Exploring The Lost Butlin's Filey Holiday Camp | The Buried Elephant!

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Join me for this series looking at the Hidden Secrets and History of the old abandoned Butlins Filey Holiday Camp that closed in 1983. Over the next three videos, we will look at various locations on the site, and show how it used to look and search for any remains today.
In this video, we will be exploring the remains of Butlins Filey Holiday Camp and searching for any remains on the The Bay site. We also take a look at the story of Big Charlie the Elephant, and look at where he is buried.
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0:00 Introduction
0:34 EAST SIDE / THE BAY EXPLORE
1:56 CHARLIE THE ELEPHANT STORY
4:32 CHARLIE THE ELEPHANT BURIAL SITE
6:52 NORTH SIDE OF CAMP EXPLORE
9:07 BEACH ROAD & CHAIRLIFT
12:26 WEST SIDE OF CAMP EXPLORE
12:45 BILLY BUTLINS HOLDAY HOME
14:07 Outro

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@teacupalice 2 года назад

Poor Charlie, that’s so sad, that man must have treated him so well for him to pine for him so badly

@fill7t1 Год назад

What a sad ending to Charlie's life.... I hope they don't develop over his burial site and possibly create a memorial to him.

@mrlister2000 3 года назад

Such a shame that there is no memorial for Big Charlie. Now that you've located it, perhaps you could approach the site owners and ask them to honour him? The thought of developers coming along, digging up the site, finding where he was laid to rest, and scooping the bones off into a skip, is no way to respect his life. First comment today too! Another brilliant video, and the attention to detail is amazing.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

I already did years ago. They knew where it was but had no interest in marking it.

@lindseykaine-walley6339 2 года назад

It makes you wonder why we can't have these places back again. We have lost so much from the past. The future isn't always so good. Loving your videos.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

It is a shame. Thanks for watching.

@chrismccartney8668 3 года назад

Sad story but glad to hear was well looked after and his change of mood after the death of his best friend and keeper shows how like humans elephant society is...

@shirleylynch7529 3 года назад

You have me in tears about Charlie. How sad. Whole film so nostalgic. So many memories. First class documentary. This should be on t.v.. excellent work.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Thanks Shirley. Much appreciated

@dwrowley 2 года назад

This is better than some of the stuff on TV at the moment

@mal_752 2 года назад

Fabulous vlog. Well done 👏 ✔ 👍

@gavinreid8937 2 года назад

Cant help feeling an excavation of or a plague for Charlie is long overdue rather be lost in a field.

@shirleylynch7529 2 года назад

@@gavinreid8937 I agree

@nataliehorsley6820 3 года назад

It's the photo fades for me 🙌🏽

@albeyl3859 Месяц назад

My mum who is now 91 worked at Butlins Filey in the early years in the dining hall where she met my father . My mum had an identical twin sister and they both left Liverpool to go to Filey to work. My dad who came from Hartlepool worked in the kitchens . Speaking to my mum last week I asked her of her memories of Butlins and she informed me it was the happiest time of her life and how it was a great place to work her and her twin loved it and they still talk about their time at Filey . I watched your excellent videos of Filey and I informed mum that it had all gone now it brought a tear to her eyes and it upset her a lot because of her memories of my dad since his passing and also her time spent there but also the great times they had and great people they met so thank you for your videos it made mum's day to talk about her time at Filey even if it brought a tear to her eyes . thank you

@petey6415 3 года назад

The music you use is so haunting and the way you super impose what it looked like. 10/10.

@robbie73vespa 5 месяцев назад

Hauntingly beautiful it is it's so fitting isn't it 👌

@heartland96a 3 года назад

The overlays are beautifully matched , sad that it's been almost completely erased.

@jeffallinson8089 3 года назад

Can't wait for episode 3! This was a massive nostalgia trip for me as I stayed at Butlins Filey as a child. Wonderful to see Sir Billys holiday home, I had no idea it was there! I love its art deco architecture, just typical of that era. Would be amazing to stay there.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Yes. Wish I had seen it as an adult.

