Memories of Morecambe Past

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rhys rawcliffe

rhys rawcliffe

9 жыл бұрын

HND Final photography/documentary project

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@Daveyc2001
@Daveyc2001 3 жыл бұрын
Just back from 2 nights in Morecambe. I thought with COVID and people staying in UK for holidays that there would be some of the old magic. Unfortunately not. The sunset is still amazing, but having not been in 20 years, I was in shock at how different it was. I actually felt unsafe walking alone in the evening and struggled to find anywhere doing proper breakfasts. The rides were full of screaming drunk teens and Happy Mount Park had little to offer. Maybe i was just wanting to show my own kids the magic I experienced many years ago with my parents. Times have changed for us all I suppose.
@jamiegrieve5875
@jamiegrieve5875 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Morecambe may not be the place that it used to be anymore but it's got the best sunsets ever! The best!
@sheriffwoody7791
@sheriffwoody7791 5 жыл бұрын
@Raving Loony well at least they are free. They are probably Morecambe's biggest and most talked about attraction, the jewel in the crown with the promenade. Tourism does create wages. With a half decent local authority Morecambe would be thriving but the Council could not organise a p*** up in a brewery
@kristinejames9812
@kristinejames9812 3 жыл бұрын
I AGREE JAMIE 100%,ESPECIALLY FROM ST PETER' CHURCH IN HEYSHAM VILLAGE!! I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE THERE FOR 7 YEARS AND LEFT IN 2007.WASN'T IN GOOD NICK THEN UNFORTUNATEY,AND MY DEAR FRIEND JANET WAS ATTACKED NEAR THE BATTERY BY 2 TEENAGE GIRLS SHORTLY AFTER I LEFT. SHE WAS X ARMY,AND WAS DISABLED DURING THE ATTACK,THEN BEGAN DRINKING WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME TO HER MUM IN DONCASTER. OBVIOUSLY SHE MISSED WALKING HER TWO DOGS ON THE BEACH,AND UNFORTUNATELY EVENTUALLY DIED DUE TO ALCOHOLISM. I GUESS THAT IS THE WAY THE WORLD IS THESE DAYS,NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE!
@jamiegrieve5875
@jamiegrieve5875 3 жыл бұрын
@@kristinejames9812 thanks so much for your lovely message and your honesty about your friend who died. I am so sorry to hear that. A friend of mine went through rehab in Lancaster and then he moved to morecambe with a sea view flat and he is a good artist and he was enjoying his new found sobriety and being clean from drugs. However after trying to make new friends he is now left wondering if he has made the right decision because he is surrounded by people who are involved in drugs and drinking and it's beginning to become a problem.. Such a shame
@kristinejames9812
@kristinejames9812 3 жыл бұрын
Jamie...I hope your friend sticks with it,but I know what you mean though,because Morecambe doesn't deserve the reputation that it has! I lived in basement flat 14 years ago on Sefton Road,by the Battery and was surrounded by drug addicts and alcoholics. I eventually moved back near my mum in Oldham after having bricks put through my windows 3 times.I even had a CCTV camera put up,and a guy was arrested and then released. But I still have really good friends living there,who I still visit.I met these friends whilst walking my dog on the beach,so maybe that could be the answer for your friend,if he is allowed a pet? I know that some things have changed,ie: the new cafe near the battery,the Midland restored etc,it's a shame the council can't get rid of all the scum who live there!!! I still miss my walks down to heysham village,and Carnforth I also did the cross bay walk once from hest bank to floukborough in the lake district (for charity).That was amazing and I would recommend anyone to try it.Thats another suggestion.Also the platform used to have weekly tea dances,where you can just go and watch and meet people if you wish.Although that may not be your friends cup of tea..Sorry for rambling on.I do plan on moving back there one day,though because I really do miss the place.
@jamiegrieve5875
@jamiegrieve5875 3 жыл бұрын
@@kristinejames9812 thanks kristine and so nice of you to suggest that for my friend. He wants to start an art project and a group for people who are involved in recovery from drugs and alcohol but he said he had make sure he was strong enough first and he really loves the place. I have arranged to go to see him when we are off lock down hopefully and we are going to go over to Leighton moss at Silverdale and Arnside and then he said he would show me around the town and Heysham where you mentioned. It's got such a nice old character and some lovely victorian houses and the place could be a real focal point so I think it needs people like my friend to try and bring some new life into the town. Why do people want to spoil it.
