That laughing clown used to scare me as a kid back in the 70s. This footage was wonderful it takes me right back

You have instantly projected to my mind to the happiest holidays in my life at Blackpool, thank you! This footage is a document to pass onto the next generation of how we lived.

Thanks Mackenzie ! For sharing this with us all . This brings back so many memories to us 40 plus year olds ! It's great ! Thank you !

Thank you so much for sharing this amazing footage. For a moment, just a moment, I was a kid again watching this.

Used to go to Blackpool every year , my dad would write for accommodation, on arrival mum would buy the tickets for the shows during our stay..early to middle 60s

What a great film ! To have had a camera with zoom and sound must have cost a fortune with developing costs too.This takes me back to my first visit in 1979,to hear it as well is fantastic !

Loved this video, made me want to be a kid again!! Great times the 70s

Brilliant footage...i remember my first trip aged 8 on my dad’s work outing from Birmingham. To go on the big rides you had to be 18 years and over. 😀 so i felt miffed watching my dad and his mates on the wild mouse etc

Remember that black octopus ride 😱😱 memories and the laughing man 🤣

this brings back so many happy memories.i went to pontins in blackpool in 1978 with my late cousin,mick.we were 17 year old punks at the time and went to the pleasure beach most nights looking for lasses. wish them days were back.thanks for posting...

I live in Blackpool and worked at the pleasure beach for 4 seasons, from 1999 until 2003, when I left to go into security. I have made friends with others that worked there, one of whom we are so close, we are like sisters, and I met my ex husband, working there. Between the ages of 17 to 21, where the happiest days of my life, working there. Thank you for posting this

Great video mate sorry you guys never made it as husband wife you seemed like a nice couple. I remember those days so well when we guys have long thick hair, lots of memories back then great days

Happiest times ever. Used to go every year and stay on Central drive at a relatives guest house. Everything about the Pleasure Beach, sights, sounds, and the smell was awesome. Best place to be as a kid growing up.

Wow! It's amazing seeing how different it was so many years ago. I kinda wish some of those rides were still there today, I miss old time rides that were more about having fun rather than scaring the pants off you. Great video!

Brilliant video, brings back loads of memories of days out at the Pleasure Beach when I was a kid in the 80's... Amazing video quality for the 70's too! The laugh of that damn clown outside the Funhouse will stay with me forever though - I'd never forget that...

I had many happy memories of Blackpool I spent with my gran at Blackpool pleasure beech in the seventies better than today

Great footage :) We went to Blackpool every year for our family hols right through the 70s , brought back wonderful, happy memories . It must be such a treasure to have those happy times on film :)

Thank you for sharing this so many memories brought back blackpool in the 70s

I used to love playing in the Funhouse where everyone had stockingfeet. So sad when it burned down and not replaced.

That Wild Mouse was crazy!!! One of the best rides back then!! Thanks for this - I was a young teen and spent many Saturdays at pleasure beach.

What a fantastic video. The Mouse 20p!? lol! Sure I sat in that exact same car last week!. Fascinating to see how the pleasure beach was back then. All seems a lot more innocent and fun. Not the same now but i'll always have a soft spot for Blackpool. I'm going next week , can't wait.

that smell near alice in wonderland was the best...never how i miss whats gone

Wow. We used to stay in Lytham st Anne's and go to Blackpool for a day in absolutely loved it (this was in the 70s. In the October school holidays we used to set of to Blackpool mid afternoon arrive in Blackpool teatime then we'd go to the pleasure beach for a while then go to fish and chip restaurant then we'd drive the full length of Blackpool front in the dark to marvel at the illuminations. Happy days.

I worked there in this period and it was the best job I have had because it never felt like work. I thought this years illuminations looked poor and your video reminded me of how it used to be.

I was only 7 years old thank you for the memories

Im trying to find myself as a kid on here , i went there every year from 1974 x

Good video of the good times at blackpool. So many memories. Ste from leigh lancs

Looks like you had a great time. I miss those times. Thanks for sharing memories. Pretty lady too.

Thank you for shareing i wasnt born till 88 but i fond memorys and video we did in 93 as was building the big ones piller foundaions. I saw octipus there then and remember fun house. That will be most missed fun house nice to see asteral glider not seen that inaction ever.