@bunkerboy02 3 года назад

Billy would never have given the go ahead to the closure of Filey.

@jaktag 8 месяцев назад

Loved this! When i was a kid we often went to Primrose valley, every morning we heard the loud speaker coming from Butlins and someone saying good morning campers 🤣 and i remember a big wire fence in between Primrose Valley and Butlins this was around 1965. Happy days😆

@MrMistoffelees 3 года назад

Just an aside - Mugdock Country Park near Glasgow includes the former site of Craigend Zoo, Charlie's previous home. The coffee shop there is named after him.

@jamesziggy1615 3 года назад

Wow, I’m not often glued to a RU-vid video from beginning to end but this one got all of my attention especially as I had no idea Butlins had it’s own elephant and it was sad to hear that after his keeper died he pined for him so much that he also became ill and was eventually buried where he lived. At least the elephant was treated very well as circus animals were often maltreated back in the day. The editing of this video is on par with any professional broadcast I’ve seen and I’m surprised a news network hasn’t picked it up and used some or all of it in a local feature. I can’t wait to see part 3….👍👍👍

@umbongonights 3 года назад

A really great video series, I love your narration and the way that you superimpose the ‘Then and Now’ images to help us to ‘see’ the past today! I was glad to see that Charlie’s final resting place is covered in wildlife rather than concrete or some kind of structure! Looking forward to part three and anything else you produce in the future.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Thanks Phil. Lots of exciting things already filmed and coming.

@Dan_Whitehead 3 года назад

Ohh the chairlift pictures take me right back and oddly enough the turning circle for the little train! Thank you Darren, it's great to be reminded of some awesome holidays we had there.

@neilmasters9914 3 года назад

Excellent and informative video. When we owned a property on The Bay we were told that Charlie was buried in the area of the main fishing lake on The Bay site. I think that fits with your research. It is surprising given the holiday camp infrastructure that not more remains of the old camp, it has been a very thorough redevelopment which has all but erased the Butlin’s site even where the areas have been returned to grassland. I don’t think the wooden sleepers used extensively across The Bay originate from the old railway line, I think they were sourced from all over by the developers. Keep up the good work, really breaths life into the modern day archeology of the site.

@adamsmees4250 2 года назад

as a lad we had 2 holidays in the white house, I did not know it was billy butlins house! it was awesome, we literally woke up at sunrise and ran outside straight on to the beech!

@petew8388 3 года назад

Darren you are managing to bring tears to my eyes again. I just want the original camp to still be there where I had my best childhood hols. Change is often depressing. Once again thanks for a brilliant video. We need a Butlins Filey appreciation society with meets or does one already exist ?

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Thanks Pete. There's the Butlins Filey appreciation Facebook page.

@Al-qv5vs 3 года назад

I can just echo what others have said. Brilliant, extremely well done. Thank you.

@chrismccartney8668 2 года назад

Billy Butlin understood what people wanted especially after the hard grey days of WW2... We now go abroad but many stunning coastline in the UK to enjoy...

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks mate

@keithmyers7309 3 года назад

Brilliant video went there as s child and my dad was in the talent contest as a barber shop quartet called the cockroaches great memories.Remember playing football on pitches and receiving medals in gaiety theatre.

@stevencockroft6455 2 года назад

I went there in 1978 & 1979 and I had some happy holidays with my brother & my dear grandma who passed away in 1989 I can't believe how it's changed so much happy days ,

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks Steven.

@TheLucreziia 3 года назад

Excellent thank you for your hard work on the story of Charlie. It was such a different time and a different world, some things have changed for the better some things are worse. Hopefully, as time passes the treatment of wild animals will be much better. Poor Charlie I think the loss of his keeper was too much for him. 🙏

@jakestown1952 Год назад

Holidayed at the cabins at the White House 2 years in a row with my wife and two young boys. Gorgeous. I love Filey ❤️.

@AdventureMe Год назад

Amazing. Good history in that house.

@steveg7718 7 месяцев назад

Perants took us on Holiday to Primrose Valley about 1984/5, We stayed in that Whitehouse for 2 weeks....Great Holiday.

