I grew up here, until i was 10, and I recognise so much. I remember playing in the gardens, and under the clock tower. We left over 17 years ago to move to Australia, and I hope I can go back one day. Thank you for this
@@GimbalWalkTV totally agree with Pauline. Hope I have shared this video properly, because my friend Margaret is a huge Dr Who fan. Think she would enjoy all the history as well. Thank you.
I lived here when I was 8 (now in my 60s) and remember very well going roller skating in the pier pavilion every Saturday morning. My late Mum worked in Macari's coffee bar and they had a juke box which drove mum mad because everyone wanted to hear the same songs! Early 60s so a great era. I also lived in Canterbury and small places called Sturry and also Herne village. Nice memories 🤗
We bought a Caravan last year, and keep it in Kent, which we have never explored. When we stay here, we'd like to visit Herne Bay, Whitstable and Canterbury, plus loads of other places. There's a lot on offer it seems, as most people just pass through on their way to the ferries etc. Lovely video! Thank You....
I have just watched this video of Herne Bay and found it nostalgic and also sad. I spent a great deal of my childhood (I'm now 79!) in Herne Bay as I had several aunts and uncles living in the town. Your video brought back many happy memories but I also found it sad. Sad because much of what I remember has gone. The Casino Cinema has now become an alternative entertainment centre, the Odeon cinema has gone completely and of course the 3/4 mile pier which I used to trot along has long gone along with the Grand Pier Pavilion where I was taken to many shows. All in all I found your video very entertaining and very informative. I now live way out to sea from Herne Bay...in Clacton-on-Sea which faces it on the Essex coast! Regards and praise Bob Grimwood
I love old seaside towns and have recently re visited Margate and Whitstable with my daughter who has the same love. Herne bay is next on the list and I enjoyed your video very much. Look forward to seeing all the sights you have shown us. Thankyou.
You have indeed done enough to make me want to visit Herne Bay because after seeing this i Booked a Place to stay for this weekend and i cant wait to explore in your footsteps thank you
Have just booked a holiday cottage in Herne Bay for a week in July, my wife and I are really looking forward to it and your video was very helpful. Thanks.
Thank you for posting this video of Herne Bay Front. I have never visited HB but will be moving here with my husband shortly so it is nice to get a closer look x
Fantastic video, thanks for posting. I grew up in Herne Bay and left in the late 70''s to join the Army. I am now Australian living in the tropics in Queensland, its great to see my old stomping ground bringing back so many memories.
Almost exactly the same as myself, grew up in Herne Bay as a child and left at 16 in 1975 to join the Army. Only rarely been back there, must book a weekend off sometime just to see what it's like these days.
@@jsdover59 I left in 1978. I joined the Army at IJLB.... I was in the Grenadier Guards, first posting BFPO 17... What Rgt were you in? Lots of great memories growing up in Herne Bay but nothing would get me back to the UK to live.... If you have a trip back to the Bay I would love to see it.
Went hasting for my birthday after seeing your video....had a great time never been before and as I said its due to your videos we went looked a lovely place and we were not disappointed....keep up the good work...with not being able to go abroad your videos give us viable options for days out and to stop over for a few days thankyou for them.....
I have a photo of my Nan with her cousins on a holiday in Herne Bay taken nearly 100 years ago and I’ve always wondered what it’s like there. It looks really nice and one day I’d like to visit. Thanks for sharing😊
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for a lovely walk down memory lane, I live in France now and haven't been back to Herne Bay for many years, felt like I was there thank you
Enjoyed your video, so informative and I enjoyed the humour. Was trying to figure out where to go out for the day this week whilst its fab sunny September weather. Herne Bay here we come. Thanks very much!
