My dad taking us down to Brighton beach in the late 50's in his old Wolseley car! Somewhere near Blackrock was the preferred spot! Crusty ham rolls, oxtail soup in flasks! We had no money but the days were great! Simple but good family life!

@Andrea-kx6dc

2 ай бұрын

Sounds lovely, thanks for sharing, from the U.S.😊

I remember Laurence Olivier leading a protest to get kippers (smoked herring for the uninitiated) restored to the breakfast menu of the Pullman dining car on "The Brighton Belle" after they had been abruptly withdrawn (1960s). He launched an appeal in ringing shakespearian tones. And won! The kippers were restored. But even he could not save the much loved train with its 1930s carriages and it was taken out of service in the 70s

What a delightful time capsule of how Britain used to be. Yet makes me want to weep for that reason. Today's generation does not realise what has been lost. 😢

@WVgirl1959

2 ай бұрын

And they will say the same thing to the Next Generation

@Linda-io2ns

Ай бұрын

​@@WVgirl1959exactly

What a Sweet film. So glad it was refurbished for us to see today. Time waits for no man. Enjoy while you can.💚🇬🇧

@Andrea-kx6dc

2 ай бұрын

Well said! ❤

I was born in Brighton (Buckingham Road Maternity hospital, near the train station) in 1968. Went to primary School at Davigdor Road, them Somerhill School. When I was 25 years old I moved the States. I'm now 50 years old and writing this in Los Angeles, California. I now have a wife and three children and every three years or so, we go to the UK and I take my family back to Brighton to show them where I grew-up. I may live in the States, but I will forever be a Brighton boy....

@DMWBN3

4 жыл бұрын

Vinegar Tom I lived on Davigdor road and I'm more of a hove lad tbh. I was born in 1971, went to aldrington infants on Portland road. Then St. Andrews and on to blatchington mill. Still live in Hove. Shame how it's become a bit of a litter strewn, hen & stay weekends. On a good point, we have got in the Premiership, got an amazing football ground all to be proud of!!!

@billymog

4 жыл бұрын

My wife was born in the same hospital in April 68. I was born in Brighton and although it has its problems, its still a great place to live. Actually I live in Saltdean.

@satindergrewal6593

4 жыл бұрын

I went to Brighton for the first time in 2016 to celebrate my 30th wedding anniversary I can tell you I loved the place so much I did not want to leave Brighton

@Surv1ve_Thrive

4 жыл бұрын

Sussex by the Sea 🎵🌞🇬🇧👍

@angiematthews8364

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMWBN3 what a fabulous hit of warm fuzzy nostalgia..thanks so much for uploading ! I too went to Blatchington Mill (born 1965) and remember playing netball against Somerfield school. Such fond memories of my childhood in Hove and long summer holiday spent on the beach...ahhhh what a different world and place Brighton and Hove were back then. Sooo many memories ! I moved away in my early 20s and now live in London. Still miss beautiful Sussex and the sea though..🙁

It was a really wonderful country back then. It really was a GREAT Britain. I miss these simpler times.

If he found coming back to Brighton in the 1950s, don't know what he would think of it in the 2020s.

@tubecated_development

2 ай бұрын

Do they still have running battles of mods and rockers? Or are people fat and pooing in Maccy D boxes on the beach? Or is everything just cars now….

@jenniferyule8786

2 ай бұрын

@@clarevoyant6322 Full of crime and immigrants who don't want to be in England, they just want to be anywhere but where they are from so they don't give a toss. . It has no character anymore, no class. Nobody cares about their surroundings. But at one time, it was beautiful and less crowded and so very English.

What a contrast to today.

I spent many days in Brighton when I was a child with my parents and brother always love Brighton

What a lovely film and so interesting to see Alec Clunes, Doc Martin's father! The two men bear a remarkable resemblance.

@jarrodbarkley9061

3 ай бұрын

Wow, they do look a lot alike!

@christinepizzi6197

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for telling it's his father...I may not have noticed.

Pre enrichment! Luverly 😢

What a wonderful, entertaining film. I just love seeing the old British way of life.🌷

@tubecated_development

2 ай бұрын

Consumerism became everything. Fly tipping and US-style takeaway containers littering everything. And factory-fed chickenshit and factory-fed human shit in the rivers and brooks. “Little traffic disturbs the peaceful Green, and long may it remain so” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 England IS cars. The car-lovers paradise. 3 outside every house, throw the litter from the car-windows. Drive half a mile to the chip shop. Cars, like consumerism, became everything to the Modern Brit. Car-culture helped us consume olde England. The presence of them seen and smelled and heard everywhere. They take all of our money and all of our time. And we love them more than anything. ❤❤❤❤❤❤. And by the 1960s it was all over, so they are just now filling in the gaps. Subtopia. A vast junk heap.

if you used to live here and this is what you remember, i would advise against coming back.