@bunkerboy02 3 года назад

What a fantastic video about Butlins Filey. It’s hard to believe that Butlins used to have an elephant on site and how sad that the poor animal never got over the death of the man who looked after him. A sad sad story all round. Again, great use of photos and video to show how things used to be. I feel immense sadness yet again that this site did not remain as a Butlins. Billy must be turning in his grave.

@joannadavison7491 4 дня назад

Staying at The Bay. My parents stayed at Butlin's & we stayed at Primrose Valley, as young teens, the year before Butlin's closed. Daughter & I walked the path from The Bay to the beach, I realised the turning circle was something Butlin's related, saw the other paths you mentioned & saw Billy Butlin's house from the beach. Also spotted the 2 WWII pill boxes from when RAF Humnanby took over the camp during the war.

@davetp101 8 месяцев назад

A band I was with worked Butlins for the '81 season and 'Rocky' was the entertainments Manager then. I also worked at Primrose Valley for the 82 season as stage manager at that time both camps were owned by Rank Leisure along with Reighton sands and Barmston Beach . The entertainments staff at PV had staff passes issued by Rank head office and got me into Butlins many times during it's last full season and on one visit panicked Rocky as security contacted him to say someone from Ents head office was on site :)

@neilbethell2299 3 года назад

Fantastic video, poor Elephant no need to put him down. Presume no Zoo's would take him then.

@Turnbull50 3 года назад

Poor Charlie had a sad and lonely life. Times were different then but at least today things like this cannot happen. The last circus elephant was released a few years ago and is having a happy life now. My chalet in 1974 was a wood hut with two sets of bunk beds pretty cramped. I went horse riding on that road to the beach it cost us 50p each, I went on the chairlift a few times.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Yes so true. Never happen these days.

@alanrogers1937 3 года назад

The work you have put into this is incredible. I have great memories of both Butlins and Primrose Valley for our family holidays. Thank you so much for your amazing work.

@tailendcharlie5055 2 года назад

I am currently here with my family at The Bay, I literally had no idea it was a Butlins camp until I saw that plaque at the JPJ last night. You'd never have known it was here, looking around. I wondered why there are so many sleepers everywhere. My kids love the beach. Thanks for the guide, I intend to explore some more this week.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Enjoy exploring. Thanks

@fennecfox8623 2 года назад

08:10 - “...of brick work, and stones...and dog poo” lol Another great video Mr D - I especially love the now and then fade ins and outs 😀

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks mate.

@alanwann9318 3 года назад

Yes, i was there age 7yrs old . Charlie used to go down to the beach and in the sea, and n the 70,s on a later hol we used take the chairlift from the chalets nr the beach to the dining hall daily. Happy hols

@douglasthompson296 3 года назад

Darren, fab post again this week. Now you should have taken Barney with you and told him to 'find' and he would have dug big Charlie's carcass!. As you say the original Primrose Valley was just a field with private caravans on, basic ones as compared to nowadays, no clubs, entertainment, the beach was the entertainment there. Oh happy days as a kid there. Would love to see pics of the inside of the White House as it was when built. The Billy Smarts circus family personal travelling caravan was magnificent and came up on EBay a few years back in a very sorry state. Nostalga, you have the knack of doing it to us that still have memories!!!! Cheers DougT the Mancs pensioner

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Yes Barney would have found it. Only if he could eat it.

@douglasthompson296 3 года назад

@@AdventureMe he's smart, those bones would keep him going for a while 😈

@macraghnaill3553 8 месяцев назад

A sad story about Charlie, obviously well looked after by his caretaker I don't remember seeing him in 1966. In a way it's sad that our childhood places change, but everything changes and the new resorts look very nice. Many years ago I read "Never go back to place were you had happy memories when you were a child, you will regret it as it won't be the same"

@robbie73vespa 5 месяцев назад

That's not true as i returned to Primrose Valley after turning 50 with my family/4yo boy my mum would take me here in the early 80s! So returning here ment the 🌎 to me especially walking around with my son just like I did with my mum so whoever said that is beyond belief tbh! I personally think you should always return to place's where happy memories where made 🙏

@jonometal666 3 месяца назад

@@robbie73vespa Even though I'm not old enough to have been around when the holiday camp existed the nostalgia is still easy to get caught up in. I hope you all had brilliant holidays. Honestly it looks like it was a wonderful place! We are looking to return to Whitby (my childhood holiday destination) for the regatta and even though it's a bit of a drive, we're considering Primrose Valley and The Bay for accommodation.

