I was born in Scarborough in 1954 and we lived on the North Side. For some reason! we were popular with relations, who would visit us in the summer months in the early 60s. We always enjoyed going to the Mere, it was on the other side of town from us, which made a change, and was a lot of fun, watching the water ski school and our parents would make for the cafe after sending me and my cousins off on the Hispaniola. Great fun looking for doubloons, sometimes a pirate would come by and ask if we had found any, if not, he said "try over there" and we would discover some. As an aside, our next-door-neighbour in Northstead, Ted Wadsworth, was a war veteran, and had lost a leg in the Merchant Navy, after he retired from sea he got a job on the Hispaniola, complete with a peg-leg supplied free by the council!
Great stuff, I was one of the trio that rescued her and spent the winter of 1997/8 ressurecting her. There is only about one thirdof the original hull left, the rest was renewed.
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer Im afraid not, there was a feller with a VDO camera who created a vdo record of the work over that period. However he refused to share the results with us, quoting copyright stuff, saying that the results were his, and nowt to do with us!
Holy smoke! 70 or 71 years ago, I did it all, went on the boat to the island and was the first in that boat load to actually find a Dubloon. At that time, there was a 'Crow's nest' of sorts, up a tree, I recall being Super excited climbing up to it and being immersed in the whole Pirate experience. I don't actually remember having a certificate to go with the coin. Sadly, I don't know what happened to my coin. I do remember that it was a 'Boy's' magical, treasured possession of the time. And here I am today, in my twilight years, reliving those carefree moments, again. Thank you!
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer Thank you for pointing that out to me, I had missed that, first time round. Currently suffering with 'Misty Eye syndrome' ! Gulp!
I first went to the Mere when on holiday in 53 0r 54.Still have my Doubloon, but certificate is long gone.I also remember you got an inked stamp on your hand of a skull and crossbones.When we took our children in the 70s the doubloons were plastic.Many many happy memories of Scarborough.
You get the first ever tearful accolade from me on YT. Just lovely. The cinematography was stunning and just such a lovely story. It made me feel what we have lost in our childhoods. Forget mobile phones, forget social media , I feel a John Betjeman quote coming on… So well done. Thank you…
Oh What memories , My parents took me and my brother on the treasure hunt island in the early in 1960's and I was fortunate enough to find a doubloon on the Island . It held such excitement for me at the time , I still have my doubloon coin dated1751. Literally a childhood treasure . I was too young to remember it was located in Scarborough . A magic experience for young children ..Thank you Andrew .
I visited this aged 8 or 9 in the mid 1980s. Straight after disembarking on treasure island I found a food coin that wasn’t properly buried. We’d not been told we could start hunting though and the pirate in charge told me off and made me cry
We holidayed in Scarborough in 1979 and sailed on the Hispaniola. I returned to Scarborough for the first time last summer and only upon leaving did I discover that it still sails. I will take my family next summer for a few days and hopefully I'll find my way back onto the Hispaniola with my own kids in tow. Excellent video as always.
The memories come flooding back. Happy childhood memories with my mum and dad sailing over to treasure Island searching for the doubloons. The old footage on the island took me right back to the 80s. Great work as always 👍
Although I had childhood holidays in Scarborough in the 1960s I have no memory of the The Mere but, as always, a very interesting video. You really are a charismatic presenter and should be more widely known.
Another great video, I’m born n bred in Scarborough, but have lived in Norfolk for the last 20 years, haven’t been back in Scarborough since 2011. Your videos bring back many fond childhood memories. Up by Scalby Mills, on the N bay there’s a grand walk goes for miles and eventually leads onto the cinder track you talk about in another video, also not sure if you’re aware, again on the cliffs at Scalby Mills there used to be a rifle range target butts, built during the war I think, must still be there, we used play for ages down there looking for grass snakes and slow worms, might be worth a visit get the history of the place. Oh and it’s Doubloon, not Dublin, also schooner, pronounced Skooner as opposed to shoooner😂 keep up the good work 👍
My wife who is from T'North has fond memories of the Hispaniola and the Mere. She even still has a Doubloon in her childhood collection. When I mentioned this video to her, her eyes lit up and she suddenly came up with lots of memories of fireworks and paddle boats as well as the pirate ship. Thanks for the video story Andrew.
Halcyon days, family holidays at Scarborough in the early 1950's, the Hispaniola crew really put heart and soul into the trip and certainly looked the part and got us kids so excited digging in the sand on the island, getting the dreaded black spot stuck on the back of your hand. I note in comments plastic Dubloons, they were definitely metal in the early fifties. Combine the Hispaniola with the naval battle at Peasholm Park, half a day sat on the high wall round the railway station train spotting, great trips inland onto the moors and of course the sandy beach, what more could a boy ask for! In my book not a mobile or lap top that keeps them occupied nowadays.
