Hayling Snow Circa 1988

Having heard that it snowed on Hayling I made a mad dash down to Hayling to see what this seaside resort looked like covered in snow.
There is a interesting walk up Creek Road at the east end of the Island that shows the place before all the Flats were built.

[@gerzygrznosc9811]

The working man's holiday paradise, murdered by Hayling Island's moneycentric local authority when they ruined the best beach on this stretch of the South Coast for the benefit of the Snotty Yachties around the Point. All the little seaside businesses depended on high-tide beach evacuees and were slowly strangled, then bulldozed to create Universal Credit hutches. You can see tumbleweeds rolling down it now - never be another like it. I doubt the L.A. has the collective wit to wonder how much money and work over time was brought in to the Island by the old Creek Road/Sandy Point.

[@SmallroomProductions]

Forth generation video game consols did a lot of the damage to the seawide arcades, along with cheap holidays abroad from the 80's onwards. Local Authority had little influence on that apart from allowing change of use of buildings as they slowly shut one by one and became abandoned. I saw it first hand over a 10 year period when less of my friends were holidaying there and now going abroad with their mum and dad. The working man had more disposable income from the mid 80's and bought games consols for their kids and took them abroad for holidays. thus many UK seaside destinations fell by the way side, not just Hayling.

[@tracy-dg3qq]

Hay was once a beautiful place now it's a dump built up and run down flats everywhere absolute shame

[@Mrchrisrobbins1]

Hope you don't mind, I loved your walk through snowy 1988 Creek road. That I shared the film on the Hayling Island F.B.site and as you can see by the sudden rise in the viewing count. There's a lot of interest. Happy Christmas.

[@SmallroomProductions]

I'm only 5 years late in replying but no probs. Glad I got it rescued off my old betamax tapes

[@eclipsesw]

Wow I used to holiday there a lot in the 70s and 80s and always wondered what it would look like with snow, great video. Creek Road is unrecognisable now but I remember it exactly as in your video.

[@spumemonk11]

It was still much the same as I remember it from the 1970's. Completely changed now though.

[@MrCorfuz]

My guess is January 1987. I can`t remember any snow in Portsmouth 1988. Great footage though.

[@leeandjude]

i remember this road. used to play in the arcades along here. sadly now all gone...thanks so much for the video, brings back my childhood

[@burtwallace5909]

Same with me , yes, sadly all gone but the memories will stay with us to the end .

[@REDBULLHEADiphone]

Doesn't quite look like that now, does it? And I'm not talking about the snow.

[@tracy-dg3qq]

No it's such a shame was a beautiful place once now its run down

[@tracy-dg3qq]

No it's such a shame was a beautiful place once now its run down

[@holmespianotuning]

On Hayling they drive at that speed all year round

[@simply.stvrlightt]

Jake Holmes it's because harping island is turning into a retirement place, so alt of elderly people drive, like it's so annoying

[@NOWtheband]

I remember that!
:-)

[@dbbikemech793]

Really?

[@tonyb67984]

Ahhh remember the cutter pub now!! but what was the nightclub called in the building next door ???

[@iancarpenter3342]

It was called Blazes, then it became Bennetts around this time.

[@SmallroomProductions]

I remember it as Dixies and the Shore club

[@iancarpenter3342]

@@SmallroomProductions Yes you're right, but but it was the Cutter that became first Millers when JM Inns took it over, then Dixies (Shores was the club at the seafront side, it was split into two). The larger building to the left as you look from Southwood Road was Blazes nightclub. Then that became Bennett's.

[@nigelparker5886]

Hi, in the sixties it was known as the Beach Club! Wonder why!? It was quite cool tho! Cheers

[@tracy-dg3qq]

Born and bred on that island its changed so much and not for the better it's all built on completely ruined

[@tracy-dg3qq]

@Jim Palmer not many proper islanders left now just new comers who think there islanders

[@tracy-dg3qq]

@Jim Palmer very true

[@tracy-dg3qq]

@Jim Palmer omg sounds like my life the good old days thats when hayling was hayling lovely place to live best years off my life

[@tracy-dg3qq]

Scrumbbing lol definitely an islander

[@tracy-dg3qq]

@Jim Palmer very true so sad when did money replace fun and laughter