A day out at Blackpool's famous Pleasure Beach amusement park in April 1993. Shots of all the rides plus Construction footage of the BIG ONE roller coaster!
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@davidlancaster197410 ай бұрын
Wonderful memories, thanks for sharing. Wish Britain could go back to that era.
@AL4N7772 жыл бұрын
Back when the park was magical as a kid…. And with more rides a better feel and atmosphere to the park, And free to enter!!! Great upload
@kathcordingley72792 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more,
@purplesunflower82422 жыл бұрын
Turned the pleasure beach into white knuckle rides. Not like it was!
@Tommo1983ful2 жыл бұрын
I for one would take that log flume over infusion
@purplesunflower82422 жыл бұрын
@@Tommo1983ful Me too!
@Mini-wd7qz2 жыл бұрын
I agree with the last part the pleasure beach is so expensive now the price just keeps rising
@thedad73132 жыл бұрын
Nothing but happy family holiday memories of Blackpool and the Pleasure Beach. Last time I was there 3 years ago, I couldn’t believe how much it had changed, everything seemed so run down. Fantastic to see the Log Flume again, we managed to get my great grannie on it when she was in her eighties! Now, like so many things, both gone, but still missed and loved.
@jazzinrascal2 жыл бұрын
Can't help feeling nostalgic watching these scenes. So many classic rides that have bit the dust..log flume, wild mouse, monster, space invader. My favourite ride as a kid was the monorail - I remember the little chap that used to drive it, Teddy Askey. Happy days!
@steveleeds52216 ай бұрын
I remember them building the Pepsi Max, then when it was built looking over from my classroom at Palatine High School. I was 11 then, great memories of a time when Blackpool was on top form. I don't live in Blackpool anymore, but it will always be home, growing up there, coming of age there, going to collage in Bispham, then ultimately leaving in 2004. I had a drive over a couple of years ago, and was shocked by how much it's changed, and was gutted to see that Palatine had been demolished, had some great memories of Palatine and my form tutor Mr Whalley, and what a Whalley he was, in a good way 😂
@MrFlava19822 жыл бұрын
90's best decade ever.best cars,best music, was absolutely buzzin growing up then as a teen.
@imansfield2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Glad I'm not a teenager now.
@hartleyhare99 Жыл бұрын
Yeah
@stanlee57668 күн бұрын
Lovely video, bringing back some really happy memories. When Blackpool was Blackpool worth going to!
@incognito87632 жыл бұрын
Blackpool was completely different in those days, the widespread deprivation hadn’t started to set in yet. The Pleasure Beach was magical as a kid, it still had strong elements of the bygone era with new exciting projects on the horizon. I remember late night openings, it was always better at night with the lights and buzz of chaos. Had many family trips that will be forever remembered.
@purplesunflower8242 Жыл бұрын
explain deprivation ? regarding the country please....
@purplesunflower82423 ай бұрын
Why do they shut it early now?? love the Roller coaster chaser lights.
@alilindsay43042 жыл бұрын
Fantastic memories xx I was 19 in 1993, never away from the pleasure Beach lol...log flume, wild mouse, Coasters and The Star....all sadly gone now x great video...thank you!🥰
@liesl76172 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Brought back lots of lovely memories!
@jamesdean28742 жыл бұрын
The park looked so well kept. I assume they’re going for the ‘natural’ look now whilst slowly replacing all the wood on the woodies, but my god they look like a state at the moment. Look so fresh and clean here!
@richards97502 жыл бұрын
They treat the wood on the woodies now instead of painting because paint speeds up the rotting process supposedly.
@BOUNCERBABE2 жыл бұрын
Believe me, it is NOTHING like it was back in 99, when I started working there. It absolutely breaks my heart to see it now
@dougbriglmen7162 жыл бұрын
@@richards9750 basically the reason they don’t paint them is because paint eventually cracks, and then water gets inside the cracks and it has nowhere to go and it ends up going inside the woods and then making the wood rot. At least that’s what Alex the technical director was saying when we had a Q&A with him at Pleasure Beach experience.
@supergirl57342 жыл бұрын
No mobile phones just people enjoying the moment
@Trowsiff-uk2 ай бұрын
There used to be a ride there in the 80’s called “The Ranger”, a smaller enclosed pirate ship but went full 360, it was terrifying. I remember one of the restraints not working and there was just a note on it saying do not use!! Health & safety back then hey? Also getting rid of the wild mouse was a terrible decision, was one of the best white knuckle rides in the park but “The Revolution” was always my favourite, must have rode it several hundred times all in all. Great vid and thanks for sharing.
@paulwilde31012 жыл бұрын
This certainly brought back some childhood memories!!! Brilliant
@oranda152 жыл бұрын
That took me back. Brilliant!
@AmusementAndAdventure2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Some really good shots in there.
@kane2112 жыл бұрын
Loved the park in the 90s as a child
@paulclarke36212 жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage. Thank you for sharing 👍
@MyMinime1012 жыл бұрын
Takes me back Thanks
@AndySk812 жыл бұрын
This video brought back so many memories 🥲 Thank you so much. I was 11 back then.