I was born in 1966, living and growing up in Bristol. In the very late 60's early 70's (easily before 1975) my younger brother and I were taken to Scarborough for a summer holiday. Even now at 56 years of age I can clearly remember being taken on the Hispaniola to 'Treasure Island' and the thrill we experienced when encouraged to successfully dig in the sand for doubloons. Back then you were allowed to keep them and I did so for years as a kid. Every time I saw them they immediately took me back to those memories. With that and the Naval Battles on the boating lake in the park, it stays with even to this day.
Brilliant video loved every second, brought back so many memories of when I was a kid in the 60s. Life was simple back then, makes me wonder what's happened to this once great country 😢
I just want to say WOW what a fantastic video, I have watched several of your films now and brought back so many memories. I am 57 now and remember loads of the things you are talking about. Scarborough council have a lot to answers for, seems the council don't or wont invest anything into the projects like this or Peasholme. The town is my home town but now live in Pickering and I am now more and more ashamed to call Scarborough my home town, keep highlighting this like this and maybe one day the council will start to look at its natural assets
I used to go to Treasure Island when I was very young in the mid-80s. It was my favourite thing to do when I visited my grandparents in Yorkshire. Years later when my granny had dementia it was the only thing she wanted to talk to me about. Thanks for making this.
Spent many a happy days in Scarborough. during the 70s and 80s at the Mere and Peasholm Park model war ships and the Tree Walk, Nice to see the boat is still in service Great video 2x👍
Back in the fifties I was that exited child sailing across the ocean that was The Mere ! to dig in the sands of Treasure Island for doubloons and a scroll of authenticity!! You hit the nail on the head Andrew.... nowadays yes the Hispaniola is on the North Sea but something is definitely missing ! As a boy I used to spend the day at the Mere with fishing gear, sandwiches and a box of maggots. Never caught anything but enjoyed it all the same !! Cheers for the memories!👍
While big boys were thrashing around in the sand for Dubloons being much quicker than me , one skipped in my direction .. I got it that was about 1968 .. my mam put it into her purse for safe keeping .. never saw it again . My Ma passed in 2011 .. and sadly going through her things found a purse and in it was my Dubloon .. Thanks for saving my coin Ma Bless You . ❤
I remember seeing the Hispaniola, when I went to see the bike racing at Scarborough, the boats etc, then it disappeared. many years later walking along to the light house with my son thinking is that it!, another great vlog! Keep them coming!!!!!!
Another brilliant video Andrew! This brings back so many memories going to the coast with my grandparents as a child about 20 years ago, especially with my late grandpa. Thank you!
Brilliant video yet again. Brings back great memories from my childhood. Hope you manage to find some pics/ info on the tree walk! Love all the videos but especially the Scarborough ones. Really looking forward to moving back there in a couple of months after 16 years overseas
Me and my older brother spent many happy days canoeing on the Mere in the 60s/70s, and digging for 'doubloons'! We loved it, such fond memories of this place. It's sad to see it neglected.
When the council state they're turning something into a nature resort, what they really mean is they're letting nature turn it into a resort. So many people devalue the iconic history of places when it's no longer profitable 🥺
Aah. Fantastic memories. I honestly thought I had dreamt of the pirate ship from childhood holidays. I remember a bridge as well it may have been a rope one not sure. Thank you again absolutely magical, riveting video !☺️
That's brought back a lovely memory for me I only went on it once and all I remember is digging up the doubloon. We had regular trips to scarborough with the family great times. I also watched the one with the old spa swimming pool and all I remembered was the height of the splash, which I never dared dive off and never realised it was 32' until until I watched you're video really enjoyed them ❤
I love the Goonies style music and the Goonies skull typeface too! I’m another Andrew of a similar age, but grew up going to Whitby and Filey rather than Scarborough, so never got the chance to see the pirate ship in its original location. Great video, cheers 😊
Love the video .must admit i heard of the mere but never went as a kid which was a real shame. But i have been on the Hispaniola ship at south bay quite a few years ago and its great fun
When we visit Oliver's Mount I usually tell the kids that the Hispaniola used to sail the mere. I recall going to the mere, riding Hispaniola to the Pirate Island to search for dubloons. I remember seeing one of the pirates slipping the plastic dubloons from his trouser pockets and scattering them on the floor. Wasn't there also a tree house on the island? Happy memories.
That was a genuine treat. Fabulous work Andrew as always. I remember very fondly my visit to the mere with my Aunt and cousin back in the 70's and our adventure aboard the Hispaniola was the highlight. Next time I visit my friends over there I must take a ride for sure. I loved the way you integrated the old footage and photos with your fabulous drone footage and your choice of music score was spot on. Really fantastic stuff, I loved it. Scarborough has lost so much since I lived there in the early to mid 80's with way too many fabulous attractions and wonderful buildings consigned to the pages of history books but I still love the place none the less. Thanks again Andrew, this was a gem.
Thank you for this. I must have been very little when I went on the Hispaniola. Probably mid to late 1950's! Just a vague memory, almost like a dream, but one that kept coming back to me, especially when, in more recent years, we visited Scarborough and drove past the Mere. I often wondered what had happened to the boat. What a shame the pirate. trip and island search is gone. I am sure children would havve still enjoyed it.