@robbie73vespa 3 месяца назад

@@jonometal666 I actually visited Charlie's burial site last week while staying 3 night's in Filey! I just followed the 📌 you'll find on Google Maps it's a beautiful area with large pond's & wildflowers i left big Charlie a bunch of 🍌🍌🍌 out of respect 🙏 I also walked through the Bay area it's stunning & Primrose Valley is the finest Caravan site I've ever visited 🍻

@Pstep75 2 месяца назад

Remeber going to Butlins just before shut, then exploring the former site during frequent summer holidays to Primrose valley. Just one of those memories that stick in you head despite the years gone buy but as a young boy it was adventure overload!!!!!

@kerriesharpe5402 2 года назад

Thankyou, I went to butlins Filey many times in the 70s as a child. Great memories 👌 ❤

@nonsuchandy 2 года назад

Thank you. Absolutely love your Butlins films. I had many great Butlins holidays as a child.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Glad you like them! More to come

@markosmith8037 Год назад

Excellent video, great narration, photos and music. This feels like a condensed history lesson in videos that are so easy to watch. Fantastic work - a pleasure to watch

@AdventureMe Год назад

Thanks Marko

@azalphaskinhead659 3 года назад

Bringing back Loads of memories.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Thanks. More to come

@JAY-lo3sx 6 месяцев назад

A Truly fantastic watch. Thank you. Bless you Charlie❤

@vincentcarroll7315 2 года назад

I love these videos, I am also fascinated by the history of butlins, I went there in 1972 with my auntie & cousin, best weeks holiday of my life 👍

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks Vincent

@chrisgee5675 2 года назад

I worked at Butlin's Filey as a student in 1972 and 1973 and these three videos are fascinating and very well put together. Thank you Darren for your informative work.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks Chris. Glad you liked them

@lizzieburton5276 3 года назад

A brilliant part 2, your knowledge, commentary & insertion of old footage gives it a great feeling of nostalgia. Thank you for sharing

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Thanks Lizzie. I try my best.

@shaunparkin3167 2 года назад

What a wonderful beautiful invite to my childhood when I visited Filey buntlines and now the times of change ….. thanks so much for sharing your work as this brought a very big smile on. My face 😊👌

@jordylyons4648 3 года назад

On holiday but still had my coffee and watched this fantastic video👋❤️

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Lucky you Jordy.

@brianvickans4339 3 года назад

Worked there summer 1981, great camp fond memories

@willbee6785 2 года назад

Memories. I loved my holiday there. It gives you that feel-good factor.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks for watching

@Ian-gw2vx 2 года назад

So sad about Charlie the elephant, especially towards the end. Had me tearful. We didn’t seem to have a conscience back then regarding animal welfare, although at least his habitat was a wide open setting near beautiful coastline and fresh air.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

It is sad, but different times as you say.

@bevgibson1734 3 года назад

It make me fill sad to here bout Charlie big elephant 🐘 it nice to know the history of his life in butlin filey

@Matt26200 Год назад

Would love to see this done for all previous Butlins holiday camps. Very interesting and love the superimposed pictures from new to old. Brilliant!

@DigitalJunior2003 2 года назад

Great nostalgic video of Britain's biggest holiday camp. Use to love going to their rival - Pointins

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks mate

@adrianjewell5995 2 года назад

We’ve stayed at The Bay Village & wondered where Butlin’s was. The way you’ve superimposed the old over the new Ariel shots has answered that brilliantly. We never went to Butlin’s Filey but still feel nostalgic about it! Thanks!

