Fort Regent cable car Jersey

[ShreddyEddie]

Times past.........Good riddance, used to cost a bomb to get in the Fort.

[08eccleston]

Totally agree, Jersey has changed (mind you which place hasn't) in the last 20 years, and tourism has taken a hit. Needs to look at ways to attract more custom to the island.

[carlpfitz]

So much nicer before the reclamation site destroyed the original waterfront, when i moved to jersey in 1992 it was still like this, but they were planning to build out into the sea,i left in 2000, great place to live.

[TheStgmp44]

my Grandfather and Father where plasterers for Regals,who done the work on Fort Regent.they where (both R.I.P now) the unoffical first people to use the cable cars.they where ment to just be testing them by sending up bags of plaster,but they jumped in the last car themselves.

i as a teenager in the 80's spent all my free time up Fort Regent,just like most people of my age.unfortunatly today there is nowhere for teenages to go and thats why i feel they are classed as trouble makers :o(

[whiskers103]

OMG this is fantastic, if only we knew what a mess Jersey would end up in I think we would have appreciated what a fantastic Island we 'originally' had, Doesn't it look lovely with the old harbour and old Tourism ahhh and the Fort, well it really was before its time then what a state it is now it really is a disgrace that it has been left to go to such a ruin, don't tell me the Island doesn't have enough money to regenerate the cable cars and the swimming pool!!?? Great Vid though, wish more

[jsystevo007]

nice when the beach was behind the tourism office & you could see the sea from the seafront not the waterfront where all you can see is concrete 1.35

[tony74jsy]

many good memorys at the fort and they allways started and ended with the cable cars.the funfair was great,i rerember the big slide and big wheel,bumper cars, water gun game and not forgetting the ghost train with its scary siren.thx pop xxx

[npaisnel]

Great. Have you got anymore?

[08eccleston]

@npaisnel

Have some more video of various other places around the Island. Will post in due course.

[JimBergerac]

Thanks for posting, it's great to see some footage of the Fort in its heyday. I wish there was more! Would be nice to see some footage of Pluto's Playtime and the funfair

[08eccleston]

@JimBergerac

Didn't take anymore video of fort regent " wish i knew then of what iknow now" - said that a few times !

[jadearchibald]

oh my god,Borat is waiting to get on cable car?

[08eccleston]

@jadearchibald

Thanks for watching

Didn't realise who he looked like until you posted ! The resemblance is uncanny.

[marcmitchell]

thanx for posting, fantastic footage :)

[08eccleston]

@marcmitchell

Thanks for posting, glad you enjoyed it.

[tinpot71]

Damn I remember it so well

[08eccleston]

@tinpot71

was there 2 years ago, a lot has changed since i took the video. Thanks for watching.

[kellygiluk]

Thanks so much for this vid. I left Jersey in 81 before all of the drastic changes took place. This vid means so much to me. ;-)

[08eccleston]

@kellygiluk

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for posting

[zeeneyzee]

Great video, can't believe how much it has changed! Such a shame that Fort Regent  was left to go to s**t!

[08eccleston]

@zeeneyzee

Thanks for your comment, hope Jersey tourism find the money to renovate the fort.

[hannemue]

gosh - great, but how old are these pictures?

[08eccleston]

@hannemue

Thanks for your comments,

the video was shot in 1984.

[hannemue]

@08eccleston thanks, looked great, but how much has changed... was there last 4 month ago