Blackpool 1957 in glorious colour

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Surely the foreigners didn't opt to vacation on the french riviera instead?

A very moving film in some ways, to see what this wonderful little country looked like just a decade after the momentous united effort and the sacrifices of WW2.

Young people looking so carefree and excited about their lives, grateful that they were British and lived in the greatest country in Europe. Proud to be the children and grandchildren of our greatest generations.

Young and old of both sexes attending a packed Beauty Contest. None of the spectators being described as grubby sex perverts or worse for daring to admire the smiling gorgeous women in bathing costumes. 

No obesity anywhere to be seen. Fresh air and good complexions very much in sight.

None of them being put on medication for some fabricated ‘mental illness’ non-problem.

None of them feeling any need whatsoever to feel guilty about being British, and rightly so.

None of them being cajoled into thinking that they might actually be a different gender to that they were born as. Young men and young women, happy in their skins, all looking for fun with members of the opposite sex.

None of the girls and young women being groomed for rape by organised gangs of racists, the girls targeted because of their skin colour. 

None of them feeling obliged (or being mis-educated) to believe that all Middle Eastern and African countries had equal or superior cultures.  A huge majority of the holidayers unlikely to have been to able to point to Pakistan on a map, and in no way being disadvantaged or described as ‘backward’ as a result.

None of them required to have to learn in State schools (where the first language was not English) all about Peaceful Religions, or the histories of those who live in lands where people follow them.

An age when the rail commuters in the film could board a train and be reasonably confident it didn’t have any ‘bucket bombs’ on board, placed there by a Pretendy Child Asylum Seeker/Refugee (i.e. Illegal Immigrant), domiciled in Britain, fed, educated and given healthcare all for free by the taxpayer while the Pretendy Child simultaneously planned to kill as many innocent commuters as possible.

Servicemen able to walk the streets in their uniform, in no danger of being called “Cowards”, “Baby KiIlers” or having their heads cut off by persons following Peaceful Religions. 

None of the holidayers likely to be assaulted by an acid attacker on a motorbike, or have to listen to any Leftist ‘comedienne’ encouraging acid attacks on people they don’t like.

None of the young people in that film could have conceivably imagined that as pensioners, their country could have been so vandalised from within.

I had a nice w@nk reading that.

Good post from alan2005.

The good old days in contrast to the mess we're living in now.

its a complete shiite hole now i am sad to say

I go once a year to visit relatives - the place is chock a block with drunken hens/stags throwing up and urinating everywhere. Their grandparents must be very proud.

im sure this was on talking pics few months ago, yes no men with lipstick, no women with beards, no men kissing each other or women with tattoos[ im not mentioning anything else after my 3 year ban ]

Disgraceful, the young brits ought to be taking this sort of behaviour abroad.

did you see the sussex fortnight on talking pics the other day, wonderful

There used to be a tatooed woman in the circus there but too many people copied her act.

Did it involve pissing on a Churchill statue?

Mouse - anything goes at them peace loving hen weekends

Watched and enjoyed this film, makes you want to go back to those carefree days doesn't it, on youtube another film follows on from this in 1978, seemed pretty much the same really people just having fun and enjoying themselves. But then the next film is someones blog from 2017. Pretty empty streets and looked pretty dark and depressing lots of boarded up shops and run down and neglected houses, piers etc, don't know when it was taken what month, looks like the modern amusements aren't nearly as much fun as the old and far too much inane noise, to be honest i think the old illuminations were much better as well.
Know exactly what Aluns post means but did he really derive all those thoughts from this short film!

go into Blackpool a few times a week in the winter months but stay well away during the summer and especially the illumination months

its so sad how the town now compared to years ago.

Stewarts - i think we all know what all of aluns posts are about - but he's a million miles wide of the mark with regard to the sad decline of Blackpool.