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks Adrian

@drivetrain1746 2 года назад

Great video. As an owner on The Bay site for over 10 years you have opened my eyes to how Butlins used to be in regards you overlays. Never was sure where Charlie's grave was but next time I'm there I will have a wander up. Our house/cottage is just on your video as you get to the pub on the right (end one). You may have noticed all the painted pebbles outside that my 8 year old daughter does when we stay. Again Great video 👍

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks mate. You are very lucky to have a place on there, it's lovely.

@busterboy7505 3 года назад

Great video, we have been to the pub on the bay complex but didn’t realise it was holiday homes on there, and never knew about Billy Butlins home, what a great spot for a home, 👍👍👍👍👍.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Glad to help.

@WiggysanWiggysan 3 года назад

You before & after photo work is like nothing else my friend. OUTSTANDING. The level of research is mind blowing. Darren, you are on another planet. Brilliant. Keep them coming.

@tristanlewis5436 2 года назад

Fabulous little film thank you. So important to keep the history celebrated - Butlins means a lot to a lot of people x

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks Tristan

@tiger175 3 года назад

Excellent series (2 of 3 so far). Used to live close by and visit on day trips - sometimes without my parents knowledge! Would spend all day in the amusement park (Wild Mouse) or take the chairlift down to the beach over and over.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

I wish I had experiened all of that.

@benmarshall787 3 года назад

Great video again Darren, I've shared some of your local to me videos, with my Mum and Dad, who in turn have shared them with my Auntie and Uncle, they're all very impressed. My mum said today that a relative used to work and live at or near Battyeford Station as she remembers visiting as a child. My aunt and mum also used to live very close to the "Ringway" aka The Leeds New Line and remember the Petroleum Double Header that passed through the line, before then changing to terminate at the Hargreaves Fuel Terminal just off the A62. Indeed this terminal was why the line remained open til 1986. Just as a further point, after watching that video I took my 8yr old daughter Poppy to do some "exploring" on the Ringway. She was fascinated as she'd seen it with you on the telly!! We even had a giggle looking for abutments! I shall be recommending the Butlins video to my parents, I thought after watching Andrews video (Yorkshire Wanderer) that the elephant had drowned in the Pool or something tragic like that? Anyway great video, as usual, loved it, and I've found mysen looking at the Middleton Railway gates and route near the bottom of Dewsbury Road whilst working today passing 6 times, as well as the Morley Station Bridge abutments, the Morley tunnel chimney vent and indeed the abutments at Howden Clough near the old white horse pub which sadly is a housing complex. Of perhaps of interest to you Ive come across some Train Simulator footage posted on RU-vid of the Leeds new line. Keep up the good work. Best wishes. Ben 🚌🚍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌈🙏

@ScottfromNP 6 месяцев назад

Very well put together. Is it a coincidence the winding path on the Elephant House site winds around? Maybe, just maybe, it respects something buried beneath by going around it?

@dancedecker 3 года назад

Thank you Darren for such a well produced, informative and inspiring video. Your attention to detail is excellent and the fade in and out of then and now is so helpful in picturing just how huge it was and where the iconic and welll loved attractions were. And it has certainly inspired me to look at staying in Sir Billy's former house sometime. Thank you.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@darrenpickering247 3 года назад

fantastic videos of the old Butlins camp

@angelsone-five7912 3 года назад

Another excellent video Darren. Your merging of "what was" over "what is" is absolutely brilliant giving a real sense of history. Charlie`s story was sad but hey ho it happened. Looking forward to part 3.

@charleshilditch138 2 года назад

Stayed at the Bay a few weeks ago and this video was really interesting providing an insight into the Butlins past. Thank goodness animal welfare is so much better these days - such a sad story about Big Charlie.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@MrJasdog107 3 года назад

You have done a great job with this trio of films . The story of Big Charlie is one i will be tell my children and grandchildren.

@Eurobrasil550 3 года назад

Another interesting video That chairlift infrastructure must have taken some maintenance, imagine the lashing it would get during winter storms and gales on the East Coast !

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Yes i can imagine it wasn't very nice.