Many thanks for the great nostalgia trip Andrew. I made the trip to Treasure Island on the Hispaniola back in the 1950's, I still vividly remember digging at the base of a tree and suddenly there was a doubloon in the hole. I suspect it was dropped in by one of the pirates while my head was turned lol. I can not remember what happened to it or any certificate but a few years ago I acquired another one to keep. It must of inspired me as years later you could often see me on the beaches of the East Coast with a metal detector looking for treasure. Sadly due to age and ill health I can no longer do it.
I remember the pirate ship at the Mere from my childhood day trips from Brid. Funnily enough I now live 5 minutes walk from the Mere. Thanks for another great video 🙂
I’m absolutely blown away by your videos, I grew up in the Scarborough area until I was 11 years old in 1992 then moved to Malton, I have fond memories of finding many doubloons on numerous occasions on the pirate island at the mere , I recently drove past the mere and was disappointed to see the old pub etc in decay, anyway please keep up the good work, also please could you do a review about Maltons dark past with the gunman Barry prudom back in the 80’s or maybe the deserted medieval village at wharram Percy ?👍🏼
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer awesome I’ll look forward to them , especially the Medieval village, I read a fascinating book about a mass grave which was unearthed outside the old village in the 60’s , anyway where ever you next go I’ll look forward to seeing more of your videos 😀
Remember this from the 70s absolutely loved the treasure island tour later on in the 80s they opened up a skate board park at the mere i can see another of your episodes in the making. Steve
I’ve not been to Scarborough for about 10 years but I had my kids on the good ship a few times when they were younger , staying around the coast in holiday parks . Very well produced video as usual. 👍
This was another wonderful trip down memory lane for my human companions, they both remember searching for treasure there. Your videos are always really well put together and are always interesting. I really enjoyed seeing the old cine/video footage Thank you for sharing and keeping old memories alive. Take care : ) Teddy
Thanks for another great video Andrew. As a recent incomer to the area I have been intrigued to hear about the Mere and the Hispaniola. Your elegant video has ensured that my understanding is clearer. It must have been fantastic back in the day!
Another fine video! Scarborough and it's environs are certainly very beautiful and filled with an abundance of great stories and rich history. Thank you for opening a glimpse into a time and place which I otherwise never would have known. Your efforts are truly appreciated.
Another fantastic video Andrew 👍 I remember travelling on the Hispaniola at the Mere in the late 1960's with my brother and Mother. Maps and Doubloons, shiver me timbers 😂😂 Happy days. Thanks again.
My very earliest -- but equally very faint -- memory of Scarborough Mere was of walking/sliding on it, frozen to ice in the severe winter of 1947. I strongly suspect that the biggest catalyst for the introduction of the Treasure Island attraction was the great success of the 1950 Walt Disney movie of Stevenson's Treasure Island, starring Robert Newton as the all-time quintessential Long John Silver. I do remember sailing on the Hispaniola several times in the 'fifties, hunting for doubloons, and climbing up to the crow's nest. And by the end of the decade, the water ski school was a big draw for my more athletic schoolmates.
Very good that Andrew, brings back some good memories. Went on that with my Mum, Dad and sister on the Mere must have been early to mid 80s I’d imagine. I even found the doubloons when I cleared my Mum’s house. Can’t believe how small the Hispaniola looks now, I remember it being massive. Thanks for the memories. Doing a sponsored walk on the 24th Sept from Whitby Brewery to Scarborough Athletics ground for prostrate cancer. There’s a good group of Seadogs doing it. You are more than welcome to join us if you fancy it. Cheers mate.
Cheers mate! Glad it’s brought back some memories & that you’ve got some Doubloons! I think the boat must have seemed bigger to us all sailing on The Mere compared to being out on the sea. Thanks for the invite on the walk 👍🏼 I really do fancy it but I’m planning to be out filming another video that weekend. Will see at the time, though. UTB!
I only went one time, in the late 70's, but it is an enduring memory, somehow there is still a little flicker of the adventure inside me. I don't recall a certificate, or actually finding a doubloon in the sand, but I was frantic to find one. I'm surprised how small the island looks. Though my 7 year old memory might be quite inaccurate, in my head it was a vast expanse of golden sand!!!! If I recall rightly, adults weren't allowed, it added to the adventure!
Loved it - do look forward to your vlogs. What a pity the council didn’t keep the “ treasure island” up to date. Even with all the technology children have today, they still love something real adventures like digging for treasure etc. Thanks once again for sharing this adventure and old footage.
I remember the Hispaniola on the Mere in the late 50's or early 60's. I found a metal doubloon (I think they were plastic later on?) unfortunately I don't still have it but my memory was that it had uneven edges but I may be wrong.I don't remember the certificate but I'm sure they had a 'bucket of blood' on board ☠️ I think about it every time I visit Scarborough & was thrilled when I first realised that the ship sailing the South Bay was the very same one.Thanks for the memories.