Best footage I've seen of blackpool in the 70s, 20p to ride the wild mouse then that was cheap, now its about £3-£4 a ride. The monster, space tower , Astro Sweell Tom Sawyer raft ride, all sadly gone and some of the best rides then in the 80s early 90s for me and I'm only 29 thanks for uploading this

This is great! Thank you so much for sharing this. Many happy memories of some of the old rides!

9:44 that arcade on right, a year after this was shot I found the game Starhawk in there and was blown away at how fantastic a TV screen could be... black & white vectors eh... of course Star Wars had just happened which turned me into a geek and what with my parents coming from Blackpool regular trips would occur where I would often venture to the arcades first... staring into the glow of those fascinating screens... then 1980 happened and the proliferation of the silicon chip & then bingo... everything starts to... get weird.

Even though I was born late 78' a lot of these rides still remained right through my childhood. Really enjoyed watching this video. Many thanks for sharing it with us.

Brought back so many happy memories. Now we live in this terrible way of life. Wish it was still like that now. 😓

Wow... this brought back many, many happy memories of family holidays ! Thanks so much for sharing 😀

Great video. Wonderful to see this old footage. Thanks for posting

So enjoyable watching this, thankyou so much for sharing just wish I had the foresight to have recorded trips back then.

Great film , takes me back years ,,,lovely to see its lovely to see , thanks brought back loads of forgotten memories paul

Oh what memories thank you for uploading this video

The best I’ve seen yet of the 1970’s Blackpool, my wife and our first child were knocking around the pleasure beach at that time too. We would have been in our 20’s then. So many things I thought I’d forgotten, good old days. Really made my day finding this clip thanks. I would love to know who the older gent was in the movie, and if he is still having a ball now? Great stuff thanks again!!

Great video glad you had the chance to record it to look back on.

I love this!!! Thankyou so much for sharing it - I was born in 1977 and it's amazing to see the Pleasure Beach as I remember it from my young childhood and also some of the rides that I went on only last week

Wow I love to know what like Blackpool shop in 60s

Thanks for sharing. Reminds me of seeing the Pleasure Beach around 1982...

This was the magical place my Mom would bring me and my 2 brothers every year for the lights, on a coach trip from Loughborough, then a band b weekend or 4 days mid week if she could afford it, she loved it as much as we did . They last time we went was in 2006 to scatter her ashes in the sea , she was amazing, . Thanks for bringing back some awesome memories. Stay safe stay well

The Astro Liner ride makes this very rare footage. It was only there for a season or two, and then moved to Southport.

My mum and aunties were there every year in the 1970's. They were all under the age of 10 then so BPB was wondrous and they loved it. Their dad was a trumpet player in the Tower Circus band and also at the Ice Drome so they practically lived there for the 6 weeks hols every summer. This video has brought back so many memories - thanks for sharing - it's awesome.

Wow thank you so much for posting this fab film! My Granny & Grandad lived in St Annes then moved to Blackpool and the family used to go 3 times a year and stop with them. Brings back so many memories. I went on the monster with my cousin holding a candy floss - not recommended. Got family photos sat on Gullivers boot, remember going in the Hansel & Great album house, and I have photos outside the Gold Mine. I would have been about 13 when this was filmed. Brings back so many memories! Loved seeing the Noah's Ark ride and the lion that ate your rubbish and roared when you put it in. Ah memories!

Thank you for sharing this.. I went to Blackpool in 77 and 78 too for family weddings, and the Pleasure Beach was the best thing ever. I went back this week for the first time since 1990, for a rides day. I like the shot of the figure holding up the monorail thing.. I'd forgotten that!

So many memories... I used to go to the Pleasure Beach all the time in the late 70s/early 80s... I remember when the Wild Mouse was 20p.. I got whiplash so many times riding that thing but I didn't care... :)

nice footage thanks for sharing brings back good memories :O)

Wow, the Astro-liner! Rare footage indeed! :D

Blackpool was great in the 50s and 60s. You could stay for a fortnight and go to a different show every night. All the stars of the time longed for a Summer season in Blackpool.

Amazing film and a remarkable piece of social history brilliantly captured. Had many happy holidays in Blackpool in the 60s and 70s. The quality of the images in places could easily be mistaken for 16mm, it is simply stunning and shows the fantastic quality that super 8 can achieve. Having live sound as well adds that extra dimension that makes all the difference. Hearing the sounds from around the pleasure beach really showcases what the sound cameras were designed to do. I had a super 8 sound camera back in the day but I never really used it to its full potential like in your film. Thank you for uploading.

