A day at the Dreamland (Bembom Brothers) amusment park in Margate in 1989. Some nice footage of the rides at the park at the time including the Scenic Railway, Looping star, Enterprise, Troika, Melody swings and Apollo.
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@Steve-ei6ew4 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for putting this rare footage up......brings back memories of a great era.....and to see from the top of that mammoth wheel and the railway....and sounds .......great stuff.....sadly no Mary Rose that i loved to go on.....so i tracked it down in 2019 ,its now at Lightwater Valley in Yorkshire that they sold it to circa '92 and they renamed it Black Pearl with a Pirate theme........its the exact same BemBom brothers one .....i travelled there for a weekend stay just to ride it and i can tell you i got goosebumps and im now 49!! I recommend to anyone who likes this video to go ride it.....you know you want to.......went to Margate also this year and they are trying , hopefully add some more rides as we progress, sadly railway was shut on day i went!! Gutted ....but ill go back.....
@julianebanks31084 жыл бұрын
Looping star was my favourite
@arallsopp11 жыл бұрын
Wow. My kids were scrubbing through vids and came across this. I couldn't see the screen but as soon as I heard the percussive drumming of the looping star I knew exactly what it was. That sound as it goes into and exits the loop. That's my childhood. Right there.
@Pobsta-de7hb3 ай бұрын
haha do you remember that sound as it went up as well? Click click click and then that sound as it went down and into the loop, it could be heard all over the park! Oh god that was so cool and these were the best days ever. I remember my first few times on the looping star my head used to fly forward between my legs during the loop lol. Then of course you had the Mary rose, tri star, enterprise and all of the others and the ring donuts and then the arcades outside. God I miss those days so much. Families from all over, just pure fun. Was my childhood too and my best memories. God there are even rides i forgot all about like the zepplin and the lady bird which quite literally almost broke your back with the hard seats as it went round bends lol and god help the one on the crushing side as it went into them lol
@jrichold9 жыл бұрын
Loved watching this bought back some great childhood memories
@buzby30311 ай бұрын
‘Remember when we were young We shone like the sun’
@mikekaraoke6 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhh the 80's what a great decade :-)
@underneonloneliness215 күн бұрын
We peaked in the 90’s I think. Look now with everything closed down.
@adoremelc7213 жыл бұрын
Ahhh the sound the Looping Star made as it went round the loop is forever ingrained in my brain! Great video, brought back many memories. Thank you
@smokeyeyeguy3760 Жыл бұрын
And mine. I absolutely 'loved' the Looping Star, and I lost count of the amount of times I rode it throughout the Bembom summers in the 80's. It was a great park then. The Looping Star, the Mary Rose, the Pirate Ship, the Enterprise, the Scenic, and a lot of good funfair rides. I hated that big wheel though it was so high. I only went on it once, and I was scared rigid. It looked so impressive too, I was sad when it went. The Ladybird was good if you sat at the back, and they had a Zyklon around 81/82. I really miss the park that it used to be. It's landscaped better now, but the heart and soul has gone sadly. Great memories though, and I really enjoyed the video.
@pugtronix11 жыл бұрын
Very nostalgic! Takes me right back!
@HermanRCT9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I love these nostalgic videos :) There's a lot that reminds me to Shetland Ponypark Slagharen, a Dutch park of my youth and from the same owner that time.
@julianebanks31084 жыл бұрын
takes me back to when I was a kid
@davidjones49195 жыл бұрын
Loved the video, so nostalgic, great memories from collage days sad that it will never be the same,
@xX12jay21xX11 ай бұрын
Love this.. Great footage ... POVs😊 too..
@christian373510 жыл бұрын
Wow I remember bemboms, back in my school days, was addicted too the looping star and pirate ship, great video!! Great memories!!
@StumpyHead797 жыл бұрын
neil Murphy the mary rose lol... yeah, lot of fond memories
@darkestserenity67757 жыл бұрын
Now this was when Ben Bom Brothers was Wicked fun now it's so lame thanks for posting this :)
@user-xb3oy3vk7v2 ай бұрын
I was 16 in 1989 fantastic times things have changed now
@malcolmhudson60783 жыл бұрын
Margate at its best had great times in the 1980s love these old videos keep them coming memories
@fuzzperoni9 жыл бұрын
Super cool. Just as I remembered. Good old days aye.