Great film. I wish I could say I have memories of this but I never went to The Mere. I’m sure a lot of viewers will have though. Thanks for telling the story.
Fantastic memories, thank you, I went on The Hispaniola back in the 70s and I’m sure Ben Gunn was on the Island scaring us whilst we hunted for treasure, and didn’t there used to be a couple of water ski ramps on The Mere back then?
Loved The Goonies feel to this video right down to your 'Truffle Shuffle' t shirt! Lol. Remember finding a douboon back in the 70s but don't remember the certificates. The only place that equalled this for excitement for me was The tree walk, would like to know the history of that too as despite researching I can't find much at all.
A harr me ol’ ‘earties, I be cap’n Blackbeard a harr, oy remember being but a wee sprat when I be a traveler on the “igh seas sailing to the pirate stronghold to find th’ gold doubloons,a harr. 🥸🤣🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ Yes, it has always stuck in my memory when on a holiday in Scarborough my mum and dad took myself and my twin sister for a trip to the pirate island on the pirate ship… back then, there were photographers who frequented the sea front with their camera in one hand, and a monkey in the other where they’d take your photo with the monkey in hand. I still have the photo of us both… that was a long time ago now. The other memory was of the ‘sea battles’ on a Loch in Scarborough where they had model ships and submarines and they would reenact a battle. Keep up the good work, informative and entertaining too… a harr!
Yet another crime against enjoyment and the town by Scarborough council. I walked round the mere a few months back and what a sad lonely place it is compared to how it used to be. I'll never understand the council's attitude to the town so I tend to avoid it, shame as I used to love it. Excellent video as always, thanks for the brilliant memories.
I was born in Scarborough in 1954 and we lived on the North Side. For some reason! we were popular with relations, who would visit us in the summer months in the early 60s. We always enjoyed going to the Mere, it was on the other side of town from us, which made a change, and was a lot of fun, watching the water ski school and our parents would make for the cafe after sending me and my cousins off on the Hispaniola. Great fun looking for doubloons, sometimes a pirate would come by and ask if we had found any, if not, he said "try over there" and we would discover some.
As an aside, our next-door-neighbour in Northstead, Ted Wadsworth, was a war veteran, and had lost a leg in the Merchant Navy, after he retired from sea he got a job on the Hispaniola, complete with a peg-leg supplied free by the council!
Great stuff, I was one of the trio that rescued her and spent the winter of 1997/8 ressurecting her. There is only about one thirdof the original hull left, the rest was renewed.
Cheers al. Do you have any photos from that winter?
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer Im afraid not, there was a feller with a VDO camera who created a vdo record of the work over that period. However he refused to share the results with us, quoting copyright stuff, saying that the results were his, and nowt to do with us!
Holy smoke!
70 or 71 years ago, I did it all, went on the boat to the island and was the first in that boat load to actually find a Dubloon.
At that time, there was a 'Crow's nest' of sorts, up a tree, I recall being Super excited climbing up to it and being immersed in the whole Pirate experience.
I don't actually remember having a certificate to go with the coin. Sadly, I don't know what happened to my coin. I do remember that it was a 'Boy's' magical, treasured possession of the time. And here I am today, in my twilight years, reliving those carefree moments, again.
Thank you!
Brilliant! 👍🏼 pause the video @5:30, you should be able to pick out the Crow’s Nest 🏴☠️
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer Thank you for pointing that out to me, I had missed that, first time round.
Currently suffering with 'Misty Eye syndrome' ! Gulp!
I first went to the Mere when on holiday in 53 0r 54.Still have my Doubloon, but certificate is long gone.I also remember you got an inked stamp on your hand of a skull and crossbones.When we took our children in the 70s the doubloons were plastic.Many many happy memories of Scarborough.
You get the first ever tearful accolade from me on YT. Just lovely. The cinematography was stunning and just such a lovely story. It made me feel what we have lost in our childhoods. Forget mobile phones, forget social media , I feel a John Betjeman quote coming on… So well done. Thank you…
Thanks Andrew, I am the bloke who was on the harbour car park while you were making this video 👍
That’s awesome, thanks Paul! Was great chatting to you! I hope you all enjoyed the video 👍🏼🏴☠️
Oh What memories , My parents took me and my brother on the treasure hunt island in the early in 1960's and I was fortunate enough to find a doubloon on the Island . It held such excitement for me at the time , I still have my doubloon coin dated1751. Literally a childhood treasure . I was too young to remember it was located in Scarborough . A magic experience for young children ..Thank you Andrew .
I visited this aged 8 or 9 in the mid 1980s. Straight after disembarking on treasure island I found a food coin that wasn’t properly buried. We’d not been told we could start hunting though and the pirate in charge told me off and made me cry
Actually brought me to tears, such happy childhood memories with my grandparents ❤️
We holidayed in Scarborough in 1979 and sailed on the Hispaniola. I returned to Scarborough for the first time last summer and only upon leaving did I discover that it still sails. I will take my family next summer for a few days and hopefully I'll find my way back onto the Hispaniola with my own kids in tow. Excellent video as always.