@mickeymunkchunk4512
@mickeymunkchunk4512 4 жыл бұрын
I go to Morecambe from Manchester regually, i love it, so quiet and peaceful with great sunsets and plenty of fresh air.
@chrisevans5259
@chrisevans5259 4 жыл бұрын
It amazes me and saddens me how lovely and quaint places looked in the past, .....the decline in Britain is frightening , once beautiful coastal towns and tourist hotspots have become tired and rundown and have lost alot of their seaside magic and appeal that made them fun and great to visit..........it's so sad to see
@abramemmitt9103
@abramemmitt9103 3 жыл бұрын
I know it is kind of randomly asking but does anybody know of a good website to stream newly released movies online ?
@aresbowen135
@aresbowen135 3 жыл бұрын
@Abram Emmitt Lately I have been using Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)
@mitchellnoel4620
@mitchellnoel4620 3 жыл бұрын
@Abram Emmitt Lately I have been using FlixZone. Just google for it =)
@imranleonidas580
@imranleonidas580 3 жыл бұрын
@Ares Bowen Definitely, I have been watching on FlixZone for since april myself :D
@austinquinton2305
@austinquinton2305 3 жыл бұрын
@Ares Bowen Thank you, I signed up and it seems to work =) I really appreciate it !!
@irenecostigane8348
@irenecostigane8348 3 жыл бұрын
I've been to Morecambe since 1962 .I've seen the best times . Today it's got nothing it saddens me to see it like this.Thanks to Lancaster council
@leejames8595
@leejames8595 3 жыл бұрын
Visited Morecambe almost every year as a kid with my parents. It was a great place, especially when you had the piers, heysham village and Happy Mount Park there too! Heartbreaking watching this vid
@TheSNIPERmac
@TheSNIPERmac 3 жыл бұрын
Morecambe in it's hey day was a truly wonderful place to visit. All the piers (3), but sadly now gone along with both fair grounds. I spent many a hot day on the sea front, splashing about in the pools and literally 1000s of people laying the grass or walking up and down the promenade. Truly magical times...
@Truerealism747
@Truerealism747 5 ай бұрын
When did the piers go
@johnbrotherton338
@johnbrotherton338 2 ай бұрын
What a beautiful video. Aaaah Morecambe! 1970's, bingo at slaters on Queen St. Morecambe vs South sheilds in the FA cup at christie park with my dad and uncle Ken. The Piers. HAPPY PEOPLE. HAPPY TIMES! It will come back! Home is where the heart is, and my home is Morecambe. Thanks so much for the video.
@karennewsham3442
@karennewsham3442 6 жыл бұрын
This is just sad to see how much morecambe has lost 😭
@lisakellet4976
@lisakellet4976 4 жыл бұрын
We used to love going to Morecambe to see their illuminations as girls! It is such a shame that it has been neglected for so many years now. Its a shadow of its former self. Quite dull & drab in comparison. I still love it & we have happy family memories & return regularly. Beautiful views across the bay!! ❤
@HomerSlated
@HomerSlated 4 жыл бұрын
This video really drives home how utterly shit the modern world is.
@scrotewart2186
@scrotewart2186 3 жыл бұрын
I worked at Pontins holiday camp 85/6/7 seasons some of the best memories I have . lived in morecambe between seasons still in contact with some of the people I worked with 36 year’s ago 🙏❤️
@andrewbiny913
@andrewbiny913 3 жыл бұрын
We're abouts you live now mate
@Matt-px2ev
@Matt-px2ev 2 жыл бұрын
i lived in Morecambe as an international student at Lancaster Univ in the mid 80s. this video brought back sweet memories, thank you.
@90dfender
@90dfender 8 жыл бұрын
the Odeon was stunning, thanks mate, good memories.
@christanne1
@christanne1 4 жыл бұрын
Happy Mount Park was also missing from your montage. I have very happy memories of the paddling pool, the trampolines and the little train that took you around the circumference. Summers were always hot and sunny and the ice cream cones never tasted so good. Happy times. Sad to hear about the knifings, homelessness and grime that the resort descended into. Keeping fingers crossed that the Eden Project will inject some self pride back into the community.
@firefromnova6421
@firefromnova6421 7 жыл бұрын
This is so upsetting I'm only 13 and I live in Morecambe, and it is so shit now compared to then 😟 and RIP Leon Hoyle
@corbygraysecondchannel4639
@corbygraysecondchannel4639 5 жыл бұрын
fire Leon Hoyle was there when we needed him the most R.I.P
@stephenmcewan2460
@stephenmcewan2460 3 жыл бұрын
It was always shit.
