Blackpool Victoria Pier (1904)

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. For more information about the films of Mitchell and Kenyon see http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mk/

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• BFI
• Edwardian
• Lifestyle
• Seaside
• Beach
• Pier
• Blackpool
• Lancashire
• Trams
• Holidays

[najl33zz421]

look at how well dressed all these people are, & they're probably mostly workingclass people. Today's dressing styles are generally tasteless & utter crap, if people dress up at all,

but then again there was a lot less freedom ofcourse generally speaking. Also all these people in their shown behaviour seem to have a civilized sense of community, whatever happened to that.

[Zan1tyTV]

Could You Imaging Walking Through Them With A Track Suit On? HaHa

[markhodgson600]

very beautiful women .....it's such a shame how things are now,oh well thats life

[superhamzah85]

People say, look how well they dressed. People forget, they probably had BO.

If you like their dress, go and get it, wear it, and be polite, that way, you have what they have, plus a billion times more. There's no going back, but there is going forward.

[fishhead06]

Hmm. It must be winter. I don't see anyone in gym shorts and a tank top.

[Ramzzy666]

All of those people waving would not be able to even imagine people watching this film 107 years later at a personnal computer in there houses on a website being able to be viewed by millions of people worldwide just at the click of a button, how everything has changed.

[ZiotheZero]

Hehe, three goofballs on the right at 1:03.

[kennethj1956]

Dead!......All Dead.

Every last one of em are dead and gone.

Even the babies.

How sad.......

[sewitt60]

@kennethj1956 They weren't fighting, they were posing for the camera.

[sunnysoundblackpool]

1:22 = dean street where the UNFAMOUSE COCKNEY CALLED LUCY MATTHEWS NOW LIVES :@ . THERES ONLY ONE GOOD THING ON THAT ROAD AND THAT IS PREMIAR SHOP

[strummerocks]

@najl33zz421 Why not dress like them and walk about then? You might start a new fashion

[sexxyperv]

lol. 1:48, little girl looks pissed off!!