1970 in Millport Scotland with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins... My grandfather George Cadzow shot this on 8 mm film and I had it digitized. Good memories... :)
Brilliant vid , brought back a lot of memories, in 1970 I would have been 7 yr old , now 60 , remember arriving in the Kepple boat to the harbour and my mum playing bingo in the fairground at the back of the gardens, good memories and winning the sand castle competition at the far beach , going round the back of the island to the beach and having toffee apples , Mapes bikes still hiring out the bikes with that same old smell, fishing off the boat from the harbour towards the little Cumbria , stopping at Nardini’s before crossing the water, now living in the Cotswolds but I brought my kids up to the lovely wee island , all the best 👍
Loved the video, can remember going my holidays to Millport in 1974 , got across on the Waverley, we used to hire out bikes and cycle round the island past the big indian face, there was a marine museum as you came back into Millport with a octopus in it, we’d walk across to the cafe at Fintrry bay, also used to go to the Garrison on the sea front , it had amusements and a real flee pit cinema there, I can remember seeing Frankie Howard’s “Up Pompeii” there , real joyous happy days none of my family were in this video but they still felt like my own folk, thanks for rekindling the memories 😊
I have thurly enjoyed this video, l have been to Milport lot's of times, it's a great we lsland , also you can hire a bicycle & cycle round the Island, then you can go up to the top of the lsland & have a great view across the sea, ... But thanks to the person who made this great video, l say well done 👍.
Thanks John... my grandfather (who shot the movie) would thank you very much for your kind words and agree with you that Millport is a special place (and so would I!).
We used to go there constantly from Glasgow when I was wee in the late '50s and early '60s - great place and lots of early memories. Your Gran and Papa had good taste... :)
can remember the hot summer there was a water shortage and the cafe and pub charged 6d for a glass of water it was great time we all camped up a small hill by a grave yard .i remember going back home to paisley to get some money from the bank tsb and go back in a few hours. no bank cards then.
Time Obliterates All Things . The proud handsome young father in this film is now a white haired old man bent with age . Perhaps passed away ? The carefree young Mum perhaps in a care home - all memories of this day wiped clean from her memory. Life is Cruel . Live every day as though it was the last . 🙏🙏🙏
A very realistic speculation given the amount of time that has passed. In fact, although the grandparents are long gone, the carefree young Mum is aging but spry and alert. The handsome young father is still with us but in a nursing home. The kids are all doing well and thriving. Life can be cruel, but it can also be full of beautiful moments as long as, as you say, we live every day fully and stay in the moment. Thanks for your comment. :)
@ Derek No , thank YOU for your reply. It's a great unanswered question : is anything worse than happy times remembered when the future holds only loss and pain ? Beautiful footage anyway and will now be around for ever ?!! Something the camera user could never have imagined at the time. Sorry to hear about the young father but pass on my prayers to your (?) Mum.
Good steady filming. What camera did he use? A Bolex or? Where and how did you get it digitized - it looks great - if you can see the grain in the film it's a good digitize...
DLWELD, that's a good question. This was 52 years ago now and my grandfather has been gone a long time. I had it done by a commercial digitization service in the US. A friend of mine has had good results with this machine, but I haven't tried it myself: www.amazon.ca/dp/B08LQXV7VV?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share&fbclid=IwAR3EouDk7VUPXPqyf9_D7bFZoLrcL9XgfZ2CKbHzWU8bluXvjwiv2q73X5w
@@johncurrie8719 Hmm, really? No, this was about June or July '70... maybe I'd heard it from my Mum slightly after the holiday then... because it wasn't as late as Sept. Sorry, I always thought that was the way it happened... :/
@@DerekCadzow lol at 1.25 on video there are two older ladies on the pier and one is wearing a rainmate on her head. It was a folded piece of plastic with tiers you could wear over a hat or your hair to keep the rain off. They were commonly worn.
@@jenniferwilliams4447 thanks for the explanation... I remember those (in fact, the two ladies you mention are my grandmothers). I remember my Mom wore them as well. I just never knew what they were called. Now I know... :)
Brilliant vid , brought back a lot of memories, in 1970 I would have been 7 yr old , now 60 , remember arriving in the Kepple boat to the harbour and my mum playing bingo in the fairground at the back of the gardens, good memories and winning the sand castle competition at the far beach , going round the back of the island to the beach and having toffee apples , Mapes bikes still hiring out the bikes with that same old smell, fishing off the boat from the harbour towards the little Cumbria , stopping at Nardini’s before crossing the water, now living in the Cotswolds but I brought my kids up to the lovely wee island , all the best 👍
Thanks for the comment! I’m right there with you Mitchell - lots of happy memories. I was last there in 1998 and it was still such a treat!
