Nice video. Some salient things which are sorely missed: 3:10 to 3:30 Vast, washed flat & hard beach. Groynes. Sloping sea wall / steps. [Sea at high tide coming right up to the promenade.] 4:30 Donkeys. Ah... retired? 4:41 Tarmac tennis courts. "Garden" cafe - @far left (demolished). 5:40 Beach Hotel, including link to promenade bar (demolished). [Home ales - Nottingham, closed 1996]. Also going, going, gone: The colonnade below the council chalets (unsafe). Further south at Sandilands - The Grange and Links Hotel (redevelopment plans?). Golf course (now a National Trust nature reserve).
My grandad would take me to Sutton on sea in the mid to late 70s
Nice video.
Some salient things which are sorely missed:
3:10 to 3:30 Vast, washed flat & hard beach. Groynes. Sloping sea wall / steps.
[Sea at high tide coming right up to the promenade.]
4:30 Donkeys. Ah... retired?
4:41 Tarmac tennis courts. "Garden" cafe - @far left (demolished).
5:40 Beach Hotel, including link to promenade bar (demolished).
[Home ales - Nottingham, closed 1996].
Also going, going, gone:
The colonnade below the council chalets (unsafe).
Further south at Sandilands - The Grange and Links Hotel (redevelopment plans?).
Golf course (now a National Trust nature reserve).
Hello! This is lovely to see such a blast from the past! Just out of interest, what was the video filmed for?
Just for fun. Stephanie playing with my video camera. I cut out some of the shaky zooms and rapid pans!