Exploring The Lost Tower of New Brighton

Exploring The Lost Tower of New Brighton | What Remains?

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Join me for a look at the New Brighton Tower, the other famous tower in the U.K.
Taller than the Blackpool Tower, and built by the same designers. This Tower stood at the tip of the Wirral, overlooking Liverpool. It opened in 1900 and closed in 1919.
Join me for a look into the history of New Brighton Tower and a full explore of the site today, looking for any remains.
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@groundhoglife Жыл бұрын

I live on the Wirral and remember new Brighton in its glory days. The late 60’s and early 70’s as a child it was amazing. My older brothers used to take me there most weekends. Victoria road was full of arcades and the front was so busy with different attractions. Now it’s just shops and overpriced coffee bars, the council should have put more effort into keeping this alive.

@iliketowatchvideos47 Жыл бұрын

Wow, new brighton is alot better than the 90,s when it was a ghost town ,its a great place now,have u been to Victoria Road lately? I'm thinking not ,its fab full of restaurants and bars

@XrpCookies Жыл бұрын

@@iliketowatchvideos47 hes just stating that it was better in the 60s and 70s which it was.

@groundhoglife Жыл бұрын

@@iliketowatchvideos47 Yes I have and it’s nowhere near as good as it was back in the day.

@groundhoglife Жыл бұрын

@@XrpCookies Yep it was 😆

@john111257 Жыл бұрын

@@XrpCookies everywhere was

@realityisjustadream1715 Жыл бұрын

I live in Wallasey, I wish that the Tower Ballroom was rebuilt and the fair plus the open air swimming pool. It would make New Brighton extremely popular place for Visitors. But the Council are so short sighted too realise the potential.

@suzyqualcast6269 Жыл бұрын

They'd rather a Moggys, from what I've heard.... And I remember the Golden Goose, if not the Tower and its environs, as me Dad did.

@therespectedlex9794 Жыл бұрын

@@suzyqualcast6269 What's a Moggys?

@iliketowatchvideos47 Жыл бұрын

Rebuild it?no silly idea ,if it was still there it woukd have historical interest but a new 1 would look poo

@wilfridwibblesworth2613 Жыл бұрын

@@iliketowatchvideos47 Not if is build in the same way as before but of course that will never happen.

@wilmerrose Жыл бұрын

They're not short sighted they just don't give a shit

@michaelcarr304 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this - I'm Wirral born and bred. I was just thinking of the Tower the other day. Very few people I speak to know the Tower was ever there... Your efforts help keep our local history alive 👍🙂

@elizabethclayton2587 Жыл бұрын

This was great,I'm from Birkenhead forever... Way before I was born my mum and dad had split up but heard my mum was in tower ball room he said it was so busy that he couldn't see find my mum until a light shined on metal which was on her stiletto heal which he was told mum was wearing anyway they were married 60 years... There has always been skullduggery with buildings and land around the beautiful Wirral! Same thing going on to this day! Your very good thanks so much! I'm Dyslexic hope you understand this ...👍👍

@Slate56 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Amazing video, very well done! As kids in Liverpool, It was quite an adventure to get the ferry from the Pier Head over to New Brighton. After looking for crabs in the beach rock pools and messing about on Fort Perch Rock, our little gang would head for the fair. Parts of the main lower ballroom building were still there but it was all derelict, as was the fair. Just inside the ballroom building, there was an old waxworks behind a big wooden gate that we could just squeeze through. Very dark, no lights, but you could just make out the figures from the daylight filtering through the gate. Of course someone had to shout, "THAT ONE MOVED!!!", mad rush, and we all clambered out screaming. Then we thought it would be a good idea to walk around the big dipper! 🤔😲 The wood really was rotten and falling apart. Only one of us fell through though, on the top curve as you were about to go down the first main drop, but we managed to drag him up. No health & safety in them days 😄 Time for a strawberry Mivvy lollyice (6/d), and back on the ferry. New Brighton was great back then ☺

@jusele-ox9rc 3 ай бұрын

Mivvys long forgotten 👌 Seacombe lad....🇬🇧

@jasonuk8333 Жыл бұрын

The Tower Athletic Ground actually hosted two football league clubs. New Brighton Tower FC were the first who were league members for three seasons (1898-1901) after which they went out of business. New Brighton FC were in the football league from 1923 to 1951, although only moved into the Tower Athletic Ground in 1946 (due to bomb damage at their previous ground) when it was renovated and a new stand built. Nice video, as always, with some great photos. Fascinating one showing the base of the tower as the building was being demolished.