Jun 13, 2019 -- 11:07AM, stewarts rise wrote:

Watched and enjoyed this film, makes you want to go back to those carefree days doesn't it, on youtube another film follows on from this in 1978, seemed pretty much the same really people just having fun and enjoying themselves. But then the next film is someones blog from 2017. Pretty empty streets and looked pretty dark and depressing lots of boarded up shops and run down and neglected houses, piers etc, don't know when it was taken what month, looks like the modern amusements aren't nearly as much fun as the old and far too much inane noise, to be honest i think the old illuminations were much better as well.Know exactly what Aluns post means but did he really derive all those thoughts from this short film!

Which of us hasn't watched a short film of holidaymakers having fun and not found it to direct our train of thought swiftly to various ruminations on the "religion of peace"?

i remember when Blackpool had four lanes along the seafront then the idiots decided they were going to reduce that to two lanes

Mind you it did tickle me seeing some of the old fellas using their binoculars to clock the bathing beauties derrieres, bet they copped it from the Mrs later!

did they have a hanky on their heads and trousers rolled up in sitting in as deck chair?

All the blokes were like Sid James in them days.

Started going downhill when they turned that welk stand into a halal butchers imo alun.

Jun 13, 2019 -- 10:01AM, alun2005 wrote:

A very moving film in some ways, to see what this wonderful little country looked like just a decade after the momentous united effort and the sacrifices of WW2. Young people looking so carefree and excited about their lives, grateful that they were British and lived in the greatest country in Europe. Proud to be the children and grandchildren of our greatest generations. Young and old of both sexes attending a packed Beauty Contest. None of the spectators being described as grubby sex perverts or worse for daring to admire the smiling gorgeous women in bathing costumes.  No obesity anywhere to be seen. Fresh air and good complexions very much in sight. None of them being put on medication for some fabricated ‘mental illness’ non-problem.None of them feeling any need whatsoever to feel guilty about being British, and rightly so. None of them being cajoled into thinking that they might actually be a different gender to that they were born as. Young men and young women, happy in their skins, all looking for fun with members of the opposite sex. None of the girls and young women being groomed for rape by organised gangs of racists, the girls targeted because of their skin colour.  None of them feeling obliged (or being mis-educated) to believe that all Middle Eastern and African countries had equal or superior cultures.  A huge majority of the holidayers unlikely to have been to able to point to Pakistan on a map, and in no way being disadvantaged or described as ‘backward’ as a result. None of them required to have to learn in State schools (where the first language was not English) all about Peaceful Religions, or the histories of those who live in lands where people follow them. An age when the rail commuters in the film could board a train and be reasonably confident it didn’t have any ‘bucket bombs’ on board, placed there by a Pretendy Child Asylum Seeker/Refugee (i.e. Illegal Immigrant), domiciled in Britain, fed, educated and given healthcare all for free by the taxpayer while the Pretendy Child simultaneously planned to kill as many innocent commuters as possible. Servicemen able to walk the streets in their uniform, in no danger of being called “Cowards”, “Baby KiIlers” or having their heads cut off by persons following Peaceful Religions.  None of the holidayers likely to be assaulted by an acid attacker on a motorbike, or have to listen to any Leftist ‘comedienne’ encouraging acid attacks on people they don’t like.None of the young people in that film could have conceivably imagined that as pensioners, their country could have been so vandalised from within.

Superb post, im afraid the Aaron's and the Edy's are running the show now

one of the best posts ever alun

My Auntie had a pub where coachloads of people from Yorkshire stopped en-route to Blackpool. They'd have a meal, several pints, never any trouble, she'd have ten or twelve a day in summer and they'd call on their way home. No motorways then so they'd break up the journey, the coach driver got a free meal and a £5 which was a weeks wage back then. Remember going to the summer shows, Opera House, North and Central Piers etc. with the top stars of the time.

To be fair - It is a very accurate depiction of how the fear of suicide bombers stopped all the miners from holidaying in Blackpool.

I guess all the miners and factory workers now holiday abroad - you never see them in this country any more.

I keep teeing them up for alun and he always converts them expertly.

im sure this was on talking pics few months ago Twas indeed elisjohn.

would add the film is 15 mins but 2-3 lots of ads stuck in the middle.

alun has converted?

