Marvellous piece of memory , I remember the steam , Guildford sheds , the train to Portsmouth , the paddle steamer across to the Isle of Wight . The steam train running from Waterloo through Ascot to Aldershot.

I remember the Belle very well when I was a kid living near to West Byfleet and Woking. I still remember it steaming past.

As a boy in Bournemouth in the mid 1950’s I would be on the platform at Bournemouth Central in time to see the UP Bournemouth Belle leave at 1645. My late father always made sure we were there at that time if we were in town. We also used to watch the trains in the cutting at Meyrick Park, and saw 10000 and 10001 being tested on Bournemouth expresses. Now semi-retired and living in Picton, South Island, New Zealand.

Thanks for sharing -as a boy I can remember seeing the end of Southern steam on holiday in Bournemouth in the summer of 1967. Nostalgic for that and for memories of holidays with my, now departed, parents. It only seems like yesterday in some ways, but in others it was another world. I would guess that this film was shot between 1962 and 1965, but I would need to look at the Oakwood book on Southern Pullmans to fix the date from the formation, but it is nice to see that a few of the cars shown still survive, even if some have been lost, sadly.

Fantastic video, thank you for sharing.

It's certainly 1960's. Luckily two of the rebuilt Merchant Navy Pacific locos shown in this sequence, nos 35005 Canadian Pacific & 35028 Clan Line are still very much with us having being preserved and have been active on the main line since (including hauling specials from Waterloo). 35028 was bought straight from BR although 35005 was rescued from Barry Scrapyard following withdrawal in 1964. No doubt the Pullman Coaches are still with us as well.

Pretty cool. I'm glad that you preserved this. Thanks to you and your father.

I was with my family in Meyrick Park Bournemouth in 1965. We were looking down from a high point in the park into the cutting. Although only 4 at the time I remember UP and DN Belles which must have been going to and from Bournemouth West. I even remembered what the the locos looked like and would later learn that one was rebuilt and one was unrebuilt streamlined. Little did I know that 22 years later I would be working out of Bournemouth West depot as a guard, possibly with the crews that worked those trains at the time. Some of my workmates were even ex SR.

Super, thankyou.

Was there

Great vintage video thanks.

Excellent, thanks for posting. It feels like late 1950s but I'm sure you're right!

This could be as late as 1962. Harp Lager shown being loaded by the caterer was only introduced as a marque in Ireland in 1959, making this a 1960's cert. The fashions would back that up.

Great vid of historical value as well as interest to railway enthusiasts. Because those where the standards and expectations of that time, now your lucky to get some overpriced sandwiches as you try to get Comfortable in the shell seat with little to no cushion to save weight to make more profit

I got on the Brighton Belle ( thinking it was a regular green electric train ? ) and got a surcharge of 15p ( 3 shillings ! ) .... Grrr ...... DAVE™🛑