@peterdudley986911 жыл бұрын
Thanks you so much for putting this video up. It realy does bring back found childhood memories. Used to go here in the 80's. So sad that it not much more than a Car Park now but realy glad Thanet Council are trying to do something with this area and with the historic (partly damaged) scenic railway. Cheers.
@Luke-xw1mj7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, it bought the memories flooding back, the good old days. Thanks for the video 😀
@swampfoxer12 жыл бұрын
I visited Dreamland in 1996 from the US. I feel fortunate to have ridden the Scenic before it tragically burned. The Looping Star and the Chutes as well as many other of the rides shown here were not there in 1996. I hope they can get this historical place open again.
@Hemiauchenia13 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this is legendary!!! Dreamland in it's heyday! Love the brief glimpse of the "Ben Hur" waltza type ride. It looked so innocuous but I remember throwing up down the side of it after I got off at least twice! All the best ones are here....Melody Swings, Big Apple, Troika. Even views of the Sphynx and River Caves....Brilliant!
@MisterB201013 жыл бұрын
Ahhh my Childhood memories!!! Best ever theme park in uk
@reverendrocksteady2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing 😊
@XtremeCoasters4 жыл бұрын
Loved this, such amazing childhood memories.
@buzby30311 ай бұрын
The last of the good old days
@dazzqpr11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memories this video brings back
@Ricksta663 жыл бұрын
The good old days :))))
@cooperdee10 жыл бұрын
Ha July 89 me and my mates went every couple if weeks around that time this brings back happy mems wish I was 15 again
@deelieta7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this fantastic video. Brought back a lot of memories.
@mariegracemiller199011 ай бұрын
If you see it now you wouldn't recognize the place I remember alot of these rides there's next to none there now I wouldn't call it Dreamland now, they have more concerts now thanks for sharing the video
@joanne45949 жыл бұрын
Thanx for sharing. nice trip down memory lane. It'll be up and running again in 2016. much needed business for margate..chas n dave can sing hearts out once again!
@ghostndshell9 жыл бұрын
Its open now :)
@moggy384810 ай бұрын
Great vid !! Brought back many teenage 80’s memories, sleeping on the beach 😂
@petemk73 Жыл бұрын
Good lord! Here's some memories. Think I went to Dreamland with a bunch of mates around the same time (89-90ish) so this is exatly how I remember it until the powers that were stripped the place. Fun bit of info for you - The Looping Star is still in operation, only now it's in Botswana & has been painted orange & renamed as Gwazi.
@davewebster67179 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this brings back memories for sure.
@retroford73827 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting that vid.....brought back some great memories there as a kid!
@VenMarsArgs11 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this!
@DeanPorterEsq3 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when it was worth going too.
@julianguffoggАй бұрын
Awww the dying embers of the wonderful 80s!
@reddragon84885 ай бұрын
These things are why I would like to travel in time
@Chris1Kent7 жыл бұрын
I went there today 26,8,17 did have an enjoyable day,but it's a shadow of its former self as captured here.thanks for the share
@andy98559 жыл бұрын
Had many good times here when I was a kid, brings back some great memories
@danneykisby33864 жыл бұрын
Thats a blast from the past from my childhood.
@TheFunfairfan11 жыл бұрын
Me too!! Such amazing memories!! This footage is amazing!! Thank you for this uploader!!
@HysteriaSD8312 жыл бұрын
Amazing video!! Brought back some good memories, hopefully 2013 will a time when we can all visit again
@alexandertebbiche22923 жыл бұрын
Ohh i love this video i remember being there i was 6 the best time in Dreamland Margate ever! I wish it was like that now for a long time. it's a shame Dreamland now will never be as brilliant as it was there and then the end of an era when it stopped being like that i reckon.
