Does anybody have any 60's/70's memories of Beacholme Holiday Camp in Cleethorpes. I remember they used to have a disco called the Boathouse. Is it still open?

Does anybody have any 60's/70's memories of Beacholme Holiday Camp in Cleethorpes. I remember they used to have a disco called the Boathouse. Is it still open?I remember turning purple with the cold in the open air swimming pool.:hihi: :hihi:

I remember turning purple with the cold in the open air swimming pool.:hihi: :hihi:
LOL me too. It was lovely when the sun came out though, and the slide into the pool was brilliant. I am easily amused though :hihi: .

My mates parents had a van there in the 80's dont really remember much about it I was only little.

WE used to go every year, I too remember the slide/pool and the market on Sundays lol.

We always stayed in the chalets - I'm surprised they're still standing they were knackered 20 years ago!!:cool:

I remember turning purple with the cold in the open air swimming pool.:hihi: :hihi:
If I remember correctly they used to have a juke box around the swimming pool. The Health & Safety would go crazy these days, wet people stood around electrical equipment in their bare feet. The nightclub was something else, I remember it billed "International Acts" You know when your career was over if you got a gig at Beacholme..... 'halogen' days!!!! I drove past a couple of years ago, it looked like Auchwitz! Has it closed down?

I remember meeting my first husband there - it's got a lot to answer to in my opinion.

I remember meeting my first husband there - it's got a lot to answer to in my opinion.
He wasn't one of the "International Acts' was he?

If I remember correctly they used to have a juke box around the swimming pool. The Health & Safety would go crazy these days, wet people stood around electrical equipment in their bare feet. The nightclub was something else, I remember it billed "International Acts" You know when your career was over if you got a gig at Beacholme..... 'halogen' days!!!! I drove past a couple of years ago, it looked like Auchwitz! Has it closed down?
No its still open.

Beacholme Cleethorpes - Reight good value................... not :hihi:

i went regular as a kid think it was great but it was a long time ago lol

Does anybody have any 60's/70's memories of Beacholme Holiday Camp in Cleethorpes. I remember they used to have a disco called the Boathouse. Is it still open?
we used to go about 6 years ago its a laugh actually apart from you cant seem to get anything to eat round there its unreal we were starving lol

I remember me and my mate Roy cycling there to camp in a two man tent for a week in the 50's.

The army were still there and the camp area was surrounded with barbed wire.

All the old jokes about being in an army camp not a holiday were true in those days but we were likely lads and enjoyed every minute of our adventures there.

Happy Days!

You lot are making me feel realy ancient, cos I remember having weeks holidays at Beacholm back in the 50s,don't remember a pool though.The camp was at the bottom of North Sea lane I think and it was pretty basic,mostly just caravans,a shop and an old ride on roundabout for the kids.At that time you could walk from the campsite along a gravelled path all the way into Cleethorpes by the leisure centre.I bet its a bit different around there now,might go back and have a look.

Passed it a couple weeks ago, had a holiday there in the chalets must be 40 or more years ago, the Beachcomber club and every thing looks just the same. The first holidays I can remember were at Beacholme before the chalets when it were all caravans and a stage in the middle of the camp and a sand pit to play in(always came out of the sandpit orange) and some swings. My dad used to take us to the beach and follow the tide out and collect cockles,then boil them.Lovely.
The club used to be what looked like an old aeroplane hanger across the road from the main gate. Happy simple childhood days.

Oh, its all coming back to me now

i can remember about 1949/50,when there were old trams and trolley buses converted into living accomodation on Beacholme,as well as a lot of tents,mostly ex army,we went forseveral years.As you went into the camp the reception office was on your right,and next to that ,was a big old pre-war caravan which was converted in to a fish&chip van,Im sure they were cooked in waggon grease .i remember palling up with the woods brothers about 1955 or so when i was about 9,there was tommy,i cant remember the other one and i think they came from Attercliffe,and they stayed in their uncle Harrys caravan,(where are they now?).Ive got very fond memorys of Beacholme in the 50s ,we could walk about Humberstone in complete safety then. I can also remember us playing as kids in the old wartime "pill-boxes" which were spread a long the coastal area,they used to stink rotten.:)

I met my husband at the holiday camp next to this one, think it was called Fitties we used to call Beachholme - Sandyhouse.

I can remember the old buses that were on the site to, in fact I can remember staying in a converted single decker bus. One of the best memories I have of going there is we'd been to Wonderland (dad loved the coconut shy) and we got the bus back to the camp, and one chap having enjoyed his pint started to sing to himself, by the time we reached the camp the everyone was singing the Unchained Melody, (it was rerecorded a few months ago by Will Young?). Happy memories of getting up early to to the fish docks, and coming back with lovely fresh cod. Just playing cricket on the site when anyone would pick themselves i. Oh happy happy days.

if only we could go back to those times and know what we know now?

Great Memories everybody.

Good on Yer!

Happy Days indeed.