@johnwheatley5641

2 жыл бұрын

Just took my family there. My three-year-old daughter was so excited to see the beach so as soon as we checked in I walked her down to the beach. In that short walk we saw a homeless guy so drunk he was throwing up, then a guy shooting up heroin and through an underpass that stank so much of pee I was almost sick. Such a terrible waste of a once glorious city.

@MichaelBarry-wj3ee

Жыл бұрын

NOW IT HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY PISSHEADS , JUNKIES AND BEGGARS ON EVERY CORNER

@nigelmitchell351

3 ай бұрын

When our population was only 51 million......

@1inchPunchBowl

2 ай бұрын

@@johnwheatley5641 Then we are happy for you to never return. You have no idea.

@1inchPunchBowl

2 ай бұрын

In 1955? Its called progress.

I so enjoyed this, I used to go to St Margaret's primary school, lived at Norfolk Square. I live in Australia now, but Brighton will always be home. ❤❤

I don’t know what it is about this but I come back to watch it, probably around 5 times now and I love it every time. It’s so poetic, beautiful AND entertaining

During the 50's my parents bought a little 2 bedroom cottage in Queens Place (off the London Rd) it cost £3,000 pounds!

@clivebaxter6354

Ай бұрын

How much now?

Wonderful nostalgic video of Brighton (and a few scenes of Hove, although not stated). I can almost see my self there on the beach. I was born in 1947 and lived in Hove until 1969.

@Rustymouse

4 жыл бұрын

Twas born here 1946, loved the beach in the 50's 60's . How do you do and pleased to meet you . (am still here in Brighton) I still go down to the beach late at night to the edge of the sea ,stars are out and sit on the stones (ouch) to listen to the lapping of the waves, so tranquil..

@sandypompilii6901

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rustymouse sounds wonderful

@richardloring7545

Жыл бұрын

Italian cafe on front at Hove....lovely....my fave

Real Britain before its people were betrayed by politicians

@senianns9522

2 ай бұрын

I preferred by 20 in the 70's than being 70 in the 20's!

@lunastargoddess1632

2 ай бұрын

And now, like Australia, its mini America. This is why we watch these old films.

@ObsoleteOddity

2 ай бұрын

@@senianns9522 You add this ridiculous comment on most of these vintage documentaries.

@senianns9522

2 ай бұрын

@@ObsoleteOddity Just keep following!

@ObsoleteOddity

2 ай бұрын

@@senianns9522 I don’t follow, I just observe your non-humorous behaviour, which you obviously think it’s quite witty.

I was 2 in 1955 but clearly remember going to Brighton 8n thr summer of 56. I 2anted sand but got pebbles, i also remember have fun rides on a tra8ns that were made for young children and r8ng8ng the bell. Went back in 2010, so busy and crowded and Britain ruined by cars.

DELIGHTFUL ! ❤

I tried - and failed - to get my head around the idea that Martin Clunes' son appeared in a 1955 film about Brighton, as the blurb indicates. The reality, of course, is that Alec Clunes was Martin's dad

@phillipcharlesashwood1850

Жыл бұрын

BFI please ammend this, thank you.

@seanrm

10 ай бұрын

Maybe Martin is a time traveller and Alec is, in fact, his son.

@sarahlouise7163

2 ай бұрын

ohhh! i see the likeness! and i hear similar voices too

How wonderful and nostalgic. I remember my sister and I practising our song to sing at the lido childrens' theatre, probably around 1957. Our grandparents had a beautiful house in Brighton, and we used to spend the school holidays there. I am off for a long weekend at the end of May with my daughter, such a wonderful place.

Thank you BBC Radio Brighton x

The street scene at 12:16 is Lewes Crescent, immediately west of Brighton Marina. Apart from the presence of more cars, the road and its buildings looks much the same today as it did in 1955.

Awww the good old days , long gone unfortunately 😢😢😢

My mum was born in the North Laines in 1955. So lovely to be able to see what Brighton was like in the 50’s . Thanks for posting.

@supergran1000

3 ай бұрын

Same year as I was born! I might have met your mum. I also know a family called Brackpool. Unusual name.

My home town of Brighton; what an extra-splendid video, really first rate!

The Brighton my Mum and grandparents moved down from London to in the 50's. Over a decade before I was born, but has element I still remember from my childhood.

It's 2024, and things have gone very much down hill from these times... this piece was beautifully written, and at least a hint at those times.... I think they would be HORRIFIED to see everyone now walking around alone staring at their mobile phones with hardly any community spirit.... and the sea polluted tonthe point its dangerous to enter it...Big companies and corrupt politicians are responsible for most of it... and its about to get even worse.