@alisonshaw7165
@alisonshaw7165 2 ай бұрын
We had a lovely holiday in Morecambe, we took the bikes and cycled to Heysham and Lancaster, it was so peaceful.
@andyrobertson6860
@andyrobertson6860 3 жыл бұрын
Why is Lancaster on this Video of Morecambe?
@ianstewartorr8455
@ianstewartorr8455 2 жыл бұрын
I purchased my first digital radio from Woolworths morcambe wonderful memories greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 we will visit again
@hrtdemonsdildos1271
@hrtdemonsdildos1271 4 жыл бұрын
Hope morecambe looks better after the Eden project 👀👍
@abingleyboy
@abingleyboy 6 жыл бұрын
Only twenty years ago they had that big open swimming pool area and the Polo tower in Frontier Land was working as was the roller coaster. but if I remember rightly the Midland hotel was is a state then, now the hotel is done up & everything else is but a memory, such a Shame!, it is amazing how places change in such a short time. Never mind the time past since some of these old pics. When you walk though the west end of Morcambe now and see what once were grand buildings, that are now in a state of disrepair & delapidation, it's so disheartening. It not only Morcambe it's a symptom of all over the noth of the UK and it's awful to see. Places dying like this.
@kevinbeckenham3872
@kevinbeckenham3872 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the few from the past to today of Morecambe
@user-vh4ye2ys1m
@user-vh4ye2ys1m 10 ай бұрын
Empire night club, in 1993 in the summer and up to winter- December. Had some great night's, also great memories. When the rave scene, was at it's best! Great time's they were, an never forgotten.
@jimcrawford5039
@jimcrawford5039 4 жыл бұрын
I used to work on the ferries at Heysham and spent a lot of happy days in Morcambe in 1958. It looks a bit sad now looking at these. Australia.
@gavinreid8937
@gavinreid8937 6 жыл бұрын
A sign of times past; Woolworths!
@chandlerbingbong
@chandlerbingbong 5 жыл бұрын
only to be replaced by B and M
@DISORDERLYPUNK
@DISORDERLYPUNK 7 жыл бұрын
shot no.7 phonebox was out of action when i needed it the most. 1:58 was glad when they re opened the hotel and spruced it up a bit i remember my childhood outings with grandparents down to morecambe being great - then moved to lancaster my mid 20's and it all went downhill really. i show up now and again for a day as one of my motovlogs show
@kendacity
@kendacity 7 жыл бұрын
breaks my heart, though...:-(
@stephenduncan3605
@stephenduncan3605 7 жыл бұрын
Some of the photos from this are actually Lancaster!
@johnb365
@johnb365 7 жыл бұрын
nicely put together man. thanks
@billbasey6518
@billbasey6518 Жыл бұрын
I played for dancing at the Winter Gardens from about 57 to 62 great days.
@MrWindermere123
@MrWindermere123 Жыл бұрын
I remember a wooden pirate ship beside the promenade and saw it in the background at 2.54 in this great video. Also, there were sand trains - tractors made to look like steam engines pulling open trailers with bench seats for paying passengers. It was fun to ride on them through water when the tide was coming in. In the 1970s there was the Radio 1 Roadshow and the Milk Festival near the Midland Hotel. Poor old Morecambe went downhill in the next decades.
@gaskellr44
@gaskellr44 5 жыл бұрын
Being a Morecamber, looks like in the next few years theyre's going to be a massive change to the town commercially which will hopefully put us back on the map?
@alisonwunderland9900
@alisonwunderland9900 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, Eden Centre North will do just that!
@jefflamp5367
@jefflamp5367 3 жыл бұрын
It needs attractions Folk arent going to visit just to admire the view . I was born there , lived on West End Rd , almost at the junction to Acre moss lane , could see the Big Dipper from front bedroom. Late 60's through seventies. Visited a few years ago , the front is barely recognisable. Happy mount park used to be immaculate, it's a shadow of its former self, everything looked grubby to how I remember it That beautiful railway station at the front is now a cafe , unbelievable. My Dad worked at the town hall and always said when the council was taken over by Lancaster , Morecambe was neglected. The problem for Morecambe is it isn't near any other big towns or isnt on a through route to or from anywhere. We live near Southport which attracts visitors from all over the North west, same as Blackpool , whereas Morecambe is more of an outpost .