I used to live at Minster on the Isle of Sheppey in the 60's during the Mods and Rockers era. My brother and i used to go down to Herne Bay on our bikes. I now live up in north and watching all your videos around Kent leaves me a bit homesick as i now live in North Yorkshire ( Ripon, yes you've done it) Have you done Sheerness and Leysdown yet, they were proper dumps back in the day. Love your channel, it's the best walking channel out there imo so keep it up and thanks for the memories. John.
i remember as a child in the 60s, along the arcade. where they sold those air-filled rubber rings and the sort. on a hot day the petroleum coming from that cheap quality plastic was enough to get a little high.
A nice and relaxing place ,but not much to do , drinks on the pier expensive, £5 a pint , usual slot machines on the sea front , nicer pubs inland , The Wine Bar good place to eat , also the Turkish restaurant . Taxi cabs are cheap , a lot of places need a face lift along the front , friendly people 😀
well Herne Bay has given me more than i expected thanks for putting this together. i cant remember when or if i have been there but i am planning on taking some Elderly members of my family , as my Aunt in particular says its her favorite SEASIDE TOWN it will hopefully cheer her up as she isn't mobile enough to take herself there. Wasn't really that keen myself but your video was really good and now I'm looking forward to going. Thank you
Our family lived in an apartment in The Dolphin Hotel in 1969 for 2 years. it was very hard for us children because we came from a huge house in Africa with servants, swimming pool etc to dreary Herne Bay. I was 15 and didn't know what depression was until after a few months of feeling so blue, I figured out it was the sky being so grey and there was no wide blue horizon, no open windows. I brought both my parents ashes from Africa to bury in Herne Church as my father had lived there as a boy. I'm 69 now but sill occasionally dream that I'm back the in dolphin and cry and wonder how did I end up back here?! Our family soon moved to Australia and the big horizons and blue sky were back. I was there the day the pier burned down and took a quick swim on the day the first man landed on the moon. Still Kent and the country so close to Herne Bay is quite beautiful and my father tells me hasn't changed since he was a boy. Thank you for your video, very well shot .... why did you not film the pretty beach huts near Hampton? always liked that area of beachfront. If you are wondering, if I disliked the town so much, am I watching your film , morbid curiosity, and I'm at a safe distance in California. Now I'm going to watch your bit about Canterbury, that is a gorgeous town. you do good work.
Lovely video. What is is needed along the sea front is suitable trees and containers full of sessional plants, it will seriously help enliven the area, as it currently looks far too sterile without such lush beauty, clearly needs addressing with the local Council.
Nice little piece of film. A shame it wasn't more in season when the gardens and place in general come alive a bit more. Very nicely filmed though. It would have been better if it was just a bit longer and continued down past the mini golf and showed all of the coloured beach huts at the other end of the beach. Nicely done though !!
Have done that same walk, during the winter, and enjoyed it. Enjoyed your video, well done, truely excellent, I look forward to seeing others. Minor critique, the background music, a bit loud, needs a bit toning down, I had to pull the volume way down low. Keep up the good work.
Went to Hearn Bay about 4 years ago on a coach trip but was in October so not much open but loved it. Your video brought back some lovely memories. Yes you have made me want to go back again but maybe in the summer months. Great Video.
I loved your video. Herne Bay is my “happy place”. I plan to retire there. In the meantime, I go there as much as I can (went there today as a matter of fact). I love the community, the cafes and restaurants. It just has a lovely feel about it ❤
It would have worth walking towards the little beach sheds , ( keep walking after the pier) it’s beautiful with their colours and walk to the other “ part of the beach . That further spot , nice!, ( Hampton way) if someone lucky, they csn see a beautiful 🌅 sunset too
Those coloured houses remind me of Balamoray when I watched it with my grand daughters 😊 they do stand out I must admit 😎 I love to see the sea nothing more calmer I could sit there all day it looks a nice place I bet it’s heaving in the summer
A very informative and enjoyable a video. I grew up in North Kent (plus my sister lived in Herne Bay for quite some years). So LOTS of memories of Herne Bay! The pier has only been open like this over recent years. It used to be used for some kind of sport from memory. Herne Bay seafront gets very busy during the Summer months.
