best penzance video on youtube!! :) ive been watching this one for years. spent a lot of years there and this video just gives me the best feeling about the place :)
Back when Penwith was full of real Cornish people! Now it's jammed with cockenys and northeners calling themselves local because they once visited here for 2 weeks!
E.g. Mousehole is now a frikin ghost town 95% of the year due to these considerate people buying second homes that locals could only dream of owning as a first home! They are left empty except from 2 weeks in the summer when their 4x4's block our county.
STOP doing this and support our local hotels, B&B's and businesses instead!!!
@Squats200 - Well said - its one thing people saying they support Cornish culture and wanting to visit for 5 minutes but actually doing a lot more damage than good. You have a strong point here.
What a lovely video, many thanks for uploading it. I was born at Tregonning Hill, then moved to Germoe, in 1945, went to school at the Presentation Convent in Penzance in 1950 and lived in Germoe, then on the council estate at Praa Sands up until 1956, when my parents moved to Oxfordshire. I'm still in love with Cornwall, those magic summer days in the Lido pool in Penzance, and roaming around that beautiful Cornish countryside as a kid.
Excellent - WOW! I was just downm on the prom worrying about the storms and there were the waves in 64 (I was six months and living at Redruth). Love the PZ mods - kind of looks cooler than 2011?
I was in Penzance for the first time in Sept on my vacation. I really enjoyed my brief stay there...was interesting to see the footage from the 60's of then Penzance...wtth the Beatles music in the background. Growing up in Washington DC , I was a big fan of the Beatles as the entire country was! I love their music and kind of had my dream come true this Summer to visit Liverpool and also your beautiful town of Penzance!
how did cornwall council ruin our town so badly, looking at this vid , its busy with lots of independent shops, and people going about there daily buisness .
unlike the identikit soul vacume that is modern day pz
What a fantastic piece of social history saved for posterity - I live in Penzance and I love watching this video...I'm very glad you decided to record it
To the Wonderful person that created this 'Little bit of Magic'...It's my Mothers Birthday today (75)...and we lived at 24 Penarlevene Cresent...nr the police station...i remember such wonderful times and I'm sure when my Nephews show my mum this Vid on FB she will too...Thamks...
I'm from St Ives but went to school in Pz. This reminds me of those simpler days, before traffic and commercialism engulfed everything. Thanks for reminding me.
This is truly wonderful footage. I wanted to know more about the person who took it, though. The woman in the orange cardi looks so modern — it's all come round again.
This is really good - I wish I'd done the same where i live. Unlike others, I think it's fascinating how little Penzance has changed. Where I lived all the buildings have been knocked down.
Wow, i can't believe how different penzance is now and then. I go down tolver road every weekday on the bus and it looks so differnt. That area is so run down now, since treneer was built up... wow
I love the music to the video it suits it well! I love the old cars buses old businesses ive seen this video loads of times now and love it even more!!
Wonderful - so nostalgic! I was 12 at the time, and born near PZ. The people look so slim and healthy - no fatties! Any more? Other parts of Cornwall?
A lot of the town looks the same, I do love the place. Nice to see how slim and smart the people looked back then! I agree people looked happier but also healthier. People were more active then. A lovely vid.
a lot of it looks exactly like it does today, it hasn't changed much - i would have loved to have lived at this time - so care free, everyone seems so much happier back then - as they say "those were the days"
I live there and am proud 2 do so... I Love it
I have alway's lived near there and I was born in Cornwall, great place, especially on a motorbike!!!
that was amazing although i am only 17 ever since i was born we have been goin to cornwall at least once a year and it is my second home, it was so lovely to see what it used to be like back then thankyou so much im going to show my whole family!! xx
thanks very much! im 23 and i now live in exeter but was born in penzance and lived there untill very recently, found it very interesting. I only wish that I was born in that era, everything seemed much nicer and you didn't get the little idiots you get walking around causing trouble these days.