Thanks a lot 👍🏼 enjoy your day out on the Hispaniola! 🏴☠️
The memories come flooding back. Happy childhood memories with my mum and dad sailing over to treasure Island searching for the doubloons. The old footage on the island took me right back to the 80s. Great work as always 👍
Cheers Andy! Great to know it’s bringing back memories for people 👍🏼
Very good production . I was there in 1953... Thanks for your professional A/V presentation. !
I still have my gold 'plastic' Doubloon from the mid 1970s. Happy days.
Thank you Andrew. You took me back to 1965 in a blink of an eye
Cheers John 👍🏼🙂
Although I had childhood holidays in Scarborough in the 1960s I have no memory of the The Mere but, as always, a very interesting video. You really are a charismatic presenter and should be more widely known.
Another great video, I’m born n bred in Scarborough, but have lived in Norfolk for the last 20 years, haven’t been back in Scarborough since 2011. Your videos bring back many fond childhood memories. Up by Scalby Mills, on the N bay there’s a grand walk goes for miles and eventually leads onto the cinder track you talk about in another video, also not sure if you’re aware, again on the cliffs at Scalby Mills there used to be a rifle range target butts, built during the war I think, must still be there, we used play for ages down there looking for grass snakes and slow worms, might be worth a visit get the history of the place. Oh and it’s Doubloon, not Dublin, also schooner, pronounced Skooner as opposed to shoooner😂 keep up the good work 👍
My wife who is from T'North has fond memories of the Hispaniola and the Mere. She even still has a Doubloon in her childhood collection. When I mentioned this video to her, her eyes lit up and she suddenly came up with lots of memories of fireworks and paddle boats as well as the pirate ship. Thanks for the video story Andrew.
Cheers Lewis! 👍🏼 Great to know people are enjoying it. Brilliant she has kept her coin! 🪙
Halcyon days, family holidays at Scarborough in the early 1950's, the Hispaniola crew really put heart and soul into the trip and certainly looked the part and got us kids so excited digging in the sand on the island, getting the dreaded black spot stuck on the back of your hand. I note in comments plastic Dubloons, they were definitely metal in the early fifties. Combine the Hispaniola with the naval battle at Peasholm Park, half a day sat on the high wall round the railway station train spotting, great trips inland onto the moors and of course the sandy beach, what more could a boy ask for! In my book not a mobile or lap top that keeps them occupied nowadays.
Wow!
Such great memories!!!
It's so sad to see these amazing times gone.
Poor Britain and British folk.
I was born in 1966, living and growing up in Bristol. In the very late 60's early 70's (easily before 1975) my younger brother and I were taken to Scarborough for a summer holiday. Even now at 56 years of age I can clearly remember being taken on the Hispaniola to 'Treasure Island' and the thrill we experienced when encouraged to successfully dig in the sand for doubloons. Back then you were allowed to keep them and I did so for years as a kid. Every time I saw them they immediately took me back to those memories. With that and the Naval Battles on the boating lake in the park, it stays with even to this day.
Great memories! Peasholm is my next video 👍🏼
Thank you, I loved this film. Beautifully shot and narrated, the music is fitting too.
Thanks so much, Joanne. Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Brilliant video loved every second, brought back so many memories of when I was a kid in the 60s. Life was simple back then, makes me wonder what's happened to this once great country 😢
Cheers Graham 👍🏼
I loved the Hispaniola ride on the mere, I was 10 years old and found a doubloon, highlight of my holiday back In 1980.
I just want to say WOW what a fantastic video, I have watched several of your films now and brought back so many memories. I am 57 now and remember loads of the things you are talking about. Scarborough council have a lot to answers for, seems the council don't or wont invest anything into the projects like this or Peasholme. The town is my home town but now live in Pickering and I am now more and more ashamed to call Scarborough my home town, keep highlighting this like this and maybe one day the council will start to look at its natural assets
I used to go to Treasure Island when I was very young in the mid-80s. It was my favourite thing to do when I visited my grandparents in Yorkshire. Years later when my granny had dementia it was the only thing she wanted to talk to me about. Thanks for making this.
Spent many a happy days in Scarborough. during the 70s and 80s at the Mere and Peasholm Park model war ships and the Tree Walk, Nice to see the boat is still in service Great video 2x👍
Cheers - Peasholm Park is the next one, I’ve already filmed it 👍🏼
Back in the fifties I was that exited child sailing across the ocean that was The Mere ! to dig in the sands of Treasure Island for doubloons and a scroll of authenticity!!
You hit the nail on the head Andrew.... nowadays yes the Hispaniola is on the North Sea but something is definitely missing !
As a boy I used to spend the day at the Mere with fishing gear, sandwiches and a box of maggots. Never caught anything but enjoyed it all the same !!
Cheers for the memories!👍
Brilliant video, so many memories of my 1970, s childhood. Thanks.
While big boys were thrashing around in the sand for Dubloons being much quicker than me , one skipped in my direction .. I got it
that was about 1968 .. my mam put it into her purse for safe keeping .. never saw it again .
