What an amazing piece of work. Thank you so much. I met my wife to be in 1986 and went many times with our children, so there are lots of great memories here !
I stayed at the Skegness site in the 1970s and it was like a wonderland. Not anymore. It's ruined! It's all plain, car parks, grass, buildings that look like industrial warehouses and that big white thing that looks like a tent. The accomodation just looks like ordinary housing. It dosen't look like a holiday resort at all. It's just like an industrial town and nothing to do.
Billy Butlin would turn in his grave if he saw what they have done to his resorts now.Typical of these big companies. They always have to be destroying everything, ripping things to pieces and making them worse. What a shame and a waste of money. All the colour and magic has gone.
@bloobloo2 No, I only ever went to Skegness. I hear that at least Minehead is still recognisable as Butlin's though, unlike Skegness which the current owners tore to bits in the name of progress!
@nealthedude Can I just say I strongly disagree, there is plenty to do so long as you take advantage of what is on offer, such as the spa complex and many other attractions.
@kandiisuicide It's not just that though. They have bulldozed the lot so it's beyond recognision to what it used to be, especially at Skegness. You would have thought with it being Billy Butlin's first camp they would have retained more of how he set it up. The layout was much better how it was. In terms of entertainments, there was much more before, and all for free. Now you have to pay extra for many things.
@nealthedude My memories of Butlins Skegness, goes back some sixty years! We were met, at the train station,by an open backed lorry, for the suitcase & men & boys rode on the lorry,, & an old coach, for the ladies! I was about four or five, Im 66 on 26th,&, today, was asked to play Fred Quilley, in Hi Di Hi, in an amature production, in May 2012!
Thanks to this i have finally placed my then and now memory! (I think..) (pre skyline) was what is now Treasures a sweet shop in the mid 1990's? I just have a memory of buying flying saucers and watching the slush puppy machiene at the end of a shooping alley but I'm pretty sure it wasnt the other old shopping alley that is now closed...
What is now Treasures was part of the "Rothmans" walkaround shop, along with Spar and Toybox. So one big shop has been split into three smaller ones. The great things is that the Rothmans Walkaround shop sold sweets, souvinirs, toys, and a few basic groceries. In other words, even though the walkaround shop has been split into 3 and has new names, it still sells essentially the same things it always did!
@bloobloo2 Ah yes that makes sence. :) I think i got some wizzy world armbands from there once.would make sence being so close to the old outdoor pool. :)
the old indoor pool is still there and still full of water we went in there by mistake trying to play snooker its manky the changing room floor is rotten its horrible
Oh my word....have been looking for this soundtrack for so long....I remember waking up to this over the Tannoy. Wow...I feel like I want to walk to the dining room and have a lovely cooked full english served using one of those multi-plate carriers....Happy Days :-)
i have been too butlins loads of time and i usually go to bognor because its closer but once i went to mine head but i cant remember it because i was like 3 or 4 lol
@marcusbondi Yes it was certainly a whole lot better in the 80s. Still though, at least this March / April they're running the nostalgic breaks to celebrate their 75th anniversary, I'm really looking forward to the knobbly knees contest, silly as it may seem to some!
i went there so meny times in the 90s with my family how my its changed goin there for a adult weekend nov 12 gonna be awesome im 23 now just to let you know lol
god this is sad butlins was once it's own brand now it's all about money. looks like the life has been sucked out of the place. I only went to minehead once in about 95. but visited skeggy and bognor many many times! would love to see a vid like this for those camps.
@ferrers88 My sister Laura smith shit herself at Butlins in the early 90's and me and my brother haven't stopped taking the piss out of her ever since
Absolutely amazed to hear The Singing Piano by Tolchard Evans! That was the wake-up song for me at Butlins as a kid in the sixties. I worked at Minehead in the 1970s - met my wife there - great, great memories. Excellent video, thank you.
There's So many thing's I Remember when i was 7, Now i'm 25 with my Daughter & all the Things that i Know she'd love have Disappeared :-(.
dills488 4 weeks ago
What an amazing piece of work. Thank you so much. I met my wife to be in 1986 and went many times with our children, so there are lots of great memories here !
BarryCroucher 1 month ago
@BarryCroucher Glad you like it Barry!
bloobloo2 1 month ago
I stayed at the Skegness site in the 1970s and it was like a wonderland. Not anymore. It's ruined! It's all plain, car parks, grass, buildings that look like industrial warehouses and that big white thing that looks like a tent. The accomodation just looks like ordinary housing. It dosen't look like a holiday resort at all. It's just like an industrial town and nothing to do.
nealthedude 5 months ago
Billy Butlin would turn in his grave if he saw what they have done to his resorts now.Typical of these big companies. They always have to be destroying everything, ripping things to pieces and making them worse. What a shame and a waste of money. All the colour and magic has gone.
nealthedude 5 months ago
@nealthedude
Sad but pretty much true at Skegness. Have you been to Minehead lately? It's not as good as it used to be but it's still much better than Skegness.
bloobloo2 5 months ago
@bloobloo2 No, I only ever went to Skegness. I hear that at least Minehead is still recognisable as Butlin's though, unlike Skegness which the current owners tore to bits in the name of progress!