So pleased that you enjoyed it Paul.

I had so much fun working there in 1978.

Thants great cheers. Excellent to see that your footage will be seen by a wider audience. The Pleasure Beach really is a special place.

Thank you for sharing this

wot afantastic film really took me back got some great memories in Blackpool

Brilliant happy days

I was 21 in 1977 and holidayed in Blackpool that summer with my family.Man that ride "The monster" was brilliant,best ride in the pleasure beach..happy memories.Alas I've not been there since the eighties ..heard it's not good for families anymore ,full of druggies and Strags and hens getting drunk etc.Shame.

Thank you for such incredible video

shared on twitter great footage good days pre wristband tickets to ride on stuff monster was quality the reel was awesome

Cracking video btw!! Thanks for sharing.

Nice Home video off blackpool.. Thank you for uploading and shareing it to everyone :-)

Great to see a clip of my favourite ever ride, the Monster

I was three in 78 loved this vid thanks for posting.

Thank you for this video ,it Is great ☺

Hi, So glad that you enjoyed it

Superb video of Blackpool Pleasure Beach I was only a kid then and watching this has brought back memories, the Pleasure Beach hasn't really changed much it still is magical and it has brought a lot of pleasure to millions of people throughout the years, I love the sound of the laughing King, Blackpool is a wonderful town it's a shame that it's going downhill it needs more investment.

I don't know why but my heart literally flutters when i see Blackpool like this

Blackpool hasn't changed from the 70's.... it has unfortunately been left back in the past to rot by Blackpool council... sad.

Hi Mark, I'm glad that you enjoyed it, I'm very happy for you to post on your facebook page, ITV are going to use some of the footage on Rory Bremner's "Great British Views" programme starting at the end of April.

i was born in blackpool in the 1970s and this is exactley as i remember the rides ive lived all over and nothing comes close to blackpool

Brilliant video cheers

God! I was 16 then, good old days.😥

The good old days . 😢

that young lady is probably in her 60s now. thanks for uploading this its fascinating

Great vid!

Beautiful video.

Just stumbled on this video. Thanks for uploading it. I was about 7yrs back then.I was absolutely overjoyed when I saw the Sooty and Sweep bit. I loved that and would always ask Mum to put money in everytime we visited the pleasure beach.Thanks for bringing back such happy memories.

Brilliant thankyou

we went on a charrabang there with our street from Liverpool 15

Truly moving and fascinating insight into the old Blackpool. Thank you for sharing! Were you the little toddler sir in the video?

Oh I lived the "Monster" went on it loads of times!

baby strollers today are so over engineered compared to the 70's.

What a wonderful film, I really enjoyed watching it. Was it shot on super 8 film? If so it is a real bonus having the sound to go with it, pretty rare back then I should think. This is the Pleasure Beach as I remember it, thanks for sharing your day there all those years ago with us. It was almost like being there, like a time traveller. Brilliant.

Omg I remember this ride myself didn't go on it tho as money was tight lol

25p for a ride those were the days

You'll love the show.

Great Film , brought some great memorys back.. took my kids their a short while back.. near bankrupt after paying todays prices lol. never even managed to win a Gonk ! either ;-)

Omg I remember this ride when I was a kid I'm 50 now can remember eating jacket spuds in the stadium by it

We are so lucky now with digital,I used to have up to 36 photos for a holiday,now I have 5,ooo !

Your clips looked great on the show, it's just been on, did you catch it?

Hi Mackenzie, When you said 1977/78 were u unsure of the date? Because I noticed that the exact date is shown outside of the Goldmine ride :-) I've seen this film before but I loved seeing it again ...thanks again for posting it

Thanks, just looked for it but can't see it on our ITV, is it ITV1? Cheers

Brilliant

Took me way back subbed

The mad mouse that brings back great memories the laughing clown recall all these great family days out in the 70 s

Absolutely hated the wild mouse ride,felt like it would fall off the track when it went round corners🤪 and why do I remember a laughing policeman and not a clown, first time I ever saw that thing it gave me bloody nightmares for weeks 😩