My Ma passed in 2011 .. and sadly going through her things found a purse and in it was my Dubloon .. Thanks for saving my coin Ma
Bless You . ❤
I remember going to Treasure Island on the Hispaniola in the early 60's.😊
I remember seeing the Hispaniola, when I went to see the bike racing at Scarborough, the boats etc, then it disappeared. many years later walking along to the light house with my son thinking is that it!, another great vlog! Keep them coming!!!!!!
Another brilliant video Andrew! This brings back so many memories going to the coast with my grandparents as a child about 20 years ago, especially with my late grandpa. Thank you!
Thanks James! Glad it’s bringing back the memories 👍🏼
Great video, Andrew. It was a pleasure to help out again 🏴☠😊
Thanks again! A great bit of Scarborough history 👍🏼🏴☠️
Brilliant video yet again. Brings back great memories from my childhood. Hope you manage to find some pics/ info on the tree walk! Love all the videos but especially the Scarborough ones.
Really looking forward to moving back there in a couple of months after 16 years overseas
Thanks Paul. The Treewalk is my next one! 👍🏼
I have vivid memories of sailing on the Hispaniola back in 1971... wonderful times😁
The Hispaniola reminds me of many happy holidays in Scarborough when I was a child in the 50s and 60s... thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks for another lovely lovely vlog around Scarborough nice too see the boat not scrapped
Me and my older brother spent many happy days canoeing on the Mere in the 60s/70s, and digging for 'doubloons'! We loved it, such fond memories of this place. It's sad to see it neglected.
When the council state they're turning something into a nature resort, what they really mean is they're letting nature turn it into a resort. So many people devalue the iconic history of places when it's no longer profitable 🥺
That's really cool and interesting vidz my friend. Keep it up and more vidz to come. Such a lovely and beautiful place to see my friend.
Aah. Fantastic memories. I honestly thought I had dreamt of the pirate ship from childhood holidays. I remember a bridge as well it may have been a rope one not sure. Thank you again absolutely magical, riveting video !☺️
Thanks!
Great editing as always 👍
That's brought back a lovely memory for me I only went on it once and all I remember is digging up the doubloon. We had regular trips to scarborough with the family great times. I also watched the one with the old spa swimming pool and all I remembered was the height of the splash, which I never dared dive off and never realised it was 32' until until I watched you're video really enjoyed them ❤
Thanks for this. Brought back happy memories from my childhood in the 70s
Loved bringing the kids here in the good old 1980's.
Thanks for this trip down memory lane....and fabulous to hear that the ship is still operational!
I love the Goonies style music and the Goonies skull typeface too!
I’m another Andrew of a similar age, but grew up going to Whitby and Filey rather than Scarborough, so never got the chance to see the pirate ship in its original location.
Great video, cheers 😊
Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼
Love the video .must admit i heard of the mere but never went as a kid which was a real shame. But i have been on the Hispaniola ship at south bay quite a few years ago and its great fun
When we visit Oliver's Mount I usually tell the kids that the Hispaniola used to sail the mere.
I recall going to the mere, riding Hispaniola to the Pirate Island to search for dubloons.
I remember seeing one of the pirates slipping the plastic dubloons from his trouser pockets and scattering them on the floor. Wasn't there also a tree house on the island?
Happy memories.
Yes, the treehouse remains. You can just make it out between the trees on a couple of shots.
That was a genuine treat. Fabulous work Andrew as always. I remember very fondly my visit to the mere with my Aunt and cousin back in the 70's and our adventure aboard the Hispaniola was the highlight. Next time I visit my friends over there I must take a ride for sure. I loved the way you integrated the old footage and photos with your fabulous drone footage and your choice of music score was spot on. Really fantastic stuff, I loved it. Scarborough has lost so much since I lived there in the early to mid 80's with way too many fabulous attractions and wonderful buildings consigned to the pages of history books but I still love the place none the less. Thanks again Andrew, this was a gem.
Massive thanks as always, Jeff. Great memories! It’s only a 15min trip these days but definitely worth getting out on. 👍🏼🏴☠️
Thank you for this. I must have been very little when I went on the Hispaniola. Probably mid to late 1950's! Just a vague memory, almost like a dream, but one that kept coming back to me, especially when, in more recent years, we visited Scarborough and drove past the Mere. I often wondered what had happened to the boat. What a shame the pirate. trip and island search is gone. I am sure children would havve still enjoyed it.
Yes it would definitely be popular now.
Well done, Andrew: the perfect use of your drone!
Never heard of a "Shoe-ner" before: here in Oz we call them "Skoo-ners"...
Haha that’s my error mate 🙈 I realised after I’d put it out! I should’ve checked!
Many thanks for the great nostalgia trip Andrew. I made the trip to Treasure Island on the Hispaniola back in the 1950's, I still vividly remember digging at the base of a tree and suddenly there was a doubloon in the hole. I suspect it was dropped in by one of the pirates while my head was turned lol.
