Lovely video very happy memories of Butlins Filey although I never actually visited the site during the late 70s and early to mid 80s I often holidayed at primrose valley next door as my late parents had 2 static caravans on Primrose Valley and I remember some features of Butlins Filey such as the chair lifts and the road down to the beach and from certain parts of Primrose valley you could see the chalets at Butlins Filey and I recall seeing the site in the late 80s after it had closed down a very sad sight indeed
I found your commentary about your own remembrances of holidaying near the site and what remained at the time very interesting. Thank you so much for your comment Stephen.
Great Film !!!! I wish I had captured My Family on Film at Butlins Filey in the 60's The Bold Cliffs of Flamborough Head ,Speeton Bempton and Filey Brigg.Thanks for great memories of the Chairlift that I used to spend all Day on. Brilliant.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 Yes I did very much enjoy it.My Mother and Father first went to Butlins Filey after the War in 1946/7 following the Big (Dance Bands) We as kids from about 1955, up till 1970.I have all the Badges from the 40's 50's and 60's and Dance festival badges from Filey and loads of B/W Photo's.We stayed up at Flamborough last week and drove past the Old Camp feeling very upset.!!!! You are lucky to have that great Film.
Hi Lindsay & Peter, sounds as if you have tons of happy memories of your own over so many years. I always enjoy the film "Holiday Camp" with Jack Warner. I believe the outdoor scenes were filmed at the Filey camp though the railway station was somewhere else. Thank you for commenting and yes the film becomes more and more important to my family as the years roll by.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 Yes Joseph quite correct.The Railway Station at the start of the Film is actually Sandsend,long gone, up the coast passed Whitby,the track ran close to the cliffs!!At the end of the Film You can see the Old East Yorkshire Buses and Bodies Coaches which ran out of Bridlington.Hazel Court ,who won the Beauty Competition,became the Famous "Horror Queen" and her Baby in the Film was Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Hanleys child!!!! My Mother and Father watched the Film being made and were in the Dance Hall when Diana Dors was Jitterbuging!!!Also, near the end ,some shoots are at Flamborough Head and the Cliffs,which are really,still the same.Great Film,which I watch with some sadness at times.After this Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison made the "Huggett" Films with some of the same actors.There is another Film "When the Bough Breaks" with Bill Owen and Pat Roc (who actually made a guest apperance in Holiday Camp) Filmed at Butlins,but I think this was Clacton.Kind Regards.Peter Holden.Thanks.
What a fantastic post Peter I really enjoyed reading it all. Thank you so much for all the background snippets about the film. I watch it everytime I notice it appear in the TV schedules. Now with all the extra info I will watch it anew and enjoy it even more. I love all that kind of trivia. Thank you also for telling me about the Bill Owen film.
That's it, it's all history now. There's not many that can realise the importance of the moment and cherish it at the time it happens. Maybe my grandad did and that is why he filmed things.
Ooh! I can feel that stiff breeze coming off the North Sea right now! No wonder Benidorm became popular in later years! Thanks for sharing this evocative piece of cine film. Love and peace.
Thank you so much for commenting on the film Peter. I know what you mean about that breeze you really get a sense of it. Us Brits, when we are on holiday we'll take whatever the weather throws at us and have a good time regardless. It's all memory making.
This is the first filmed footage I’ve seen of my late and much loved Grandma and Grandad, John and Vinnie. What a wonderful find. Thank you so much for making this film accessible.
Hi Caroline I'm so pleased that you enjoyed the film. This is what makes it worthwhile when relatives can see these films, often for the first time, and sometimes see footage of themselves they didn't know existed. There are a couple more films to be uploaded this year with your Grandma & Grandad in them. I have another 3 years worth to get through so there could well be others and you may even see yourself. I remember you from when we were kids and the odd occasion you came to my Mum & Dad's house in York. My remembrance of your Grandma is how she was always very cheerful.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 She certainly was very a very cheerful person, always finding the best in people and situation. I've subscribed to your channel so will look out for future films with great anticipation! Thank you so much xx
Had a look at your film. Interesting to see the 'after' photo of the indoor & outdoor pool with the outline of the fountain. I wonder if the radio room was used in the movie "Holiday Camp".