@mikehunte20872 ай бұрын
I went 1989 at 13 first time on a train by my own bembom brothers fantastic
@MrCarpmagic9511 жыл бұрын
omg I just remembered how painful the ladybird was to your back if you sat on the inside lol, the seats were solid plastic and my back used to cain when I got off that lol
@JayJay-tm9gx8 жыл бұрын
u legend holding that cam on those rides, my dad had a cam and they were bulky lol, great memories and great vid, dig the 80's perms on those girls on Senic Railway haha, thank u so much for posting, i miss the 80's and dreamland !!
@minimack8510 жыл бұрын
What a wicked video. Love watching the good old days. I keep hearing that they gona build it up again but it wouldn't be the same as the old days. My favorite OnlyFools and horses is the jolly boys as you can see all the rides in action same with this video :-) HAPPY DAYS
@1973tinytim6 жыл бұрын
This is how is remember it. So many family memories
@PaisleyParkGirl7 жыл бұрын
I used to love going there in the 80s.
@sparkidee11 жыл бұрын
Kin ell this takes me back!
@andyhumphrey93514 жыл бұрын
this is amazing. i was working in 1 of the arcades in the theme park that summer. when i was 17 lol.
@HarryMcTibbs8 жыл бұрын
Great video. I loved it down there. I went there as a child in the 70's with my parents and then in the 80's as a teenager. Do you remember the river caves there in the 70's. I really loved that ride. Just bought back so many lovely memories. Many thanks.
@Barcrest13 жыл бұрын
Apollo never to return, good video thought thanks dude.
@Maverick6220112 жыл бұрын
OMG i remember we used to go there every summer lol fantastic upload :)
@fluxington Жыл бұрын
Superb!
@ewilliams37011 жыл бұрын
brilliant vid.im now going to watch the jollyboys outing!
@MikChapman5 күн бұрын
Happy days..
@FiveElms11 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid, thanks for uploading.
@TheBladerunner733 жыл бұрын
I came here today. Just so sad to see how Margate is so different now
@muttsnuts10012 жыл бұрын
i remember going on holiday to margate way back in the 1960s with my family ,, i recall a big model ship in the car park area which had small stalls in it with roll a ball ect,, used to go to margate in the 1970s met my ex wife there on the beach ,,, i knew i should have gone to ramsgate that day lol great video great memorys
@majorgeneralnikitadragovic24654 жыл бұрын
i was 20 years old when this came out
@WestHamChiseller9 жыл бұрын
Lovely footage - thanks for sharing that with everyone. I only went to Dreamland a couple of times but this gets the atmosphere. I gather it's been restored/renovated and recently re-opened. Must get down and have a look at it again. Cheers!
@imansfield9 жыл бұрын
+WestHamChiseller No worries glad you enjoyed it! Yes it has been recently re opened which is great, but its not like it was. Still I suppose any Dreamland is better than no Dreamland.
@crazyleyland5106 Жыл бұрын
The Scenic Railway is the only original ride left. They do have another large Ferris wheel.
@debbieward22911 жыл бұрын
Great nostalgia trip!
@infinity406610 ай бұрын
Spent many a good time at Dreamland. Cannot see Mary Rose in this video. Loved the looping star and The enterprise.
@karenrawlings36717 жыл бұрын
I could almost smell the hot doughnuts watching this, great memories from there 🙂
@hollyh24069 жыл бұрын
I'm really excited to go here woo hoo! 😀
@JLT057 жыл бұрын
It's nothing like it used to be 😔
@andyw1978112 жыл бұрын
@Barcrest hey barcrest as my memory serves me right they removed the capsules from Apollo, relocated it to behind the scenic railway, sprayed the dome orange and fitted swings to it, renaming it Heatwave of which i thought was completely pointless!
@Noname-iy9ts9 жыл бұрын
I'm sure I saw Jimmy Godden with a box of matches
@ChrisLaw849 жыл бұрын
fool
@Lady_Jay10 жыл бұрын
happy days when margate was a good place to be
@mistofolesАй бұрын
This would have been around the same time they filmed the ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES episode "THE JOLLY BOYS OUTING" there.