@Linda-io2ns

Ай бұрын

And in 50 years time, people will be saying, I wish it was like 20.24 again, and so on and so on,

@Linda-io2ns

Ай бұрын

Every year Brighton beach is crowded, hundreds of swimmers, what are you talking about, I live opposite Brighton beach, I should know, we are so lucky, would you like to live somewhere like Russia, under a dictatorship, the russian people would love to be us , living in a democracy, or what about a third world country, we don't realise how very very lucky we are

This was really lovely to watch. I was born in Brighton and still live here, never left and never want to This film is made well before I was born but there are parts that were around in my day x

It was interesting to see this. I've always liked Brighton. I live in St Leonards on Sea (after moving down from London 22 years ago). At one time this town was more popular with tourists and holidaymakers than Brighton. People used to come from all over Europe and Queen Victoria stayed here too. It was recommended by her doctors for health reasons. There is a statue of her in Warrior Square Gardens and the Victoria Hotel is still open to guests. She and Albert used to go to the opera house, which sadly is no more. As the town fell into decline, Brighton became the place to go.

aww thanks for that I live I brighton and it was strange watching this

Funny he calls it a city, 50+ years before it became a City 🌃 I got many fond memories of playing in the paddling pool. Family friends used to have a novelty shop almost opposite. Happy days....... I'm still here, proud Brighton life resident.

Merry ole Englad how I love thee!😍😊🤗

Simply lovely 🌟

Delightful little oddity. Made in the year of my birth, it was lovely to see the Brighton of my youth.

Brilliant!Great Britain then!

... Martin Clunes looks like his Father, same Lugs...🙏💃🕺🎶🍻

That was a very enjoyable film Micko. It showed a lot of Brighton , and brought back many memories of when I was a Boy.😁😁😁

Interesting perspective. They should do a film of him coming back Now!!!

@cameroncalzone8860

3 жыл бұрын

they should do one in 2055 to celebrate another hundred years passed

Ha before we were impoverished and culturally enriched.

Really enjoyed this. Thank you so much.

Lovely movie. Thank you.

@exanimo11

2 ай бұрын

Film

Wonderful

Lovely.

What a lovely video it is how I remember it.

Alec Clunes was Martin`s Father. He has a beautiful voice and you can see Martin in him.

In those days we still had steam trains. Not sure why that train was shown

Lovely thanks ❤

at the end as he was strolling along the upper walk, I lived opposite there at that time in Belgrave Place

oh my I was 5years old when this was made and living in Brighton too.

Awesome

6:31 is that the old Open Market? So bustling, unlike today.

I think you'll find that Alec Clunes was Martin's Father, not his son ... .

Charming

Lovely! Now, what better after a little spot of tiffing than a leisurely stroll to Duke's Mound, for some cottaging?!

@dannywhite3538

4 жыл бұрын

Lol such fun to be had and all for free, and their used to be a tea van in the evenings, long time ago now,

@Milarkimilarki

2 ай бұрын

cottaging indeed yuck

He is Time. “In a couple hours, I shall make you high tide again.” And he marches on.

I like that he’s looking for the chain pier, just think the gap 1896(when it collapse)-1957 is less than from 1957 to now, change happens

💙

It's funny to see a past within a past. We accompany someone who's supposed to come from the 19th century (?) into the "present" (the 50s), and we're looking at this from almost 100 years later. The people in the 50s look at him as someone from the past, as we're looking at them.

Don't think that Alec Clunes would want to see what Brighton is like now. So much has changed, and yes, for the worse, mind you, so has the rest of the world, changed for the worse, and it seems it will carry on like this, and we have no hope with the young generations now, too much crap feeding in the universities, schools etc. Oh well as they said in DAD's Army, WE'RE DOOMED

That surely has to be Martin Clunes' grandfather? Looks very alike - weird! I used to work next to the church at 5:22 in the early 2000s. I used to walk through there to get to the office next door. I was surprised to walk past Virginia Woolf's grave there. I like Brighton, but it's odd to see how little it has changed in 60 odd years. It looked old and a bit run down then, as it does now, but I guess it should be expected as much of it is now old. Nice quirky place, even if it does cost £5 Billion to park your car for 3 hours.

@greghill7759

3 жыл бұрын

The preface gets it back to front. The Regency character is Alec Clunes, who was Martin Clunes's father.

@TrueBrit1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you're right. He looked old for 43, which was his age at the time according to wikipedia. He died of lung cancer in 1970 at 57. He was a great Shakespearian actor apparently, comparable to Geilgud.

@Mrghostly1

3 жыл бұрын

Alec Clunes was Martin Clunes's father.

Sounds of a steam train, view of an electric Brighton Pullman lol

nice shop at 16min..

Great little film. The comments here are amazing. The ghost is bemoaning the changes in Brighton in 1955. The comments are bemoaning the changed since 1955. We need a ghost from medieval England to really get the message home that ‘things change’. Idealising the past is dangerous.