I can not remember what happened to it or any certificate but a few years ago I acquired another one to keep. It must of inspired me as years later you could often see me on the beaches of the East Coast with a metal detector looking for treasure. Sadly due to age and ill health I can no longer do it.
Cheers Ray. I hope you had some successful beach trips! 👍🏼
BRILLIANT. Can't wait for your next one 🫶
Cheers Nicholas 👍🏼
Great video as usual Andrew, my Carole loved it, took her right back to the sixties. Keep em coming mate and hope you do well.
Cheers Steve! 👍🏼🏴☠️
Thank you Andrew i am sure half of Yorkshire went on this boat many years ago sadly the mere is a shadow of it's former self nowadays.
Great film, brought back many memories. I often walk or run around The Mere and it's kind of sad to see it as is now. Wonderful work filming!
Thanks Dave! 👍🏼
Not part of my childhood memories but now I wish they had been.
Great video, thanks for sharing!
I remember the pirate ship at the Mere from my childhood day trips from Brid. Funnily enough I now live 5 minutes walk from the Mere. Thanks for another great video 🙂
Cheers Jacky! 🏴☠️
I’m absolutely blown away by your videos, I grew up in the Scarborough area until I was 11 years old in 1992 then moved to Malton, I have fond memories of finding many doubloons on numerous occasions on the pirate island at the mere , I recently drove past the mere and was disappointed to see the old pub etc in decay, anyway please keep up the good work, also please could you do a review about Maltons dark past with the gunman Barry prudom back in the 80’s or maybe the deserted medieval village at wharram Percy ?👍🏼
Cheers Shaun! Both of those are on my radar, so maybe at some point in the future.
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer awesome I’ll look forward to them , especially the Medieval village, I read a fascinating book about a mass grave which was unearthed outside the old village in the 60’s , anyway where ever you next go I’ll look forward to seeing more of your videos 😀
Brilliant stuff here, Scarborough has to be our favourite holiday resort...😉
Remember this from the 70s absolutely loved the treasure island tour later on in the 80s they opened up a skate board park at the mere i can see another of your episodes in the making. Steve
Those where the days, you made me feel so lucky to have adventured there 😊x
Didnt even know this place existed, Im going to take a walk around when Im back down in September, great vid as usual 👍🏻
Cheers Jimmy 👍🏼
Another great video showing something I’ve missed being a newbie to the town
Cheers Alan 👍🏼
Brilliant video Andrew. Many, many happy voyages on the mere. Wonderful memories, thank you.
Thank you! 🙂
I’ve not been to Scarborough for about 10 years but I had my kids on the good ship a few times when they were younger , staying around the coast in holiday parks .
Very well produced video as usual. 👍
Thanks John! 👍🏼🏴☠️
i remeber from my childhood many years ago was amazing time.
Another great video. Thank you.
Thanks Martin! 👍🏼
another great production. mid 70s for me, happy Days
Very interesting indeed and thanks for bringing back so many happy memories.
This was another wonderful trip down memory lane for my human companions, they both remember searching for treasure there. Your videos are always really well put together and are always interesting. I really enjoyed seeing the old cine/video footage Thank you for sharing and keeping old memories alive. Take care : ) Teddy
Thanks! 🙂 (and thanks for the photos 👍🏼)
Thanks for another great video Andrew. As a recent incomer to the area I have been intrigued to hear about the Mere and the Hispaniola. Your elegant video has ensured that my understanding is clearer. It must have been fantastic back in the day!
Cheers Bernie! The kind of attraction Scarborough is crying out for these days.
Another fine video! Scarborough and it's environs are certainly very beautiful and filled with an abundance of great stories and rich history. Thank you for opening a glimpse into a time and place which I otherwise never would have known. Your efforts are truly appreciated.
Thanks mate. Glad you’re still enjoying them! 👍🏼
Another fantastic video Andrew 👍
I remember travelling on the Hispaniola at the Mere in the late 1960's with my brother and Mother.
Maps and Doubloons, shiver me timbers 😂😂
Happy days.
Thanks again.
Cheers Hoss! 👍🏼 happy days! 🏴☠️
My very earliest -- but equally very faint -- memory of Scarborough Mere was of walking/sliding on it, frozen to ice in the severe winter of 1947.
I strongly suspect that the biggest catalyst for the introduction of the Treasure Island attraction was the great success of the 1950 Walt Disney movie of Stevenson's Treasure Island, starring Robert Newton as the all-time quintessential Long John Silver. I do remember sailing on the Hispaniola several times in the 'fifties, hunting for doubloons, and climbing up to the crow's nest. And by the end of the decade, the water ski school was a big draw for my more athletic schoolmates.
Marvellous - nice production.
Very good that Andrew, brings back some good memories. Went on that with my Mum, Dad and sister on the Mere must have been early to mid 80s I’d imagine. I even found the doubloons when I cleared my Mum’s house. Can’t believe how small the Hispaniola looks now, I remember it being massive. Thanks for the memories. Doing a sponsored walk on the 24th Sept from Whitby Brewery to Scarborough Athletics ground for prostrate cancer. There’s a good group of Seadogs doing it. You are more than welcome to join us if you fancy it. Cheers mate.