@suethomas1489 Жыл бұрын

This is a very interesting (and sad) article of when New Brighton was a top class resort. It shows where everything was on the land that is left today. My Mum and Dad met at the tower ballroom, it is now a football pitch. So sad to see this amazing building, boating lake, gardens, funfair, cafes, piers all gone without trace because the council wouldn’t preserve everything, the outcome was loss of revenue and the decline of New Brighton. I hope it will rise up again, Victoria Road is looking amazing at the moment, let’s hope New Brighton will continue to prosper and have a huge regeneration! 🤗

@lynneleverton8825 Жыл бұрын

My Mum and Dad met at the Tower Ballroom too!

@ChrisGraeme Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I grew up in Wallasey and good to see New Brighton given some recognition

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris

@ecc84 Жыл бұрын

It always amazes me how many old building mysteriously burn down when the land is wanted for housing.

@windsorSJ Жыл бұрын

My first roller coaster ride was at New Brighton. I was about 6yrs old and I was so scared but I loved it afterwards. There was only a bar to hang onto, no safety belts. I remember fondly the fun fair it was a real treat and so exciting for a young kid.

@carlarthur4442 Жыл бұрын

Rambert that rickety wooden coaster , I went on it regularly, loved it , I rember the little Railway train on the front by Egremont, used to be 1, 1/6 to go on it little steam train . 🚂

@zippyisking Жыл бұрын

Excellent vlog Darren. Such a shame it has all gone. The tower looked excellent 👍

@anthonyphilips7171 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video. New Brighton in the 1960s was still a good place for a day out in the summer school holidays and at weekends and Bank Holidays. The ferries from Liverpool to New Brighton were always packed, so what we young lads in our early teens decided to do was take our bikes on the ferry to Seacombe and then cycle along the promenade to New Brighton, the Seacombe ferry being a few pence cheaper which gave us more money to spend at the fair. If my memory serves me correctly, there was a miniature railway running next to the promenade on the other side of the fence (at 16:38) but I suppose I could be misremembering this and it could have been a continuation of the roller coaster track. In the late 1960s, I worked in one of the few tall buildings in Liverpool city centre which over-looked the Mersey at that time and I recall watching the tower fire from that distance. I believe by that time, the building's use had been relegated to a warehouse and it was speculated that the fire was a fraudulent insurance claim .... allegedly.

@henryb160 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember queuing for the ferry from Liverpool to New Brighton on Summer days in the 60s. You could hardly move for people. There were many thousands waiting to cross.

@caroljones151 10 ай бұрын

The miniature railway was definitely there running through a grotto type wooded area. I went on that myself as a child in the 1960s, think it was run by Tommy Mann.

@RobinHullBuilds Жыл бұрын

Hey Darren As a southerner my knowledge of anything further north than Watford is appalling. Your videos are always fascinating and educating. I adore your narration and camera work, interspersed with your wonderful photo fades. Great job mate. Brilliant!

@the_bunse Жыл бұрын

The photo fades really help me picture what was there in a modern context thank you. Sometimes it is hard to stay positive when you see how much we have lost to be replaced with endless concrete.

@littlemissy2883 Жыл бұрын

You mean there is life south of Watford

@RobinHullBuilds Жыл бұрын

@@littlemissy2883 yes, there is. But, it’s all twisted and horrid ☹️

@wilmerrose Жыл бұрын

Come visit anytime, lots to see and affordable, unlike most places down south

@kennethtarran1525 Жыл бұрын

Another excellent video Darren. I was born in 1943 and live in North Wales. As a child we often visited New Brighton for a day trip. It was a full blown seaside resort then. I can clearly remember going to the fair in the tower grounds. The demise of the Mersey Ferries calling at New Brighton was the main reason the resort went into a rapid decline. There was a major lido at New Brighton too and attracted large numbers of visitors in the summer seasons. Once again, I applaud your research and the way you superimpose historical photos on current views of various sites. Superb work Darren! Your next project is always eagerly anticipated. PS Rhyl and its iconic Pavilion was always a regular resort for us to visit as children. Perhaps you could consider a project there at some point? Again many thanks and very well done!👏

@Imfat8888 Жыл бұрын

loved New brighton growing up in the 70's and Rhyl,,, the Wirral had three Lidos New Brighton, Hoylake and New Ferry,, used to go to all three.