He wasn't one of the "International Acts' was he?
just seen your comment - no he wasn't one of the "International Acts" but I would have shot him out of a cannon at the drop of a hat.

I used to work at beacholme in the early seventies and remember every year 2 chaps used to arrive from yorkshire dressed as teddy boys!!!! they were the real thing and used to amaze me (I was a bovver boy wanna be).
I used to work on the roller skate ring which was next to the arcade,
It has to be said it was a bit of a dump but it gave lots of folk a week of escape from the pits and stuff so I guess it served its purpose.
I was only 15 when I started there and was waiting for my Navy call up papers....I met some nice yorkshire lasses and can remember friday nights ...all tears and kisses and stuff because it was the last night!!!They only lived 50 or 60 miles up the road but it was like they were going miles away!!!!!!! Memories.

Theres somethingi cant understand,you said you were waiting for your navy call up papers at 15 years old? in the 70s,conscription finished back in the 1950s.

I had passed my entrance tests and whilst awaiting a join up date I worked in the camp, My joining date was february 1975 and I left school the summer before so, since I had worked at the camp before I continued to work there summer 74 so as to keep me off the streets,,, There was no conscription and there was no tot of rum either .

I had passed my entrance tests and whilst awaiting a join up date I worked in the camp, My joining date was february 1975 and I left school the summer before so, since I had worked at the camp before I continued to work there summer 74 so as to keep me off the streets,,, There was no conscription and there was no tot of rum either .

I missed being your instructor by a few months, that is if you went to Ganges. I was there as an RPO in '74 and then joined the Amazon as Jaunty. Hope you enjoyed your time in the mob.

I did go to Ganges and I have to say it was more comfortable than Beacholme Holiday Camp:hihi:
My Second ship was Antelope and It was the best ship I served on, Type 21's for me anytime.

we went 4 years in a row71 72 73 74 there the pool was so cold but we spent all day in it ,and on a night we would go to the club but my dad sent us back to the chalet early cos there was an exotic dancer on whatever that was , and we would go to cleethorpes zoo ,as i remember it had a bison and a llama,and i do remember getting sunburnt for the first time there ,and the big army thing in the sea where apparantly all naughty holiday children went, but it all came to an end in 74 when i lost my timex watch on the coach back home and my mum never forgave me because for the next 4 years we discovered bridlington

we went 4 years in a row71 72 73 74 there the pool was so cold but we spent all day in it ,and on a night we would go to the club but my dad sent us back to the chalet early cos there was an exotic dancer on whatever that was , and we would go to cleethorpes zoo ,as i remember it had a bison and a llama,and i do remember getting sunburnt for the first time there ,and the big army thing in the sea where apparantly all naughty holiday children went, but it all came to an end in 74 when i lost my timex watch on the coach back home and my mum never forgave me because for the next 4 years we discovered bridlington

we used to go wi mi nan back in the 70s i was about 8 or 9 i remember she used to be a reyt un bless her shed take us all away.... me and my cousins and bugger off to bingo :loopy: every night and leave us in the caravan it was freeeeezing and no electricity for god sake we used to light candles for light how the hell we didnt burn to death ill never know lol xxxxx :rolleyes:

still hate cleethorpes now theres nothing there x

You lot are making me feel realy ancient, cos I remember having weeks holidays at Beacholm back in the 50s,don't remember a pool though.The camp was at the bottom of North Sea lane I think and it was pretty basic,mostly just caravans,a shop and an old ride on roundabout for the kids.At that time you could walk from the campsite along a gravelled path all the way into Cleethorpes by the leisure centre.I bet its a bit different around there now,might go back and have a look.
we used to go to beacholm every year in the 50s with my mum & dad.i have a couple of pictures but dont no how to put them on the forum,good old days

we used to go to beacholm every year in the 50s with my mum & dad.i have a couple of pictures but dont no how to put them on the forum,good old days

This was in the late 50s early 60s a beacholme chalet.http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w303/lazyherbert/beech1.jpg

Eeee Gods

We only went once, when I was 14 (30 years ago ARGHHHH):o

There were about a dozen of us all together, maybe more. Our family and a mate of mi Mam's and her extended family (Morbys and Rutherfords). They had luxury and had chalets, we had a caravan with a foot pump for water and fortunately we were very close to the toilet/shower block. :gag:

Dated the guy from the chippie :love: (Paul West) during the week, and in fact for a while after we got back. The older man (17) LMAO I can still recite his phone number to this day :loopy:

Aye, them were grand times, with the darts competitions and glamorous grannie competitions :hihi::hihi:

we used to go 72.. 76 aged 6 used to go in the galleon a kids disco, and watch uncle bernie and patsy do their magic tricks.