@imansfield2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@johnrice70762 жыл бұрын
This is amazing when the pleasure beach was better not the same anymore it's a ripoff now brilliant memories great video stay safe take care 👍
@ThemeParkLuke2 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! I remember riding "Water Chute" when I was really really young!
@dizzydevil5472 жыл бұрын
ThemeParkLuke i remember riding it too ...BUT not at Blackpool! ....The water chute in Blackpool actualy came from Bele Vue when that closed down soooo i remember riding it there as a kid in the 70s! ...yes i am that old 🤣🤣
@aldorfc72872 жыл бұрын
Me too
@G4RY11594 ай бұрын
From 1975 to 2018 - I visited most years, sometimes went two or three times a year, lived and worked in the Town when I was 19 Not been back since September 2018 - Sadly the Town has fell off a cliff. Great Video anyway, life wasn't perfect back in 1993 - BUT it was a LOT better that what the UK is now.
@jonstones62042 жыл бұрын
Great footage, thanks for sharing!
@Squab19722 жыл бұрын
Great footage of the park, it was good back then and free to enter.
@handsoffmycactus29582 жыл бұрын
The Big Dipper looked so clean, all nicely painted in white. It looks rotten now.
@simonlloyd54352 жыл бұрын
Totally agree...and the nash too!
@deborahjohnstone79302 жыл бұрын
Thought I was the only one could remember the big supper.
@deborahjohnstone79302 жыл бұрын
Dipper,not supper!
@bunkerboy026 ай бұрын
Wonderful footage of the park. God I miss the Wild Mouse.
@michaelneal72732 жыл бұрын
Omg the Octopus ride, I remember that as you walked right in. So scary. Its weird looking at it without the Pepsi Max so strange
@aldorfc72872 жыл бұрын
First thing I see when I went in I was 8 going on 9 at this point in time lol year befire the big one memories of Blackpool staying in caravans
@simonp70952 жыл бұрын
Monorail with its epic views , I wish I could of rid it
@PTVlogsUK2 жыл бұрын
Aww loved this. Back when the woodies had 4 trains. Maybe that's what Grand National needs again lol
@retroDaz9922 жыл бұрын
Childhood memories of this wonderful theme park. Free to enter and you could purchase books of tickets. A, B, C and D ride tickets. Noahs arc you could walk round. The excellent monorail and log flume that are sadly missed. Wild mouse was a death trap.
@yourexperienceguide2 жыл бұрын
Great video
@streamsofconsciousness865110 ай бұрын
Wonderful video giving childhood flashbacks. Not least to the days when camcorders took full VHS tapes and would shoulder held :)
@roywilson45142 жыл бұрын
Happier times
@criscaldell27932 жыл бұрын
Amazing stuff 👏 I was there then loved it 😀 ❤ since 1977 now again in April 45 years on, it's changed somethings good and some6bad, but what Geoffrey Thompson and his mum started did to transform the town of Blackpool with the pleasure Beach and put it on the map was fantastic.
@hartleyhare99 Жыл бұрын
Wish i could go back in time!😢🎉
@RogEdwardsTV7 ай бұрын
Great video! That was the year they experimented with 4 Carriage Trains on the Woodies. I think that the airtime was so extreme in the back rows that they had to go back to 3 Carriage Trains the year after!
@clareharrison33612 жыл бұрын
I love your posts mate. I'm fro the gen of the Revolution being the best coaster, loved the Tidal Wave, Log Flume and does anyone remember The Octopus? All the best oldies are still there. Love all the new ones too.
@imansfield2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I’ve been truly overwhelmed by the amount and views and nice comments this video has got! I still love the pleasure beach but I much preferred it back then when you could just walk in and the place would stay open after dark. Back seat of the Revolution still scares me more than big one or Icon any day!
@daveswhoreviews2 жыл бұрын
@@imansfield revolution is the same age as me, possibly even older i was born in 1979
@carbonsiliconnn2 жыл бұрын
Good old days when you could afford to go in. Now they are charging £8 for Crazy Golf at the entrance. Blackpool needs to have a word with itself
@SteveAndAlexBuild2 жыл бұрын
Great bit of history there great video 🧱👍🏼
@markmcniven26252 жыл бұрын
Ah, the days when you could go in & walk about without being charged.
@masterknife84232 жыл бұрын
Until they probably started getting drunkards and hen parties wandering in
@rossco54092 жыл бұрын
Blame the local chavs for that
@FormulaOneFan98Ай бұрын
Drunks and drug users also wandered around the park. Not nice for children to see at all.
@twistedtrackstravel87712 жыл бұрын
Jusy look how white the big dipper is, prob not been painted since then 😂
@handsoffmycactus29582 жыл бұрын
I thought that!
