The lady talking on the black and white video is my Grandma.. lovely memory to have ❤ Rebecca

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

That's brilliant. Thanks for the comment Rebecca :)

@valtovey3676

3 жыл бұрын

How lovely 😊

@Dan_M91

3 жыл бұрын

My grandad Lawrie ran the Butlins club in Stockton-on-Tees and arranged days out for the youngsters in the 50s/60s. There is another clip of him talking it was filmed by Granada in the 90s I believe.

@dwayneabsolutelydribblin3903

3 жыл бұрын

Delightful

@mickyfinn1737

3 жыл бұрын

Wow what a fantastic memory this is for you . Such a wonderful thing would love to have my nana on film to watch so happy you have this

Quite by accident I came across your video and viewed it with extreme interest. I was a Redcoat at Filey and to my astonishment I am one of the Redcoats in the very brief clip of us performing back in the mid seventies on the stage at the Gaiety theatre. This was the Redcoat show which was performed once a week. I had to laugh, when I spotted myself. It brought back so many memories and I found it quite haunting to see how it is now. Life was quite tough being a Redcoat. Long days and rehearsing to the small hours. It was a great experience and I really loved the campers. We were there to host, help and ensure the paying guests had the most wonderful "Butlin's" experience. We were meant to be seen, hence the famous Redcoat, but there were also places we were not allowed, so the guests could be Redcoat free! Thank you for bringing it back to me.

@popazz1

3 жыл бұрын

I was a barman on the Gaiety Bar, the season of 1980. As much as I thoroughly enjoyed the time I chose not to return the following year.

@typower9

3 жыл бұрын

Your account of being a redcoat sounds a bit like holiday tour reps' days. At least what I learnt from the reality tv series about it. I think it was the first reality tv series ever. It was riveting. Sadly tv has become almost nothing but reality tv!

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting, Alan. Glad you got to see the video!

@alancummins7218

3 жыл бұрын

@@NorthYorkshireWanderer Thank You! It was great to watch, especially seeing myself all those years ago. I am 68 now and it really brought the memories of Filey flooding back!!!

@rockinbillyboy

3 жыл бұрын

Me too Alan, love to see these old abandoned places, as sad as they are.

My parents took me here for a family holiday in 1973. I was 8 years, it was magical and the best holiday I remember. Such a shame how times have changed and not for the better.

@winstrolchurchill821

8 ай бұрын

I get you but is sort of for the better now we can go canaries or Spain for bargain plane fair and see so many nicer places with far greater weather and diversity that England some old shit

@mistypuffs

7 ай бұрын

All the seaside towns lost out to package holidays abroad :(

@mistypuffs

7 ай бұрын

@@winstrolchurchill821it’s totally understandable, just pretty shitty for the former UK resorts

@winstrolchurchill821

7 ай бұрын

Yep do agree @@mistypuffs

@liamfraserobrien

7 ай бұрын

They still exist it’s called Center parks

That really brought back some wonderful memories of my first visit to North Yorkshire. Back in 1964, I was an East End lad living in West Ham when my Dad said we were going to got to Yorkshire for our two weeks holiday. To be honest, I wasn't very pleased as I imagined Yorkshire to be full of Mills and Factories and a far cry from our usual holidays spent in a caravan on the South Coast. We travelled by Steam Train from Kings Cross, changed at York and were picked up by "Uncle Lance" at Malton Station. Uncle Lance and Auntie Sheila as they became known to me and my Sister, ran a Pub in Pickering. My Dad met them when he stayed in their Digs whilst building the Fylingdales Early Warning Station and now they had taken over "The Horseshoe Inn" and we were to be staying there. From day one, I fell in love with Yorkshire. For me living in East London, Countryside was Wanstead Flats, part of Epping Forest on the edge of Forest Gate. The vastness of the North York Moors took my breath away to be honest and the places to visit within easy reach of Pickering was amazing. We went to Butlins in Filey on a Day Ticket and I loved all the free rides, especially the Cable Car. Scarborough was also heaven to me with all the Arcades and a .proper beach (unlike Southend, our closest bit of Coast) Saying I was upset when we had to leave is an understatement and I started to make plans on how I could convince my Parents to move to Pickering. Obviously, that was a Pipe Dream but I was hooked. I studied how fast I could get up there on a Motorbike but at 11 years old, that wasn't going to happen, even though I could ride one. Any way, moving on, I have holidayed and visited North Yorkshire most years since those childhood days and have got to know all of the wonderful things and places it has to offer. Sadly, Uncle Lance and Auntie Sheila have passed on now but until they retired and left the pub, we went to Pickering every year until I was old enough to get pissed in the Bar of the Horseshoes with my Dad I'm 67 now with 4 grown up kids and 5 granddaughters and guess what, we are holidaying in Yorkshire this year in August. There will be 8 of us jammed into a Caravan at a Holiday Camp just South of Scarborough and I can't wait!! Keep up the excellent work with the Videos mate!!!!

@Clivestravelandtrains

3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid we used to go to Lowestoft for our holidays, as that was my mum's home town and we could stay with relatives free - otherwise we couldn't afford a holiday every year. Now when you tell young people that, they look at you as if you're mad - as they go on-line to book a flight somewhere exotic, and couldn't imagine staying with relatives for a holiday. They were happy times - I still love Lowestoft even though it has become a bit run-down now.