@henryb160 Жыл бұрын

@@Imfat8888 You forgot Harrison Drive.

@Imfat8888 Жыл бұрын

@@henryb160 can not believe i missed that out,,

@davidwaddington9414 Жыл бұрын

Excellent work, I remember it well but after the tower was removed.

@keithsmith8512 Жыл бұрын

Alot of history on the Wirral.Not much left of tower grounds when i was a kid .Spent most of my time at New Brighton baths,largest in uk .

@suzyqualcast6269 Жыл бұрын

We used to visit Guinea Gap baths, just out of Wallasey, filled with Mersey water 💦

@anthonyphilips7171 Жыл бұрын

@@suzyqualcast6269 I remember some time in the late 1980s, one of the few television channels, possibly Channel 4, decided to make a music programme on Merseyside. It was recorded over a few days and featured a wide variety of popular music from the time. I personally watched it for Status Quo playing on a temporary stage on the water inside the Albert Dock, but I recall that The Weather Girls (It's Raining Man was their current chart single) played in a public swimming baths on the Wirral on a temporary transparent stage erected over the water. Being sizable ladies, they expressed some concern that the they could see the water beneath them and would the stage hold. Could this have been in Guinea Gap baths?

@porly33 Жыл бұрын

@@anthonyphilips7171 I think you must be referring to "New Brighton Rock", which was a music festival held at New Brighton Baths, an open-air swimming pool, in 1984. I attended one of the shows and remember seeing Frankie Goes to Hollywood play. Pretty sure there's some old footage of it here on YT. The baths became "uneconomical to repair" after heavy storm damage in, I think, 1991. The site now features a large Morrisons and other retail outlets. Guinea Gap is an indoor pool in the vicinity of Wallasey Town Hall, a couple of miles away from New Brighton.

@anthonyphilips7171 Жыл бұрын

@@porly33 Thank you. You are almost certainly correct as to the location but they must have held several music events there over the years as the televised show I saw had the Weather Girls at New Brighton and Status Quo at the Albert Dock. Quo performed (mimed to) Red Sky which was not released as a single until July 1986. I recorded it on VHS and it is available on KZfaq. Also the Weather Girls at New Brighton is there - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZ2GjcWL0KrYmZc.html

@jusele-ox9rc 3 ай бұрын

@@anthonyphilips7171went myself👌seacombe lad oldershaw pupil. Left 38 years ago Memories 👍🏻🍺

@rydermike33 Жыл бұрын

Very many thanks. A great video. I have happy memories of visiting New Brighton as a child with Mum and Dad. I always loved the miniature railway that ran along by the prom and through a tunnel before returning to the fun faire. Wonderful.

@eliz9369 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic film. Another reminder of what we have lost😢. It looked like people were having so much fun. The fades are amazing. Thank you for this fabulous video Darren.

@jetsons101 Жыл бұрын

They should have saved the Rollercoaster.... The "birds eye view" fade at 18:26 was great along with you drone footage pinning the location names was spot on, it pulled the story together. Thanks for this historical piece of art..... NOTE: If I ever win the "Lotto" I would ride every rollercoaster in the world. lol

@stephencollier453 Жыл бұрын

Well done Darren for producing such a great video. What New Brighton really needs is a replacement for the pier that was demolished several decades ago. Also the re-introduction of the ferry service that used pull into that pier many years ago. As a child it used to fill me with awe, watching that wonderful fun fair coming into view. The reconstruction of that tower ? Well, wouldn't that be a dream.....

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Yes that would be ideal for NB

@Urbexy Жыл бұрын

I had no idea this tower even existed. You did a great job merging the old and new photos to show how the area has changed. With victorian structures, they never seemed to be very good at demolishing them. Usually, you can find recognisable remains. In this case, they seem to have done a great job of removing everything. crazy that something so grand can just vanish. Very well put together video.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

@dh2032 7 ай бұрын

me too, and beetle played there, that would been enough save it being demolish today? am wonder are any historical blue places marker to that? (don't think the council world approve look how Liverpool over the mersey milks it everyday?

@lynneleverton8825 Жыл бұрын

My Mum and Dad met in the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton. I remember my Mum saying about the figure eight roller coaster too.