nealthedude 3 months ago
@nealthedude Can I just say I strongly disagree, there is plenty to do so long as you take advantage of what is on offer, such as the spa complex and many other attractions.
kandiisuicide 3 months ago
@kandiisuicide It's not just that though. They have bulldozed the lot so it's beyond recognision to what it used to be, especially at Skegness. You would have thought with it being Billy Butlin's first camp they would have retained more of how he set it up. The layout was much better how it was. In terms of entertainments, there was much more before, and all for free. Now you have to pay extra for many things.
nealthedude 3 months ago
@nealthedude My memories of Butlins Skegness, goes back some sixty years! We were met, at the train station,by an open backed lorry, for the suitcase & men & boys rode on the lorry,, & an old coach, for the ladies! I was about four or five, Im 66 on 26th,&, today, was asked to play Fred Quilley, in Hi Di Hi, in an amature production, in May 2012!
eddyfinkful 3 days ago
Thanks to this i have finally placed my then and now memory! (I think..) (pre skyline) was what is now Treasures a sweet shop in the mid 1990's? I just have a memory of buying flying saucers and watching the slush puppy machiene at the end of a shooping alley but I'm pretty sure it wasnt the other old shopping alley that is now closed...
watsername 6 months ago
@watsername
What is now Treasures was part of the "Rothmans" walkaround shop, along with Spar and Toybox. So one big shop has been split into three smaller ones. The great things is that the Rothmans Walkaround shop sold sweets, souvinirs, toys, and a few basic groceries. In other words, even though the walkaround shop has been split into 3 and has new names, it still sells essentially the same things it always did!
bloobloo2 6 months ago
@bloobloo2 Ah yes that makes sence. :) I think i got some wizzy world armbands from there once.would make sence being so close to the old outdoor pool. :)
watsername 1 month ago
the old indoor pool is still there and still full of water we went in there by mistake trying to play snooker its manky the changing room floor is rotten its horrible
bugsbunny159 6 months ago
Oh my word....have been looking for this soundtrack for so long....I remember waking up to this over the Tannoy. Wow...I feel like I want to walk to the dining room and have a lovely cooked full english served using one of those multi-plate carriers....Happy Days :-)
bonobo2go 7 months ago
went here a few weeks back, spent about 5 hours in waterworld haha, its awesome!
did you go to waterworld?
Snipedification 7 months ago
Wow that girl on the donkey has not changed one bit... even after 26 years!
6:33 -----> 6:46
hellhearted 8 months ago
that made me even more excited to go now thank you because i am going on july the 1st i can not wait :D
thehazelandabbyshow 8 months ago
i have been too butlins loads of time and i usually go to bognor because its closer but once i went to mine head but i cant remember it because i was like 3 or 4 lol
csvictory12 1 year ago
good video : )
miniporter2000 1 year ago
Great video! Why oh why did they 'bland' it down so much? Surely there would now be a market for Butlin's 'nostalgia' holidays!
marcusbondi 1 year ago 2
@marcusbondi Yes it was certainly a whole lot better in the 80s. Still though, at least this March / April they're running the nostalgic breaks to celebrate their 75th anniversary, I'm really looking forward to the knobbly knees contest, silly as it may seem to some!
bloobloo2 1 year ago
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marksiddall100 1 year ago
I went here Summer 93 and met my first love. I was 13 lol
5346278 1 year ago
i went there so meny times in the 90s with my family how my its changed goin there for a adult weekend nov 12 gonna be awesome im 23 now just to let you know lol
paulgregs2006 1 year ago
god this is sad butlins was once it's own brand now it's all about money. looks like the life has been sucked out of the place. I only went to minehead once in about 95. but visited skeggy and bognor many many times! would love to see a vid like this for those camps.
however this is awesome thank you x
superselena 1 year ago
That first bit, all i couldl think off was eastenders
AmyRKalert 1 year ago
My sister Laura smith shit herself at Butlins in the early 90's and me and my brother haven't stopped taking the piss out of her ever since
kessmanbrum 1 year ago
worked there in 1988 ,thanks for posting this.....was the only jock on the park at the time!
great memories thanks again.
ferrers88 1 year ago
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@ferrers88 My sister Laura smith shit herself at Butlins in the early 90's and me and my brother haven't stopped taking the piss out of her ever since
kessmanbrum 1 year ago
video too slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
tuffty76 1 year ago
@tuffty76 Not for those with a real interest in Butlins history it's not!
bloobloo2 1 year ago 4
i used to work at butlins in 1997 in dinos (7.04) and murpheys fish and chip shop best 9 months of my life
smartcarlover78 1 year ago
4:44 Black Lace and a holiday camp.. Life dont get better
Chopper894 1 year ago
i love butlins iv been there ever since i was born i never realised how much it has changed
DJzacefronlover 1 year ago
Absolutely amazed to hear The Singing Piano by Tolchard Evans! That was the wake-up song for me at Butlins as a kid in the sixties. I worked at Minehead in the 1970s - met my wife there - great, great memories. Excellent video, thank you.
wezzywitch 2 years ago