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Loved reading that! It's a brilliant area. Hope you all have a great time in August!

@katherinecross8059

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Worple, you are an honorary Yorkshireman !! Born and Bred in Barnsley and Wakefield, your comment filld me with tears ... and pride. Thank you! Enjoy the Dales again.

@Richard-io9xe

3 жыл бұрын

As a proud Yorkshireman, I loved reading that Sir. I agree, Pickering is a lovely place. Hope you enjoy your holiday.

@keithparker5103

3 жыл бұрын

J Worple, I would say you are an honourary Yorkshireman now. I remember that station at the holiday camp being built. How? I was there being a native of the area, first nearby Hunmanby then Filey. My father had a license to drive STEAM rollers which he did to roll all the surfaces for the road trains between the station and the tunnel. As a small boy he used to take me with him, I remember it well. Pickering is a delightful place, in the late '50s I used to ride there on my bike from Filey. I am 80 now, still riding and could definitely still do that. Kind regards.

Heartbreaking as we spent many happy holidays here with our Dad. I got my first kiss in the disco in the camp when I was 12! Im now over 60 and dad was taken by the virus last year. I seems that all my childhood memories and places we loved are all being demolished and housing estates built on them. I used to have viewer thing you could look through that the camp gave the kids. They would take photos of you on holiday then put a small transparency in this viewer which was then sealed. I had this up to about 20 years ago it was very precious, sadly everything I own was lost in a flood I was left with only the clothes I had on. The picture was of my 4 year old brother and myself in the dining hall! Happy days RIP Butlins and our dear Dad.

@brmh1667

3 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear of your sad losses. But so happy to read about your good times. Keep those memories fresh! They are what got you here. All the best.

@djdoolittle1315

3 жыл бұрын

God bless

@jaynestag95

3 жыл бұрын

To cope we have to look at life as chapters. That's how I cope.

@scrapwomblecreatives6944

3 жыл бұрын

i have me and mum in the red with white front viewer its just like looking at her think its one from something we entered R.I.P YOUR DAD MY DAD MUM NANA hope its a sunny day in filey or skeggy and your all there having a laugh like we could before this silly virus take good care and be safe lass

@stevenhaining3696

3 жыл бұрын

I remember the little red viewers too Thanks for the memories god bless you

I worked on the camp for one season. There were lots of things to remember, but one stands out. A young couple in the swimming pool had apparently forgotten that it had glass sides and were, let's say enjoying each other's company in the water. A small crowd had gathered before they were interrupted. The older folks disgusted (but still watching) the younger ones cheering them on.

@blackbob3358

3 жыл бұрын

how did i know it was gonna be sexual ? the blossoming of a lot of us.surely.

@wir154

3 жыл бұрын

I was just 4 when I went there, but my 3 memories of it were the glass side of the swimming pool. (I was too young to appreciate anything that might have been going on in it!), the cable car (which I was fascinated by and pearsuaded my dad to take me up loads of times) and that there was a goat in some sort of animal/pet area.

@colinbrigham8253

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks life's like that 🤗 my pal Tony was a redcoat and mentioned how professional he had to be on his night round 🤗

@briankellock6922

2 жыл бұрын

Yes mate I remember the glass sides and me and my mate were only about eleven then but we still had a wee perve at the adult women,yeya it was funny.l loved it there and spenta few summer holidays there from fife in Scotland, happy memory's indeed,cheers for that

@lindat2009

Жыл бұрын

The 1947 film Holiday Camp was filmed at Butlins Filey

I never went to a Butlins but I can only imagine how exciting that must have been in the 70s. To be a child arriving by train with other families sharing a compartment, must be unforgettable.

@michaeldavies9533

8 ай бұрын

We had two weeks at Filey in 1972,we bought our daughter and her friend,they really enjoyed the holiday,but don't ask my wife what she thought about it,,I think it bought back memories of when she went to Squires Gate end of the 1940s with her parents and young brother,,I think she had nightmares about her Squires Gate holiday that has never left her,,shame because my daughter and her friend enjoyed our holiday.

@debbiewalker312

6 ай бұрын

So sad that Butlins closed

Went as a child in the 70's year after year and enjoyed every minute as that was our only holiday for the year. Remember the outside pool was always freezing and meal times were regimented due to the numbers of people attending . Mum loved it because for a week she didn't have to cook.

@lwaves

3 жыл бұрын

We visited a few Butlins in my youth of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. We always went self-catering, which usually only meant breakfast and lunch as we ate out at night. I think one of them was Filey but I can't remember the camp at all. They got a lot of stick from other kids/people but I also enjoyed them, they had everything you could want and you could ignore the planned activities. Good times.

@minkgin3370

3 жыл бұрын

Same for my mum too. 😀 It meant she could have a complete holiday. Mum & dad told us not to go off the camp then left us to our own devices & we only met them for lunch (dinner as it was in those days), & tea. I had my 13th birthday here in 1960. My friend came with our family for the week & as usual we had a great time. I still have the photo my dad took of the two of us outside our chalet & the one taken at breakfast with everyone in the dining hall singing happy birthday to me.