Lovely film. The pathway down from the former Butlins Camp still remains exactly as shown on this film. Not much else does though, although the underpass from the former Butlins Railway Station to the camp is still there, hidden away under the road from Filey to Bridlington.
I am so glad you enjoyed my grandad's film. It put a smile on my face to read your comment. Thank you for taking the time to do so. These type of films do became more and more treasured as the years pass.
Thanks for watching Susan. It is a place that is clearly thought of with great fondness for thousands of families. Though the buildings may have gone at least the ground is still being used for family holidays.
Spent a week in Filey in 1964 when I was 12 years old. I spent most of the week in the cinema as they were showing A Hard Day’s Night all day, every day. Much to the dismay of my parents but being a massive Beatles fan, it was an opportunity not to be missed.
Total butlins fanatic first went to Ayr in 1964 then filey skegness and even bognor one year. i worked out in almost 60 years i have been 36 times lol.its still good but not a patch on the sixties and seventies Filey
That is amazing. It is still good but memories can always make the older times better. If you were younger now then Butlins would still be as good as you remember.
Great film. I was born in 1970 and lived in London. Went yearly to Butlins Bognor Regis, from when I was 3 years old, so I remember the old Butlins. Never went to Filey, but always as a kid, when looking through the Butlins Brochure, used to say, why can't we go there one year. It looked and was so much bigger than Bognor. Of course it closed when I was 13, so never made it. Thankfully Bognor is still with us.
Legendary bit of cinematic history, First time I passed Filey was back in 1989 a while after it had closed, it was a sad picture, and resigned to the past like so many places. Butlins has a few sites as did Pontins in those days. I remember taking a school holiday at Butlins Barry Island in the mid 70's, Bognor too and even Minehead n the 90's with my first born and my parents. Those days prior 60's and 70's were tough times, but also great times of freedom. The days vents calendar dictated what one would do, but like always we made our own entertainment. The sites were clean as your movie shows, the accommodation whilst basic was always well maintained and looked after. Those days are long gone and will never return as society has changed and that of our standards too... I'd say these places never lost their appeal, but the visitors changed and so did their expectations, and well run sites were badly mismanaged too... In truth we were very lucky we were given time to live our lives, summers were long, food was fresh and TV was still for many still in Black and White..
I so appreciate you taking the time to comment Yvonne. The memories are special aren't they? Not just for our family but also the many people have their own happy thoughts from holidays at Butlins in years past.
Lovely film - who knows, I might even have been one of the little kids in the background! I've been thinking back to those Butlins holidays quite a bit recently and wondering if you could ever recreate that kind of carefree fun again - I doubt it, but the sight of Filey Bay brings back happy memories - thanks for posting!
Call me old-fashioned but I preferred it when ladies wore dresses and the men wore ties even for casual occasions. You look at old photos of the 1920s & 1930s for example and though working class people had not much money they still had pride in their appearance. Thank you so much for commenting and I hope you enjoyed the film and it evoked some memories of your own.
Wonderful old film..my mum and dad took me there when i was a little boy during the 1970s...Sad to see the state of neglect it became although there are still small bits there if you look hard enough and there is also the burial site of the elephant there somewhere....
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 yes i believe charlie ws his name...i doubt the burial site was ever marked but i think he was buried just outside the elephant house at filey but i do not know that location....
Thanks Soul Boy for your kind thought. They are lovely memories, not just for our family but the many who remember the simpler times and enjoyed holidays at a British holiday camp.
I remember holidaying next door Primrose valley, in a very small 4 birth caravan and being woke up by the tanoies and being very envious off kids there with so much variety,. I pass now and again 60 years on and feel quite sad that no more little boys and girls will have that simple fun.
Lovely to hear about your own holidays at Primrode Valley and how the location of Butlins can still evoke memories of those days for you 60 years later.
