1969 CLACTON ON THE SEA

[martyw34]

I know what you lot mean.We use to go there a fair bit from Croydon.We have relatives there still.I remember the things on the vid.I wish I could go back to those times.They were nicer.

[vikingraider1]

I used to go here as a kid every year from London. I love the place. Haven't been back in years but would love to go one day.

[paulj2001]

Great video! Does anyone know the name of the music track or the artist? Thanks for the memories :)

[merryhobgoblin]

I was born and went to school in Clacton and would have been 7 when this video was made. It does bring back some very fond memories. Anyone remember the Butlins camp which we all used to sneak in to?...lol

[wombat1948]

This video brings back wonderful memories of Clacton as it was when I first came down here to do a `summer season` ,in May 1969,as solo organist at Valley Farm Camping Ground(as it was called then-owned by local families-Pawsey and Chaston) and the entertainments manager was famous bandleader, Ronnie Mills,with Ron Covell the general manager.

Things were totally different then-Clacton was a resort,buzzing with entertainment.

Thanks for the memories,

wombat 1948

[jblackstonecat]

@wombat1948 My first job was working for C.H. Chaston in Holland-on-Sea as a builders clerk in 1961. Ron Covell was my boss. I worked there for 2 years before returning to Canada in 1963.

[STrousers1]

Thank you for posting. I have great memories of spending my summers there with my grandparents in late 70's and 80's. I loved it and it will always have a place in my heart.

[breezybbe]

the ride at 0:18 my great grandad helped build it with his mates my great nana has pic's of him on top if it with his mates.

R.I.P. great grandad.

[kevphillips02]

@breezybbe That unfortunately burnt down in 1973.

[SuperAncientmariner]

@breezybbe My dad did the scaffolding.

[routeoz]

the BIG difference betwen then and now is that i can't see any gross FATTIES in that.

[DrPlum]

@routeoz probably a sign of better eating and a happier life with no junk food and a better government.

[wissyman1]

i livein clacton

[kevphillips02]

@wissyman1 dont boast about it, its nothing to be proud of

[BOOMitsKRIS]

who lives at clacton add me if u do lol :D

[jaylad8]

well clacton 2009 is a shit hole sadly... i lived there for 4 months before saying fuck this...

[dermot51]

The seaside town they forgot to close down

[jaylad8]

too true

[KickingConverse]

I live in Clacton :P

[underclass29]

wow what a classy video! well done man.

[gamwam]

ahh the town of my birth!... looking back i was so lucky to have been born and raised there,..5 years ago i move inland to nottingham,... and now when i go back,... clacton has changed so much that i dont think i could ever live there again,...its funnyhow time changes things,..:(

[StaticPulseSB]

id love to go bk to thm days

[tenterden16]

Golden Days that can never be repeated. Wonderful shot of The Steel Steller. It was always my wish to ride it. Now it's just a memory long gone.

[daccasham84]

Just thinking that I might have been somewhere in this video. Used to go there on holiday as a child. Loved seeing the Punch and Judy.

[xxKelseyKinsxx]

Aww this is quite sad to watch. I live in Clacton and it's nice, but full of people who want to ruin everything. Everyone looks so happy in this vid =)

[ShobbeKlobberCali]

vol verändert krass mit whest war ich auch da

[Anthea1948]

That would have been the Steel Stella. It was a good ride.

[morkstilgoe]

Great video....I remember riding that old roller coaster on the pier.....I think it burnt down in the early 1970's ?

[cDayz]

Thank u for this video. It's always nice too see what it used too be like.

[Behle89]

wenn man bedenkt, dass ich da vor kurzem erst mit WHEST war, und wie das heute aussieht...

krass