I remember Filey so well. We went there from Glasgow on holiday many times in the 70's. I loved the place. My fondest memories were the chair lifts, the big wheel and of course the Red coats. They were absolutely brilliant. I guess Butlins just couldn't compete in the end with the introduction of the cheap Spanish package holiday and the sense of adventure that came with flying overseas. My parents succumbed in the end to the Costa Blanca. Sure it was an exciting new world to a child but it never held a candle to Butlins and the Red coats.

I am now 70 years old and have many great memories of Butlins Filey. My sister and l tormented our parents to have a holiday at Butlins and we visited for several years. As a student l worked there for two summers and loved every minute. When l tell people they always say, " Were you a Redcoat? " l reply " No l didn't have the qualifcations - you needed two " O levels" or less." HA HA. Happy times, many thanks for sharing this video. PROFESSOR KEN.

@frankiepitt9135

3 жыл бұрын

I expect you were far too superior to be Red Coat 😂

@ken-vc8bf

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankiepitt9135. Indeed l was, if that doesn't sound too snobbish. Best wishes to you and yours. PROFESSOR KEN.

@ken-vc8bf

2 жыл бұрын

@Boodysaspie. Indeed that was our standard joke to that question. The real answer to that question would have been that to be a Redcoat you had to commit to a full season and, of course, us students could only commit to several weeks at the end of summer term. But as l said it was a brilliant place to work and to holiday and l will always have fond memories of it. Regards. PROFESSOR KEN.

Very fond memories of holidaying at Filey and Skegness Butlins when I was young. Loved walking on the beach hunting for fossils and taking many rides on the chairlift. Loved everything about Butlins and think of it every time I have asparagus soup.

Malcolm Jamison. Went to the camp at Filey in 1946 with my parents and two brothers. They were still converting the last of the chalets at the time from their wartime use back to holiday accommodation. Returned a few years later with my girlfriend, later to become my wife. We arrived in a little prewar Austin Seven which my pal had fitted a roof rack to for our luggage. we were put out of sight at the back of the carpark away from the posher cars. Happy days.

@markholroyde9412

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, respectable folk doing sensible/respectable things....today?...push most of 'em in a furnace for me.

My Mum worked as a chalet maid in the early 80s, probably one of the last years it was open. She loved it there. Still got a photo of her and some of the friends she made.

My dad was in the resident band that played Butlin's, Filey in the summer season of 1961. One of the happiest summers of his life.

Hi The video brought back fantastic memories and thank you for creating the video. I was there in 1954 with my parents aged 6. We had been holidaying in Cornwall previously and the folks thought it would be a good idea to holiday at a place with plenty of entertainment and a chance for me to meet loads of other kids. Living in Worcestershire at the time we came by train from Birmingham. The packed trains were lined up in the station with hundreds of holiday makers pouring out. The holiday has stuck with me ever since. Wow what a place for a six year old and I had a whale of a time. The entertainment was wonderful with fantastic facilities for myself and the adults. It was an utter bargain. At this time in 1954 Charlie Drake was a Redcoat and also had an act called Mick & Montmerency. At breakfast his favourite trick was to climb on a chair behind the breakfast hall door and hit all of us kids on the head with a rubber hammer! The fifties was a great time for Butlins and it provided a brilliant contrast to the war torn years and austerity of the forties. Never forget it!

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting Leroy. Great memories.

1964 and thirteen years old. Loved every minute of it. My first ever holiday.

We went to Filey around 1950. I think we went on a coach. I have a pic of me in the outdoor pool learning to swim...had a great week. When I had my own children, we went to Butlins in the 1980s once or sometimes twice a year to different places...always had a good time. An army helicopter landed in the camp one time and I got some pics of it...we were allowed to go up to it and have a close look and a chat with the guys.

When England was England, happy days, many happy holiday memories at at butlins in minehead and Barry island! sad really these videos how life as changed.

@thephantomarse

3 жыл бұрын

Some great memories sad that my kids can't experience the Butlins we did as kids

@moorzymoores

3 жыл бұрын

"When England was England"????? Eh?

@mjc5509

3 жыл бұрын

@@moorzymoores i guess that means white???

@cjn01

3 жыл бұрын

Talk about rose tinted glasses. When it was legal to discriminate on age, race, sex etc. When being gay was illegal. When cancer was a death sentence for nearly everyone getting it. Brilliant times for sure.

@danbreen6946

3 жыл бұрын

@@moorzymoores When england got beat in the Euro's FORZA ITALIA 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

Visited Butlins Filey in the late sixties. What was surprising is how long it took to get there by coach. Great time was had by all.

I worked there in 1973 for the summer season in the 'Shops & Bars' section. This was in between my A levels and going to Huddersfield Polytechnic. Some great memories. Think I got paid about £11 a week. Food and accommodation was included.

@revengenerd1

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha, makes me think of when I worked at Primrose Valley around 2002 just after I spent a year at college, because the wages weren't much better despite it being decades later, after taxes and "rent" I was left with about £30 a week and had to buy my own food so by time I did that I was likely getting about £10 a week

@CulturedThugPoster

3 жыл бұрын

We used to go to Filey for the dance competitions when I was a child in the 70's and 80's. Off season the weather was quite 'brisk', but as the competitions were all indoors it didn't matter that much.

