Frontierland MorecambeThen and now.PLEASE WATCH...Please share. Its so sad
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Brilliant video great music. Who wants to live forever? Frontier Land is a massive part of my childhood I will never forget it. But nothing lasts forever. We all grow old and die..
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Twice a year from aged 5 till i was 17 my parents took me and my brother to Morcambe, used to stay at Detron Gate Farm campsite for the 1st few years then moved to the Regency Caravan Park when we were about 14. Absolutely LOVED Frontierland, it was the highlight of our year! Used to run to get back on the Cyclone Roller Coaster ( even tho we were told not to run lol) Hours spent in the Fun House, finally picking up the courage to go down the big slide and eventually the Kamikaze one, which i always seem to bang my arse on lol Trying to see who could stay on the big spinning wheel the longest. Wondering if the bloke who operated the Ghost Train would be hiding behind the last door to scare us ! Seeing who could run through Noah's Ark the fastest! Loved every minute of it there and met some really nice people and friends. Damn shame what they done to the place. My brother i have always vowed if we won the Euro Millions we would restore it to how it was... fingers crossed ;-)
Very special memories for me - my parents brought me to Morecambe as a child, every year until I was about 16, from our home in Leicester. We arrived by train, to what is now the Platform. We stayed at the same self catering flat in West End Road....about half way up on the right hand side, just past the road on the right.....I think the flats was called Dagliesh. Same room every year, overlooking West End Road - with a view of the sea in the distance. Dad got a paper every morning from the newsagent at the bottom of the road. I remember the pier, until storms swept most of it away. I spent my money in the Alambra amusements opposite the pier. We walked to Heysham along the front on a Sunday afternoon. And i spent many hours around Frontierland - I was particularly fond of the 'stalls' at the front - especially the one where you rolled the balls into the holes to move the horses. Loved it. Revisited with my wife in around 2006 - so much has changed. But happy memories i'll cherish forever.
Spent many happy summers in Morecambe , my aunt had a boarding house at 44 Clarendon rd ,, my mom would take us on our long school hols to help in the boarding house,then me and my brother had the run of Morecambe ,,, so sad to see it now ,,, I can see Atkinsons chippy still there ..
When I left the UK to live in Spain I had a night out in Morecambe. That was back in 1989 when the fair was in full flow. I couldn't believe my eyes when I came home in 2009 & bought my wife to the fair & it had gone. What a shame its like a completely different place. The holiday atmosphere has gone.
joeking55555 couldn't agree more. It's rubbish here for the kids. A fair pops round now and again at bank holidays etc but we need something all the time to bring people into morecambe.
So sad to see this. I have many good memories of coming to Morecambe in my childhood. Always got excited to see the skyride cars and the polo tower as we drove through. Always loved going to Frontierland....Morecambe definitely needs its theme park back!
Looks like you feel the same way as most people Annie
This is sad. But I am really happy to have the memories of this place as a child back in the early 90s. Used to come here a lot with my grandparents who are no longer with us and Morcambe was special to them. Me and my brother would be so excited to go to Frontier Land, we would so look forward to it. No matter how many times we rode those rides we would never get bored. Such special times in my childhood
Yeah I loved coming here with my Kids and moved to Morecambe years later...shame as the kids have nothing to do now...and its still abandoned today....don't forget to subscribe then you wont miss any of my new videos and click on the bell icon to get notified when I upload...Thanks
Some of my happiest memories were here. I spent many a summer in the early to mid 90's in Morecambe. Frontier Land was always the highlight. Really gutted it's gone. Same with Bubbles & the go-karts. It was a great place for families & I wouldn't change my childhood memories for anything in the world. Tearing up to see what's happened to the place, I really am.
Fantastic memories of Morecambe and Frontierland, it was our main holiday for years when I was a kid in the late 70s and 80s with my Grandparents, so sad to see this, I also remember going to Marineland and the outdoor swimming pool with the wave machine! I often visit and have done thoughout my adulthood, it's a very special place to me. It would be great to see Frontierland back, and I would be first in the queue.
I go to Morecambe every now and then when Bradford City play. Each time I go now I feel as though the town lost so much when Frontier Land disappeared. Shame.
Fond memories from the 80s and 90s of this place . Visited regular through the years .
Some of my best childhood memories were in Morecambe. We stayed at the regent caravan park every year from 1989-1999. I loved frontierland, if it had still been there I'd be taking my children on holiday every year. It's so sad that it's no longer there.
Great video Steve and I totally agree, the Frontear site is a bloody disgrace. Anywhere else this valuable piece of real estate would have been developed years ago. Stan(Ancient Aviator)
Hi stan. Sorry for late reply. It is such a shame to see it now. And sat for 15 years in this state. Looks like shops will be built on there. Just what we don't need. It's a seaside town and should have something for the kids to do. No wonder Morecambe is always empty now. Packed every time they have something on at weekend. They just don't get it. Thousands of people i've spoken to over this video want something for the kids not shops but we won't get a say. I am not giving up. I managed to get the roof tree pub sold with my video so you never know. I never give up. Lol. See you soon mate
Well they did in Rhyl and the fairground there closed more recently at the end of 2007!