One at the top of Cayseway haead against the haexagonal Market office, facing across to the garage. The other was in the raiway station just outside what is now the car park enterance, or it coud have been over by the little cafe that used to be on the edge of the harbour before they filled it in. think there is still a cafe there to this day. Think it used to be run by a family called Jenkins??
Fascinating viewing! Amazing what hasn't changed really. I can just about remember Causewayhead non-pedestrianised. Please tell me you have some more like this!
Bloody brilliant! I was 6 and later went on to live in Tolver Road. Live away for best part of 30 years - now I want to go home! Thanks for posting this - fantastic! Seen more Police in this clip than you do nowadays to!!!
what a fantastic video. im 17 and walk through many of the places in it on a daily basis. i used to live on tolver rd. this is easily the best thing on youtube. magical.
Excellent, and thanks for sharing. All those cool dudes and purrdy maids in their finest attire. Market Jew St and the Ford Anglias, Pops, Morris and Bedford Lorries, not to mention the Western National buses going to Mousehole, Zennor and St Ives. Fabulous!
best penzance video on youtube!! :) ive been watching this one for years. spent a lot of years there and this video just gives me the best feeling about the place :)
EpiTone900 4 months ago
This is great!! It is nice to see Penzance in 1964, when my father was 10 years old.
My father used to tell me this and that about Penzance when he was small. Now I can see and understand what he were saying.
Lovely!!
NoNdUck777 4 months ago
I went to Penzance in the 70's. My great grandfather was killed in the mine disaster in 1919. What a wonderful piece of nostalgia. Thanks for sharing
jolieannable 8 months ago
Wow, streets were much much cleaner than they are now...
SpeedySpod 9 months ago
The year I was born in PZ and not a bum druggie or dog turd in site, the good old days! Lets round up all the bums and kick em off the pier?
bazaligembex 11 months ago
Lovely to see...I was living comparatively nearby in Mullion in 1964....Thanks for this!
borrisbarr 11 months ago
Back when Penwith was full of real Cornish people! Now it's jammed with cockenys and northeners calling themselves local because they once visited here for 2 weeks!
E.g. Mousehole is now a frikin ghost town 95% of the year due to these considerate people buying second homes that locals could only dream of owning as a first home! They are left empty except from 2 weeks in the summer when their 4x4's block our county.
STOP doing this and support our local hotels, B&B's and businesses instead!!!
Squats200 11 months ago 5
@Squats200 - Well said - its one thing people saying they support Cornish culture and wanting to visit for 5 minutes but actually doing a lot more damage than good. You have a strong point here.
cornubian 4 months ago
What a lovely video, many thanks for uploading it. I was born at Tregonning Hill, then moved to Germoe, in 1945, went to school at the Presentation Convent in Penzance in 1950 and lived in Germoe, then on the council estate at Praa Sands up until 1956, when my parents moved to Oxfordshire. I'm still in love with Cornwall, those magic summer days in the Lido pool in Penzance, and roaming around that beautiful Cornish countryside as a kid.
Lovely memories!
PaulFromFreeland 1 year ago
Excellent - WOW! I was just downm on the prom worrying about the storms and there were the waves in 64 (I was six months and living at Redruth). Love the PZ mods - kind of looks cooler than 2011?
timdwelly 1 year ago
I was in Penzance for the first time in Sept on my vacation. I really enjoyed my brief stay there...was interesting to see the footage from the 60's of then Penzance...wtth the Beatles music in the background. Growing up in Washington DC , I was a big fan of the Beatles as the entire country was! I love their music and kind of had my dream come true this Summer to visit Liverpool and also your beautiful town of Penzance!
dcbornmike 1 year ago 2
terrific
atombomb31458 1 year ago
Fantastic.... Being born and Bred Penzance, not a Yellow line in site, shows how mad the world has gone on power too the people nowadays, grat stuff.
gizmoshere 1 year ago
hi any idea how to contact this guy in france re: use of the footage? Tried to email but got no answer - does anyone know him? ta
deathbyskiffle 1 year ago
No spying cctv, no tasers, no lying Cornwall council or desecrating route partnership - the sixties were great! SAVE THE HOLY HEADLAND!
floydyopz 1 year ago 4
Does anyone remmember Mark wilson from jack stephens estate?