My family spent many summer holidays in Herne Bay and I think I remember seeing barbed wire and concrete tank traps along the seafront in the early 1940's. Can someone confirm or refute this memory? Thanks!
Many thanks for a great video. we are visiting the end of the month and now looking forward to it. One question if ok. i know the beaches around this area is shingle or stone. however it looks from the video like the area before the peir is actually sand. can you advise as my youngest daughter is desperate to play on sand..
Lived there best part of my life had no idea those climing things were on the beach. If you are ever thinking about coming back "Fun fact for you Only Foold and Horses filmed here and most of Some mothers do have them was filmed here to, when i see SMDHT on tv i watch to see old family members pushing prams around those kids are coming up to around 50 now.
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I grew up here, until i was 10, and I recognise so much. I remember playing in the gardens, and under the clock tower. We left over 17 years ago to move to Australia, and I hope I can go back one day. Thank you for this
Visited today,what a nice place Herne bay is today,And yes the band stand is beautiful very English must keep.
It really is!
Love all the info you give us it makes its much more interesting 👍
Thank you - takes me aaaaages to do it 🤣
@@GimbalWalkTV totally agree with Pauline. Hope I have shared this video properly, because my friend Margaret is a huge Dr Who fan. Think she would enjoy all the history as well. Thank you.
I lived here when I was 8 (now in my 60s) and remember very well going roller skating in the pier pavilion every Saturday morning. My late Mum worked in Macari's coffee bar and they had a juke box which drove mum mad because everyone wanted to hear the same songs! Early 60s so a great era. I also lived in Canterbury and small places called Sturry and also Herne village. Nice memories 🤗
We bought a Caravan last year, and keep it in Kent, which we have never explored. When we stay here, we'd like to visit Herne Bay, Whitstable and Canterbury, plus loads of other places.
There's a lot on offer it seems, as most people just pass through on their way to the ferries etc. Lovely video! Thank You....
A friendly town. Moved to Herne Bay 3 yrs. ago.& I love it!
Great place!
Marvellous . Thankyou so much. I am currently in New Zealand but my mum was from kent. So great to see. Thankyou so much
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much for watching my channel!
Wherever you film, your videos are brilliant and very informative.
Thank you very much! That means a lot Brian - appreciated
I have just watched this video of Herne Bay and found it nostalgic and also sad. I spent a great deal of my childhood (I'm now 79!) in Herne Bay as I had several aunts and uncles living in the town. Your video brought back many happy memories but I also found it sad. Sad because much of what I remember has gone. The Casino Cinema has now become an alternative entertainment centre, the Odeon cinema has gone completely and of course the 3/4 mile pier which I used to trot along has long gone along with the Grand Pier Pavilion where I was taken to many shows. All in all I found your video very entertaining and very informative. I now live way out to sea from Herne Bay...in Clacton-on-Sea which faces it on the Essex coast! Regards and praise Bob Grimwood
I love old seaside towns and have recently re visited Margate and Whitstable with my daughter who has the same love. Herne bay is next on the list and I enjoyed your video very much. Look forward to seeing all the sights you have shown us. Thankyou.
You have indeed done enough to make me want to visit Herne Bay because after seeing this i Booked a Place to stay for this weekend and i cant wait to explore in your footsteps
thank you
Amazing thank you!
Have just booked a holiday cottage in Herne Bay for a week in July, my wife and I are really looking forward to it and your video was very helpful. Thanks.
Herne bay is a bit quiet for me but very nice for those who like a quiet town. 😀 watched this while walking on my treadmill. Thank you
You're welcome - it certainly is quiet!
I lived at Central parade miss it so much having the bedroom window open the sea breeze and the fresh sea smell
Oh I bet!! Bet that was heaven!
