A Barry Island transformation: see what the old butlins sites looks like then and now
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Butlins Barry island compilation
Butlins Barry island was one of britain's most loved holiday camps to hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.
It was Billy Butlins last camp to be built and first opened its gates in 1966, the camp flourished until 23 years later when shockingly Butlins had no further plans for the camp and in 1989 sold it to Majestic holidays. majestic gave the camp another 6 years, in 1996, due to low bookings and deteriation from bad storms the gates were closed for the last time that year.
The camp was left empty and vandalised until 2005 when it was demolished to make room for 250 new homes. Whether you were a camper or a member of staff, whether you loved Butlins barry island or whether you had a bad experience and hated your stay feel free to leave your memories or your comments.
Butlins at Barry Island South Wales operated from 1966 to 1996 ( from 1987 it traded as Majestic Holidays) This is a compilation of various clips showing memories of this time, they are not necessarily in chronological order. Butlins resort, Barry fun fair, redcoats, chalets, model railway and much more.
Barry was the last-built and smallest of the Butlins Holiday Camps. Billy Butlin took out a 99-year lease on the headland at Nell's Point Building work began there in the winter and the gates opened to campers on 18 June 1966.
Barry Island holiday camp contained all the tried and tested Butlins ingredients: the famous Butlins Redcoats, funfair, early morning wake up with Radio Butlin, dining hall, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, ballroom; boating lake, tennis courts, sports field (for the three legged and egg and spoon races and the donkey derby), table tennis and snooker tables, amusement arcade, medical centre, theatre, arcades of shops and the Pig and Whistle Show bar. A 430-metre (1,410 ft) chairlift system was opened in 1967. There were 800 basic, 'no-frills' chalets, designed to modern 1960s standards, which, on the outside, meant wooden panels and flat roofs.
The camp continued to be enormously successful until the 1980s, but on 29 October 1986, Butlins announced that it would have no place in the company's future and would close after Christmas, and it did so on 31 December 1986.
The camp was then sold to Majestic Holidays and re-opened on 23 May 1987 as Majestic Barry Island but the camp closed on 7 November 1996
The holiday camp site was sold for £2.25m to Vale of Glamorgan Council, in October 1997, who demolished the camp and sold it to Bovis Homes for housing development. Now known as Bryn Llongwr, houses were built on the site between 2002 and 2003, with the remaining two original camp buildings and outdoor pool being demolished in early 2005.
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Remember it well the pig and whistle, Busbys night club by the poolside, many happy family memories....
So many good memories 😌
My childhood holidays were spent here twice a year for years.
Loved barry Island as well
Really enjoyed this. Thank you!
You're welcome. Thank you for your comment
Shout out to the arcade that had the star wars and firefox sit down cabinets.
Great video, thank you. This was my first butlins holiday back in the late 70's and early 80's again. Shame its gone now.
It is. would have been great if they kept the site
@@ExploringwiththeJones I agree mate.
It's coming back
So sad it's gone THANKS TO THE LOVELY COUNCIL. WHAT A SURPRISE NOT . Great video .
Thanks 🙂 such a shame they let this happen. Surely, it has had an impact on barry since butlins has gone.
@@ExploringwiththeJones Well the council threatened to close Butlins unless improvements were made allegedly. So Butlins decide to sell up .
From nowhere a construction firm come along & decide to buy the Butlins site to put houses on . I guess you can work out the rest 😕
Yeah, it sounds a bit dodgy to me. Saw somewhere the site sold for just over 2 million.
@@ExploringwiththeJones Not that I'm trying to imply, that these people including MPs are corrupt !!!!!!!! DEFINITELY NOT. Nothing could be further my mind 🤯
@ExploringwiththeJones Mr Henry Danter has put in an application to bring it bk in a modern way. Support his page please
worked there in the summers as a student in the 70s - nice to see some of the stuff that I remember...
Bognor is defo missing another butlins
Spent many happy holidays there. We booked for a week and on handing the keys back booked for the following year. Had everything to keep the kids entertained from dawn till late and a cracking beach too. Crying out for something to replace it
Barry definitely missing something
I was there in 94 I remember ablss called bekki from Birmingham I loved it there
Shame butlins couldn't tell the future. I think they missed a trick getting rid of the site.
I loved Barry butlins as a kid , if it was still there I would of took my child there ☹️
Think butlins have missed a trick there now. If they had the site still, I bet it would be very busy
The new owners are trying to bring it bk. Support there page
lol yes very true. i would probably be same if i was there now turning the clock and it was all a holiday centre again. but at that time i guess i was quite shy and introverted i only changed from that in the early 90s. the place there had an awe about it somehow a type of old and new sort of feel. when it was buzzing with holiday makers it was a super sight. yeah the bosses were pratts really and walked and strutted about in their suits. that kenny roberts was a right pillock lol. what was alan holts missus name i.m trying put a face to her. musta seen her a lot on there if she was on security too because i did portering etc i saw a lot of the security staff on their patrols lol. 😂😂
Thanks for reply alan well my first season there was 83 so i.d just missed you i guess. yes thats right alan carr was the geordie and very strict and quite rufty tufty too and he stand by the staff chalets and told off anyone who was noisy they.d be sacked if they weren.t quiet lol. alan holt was big and stocky and reminded me of a c.i.d officer lol. he took over from mr hougadi who died on the centre in 83 he wasn.t that old i don.t think. there was also george bewley also from staffs same as me he did security in 83 and he was a tough nut aswell apparently. hands like dinner plates. and there was phil dibble was it who worked for the vale of glamorgan security staff in 89.