Love Morecambe as a kid in the late 70's. Sadly it is no longer a resort but just a town by the sea 😭
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The Cyclone was my favourite ride. An old fashioned "Woody" coaster.
Unfortunately Blackpool Pleasurebeach sold off the land at Southport and Morecambe as the deemed it not viable to continue running 3 profitable parks.
It was once an excellent park. I remember it well! Spent many a good time here and worked at the fair ground that was behind the Winter Gardens too! Excellent memories!
The fair isn't there now either. Morecambe needs a permanent fairground. Such a shame. Nothing else I could do but make this for people to realise what they had and lost
I'm old enough to remember the other fairground as well. We always referred to it as "the little fair". I remember these 3 red cage rides there that I think spun you around and when it closed for good at the end of 1986 these red cages blocked the entrance at the end of what is now "dirty alley" in Morecambe.
So sad to see this video. Loads of happy memories here. My Grandma actually worked on the turnstile for the big dipper well into her 80's. She lived in Heysham. The Bradford Telegraph and Argus was delivered to Morecambe as so many retired Bradfordians lived there.
It had to be done stuart as nobody doing anything about it. Most people around here miss it. Big shame when it went. Nothing like this in Morecambe now.
As I write this on the 30th January 2019 there seems to be a very real chance that an offshoot of the Eden Project could be coming to Morecambe. I fervently hope that this comes to pass as there's nothing so dispiriting as reading comments on a youtube site which seem to promise something exciting about to happen only to visit it 2 or 3 years later and see that nothing of the sort has taken place. I feel that if this project is brought to fruition it could be the greatest catalyst for regeneration of Morecambe for many years. Regarding the possible retail development, perhaps the latest grim news about the wasting away of the "High Street" could actually be a good thing in this instance as it would take an optimistic outlook of unbelievable proportions for some of our retail giants to consider putting a large investment into an acknowledged run down seaside town. But let's consider the effect of something like a marine centred Eden Project being built here. First and foremost I would expect it to be an attraction which would not be reliant on a "good summer", surely it would bring people all the year round and, more importantly, they will surely be families intent on a more educational experience rather than a procession of stag and hen nights which seem to have become the blight of Blackpool. Now, if you have a greater influx of family centred visitors, surely the viability of an attractive funfair or theme park would drastically improve, particularly as it would not be as dependent on a seasonal effect. Maybe Blackpool Pleasure Beach would even wish to get involved again as it could prove to be an excellent opportunity to extend their offering and, let's be honest about this, who else could offer the levels of quality rides and attractions which they would be able to provide. Well, let's see what happens, I'm getting on in years but I'd love to live long enough to see Morecambe finally make a transition into a blueprint as the first successful English seaside town regeneration of the 21'st. Century.
Oh forgot to say everytime I smell doughnuts being fried I think of the fairground when it had just opened in the mornings ,, maybe im imagining it but it was always sunny in Morecambe Loved there doughnuts ......
It’s ran down because visitors numbers went to the floor with people taking the holidays abroad unfortunately. We went as a family a few times in early 1980s. With the (what was then new). Sun centre with indoor and outdoor pools etc, but the weather put paid to that and it ended up as a while elephant. Fingers crossed they get the Eden project which would definitely bring life back.
I went there age 6 in 1978, loved the ghost train. So sad its all gone. Stayed at the Grovesner Hotel and I see it too is gone.
Paul Stevenson yes it's all gone or going. such a shame. even the polo Tower is planned to be removed next month. more shops to put up in its place. even the Broadway hotel has gone and been a waist ground for years now. nobody seems to care anymore.
sky cam video such a shame I remember those concrete walls that held the sea in so you could swim when the tide was out.
We used to stay in the Grosvenor Hotel too. It was a great hotel. Sadly progress doesn't seem to give us better quality of life. Happy memories!!
Used to love going to Morcambe in the late 50's early 60's riding the then Cyclone Coaster long before Frontierland. It was a great funfair with Dive Bomber, Ferris Wheel and the Flying Planes ride.. wild Mouse too. Then there were the Illuminations !!!
There used to be another fairground further along the Promenade behind a theatre too. Sadly all long gone. Perhaps with Covid we will see the revival of the British seaside holiday.