I remember going into the beachcomber themed bar with running water ,colourful lights and animal noises, it’s was magical

@dawnied1785

3 жыл бұрын

I remember that too 🙂

I worked at butlins Filey as a photographer photographing campers on holiday. I was there in 1981 , it was enjoyable work , met loads of people. I remember photographing campers at evening dinner time producing key rings that you viewed by holding up to the light.

Poignant , beautifully shot viewed with tears in my eyes, had a holiday there with my mum back in the very early seventies lost her a couple of years later so Filey holds a very special place in my heart .

I recall coming to Filey in 1946 just after the war. It was before the camp had a designated railway station & we were bussed into the camp from the station. Of course at that time (I was 7) things were very restricted but it was wonderful to get away & everything was included in the price. Parents could go to shows leaving children in the chalets & if a child cried a message was held up on a board at the side of the stage giving the chalet number & asking parents to return to their child. A great holiday at the end of WW2

Thank you for making this. I have happy memories of holidays at Butlins as a child during the 60s.

brought back some memories, really enjoyed the video, after the last year, I wonder how many people would love a simple fun holiday like Butlins was back then.

I spent a few weeks there as a child. It was an amazing holiday camp. Thanks for the memories.

We had our first big family holiday at Filey in 1967. It was a fantastic place for a young kid. I remember the big fountains by the outside pool, the Big Mouse(?) rollercoaster as you thought you were going to head off the top at the corner, standing underneath the Giant’s legs and best of all, watching swimmers’ legs through the pool underwater windows. A magically place through a kid’s eye!

Although it opened as a holiday camp in 1946, it was completed in 1939 and saw wartime service as RAF Hunmanby Moor during WW2. A number of the camps were built during the war in an agreement between BB and the war office, he got to keep them after the war. Skegness was HMS Royal Arthur and Pwllheli was HMS Glendower.

This is an excellent video, well done 👏🏻. I came to Butlin's Filey with my family in 1965. I was six. I remember it so well...the train station and the camp itself...I thought it was a wonderland!

@karonhorne9922

7 ай бұрын

Great video but also so sad that a camp is high so many people and families enjoyed is no more. As a child I went to Skegness, Bognor and Minehead , even at Christmas it was wonderful, so much to see and do made so many friends best holidays ever.

I went to Butlins Filey with my grandparents when I was five years old in 1959. We lived just up the coast in County Durham and drove there with my aunt& uncle. It was amazing to me, I remember the ballroom, there was a big balcony around the top where you could watch everything and listen to the music. The whole atmosphere of the place was wonderful, it’s like you were in another world. Butlins really was a holiday in every sense of the word! It’s a long time ago now, but it has always stuck in my memory👍

Wonderful how nature takes over if left alone. we used to love jumping into the freezing out door pool then run inside to the heated pool,the heated pool had glass panels so you could watch people in the pool swimming. The mock beams I have on my living room ceiling were reclaimed from the old chalets so I still have a piece of Butlins history. Our generation had the best of times life is getting very dark now and I fear for what is coming.

I stayed here for a week in the sixties. My parents hated it and left every day as soon as they could each morning, and came back at night. I loved it and went on everything while they were out. I was about 12.

A brilliant film thank you, I have never been there but enjoyed your film. It’s great to have some knowledge of the history and read the comments of the people who visited and remember Butlins. Thank you, regards, Chris.

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris! I've been blown away by all the comments.

Many thanks for this video. Butlins Filey was opened in the year I was born (1946) I spent a week there in 1959 with a school friend. Barry Lawson and his parents. Remember waking up to Zippity Doo Dah being broadcast from the tannoys every morning! Happy memories.

Tassie Devil What an excellent video of Butlins Filey. I remember going there in the early 60's as a 11 or 12 year old. The excitement of such a fabulous place with so many people and great things to do, what an adventure it was. One of the "things" that has stuck with me all these years was the way everyone was fed, what a feat, 2 sittings each meal time, hundreds of people to feed and the women that served the meals did an unbelievable job. These women had a carrying frame for 5 or 6 plates to speed up the serving and what an huge cheer went up when one of them dropped a plate or dish, much to the embarrassment of the lady concerned, poor woman :) . I also remember that I had to give in the chalet key to do things, like using the boating lake or playing snooker etc., good job Mum & Dad got an extra key for me to use! Very fond memories from long ago.

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mal.

Great memories of two holidays in September '80 and '81. Dad went to church and the last week of the season was something like 'Christian week'. The only difference was the dining halls became book shops, but everything else was open; we simply went self-catering. I missed the second week of school both years (as a 10 and 11 year old), had a Wimpey burger for the first time, and saw Chariots of Fire.

Good on you for keeping the memory alive. Thank you.

I visited for my first family holiday camp trip in late July, 1972, by coach as a six year old from the North East of England.We stopped off at Guisborough there and back. Great video.Enjoyed it.

Happy memories, went there in 1970 as a family of four. Younger sister 3 and mum and dad and me nearly 12. Loved every minute of the week holiday. Was up in my motorhome a few weeks ago, near primrose valley ❤

I really enjoyed this video. Andrew the presenter is excellent and overall the video had a professional feel about it.