See my video if you know him.
Tregonninghill 1 year ago
how did cornwall council ruin our town so badly, looking at this vid , its busy with lots of independent shops, and people going about there daily buisness .
unlike the identikit soul vacume that is modern day pz
nibbler032 1 year ago
What a fantastic piece of social history saved for posterity - I live in Penzance and I love watching this video...I'm very glad you decided to record it
Grimmlord 1 year ago
Great vid. Thanks for posting it.
bamse654321 1 year ago
charming
rllang01 1 year ago
This video is very good, I remmember it being made!
HumphryDavyStatue 1 year ago
Very nice film of a vanished world. Great music too! Thanks for posting.
Mrfairchap 1 year ago
To the Wonderful person that created this 'Little bit of Magic'...It's my Mothers Birthday today (75)...and we lived at 24 Penarlevene Cresent...nr the police station...i remember such wonderful times and I'm sure when my Nephews show my mum this Vid on FB she will too...Thamks...
thechrissyowens 1 year ago
A great town now, not much spoilt.....England as England should be.....Yes......I know......it's in Cornwall ;-)
One of our favourite holiday places:
29jug11 2 years ago
This is a real trip down memory lane. 1964 was the year I first saw the town. I loved Cornwall so much that I stayed and retired here.
fillyerboots1 2 years ago
Absolutly fantastic, I live in Birmingham and love going to visit Penzance and surrounding areas when we go on our hols.
LISAKILMISTER 2 years ago
Was born in Penzance in 1966, this was awesome! Thanks so much!
looloo1122 2 years ago
I'm from St Ives but went to school in Pz. This reminds me of those simpler days, before traffic and commercialism engulfed everything. Thanks for reminding me.
Cornishpastyman1 2 years ago
This is truly wonderful footage. I wanted to know more about the person who took it, though. The woman in the orange cardi looks so modern — it's all come round again.
MadamMiaow 2 years ago
Thanks this is amazing
thegoldenarmkid 2 years ago
aswesome! thanks for this great video :)
ChopSticks900 2 years ago
This is really good - I wish I'd done the same where i live. Unlike others, I think it's fascinating how little Penzance has changed. Where I lived all the buildings have been knocked down.
Streatham1966 2 years ago
Wow, i can't believe how different penzance is now and then. I go down tolver road every weekday on the bus and it looks so differnt. That area is so run down now, since treneer was built up... wow
smithmichelleuk 2 years ago
penzance has unfortunately turned into a dead heart.
It is dirty
and is sadly horrible, compared to this once perfect town.
samueltravers 2 years ago
Awesome love the zance and this a v.cool film - benni!
baazdeffs 2 years ago
Fantastic movie! VERY forward thinking of you! Love the off the shoulder cardigan look!
dodgyjax 2 years ago
Wow! so interesting to see how PZ used to be. Thank you!
wkdweewitch 2 years ago
Well, well - I lodged in Tolver Road, at 109, from 1949 until 1955 - the house was in shot at one point. Remember it ad the town exactly as shown!
tetrabiblos 2 years ago
Bloody brilliant video!
I love the music to the video it suits it well! I love the old cars buses old businesses ive seen this video loads of times now and love it even more!!
cornishadz 2 years ago
Moved from UK and now living in USA and this was the best 6 minutes of my day watching this footage.
askinner001 2 years ago
I live in Penzance!! woop woop!! Leonards shoe shop is now Thresher's!!
matthewperry1982 3 years ago
Look at the world then and look at the world today! its very sad what has become of us.
droskynstarman 3 years ago
This video is an absoloute corker.I love the fact those red phone boxes are STILL there in town.Penzance rocks....