Don't forget the Guiness Clock. Spent hours watching that. Stay Safe 🎢
I loved Frontierland but wonder if the rose-tinted specatcles of the past are playing their part. Looking at other videos, certainly the funhouse doesnt seem as amazing as i remembered it. 1:50 thrilled
wow this kills me inside so so sad , i have great memories of morecombe 1982,83 . great people who lived and worked there , thank you for sharing , but breaks my heart , the potiental morecambe has and nobody will invest , , im from scotland but live in canada now , i remember the pleasure park had the biggest wheel in europ at that time , the cyclone roller coaster was made of wooden frame and the carousel disco , and the pier disco , wow what great memories, last time i was there was about 2006 when my home town Greenock Morton fc played morecombe in a pre season friendly , i went to a pub at the entrance of the pleasure park and was gutted to see the ruins , to my surprise the log floom was still there covered in trees , again thanks for sharing take care , if you have any photos from the 80s please share
I loved the fun house in the early 80s as a child the big slide was massive as a kid, also the spinning wheel we use to sit on and,span you off gosh great days bring it back I also remember the 150ft big wheel was amazing
Frontierland was my local amusement Park (I grew up in Barrow in Furness). Used to go every year at least once, to say I was gutted the day it closed would be an understatement!
Awwww I really miss it :0( frontierland was a massive part of my childhood and wish my son could of enjoyed it like I did nearly every weekend, fab video thanks for the awesome memories :0)
Thanks Rachel. My family loved it too. Getting a good positive response. We need something to get visitors to stay and enjoy Morecambe as it's a seaside resort not a shopping centre. Maybe somebody will see this and actually listen to Morecambe for a change
sky cam video I really hope so, it's all well and good opening big chain shops but the people here can't afford to be spending silly money in expensive places, this town needs fun and excitement, it needs a reason for families to holiday here again, fingers crossed this reaches the right people!
Rachael Griffin I'm with you on that.
rebember when I was kid.happy time at park.all come from leeds bradffford.think this what Morecambe is short of .not shops.love to see it come back to Morecambe
I met the grandma of blackpool in 1968. I was working at her mansion at the back of Garstang. I knocked on the kitchen door. An old woman in a mackintose coat answered i asked for a cup of milk to mske a cup of tea. She sait its not usual for us to give workmen milk. She said i could have half a cup. I thought i was talking to the cook when i went back to the brew cabin the lads said no that was the misses. She wanted to develope frontierland and the council said no. She ordered it to be buldozed and left fallow. For eternity. Its in her will. Her son must respect her wishes. The council must force purchase the land and build apartments like in barsaloana spain. They should make millons selling them off just like the broadway.
We started to use a caravan park in lower Bentham in about 1996 I was 6 at the time and would always come and spend a few days in Morecambe whilst we was there, I can remember when I first went to Frontierland it was absolutely heaving with people but each year you could see the numbers dropping and one year we went and it was shut 😢 it’s being nice to see old videos of the place again
Yeah it stirred up some memories for me to
its such a shame this is no longer here.. had many happy times there with great grandad growing up... i remember how excited i got everytime he took me. Great day out with family. I totally support bringing it back.. Would love to have this back and take my daughter. I would love to think the authorities would take notice and do what the public wants... Good luck with the exposure... shared on facebook!!!!
Cheers for that kevin. That's all it may take people sharing this and chatting about it on public media. I've not got twitter otherwise I'd put it on there too
I don't really use Twitter so not sure how much of an advantage Twitter would be
If they made another theme park, on a par with Blackpool Pleasure Beach, there no doubt would be more of the usual security measures theatre nonsense which involve making people go through some turnstile or having their belongings checked in case they are carrying a knife or some other excuse. Go to the U.S to visit Universal Studios and its like going through airport security. More and more big brother nonsense, and the people running these places are all too happy to allow it.
Dude there's a pretty obvious reason why they do bag checking at Walt Disney world in the US. Also what's so bad about it? It's called keeping the park safe from scumbags
first this then pleasureland. 2 out of 3 of my local parks closed
Soul destroying!
My memories are lost forever 😓
Thanks for your comments Philip. I loved the place as you can tell.
before anyone corrects me i mean the same lay out of arc running at the same time at both theme parks however the one at blackpool was very run down the last time i saw it which was a long time ago
dear me,what a laugh we had back in the day,sad to even drive past.
Don't worry. Soon will have shops there. Tower removed. Even less to attract visitors. Wonder when they will sell off the sea front and move Morecambe inland to finish it off completely. I'm sure if it was possible they would do it. It's the kids I feel sorry for. Now removed another two parks off sea front. So sad.
