate!
Always enjoyed Peasholm Park as a kid and adult. My two strongest memories of the park couldn’t be for more different reasons. As an adult with my wife, pregnant with our first daughter, sat outside the cafe listening to the brass band. As a 10 year old coming out after watching Naval Warfare and a paper seller at the bottom of Columbus Ravine selling the YEP and the headline ‘Ripper Strikes Again!’
Fantastic video again.The old photos do make the tree walk look magical.Thank you.
Cheers Maggie! 🙂
Great video once again Andrew.
Happy new year pal.
Keep safe, cheers.
Cheers Andrew. Happy New Year mate.
Great video! We've moved to Lancs but Peasholm is one of our favourite walks. Our dogs watched with great interest, especially the one who likes to chase squirrels!
Oh my word - that took me back! Haven't been to Scarborough since I was a small child (I'm now 65) even though I live on Teeside. We always seemed to gravitate towards Whitby & even Filey. I recognised the park so easily, especially the naval battle but seem to think because I was small I was never taken on the nighttime illuminated walk. I missed out!
What a brilliant Vlog Andrew, certainly worth the wait, your editing and imagery is absolutely brilliant and the music is spot on. I think that this is your best yet, well done you and don't get pressured to keep posting for the sake of it, less is more in your case and you have nailed it again.
Thanks Jason, really appreciated. All the pressure will be from myself this year. I have a plan, I just hope time allows me to stay close to it! 🤞🏼
Loved this video, I can still remember 1977 as a 8 year old going to the tree walk , as you say it was magical ❤
I do have photos, must try and find them
And hope to visit to see the naval battle again one day
Sad to see the massive crowds from the old days are way down now !