@MattyRasker Год назад

We've come to Bay Filey for our holidays with no knowledge of this. Since watching this video on first day I've been completely obsessed with finding everything you spotted (my wife thanks you for that 😂). We're staying at one of the lake lodges and Charlie is just over the water. Love history,thanks for sharing.

@AdventureMe Год назад

Glad it contributed to your holiday there. Hope it was fun.

@MattyRasker Год назад

@@AdventureMesure did. Just visited Charlies grave to pay my respects before we leave tomorrow

@stephen4912 3 года назад

Really enjoyed watching this looking forward to the 3rd filey/butlins was way before my time but love watching what was the grand camp now gone looking at remains etc keep it going

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Thanks mate.

@graemehannam3950 3 года назад

An excellent video thanks Darren, looking forward to the next instalment on the old butlins holiday park, it's now slightly ironic that haven who own the primrose holiday park has now gone into partnership with the remaining butlins holiday parks, or so I've been informed, stay safe and keep up the good work with your videos Darren

@davidm3maniac201 3 года назад

He said that in part 1

@ljts7587 2 года назад

They can’t just build over that part where Charlie is buried. If they extend the park then they should also put some mark of respect for Charlie and why he was their hence remembering the Butlins Filey site also. They could even make a gift shop with a little museum of the history of its site. Gives the site the history it needs and be part of a marketing tool as a attraction for residents and guest to the park. I know if owned a site like that I’d bring back some of the building with the architectural design that they had back. Why cover over heritage of something that was meant for joy the same reason your business is set up. Honour its history. And great vid again,,,I do like your vids. Thank you for doing the research you do and the content your bring. Love it.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks mate. I agree with them not building on it. They could at least have a little memorial.

@malcy34 3 года назад

Brilliant, really loving this series,thankyou for bringing it to us.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

No problem. More to come.

@groovydonkey 2 года назад

It must take you ages to research all of this and love how you super impose the images of where things use to be,. So much detail and fascinating commentary.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks again!

@stevencockroft6455 2 года назад

The second time we went to butlins we went self catering we stayed in a well worn chalet & I remember having oven chips for the very first time .l remember going on the big wheel which I loved I also remember going to the ballroom & later being told by my other grandma that her brother called Norman smith died falling through a the roof whilst working there in the 1950s . We loved spending our holiday there ..

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks for the memories

@davidneal9368 6 месяцев назад

Good to see the site still being used as holiday homes

@bobly 3 года назад

I found it interesting Darren both videos I never knew the white house was Sir Billy Butlin's home a shame they didn't make a part of the land a museum dedicated to Billy and for the holiday camp, also sad about big Charlie. I can't wait for next week's instalment about the train station and tunnel

@rodkennedy9800 Год назад

Stayed at Primrose Valley in the 90s and explored the old Butlins camp with my kids. The ruins of tiny original chalets were still there (Hidey High style) and a massive thick pane of glass that I surmised was from a swimming/diving pool??? Site was derelict then but could clearly see it had a past life!!!

@AdventureMe Год назад

Yeah that would have been the underwater pool windows.

@dalecleeve38 3 года назад

As a regular visitor to PV, I will be walking and exploring through different eyes in future. Love history and love Filey. Can’t wait your next video. Great work

@rwalker9644 3 года назад

With every video you see i learn more about the camp - i visited on the bay site and the John Paul Jones pub - but never noticed the plaque - maybe its hidden behind a door as appears on your video ?- if so its a shame . Im really enjoying the series so far - pity they didnt keep one or a copy of the pool fountains - would have been such a feature - cheers Rob

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Yes it's hidden behind the door. Yes the pool fountain would have been a nice touch.

@flatbatterymakes2495 7 месяцев назад

Oh Charlie, the poor love. That's such an incredibly sad story

@jeffnaylor4838 Год назад

Fantastic work. Really like the way you've overlaid old photos and shown the maps to pinpoint where you are. Been to Primrose Valley and the Bay many times, and been past the White House, never knew it belonged to Billy Butlin but makes sense now. Like the way you are respectful to the sites you visit too.