Pippylongstocking24 3 years ago
Totally brilliant, and the music just perfect! Im from Penzance thanks for posting it.
penzance1980 3 years ago
WOO home town!!! i live there!!
looks well wierd then
bizkit556 3 years ago
I'm from Penzance, Saskatchewan, Canada. The town was founded around 1911 and named after a girl living there that was originally from this Penzance.
fropen 3 years ago 5
hey thanks for that...I love interesting facts and didn't know this one lol....nice one xx
suzi4skye 3 years ago
I Live In Penzance! :D It Looks So Different back then
kicci4evahrules 3 years ago
a great video !penzance is a lovely place, had a weeks holiday there in 1997.i must go back one day !
icecoldmythos 3 years ago
Excellent video, thanks for posting it up!
1nightmareman 3 years ago
Nice video
jonsi1988 3 years ago
lovely video, I was there the first time on easter 1964 on
a school exchange at lescudjack school,
uwe from germany
uwecux 3 years ago
I was born in Penzance in 1967 and i went to Lescudjack school, before they change the name to Sir Humphrey Davey school.
I love the video it brought back memories.
j10071967 3 years ago
Wonderful - so nostalgic! I was 12 at the time, and born near PZ. The people look so slim and healthy - no fatties! Any more? Other parts of Cornwall?
pugganugga 3 years ago
This wont load up!!
pingtran 3 years ago
Oh what a trip down memory lane thank you, so very much.
ahumblestoker 3 years ago
Haha, this is awesome seeing my home town how it was!
maidenslayer 4 years ago
A lot of the town looks the same, I do love the place. Nice to see how slim and smart the people looked back then! I agree people looked happier but also healthier. People were more active then. A lovely vid.
cornishwitchcraft 4 years ago
I love this video!!!
a lot of it looks exactly like it does today, it hasn't changed much - i would have loved to have lived at this time - so care free, everyone seems so much happier back then - as they say "those were the days"
I live there and am proud 2 do so... I Love it
I have alway's lived near there and I was born in Cornwall, great place, especially on a motorbike!!!
NinjaRider1000 4 years ago
Omg.. I LIve There ! .. LoVE IT ,, No Place Is Better For Us Cornish-ns? lmao!
TeddyAlmighty11 4 years ago
Since they made the bypass at the end of the eighties, the traffic isn't that bad as it seemed to be in those days..
Love to all you cornish out there!!!
Helen - now in Germany
helenkiranell 4 years ago
I used to live in Newlyn and Penzance around 7 years ago, its not changed that much compared to changes other towns go through.
Gaza1977 4 years ago
Lovely, lovely film. Innocent happy days. One of the best videos I've seen so far. Thankyou. And hello to all the lovely Cornish people everywhere.
mi1964amigo 4 years ago
Excellent video!
ManOfCornwall 4 years ago
omg penzance looked well weird back then! :O
slashngrab 4 years ago
that was amazing although i am only 17 ever since i was born we have been goin to cornwall at least once a year and it is my second home, it was so lovely to see what it used to be like back then thankyou so much im going to show my whole family!! xx
taintedhumanity 4 years ago
thanks very much! im 23 and i now live in exeter but was born in penzance and lived there untill very recently, found it very interesting. I only wish that I was born in that era, everything seemed much nicer and you didn't get the little idiots you get walking around causing trouble these days.
markknightpz 4 years ago
Wonderful memories from a Penzance born and bred lady (a Pengelly) Thank you
rowjac 4 years ago
Pure nostalgia - I was 18 then and my family were delighted to see it. I think I know the two girls at the swimming pool.
taxicab6 4 years ago
Remember the milk machine well, for sixpence you could have plain or strawberry flavour and it was really cold!!!
Yum!!!!!!!!
dahriz 4 years ago 2
I have been drinking gallons of these milk boxes from this milk machine,I remember it was sixpence, cold and the strawberry flavour!!!