Yes, spot on about Alan Carr! I had met a female guest towards the end of one week and Alan commented that if she produced my offspring, it would be named "Butlin Control", after the office call sign. Appently, I was the last security person she had befriended! They all had befriended her in turn before me!
You might be in this video
you never know
Alan do you know where all the bosses are now that were at barry island.? andy jamieson camp general manager. and the miserable kenny roberts asst boss. graham simpson. chris ulliot catering bosses. some may have passed away by now. there was also bill in the stores. and jim grimes bars manager. and dave cooper boss of all the cleaners. no end of names still come to mind from down there.
No, I'm afraid I never knew any of the bosses, I was only interested in whatever occupied a skirt! (Scotts exempt of course). L.O.L. It was really good fun working there. I miss those carefree years.
sad outcome really but great effort there
It is shame its not there anymore
It's coming back..thanks to CEO Mr Henry Danter
What rubbish now not the good memories i had when younger the pools the shops the train the entertainment was such a shame would of loved to takd my children but now no chance
Think they made a big mistake getting rid of the site it would be booming If they still had it
They have to ruin everything don't they. They can't stand people being happy. Butlins was just fine as it was.
So true butlins is so under staffed
Yeah i agree its all to do with money and finding some good alternative compatable sites. if they thought a bit more the vale of glamorgan council they could have had a smaller holiday site coupled with a theme park or something. they just don.t think at all its all an erratic whim they act on with no directional sense at all. typical thick as a brick council.
Think that sums up pretty much every council up and down the country really 🤔
yup and porthcawl, they are about to build 300 homes for asylum seekers on the old theme park there!
Well that's not good 😐
anyone heard anything about jeff and alan worked security 1980-84
No sorry
do you mean alan carr or alan holt.? both be gettin on a bit now 40 years on. jeff i.m not sure i can recall him. anyone remember. andy jamieson site manager. graham simpson. kenny roberts. brian evans. chris ulliot all bosses on there in 83 and 84. but when i returned in 89 for majestics they had all gone and its was new bosses running it.
I worked in burger bars in ball room and reception. then on ice cream with emma then in 89 i was with terry prices poppers with toni and adrian. then went on stores with gordon wilson. great times and i so miss the place i really do. 😢
I'm Alan and also worked security in summers of 1981/82. I remember "Pike", Alan Carr and Alan Holt very well. Alan Carr was the good-looking Geordie with curly black hair and a smile that made women weak at the knees! Alan Holt had the curly perm and worked with his wife as a team. I'm 66 now but remember those days like yesterday! All written in my memoirs SOME RANDOM BLOKE! Bless you all.
@@davehall3273 I'm Alan and also worked security in summers of 1981/82. I remember "Pike", Alan Carr and Alan Holt very well. Alan Carr was the good-looking Geordie with curly black hair and a smile that made women weak at the knees! Alan Holt had the curly perm and worked with his wife as a team. I'm 66 now but remember those days like yesterday! All written in my memoirs SOME RANDOM BLOKE! Bless you all.
Yep absolute mindless stupidity. councils and govs are obsessed these days and that was 20 years ago with building houses on any land they can get hold of they are worse than ever now present day. those houses on that site will not last 30 years i.m sure of it. materials these days are complete rubbish. vale of glamorgan council should have retained it as a holiday centre come theme park. total disgrace seeing it like that. they want stringing up. 😡😡😡
It's all about money. Just a shame they couldn't hold on to 1 of their sites in Wales, the same as Scotland, as well. Did hear they were looking at buying couple of pontins sites
What was cuthberts first name mate. the big scots guy. personnel boss lol. ? i think he.s dead now
vale of glamorgan council ruined barry island
Shame, though, would have been great if butlins was still there
lol he was hilarious he used to brag about being the champion bonker on the camp for many seasons. all bull it was and tosh. he musta thought i.d arrived in an as cracker.
I honestly believe the demise of Auschwitz on the Island was a great move. Barry is beautiful without it.
It's OK to think that. I think a few people might agree, but I think quite a few would disagree.
@EXPLORING WITH THE JONES' Very true . Many years ago, late 60s, when in the UK, dad booked us in at Skegness for 2 weeks. We left after only a couple of days after both parents found the service and lack of cleanliness intolerable.
Thanks. We never had a bad experience at butlins. But a few people have said the rooms let butlins down due to not being cleaned.
I went there as a kid, this video is a true liminal space for me right now. edit: liminal confirmed 8:41 Tier 3 SCP (A.K.A SCP-003 - Biological Motherboard) XD
Bognor needs another butlins
Remember a guy called mike who helped out on security for quite a while down there. average height beard quite stocky apparently he was a jeweller from cardiff or so he said. he helped out on poppers later on too in 89. but when i asked him what he actually did he said well i.m a womanising con man if you really want to know lol. got be in his 80s now if he.s still alive lol. apparently was as hard as nails but he didn.t look it. well not to me anyway lol. 😂😂
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