I was born in 61 and we lived in Chelmsford but we often went to Southend and this brings back so many memories. I had to repeat one part again and again as the little boy by the boating lake at 2:56 looks like I did then and I was sure it was me for a while. Particularly fond of watching this footage as I lost my 94 year old dad 8 weeks ago and this takes me back to a happier time with no cares. Thank You.

Certainly one thing missing. Vote accordingly. X

Back in the days when life was much more carefree.

I miss the old days , the civilisation.

@crawford1083

3 ай бұрын

And the lack of "diversity".

I really enjoyed that, thank you for a reminder of 1968...

Nice movie great memories...............and of course its raining !

Great memories. Used to love the pier,the Kursaal and Peter Pan's playground as a kid in the early 70s. Who remembers that waxwork outside of the Golden Hind? But the Kursaal was my favourite by far.

I was born in the east end of London but when i was 3 mum & dad moved to Rayleigh about 8 miles from Southend so a lot of my childhood & youth was spent in Southend haven't been there of over 30 years until now this has taken me back in time. Thank you.

Just how I remember Southend-on-Sea - plenty of colourful lights, great rides and lots for kids to do! I lived in East Ham in the 1960's, so a day trip to Southend was a real treat!

Fabulous little film full of so many memories. Thank you for posting it.

I was born in vallance rd eastlondon 1961 my nan lived behind the kursal and as kids in the 60s my dad would would take us on train from fenchurch street sometimes we would get out at leigh and walk along the front the smell the seagulls the amusements are things i have never forgotton and collecting pebbles ❤

I was a teenager in the Southend of the 80s and loved it. Many a happy Saturday spent down the front with my mates.

Wonderful visual record of families enjoy a day at the seaside..l lived there from 1946 to 2000...Was it better then? l believe it was. l remember going to the Ritz children's morning matinee, running along a high street full of shops, long before pedestrianisation.

@th8257

4 ай бұрын

Might have looked nicer but it certainly wasn't beneath the surface. We know now that a massive paedophile ring was operating in Southend back then - which includes child killers Sidney Cooke and Lennie Smith. Smith lived in Southend for a while and Cooke was a regular visitor. Much of it centred around the amusement arcades where Smith and an elderly paedophile, Jack Parsons, were grooming kids. The local investigative journalist Charles Thomson put together a podcast about it all. He found that the ring also included corrupt police, drugs, local business men, teachers, bus drivers and pub owners. Kids from Southend were being taken across the south east, and many were used for child pornography. His podcast is called "Untold - Shoebury's lost boys"

I'm 15 so I've never acutely seen Southend when old. Lived here my entire life - Born in Southend hospital as well! - So it's nice to see what others got to experience. The city has become a real dump as time goes by.

The old world faded away silently.

I was 19 then , no doubt the 50s 60s 70s was as good as it got out of the thousand year history, now we're heading for doom

Would like to see the Kursal bowl slide and wall of death

Great video AWOL 11, amazing film, thanks 👌👍😀

Thank you so much for this video

I lived in Southend for a couple of years in the mid-80s when I first came to Britain, Loved it! Great seeing the Palace Hotel in its pomp than the dive it had become in the 80s.

Wonderful ... thanks

Lovely thank you

Fantastic

"And we need a tune to open Our season at Southend, can you help us?" - Bernie Taupin, Bitter Fingers

What the hell have we done to ourselves!!

@SpamMouse

Ай бұрын

Immigration Immigration immigration. To para-phrase a certain labour MP.

The child that I was is probably in it somewhere.

Southend-on-Sea was much nicer in the 60s.

@Jimjam-lk4ud

8 ай бұрын

Looked much more lively

@graemeyetts3465

6 ай бұрын

It was a great area to frow up in back then

@th8257

4 ай бұрын

Might have looked nicer but it certainly wasn't beneath the surface. We know now that a massive paedophile ring was operating in Southend back then - which includes child killers Sidney Cooke and Lennie Smith. Smith lived in Southend for a while and Cooke was a regular visitor. Much of it centred around the amusement arcades where Smith and an elderly paedophile, Jack Parsons, were grooming kids. The local investigative journalist Charles Thomson put together a podcast about it all. He found that the ring also included corrupt police, drugs, local business men, teachers, bus drivers and pub owners. Kids from Southend were being taken across the south east, and many were used for child pornography. His podcast is called "Untold - Shoebury's lost boys"

@robinburn4974

Ай бұрын

Everywhere was much nicer in the sixties

@anythingbootneck

19 күн бұрын

@@robinburn4974That’s a fact!👍🏻

Amazing quality! How did you get it off of analogue tape to digital?

@tooleyheadbang4239

3 күн бұрын

It's from film, not video tape.

The only difference is now the illuminations are nowhere near as good and theres bout a hundred thousand more people living here...

I don't see the skinheads as except the seaside rest Southend was a cesspit and still is to this day..

@a.c.4732

Күн бұрын

sadly much more cess in the pit ....

What a wonderful video. Not one foreigner, Muslim or hoody black gang member in sight. Bring back those good days...

@danmayberry1185

5 ай бұрын

Not sure how you ID'd the religion of everyone in the film, Enoch. Well done.

@cornelius9180

5 ай бұрын

@@danmayberry1185 you are the typical person that is totally delusional on how our society has massively deteriorated over the last 25 years! Open your eyes and try and change your woke mind. Cheers

@gary637

5 ай бұрын

@@danmayberry1185 What's wrong with a native Englishman wanting to live with people of the same culture and shared history in his own country? Marx. Well done.

@th8257

4 ай бұрын

The good old days? We know now that a massive paedophile ring was operating in Southend back then - which includes child killers Sidney Cooke and Lennie Smith. Smith lived in Southend for a while and Cooke was a regular visitor. Much of it centred around the amusement arcades where Smith and an elderly paedophile, Jack Parsons, were grooming kids. The local investigative journalist Charles Thomson put together a podcast about it all. He found that the ring also included corrupt police, drugs, local business men, teachers, bus drivers and pub owners. Kids from Southend were being taken across the south east, and many were used for child pornography. His podcast is called "Untold - Shoebury's lost boys"

@th8257

4 ай бұрын

​@@cornelius9180and you clearly know nothing about Southend's history

Not a berker in sight

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