Thanks for this. Absolutely fascinating. In the summers of 1975-78 I worked on a pig farm at Withernwick near Hornsea. Twice a week we drove a truck to Butlins to collect bins full of waste food which was boiled up with meal to feed the growing pigs. We also collected from many Bridlington hotels, but the bins used at Butlins were smaller than our regular size, and referred to as “Butlin bins”. In those days at age 18-20 the holiday camp seemed almost exotic to me!

@wishmastermaker

2 жыл бұрын

You didn't know a bloke called Eddie in 1975 by any chance did you, he only worked there that season, he was just a helper in the kitchens, my wife's friend is trying to locate him as its her biological dad who she has never met, he left when she was just 15 month old

We went in mid 70's with the only holiday we had as a family. It was fantastic. Great happy memories.

Me and my family was there at the Butlin's Filey Holiday Camp way back in 1980, great teenage memories:))) Sad it all closed in 1983. Tracey Large I loved you, my teenage Holiday romance X

So many good memories of going there as a kid. No other holidays compare! Great work 👍👍👍👍

Happy memories when I was there with my parents in the sixties, still have the photos of these Happy days.

For four or five years during the early 1970s my mother used to take me and my sister to Butlins at Filey for a week's holiday. We always used to travel from Doncaster to Filey by train, and I remember thinking how cool it was that the camp had its own railway station. Great video that brings back some memories for me of those happy times.

My family used to visit Butlins Filey and now I own a caravan on Primrose Valley site on the spot once occupied by Butlins.Always brings back memories,thank you for the video.

Thank you for this. My mother and her friend went to Filey in 1946. Mum would have been 22 and her friend perhaps 19. Her friend died just last year. We holidayed at Butlins as a family for about 8 years, but never at Filey. They were great holidays - something for all the family, and I remember the double bikes. Although people say they were regimented, things generally were more organised at that time, and it was certainly better than seaside boarding houses. I look at today's cruise liners and wonder what's the difference? On-site entertainment with resident staff, bars, dining rooms with set mealtimes - very similar structure, and you're effectively captive for most of the time. I know which I'd prefer.

@charliesouthgate6125

3 жыл бұрын

Different mind set Gill and the weather is worth taking into account, chalk and cheese I think, after saying that I've never been on a cruise!

@angeladavison9323

3 жыл бұрын

My dad called cruises upmarket Butlins on Sea

@vinadamswood586

3 жыл бұрын

You ask Gill, what is the difference between Butlin's and a cruise. None really, apart from with cruising you have the chance of drowning thrown in.

We had many happy holidays at BUTLINS filey, and BUTLINS Skegness, then in the 80's I worked there in filey, for a summer season and had a great time. HAPPY DAYS. Yes it is depressing to see it now.

That's a great video. I was born in Sheffield in 1966 and although we never went to Filey on holiday, I remember it being a large and special place and always wanted to go. We nearly always ended up at Ingoldmells on the Lincolnshire coast which also had a Butlins camp. We never stayed at the camp, but you could buy a day ticket if you wanted and we did that a few times. Being young, it was great and we never needed much to entertain us, it was simple innocent pleasures, but looking back to what we're used to now, I suppose it was a bit naff. Unfortunately, time has moved on and people seem to be more dissatisfied these days and continually demand more and seem to be rushing around and getting as much done as possible rather than relaxing and having fun. Thanks for the memories

Just found this film. Brings back happy memories. We had a family holiday there in the early 70s. We drove up from Hampshire. It was a lovely camp. My abiding memory was the disco which was all Northern Soul. Fantastic for a southerner who loved Northern Soul. (Still do).

I grew up in Scarborough ! My Mum's friend Iris drove us once to Filey Butlins for the day back in the late 60's. I remember how excited we were to go, and you could watch the swimmers in the glass sided pool when you were in the cafeteria ! I think it was viewed as a bit of a dump in later years as people's holidays habits changed.

Went numerous times as a kid with my parents in the late '50s and '60s, last visit with my late wife in the '70s. Happy memories - tomorrow is just another day......

Another great video, I stayed at Butlins Filey around 1968, I went with a mate of mine and had a great week, we drove over from Burnley, and at the time we went it must have clashed with some Scottish holidays, as it felt as if they had taken over the place, but as it was the first holiday for us teens, free from the family, although the chalet sleeping accommodation was a bit basic, we didn’t mind too much as everything else was great fun, and we made the most of everything it had to offer, I seem to recollect seeing the pop group the Barron Knights on our visit, they were a popular comedy group at the time. But an all round fun place, sadly now just a memory. Happy days.

Fantastic video,well done and thank you, I.m a Butlins kid now 60+ cancer survivor and though I never actually went to Filey (always Skeggy) this brings back sooo many memories from 50 yrs ago, absolute gem of a vid,again mate Cheers

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ed. Really appreciate you commenting.

I had a wonderful time at Filey in about 1960.

