Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1978 

Life was so much better back then and Blackpool was amazing😍🇬🇧

Lovely to watch, I miss the 70s

Those were the days and we never even knew it. Life as we know it today is just a dull impersonation of what it once was. We have our memories though. Beautiful footage.

When I see this, I'm grateful that I lived through that time and earlier (1950s and 1960s). It was a totally different world and it's regretful that there has been so much change.

Blackpool was great back in the day,but sadly those days will never come back.

Aww bless that girl in the video can watch this and look back at her grandad and mum and dad as young adults

I remember as a kid going to day trips to Blackpool during the summer holidays in 1970s and 80s ......loved it ,..my parents never had a lot of money during my childhood, but day trips to the seaside like Blackpool and Rhyl were real treats, and I now realize how golden those times really were

*AND THATS THE PLEASURE BEACH WE ALL LOVED*

What a fantastic film , brings back so many family memories of Blackpool holidays in th 1970s. A pleasure to watch a family having lots of time together on a day out

Thank you for sharing this incredible footage. I grew up in St Annes and my parents would often take me to the Pleasure Beach. My late Father would accompany me on any ride I wanted to go on, he was a good sport. Seeing these images is almost like being given the opportunity to travel back in time because they are so personal to me. I have vivid memories of the Pleasure Beach but this footage has brought back so many additional memories. Seeing this, almost all of the sights and sounds (and even smells!) have been brought back to me.

I can hear the laughing guy in the kiosk in the background... Lots of memories as a kid going here at the same time as this video

This footage is gold to me and must be gold to the family, this is exactly how I remember The Pleasure Beach. Amazing footage, thanks for sharing.

I am a 12 year old lad who wears tracksuits day after day but its nice to see people wearing normal clothes not once i see a young boy in baggy clothes i really enjoyed this video thank you so much for sharing

A nice family enjoying time together.

Beautiful, a world before social media where people had real communication and real relationships

A time when England was enjoyable

A lot of people stopped going on the pleasure beach when they started to charge an entrance fee, I'm 61 and have great memories going to Blackpool with my mates and girlfriends, the woman on this video was classed as a real fit bird back then, nice flairs, big hair, where were the kiss me quick hats.

I was born in this year, was in the blue version of the buggy and my parents started taking me to Blackpool in 1981, I was really lucky to go so many times and I still go regularly today.

I loved Blackpool when I was younger (now 61) and I went to the pleasure beach many times. I even have a caravan in Blackpool now which I go to every weekend. But then they brought in this ridiculous idea of charging EVERYBODY to get in (EVEN IF YOU WASN'T GOING ON THE RIDES) which we don't at our age, but the kids and grandkids would. BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE SINCE THEY STARTED THAT many many years ago. I wrote to them saying that they would be making MORE money as my wife and I would be playing the arcades ETC whilst the kids were doing the rides, and also, making the money on the cafes and restaurants as we would ALL be eating and drinking. But they replied saying the '''board of directors''' on their £110k+ annual pay, thought it was better to charge people entering and that was the way to go. (that is them on their £100k+ that think it is a reasonable price to pay), but they don't live in the real world where it is almost a weeks wages for some to go in there for one day for a family. So it hasn't changed, and I haven't been in now for many years. So they have lost all my money and others like me. PITY REALLY.

i remember going to Blackpool with my family when i was eight..30 yrs later i live in Blackpool and just love this place.

cheap and cheerful before modern life stepped in, it was affordable, even the fish and chips were nicer, great footage

The 1970's Power cuts, the 3 day week, dodgy fashion and it was still better than the sh** we have today.

This is brilliant. It's like watching a weird cheese dream of my hazy memories of the 70s.

The child in the push chair is now around 42/43 years old...sobering thought...

Happiest days of my life were spent at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the late 70's and early 80's. It was mind blowing for a kid, thanks for this amazing footage, all my memories come flooding back.

what a brill movie , loved seeing the place the rides and the prices (yes we did spot the 20p ride) the clothes etc took us back to our youth well done

The grand national. A right old scary bone shaker

Great nostalgic trip down memory lane of the Blackpool that was the fair in its prime and the lights too and a time when britain was Britain a much happier simpler time pre internet and before political interference and PC drove us all mad- gem of a video.

A trip to Blackpool was like wining the lottery when we were kids. I still have my certificate for being the first 500 on the revolution. The B&Bs were clean, warm, affordable and did great full English breakfasts. Make Blackpool great again!

That laughing clown scared the life outta me as a kid lol

Although I wasn't born until the 90s, it was nice to see parts of the park that were part of my childhood in the late 90s/early 00s that are no longer there

There are some priceless family memories right there! Very nostalgic for me age 47...

Brilliant footage from much better times.

I was there in August 1978 with my girlfriend at the time I was only eighteen, jeez where’s the years gone, happy times.