I agree Steve I miss frontier land and do believe morecambe needs a permant theme park ..i also like the polo tower witch if was working would would be a good attraction
Brilliant
Cheers Mick
Sad that I wasn't there at the time I was born after 2000
Great clips Steve thanks
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
blackpool pleasure beach took out a contract to run morcambe and southport fair grounds no joke they ran them both into the ground check it out. in fact the polo tower was from blackpool and blackpool took or sold off all the best rides from both fair grounds now blackpool dose not have a fairground either side of it anymore
Didn't know this. Morecambe just needs more for kids to do. A pool would be nice
+pete west
Not quite - Morecambe came under Blackpool directorship - the Thompson family for as far back as I can remember. I spent two very happy summer holidays working on Morecambe fairground in the 80's whilst still a teenager, & it was an absolute goldmine, & the same thing under reinvention as Frontierland. The Thompsons ploughed a great deal of money into it, & had great faith in it as a business. The elephant in the room was none other than Lancaster City Council, who caused no end of bother over the giant Big Wheel, for which they insisted there had to be planning permission. Geoff Thompson stood his corner all the way, but the Council were absolutely resolute - without planning permission that they were never prepared to grant, the wheel had to come down, & this being an attraction that had people flocking to Morecambe, such was its' singular popularity. They were told time & again that if the wheel came down, the fairground would be closed, & the family would take their business elsewhere...
Lancaster City Council's record over Morecambe is both shameful & despicable, for it is they that have run this beautiful old seaside resort into the ground, & nobody else, & I will never forgive them for their sins.
@@andrewrichmond5720 So what you're saying is that if it weren't for Lancaster City council's meddling the Thompsons never would've closed Frontierland?
@@masterknife8423 In one word - yes.
Such a shame to see this great footage yes like most people said morcambe does need to bring it back but there isn't as much space as there used to be as morrisons took most of the land away when the store was built etc but the polo tower aka the space tower was Brought to morcambe when it got removed to me way for the black hole walzters at the pleasure beach which are no longer there, Southport got run in to the ground the traumatizer got moved to pleasure beach and re branded as infusion. Why oh why she bulldozed the roller coaster at morcambe and Southport was beyond me. King Solomons mines got moved to Southport and then not sure where they are now the wildcat that was at morcambe got moved to Southport an is still there but the log flume boats got moved to blackpool and well as for some of the other rides I am not sure on where they went. Rather than a retail park bring back frontier land even if it's under that name as if I had the money I would bring it back as that name and well make it better than it was
So sad
Another sad state. Its all about making money. I never had the pleasure of visiting Frontierland, it looks like it was a great place
it was a great place. such a shame morecambe lost it
anybody'd THINK TE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND SHOPS AND shOPPING
I wonder where Derek is ????
sky cam video this is really sad. We used to have a lot of fun at the old Frontierland theme park in Morecambe, it was really popular. have many happy memories of it.
Any pics of the Hard Luck Bears Show that was there?
No sorry
sky cam video OK, thanks anyway
If this is still abandoned in 20 years you will see it revamped and redone by me
Probably will be.
...20 years later and I'm just wondering if you are sticking to your word? Lol.
did you know blackpool has or had, not sure if they still have it, the same noahs arc
Hi Laura . No I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for info.
I think it's still there.
I wonder if anyone who lives in Morcambe now hates Blackpool for closing Frontierland
Trust me We all Despise Blackpool Here!
It was down to Lancaster council really forcing the Pleasure beach owners hand due to them shutting down everything else bar Frontier Land
Thanks for the film. Sorry to perhaps take another view, but the trouble with the amusement park (that was) was that it was of course seasonal. For most of the year it was a closed eyesore, bar an almost always near empty pub, adding virtually no social value for local people. Just looking at your film shows the absolutely fantastic vista of the Bay, and a wonderfully wide traffic free promenade, and despite the rubbish (get it cleaned up Council for goodness sakes!), a fantastic piece of decent land overlooking both. Wouldn't it be great to combine all three aspects and make something that visitors and residents could enjoy all the year round, and I don't mean another retail park with the same stores everywhere else. Why not an all weather arrangement, under cover that can also be opened up in fairer climes, including a pool. Why not build in a lovely place to sit and enjoy the view, why not a commonly owned organic vegetable plot or two and a store selling the produce, a place to meet friends and have a decent coffee, and a mooch around a bookstore, antiques outlets, really local shops not more chains, a decent bakery for example, or a small scale brewery, places where art and dance and people from kids to pensioners can experience music making and crafts. What about a natural history dimension, with close ups of local birdlife, even a tribute to the shrimp! Why not a people friendly little museum showing how the area has developed (and was consciously under-developed by rapacious commercial interests!). This would not cost millions, but would give visitors a reason to return, and perhaps more importantly would give local people another facility to use and enjoy. The thought of abusing that view, losing a great potential land vantage point, and putting in another Pound-Stretcher seems such a waste, and I think an insult to local people, who deserve far more than what the developers think. The Council could begin by asking for ideas from local people, and listening to them. That would be an imaginative start! You could even build a miniature steam railway round the perimeter of that piece of land for those that crave an amusement park! I would be first in the Q.
Stephen Faulkner I never did go they sow sad to see it now
Stephen Faulkner sow sad
WHAT A WASTE