@FormulaOneFan98Ай бұрын
Paint can’t speed up the rotting process of wood. That’s why the woodies don’t get painted anymore
@riche4you19752 жыл бұрын
Good old 90s best years:)
@ValueNetwork2 жыл бұрын
Wow! As someone born in the 21st century it seems so surreal to look at a completely different Blackpool. The waterways, open grassland and a entirely absent Area of the park complete with a pirate ship (where Valhalla currently is) creates a stark contrast I don’t think the newer theme park has declined or become run down or anything like that, but The past is definitely being ignored for the future. Some parts of the park such as the area around the Big Dipper and grand National have gotten no love with most of the buildings being empty. The area where the wild mouse used to be is just a hole. whereas across the park Icon and Big one are clearly kept to a higher standard. It’s saddening to see infusions water fountains next to a rotting train track, or the monorail tracks awkwardly stood in the shadow of the big one. It’s infuriating to see Blackpool ignore parts of the park that are around 100 years old and instead putting all its money on new investments in a attempt to rival Merlin.
@adrianprice5332 жыл бұрын
A themepark has to offer new experiences otherwise like any other attraction people stop coming. its now a modern themepark not a fun fair or museum. Should blackpool tower not of had its recent makeover and look how it did in 1894? should its circus still have elephants as part of the show. things have to change.
@kkrispy2009P Жыл бұрын
Great old footage dude
@anthony28062 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@imansfield2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Falconurbex2 жыл бұрын
awesome brings back some fantastic memeries going here with my mum and dad, sister and brother and paying 50p to go on each ride, and i still go to this day in 2022 when i can with my son whos 20 now.
@masterknife84232 жыл бұрын
Interesting footage
@matfraeke84822 жыл бұрын
6:22 LISTEN!!!! Ahh what a classic laugh.
@chrisogrady2814 күн бұрын
Wow Dipper the revolution used to fly, they look much faster than these days. All the false hype for Big One is so funny, knowing now that it would never be anywhere near as good as Magnum which had already been open 4 years!
@gavinwolves25282 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video thank you! What is there now where the old water chute and pirate ship were? I can't quite get my bearings. Thank you
@johnbaird742 жыл бұрын
They were where Valhalla is now. A large indoor fun house used to be there too, and Tidal Wave & Water Chute were at the left hand side of it
@siobhankelly74514 ай бұрын
The log flume was great back then.
@YllaStar959702 жыл бұрын
The aerial photography got me the most, this pre DJI folks!😉
@charleneward2280Ай бұрын
Matthew Bardell thought you might enjoy this
@derisleybrittain2 жыл бұрын
Excellent 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
@jm2522 жыл бұрын
When the park was busy! Would love to know the visitor stats compared to then and now.
@purplesunflower8242 Жыл бұрын
used to get packed crowds...I am 64 and remember those times..
@masterknife8423 Жыл бұрын
Still busy now
@miorby6 ай бұрын
Hey, any idea what model of camera this was filmed on? Thank you :)
@imansfield6 ай бұрын
It was a Sony Hi 8 camcorder. Not sure of the model number though.
@kathcordingley72792 жыл бұрын
Laughing Policeman brings it all back more than anything,
@michaelpatten3152 жыл бұрын
That straight up looks like a park from Rollercoaster Tycoon
@mavisintheworld89722 жыл бұрын
Operations really have nose dived, haven't they. Just look at Avalanche dispatching when the train in front is only half way through the course.
@audiocoffee9 ай бұрын
if you could drop my mother 'ever so slightly accidentally on purpose', she'd laugh along with it. in fact, the last time she was on the pleasure beach, she laughed at it so hard she drew a crowd. I tried to pretend she wasn't with me - failed! 🤣
@jaket95593 ай бұрын
It was so good back then before the invasion
@aldorfc72872 жыл бұрын
Back then no worries for me just pure joyness been there and it's a year ish befire the big one was opened, looks like it only took a year to make the big one 🙄
@dclxvi.tattooАй бұрын
I have a piece of wild mouse in my kitchen! ❤
@nathanhopson14082 жыл бұрын
Before the best roller coaster came
@brantnuttall2 жыл бұрын
2:46 got wifey on the Log Flume. That was hilarious. My mouth has never worked as hard as it did on that ride. She forgave me though.
@bobholness2032 жыл бұрын
Didn't realise Joaquin phoenix had a job at Blackpool 5.45
@RB-yw9xv2 жыл бұрын
Hi thank you for posting this video my best friend Richard was thrown from that rid the grand nashonol and was smashed to bits one minute he was there the next he was gone I now because I was sat next to him it was Asham wot happened to him but the staff tried blaming him but he wasent dooing enething wrong
@nikkimurtaugh16652 жыл бұрын
That's absolutely tragic, I'm sorry to read this but not suprised it happened to somebody. I once spent the entire ride holding my brother in because he was so thin the lap bar wasn't doing so. The lap bars drop further down now if I'm not mistaken.
@RB-yw9xv2 жыл бұрын
@@nikkimurtaugh1665 hi when me and Richard was on it was before the bar came down ther wasent eney safety it was terrifying
@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool2 жыл бұрын
I always used to call the Tidal Wave the Jioal Wave because that’s how the spelling looked to me. Great ride too.
@imansfield2 жыл бұрын
Never noticed that before, but now I cant un-see it!
@mistofoles Жыл бұрын
Of course the Yanks weren't to be outdone - As soon as we built the world's tallest rollercoaster, they had to build one that was even higher.