TRIZOOMIC 4 years ago
@dahriz Where was that milk machine? I remeber one by Humphry Davy statue.
robzrob 1 year ago
@robzrob
The other milk machines were;
One at the top of Cayseway haead against the haexagonal Market office, facing across to the garage. The other was in the raiway station just outside what is now the car park enterance, or it coud have been over by the little cafe that used to be on the edge of the harbour before they filled it in. think there is still a cafe there to this day. Think it used to be run by a family called Jenkins??
MrDuffers01 1 year ago
@dahriz my family have been holidaying in Penzance,newlynand mousehole for years what lovely video thankyou for sharing ...
MrMarkjackcov 1 year ago
Just lovely. Precisely and confidently shot with the content just perfect. Love the milk machine!
veryoldbag 4 years ago
i wanna download this to my pc its something to look back at and be proud
adamlobb 4 years ago
Any vids on Camborne ?
royalnavy200 4 years ago
great video from a pz local born in 72 ,nice to see
jfbbbb 4 years ago
That was so very nice to see. Thank you for doing it.
mrbennetts 4 years ago
Cool!
MrBean24681012 4 years ago
brilliant, just brilliant, really takes you back...
juliancardew 4 years ago
Fantastic!! I was 18 in 1964 - I probably knew the cameraman!
mandmkernow 4 years ago
Really enjoyed this little trip around my old hometown. Congratlations on the filming.
orepse81 4 years ago
excellent, any more like this????
this is top class stuff the way videos should be cant believe things have not changed at all in penzance
more please
xxxx
suzi4skye 4 years ago
Fantastic i miss PZ i now live in New Zealand fukkin priceless thankyou very much
adrianrowe1973 4 years ago
wow morab gardens hasn't changed much
RemedE93 4 years ago
Fascinating viewing! Amazing what hasn't changed really. I can just about remember Causewayhead non-pedestrianised. Please tell me you have some more like this!
adekea 4 years ago
Brilliant - it ain't changed apart from more cars...
CllrTimKent 4 years ago
Bloody brilliant! I was 6 and later went on to live in Tolver Road. Live away for best part of 30 years - now I want to go home! Thanks for posting this - fantastic! Seen more Police in this clip than you do nowadays to!!!
fatboydon 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this amazing.
reedgunner 4 years ago
Nice Video! Is that your Aunt Boasie is the bikini?!! Nice Baps!
adz13091982 4 years ago
what a fantastic video. it would be good to see one made as penzance looks in 2007, and compare the two. excellent many thanks
OllieDaGreat9uk 4 years ago
what a fantastic video. im 17 and walk through many of the places in it on a daily basis. i used to live on tolver rd. this is easily the best thing on youtube. magical.
oiilikecake 4 years ago 2
I was 16 when I shot these pictures I'm very happy you enjoy this video,thanks.
TRIZOOMIC 4 years ago 2
@TRIZOOMIC Visit Penzance every year for our fishing clubs main holiday.
demo31666 1 year ago
@TRIZOOMIC
purdymaid 6 months ago
@TRIZOOMIC I am one of those girls on the video, I dont remember it being taken though.
Its so nice to see myself young and kinda cute lol.
i still live in Penzance, still love it and dont want to live anywhere else.
purdymaid 6 months ago
Excellent, and thanks for sharing. All those cool dudes and purrdy maids in their finest attire. Market Jew St and the Ford Anglias, Pops, Morris and Bedford Lorries, not to mention the Western National buses going to Mousehole, Zennor and St Ives. Fabulous!
islandtraction 4 years ago
I came to penzance in 1964 to live, thanks so much for this video, it brings back some nice memories
seamonkey41 4 years ago
Love this video :) nice to see what penzance was like in 1964... anymore old video's like this one ??
ringo2tommy 4 years ago
Very interesting footage... I was a year old when it was taken and live in that area now!
Buddha8chocolate 4 years ago
Very interesting footage... I was a year old when it was taken and live in that area now!
Buddha8chocolate 4 years ago
As a young man I went to live in Penzance in 1964 and at first had lodgings in Tolver Road. I enjoyed your video very much
rastus196 4 years ago