Thank you for posting this video of Herne Bay Front. I have never visited HB but will be moving here with my husband shortly so it is nice to get a closer look x
Thank you 🙏
Thank you. Herne Bay looks like a nice ace to retire
Never visited Herne Bay but it's now firmly on my list. Only ever heard of it as the place Jeeves took his yearly holiday 'for the shrimping'.
Fantastic video, thanks for posting.
I grew up in Herne Bay and left in the late 70''s to join the Army.
I am now Australian living in the tropics in Queensland, its great to see my old stomping ground bringing back so many memories.
Almost exactly the same as myself, grew up in Herne Bay as a child and left at 16 in 1975 to join the Army. Only rarely been back there, must book a weekend off sometime just to see what it's like these days.
@@jsdover59 I left in 1978.
I joined the Army at IJLB....
I was in the Grenadier Guards, first posting BFPO 17...
What Rgt were you in?
Lots of great memories growing up in Herne Bay but nothing would get me back to the UK to live....
If you have a trip back to the Bay I would love to see it.
Went hasting for my birthday after seeing your video....had a great time never been before and as I said its due to your videos we went looked a lovely place and we were not disappointed....keep up the good work...with not being able to go abroad your videos give us viable options for days out and to stop over for a few days thankyou for them.....
Ah that's the best feedback thank you so much Alan!!
I have a photo of my Nan with her cousins on a holiday in Herne Bay taken nearly 100 years ago and I’ve always wondered what it’s like there. It looks really nice and one day I’d like to visit. Thanks for sharing😊
You're welcome - I bet that photo is amazing!
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for a lovely walk down memory lane, I live in France now and haven't been back to Herne Bay for many years, felt like I was there thank you
Fab stuff thank you so much Linda 👍👍❤️
A place we often visit. Nice place, your video does it justice
Thank you so much 😊
Enjoyed your video, so informative and I enjoyed the humour. Was trying to figure out where to go out for the day this week whilst its fab sunny September weather. Herne Bay here we come. Thanks very much!
Another great video of | Full seafront tour of Herne Bay Kent England!.❤❤❤❤❤❤✔
Thanks again!
I used to live at Minster on the Isle of Sheppey in the 60's during the Mods and Rockers era. My brother and i used to go down to Herne Bay on our bikes. I now live up in north and watching all your videos around Kent leaves me a bit homesick as i now live in North Yorkshire ( Ripon, yes you've done it) Have you done Sheerness and Leysdown yet, they were proper dumps back in the day. Love your channel, it's the best walking channel out there imo so keep it up and thanks for the memories. John.
Thank you for Herne Bay. Some changes, but lots of memories.
Our pleasure!
Love Herne Bay visit regularly luckily only 20 minutes away
It's really peaceful isn't it
What fabulous art work
It is! Funny too!
I live here! It’s always a pleasure to see. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Lovely place!
i remember as a child in the 60s, along the arcade. where they sold those air-filled rubber rings and the sort. on a hot day the petroleum coming from that cheap quality plastic was enough to get a little high.
Great vid,born here 1946 moved up north to burnley same year to young to remember looks nice...
Have been thinking about filming Burnley!
@@GimbalWalkTV Thanks hope you do...
loved skating every Saturday on the pier !
I bet that was great!!
@@GimbalWalkTV it was . I actually learned to dance on skates here .
Enjoy and thanks for yet another great video keep on walking
Thanks 👍
Came to live here 3 years ago , one of my best decisions . The video was first rate and the general information was excellent 😃
Thank you so much - that made my day!
I'm moving to the area, this is fantastic 🙂
Have fun!
Fantastic? Areas on the coast in England are the saddest and ugliest places in Europe.
A nice and relaxing place ,but not much to do , drinks on the pier expensive, £5 a pint , usual slot machines on the sea front , nicer pubs inland , The Wine Bar good place to eat , also the Turkish restaurant . Taxi cabs are cheap , a lot of places need a face lift along the front , friendly people 😀
well Herne Bay has given me more than i expected thanks for putting this together.
i cant remember when or if i have been there but i am planning on taking some Elderly members of my family , as my Aunt in particular says its her favorite SEASIDE TOWN
it will hopefully cheer her up as she isn't mobile enough to take herself there.