Cheers mate! Glad it’s brought back some memories & that you’ve got some Doubloons! I think the boat must have seemed bigger to us all sailing on The Mere compared to being out on the sea.
Thanks for the invite on the walk 👍🏼 I really do fancy it but I’m planning to be out filming another video that weekend. Will see at the time, though. UTB!
I only went one time, in the late 70's, but it is an enduring memory, somehow there is still a little flicker of the adventure inside me. I don't recall a certificate, or actually finding a doubloon in the sand, but I was frantic to find one. I'm surprised how small the island looks. Though my 7 year old memory might be quite inaccurate, in my head it was a vast expanse of golden sand!!!! If I recall rightly, adults weren't allowed, it added to the adventure!
This video Andrew , was well put together. Thank you really enjoyed it.
Another great film ! Such a shame treasure island has gone but glad to see the boat is still being used 👍
Cheers Peter! 👍🏼
Thanks I remember that boat trip from a family holiday in 5he 70s and digging in sand for coins
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Loved it - do look forward to your vlogs. What a pity the council didn’t keep the “ treasure island” up to date. Even with all the technology children have today, they still love something real adventures like digging for treasure etc. Thanks once again for sharing this adventure and old footage.
Thanks Jill! I’m sure it would be successful again if they brought it back - even for just a few months of the year. 🏴☠️
Collected doctor who cards, from ice lollies, at the mere, braving the wasps round the rubbish bins to find them in dicarded wrappers.
The goonies man ❤️my fav film as a kid. Hey you guys
Another excellent video, nice to know the full story. Thanks for the videos.
Cheers Mark! 👍🏼
I remember the Hispaniola on the Mere in the late 50's or early 60's. I found a metal doubloon (I think they were plastic later on?) unfortunately I don't still have it but my memory was that it had uneven edges but I may be wrong.I don't remember the certificate but I'm sure they had a 'bucket of blood' on board ☠️ I think about it every time I visit Scarborough & was thrilled when I first realised that the ship sailing the South Bay was the very same one.Thanks for the memories.
Brilliant video
I went on her at the mere
Happy memory
Thank you so much ❤️ ❤️
Fantastic video..never went on the Hispaniola but such an evocative video of times when life was maybe a lot simpler.
Cheers Tina 🙂
I remember going on the boat on the 1980s when my cousin lived in Scarborough by the market
Fantastic
Fantastic video, that would of been so much fun as a child treasure hunting ,thanks for sharing🤩
Thanks Maggie!
We enjoyed sailing on her and we sailed on that old Dunkirk boat and I was I’ll but not on the Hispaniola greetings from Scotland thanks 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
nice one Andy. really interesting video as always. thanks
Cheers Chris! 👍🏼
Beautiful location plus an excellent video....
Cheers Ken! 👍🏼
Great film. I wish I could say I have memories of this but I never went to The Mere. I’m sure a lot of viewers will have though. Thanks for telling the story.
Cheers Rachel! 🙂
Fantastic memories, thank you, I went on The Hispaniola back in the 70s and I’m sure Ben Gunn was on the Island scaring us whilst we hunted for treasure, and didn’t there used to be a couple of water ski ramps on The Mere back then?
There was water skiing but I don’t remember ever seeing it.
Lovely video Andrew. Many thanks to you. ………
Loved The Goonies feel to this video right down to your 'Truffle Shuffle' t shirt! Lol. Remember finding a douboon back in the 70s but don't remember the certificates. The only place that equalled this for excitement for me was The tree walk, would like to know the history of that too as despite researching I can't find much at all.
Cheers Jules!! A few nods to The Goonies in this one 🏴☠️
Peasholm Park is my next one, I’ve already filmed it 👍🏼
A harr me ol’ ‘earties, I be cap’n Blackbeard a harr, oy remember being but a wee sprat when I be a traveler on the “igh seas sailing to the pirate stronghold to find th’ gold doubloons,a harr.
🥸🤣🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
Yes, it has always stuck in my memory when on a holiday in Scarborough my mum and dad took myself and my twin sister for a trip to the pirate island on the pirate ship… back then, there were photographers who frequented the sea front with their camera in one hand, and a monkey in the other where they’d take your photo with the monkey in hand.
I still have the photo of us both… that was a long time ago now.
The other memory was of the ‘sea battles’ on a Loch in Scarborough where they had model ships and submarines and they would reenact a battle.
Keep up the good work, informative and entertaining too… a harr!
Yet another crime against enjoyment and the town by Scarborough council.
I walked round the mere a few months back and what a sad lonely place it is compared to how it used to be. I'll never understand the council's attitude to the town so I tend to avoid it, shame as I used to love it.
Excellent video as always, thanks for the brilliant memories.
Cheers Stephen! 👍🏼
I was there summer 2022 and it was full of junkies