We were right next to the fence,the laughter was infectious,primrose valley had a TV room very small black&white TV in a very long room full of kids sat on benches......poor relatives lol
Thanks for adding your comment David, hope you enjoyed the film. There will be another one uploaded from the Minehead camp in a few months. I've no idea about badges. Would the badges have the name of the camp and the year on them?
I went to Filey last summer and I didn’t realise there’d ever been a Butlins there , I read a book about it whilst there and I’ve been obsessed ever since . So sad that it’s all gone it looked so good
Hi Steve, It is really interesting especially as there are still reminders such as the land train turning circle and the old station platforms. Hope you enjoyed the film.
I miss the classic days of Butlins. We went to Bognor and Minehead in the early sixties. I took my children in the nineties and although the atmosphere was the same, those lovely buildings had gone. The swimming pool wasn't the same without the viewing lounge and the plastic parrots. Off to Skegness in January for the rock and blues festival for about the 20th year.
Hi Michael thanks for your comment. I know what you mean about wishing you could go back to those times. Uploading these old cine films of my grandad's certainly gives me that feeling of nostalgia.
The only things i can remember from Filey circa 1973 is 1, the bunk beds in chalet were ex-national sevice, 2, the swimming pool had windows underwater so you could watch folk swimming underwater.
Certainly thousands of people have kept their own happy memories from the camp over the years. Hope you enjoyed watching and thanks for your own remembrances.
Hi Tony, I've got aload of family photos and I've certainly seen of you and I in high chairs! There may be more I would have to go through them. If you are interested in me sending any I found of you or Kevin my mum will be able to give you my number.
Great cinefilm of the age. A decade or so later when I joined the railway (not locally), I rode the camp branch line in its final year and remember the land trains meeting the real ones before disappearing into the underpass. The guard of the train down was a cheerful type, chatting and joking with families while he checked their tickets. BT Police still survives of course, as does the Hull-Beverley-Scarborough line. Are any descendants of Joseph Wilson in service today?
What wonderful memories from that time. Thank you for posting. No there are no decendants of Joseph in the BT Police. One of his sons did serve in Hull City Police and later at Hornsea but he retired many years ago.
and Pontins too. My grandparents lived in Hull at the time but going to Filey only a few miles away was considered good enough for a holiday. Butlins offered them everything they were looking for in a vacation.
I don't really know enough to compare the two. My own immediate family when I was a child holidayed at Pontins at Lytham. I have happy memories of that camp though I belive the site is now a new housing development.
I suppose it all comes down to the market and where people choose to holiday. There are still the odd camp here and there and those thoat did go in the heyday have all these marvellous memories to hold to.
Mine and my cousins family went there approximately 1966. My uncle , cousin, and I went on the cable car. As we started moving , the wind started to build up and the cable car started to swing from side to side . The cars seemed to go quite fast . The higher we got , the stronger the wind blew. Suddenly, at the very highest point of the journey , the car stopped dead. , swinging violently from side to side. We had to wait until they finally started the cars moving again...quite a while afterwards. When we eventually got back, we found out the cars had been stopped because of very high winds. No one knew we were on it. Never again...
Hi Mark, thanks for commenting. I've seen a few of the "what it's like today" videos and they are very interesting. I suppose the area is being used by holidaymakers but in a slightly different way.
When DVD came out, I used to buy transfers of Butlin's home movies on eBay. It was great to see all the familiar childhood places again; but what a disappointment when the same annoying kid kept butting-in!
It sent shivers down my spine, still remember those dips in the North Sea. Also can still feel the strong chlorine in the murky water of the swimming pool in my eyes.
Thanks for commenting Jessica. I would like to go and walk the route down to the beach as my grandparents did. I believe that still remains but as you say all fields and new developments cover the present day site.
Its been a lot of years since I was at a Butlins. I didn't know there were no monorails. Baack in the day they were exciting to go on as they seemed very futuristic.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 lovely of you to share the video be nice if we could go bk in time and try out the old Butlins too looked really fun bk then. It's amazing how things change
Thanks for your comment Philip. Sounds like the film may have brought up some memories for you. Soon after this film the Spanish sun won holidaymakers over far more than our unopredictable British weather didn't it?