@AdventureMe Год назад

Thanks Jeff

@user-gw7gs8mt9b 11 месяцев назад

I remember the chairlifts, happy memories thank you

@rockabilly375 3 года назад

Another brilliant video documenting the sad closure of a fantastic Butlins holiday camp. The fade in fade out pictures are fantastic. Thank you.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Many thanks

@tracya4087 3 года назад

hiya , part two is just as great , in fact with the music and pictures , it s a work of art . thank you very very much for this , all our very best from nick and tracy in wigan . still the pie capital of lancashire

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Thank you very much!

@lsmith992 3 года назад

I used to take my family to Primrose Valley from the mid 70s till the mid 90s. There is a path from there down by those private houses, and dreamt of owning one. I didn't know that Billy Butlins owned that house which is the biggest there.

@martynbuzzing3327 3 года назад

Great overlays and interesting story. Thanks.

@markpearson8941 2 года назад

WOW this series really took me back to when I was about 12 back in 1988 when we as a family took our first holiday to Primrose Valley walking over the beach to Filey can remember something about Butlins but can't for the life of me remember what. Only found your channel yesterday and love it! Great vlogs mate well done.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks mark. Glad you liked. Welcome aboard

@handheldgaming4life 7 месяцев назад

I never knew about Butlins Filey, but I have holidayed a lot in the area over the years. But I did stay on this site fairly recently, and it felt really strange... like a shrunken little town but built for holiday travelers.

@michaelmiller641 3 года назад

Very interesting, Darren, as usual!

@colintwist2686 3 года назад

Hi mate, loving these filey videos I have worked at primrose valley for years and now work at the bay running the John Paul Jones. I remember going though the fence as a kid and going round the old site

@johnogsii7976 3 года назад

Fantastic video, loving this series!

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Thanks John. More to come

@laurabaker81 3 года назад

Poor Charlie! I don't think I knew about him. I'm a big animal lover so I'm sure I'd remember if I did.

@runningman660 2 года назад

A few years ago we was on holiday at Primrose Valley, our Son was working there, I went for a run through the Bay and down that road to the Beach, I enjoyed it but it was quite steep.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks for watching

@shanegreen2583 3 года назад

Great informative flog. Can see you’ve put a lot of effort and years of research into that

@user-yp1mv5nc7z 8 месяцев назад

What a fascinating piece of social history. Well done, sir.

@richardhalliday6469 3 года назад

Brilliant Darren, I'm looking forward to next week's episode.

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Thanks Richard.

@user-nr9kz7xw4n 3 месяца назад

Love your videos of Butlins, takes me back to late sixties and early seventies when I used to come every year. Do you know Butlins even had a unique Smell to it, just like a proper seaside boarding house. It was a fabulous place.

@MalcolmKerr1963 Год назад

Hi mate I’ve just subscribed to your channel I really enjoy your videos about Blackpool and The former Butlins sites . Having visited them in my youth particularly the butlins site at Heads of Ayr Scotland went on out first family holiday June 1968 incidentally billy butlins retired that year and when we went back in 1974 the site was slowly changing and by the early 80’s it wasn’t the same it’s now a haven. Caravan park . One day in the next few years it would be great if you go do a feature video similar to the Filey Butlins video of Butlins Ayr . Keep up the good work mate lol forward to your Blackpool and other videos you do very interesting.

@danielross7221 3 года назад

Great stuff again Darren. It’s so difficult to believe nowadays what used to be there

@AdventureMe 3 года назад

Sure is strange when there.

@frankwilson3265 2 года назад

Newly discovered your channel and I've got to say how much I love your work. The British holiday camp will always hold a place in my heart and form a part of my childhood just as the industry was winding down large scale. So much nostalgia in your videos and great that someone is taking to time to piece together what still remains so that its memory is not forgotten.

@AdventureMe 2 года назад

Thanks for watching, more to come.

@frankwilson3265 2 года назад

@@AdventureMe Loving it. Part of my nightly wind-down is a watch of one of your videos.