I walk one of the oldest Roller Coasters in the UK - Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2021
- This is the first time EVER Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach has let a member of the public walk the Roller Coaster! and its an amazing and weird experience all at the same time
Come Walk With Me on a Wooden Roller Coaster!
Bit of history The Roller Coaster - also known as Scenic Railway is a wooden roller coaster and built in 1932 and has remained operational since. It is one of only two scenic railways still in operation in the UK (the other being the Scenic Railway at Dreamland Amusement Park, Margate) and one of only seven in the world. In common with most scenic railways, a 'brakeman' is required to ride with the train to control its speed and to stop it at the end of the ride, as there are no brakes on the track. It is the second tallest and second fastest wooden roller coaster in the UK.
It is also a Grade II listed building. The ride is the most popular attraction at the Pleasure Beach
Part of the music video for the 1982 single House of Fun by Madness was filmed at the Pleasure Beach with the band seen riding on the Roller Coaster.
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I went on this rollercoaster for the first time in 1981 age 15 whilst on holiday with my mum, siblings and my best friend. It was on that coaster that my mum met a brake man and they ended up together and produced my youngest brother. As a grandmother myself now, I took my grandson to Yarmouth to ride it again!
wow! what a story!
@@WalkWithMeTim I should have added that Great Yarmouth and the surrounding areas were a favourite holiday destination throughout my teens, 20's and 30's. Now in my 50's I am selling up to move there permanently 😁
well enjoy!
I was a brake man in the mid 90s remember that walk very well .. especially when changing the bulbs as you rightly say used to be their
wow! I bet changing the bulbs used to be a pain
@@WalkWithMeTim all part of the job Tim the views made it worthwhile though I have some very good memories of working the coaster along with many other rides your video is great by the way👍
I bet!
Well, I've just been on an emotional roller coaster ride myself watching this. My father Ted Wadbrook and my uncle Harry Wadbrook managed the construction of the scenic railway under the guidance of the German engineer and original designer, Erik Heidrich. John Collins (the owner at the time in the 1930's) instructed Heidrich to train Ted and Harry in the management and construction. This was essential as WWII was looming. Ted and Harry already had fair ground ride building skills, but now they could build and maintain the scenic and construct their own rides for the Pleasure Beach (Fun House, Veteran cars, Alpine Chair Lift and others).
Mum and Dad used to 'walk the track' of the scenic together on inspections (how romantic !). Dad continued to help manage and maintain the scenic (he was also a brake man when needed).
In later years (70's) the original imitation rock cladding was replaced by metal sheeting and Ted did all the scenic painting, as can be seen in the clip in this video and Madness video for 'House of Fun'. He maintained this up until he died in 1982.
Many thanks to Tim and the Pleasure Beach management for making this video.
WOW thats amazing and very romantic lol
Thank you so much for posting this fascinating piece of historical knowledge. I wonder if you know how and when the Botton brothers became involved in the ownership of this unique and marvellous piece of fairground engineering construction, only ask through interest when as a young boy (5or 6years old) I with my parents and grandparents used to have our fortnight's holiday in Great Yarmouth and would watch the speeding roller coaster in awe and wonderment, thank you again.
not sure if you go to there website it tells you all the background
@@WalkWithMeTim Well done Tim, I should have checked this out earlier by visiting the Pleasure Beach website which I have now done and found the answers to my queries, thank you.
My father designed and made the light installation at the top of the first incline. I think it must have been in the 60's so it's been up there a while! I remember him telling me how he had climbed to the top when they installed it. I had no idea it had a name! He used to get lots of free tickets for rides at the Pleasure Beach and some of his apprentices had jobs there, so in the summer I and my friends would spend Friday nights going round and round on the roller coaster. Happy days!
wow thanks for sharing that Pamela
I certainly remember the light installation from the late 60s / early 70s when I first rode rode it. Rode it last in 2019 :)
@ Pamela Batley, Thank you Pamela, I think it is fascinating to learn how many people have such truly fond memories of this fairground ride and how much it means to them. Your information contains yet another piece of wonderful fact about this structure. I wonder if there are enough people who would perhaps be interested in forming a "Pleasure Beach Great Yarmouth appreciation society"? Tim what do you think?