Toilet/shower blocks ...middle of the night😂🕪 bing bong ...your breakfast will be ready from 8am.....all the camps were brilliant and visited all but Filey many times in the 70s....my favourite were the theater shows for children, penny arcades lol lost all my money there.😂 ⛲🎡🎠🎢🚂🎰🍭🍧🍺🍷🍦🍩🍔
Hi Jayne, you seem to have a ton load of happy memories. I hope the film was able to revive a few forgotten ones. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Lovely video very happy memories of Butlins Filey although I never actually visited the site during the late 70s and early to mid 80s I often holidayed at primrose valley next door as my late parents had 2 static caravans on Primrose Valley and I remember some features of Butlins Filey such as the chair lifts and the road down to the beach and from certain parts of Primrose valley you could see the chalets at Butlins Filey and I recall seeing the site in the late 80s after it had closed down a very sad sight indeed
I found your commentary about your own remembrances of holidaying near the site and what remained at the time very interesting. Thank you so much for your comment Stephen.
Great Film !!!! I wish I had captured My Family on Film at Butlins Filey in the 60's The Bold Cliffs of Flamborough Head ,Speeton Bempton and Filey Brigg.Thanks for great memories of the Chairlift that I used to spend all Day on. Brilliant.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. These type of films do become more and more treasured as the years roll by.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 Yes I did very much enjoy it.My Mother and Father first went to Butlins Filey after the War in 1946/7 following the Big (Dance Bands) We as kids from about 1955, up till 1970.I have all the Badges from the 40's 50's and 60's and Dance festival badges from Filey and loads of B/W Photo's.We stayed up at Flamborough last week and drove past the Old Camp feeling very upset.!!!! You are lucky to have that great Film.
Hi Lindsay & Peter, sounds as if you have tons of happy memories of your own over so many years. I always enjoy the film "Holiday Camp" with Jack Warner. I believe the outdoor scenes were filmed at the Filey camp though the railway station was somewhere else. Thank you for commenting and yes the film becomes more and more important to my family as the years roll by.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 Yes Joseph quite correct.The Railway Station at the start of the Film is actually Sandsend,long gone, up the coast passed Whitby,the track ran close to the cliffs!!At the end of the Film You can see the Old East Yorkshire Buses and Bodies Coaches which ran out of Bridlington.Hazel Court ,who won the Beauty Competition,became the Famous "Horror Queen" and her Baby in the Film was Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Hanleys child!!!! My Mother and Father watched the Film being made and were in the Dance Hall when Diana Dors was Jitterbuging!!!Also, near the end ,some shoots are at Flamborough Head and the Cliffs,which are really,still the same.Great Film,which I watch with some sadness at times.After this Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison made the "Huggett" Films with some of the same actors.There is another Film "When the Bough Breaks" with Bill Owen and Pat Roc (who actually made a guest apperance in Holiday Camp) Filmed at Butlins,but I think this was Clacton.Kind Regards.Peter Holden.Thanks.
What a fantastic post Peter I really enjoyed reading it all. Thank you so much for all the background snippets about the film. I watch it everytime I notice it appear in the TV schedules. Now with all the extra info I will watch it anew and enjoy it even more. I love all that kind of trivia. Thank you also for telling me about the Bill Owen film.
Like so much in life,don't realise what you got till it's gone!😪Good film,I was there 1981,well remember the cable cars,happy days!
That's it, it's all history now. There's not many that can realise the importance of the moment and cherish it at the time it happens. Maybe my grandad did and that is why he filmed things.
Ooh! I can feel that stiff breeze coming off the North Sea right now! No wonder Benidorm became popular in later years! Thanks for sharing this evocative piece of cine film. Love and peace.
Thank you so much for commenting on the film Peter. I know what you mean about that breeze you really get a sense of it. Us Brits, when we are on holiday we'll take whatever the weather throws at us and have a good time regardless. It's all memory making.