Wasn't really that keen myself but your video was really good and now I'm looking forward to going.
Thank you
Fantastic - have a great time!!
Our family lived in an apartment in The Dolphin Hotel in 1969 for 2 years. it was very hard for us children because we came from a huge house in Africa with servants, swimming pool etc to dreary Herne Bay. I was 15 and didn't know what depression was until after a few months of feeling so blue, I figured out it was the sky being so grey and there was no wide blue horizon, no open windows. I brought both my parents ashes from Africa to bury in Herne Church as my father had lived there as a boy.
I'm 69 now but sill occasionally dream that I'm back the in dolphin and cry and wonder how did I end up back here?!
Our family soon moved to Australia and the big horizons and blue sky were back.
I was there the day the pier burned down and took a quick swim on the day the first man landed on the moon.
Still Kent and the country so close to Herne Bay is quite beautiful and my father tells me hasn't changed since he was a boy.
Thank you for your video, very well shot .... why did you not film the pretty beach huts near Hampton? always liked that area of beachfront.
If you are wondering, if I disliked the town so much, am I watching your film , morbid curiosity, and I'm at a safe distance in California. Now I'm going to watch your bit about Canterbury, that is a gorgeous town. you do good work.
Lovely video. What is is needed along the sea front is suitable trees and containers full of sessional plants, it will seriously help enliven the area, as it currently looks far too sterile without such lush beauty, clearly needs addressing with the local Council.
Definitely agree with this
Thank you for your video..not sure on Herne Bay it seems in need of some TLC ..but I will give it a go next year ..but loved your docomenty thanks 😊
nice video! definitely want to visit Herne Bay c: very lovely songs as well! may i know the name of the song you used for 0:00-4:10?
Complications - LVGOON
@@publicitarionaopraticante9038 thanks a ton! I like the song very much!!!
Nice little piece of film. A shame it wasn't more in season when the gardens and place in general come alive a bit more. Very nicely filmed though. It would have been better if it was just a bit longer and continued down past the mini golf and showed all of the coloured beach huts at the other end of the beach. Nicely done though !!
Thank you!
Was my first time there (and like you say was very out of season too)
Will definitely film your recommended bits in the next one!
Have done that same walk, during the winter, and enjoyed it. Enjoyed your video, well done, truely excellent, I look forward to seeing others. Minor critique, the background music, a bit loud, needs a bit toning down, I had to pull the volume way down low. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, you too!
That was an old video - my new videos are totally different re the sound now ❤️
Enjoyed this stream have not been to Hearne Bay for years Thank You
Our pleasure!
lovely video thanks I have not been here for a while but plan to go next week now
Have fun!
I live here and I very rarely go to the seafront, it’s usually too busy in the summer! Great video
Thank you so much Kathleen - am jealous you live there!
Herbs Bay beautiful I want to travel in July, thank for sharing
Any time
I would love have a long weekend away in Hern great videos stay safe and well
Thanks Ged!
Where would you like us to film next?
Love hearing the waves ,also the history you tell along the way ,might have to have a weekend there .
You should! It's lovely!
I lived on the sea-front at a place called Connaught Court. My Father managed a pub/dance hall there called The Starlight Ballroom .
Ah amazing! Do you remember it well or were you too young?
@@GimbalWalkTV I was about 10 years old but I remember it all very well
Went to Hearn Bay about 4 years ago on a coach trip but was in October so not much open but loved it. Your video brought back some lovely memories. Yes you have made me want to go back again but maybe in the summer months. Great Video.