Loved the video, can remember going my holidays to Millport in 1974 , got across on the Waverley, we used to hire out bikes and cycle round the island past the big indian face, there was a marine museum as you came back into Millport with a octopus in it, we’d walk across to the cafe at Fintrry bay, also used to go to the Garrison on the sea front , it had amusements and a real flee pit cinema there, I can remember seeing Frankie Howard’s “Up Pompeii” there , real joyous happy days none of my family were in this video but they still felt like my own folk, thanks for rekindling the memories 😊
Started going 65 years ago and still there often. Remember the 70s there very well indeed. Nice wee film.
Thanks! My Grandfather would appreciate it! :)
I have thurly enjoyed this video, l have been to Milport lot's of times, it's a great we lsland , also you can hire a bicycle & cycle round the Island, then you can go up to the top of the lsland & have a great view across the sea, ... But thanks to the person who made this great video, l say well done 👍.
Thanks John... my grandfather (who shot the movie) would thank you very much for your kind words and agree with you that Millport is a special place (and so would I!).
I was also there, seems like only a short time ago !!!!!!
Beautiful place 😍 one if my gran and papas favorites ❤ I'm booking this fir tge family now ❤
We used to go there constantly from Glasgow when I was wee in the late '50s and early '60s - great place and lots of early memories. Your Gran and Papa had good taste... :)
Great footage! Me and my own family (all of us) went to Millport and cycled around the island, great memories.
A byegone era ❤❤
Fantastic thanks for posting.
You're welcome!
Millport bound tomorrow 👍
Lucky you... I'm envious. :)
Its not changed much . Brilliant wee film .
Thanks donny -- brilliant might be a stretch, but thanks :) Shot by my Grandfather George Cadzow in 1970.
So this is what limmy was talking about... Beautiful
Gee every one was slim back then.
Haha.. .not so much any more :)
can remember the hot summer there was a water shortage and the cafe and pub charged 6d for a glass of water it was great time we all camped up a small hill by a grave yard .i remember going back home to paisley to get some money from the bank tsb and go back in a few hours. no bank cards then.
I was looking to see if that giant ice cream cone was there in 1970!!!
Don't remember it... where is it?
Always outside the cafe along the frontage.Looked pretty battered in the mid-90's, was still there in 2012.@@DerekCadzow
That’s funny to see now that I’m living there part time!
I bet... I can barely believe that this little movie is 50 years old...!!
@@DerekCadzow it’s really hard to believe:)
What's it like I an thinking of moving there
Time Obliterates All Things . The proud handsome young
father in this film is now a white haired old man bent with
age . Perhaps passed away ? The carefree young Mum perhaps in a care home - all memories of this day wiped
clean from her memory. Life is Cruel . Live every day as
though it was the last . 🙏🙏🙏
A very realistic speculation given the amount of time that has passed. In fact, although the grandparents are long gone, the carefree young Mum is aging but spry and alert. The handsome young father is still with us but in a nursing home. The kids are all doing well and thriving. Life can be cruel, but it can also be full of beautiful moments as long as, as you say, we live every day fully and stay in the moment. Thanks for your comment. :)
@ Derek
No , thank YOU for your reply. It's a great unanswered question : is
anything worse than happy times
remembered when the future holds only loss and pain ?
Beautiful footage anyway and
will now be around for ever ?!!
Something the camera user could never have imagined at the time.
Sorry to hear about the young father but pass on my prayers to
your (?) Mum.
Just found Limmy's video -- now I know what you're all talking about... and exactly what he's talking about too. :)
Good steady filming. What camera did he use? A Bolex or? Where and how did you get it digitized - it looks great - if you can see the grain in the film it's a good digitize...
DLWELD, that's a good question. This was 52 years ago now and my grandfather has been gone a long time. I had it done by a commercial digitization service in the US. A friend of mine has had good results with this machine, but I haven't tried it myself: www.amazon.ca/dp/B08LQXV7VV?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share&fbclid=IwAR3EouDk7VUPXPqyf9_D7bFZoLrcL9XgfZ2CKbHzWU8bluXvjwiv2q73X5w
Is that Limmy on the bike?
The fellow with the brown jacket on the bike?
Is there not one wee boy missing? Oh, ya, 1970.... 👶
oh, you were there.... :) In fact, we'd just found out from your Mum that day.
@@DerekCadzow seriously?!? That’s so sweet. So I was May ‘71 so this must have been post Sept ‘70?
@@johncurrie8719 Hmm, really? No, this was about June or July '70... maybe I'd heard it from my Mum slightly after the holiday then... because it wasn't as late as Sept. Sorry, I always thought that was the way it happened... :/
Can you still get rain mates?
Hi Jennifer - what’s a rain mate?
@@DerekCadzow lol at 1.25 on video there are two older ladies on the pier and one is wearing a rainmate on her head. It was a folded piece of plastic with tiers you could wear over a hat or your hair to keep the rain off. They were commonly worn.
@@jenniferwilliams4447 thanks for the explanation... I remember those (in fact, the two ladies you mention are my grandmothers). I remember my Mom wore them as well. I just never knew what they were called. Now I know... :)