I remember the ride that you showed at the start of the video the octopus, been on it many times years ago, nothing like it use to be Blackpool

Ahh yes i remember it well. Before you know who showed up....

Loved The Monster when I used to go in my childhood. Great video, simpler times - definitely, better times - probably.

Awww what a fabulous trip down memory lane, i was 18 great fun times in sunny Blackpool 🎉 ty for staring 🎉

I've travelled the world due to my job and luckily have had amazing holidays.But when i see this it excites me more than anywhere i've been.We used to holiday in Blackpool in the late 70s early 80s every july for 2 weeks.When you could see the tower in the distance as you drove nearer it just filled you with joy.I used to love the Funhouse at the Pleasure Beach so to see this on here is fantastic.Thanks for sharing this happy history!.

There having such a good time I love it take me back!!!!! 😫

Great footage of a forgotten time.how times have changed in every way. Some spot on comments below a time when people were happy and made do with what they had.take me back to them days anytime.

I have a pic of my Dad stood under the giant statue ... and pics of my sister on my Dads shoulders and me and my brother walking beside ..... My Dad in the ground now ... I’d love to go back in time to these days as an adult and say .... “hey Dad wanna go for a pint” he will be like who is this guy? I will be like .......... I’m your son and I miss you so much it kills me everyday let’s just go for a pint 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thankyou really liked watching this delightful footage, i have shown it to my teenage daughter who thought it was funny as people were screaming on some of the family rides , nothing like the thrill rides today,. No wifi either, nobody standing around on their phones either!!😊😊

Great to see my year of birth captured so innocently on film . I remember being pushed around in the blue version of the blonde baby's buggy !

Went in the Summer..with my daughter She's 31 and I'm 66..Loved it. Can't beat a good laugh

Brilliant footage the days when the family british holiday was good fun !

remember the fun house. omg health and safety would never allow that place a licence now 😂

Hey look!!! No mobile phones 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Superb film. Many thanks for posting. Better times!!

What a fantastic time capsule. How lucky to have a video recorder in the 70's.

thanks for posting this , i miss simplier ways of life....

The first time I went to Blackpool was in 1977 with me, my parents and one of my brothers (the other one wasn't born until 1978). We took a National Express coach (neither of my parents could drive and probably couldn't afford a car anyway) from Bradford for the day. We didn't go to the Pleasure Beach but we did go inside the Tower building. My mum still has the black & white photos she took on the Halina camera which took the 126 films. I'd love to go back in time and take my GoPro with me. It would make for fantastic footage. In 1984 I went to the Pleasure Beach for the first time and I remember the laughing clown. I said something inappropriate about it and got into trouble for it. My mum still has the colour photos of that particular visit as well somewhere. The last time I went to the Pleasure Beach, it was like going through airport security with the metal scanners and X-ray machines.

Wow!! That took me back a bit. 20p to go on the Wild Mouse. I was 18. Used to go to Blackpool regularly. Life was much better back then. Fantastic footage.

Great memories on video,this is the pleasure beach I fondly remember,sad to see so many rides that no longer exist, unfortunately the wild mouse has recently now joined them as well.

I went on the infamous ‘ Mouse ‘ didn’t feel safe at all ! It moved around so much ! Felt as if it was going to come of the rails on the corners !

Lots of people with happy faces

Aww so good ..went in 86 and went on the rickety roller coaster ..most rides .It was a great day..and yes noticed no phones..great days..and

Thank you for this dear memory sad as it is to watch a wonderful time gone by

Yes the clown laughing in the kiosk as you walked in the entrance, scared me to death when I was a small lad , and 20p for a ride...wow

My first visit to Blackpool was 2 weeks after this was filmed. Brings back the best memories

Remember that week so well, camping with two mates Dave & Scotty, still got the photo of the three of us on that bench 1st sept 1978. Double denim,sunshine and drinking legally for the first time. Terry Wogan did the illuminations switch on. Thanks for the post, happy days !

Always remember the octopus was the first ride you saw walking in ❤..I also remember playing the game that young guy was playing it was shooting down planes and the volume was always full blast and you could swivel the chair from side to side, haha, great memories

Thank you so much for posting this. My late father and I went on holiday to Blackpool every year. Sad thing is it's much the same price to take my Grandson's to Euro Disney for few days than Blackpool for a week! Lovely memories of my Dad before Dementia robbed him from me. 🐾xx

What a find this was! So many memories packed into this gem. Thank you!

Came here in 77 as a 10 year old boy, now 52 Great memories 😁

Thank you this has brought back so many wonderful memories my mum loved Blackpool I live in Fleetwood now Blackpool is nothing now compared to when we were kids

Nice to see old videos. I was born in 79 and I’m 40 now

OMG The Octopus! Used to love that!