This is the first filmed footage I’ve seen of my late and much loved Grandma and Grandad, John and Vinnie. What a wonderful find. Thank you so much for making this film accessible.
Hi Caroline I'm so pleased that you enjoyed the film. This is what makes it worthwhile when relatives can see these films, often for the first time, and sometimes see footage of themselves they didn't know existed. There are a couple more films to be uploaded this year with your Grandma & Grandad in them. I have another 3 years worth to get through so there could well be others and you may even see yourself. I remember you from when we were kids and the odd occasion you came to my Mum & Dad's house in York. My remembrance of your Grandma is how she was always very cheerful.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 She certainly was very a very cheerful person, always finding the best in people and situation. I've subscribed to your channel so will look out for future films with great anticipation! Thank you so much xx
Hi Caroline, was your maiden name Saxby. If so you are in one of the films when you came to my mum & dad's house in York.
I was there in 1965 when i was 12 YO. I'm 68 now and still remember that fantastic week.i have a vid on here so take a look if you want.
Had a look at your film. Interesting to see the 'after' photo of the indoor & outdoor pool with the outline of the fountain. I wonder if the radio room was used in the movie "Holiday Camp".
Lovely film. The pathway down from the former Butlins Camp still remains exactly as shown on this film. Not much else does though, although the underpass from the former Butlins Railway Station to the camp is still there, hidden away under the road from Filey to Bridlington.
I'm so glad you enjoyed watching and it is really pleasing to learn the footpath down to the beach is still there. Thank you.
Happy days
Happy memories are everything.
I love watching other peoples home movies. Thank you for sharing, as it put a smile on my face.
I am so glad you enjoyed my grandad's film. It put a smile on my face to read your comment. Thank you for taking the time to do so. These type of films do became more and more treasured as the years pass.
I've got photos of my grandparents, sat in front of that fountain . Happy times . Unfortunately well before I was born .
Hi Mark hope you enjoyed the film and through watching it was able to bring your own photos to life.
Brings back memories from my childhood loved our holliday there
Thanks for watching Susan. It is a place that is clearly thought of with great fondness for thousands of families. Though the buildings may have gone at least the ground is still being used for family holidays.
Super memories of butlins filey ,York House beachcomber bar loved it all x
Thanks for taking the time to comment Graham. I do hope you enjoyed the film and it triggered a few memories of your own holidays.
Spent a week in Filey in 1964 when I was 12 years old. I spent most of the week in the cinema as they were showing A Hard Day’s Night all day, every day. Much to the dismay of my parents but being a massive Beatles fan, it was an opportunity not to be missed.
What fab memories Susan, thanks so much for sharing them and thank you for watching.
Total butlins fanatic first went to Ayr in 1964 then filey skegness and even bognor one year. i worked out in almost 60 years i have been 36 times lol.its still good but not a patch on the sixties and seventies Filey
That is amazing. It is still good but memories can always make the older times better. If you were younger now then Butlins would still be as good as you remember.
Wow so nostalgic, all these people immortalised by the film 🎥
Thanks for watching Fabian and hope you enjoyed it. The more the years pass the more of a treasure this film becomes for my family.
Great film. I was born in 1970 and lived in London. Went yearly to Butlins Bognor Regis, from when I was 3 years old, so I remember the old Butlins. Never went to Filey, but always as a kid, when looking through the Butlins Brochure, used to say, why can't we go there one year. It looked and was so much bigger than Bognor. Of course it closed when I was 13, so never made it. Thankfully Bognor is still with us.
I enjoyed reading your holiday remembrances and I know what you mean about looking through the brochure. Thank you very much for adding your comment.