I have been riding this since about 1972 when I was 6 with my then older sister.
Missed a few years in the 80s but have never missed a year since about 1990. Always have to go on at least once when we are there yearly. My daughter who is now 13 has ridden this since she was 4 years old. I remember her first time.
Me. 'Did you enjoy it'
An excited Her. 'Yes, I need the toilet'
Tim. Been looking forward to this one. Great video as always.
👍
ha ha ha! I remember as a kid almost lifting out of my seat
Thank you Mark for letting Tim indulge his whim. So us disabled can feel how it feel xxx
Another great & fantastic video of
I walk one of the oldest Roller Coasters in the UK - Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach!.😍😍😍😍😍😍
Many thanks!
What a privilege to have walked one of the best wooden coasters in the UK. I'm only slightly jealous, haha. Great video Tim.,
It really is! was very happy they let me do this
A surreal experience!. The high bits made my stomach churn just watching it! 🤣🤣🙌
I can remember when Madness filmed the video to House Of Fun on this coaster back in 1982
wow!
@@WalkWithMeTim cool have to have a look 😊
They did indeed remember it well I was 12 .
how did you not know that lol
blimey!
Love how Mark nonchalantly strolled up and down, I'd be wanted to be roped up! Excellent as always 🙂
You and me both! I wanted everything but I didnt need it lol he also does it everyday!
@@WalkWithMeTim Good way to keep fit I guess!
Great walking trip Tim. I use to live in Great Yarmouth in the 50’s and 60’s, on Seafield Close. Yes I could see our old house from the top of your walk. Moved over to Vancouver BC in 1964. Thank you for the memories. Hopefully I will be in Great Yarmouth this August. May even try to catch a ride on the Coaster, that will bring back memories for sure.
you are welcome Tony
I went on here with my daughter about a couple of years ago and we couldn’t speak because we were laughing and screaming all the way round. The photograph was hilarious. You have brought back some lovely memories, thanks Tim😊😊
lol I bet the photos always are funny!
I’m loving these different types of walks your doing & congratulations on 4 million views 👍👍👍
Thanks Gary!
As someone who's been going to Great Yarmouth since I was young, and having ridden this coaster with my own boys I thought this was a really great video and something really different. Great job Tim.
Thanks Nigel that means a lot
I've always loved this coaster, since I first visited in the early 1980's, and many times since. Fascinating to see it all close up and at a slower pace than when riding on it.
it was such a good experience!
Wow! What an exclusive this is definitely your best video Tim! Props to the pleasure beach for allowing these exclusives!! Brilliant
Much appreciated!
Tim, that was really interesting. I've always liked that ride. I have walked the first corner when it derailed at the points and me and my Mum at to walk it back along with all the other passengers to the start.
you will never ride it the same again
How scary was that? Pity the crew who had to clean the seats 💺 😕
So jealous of you Tim . ..brilliant film thank you 😊
And thankyou to Mark 👍
you are very welcome Darren
Hi Tim Wow this was so good my 1st rollercoaster when I was 7 . I love this Coaster my Nan and my mum used to ride it . Then me and now my 19 year old daughter has rode it since she was younger. 4 generations have enjoyed this classic coaster. Thanks Tim for sharing with us love to you as always Tracey 💕 xxxx
wow its in the family then
@@WalkWithMeTim It certainly is 😊Xx
Very lucky to walk on roller coaster 🎢!!! Great video
I know !if you dont ask ....
What an honour to be able to walk that. Have ridden it many times and it would be great to do that walk. Thanks for sharing.
It really is!
What a different kinda video to watch! Absolutely loved it! ❤
What a great walk, what a great idea Tim, I've lost count on the amount of times I've been on this roller coaster, your filming and angles from overhead were amazing, well done Tim and thanks for sharing ❤️😀👍
Thanks 👍
your so brave going up don't look so bad but coming down a nono for me great video tim
Thanks 👍
Brilliant video. never see that view. thank you
You're welcome
Interesting Video, Well done Tim & Pleasure Beach
Glad you enjoyed it Mark!