Brings back lovely memories. We had our 2 weeks holidays in Blackpool every year in late sixties to seventies. Great times. Thank you for posting this film.

Awesome, bringing back wonderful memories of days out in Blackpool in the late 70's to mid 80's with my best friend Dave his wife Carol and my lovely wife Denise... thank you for sharing

wow, that brings back memories. i worked there in 1978 (15 years old). thanks for sharing.

I still go to Blackpool a lot till this day my friends and I love it there, still a few of the old rides in the pleasure beach even the laughing clowns from the fun house its round the back of it now still laughing away, lights are as always great mind you some of them are adverts now. The prom is all cleaned up and looking great with lovely new state of the art trams. People are coming back again to Blackpool yes things have changed a bit but still something for everyone there.

Great. Took me right back. Thanks.

OMG That was amazing, absolutely brilliant , life was great then everyone was much happier no stress no mobile phones ect, I had many a bruise from that wild mouse lol and spent many an hour in the fun house . Great times happy days thank you for the memories. Rob in Dundee.

it’s wierd seeing blackpool pleasure beach without The Big One, Revelotion, and Icon.

It's changed a great deal since this was shot. I was 10 when this was shot, and I remember everything in this video as is it was yesterday.

The pleasure and security of an indigenous country , memories .

Mum and Dad took our family there on holiday, in 1978.... I remember the doctor who exhibition very well

Even the weather was better then. Less friggin cold. The sweet friendly older guy looks like my grandad Frank who passed away in 07.

I'm Justin Peters, and I've enjoyed watching this video of Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1978. Many amusements still remain, the Big Dipper, Roller Coaster, Grand National, Wild Mouse rides. Also the Gold Mine, horses, river caves, dodgems. Others are long gone like the octopus, cable cars, and I don't remember the Reel, and when that ceased. Also the Log Flume and Monorail are no more. I've heard of the Jack and Jill slide, before I was born, and I remember the Funhouse that was a stockingfeet amusement sadly burned down in 1991. The Revolution would be introduced the following year, 1979. Certainly no Pepsi Big Max rollercoaster then!

Anybody notice it was 20p to get on the wild mouse or mad mouse as i call it lol I always remember the books of tickets, A-B-C-D rides from what i remember, all the wee stalls dotted about you would get them from. The fun house up from the entrance etc, always feels strange looking back, i would have been 9 years old

I'm scottish where I came from we had an annual holiday called the September weekend well its like the Monday off long weekend but we would head off to Blackpool brilliant in the 70s 80s

I went on that wild mouse and it was savage.. At one point you felt as though you were coming off the track.

When people knew how to have fun.....😀

Lol i was seven just brought back fantastic memories absolutely brilliant thank you for sharing

I was in that year of 1978 in Blackpool and have a great time during those days..

Fantastic footage. Brought back so many memories when I was a young one. Especially now its lockdown everywhere with the COVID-19 virus. I gotta go back when this ia all over.

Nice to see sun when was orange not like white one we see now happy times

When Blackpool was fun for the family and the Pleasure was fun for all under Doris and Jeffrey Thompson. I worked in the big restaurant and I used to wait for that clown to turn off and I knew it was getting near closing time. Brilliant footage and treasured memories x

Great footage from back in the day ! Thank you for sharing this . Its a tragic illusion that many perceive that as we move "forward" through time that we are somehow evolving/progressing ...so sad 🥺

awesome. thanks for the memories ❤👌

Thankyou so much for sharing this lol brilliant

Fabulous footage, good times before mobiles and extortionate prices to get in anywhere..... lovely film, thank you for sharing it. X

I came here because I watched a video of John Schuurs'. This brought back some really sweet memories. Nice to meet you. Thank You for the memories & "Hello" from my passed Loved Ones. Peace, Anita

Many thanks for sharing this video.Couldn't beleive at 4minutes 24seconds in was my late father George Gibson.He started working on the beach in 1950 for the Taylor family before he got his own stalls.The Pleasure Beach was his life even after he retired you could still find down on the Pleasure Beach.For me so many happy memories.A greeting.

brilliant film... many fantastic memories thank you.

Looks like the family being filmed had a great time there. We went there by coach in 78. I was 10 years old at the time.

Thankyou for this lovely film I got a little bit teary Blackpool was our day out we got the sharra which was a coach outside our local shop and the whole street use to go together we never had a holiday so Blackpool was our magic day it’s a great film thanks for sharing it ❤️

My Aunt Betty and Uncle Ken from Warley, near Birmingham, ran a guest house on South Shore, Blackpool in the 70s and 80s. We stayed there many times, it was home to us kids.

'I need some more money though' The eternal refrain in Pleasure Beach, I definitely repeated it all day back in the early 80s when we'd holiday there