Succesive goverments have destroyed our culture forever, disgusting.

That's true enough - I expect all the miners and factory workers now holiday abroad to escape all the foreigners.

actually its on talking pictures tomorrow 15.05

On a similar vein, 6-5 special from 58 is on same channel now, with Pete Murray, plenty of upskirting from the cameramen though, don't think the PC mob would appreciate that!

The Management 13 Jun 19 12:35 Joined: 27 Dec 00 | Topic/replies: 781 | Blogger: The Management's blog
That's true enough - I expect all the miners and factory workers now holiday abroad to escape all the foreigners.

Don't think there's many miners or factory workers left are there?

Unfortunately not Stewarts - it's like alun has so accurately pointed out - from about 1979 onward an evil new force systematically went about making them all unemployed and destroying the fabric of their society.

The Management    13 Jun 19 10:43 
I go once a year to visit relatives - the place is chock a block with drunken hens/stags throwing up and urinating everywhere.




So is York, every weekend of the year.

Good spot.

Dr Crippen
Good post from alan2005.

The good old days in contrast to the mess we're living in now.

Don't anglicise his name FFS. He already lives in Milford Haven

He sees it as his duty to anglicise the entire non-islamic half of the world.

I'd like to see him try in the valleys.

lovely footage  ...i love watching these old clips  .

the film suggests  good times all round and no cares in the world  , a snapshot of a Sunday afternoon on a packed  beach on a hot day in Lancashire and i would've love to've been there  that day -it looks fabulous   .

the rest of the week though working in a  factory/mill  and a life of drudgery no doubt .

these would be the working classes in the main and you knew your place ,no chance of  upward mobility in those days .

I wish there was such a thing as a time travel holiday  ...i would book one tomorrow  but 2019  for everyday life thanks 

In them days a carbon footprint was just something you brought back from the pit, possibly earning a clip round the ear off the missus.

You wouldn't last 5 minutes down the pits mush.

There are a few of these films about - Torbay 1968   (which was promoted  as a British eqv to SoFrance with its cordyline trees - you can grow actually  the real CIDP ones there these days )    ...there's one of Southend ... Brighton as well .
As foreign travel got cheaper folk spread their wings and UK resorts took a bashing  ....   Blackpool  and Yarmouth became  no go zones  while  resorts such as Brighton and Bournemouth regenerated  ..holidays in Salcombe ,Swanage ,St Ives nowadays  cost a few quid  ....no idea how Blackpool is these days   but i get the feeling a resort has to be in the right area to do really well ...Cornwall , Dorset etc

Many of the still prosperous ones are considered to be the haunts of the artistics.

yep agree with that  .

I do like St Ives.

Quite small though.

there are a few resorts around there mouse that tend to attract the posh folk  ...i know St Ives has always been popular with artists ...something to do with the light

The light here in the heart of England is just as good, as long as you pick the right time of day.

Same goes for the lakes.

forgot about the lakes  ...and the lochs of course

might take a leaf out of Neils book in 7 to 63 up  and just roam around the Higlands with a suitcase 

Everywhere has good light, assuming the sun is out, for an hour after sunrise and an hour before sunset.

Neil still roaming?

I don't think I've seen it since the one 14 years ago.

Jun 14, 2019 -- 9:39PM, mouse muldoon wrote:

Neil still roaming?

he goes by pedal power  now     happily settled in the Lake District  by all acoounts  ...lovely place to be

it's on now mouse ... check the itvhub ,there are 3 editions for 2019 ,worth watching

I'll probably catch up with it tomorrow.

I used to roam up there a bit meself, but more practically kitted out with a large rucksack.

beautiful area  ...not sure how he ended up in the Shetland isles though

sussex fortnight tues  9.55.

18.40 tonight. 1920s windsor on talk/pics

Great video and great times but I remember freezing in that open air swimming pool at Blackpool and the changing rooms had a lot to be desired .