This was the first roller coaster I ever went in the sixties , I haven’t been on it for decades but I loved it and never forgotten it. ❤❤
Wow the height of it just lookin my stomach turned 😊 great video
😅
That is one beautiful piece of machinery . So well maintained ! Thanks for posting .
you are welcome thanks for watching John
Hi Tim ,not been on there since a kid, rides like that never for me ,sinse went on the mouse ,but ,hope future generations maintain it,and keep this ,one of UK's treasures 🤗
Totally agree
@@WalkWithMeTim thanks Tim great vidio , and thanks mark wells lovely man , for doing this for us big thumbs up 👍
Love it tim and andy
he is a great guy
That was brilliant Tim. What an amazing experience.
Glad you enjoyed it missy! thanks for watching
Proves Tim there is a lot more to running an old coaster than even you thought 👍😅
Hi thanks for the walk around, I’m 72 and first went on the ride when I was 8 and never forgot it. I’v been on it many time’s and every time we visit Yarmouth I try to get a ride. Steve
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Tim. That was so interesting. I first ride on it in 1969. Its always been my favorite. Mark was brilliant. Just plodding along with such confidence!
I know I think he will become a legend!
Very entertaining and clear video. Well Done Tim .I visited Great Yarmouth in 1965 I was 10 at the time , I had rode the Scenic Railway (Long since demolished) in Barry Island many times and this is the exact same ride (slightly shorter though i believe) , I headed for the queue but my aunt dragged me back saying I was too young so never did manage to ride it , again well done for such an informative video .
glad you liked it Ralph
I'll never look at rollercoasters in the same way again, Tim! Absolutely intriguing! Thanks for such an insight. 👍😀
im the same .. in fact ill never ride this the same again
I remember taking a holiday-romance girlfriend who I met at Caister holiday park on there in 1986, and she was terrified! 😂
lol I take it it didn't last then lol
@@WalkWithMeTim Ha ha! But seriously, you know how it is. No such thing as mobiles or emails then, we kept in touch via snail mail for a few months after but it kind of died off 😂
Wow! What a scoop. I first went on that ride in 79 age 12. The bit with the drop always looked like you were going straight across the beams it was truly my first ever exhilarating experience.
Love this roller coaster, many happy memories with my children when they were young and staying at south denes , thank you.
Our pleasure!
There was a woman murdered on the beach just in front of the rollercoaster many years ago 1900 , a Mrs Bennett , her husband was hanged for it , maybe she is haunting the area.
yes I remember last years ghost walk it got mentioned
Great fun Tim, thanks! 😃😃😃
You bet!
Really found this one interesting - it was great to hear all about the operation of the coaster from Mark. As always a well put together video.
Our pleasure!
Good Friday afternoon to you sir and your family
Same to you!
That is the only rollercoaster I have ever been on or ever will go on, I absolutely love it! I try to get to the pleasure beach at least every two years specifically for the rollercoaster I live almost 70 miles away but it's always well worth the trip. That's for posting. It's interesting seeing the coaster from a different perspective.
thanks for watching
Great video Tim, I’ve been going to Yarmouth on holiday since I was 5 and I am now 65, rode the coaster many times and still enjoy going on the ride. Well done on all the other video walks you do.
thanks Janet
Another great video Tim would love to walk that the views from the top where fantastic
well you did with me lol
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING VIDEO, My childhood favourite ride every year on Holiday to the Norfolk Broads for a week and visiting the pleasure Beach twice in that week. I was age 10 in 1976 when I first went on it and il never ever forget that first steep drop. The very first thrill ride of my life and age 10 it was incredible, thanks for the walking tour and info 😀 👏
Glad you enjoyed it! mark , thanks for watching
a nice change of video tim,I,v noticed things I normally wouldn't think to look at,to busy enjoying my ride 😀
to busy being scarrreeddddd lol
OMG amazing lovely views tim
I loved this
Bonkers in the best way possible 😄 Gaby is lucky to have you.
