Alton Towers (1966)

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10 жыл бұрын

Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
An item about Alton Towers. Various shots of the sedate mansion, gardens and river. M/S of the amusement park, there is a point of view shot going down the big spiral slide. Various shots of the merry-go-round and carousel, children play on a slide. Various shots of the overhead cable railway and of the ground from its point of view, we see a mini train running below. Various scenic shots of the Towers, gardens and fountains again.
Note: the amusement park side of Alton Towers is quite small at this point in time.
Cuts exist please see separate record
FILM ID:373.05
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Пікірлер: 42

@jellybean9382 6 жыл бұрын

My mother went there for day trips with her family in the 60’s, and she still goes 50 years later, despite how much it has changed

@the0ffspring. 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@darkangelluv1776 2 жыл бұрын

Awwe

@robharding1957 6 жыл бұрын

Been there many times, but not as it is from this film, wish I had been a visitor back in 66, I was led to believe this park came about in the late 70's, so much for reliable information, great piece of old England, all the same.

@MeltedToast84 3 жыл бұрын

It became an actual theme park in 1980 with the installation of the Corkscrew

@smith9808 3 ай бұрын

Seeing old footage creeps me out. Majority of adults in their 30’s in this video are likely dead now. I’m 30 now and still feel so young. Time is scary.

@ViscountCharles 3 ай бұрын

I remember riding that cablecar around 1981; the door of our carriage fell off!

@smith9808 3 ай бұрын

Be national news today lol

@maldonisthelynx513 9 жыл бұрын

Oh, how good ol' Alton has changed.

@altonhobbs1385 4 жыл бұрын

Hippie Lynx i haven’t

@Th3Sm1ler Жыл бұрын

@@altonhobbs1385 💀💀💀💀💀your not a literal theme park

@christopherhowells1954 4 жыл бұрын

I went there 31 years ago when I was nearly 4 the day before I first went to Thorpe Park.

@pivotpivotPlVOT 4 жыл бұрын

i went to alton towers in october 2019 for scarefest. i went to thorpe park in august 2018. i love both so much

@YuJay 8 жыл бұрын

If only the rivers and ponds still looked like that now.. It's all unattended stinky stagnant water now.

@dawiddadun3044 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. I live in Alton. My grandfather worked there for nearly 50 yrs as a master potter. I've been there 100s of times. I went last year & I'll never go again. It broke my heart. It's a s##thole. I can get in for free with local residents passes...no thanks. I'll stick with my memories.

@gcollz_ 3 жыл бұрын

Finally started sorted them out 😁

@blank-dr2kx 2 жыл бұрын

@@dawiddadun3044 hey could I borrow your pass for the day

@TheDeanoc69 2 жыл бұрын

@@blank-dr2kx you got BLANKed lol

@darkangelluv1776 2 жыл бұрын

@@gcollz_ yeah true

@bennickss 2 жыл бұрын

1966: An enormous ruin of a mansion, funfair rides and a peaceful, quiet place to relax 2022: A burning wicker sacrifice, a giant alien in a pit and a machine made to remove all of your emotions except joy

@Th3Sm1ler Жыл бұрын

@coolperson962 Жыл бұрын

Also an abyss where some of the trains are said to dissappear and a haunted forest where you have to escape on a possessed dragster.

@frazermountford Жыл бұрын

@@Th3Sm1ler Best comment ever from The Smiler.

@heene Жыл бұрын

Amazing to see the rides back then and to see what it has since become.

@mulemanism 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that looks stunning would love to see that .

@joannegray5138 3 жыл бұрын

Simpler, happier times.

@terrier_productions 3 жыл бұрын

Today, It’s one of the most popular theme park in the country..

@britishpathe 9 жыл бұрын

Back when Alton Towers was a rather small affair. Pathe News visits the park in 1966: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ia-Yl9qinMnXfqs.html

@john111257 9 жыл бұрын

British Pathé good days

@coloradostrong 3 жыл бұрын

At 01:03 the camera man was practicing for his future job at SPOOPS on here with the college baes in pole vaulting.

@robharding5345 Жыл бұрын

I love this original Alton Towers park, its much better than the current noise fuelled complex of today,

@savvadance7006 Жыл бұрын

Thats where the Duke of Shrewsbury Charles Talbout lived there when the tree was coverd in chains.

@karlmaddox1209 Жыл бұрын

The tree still exists & the chains are still on it.

@savvadance7006 Жыл бұрын

It is

@savvadance7006 Жыл бұрын

That was 50 years before Alton Towers was owned by Merlin Entertainments.

@PLuMUK54 Жыл бұрын

I went there back in the 60s, and it was a lovely place. Even as a child i preferred gardens to rides. I went back again in the early 2000s and didnt recognise the place. It had become my idea of hell on earth.

@Th3Sm1ler Жыл бұрын

Hold up “a way to relax” damn you can’t really do that now Your legs will give up on you waiting for The Smiler Trying to get front row on Nemesis will make you collapse Rita just…… yeah

@bennickss Жыл бұрын

Getting front row on Nemesis isn’t that hard when it’s quiet, eg early in the morning and late in the afternoon

@justforthis3208 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they make queueing miserable to encourage people to buy skip the queue passes? Like a razor and blades model. Make it relatively cheap to get in and extortionate to skip the queue. I have absolutely no clue. I've never been as an adult so have no clue about prices.