Thank you Polly - I'm made up it's brought back memories for you - that's what I hope people will get from my videos! ❤️
I loved your video. Herne Bay is my “happy place”. I plan to retire there. In the meantime, I go there as much as I can (went there today as a matter of fact). I love the community, the cafes and restaurants. It just has a lovely feel about it ❤
It would have worth walking towards the little beach sheds , ( keep walking after the pier) it’s beautiful with their colours and walk to the other “ part of the beach . That further spot , nice!, ( Hampton way) if someone lucky, they csn see a beautiful 🌅 sunset too
Ah thank you - will be doing that this summer!
Love it 😍
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Those coloured houses remind me of Balamoray when I watched it with my grand daughters 😊 they do stand out I must admit 😎 I love to see the sea nothing more calmer I could sit there all day it looks a nice place I bet it’s heaving in the summer
Yeah I bet it is! I'm gonna have to go back and film it again now I think!
A very informative and enjoyable a video. I grew up in North Kent (plus my sister lived in Herne Bay for quite some years). So LOTS of memories of Herne Bay! The pier has only been open like this over recent years. It used to be used for some kind of sport from memory. Herne Bay seafront gets very busy during the Summer months.
The pier is fascinating to me Brian - especially the bit out at sea!
Yes, mainly roller hockey and dancing
I used to go to school in Herne Bay i live in Whitstable the next town along. great video. stay safe...V...
Thank you Victor
I need to visit Whistable - I hear it's lovely!
@@GimbalWalkTV Yes a lovely old town with a nice little harbour well worth a visit..
Maybe we well go here in July for a few days looks another lovely place...that's another great video thanks
Thanks Alan!
Great video ,my sister lives further along in whitstable..I would love for you to do a video of whitley Bay.
Oooh not thought of Whitley Bay! Thank you Jane will definitely do that!
My family spent many summer holidays in Herne Bay and I think I remember seeing barbed wire and concrete tank traps along the seafront in the early 1940's. Can someone confirm or refute this memory? Thanks!
Good to see subs that are on screen long enough to read
Yes I try to do that
Hate fast paced stuff that you miss!
Many thanks for a great video. we are visiting the end of the month and now looking forward to it. One question if ok. i know the beaches around this area is shingle or stone. however it looks from the video like the area before the peir is actually sand. can you advise as my youngest daughter is desperate to play on sand..
Bit of a mix I think this beach from what I remember
Is the water in the sea clean, clear
Not always
I remember the Pier before it was washed away
Bet it was fab!
Well kept buildings 👍
Definitely
When does it open ?
Open now - this one was filmed before everything opened up
The Ship Inn dates back to 1385!
Marked for 'Jeeves in the Offing'
Yeah!
Can you fish from the pier or Neptune arm please
Lived there best part of my life had no idea those climing things were on the beach. If you are ever thinking about coming back "Fun fact for you Only Foold and Horses filmed here and most of Some mothers do have them was filmed here to, when i see SMDHT on tv i watch to see old family members pushing prams around those kids are coming up to around 50 now.
Thank you
Am definitely coming back soon as I can!
I live in herne bay
The Ship Inn dates back to 1385
oh my god ,i saw my life before
Is this winter time as it looks like a ghost town, ,
Hasn't changed siknce the 80s when I went there....
Yeah not much changes there really
One of my favourite things about the bay is the huge drug problem
Oh I wansnt aware of that is it bad?
@@GimbalWalkTV I am not aware of it and I live in Herne Bay
😊Dill-o-n you’re talking rubbish, it’s Canterbury that has the drug problem not Herne Bay, you obviously don’t live here
Wrong, your caption should read Barnes Wallis.
Thank you 🙏
30 mins on just the seafront? That’s all the Bay has? As the town has more pound shops,cafes,Estate Agency, oh yes lots of old people’s homes too.
Sorry Pete but I don’t do negativity on my channel or in the comments
Have a top week! 👍👍👍
Who needs phone box lol
Especially one that's leaning over like that!
Why is it so dead? why is noone at this beach lol?
It was filmed before things went a bit more back to normal
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Awful place. I mean England have mosly ugly places but areas on he coast are probably the worst.
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