I visited the old Butlin's site in 2010, there were two recognisable features still standing, or semi standing. The outdoor pool, which due to recent rain still had a reasonable amount of water in it, and the remaining bit of the indoor pool. Next to the indoor pool was a pile of rubble, containing very recognisable thick pieces of glass. These had been the glass in the swimming pool so campers could swim underwater and look through the glass and see family and friends in the coffee lounge on the other side! I now have a piece of this glass on display in my home in Australia, polished and engraved with the Butlin's logo and a description of where it came from

Remember going when 7, 1961, arriving by train from Sunderland. What a week, boating lake, miniature railway, sky lift to the beach, the bunk beds, mum and dad winning a ballroom dancing competition. Exciting for me at that age. Thanks for the video.

I stayed at primrose valley in 1986, myself aged 10 and my dad managed to walk around the abandoned camp, the eeriest thing to look at was the old cable cars in the main shed at the back. Top video 👍

I remember visiting Butlin's, Filey as a five-year-old kid. My mother and I came second in the lookalike competition that week ( - we still have the photo's - ) and I was surprised to see a mousehole in the skirting board of our chalet - just like in the Tom 'n' Gerry cartoons! I also remember going to a wrestling match. The whole thing left a big impression on me and the memories linger... Thank you for the video. Good stuff!

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting - great memories!

@HolyGoddessMotherAnne

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds brilliant for ya mate,as long as it kept ya happy.

A very well made documentary. It’s sad to see how things we enjoyed when we were young, have now faded away.

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Iain.

My nana and grandad took us every year between 69 and 74. I was 5 first time. The best place in the world. I really miss those days. Me and my sister used to get holiday clothes that we wore for the first time before getting on the bus from Redcar to Filey. The bus journey was so exciting. At 12 I won a portable record player in the space hopper race. My grandad won the weekly snooker championship every time he went and the prize was a free weeks holiday the following year. A self financing holiday. I just loved it so much it nearly makes me cry thinking about it. I’m 57 now and the memories are like yesterday

Hi: I can only remember a little as I was about 6/ 7 years old (1967/ 68). So sad to see it is all gone. Nobody has taken over Billy's legacy.. Spending holidays. Thank you for sharing your story. Only the scars remain. Regards from South Africa 🇿🇦

Your video was very interesting. The world has moved on from holiday camps so it was sad to see the site abandoned. But I have to correct you - Filey re-opened in 1945 and my family must have been among the first holiday makers to be there in that year. My three memories of our holiday are the photograph taken on Filey beach by Butlin's photographer of our whole family. That is the only photo I have of our whole family and it now sits on my buffet. The other two memories are that Ted "Tiny" Evans was one of the red coats - he was 7 feet 6 inches tall. The other, and this shows we were there in 1945, is that during our holiday, there was great celebrations in London and all over Britain for VE Day on 8 May 1945. Butlin's posted many photographs of the celebrations so that we could all join in. Thanks for the memories.

i remember staying at the haven primrose valley site in the early 90s. and one day i went for a explore and i could see the derelict butlins camp on the other side of a fence, it was a amazing thing to see, as there was chalets with broken doors and windows, and parts of walls missing, and there was still beds and other things inside the chalets.

@Kn8ght6930

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why I assumed haven was built on the bustling site. Brilliant time there in the 70s.

@simonn2045

3 жыл бұрын

I remember it too, was quite spooky to see

@revengenerd1

3 жыл бұрын

I worked at Primrose Valley in the early 00's when I was 18, was treated like dirt by my boss, shouted at for small things all for £3 a hour and had to pay them £80 a week for rent, heating, electricity, so in other words after taxes I only had about 20-40 left for 40 hours work. And I got food poisoning my first week there buying a kebab from the on site kebab shop lol. Shame though as I liked the park.

@Rollingforwards

3 жыл бұрын

@@revengenerd1 it does not look the same as it used to on google satellite maps. There used to be a children’s playground with a toboggan run on it. It is no longer there.

@revengenerd1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rollingforwards I think I remember that, it was in the touring park end which had all the sports features, I did see a picture of the current complex which looks totally different then when I worked there which just looked like a huge warehouse.

Never went to Filey, too far to travel, but went to Butlins nearly every year, from the early 70's to the late 90's mainly at Bognor Regis, with occasional trips to Minehead and Clacton. Luckily Bognor still exists, been a few times in the 2000s on adult weekenders. Enjoyable and I still love to walk around by myself and remember how it used to look. Many buildings still exist, just modernised inside and out.

Just came across this - totally random. I grew up in Lancashire & never went to Butlins but it was so famous. Everyone knew about it & the various locations and of course it was very popular. I enjoyed this video but it made me sad to see something which brought pleasure to so many people just go to ruin. I imagine it would really touch people who visited there. Many thanks for sharing this video & information.

My first holiday away from home without my parents... summer of 68, and I was only sixteen! I went with two workmates, and to this day I'm still surprised my parents let me go! I can remember the Hawiian Bar, it was like being abroad 😄 It's sad that things have to change... but that's progress. Many a family had a happy time at Butlins, and we should thank Billy Butlin for that!

@willbee6785

2 жыл бұрын

‘77. The Hawaiian bar was brilliant. On my mum’s birthday, our family were having a meal together. In the entrance came her sister (my auntie) & her best friend and sang, happy birthday to my mum. It was brilliant. Happy memories. 😃

I holidayed there in 1981, was 6 years old and it was my first holiday away from Manchester. I have vivid memories of the place, it really was magical for a kid of that age.