@joegall7591 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.The photo fades really bring all the videos on the channel to life.

@markdouglas2035 Жыл бұрын

So sad we’ve had architectural elegance all over our country…… all nearly destroyed and replaced with modern blandness 😢

@markosmith8037 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant work. This brings the old tower and surrounding area to life (briefly!). The attention to details, enthusiasm and presentation is first class. Well done and thanks

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

@griffog2001 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating, what a shame this has gone :(

@frankmcginley Жыл бұрын

Great video. Many thanks. Brought back memories for me from the 60s. My auntie's family lived just up the hill, and we went there for a holiday weekend - even though we only lived up the road in Birkenhead, it felt like a million miles away. I distinctly remember being addicted to the "hook a duck" in the fairground. Wonderful times.

@goldkhw Жыл бұрын

My Grandfather took me one cloudy afternoon in the very early 50's. I could do whatever I wanted. I went on one ride, round and round. But then I discovered the fishing for ducks thing. That's all I did, lugging presents for everyone as we walked along the prom to get home. I asked my grandfather how much we had spent and he said "a pound." Now, that included candy-floss and whatever treats I had had. Age 5 and those ducks just kept dragging me back because I had to get presents for everyone. My Dad took me there around the same time just to go to the zoo and to see an elephant. He put a peanut on my palm and instructed me to put my arm straight out. The elephant took his peanut treat. I didn't flinch. Great place. I was forbidden to ever go there on my own. But I'd wander along the prom and not tell a soul where I had been. Penniless, but enjoying every minute.

@matthewgriffiths8423 Жыл бұрын

Echoes of the past. Fascinating

@hollimurray8856 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video how different it looks now is just amazing. Can you imagine the amount of money all that could of brought in? But hey ho eh? Everytime I read that a fire was "unknown" it makes you think that it was done on purpose so they would have to demloish it.

@douglasthompson296 Жыл бұрын

Hi Darren, sad, sad state of affairs that it's all completely disappeared. I honestly never knew there had been a tower complex there. My involvement with Merseyside began in 1980's and only the lido and some entertainment venues existed. Work colleagues/neighbors never spoke about the old days there. Fort Perch Rock, the Napoleonic war fort jutting out into the Mersey was accessible to invited groups only as it was in private ownership then. There is/was an aviary built into the wall of the cafe in Sefton Park (Liverpool). Oh happy days. Cheers DougT

@suzyqualcast6269 Жыл бұрын

Sefton Park, eh.... Was born there, 58, in the hospital, then slid away into a filing cabinet , from where I was later lifted n adopted.

@douglasthompson296 Жыл бұрын

@@suzyqualcast6269 Nice one Suzy, Cheers DougT

@suzyqualcast6269 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see someone else paying respect to a massive tower, gone before I was 'aware' but known by my Dad and family, , who were from Wallasey. I DO remember the slotties at the Golden Goose in the 60's however... Then later, when I took my children out to Perch Rock, (zG. Goose having vanished to become a go kart track that they were to short to go on). Nice One fella ! 😉, and thank you.

@sonarfreq Жыл бұрын

I remember experiencing it all as a small child, sadly only two or three times before it burnt down, but it was a magical place and I will always remember the excitement I experienced walking up the hill to those large yellow entrance gates! Thank you for the memories!

@vikkiruss Жыл бұрын

What an amazing video, I accidentally found the tower while looking at old maps and got my hopes up that it might still be there when I read that the tower had gone and the building remained and then was heartbroken to find it had all gone, thank you for finding such amazing old photos and bringing it to life.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@cchance1973 Жыл бұрын

A really interesting video to watch. Maybe if the tower had survived New Brighton could have overtaken Blackpool as the number 1 seaside resort of the North west, shame that we will never know.

@iliketowatchvideos47 Жыл бұрын

Glad it's not like Blackpool tbh what a shithole that is 🤣

@davidrobinson6642 Жыл бұрын

I used to work in the tower and the funfair .there was two small zoo's that i looked after one in the open air and the other in the caves behind the tower building, I also worked on the chairlift and the live wrestling shows in the tower. Happy days.

@davidholmes2283 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I knew about it and I'm glad you have done this and filled in a lot of detail. Well done!