Legendary bit of cinematic history, First time I passed Filey was back in 1989 a while after it had closed, it was a sad picture, and resigned to the past like so many places. Butlins has a few sites as did Pontins in those days. I remember taking a school holiday at Butlins Barry Island in the mid 70's, Bognor too and even Minehead n the 90's with my first born and my parents. Those days prior 60's and 70's were tough times, but also great times of freedom. The days vents calendar dictated what one would do, but like always we made our own entertainment. The sites were clean as your movie shows, the accommodation whilst basic was always well maintained and looked after. Those days are long gone and will never return as society has changed and that of our standards too... I'd say these places never lost their appeal, but the visitors changed and so did their expectations, and well run sites were badly mismanaged too... In truth we were very lucky we were given time to live our lives, summers were long, food was fresh and TV was still for many still in Black and White..
Absolutely marvellous piece of writing Ian. I really enjoyed reading your take on the "Good Old Days". Thank you for adding such a wonderful comment.
Wow ! 👏
This is fantastic video. Before all this technology we've got now. 👏👏
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment. I'm so glad you enjoyed the film.
Brilliant memories
I so appreciate you taking the time to comment Yvonne. The memories are special aren't they? Not just for our family but also the many people have their own happy thoughts from holidays at Butlins in years past.
Butlin's Filey Pure Magic and Fond Teenage Memories :)))
You clearly very good memories of your time at the camp. Hope the film brought many more. Thank you for watching.
Lovely film - who knows, I might even have been one of the little kids in the background! I've been thinking back to those Butlins holidays quite a bit recently and wondering if you could ever recreate that kind of carefree fun again - I doubt it, but the sight of Filey Bay brings back happy memories - thanks for posting!
I am so pleased the film evoked some happy memeories of times with your own family. I am very sure my grandad would be chuffed to know that.
Did you ever meet the "Camp Tramp" Johnny O'Mahony?
Woman nearly always wore dresses in thoses days..lovely old memories.
Call me old-fashioned but I preferred it when ladies wore dresses and the men wore ties even for casual occasions. You look at old photos of the 1920s & 1930s for example and though working class people had not much money they still had pride in their appearance. Thank you so much for commenting and I hope you enjoyed the film and it evoked some memories of your own.
Love all things butlins
Esp filey - keep the history alive and memories comeing cheers Rob
Hi Rob, just to let you know I have come across a similar film from when they holidayed at Minehead Butlins. That should be uploaded next year.
Looks good , very good promotional film .happy people simple souls ,easily pleased , can not see this scenery ever come back to Spoit world
As you say, easily pleased but also they were very grateful for these times.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 100% True.
Wonderful old film..my mum and dad took me there when i was a little boy during the 1970s...Sad to see the state of neglect it became although there are still small bits there if you look hard enough and there is also the burial site of the elephant there somewhere....
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I've seen the of the elephant's grave location. Wasn't he called Big Charlie?
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 yes i believe charlie ws his name...i doubt the burial site was ever marked but i think he was buried just outside the elephant house at filey but i do not know that location....
There's a good film about this on UA-cam "Exploring The Lost Butlin's Filey Holiday Camp | The Buried Elephant!".
Big Charlie’s grave site is marked on Google maps so people can now visit it. 👍🏼
Lovely memories of the past.
Thanks Soul Boy for your kind thought. They are lovely memories, not just for our family but the many who remember the simpler times and enjoyed holidays at a British holiday camp.
I remember those chair rides, I was always a bit scared when they went over the towers as a kid 😁
You could get nearly to the beach in the 70s on the chairs, as there was 2 added on at some time.
Remember sat on it when it broke down think it was 1961 I was 9 years old damn thing swinging in the wind for 20 mins never went on again 😂
I'm not sure I would have gone on them. Maybe as a kid but not as an adult. Anything higher than a step ladder is too high!
I remember holidaying next door Primrose valley, in a very small 4 birth caravan and being woke up by the tanoies and being very envious off kids there with so much variety,. I pass now and again 60 years on and feel quite sad that no more little boys and girls will have that simple fun.
Lovely to hear about your own holidays at Primrode Valley and how the location of Butlins can still evoke memories of those days for you 60 years later.
We were right next to the fence,the laughter was infectious,primrose valley had a TV room very small black&white TV in a very long room full of kids sat on benches......poor relatives lol
How the other half lived!