With regard to earlier posts i grew up across the road from Beacholme and used to go over there every day. my dad was Bobby Quinn who used to back the ' international superstars ' to use someone elses quote. i had a great time at Beacholme on many occasions. learnt to swim in the pool and yes loved the duke box, then as i got older i worked in the Bingo hall before leaving school and moving away. i met loads of great people there and would love to hear from anyone who remembers me (hopefully)

i also remember beachholme we used to go 70s to early 80s does anyone remember the swimming and diving competitions :hihi::hihi:i won a couple of them:confused:

With regard to earlier posts i grew up across the road from Beacholme and used to go over there every day. my dad was Bobby Quinn who used to back the ' international superstars ' to use someone elses quote. i had a great time at Beacholme on many occasions. learnt to swim in the pool and yes loved the duke box, then as i got older i worked in the Bingo hall before leaving school and moving away. i met loads of great people there and would love to hear from anyone who remembers me (hopefully)

hello yes i remember u .. its a very long time since i have seen u and i do remember ur dad .. i use to live there for the whole season with my mum n dad and im sure u will remember the name hope u talk to u soon Gaynor Dawes

Hi everyone was just looking up beachholme holiday camp to see what its like today and wow it has changed so much no chalets all caravans no galleon no boathouse they have knocked it all down i hav'nt been for at least 5 years but its still there with the pool i learnt to swim in ,, in fact Bernie learn't me to swim lol .. i have alot of memories i lived in Leeds for 4months out of the year and 8 months at beacholme due to my Dad Johnny and Mum Ann working there and my uncle Alan McBride!!!! ANYONE remember them??? i went to school there and spent my teenage years there it was fantastic great memories shame we have to grow older lol :( ... by the looks of this forum no one has been on in along time so if any1 remembers me or my mum n dad or Alan please right to me be great to hear from you all ..Gaynor

stayed there for a week in the 70s what a dump! cant blame me mam though she tried her best it were all she could afford at the time

We went to the pool at beacholme, that was a treat for us, in 1968 we were staying at a caravan site further up the road called Carrington Drive caravan camp, which resembled the one on carry on camping with a cheesy sand pit & a set of swings

I can remember the juke box at the side of the swimming pool at beacholme blasting out 'Mony mony' & Bruce Chanels 'Keep on'.

Nostalgia, it's a thing of the past!

I stayed at Beacholme with the familly in the early 70s, but don't remember much about it. Although one of the kids entertainers had a frog puppet that cried when he wouldn't let it smoke a ciggy.
About 1982 we went again, the only thing I remember that time was that there was an ageing teddyboy called ted, who worked on the gate, and was forever combing his hair over his bald patch, that was the first I was embarressed about being a ted.
Later that decade my band played there on a Saturday night.

I remember Beacholme ! My Auntie and Uncle had a caravan there in the seventies and we went to stay a few times. One year I won the Senior Princess title !

This is a message for Gaynor Dawes, hi how are you, its Paul Quinn and yes I remmber you and your dad and of course the fab Alan Mcbride. I noticed you lost your dad a while ago, I saw a message from Alan in the Stage newspaper. I lost my dad a couple of years ago too. It would be lovely to catch up with you sometime so my e-mail is pquinn65@googlemail.com hope to hear fro you soon, take care.

Hi good to hear from you sorry to hear about ya dad ... its been along time since i have visited Beacholme but will be even harder now that i am living in New York :) .. will talk soon big storm coming take care

:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:can you remember ,,wakey wakey good morning every one x

We went in 71/72. Can't remember very much about it as I was so young at the time, but I do remember the "bat ride". I'm not sure if that was it's official name but it was a kind of road train thing that went on a brisk tour of the camp. Cost about 2d or something.

At the time it seemed very fast (maybe bat ride was short for "bat out of hell"?) although that's probably more down to my youthful perspective.

I have vague memories of going to Beacholme when I was a kid, in the late fifties.
We stayed in what looked like Nissen huts, and everywhere smelt of bottled gas.
That's about all I can remember, apart from when we got there my parents complained that the 'chalet' was dirty. We finished up with two, one we slept in and the other my Mum was cleaning out to make it habitable again.
That sort of thing wouldn't happen today, or would it??

What great memories! I never stayed in Beacholme but remember it well. I often stayed in a caravan on South Beach Caravan site (as it was then). I could hear the music from Beacholme all day long, especially when "Allright Now" was released, I think they must have played it three or four times an hour (didn't mind as it's a briliant song).

It's great to read memories of Wonderland, Cleethorpes Zoo etc. Where they really happy days?

:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:can you remember ,,wakey wakey good morning every one x

yeah bloody can hehehe
i lived summers next door at listers caravan park.

I remember meeting my first husband there - it's got a lot to answer to in my opinion.

I had a friend years ago who met someone there every year from childhood and eventually married him. His name was Bob hers Sue.

In the 60's a lot of my mates and their families went in big groups to Fitties and Beacholme but we never did. I was so jealous to hear of all the fun they had. We went to Blackpool a lot because some of our relatives had emigrated to the wrong side of the border. my Blackpool holidays sat in aunts and uncles front rooms were boring compared to Fitties and Beacholme. :)