@jeffallinson8089 Жыл бұрын

What an utter travesty. This incredible structure should have been saved and would have done wonders for the area's tourism today. A classic example of short sightedness all too common in the UK. I had no idea that that astonishing tower and the amazing, beautiful building surrounding it even existed. Thanks for this fabulous video and history lesson. I loved it, but it made me sad and angry too!!

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff

@layneinchains848 Жыл бұрын

Glad you've highlighted this. I live on Victoria Road which is right opposite where the pier used to be. So sad that both the pier, tower and outdoor baths are all gone.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Yeah such a sad state now from what it once was.

@WolfmanWoody Жыл бұрын

We used to go to New Brighton quite a lot and catch the ferry 'cross the Mersey or just go on a cruise around on The Royal Iris. Last time I went was probably 1962 or 63 and I remember that cable cars taking us up to the roof of the building. That's about all I can remember of New Brighton. Nice video though, well done.

@Alans6563 Жыл бұрын

Wow what an interesting video. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

@sean65xjrurwin61 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating Darren, you excelled again mate. I just love stuff like you do on your channel. I could watch and get nothing else done !!! See you when you're here ( in Blackpool ) Fantastic, what a privilege it is to live in a country with so much brilliant and inspiring history...

@citled Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Love gems like this. You also present them in such an insteresting way. Still loving the fade in/out of then and now pics. Brilliant work, more on this sort of theme would be great!

@caroljones151 10 ай бұрын

I grew up in Wallasey and as a child in the 1960s New Brighton had everything, there were two swimming pools, the big art deco swimming pool and a bit further along another outdoor pool.

@jusele-ox9rc 3 ай бұрын

The derby pool in the sand dunes

@shaunwest3612 Жыл бұрын

Great video, very interesting,a shame that their is nothing left 👍👌😀

@shirleylynch7529 Жыл бұрын

How sad. Never heard of this place before. What a brilliant video. Well done. So good to keep history alive Darren. Thank you

@kmr8642 Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. Thanks so much for creating this, it’s hauntingly beautiful 🙏

@johnakyle5908 Жыл бұрын

Very Interesting. I’d not heard of that attraction before. I’ve spent a bit of time on the south Wirral but that’s all. Amazing how some areas change so quickly and ancient ruins can be around for millennia

@Marciawren Жыл бұрын

My Grandparents used to go dancing in the Ballroom.. They spent many happy times there.. Thanks for the excellent info! really beautifully done!

@urbexscotland6313 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. Keep them coming 👍

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

@andrewcawood1364 Жыл бұрын

Never heard of this before and so pleased i know about this now. Would loved for this to have still been around today. Many thanks for sharing.

@twelveightyone Жыл бұрын

Amazing Darren. I walked past the site of this tower today during a lovely walk and never even knew this existed! Keep it up!

@mozbizkit Жыл бұрын

I grew up in New Bo. Great place and great people. I travelled the UK and no better place than the Wirral.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@MrAarongilbey Жыл бұрын

Great work again Darren! I spent a time in the Wirral in the mid to late 2000s in Bebington but had no idea that the tower, buildings and attractions ever existed!

@barryrathbone Жыл бұрын

I remember as a 6-7 year old seeing a burnt out building which I presume was the tower building. The glory days of New Brighton. I remember going to the stock car racing by there

@martinmarsola6477 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your extensive research and filming of this incredible video. Your the best. Cheers Darren!

@inconsolablegraphite2126 Жыл бұрын

i’m an exiled scouser and used to visit New Brighton regularly with my dad in the 60s and 70s. I’ve lots of good memories of going over on the ferry and the funfair. I still make a point of going there whenever I’m in Liverpool. It’s changed a great deal and the tower area is almost unrecognisable, but I’ve still got a soft spot for it. One of my (now very old) aunts used to go dancing at the Tower Ballroom in the 1940s and my mum and dad used to go over when they were going out in the early 50s. I recall the fire well and New Brighton seemed to go into a rather sad and slow decline afterwards. Someone else might have mentioned it, but there was also a miniature railway at promenade level which ran from the funfair south easterly in the Seacombe direction, initially between the roller coaster and the promenade and then looped back on itself in a cutting. The remains of the cutting may still be there. Great video. Thanks for doing it.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Yeah theres more than I covered. Might need a part 2 one day.

