Back when it was a Holiday Town and worth a visit, good times, not a perfect world back then, but simpler! Still remember visiting that year, September weekend 27th 28th and some of 29th
Now it's all illegal boat people, drugs, gangs, knife crime, homeless people, prostitutes, gays cottaging, shop lifting and generally run down smelly and dirty and that's a shame.
Very interesting video. We were told what years the footage was from but not the interesting narration except in the promotional film from the 1950s. The old boating pool near the Cliffs Hotel is no longer derelict. It is now a go cart racing track. Interesting that Blackpool Zoo did not get a mention in the promotional film from the 1950s.
The ice cream "van" on the beach was so lovely to see, we used to get " Pot of tea for the sands" from Tomlinsons cafe up North prom, great compilation 🎉
I thoroughly enjoyed this interesting video. Thank you very much for posting/sharing. Keep up the good work. Best wishes from the Lone Wolf in the lakes. 🕊
Very Nostalgic Lovely to turn the clock back and see the Blackpool that my grand parents visited Those heritage teams were beautiful as were the illuminations,, beach and high tides
My 3rd year, making those effing jungle features rotate doing the moire fringe was a nightmare ( 0.25hp motor, springs, pulleys and perspex...but it worked!!)
I ran new features and maintenance in those days, we used to typically make 3 roadsections ( each 24 poles long ( pairs)) and 3 large tableaux...it was a challenge and we sometimes missed deadlines but the department was very proud of its work which was innovative creative and often groundbreaking technically..
@@richardryan1846 well thank you for working on it. My 2 year old self watched this practically on repeat for months and months. That's why I kept it all this time and it still gives me a feeling of nostalgic happiness when I see it
Hiya we have just across this wonderful video of Blackpool Illuminations! Only 1 word needed… WOW. The illuminations were better back then by a mile. Brilliant video, Thankyou for sharing. Take care 🩷
I wondered if my childhood perspective of the illuminations was overinflated, but watching this confirms that the were magical, vast and tapped into many of the cartoon characters I loved... ninja turtles, postman pat, thomas etc. And all the weird alice in wonderland type characters. I loved visiting in those days and wondered if I could recreate that magic. I watched a video for this years... it was super underwhelming. Where did all the investment go... I guess the town may struggle these days, which is a huge shame.
Omg 😭😭😭😭 thank you for making this me n my brother was reminiscing on this scene awhile back lmaooo beautiful memories 🎉 also happy birthday to Omar gooding
just watched someone do a bike ride through the 2023 lights and I was going this weekend for the switch on... was.... not a patch on the old lights, the total lack of imagination in the design and the soul-less cold colours of the leds just make it so so poor compared to the 70's to early 90's
@@NotJames1 TJ starts being smart again. Marquis adds to what TJ says ( this is related to their presentation). They give a good presentation. Then Mo hungs them, as if to be included in the presentation.
@@Villista619 oh I understand. You meant hugs not hungs. Yeah it's a good part but I was only going for a short clip with the beat box. I remember it being such a fun and great show to watch
Unfortunately I wasn’t even in the world to see theses brilliant illuminations on this video iv only seen nowadays ones so when I see videos like this I really wish we could have some lights like this again.
Blackpool in 1991 with Derek Jameson and Judith Chalmers switching on the illuminations. The Big Dipper on the Pleasure Beach before the Pepsi Big One was built, but sadly the famous Fun House was destroyed by fire just before Christmas.
Man this some nostalgia right here! That mummy popping out of his sarcophagus used to scare the hell out of me as a kid! It's still there but they took the mummy out years ago. I wish they still had a lot of these still showing. A lot of the ones hung up above the road either got nicked from the depot they were stored at or they were lost in a fire, I can't remember which. Not sure about the ones on the prom though, shame they don't put stuff like the Lego display out any more.