We spent a week at Butlins Filey in July 1967, it rained heavily everyday. I remember being totally miserable, cold and wet all week. On the Saturday we left the sun shone brightly it was warm and we melted in the car on the way home- the great British Summer Holiday.

By the 'eck, that's stirred up a few memories, not all of them pleasant. I never holidayed there with my parents and siblings, it was always Whitby and Scarborough. But I did work a season there, in 1980. I was 20 and had been out of work a couple of months, (born and raised in M/Boro), and spotted an ad' in the Evening Gazette for seasonal staff. Me and a mate went along to the Dragonara Hotel in M/Boro, and before we knew it we were Butlins bar staff! She was put on the Cabaret bar and I was on the Gaiety bar. Much of it was full of happy times, bloody long hours, but fun. A major issue was having to share a chalet with another staff member. It was smaller than a box room, two awful single beds either side of the door and on the opposite wall a wardrobe and a wash basin! My original chalet mate was a bloke who was a good 20 years older than me and he was a sex mad Irishman who brought a series of one night stands back! Imagine having to lay in bed night after night with some randy goat not more than 2 feet away getting his jollies with a succession of women. It went on for 2 months until he was caught with the wife of one of the holidaymakers in a compromising position! That sealed his fate and he was unceremoniously sacked and given 1 hour to pack and leave! All in all I did have a great time and whilst the wages weren't brilliant you didn't pay for your cell, oops, chalet, lol and all meals were free and there was a laundry room, again free. The only thing we paid for was our entertainment and even then if guests recognized you out of uniform on your free time then quite a few would buy us a drink. I'd forgotten how soon after I'd worked there the place closed down. Thanks for uploading this.

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed reading that, thanks for commenting!

@popazz1

3 жыл бұрын

@@NorthYorkshireWanderer ... No worries, pleased you enjoyed it. I've reconnected with the lass I worked the season with after joining the Memories of M/Boro group on Facebook. We lost touch after I left the Boro in 83, haven't had any contact in 37 years! We had a good catch up about this and that and she vividly remembered our season at Filey.

@Ardoyne10

3 жыл бұрын

nice one john paul i was 20 and worked there in 1980 as well i was a waiter in the full board restaurants and from boro would you believe was there 79 80 happy days pal

@popazz1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ardoyne10 ... Hahaha, seems the Boro recruitment campaign paid off for Butlins. Yeah, they were (mainly) happy days.

@thephantomarse

3 жыл бұрын

I worked at bognor as a teen in the 90s still had those crappy tiny rooms with the two beds and the wash basin used to get a roulette of people to share with Horrible memories of the staff bar and Butlins larger 😀

Loved this video. I remember in the mid 80’s my dad took us to see the site as it was then - I’ve often wondered what happened in the years since and this video answers all of that. Nice trip down memory lane there.

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting :)

I was there in 1977 Great holiday that year age 16 . Id been to Bognor , Minehead, Clacton,and Skegness camps too as a kid . Magical places when a young un

My aunt took me in 1976 when I was 13. The main things I remember was sitting down on long benches and tables for meals in the canteen and everyone cheering if one of the kitchen staff dropped a cup or plate and it broke. Hardly any plugs for the communal baths - you had to screw up a load of toilet paper, push it in the plug hole and have a bath as quickly as you could before the water dissappeared. Going in the cinema and every so often seeing a box light up saying, 'Baby crying in Chalet No. 4 (or wherever)' and one of the staff banging on the chalet window telling me to get up if I'd slept in after a certain time in the morning. Everything was just like Hi-De-Hi. Great fun!

I used to go there as a kid in the 70's had some great times, last time was in may 79 for a week the day after I left school, I had a great week with my stepbrothers, happy days!!!! sad its all gone now.

@michaeldavies9533

3 жыл бұрын

Went to Filey for two weeks in the early 70s our daughter loved it ,my wife went up with three friends in a small aircraft she still has the certificate she framed,shame that some of these holiday camps are closing. Ii

Fair play to you man, really well made and very entertaining. I have absolutely zero connections with the subject matter but I really enjoyed this video, I hope you do indeed carry on and make many more and start making some nice cash from this platform. Inspiring.

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I really appreciate that.

I remember my parents taking me to Butlins, Skegness as a child in the 70s. Was quite magical back then. Free rides in the fairground, the smell of hot dogs being cooked and the freedom to walk about as a child with out any worries. Special days ☺️

Thank you so much for the video. Butlins Filey was my favourite holiday camp ever ❤️

I was the last person out of the swimming pool when it closed ,sad.

@danbreen6946

3 жыл бұрын

@Alec Hall I and it took a day to catch the floater he left dirty little git 🤣

Excellent video. It’s important to make videos like this as it is an effective way of recoding social history. Well done lad!

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony.

I went to Butlins Filey in the summer of 1965 aged 10. It was the best weeks holiday I can remember with the family. We went there by car from Bradford.

Excellent video. We went there mid 70s by train when I was about 10. Going back there as an adult I couldn't picture how it had worked - I thought we must have gone to the now Filey station and got the road train from there, but it didn't tie up with my mental image. Now I know why. Seeing the video and the old footage brought it all back perfectly. Still love going to Filey, lovely town and great beaches.