Was fantastic kkrispy
Loved this video, great to see the inner workings as well as the normal views when riding the coaster. Great to hear the background of it too, as well as how it’s maintained and operated.
its weird to hear it quiet
What a smashing bloke Mark was and a joy to listen to, ive always admired this ride after long trips to visit in the 70s and 80s, it looked truely beautiful when it had the snow capped mountain look, thanks very much for the tour!!
Yes, I remember that paintwork (there are pictures a available online if you Google). I understand that when the artist responsible stopped or passed on no-one else could replicate the alpine look hence the simpler paintwork (the current scheme). Agreed, Mark was very good, knew his stuff and obviously loved his work on the classic woodie
agree!
thats what made it a pleasure walking with mark!
@@peterbrown4828 I will look Peter and what a great bit of info.
Loved this , one of your best.
Wow, thank you!
So interesting to see how it all works. Fun ride for all who love them. Thanks Tim. 👏🏻
thanks for watching Mellissa!
Wow that was FANTASTIC, I loved this. It was rather nostalgic too as I have only holidayed in the area once, back in 2011 when we stayed in Hemsby but we went into Great Yarmouth every day and loved it. I think this has to be my fave coaster ever. It is exciting but not too scary which makes it just perfect for kids from 9 to 99!! Thanks for this Tim, great work Sir!
defiantly agree there its the perfect coaster ;-)
@@WalkWithMeTim Wish I had more chance to ride it. So far away though.
Great Yarmouth is beautiful, can't wait to go on the fright night with my kids, 11 and 19, this year 2022 and I'm hopin that the roller coaster will be open
Just watched it. Awesome stuff. Simply loved it.
Awesome, thank you!
For five years I used walk down to the harbor along the beach every morning & I always thought to myself I'd love to walk that coaster, I'm jealous tim, great video as always 👍👍👍
thats what I used to think so I asked! lol
That was great to see the workings of the rollacoaster , I don't like hights but that was brilliant Tim 🤩
You and me both! lol
Brilliant my youngest two love going on that ive been on it once many moons ago with my dad i just stick to the snails now they fast enough for me 😁
lol
That was great Tim and thanks to those concerned with the Roller Coaster.
You bet!
Me and my sister Kirsty went on this coaster and it’s my favourite!!
mine too Rachel
Happy new year to you and the family and all the best for the upcoming happy event.
Yesterday as part of an activity at the care home I work at, I got talking to a guy and the conversation turned to Great Yarmouth. It turns out he built fairground rides back in the day . You video hit the spot with him. The memories came flooding back. Turns out he was part of the group that built the snail part attached to the ride in your video.
Watching that I know made his day.
oh wow! thats so great I love it when I hear stories like this. thanks Keith
Wonderful - this was my first ever roller coaster ride (number 1 of my current total of 1247) and it's a park with so many fond memories - was last there in May for a friend's birthday celebration (I live 10 miles from the park)
It was mine too
Hi Tim. Really interesting history of the roller coaster. You are really brave walking it and up so high. Marie
Yes I am! a bit lol
Lovely views from the top Tim.👍
and not to windy thankfully
BTW, where a rollercoaster track twists, corner or no corner, its called banking
ha thanks!
Fantastic video! Ridden this coaster soooo many times..!
thanks for watching
Absolutely fabulous video. I've loved this coaster ever since I first saw it in the 60s. Was gutted when the mountain scenery was removed. It was so beautiful compared to how plain it looks now. There used to be a castle on the top as well. One thing I always wanted to know, is the Brakeman necessary? Surely the coaster wouldn't be allowed to run if there was any possibility of it flying off the track? What if the Brakeman fell ill and failed to apply the brakes. If the train flew off the track it would be absolute carnage. For this reason I can't believe that the Brakeman is absolutely necessary.
.