@ObsoleteOddity

2 ай бұрын

Remembering the past fondly is not idealising it, it is important to remember our history and much more importantly, our culture. Of course, things change, but the negatives far outweigh the positives - People are bemoaning the loss of how England was, precisely, because that is the case.

I hope I have not got this wrong , but the boy singing “if you were the only girl ..” looks like Chis Farlow aged maybe ten . Chris did used to sing with his mother around their piano I believe . Of course he became a great rock star in later years . Apologies to Chris Farlow who I have great respect for if I got this wrong .

@chriselawrence

3 ай бұрын

well spotted

@supergran1000

3 ай бұрын

I think it's uncannily like him, although I can't find any photos of Chris as a boy. He was 15 in 1955, but could have been a late developer!

a house on wheels! 😆 a mechanical mosquito!! 😁 martin not only looks like his dad, he sounds like him!

Martin even walks like his dad

So cute

Oh to be the confused young youth aged 22 having been born and raised in Surrey with only this Brighton your only thrice seaside excursion experience in childhood-- transitioning from London to NYC and visiting Brooklyn's Brighton Beach in 1973... should you find a comparable experience my dear young lad??? No, no you don't! You stay on the train a bit further to Coney Island and your life is forever changed.

1955, and no one is skinny. They must have all taken advantage of some of the newly available food after the Rationing. Up until 1954 when I left England, we were all still skinny because of the rationing.

@jenniferyule8786

2 ай бұрын

But now all the children are fat. I was born in the 60s and a fat child was an oddity back then.

Do anyone have a time machine, please!?

@montyf2165

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, and I would buy a one way ticket.

Where I am from in wisconsin the name of the town was called brighton beach

@tammiep9628

Ай бұрын

I believe you’re thinking of Brighton Beach in the US by New York city

Yes, Brighton has changed. A Marine Parade in a pitiful state, and the West Pier murdered in the sea. Brutalist architecture. I do not want to be a ghost in 50 years time - but this is still Brighton, and a lot of what I see in this gem of a film remains. And I am deeply offended, being gay that a homophobic remark is allowed here. Further down referring this city to be Sodom.

@clivebaxter6354

Ай бұрын

Stop moaning you old Queen

Before everything went to the dogs.

alec clunes was not the son of martin clunes. he was his dad. lol

Are ye' coming back in 2055 ?🧐🤨

I lived in Bournemouth then moved to New Zealand. Went back 30 years later. Big mistake.

english resort towns are peculiar

I can't help but think..is he a relative of Martin Clunes..?

Is that a helicopter at 17:28 ? seems unlikely (but possible) in 1955?

@supergran1000

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like it, Adam.

@gary108

5 жыл бұрын

No it was just a mechanical mosquito

@Firebrand55

4 жыл бұрын

That was a Bell bubble-canopy chopper made famous in the MASH tv series; used extensively in Korea.

@DMWBN3

4 жыл бұрын

Well is was not CGI. It's a shame where you see the marines at the end the arches have been allowed to fall into disrepair & need millions for the renovation.

Nonchalantly Fat shaming the poor lad 15:10

Propaganda and nostalgia were so much better in those days.

Pip Pip Cheerio Bob’s your Uncle

is that Martin Clunes father narrating ?

Grim time

Don't you mean Alec Clunes was the father of Martin?

Alec Clunes ...father of Martin, not son.

Man from the 1800’s “So young persons still journey to Brighton, dressesd like infedels but no matter.” Me “You should see what there wearing nowadays!”

15:09 oof

The past is a foreign country. The present is also a foreign country, haha. There's no England now.

11:34 Swimming next to the sewage outlet pipe. Yuk !

@ianmooresguard1721

4 жыл бұрын

Yummy

@malcolmpettett5957

4 жыл бұрын

Not swimming just going through the motions

@gs425

3 жыл бұрын

Where the water is warmest...

@barkchip1872

2 жыл бұрын

To be sure, it's your own shite y'swimmin' in. isn't it?!

I'm not sure I'd describe the Pavillion's interior as 'elegant'. Deranged, certainly. Garish, hallucinatory, vulgar and over-opulent all spring to mind. I'm not saying I don't LIKE the interior. But it's in quite appalling taste. Alec Clunes vaguely resembles his famous son. It's the VOICE that really gives it away though. Lose the strangled mid century tone and that's Martin Clunes speaking.

Terrible choice for the thumbnail, those two look dead!

Hijab free!

@Linda-io2ns

Ай бұрын

There was all nationalitys in England, especially London at this time, what are you talking about

Pity it's an absolute shit hole now.

Where are all the black people

I found the narrator ruined it with his crass unfunny comments

A lot of the people in this are now ghosts too.

@clivebaxter6354

Ай бұрын

All of them apart from the kids in the paddling pool

I live in Brighton almost everything looks the same, the beach, the pier and the streets local to the beach,