@discodiva8879 Жыл бұрын

I'm from the Midlands, just returned from our first visit to New Brighton. Loved this video, such a pity it's all gone now.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@garybanks2339 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video Darren. I saw the fire engines and heavy smoke filled the tower building. It was a short ferry trip from Liverpool, but on old pier has sadly gone. Many thanks

@eclipseflooringdaz1656 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video. It's great the way you merge the old pictures into the exact spot today. Lots of great information. Lived here all my life but born after the ballroom fire.

@simonsays335 Жыл бұрын

New Brighton had lots back in the day, I didn't know it had a pier as well as a Tower I did visit a few months back it was brilliant, there were loads market stalls all set up along the from and a really good atmosphere but the stuff you have shown it used to have is amazing, maybe one day some of it will come back, who knows....

@henryb160 Жыл бұрын

The pier was still there in the 60s and I used to swim under it.

@markkinnish1196 8 ай бұрын

Very good video Darren I walked round that area last year on a walk and was trying to find out where everything was you’ve really helped. I love that sort of thing looking at old photos then going to see the spot today and see how much it really has changed. Thanks as always look forward to many more of your videos.

@petechamberstimedrive6967 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating stuff, thanks so much for doing this.

@marko8775 Жыл бұрын

New Brighton is a shell of what it used to be. Just shops and luxury flats that very few people can afford. Sad really.

@aidanbowe3866 Жыл бұрын

Another brilliant video. I've always wondered what happened to the tower. Didn't realise it had a stunning ballroom as well. Love the photo fades!

@williamcorry Жыл бұрын

Ted Corry, Thanks Darren for the memories. I was in the Fire Service 1962 to 1969 and was on duty when there were 2 major incidents of fire at the Tower. If you have a look at photos of those fires I am the fireman on top of the Turntable ladder on the left operating from the top car park the operator was the late jack Clements. The TTL on the right was from Birkenhead. I still have photos of that fire and the Newspaper cuttings. I also attended a fire in the Love boat ride at the base of the tower and was trying to chip a hole in the wall of the waterfall when that part collapsed. Travelled to the ground on a piece of concrete unharmed but lost my axe which was never seen again. I emigrated to New Zealand in September 1969 to serve in the Fire service in Dunedin fore 28 Years.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the memories William. I wonder if the Axe is still there somewhere buried.

@ianhalsall-fox Жыл бұрын

This is sadder than Raikes Hall, not to mention other Victorian / Edwardian places of leisure and entertainment such as White City in Manchester and indeed Crystal Palace.

@iliketowatchvideos47 Жыл бұрын

Live in West kirby but brought up in wallasey ,really love new brighton,very very good video

@bigl447 Жыл бұрын

Great video I remember the tower grounds from the 60,s as a youngster and even when I visit it these days I still try to visualise how it looked back then 👍

@MrGazawilliams Жыл бұрын

Hi there was also a miniature railway which run also run just behind the railing which was also run by Tommy man's the grounds also had a banked race track and held a few championships great loss only got to go there few times as I was born in 1963 maybe a part 2 on towergrouds ?

@xr6lad Жыл бұрын

How could they pull that down…..

@simonbradshaw3708 Жыл бұрын

That was such an interesting history lesson you have given today, I really enjoyed it. I knew other towers similar to Blackpool were planned, but I didn't know any had been constructed. Such a shame it's demise as it could today have been one of the go to destinations for the North West. I look forward to your next video.

@webrarian Жыл бұрын

Yet another excellent and fascinating video. One reason the Tower isn't entirely forgotten is the that conductor and composer Granville Bantock (1868 - 1946) was musical director there from its opening until September 1900. He used the concerts to perform some of his own compositions and also promoted other British composers of the period. So it's great to put that work into context at last.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@peterscotney1 Жыл бұрын

I have been waiting for a video like this for ever ! ...what an outstanding informative report !

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter

@sarahillingworth2718 Жыл бұрын

Like the drone camera views 👍

@paulcardin6344 Жыл бұрын

"Destroyed by a large fire, the cause of which was unknown". That's the kind of announcement we OFTEN hear on Wirral...! See the piers, bathing pools, art schools, et al.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

And here in Yorkshire too

@sandrine4971 Жыл бұрын

I was born in Wallasey 1965 so all apart from pier was gone. I often wondered where each part of tower grounds and fairground were situated so this is absolutely brilliant. Thank you...we walk here most days.👌😊

@streamsofconsciousness8651 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating! Absolutely fascinating!