I think it would not be. good idea as there are no breaks on it
Your walk on the rollercoaster is awesome Tim.Thankyou for the video.
A calorie burning coaster... a first! I like it Tim 👍
Oh yeah!
Wow! That must have been such a good experience Tim to walk around the roller coaster, even stop and get a lovely view.
Will check out your Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach TOUR 2021 & Roller Coaster POV.
Good video Tim, I've been on this rollercoaster quite a few times, nice to see it from a different perspective, never knew the grounds used to be apart of the beach many years ago.
its very Erie!
As you say, a unique experience. Thank you for taking us along.
Glad you enjoyed it
watched it all and loved it!
yay!
Brilliant content Tim! 👍 perfect
Glad you enjoyed it
Thats so brilliant, I've been on that ride a lot, but seeing it like this is excellent, thanks so much for the walk 🚶♂️ 😀
Our pleasure!
Great video Tim. Very interesting to watch. Nice to see Mark walking round with you, he is a familiar face at Pleasure beach 👍
he is now a legend! lol
oh wow! the drone footage at the start is awesome! these videos get better and better! keep up the great work
thanks ross
Oh yes Mr Tim, I remember this place so much as a kid and this fantastic rollercoaster, when your really young you think this is really fast, i loved this coaster as a kid, loved Yarmouth, massive memories bought back, brilliant bit of history 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks H man!
What a fantastic job you’ve got Tim 😛
Quite interesting seeing all this from your eye view
So different and so great 😃
Cheers matey ✌️
thanks Steve!
Just been watching your pontius premiere and it brought me to this..this is so fascinating 👌 ty for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it!
never ever knew sand was underneath! that is why i love this channel learn so much
thanks ross
Another great video Tim !
Thanks Darren
You should get some fishing magnets, superglue them to your shoes and do a walking tour of some modern coasters. Including the loops. would be a thing lol.
Haha Mark !!! I remember him playing fruit machines years ago
:-)
Mark Cole I grew up on the same street in Gorleston. Nice fella.
As a local, i loved riding back in the 80's, us youths, we use to walked around these tracks back in our teenage days late at night and was very erie feeling, felt like climbing mount everest lol....around midnight lol....
Great video. Love your great Yarmouth video's the best
Never seen anything like that before with great views nice vid Tim
Thanks 👍
what a great walk to do iconic roller coaster walk thank you .
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow what a great video from the roller coaster from great Yarmouth 45 minutes that took you to walk not surprised really that was big how fascinating it was while you were going around and seeing the tracks above you and seeing all of that wood was so glad you were allowed on there to show us cannot believe so much wood thank you Tim for a very interesting video with history to it
wow sally you are working your way through my videos ;-)
Yes I am got a lot to catch up on as not been able to watch them since I have known you from the hunstanton video which was very good great videos so far
You lucky bugger. Great film, thanks.
lol thanks
What a great video tim, really enjoyed it, I've watched this about 5 times now lol, i never get bored of learning about the history of this ride and some of the questions you asked, has answered some of my own questions. I always wondered what was in the little door at the top of the chain lift. 🙂👍
This was really great from someone who's childhood dreams were made on that Coaster. Super content! If you run out of ideas come to the historic markets towns on the Waveney Valley! Beccles Bungay Harleston Diss etc Just as much fun as the coast!
thanks!
That was really Interesting, but Tim I think you need to eat more Weetabix 🤣
Challenge accepted Karen lol
I take my teenagers to Yarmouth several times a year purely so that I can ride the coaster, I first rode on it around 1970 when I was 5.
Such an amazing video, thanks!
Glad you liked it! remember to subscribe
Hi Tim. What an awesome video. We loved it. Debbie & Patrick in New Zealand
Thanks Debbie and Patrick
Great video Tim!! Really pleased you got to do this walk on the roller coaster. I'm not a massive fan of riding roller coasters but think I will have to give this a try next time I am in Great Yarmouth.
you should its a very gentle ride
Amazing really enjoyed don’t like heights but looked away when needed. Just subscribed too.
Awesome, thank you!