Skegness is so bracing but that North sea looks bloody cold. Sod that, I'm off to Cyprus next month.😃🥵🏊🍺🏖🌞
It takes a brave soul to take a dip in the North Sea.
Great film
Hi Alan, thank you so much for taking the time to add your comment. I hope the film brought back some happy memories of your own.
Badge was the most precious thing.
Thanks for adding your comment David, hope you enjoyed the film. There will be another one uploaded from the Minehead camp in a few months. I've no idea about badges. Would the badges have the name of the camp and the year on them?
I went to Filey last summer and I didn’t realise there’d ever been a Butlins there , I read a book about it whilst there and I’ve been obsessed ever since . So sad that it’s all gone it looked so good
Hi Steve, It is really interesting especially as there are still reminders such as the land train turning circle and the old station platforms. Hope you enjoyed the film.
This was Good weather in the Olden days LOL
Can't beat a brisk North Sea breeze.
I miss the classic days of Butlins.
We went to Bognor and Minehead in the early sixties. I took my children in the nineties and although the atmosphere was the same, those lovely buildings had gone.
The swimming pool wasn't the same without the viewing lounge and the plastic parrots.
Off to Skegness in January for the rock and blues festival for about the 20th year.
So lovely to hear about your own family's Butlins memories. Thank you so much for commenting.
Love it would love to go in the old days was 2nd go back in time
Hi Michael thanks for your comment. I know what you mean about wishing you could go back to those times. Uploading these old cine films of my grandad's certainly gives me that feeling of nostalgia.
The only things i can remember from Filey circa 1973 is 1, the bunk beds in chalet were ex-national sevice, 2, the swimming pool had windows underwater so you could watch folk swimming underwater.
Certainly thousands of people have kept their own happy memories from the camp over the years. Hope you enjoyed watching and thanks for your own remembrances.
Brilliant! The sea at Filey was never warm for swimming 😉
Hi Tony, I've got aload of family photos and I've certainly seen of you and I in high chairs! There may be more I would have to go through them. If you are interested in me sending any I found of you or Kevin my mum will be able to give you my number.
Great cinefilm of the age. A decade or so later when I joined the railway (not locally), I rode the camp branch line in its final year and remember the land trains meeting the real ones before disappearing into the underpass. The guard of the train down was a cheerful type, chatting and joking with families while he checked their tickets.
BT Police still survives of course, as does the Hull-Beverley-Scarborough line. Are any descendants of Joseph Wilson in service today?
What wonderful memories from that time. Thank you for posting. No there are no decendants of Joseph in the BT Police. One of his sons did serve in Hull City Police and later at Hornsea but he retired many years ago.
Happy days, in a country now lost forever, both culturally and morally.
Quite true. Those days are gone.
My folks Took me for a day trip there. I well remember the pool. Circa 1960
Thanks Tim for commenting and I hope the footage of the pool evoked some happy memories for you.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 thank you very much. As poor folk a day there was as close to a holiday we ever got. Early 60's.
The camps were great places and kids free to wander away from their parents. Happy days.
Gutted Butlins is no longer like this....and so many have gone like Filey.
and Pontins too. My grandparents lived in Hull at the time but going to Filey only a few miles away was considered good enough for a holiday. Butlins offered them everything they were looking for in a vacation.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 Pontins was a bit like the poor mans Butlins we thought.
I don't really know enough to compare the two. My own immediate family when I was a child holidayed at Pontins at Lytham. I have happy memories of that camp though I belive the site is now a new housing development.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 aw so many of these camps have been pulled down.
I suppose it all comes down to the market and where people choose to holiday. There are still the odd camp here and there and those thoat did go in the heyday have all these marvellous memories to hold to.
