Butlins, Filey, 1963

[gooleys1]

i can see the wild mouse at 2:06

[garysteele01]

i used to go to primrose valley in 60s when i was little and we used to sneak under the large fence that seperated primrose valley from butlins , it is now all primrose valley , which is still a great site

[jpgee19]

I don't know how you can say it's still great. nothing can replace butlins especially a boring caravan site

[ladystardust74]

My nan and granddad met at Butlins Filey - would have been just after the war though, mid to late 1940's...

[omega1956]

I can remember Butlins Filey from my childhood, we never went there but it always looked exciting from the outside there was even a dedicated railway siding that holiday makers would arrive at and then coaches would collect them to take them to the main gate,

Sadly as the years went on the site began to look a bit neglected. quite often there would be queues of people from the camp catching busses into Scarborough for their evenings entertainment ratther than what was on offer at the site

[FBCCine]

If you like my film take a look at Gercha22's video response above. I loved it.

[aprilliamine]

thanks for this i loved this place

[williamhallalizee]

I went there once, i think it was 1975. My uncle was a photographer there at the time, i loved it, my mum hated it. Fond memories, thanks for posting this.

[Nugitt]

I live at Filey, i didn't really know there was a butlins till i found a picture on google... Cheers for vid i guess.

[adamboro35]

Thanks for the memory trip, we went to filey every year from 70's to the early 80's when it was sadly demolished

[kderby30]

I discovered some old photos at my mums when we were on holiday as kids, she told me it was Filey and i have been looking today and was kind of dissapointed it has now been demolished.

We went there in 1984 when i was 5.

I also have vague memories of a lift going up cliffs, is that Filey aswell?

[driscoll126]

no probably scarbrough

[retroglam73]

this brought a lump to my throat, i live near the site, it has been totally demolished now, i have fon memories of sneaking in to butlins at filey when i was a kid, great days too..

i pass the site almost every other day and always look at the remains..

[Y2Jislegend]

I remember seeing a number of times the ruins of it from the distance, but never actually seen what it was like when it was open. I think it's all been demolished now?

[lewisner]

Cool video from the days when Britain was the tops instead of the joke it is now.

[FantasyMindedMan]

thats nice. The classic part of this film is leaving the last part of the tape record your pet to use up the recording space! lol

Im sure we all did it!

[FBCCine]

Sorry, left in by mistake, but these were cine films not tapes - the cost meant you'd never just fill up space, and it was standard practice to cut and splice bits together. The Rabbit was called Yogi, by the way.

[MartynFolkSinger]

Thanks so much for posting this. I went to Butlins Filey several times as a child in the 1960's and I was a Redcoat there in 1976 and 1977. The cine brings back many happy memories. Shame they demolished the whole place - very sad end to somewhere that must have held happy memories for many thousands of people.

[FBCCine]

Comment sent by email:-

My first REAL holiday was there - also in 1963 - aged 5.

Memories:

First taste of both Chicken Soup and Tomato Ketchup in the huuuuge restaurant.

Entering a tarzan contest.

A competition arranged for the little kids by the redcoats whereby each is given a matchbox and challenged to fit as many things as possible into it.

Riding 'The Octopus'!

Watching 'Summer Holiday' at the cinema.

Thanks for posting those great movies.

[chrisharper832]

Which Butlins is it? Great footage by the way.

[FBCCine]

It was Filey. I'll change the video title to include that.

[alanewart]

Magnificent! Of course the ducks and rabbits wouldn't stand a chance against many of today's kids. Your other videos are very good too. Best Wishes.

[lavverlylad]

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for

authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer

rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,

chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their

legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."

Socrates speaking over two thousand years ago.