@andrewbroadhead4396
@andrewbroadhead4396 3 жыл бұрын
@@jefflamp5367 totally agree with your comments
@JordanRevz
@JordanRevz 2 жыл бұрын
Great video so many memories here I've live here all my life morecambe I love it here ❤
@JordanRevz
@JordanRevz 2 жыл бұрын
Literally just started crying to this video shows how much morecambe has improved over the years what a video 📹
@hjp1hjp22
@hjp1hjp22 7 жыл бұрын
This was not filmed exclusively in Morecambe, but also nearby Lancaster. The two most famous residents are Thora Hird, and of course Eric Morecambe.
@stephenduncan3605
@stephenduncan3605 3 жыл бұрын
And in Lancaster John Waite, who ain't missing it at all since he's been gone away, he ain't missing it!
@user-ky6rh5bg8q
@user-ky6rh5bg8q Жыл бұрын
John Waite now lives in Scotforth, Lancaster.The rover did return.
@krachenford9594
@krachenford9594 4 жыл бұрын
Part of life, i'm 62 now, we all must pass.
@PHILIPWATSON82
@PHILIPWATSON82 4 жыл бұрын
IM SICK OF PEOPLE WHO PUT MORCAMBE DOWN I WENT THERE EVERY WEEKEND NEARLY TO FRONTIER LAND AND NOW ITS ALL GONE IT MAKES ME SICK THEY DESTROYED IT AND NOW THERE IS JUST EMPTY LAND WHEN IT HAD BEEN THERE FOR OVER 100 YEARS WHAT THE F HAPPENED :(
@josephclayton388
@josephclayton388 6 жыл бұрын
what a nice vid thank u it was good to see
@henrygingercat
@henrygingercat 4 жыл бұрын
Half of these are of Lancaster.
@dickmartino9933
@dickmartino9933 4 жыл бұрын
Sad that a lot of the buildings that had class and grace have either not been kept or replaced with soulless monstrosities. That's what happens when you lose civic pride and let clowns plan and approve our towns and cities. Examples, the garage and the Pleasureland. Same in Lancaster.
@ajt5379
@ajt5379 5 жыл бұрын
The Lancaster council ripped us of everything we owned. Morecambe used to be so stunning.
@sheriffwoody7791
@sheriffwoody7791 5 жыл бұрын
Heard an interesting account from an elderly gentleman at the foodbank yesterday. In the early 70s when Morecambe & Heysham Borough Council was amalgamated and became Lancaster City Council it had just bought a fleet of lorries. These apparently were bought by Freemason Fred Edmundson without any tendering process and he started his haulage business. In 1991 Edmundson purchased the Winter Gardens which was listed as a grade 2 * listed building in the 70s. He removed all the valuable Waring & Gillow joinery such as the hand carved cherubs without listed building consent and then sold it to Barnfield Construction.
@Briangibson7825
@Briangibson7825 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely CORRECT!!!!
@Briangibson7825
@Briangibson7825 5 жыл бұрын
Fred Edmondson was a crook.Anyone from Morecambe will tell you that.The whole family are mercenaries and pillagers of a once beautiful resort.Same has to be said for Heysham!
@sheriffwoody7791
@sheriffwoody7791 5 жыл бұрын
@@Briangibson7825 listen at 6 mins 30 secs. Morecambe residents need to wake up and start looking out for the town. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdV4d91mzqfMoXk.html
@sheriffwoody7791
@sheriffwoody7791 5 жыл бұрын
@@Briangibson7825 the crooks are meeting again tomorrow night theyve changed their rules so Barbara Barber cant speak again
@iancallaghan4059
@iancallaghan4059 Жыл бұрын
Great memories of the 60s, lido, Galleon and miniature train
@TheClarkson46
@TheClarkson46 8 жыл бұрын
Great watch.
@markosmith8037
@markosmith8037 Жыл бұрын
great video / photos. Poor old Morecambe somehow has lost it's shine. I don't think the council have helped things.
@molliebland9973
@molliebland9973 6 жыл бұрын
This is interesting of how Morecambe has change through the years btw county garage is on Croft street and I live the I wonder what that looked like!
@tennysonfordblackbird2087
@tennysonfordblackbird2087 2 жыл бұрын
We've never been to morcombe but nice pictures of how it was we used to go to Rhyl and it's the same nowadays.