@Thursdaym2 Жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable and brought back some memories. Earliest was about 1947 and day trip from our home in Bredbury near Stockport. Still remember this little sprog falling in the swimming pool fully clothed. 1956/7 went to watch my local team Hyde Utd play New Brighton in FA Cup qualifying game. We lost 4-1. Remember being amazed at the size of the stadium and all the terraces being grassed.

@ponyboymb Жыл бұрын

Wow'''''what a magical sight that must have been. Geez they Certainly entertained us back then. Your fade-in/out, Amazing 👍👍💯💯🤟🏻🤟🏻 hope you're having a lovely beginning to ur week 🤟🏼

@dood1954 10 ай бұрын

spent many days with family and fiends in the 60s and 70s here. great memories!! thanks.

@AmusementAndAdventure Жыл бұрын

Great video again Darren. You know I love anything to do with Rollercoasters and Amusement Parks. This Tower video should unlock the access to the other one 😉

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

I hope so...

@joemaciver3564 Жыл бұрын

ive lived on the wirral all my life, and never knew of this, thanks for the video and keep it up 😁

@johnreynolds5103 Жыл бұрын

Yet another superb film teh effort you put inti these is incredible, teh BBC could do well to take these and broadcast them! Great work

@lindseykaine-walley6339 Жыл бұрын

No I didnt know anything about this, what a shame, wish it was around now. Cracking video Darren, love how you really get into the history of it.

@dubbadude Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video of a tower I knew nothing about. Sad that the whole project is no longer available for locals to enjoy. I’ve subscribed to further enjoy your work Darren, clearly a gifted and informative fellow. Best Wishes to you.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Thanks David. Welcome aboard

@uingaeoc3905 Жыл бұрын

What is not appreciated enough is that the Tower Concert Hall played a significant contribution in promoting new Classical Music in the first decades and half of the 20th Century. This was due to the first Music Director-Conductor (Sir) Granville Bantock who realised that as his orchestra was paid from the general takings at the entrance he could be adventurous in his programming. He therefore introduced the first performances in the UK of major European composers who were grateful to him. Most notably Richard Strauss and Jean Sibelius who actually dedicated his Third Symphony to him. Bantock also introduced his own major compositions and those of other British composers too. For this he repalced Elgar at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

@damedavidfrith55 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another cracking vlog very interesting 🧐

@samford5437 Жыл бұрын

Great video Darren tons of old places on The Wirral where you would love to see can’t beat living 10mins away from new Brighton, also new about the tower and fair ground been there also the palace my dad used to always go on about it. It would look amazing if it was still there today I love all the old building and how they are make and put together.

@Blue-1976 Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. I had no idea this even existed. You've spent so much time putting this together. Fascinating. Thank you.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@babswalker1211 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video of the once great NEW BRIGHTON it is amazing. Many happy memories of when I was a child. You’ve done an amazing job of your production. Thoroughly enjoyed it with a lump in my throat of how it used to be. Thank you.

@raywilliams2737 25 күн бұрын

Those were the times when everyone would holiday in the UK instead of travelling to warmer places. So many of those UK resorts have been in decline since air travel became the norm. The world has turned and they will never be revived. Thanks for bringing back a few memories. As 8 year old kids we walked from Birkenhead library to New Brighton following the yellow bus route over the four bridges at the docks and on to the fairground where we were ripped off by one of the booths "Win any prize you want". "off the bottom shelf"

@Ian-gw2vx Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Really been looking forward to this one and you have delivered. Next time I go back I might take my metal detector and see what I can find.

@AdventureMe Жыл бұрын

Let me know if you find anything

@mickd6942 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating stuff , I'd never heard of it

@paulharvey9149 Жыл бұрын

Thank-you, Darren, that's very interesting. It's not a part of the world I really know, though I was aware a tower did once exist there. I wonder how much it would have rivalled Blackpool as the premier resort of the North-west had it survived into the mid-20th Century?

@Kestrel029 5 ай бұрын

Just subbed to this channel a few weeks ago, watched tons already, but this one really got my attention. Never knew anything about the place, or it's history, but was transfixed watching this one! Brilliant stuff.

@AdventureMe 4 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@petecotton2801 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that history of a landmark of had never even heard of until about 2 weeks ago, I love Liverpool and the surrounding areas, Its one of my favourite Cities . The photo fades and map overlays really are spot on and amazing. I had to laugh halfway through the video though as Take That came on the radio singing "A million love songs" lol