MORECAMBE ILLUMINATIONS LATE 1980 EARLY 1990 

Spent holidays here as a kid 70's.....magical!!... Norman Wisdom throwing sweets out to us at the Winter Gardens.. Alhambra arcade.. Fishing, crabbing on boating lake and jetty, Peasholme Park at nightime, ghost ride at funfair, walked miles all day and never got bored... Fish n chip supper on way home to gran's as the night cooled off after a blistering hot summers day... Ah then do it all again the next day!!... Wow.. Magical!!

i remember when they was like that. morecame seemed magical when i was a kid with the fair and lights i ended up living there in my adult life for 15 years and it went so down hill.

went to Morecambe on holiday late 70's early 80's - magical - went back around 2003 - heartbreaking

Thanks for sharing - this brings back childhood memories of being driven by my parents from end to end followed by some time in Happy Mount Park on the little train - happy days! - Rach :)

Wonderful childhood memories of happy Sundays in Morecambe followed by a walk around Happy Mount Park when it was dark. We still love visiting the town, it's clean, tidy, lovely beaches and plenty to do and see, much better than Blackpool.

Thanks very much for sharing that. I remember taking the kids to see Morecambe's lights every year and it has brought back happy memories. Frank

My grandpa was born there lived his whole life in morcome bay..lived on bare ave..so did my gran and both kids one being my mother..we lived in Scotland and drove down every Christmas from mid 70s to late 80s and this was the view we had every year

It certainly does bring back memories I wish we still had them - Do you remember how pretty Happy Mount Park was all full of lit grottos and displays

Thank you.. my name is Brian Wisdom i was born in morecambe in 1961 went to st Peters in Heysham then on to Heysham High i lved on Kinksay in Heysham till i moved away in 1985 abroard with work i use to come home twtice i year to see family stll come home but live in Bolton now i do miss the old Morecambe

Great to see the lights again. I'm old enough to remember that the run of illuminations went right down to Happy Mount Park where there was a great display. It all stopped around the time of your video. I have some movie of it somewhere.

Ah childhood memories, Morecambe lights were every bit as good as Blackpool's WITHOUT the rush and drunken yobs. Bring them back soon.

I remember when the illuminations started just after the war. Happy Mount Park had a special layout of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfes I used to lie in bed listening to it each evening as we lived in Bare. Coaches came from all over just like at Blackpool now. Trains ran excursions from Blackpool at the weekends. Then Lancaster took over the Council courtesy of Thatchers re-organisations, they cut off the money and Morecambe died - need we say more.

Wow, i'm just old enough to remember the Morecambe illuminations, but I don't remember there that many lights, I now know what my parents were on about when they said towards the end "they're not as good as they used to be" Great video

Great post, brings back some memories, even filled up a bit there.....

thanks for the comments sorry you did not like the version of pop corn but glad you like the vid

I'm Justin Peters, Morecambe may play second fiddle to Blackpool with the illuminations. I very rarely visit the town and indeed nearby Lancaster. It's not an exciting place anymore even in summer. Even the funfair is not here, where I used to enjoy all the amusements, and my soft spot having grey stockingfeet in the Funhouse. I don't think the town will ever be the same again.

Thank you for watching Morecambe was once a great place may be not now but there are places worst off than Morecambe

Thank you for watching so happy that it brought good memories

Excellent vid Greg. They should bring back them back. Certainly brought back memories.

@funkybrian1 Thank you for watching the clip very happy that you like

Glad it brought back the good memories thank you

Glad the video brought back good memories for you thanks for the comment

Thank you for watching and glad it brought so many memories for you

Thanks for your comment glad you like the video

Thank you for watching and thank you for the comment

Thanks for the comment please put your video footage of the lights on

good video music reminds me of when I used to have to go to bingo with my mum I think floral hall

I agree, super vid. Never mind building flats/hotels or whatever they are planning to do on the promenade. How about bringing the illuminations back. Although I have hazy memories of the illuminations themselves I can remember the dissapointment when they went.

Used to love Morecambe illuminations, they were every bit as good as Blackpools but had even bigger stars of the time switching them on like Morecambe and Wise along with The Two Ronnies! Sadly what killed them was charging to get in Happy Mount Park when all the tableaux had moved into there and all there was on the promenade was just coloured lights! They finished in 1997!

@DavidPedder Thank you for watching and the kind comment

Seems like the theme of many a town,city,village today had great pasts but society today tends to dictate how things change for the worse

I would love to and will do so soon I hope. I have to transfer all my old super 8 onto the computer. From what I remember the quality was pretty good.

thanks for the comment I agree we should bring back the illuminations

@mesembe Thank you for the comment and for watching

loved this clip what memory"s

@funkybrian1 Thank you for watching glad you like

@rw19sc12 Glad you like the clip hope you had a good weekend the lights went the length of the prom from the battery pub to happy mount park

That would be great to see thank you for the reply

@paling4 Thank you for watching the clip and glad it brought back so many memories

Thank you for your kind words glad you like it

@xxxchrist1 Thank you for watching glad you like

Thank you for your comment the lights were magical

Cheers Stuart they sould bring them back

Thank you for the kind words

spent a lot of my childhood in Morecambe in the 1980s my nana lived there where did the big wheel go 2.

glad you like the vid thank you

@SparklAmethystDragon glad it brought back good memories and yes I do remember happy mount park all lit up thank you for the comment

Thank you for the comment you are right about the lights now

@gregorysimonanderson I've a feeling I can bring back more memories - cos I recognise that name - Let me try Low Lane - Mrs Jones, Mr Beckford, Mrs McKenzie, Mr Lord Mark Bales, Scott Seddon, Wayne Wilson Sharon Miller, Caroline Jenkins, Alison Bowker - oh and me - Joanne Halliwell

Sorry for edit - for Blackpool read Barrow.

Would love to know what year this was. The illuminations were finished in 1996 after years of gradual cutbacks.

No not really Morecambe had it all at first now it has nothing thank you for watching

@SparklAmethystDragon I remember some of the names but would not know the person in the street sorry but glad you remember me

Morecambe used to be a mini Blackpool really!

1st class

was saying 1988 but not very sure

Take it you mean 1988.

Amazing video!Second song....terrible choice!

lol no offence but what Morecambe are you looking at? its a dive, scruffy and full of drug addicts.

Thank you for the comment glad you like the video