@leaturk11
@leaturk11 Жыл бұрын
Nice work, subscribed
@biblical1694
@biblical1694 6 жыл бұрын
I’ve never even heard of this until today but man this is sad
@raymondpierce4801
@raymondpierce4801 4 жыл бұрын
a lot of these scenes are Lancaster
@GR-tz9wf
@GR-tz9wf 3 жыл бұрын
someone must have run out of pictures of Morecambe from 3:40 it's the town of Lancaster
@alastairwest5200
@alastairwest5200 5 жыл бұрын
By 'eck, it's grim in Morecambe...
@peterdockrill9653
@peterdockrill9653 5 жыл бұрын
last time I went to Morecambe was September 1980, the town use to host a annual body building competition on the sea front, keep meaning to go back for a break and rekindle some good memories of the town
@stuartstone-bo6vk
@stuartstone-bo6vk Жыл бұрын
Station garage was opposite Euston road railway station at the bottom of queen street not Clark Street as shown in the video.
@M.L.E90
@M.L.E90 2 жыл бұрын
Shame about the Pier, Heads up though guys. .. 5 million tourists came this year in the summer holiday get yourself here.
@abumulla4606
@abumulla4606 Жыл бұрын
The world has changed so fast for me... Scary
@Truerealism747
@Truerealism747 5 ай бұрын
And me
@abumulla4606
@abumulla4606 5 ай бұрын
@@Truerealism747 pray for peace and unity, brother
@Truerealism747
@Truerealism747 5 ай бұрын
​@@abumulla4606yes it need to come soon🎉
@dennisesplin3285
@dennisesplin3285 2 жыл бұрын
Funny that what replaces what was there before is never better. The Eden Project Morecambe seems like another white elephant. What good is it for locals.
@abidahad7242
@abidahad7242 7 жыл бұрын
nice video
@leelangford106
@leelangford106 3 жыл бұрын
Looks lot better before now they look eye saw
@ianjamieson2082
@ianjamieson2082 3 жыл бұрын
A lot of these are from lancaster....please research properley!
@dzyoung1
@dzyoung1 3 жыл бұрын
i was born there
@lantern10
@lantern10 6 жыл бұрын
I worked at the Morecombe branch of Tesco's back in the early 70's as a butcher.
@manchestertart5614
@manchestertart5614 5 жыл бұрын
And in all those years you couldn't spell Morecambe? 😉😂😂
@darrenc80
@darrenc80 2 жыл бұрын
You would assume something gets better with time.
@brubeker12
@brubeker12 Ай бұрын
How come when i go to European towns and cities they have preserved them much better than in UK .Most our seasidectowns are little more than dumps Torquay being the perfect example
@dannyBtech
@dannyBtech 8 жыл бұрын
you forgot to frontierand :( morecambes greatest attraction
@rhysrawcliffe1797
@rhysrawcliffe1797 8 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately for my project I had to get photos of what it used to be and what it is now, and since there isn't anything there I thought it wouldn't have been visually appealing.. have to agree with you though, I remember going there many times when I was younger, real shame it closed down :(
@dannyBtech
@dannyBtech 8 жыл бұрын
i grew up in morecambe and moved away last year the town is a shadow off what it once was :( ...the only attraction they have no is a statue of a dude kids havent heard off such a shame as morecambe is a beutifull place just been let down by lancaster council
@dannyBtech
@dannyBtech 8 жыл бұрын
oh an very well put together video :)
@rhysrawcliffe1797
@rhysrawcliffe1797 8 жыл бұрын
+danny butler Thanks :)
@DISORDERLYPUNK
@DISORDERLYPUNK 7 жыл бұрын
aah but when they hit 18 and go to weatherspoons (Eric Bartholomew) they might read that it is eric morecambe ---- but then drink so much they forget about a legend in comedy history and watch borat
@maybelschannel9286
@maybelschannel9286 3 жыл бұрын
Watchinghere pakibalikannlang w
@plasteckfly
@plasteckfly 7 жыл бұрын
Great pictures but the transitions do my head in. :/
@lesleymcclune3637
@lesleymcclune3637 Жыл бұрын
A lot of lancaster in this
@dogpound7162
@dogpound7162 6 жыл бұрын
Look at just how rancid places look now!
@stephenmcewan2460
@stephenmcewan2460 3 жыл бұрын
Is this the most boring video ever made? Absolute torture.
@rogerhartley1786
@rogerhartley1786 4 жыл бұрын
Let's hope The Eden Project never get's built.It will spoil and ruin what Morecambe has left.
@sophieboult310
@sophieboult310 2 жыл бұрын
Mr blobby land
@fasthracing
@fasthracing 3 жыл бұрын
NSU car dealer!
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