@Shonkiba2 жыл бұрын
When 480p was a far distant dream
@booth271012 жыл бұрын
I went to Dreamland in 1993 - there weren't half as many rides there then as there were when this vid was taken. From what I remember there was the meldoy swing (paratrooper) scenic railway, the scorpion thing, the looping star - of course and the big wheel. Nothing much, if anything, else. We did all the rides in half an hour. The park was looking pretty shabby and dire then too so I suppose that was the beginning of the parks demise.
@blackusdogus12 жыл бұрын
superb vid. 1989 was about the last time I visited Bemboms. U used to be able to buy a combined train ticket. Big groups of us used to go. Shame no footage of the Mary Rose, m record was 8 times in a row! a few years ago I visited Margate and found that the park is now a carpark with the protected scenic railway surrounded by a fence. Very sad. Margate is shocking now, very run down. One thing though, The old joke shop was still there and exactly the same!
@imansfield11 жыл бұрын
You are right, the Mary Rose was being repaired that day.
@coastercub7113 жыл бұрын
Very cool Footage Ian, That tower thing looked awfully skinny !!!
@MrCarpmagic9511 жыл бұрын
My god those seats on the ladybird ride were hard and if you were on the wrong side of somebody heavy sitting next to you when you shot around those bends, you knew about it!!!!! lol You would have bruises for weeks after lol Will never forget the fun I had in this place for the many years I went there, ive always lived within walking distance. It was a shame to see the pay to enter Bemboms change to dreamland and then to total ruins. I hope 2014 brings all that has been promised.
@prittstick1ify13 жыл бұрын
really good video. Always liked your camcorder films that you sent me (Ian Berry). Had a great time when I went to Margate, Chessington & Rotunda in 1997 with you. Wish I had gone to Dreamland earlier to ride Looping Star. Hope you are well.
@Professor687110 жыл бұрын
Depressing seeing now how far it's gone down hill Dreamland. Thanet councillors and the last owner should be brought to account for their shameful neglect of this once great amusement park.
@pauljosephmessenger228110 жыл бұрын
Great old film of Dreamland, there's new footage now and even a new song. Margate Song Video
@vwgolfnutter11 жыл бұрын
Agree with Goldenballs82, I was always at Dreamland as a child and later worked there as a teenager. While I was there no money was invested in that place, ride after ride left and it was taken over by gypsys later being closed. Shame. Its lovely to see all the old rides here in this video being enjoyed by the whole family as it was intended.Council has lost sight that Margate is a seaside resort and should therefore have attractions and amusements to bring in tourists. Bring back Dremland!
@stumpysteven7311 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best videos I have ever seen on You Tube! Brilliant footage and takes me back to my childhood very well! I am 40 now! I actually "felt" I was right there on some of the rides. Didn't see the Mary Rose or Pirate Ship in your footage or were these not working? A previous comment I agree with Jimmy Godden is a very nasty person! Hopefully Thanet Council can save Dreamland and restore it to it's former glory. Search Save Dreamland on google.
@StumpyHead7911 жыл бұрын
beat ya to it mate i've had a look on the site/s - nice one though, glad it'll be back, i'll be revisiting my childhood when it's done
@MaxPower12237 жыл бұрын
My God Looping star, there is one here in Brazil, :D very cool her.
@ruthscott544 Жыл бұрын
I miss the looping star roller coaster
@crazyleyland5106 Жыл бұрын
I think they must have changed the Ben Hur ride by 1993, when I went to Dreamland and it was one of the few rides I went on. In the fleeting glimpse here, it looks like a skid ride- appropriate name as it has "chariots"- Ben Hur being a chariot racer. In 1993, it had horses, with the galloping mechanism underneath, as found on some continental carousels. They galloped in a funny way, with their front ends lifting up. I wondered at the time if they were adapted kiddie ride horses, due to the bases they stood on, but it appears some Continental company made carousels like this.
