Arbroath Holiday 1965

[docsnarler]

excellent video! 

[Hayleighx0]

Where did that huge beautiful pool with the diving boards go? I've never seen that!

[tammyboy6657]

Absolutely love this i was born in Arbroath in 1957 and remember the old places especially the pool and the low common,and auld Matt Kerr wi his mini-buses and trains, he is a legend, thank you very much for sharing this with us and i see one of my auld mates Ronnie Roberts in a previous reply to your column has also replied to this film, all the best Ian ...Tam Webster

[johnnyM809]

Great video...

We had a couple of great holidays to Arbroath around about 1974/75. Lovely innocent days which I still remember with great affection. The Red Lion caravan Park was where we stayed.

[kwilson1964]

Enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing.

[junequeenofscots]

omg i was 8 when this was filmed we immigrated to canada when I was 16 did'nt

realize what a special little place I was born and brought up in until Idid'nt live there anymore although I have been back 5 times to date.

[fatboy2555]

man when u see arbroath now its hard to imagine it ever looked like tht :L:L

[BillDFC]

Brilliant Ian....well done...a reminder of better times.

[STANTONCROPLEY]

ime sure i am in this pic brilliant vid great days wish i could get them back

[GERANDKELL]

Wow, it takes me back. (Born 1960) What great times we had there. Thanks for sharing.

[erynandamy]

Omg seeing arbroath like this is really werid i hang about down at the front (beach bit and stuff) and to see that its like Wow. Bring back the outdorr swimming pool with diving things and stuff arbroath does need more things to do i wish we stilll had the bowling and the pictures

[cybarton]

Very cool. Just amazing to see the town in video from 1965. Thanks for uploading this. :)

[LEGENDinmyLIVINGROOM]

bring back the outdoor swimming pool!! and that slide!!!

[liamrossabby]

jeez...i was born aug 65....i remember this just and no more....superb post....bless u...xx

[forgetmenot525]

I've lived here 20 years this year and always wanted to see what the swimming pool was like. I've searched flickr looking for photos and found nothing so thanks for this...........really enjoyed seeing the pool, just wish they had left it as it was.

[Neo12007]

That was great I have lived in arbroath all my life and always wanted to see what the outdoor pool looked like!

[BillDFC]

The water was freezing!

[tashthebitch]

i remember they little buses thats crazy i actually thot i was making them up in my mind after a while coz no 1 could remember them ahah but now im so right . thank god i wasnt goin in sane hehe x

[bladeronner57]

excellent..brought up in the auld toon.I would be 8 about this at this time.Seeing this film brings back great memories...no limits on stuff to do when you were a kid in these days..Ronnie Roberts

[scottbonehead]

great video! before my time but still really interesting to see how arbroath used to be,, when it was actauly a proper holiday town.

[Moondog954]

lol i remember my mum saying ballys used to be a swimming pool, its cool to actually see it

[bexdemex]

wooh!! arbroath

1965 jeez dat waz a long time i wasnae even born lol

[alanewart]

Fantastic! You don't see as many good videos on here very often.

[eurodaily]

My mother and father to us there over 35yrs ago to red lion caravan park and you had to cross the road then under tunnel to the beach i remember the little train we had our photo's taken on it i took my kids a few years back and have photo's on the train too Ah happy memories

[BillDFC]

The pool has gone now.I remember the water was pumped in from the north sea....very cold!Kerr's miniature, railway-buses too!

[Carlysmarly]

the pool is still there so is the railway and the busses too. unless its all dissapeared since i was there 2 days ago!

[littlemissmenna]

They're not talking about the paddling pool - they're talking about the swimming pool, which is now Ballys/waterfront nightclub.

[birsek]

I remember the bathing pool well and have said mant times since if you can endure the coldness of that pool you can swim in any uk waters.

[DangRockets]

A good vid of old Arbroath before the town fathers decided to knock most of it down.