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven.

Poignant. A great story, brilliant presentation, well-shot and narrated, evocative soundtrack, superb editing. How holiday expectations have changed!

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard!

I went there in the fifties, Des O"Connor was a Redcoat

@davidallen8817

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I remember being in a pirate show with him and others , it was a lovely place and a rare holiday for us , I think we only had about 4 holidays until till I was 18 and left home

I was 18yo and worked at Butlins Holiday Camp Filey as a dishwasher during the summer of 1966. It was a bustling place enjoyed by staff and campers alike. Great memories of Bridlington and Scarborough. I met my wife to be at Butlins. She was a waitress in the dining rooms.

I ran the skating rink at Filey for a season, I didn't realize it then of course but these were some of the greatest days of my life, young a fit {18} with no worries lol, great people I met there and my introduction to Northern Soul, I was one of only a handful of Geordie s there as Butlins usually put you to work in a camp far away from where you lived . FANTASTIC days I will never ever forget

As a Leeds man always loved the Yorkshire Coast best days of my life now living in North Scotland but will be back for vist one day

I was in Foster home as a child, I went on holiday here from 1979 till 1983 I was there on the last week it was open, we had to leave on the Friday. I learnt how to roller skate here I always wish it was still there memories of butlins Filey, gave me the desire to work for butlins.

Have many childhood memories of holidays at Butlins Filey

Ken Annakin was a seriously good film director who made an absolute turkey in 1947 called Holiday Camp. Yet it was the 6th biggest film of the year at the UK box office. I put that down to its truly stellar cast. All camp exteriors were filmed at Butlin's Filey, though the train station used was Sandsend. The film is regularly screened on Talking Pictures, (Freeview ch 81).

What a great video - both nostalgic and a bit sad. I never holidayed at Butlins as we lived in Bridlington but as a treat my friend and I would be allowed to go on the train to Filey for the day in the mid 60's. Potted meat sandwiches always eaten on the cable car, swimming in the indoor and outdoor pools and a go on all the amusement rides which I seem to remember were included in the entrance fee. Happy days!

I enjoyed that. Love the way you put it all together.

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Geoffrey - glad you enjoyed it.

@irenedavo3768

3 жыл бұрын

@@NorthYorkshireWanderer I remember the Fountain ⛲

That this special place was conceived, built, used, enjoyed, closed, to then become what it is, today, and all within the lifetime of a single man, is difficult to comprehend.

As a kid who was fortunate to have a few holidays at Butlins Filey, watching the drone footage of Primrose Valley (I took my kids there many moons ago) and the Bay Filey was bloody depressing. Just loads of dreary static caravans and characterless buildings compared to the exitement and buzz of the funfair and camp! Can't comment on the railway as we always went by car but as for the holidays themselves, amazing and the memories are flooding back. Thanks for your effort Andrew.

That brought back some memories. I use to there every summer with my mum and dad

I appreciate the time and effort you have put in to produce a very interesting video

@NorthYorkshireWanderer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks John.

I live in Hull and took my daughter for a day trip to Filey via a bus early 70's. I always remember a ride called *The Mouse*. In 1989 I went for a weeks holiday to Skegness with my sister and her 2 Grandchildren. We had a great time with lots of things to do on a daily basis - happy memories :)

The good old days , health and safety! Me and my older brother would go in the cable cars 100s of feet up and at it’s highest point my brother would rock it violently ! The car door was a fairly simple latch the either of us could open in milliseconds.We roamed all day and night nurturing an addiction to slot machines and tipping point like contraptions.We played snooker , table tennis, darts .We swam , ran , ate , laughed and cried .Watched films and shows , played forever in the amusement park .Kid today will never know the joy and the freedom and the sadness I feel now looking back at the utter joy and amazement of this magical land.Blessed we were for never again will such an oasis , mythical , Brigadoon exists.

We were a railway family and my father knew Billy Butlin and developed the railway connection to Filey Holiday Camp. Indeed we spent a week there, having arrived by train and been transported into the camp proper by the road train. We lived in Chalets which were constructed of wood and placed back-to-back. It was possible to hold conversations with those in the attached Chalet! It was at Filey we had our first Whale meat steaks in the vast refectories. And there were boating pools too where you could help yourself to a hand operated paddle boat - which my brother and I used to do in the dead of night. All lit up until midnight! Every night and morning the Tannoy speakers used to greet the campers. We were woken up by the Tannoy system every morning . . . a cheery "Good Morning Campers!" The night time song remains in my memory: " Good night Campers, I can see you yawning! Good night campers before next day is dawning! Good night Campers I've heard it said that folks die in bed! when tucked up in bed! And so it's Good Night Campers . . . . etc. or something like that! can't remember any more - and even that's not right! Many of the entertainers were ex-forces who had, by working as teams, drummed up some patter or other to the amusement of all. I know I wrote down the words of that evening song and have it still somewhere! The last Bastion of Butlins were the Hotels. I used to work in one near Brighton - Butlins Ocean Hotel where there were the usual Red-coats and the knobbly knees competitions! All great fun" Now . . . . . ? all g o n e . . . . .