@imansfield Жыл бұрын
Yes the Ben Hur ride originally had those chariot carriages. I remember there was a rope you had to pull to get the cars to “skid”, but the whole thing spun so fast you couldn’t really get a good movement going. It was a pretty lame ride to be honest. I’ve no idea why they retro fitted it with those silly horses tho.
@crazyleyland5106 Жыл бұрын
@@imansfield those were horses as found on a Zierer giant carousel. Usually these appear to have had a raised stepped platform and a very large cantilevered canopy. Only 2 of those were built. The Dreamland Ben Hur looked like an amalgam of the Skid base and Zierer carousel horses.
@Lawey42011 жыл бұрын
@imans cheers for the top memmorys , really hope this place gets restored 💫💫
@LanceHarding12 жыл бұрын
I remember being on the Mary Rose, with my sunglasses between my legs, fell out into the car when upside down, peoples money used to fall out their pockets, a right laugh, 2013 is the year Dreamland will RISE up out of the ashes
@MrCarpmagic9511 жыл бұрын
Hi mate, nope not pulling your leg. Theres a web page showing all of the rides and stuff they hope to install there when its done etc. Apparently they are keeping the old theme of the place you know, so older rides and things as well as a few goodens obviously. I will have another look about as I havent for months and find the pages and sites Ive seen, I will be in touch. It would be wicked wouldnt it? hehe. I only live two seconds down the road from there as well lol.
@MrCarpmagic9511 жыл бұрын
hehe i visited Bemboms everyday during the summers when I was young, Im happy to say that by late 2013 it will be reopen. There are alot of new rides in the pipe line and tons of money is being piled into the new park. The rides will all be based on old originals with some quite cool ones mixed in. It wont be like the mega rides you see in these huge theme parks but more what are cool rides! They hope to have everything complete by 2014. Bemboms was the best ever wasnt it!
@karlpeart416412 жыл бұрын
david jason n 3 other members of the cast went on the rollercoaster featured at start in the episode the jolly boys outing of only fools and horses
@underneonloneliness215 күн бұрын
Were rides and roller coasters louder back then?
@laurensdaughter9 жыл бұрын
Re-opens Friday 19th of june..2015
@StumpyHead7911 жыл бұрын
are you pullin my bloody leg? they're rebuilding it? I'm there mate!!!
@karlpeart416412 жыл бұрын
only fools and hors did episode there in 1989 called the jolly boys outing check it out might bring bk more memories, they went to dreamland n had a crowd gathered in background in 1 of the scenes they were there 4 5 days in total doing filming
@ronniedodge114210 жыл бұрын
well i went to the open day and the mary rose is coming back the cheroplanes and possibly a small version of the looping star
@Smiffykid9 жыл бұрын
Ronnie Dodge DANG!!!! THE MARY ROSE IS COMING BACK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I Know Its Still Operational In A Yorkshire Amusement Park But DANM!!!! I CANT WAIT TO RIDE IT!!!!
@3667woof9 жыл бұрын
only just found this vid on here, i went here in 1988 and remember all the rides well, except what that globe with the orbiting capsules was called ???
@imansfield9 жыл бұрын
+richard downer Glad you enjoyed the video! That ride was called the Apollo, made by Schwarzkopf, who also made the looping star! It was an interesting ride to watch, but really not very thrilling.
@OctoSwift7 жыл бұрын
This one used to be in Slagharen, The Netherlands. I think they've put this ride in the park in 1989.
@MrCarpmagic9511 жыл бұрын
Wouldnt it be wicked if they do it roughly how it was when we were kids mate? Id love to take my kids there if it is. I used to love going there as I only lived ten mins away. Now im even closer lol its like a 5 minute walk so it would be so cool.
@itsalondonthingchris11 жыл бұрын
Great
@davidbayley40066 жыл бұрын
Where's the Mary Rose??!!
@MrCarpmagic9511 жыл бұрын
Well its a shame about the looping star, I know its being moved to botswana and so probably isnt coming back to Europe or the uk any time soon lol. As for the lady bird, that thing was cool but it used to break my back every time I went on it lol. I hope they bring back as much as they can though, as many as they can will be good lol