Mine and my cousins family went there approximately 1966. My uncle , cousin, and I went on the cable car. As we started moving , the wind started to build up and the cable car started to swing from side to side . The cars seemed to go quite fast . The higher we got , the stronger the wind blew. Suddenly, at the very highest point of the journey , the car stopped dead. , swinging violently from side to side. We had to wait until they finally started the cars moving again...quite a while afterwards. When we eventually got back, we found out the cars had been stopped because of very high winds. No one knew we were on it. Never again...
Wonderful, I was 5 years old then, just watched the vid on "what its like today"..8/6/21
Hi Mark, thanks for commenting. I've seen a few of the "what it's like today" videos and they are very interesting. I suppose the area is being used by holidaymakers but in a slightly different way.
Love it, Happy days.
They certainly were happy days. So pleased to know you enjoyed the film, thanks for watching.
Wow I remember that fountain and taking a picture with my mum and brother sat there
Hi Kevin thanks for your comment. I am so happy the film rekindled a happy memory for you. Hope you've still got the photo!
Great vid mate,I went there on hols as a kid.
So glad you enjoyed the film Ian. Hope it revived some happy memories of your own.
When DVD came out, I used to buy transfers of Butlin's home movies on eBay.
It was great to see all the familiar childhood places again; but what a disappointment when the same annoying kid kept butting-in!
Hi Tooley, I'll have to take another look to see the annoying kid. Thanks for taking th etime out to comment.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 EVERY family seems to have an 'annoying kid'.
Mine had two!
gosh, thats ace. a real time capsule, ae.
Thanks Collin it surely is and becomes more treasured as the years go by.
Marvellous
Thanks Richard, my grandad would be very pleased to know you enjoyed his film.
🥶 Just turned the central heating up.
Was the cool North Sea breeze in the film Christopher?
It sent shivers down my spine, still remember those dips in the North Sea. Also can still feel the strong chlorine in the murky water of the swimming pool in my eyes.
Happy days!
It's all nothing but fields now :(
Thanks for commenting Jessica. I would like to go and walk the route down to the beach as my grandparents did. I believe that still remains but as you say all fields and new developments cover the present day site.
magic
Hi Paul, I'm really please you enjoyed the film and I'm sure my grandad would be happy too that it has brought joy to others.
I wish today's butlins had a monorail
Its been a lot of years since I was at a Butlins. I didn't know there were no monorails. Baack in the day they were exciting to go on as they seemed very futuristic.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 lovely of you to share the video be nice if we could go bk in time and try out the old Butlins too looked really fun bk then. It's amazing how things change
The world evolves but it would be be nice to go back even for just one day. Thanks so much for taking the time to post your comments.
@@josephwilson-hiswonderfulw3865 welcome x
I'll bet the sea was bloody freezing lOL
You're not kidding. Is the North Sea ever warm? They were brave folk to have a dip but that's what the British do on holiday.
It saddens me to think that these companies have conceded to their 'fate', worsening their image... Long live the GBH!
I'm with you on that.
So glad i dont have to go there anymore, Salud de Gran Canaria.
Thanks for your comment Philip. Sounds like the film may have brought up some memories for you. Soon after this film the Spanish sun won holidaymakers over far more than our unopredictable British weather didn't it?
those were the days, not a chemtrail in sight
"those were the days, not a chemtrail in sight" do you mean contrail?
The 'jet set' didn't include the working man's family in those days.
Hi d hi....😇😇😈😈
what a waste of footage, filming the same people all the time, was there anybody else at butlins at that time ??
They wanted to see themselves later at home. Why would they want to film complete strangers like you?
This just shows how things have changed.
Flynn, you Muppet 😂
Classy reply. You need to appreciate the video rather than negative feedback.
Are you for real?!
Toilet/shower blocks ...middle of the night😂🕪 bing bong ...your breakfast will be ready from 8am.....all the camps were brilliant and visited all but Filey many times in the 70s....my favourite were the theater shows for children, penny arcades lol lost all my money there.😂 ⛲🎡🎠🎢🚂🎰🍭🍧🍺🍷🍦🍩🍔
Hi Jayne, you seem to have a ton load of happy memories. I hope the film was able to revive a few forgotten ones. Thank you for taking the time to comment.