Memories are Made of Ads - Part 1

Today I thought i'd take a meander though some adverts from a 1965 Jersey Pilot magazine. The first advert is for "The Watersplash" which unlike many venues here still endures, although the dancing and floor shows are long gone.

Malcolm Vaughan (22 March 1929 – 9 February 2010)[1] was a Welsh traditional pop music singer and actor. Known for his distinctive tenor voice, he had a number of chart hits in the United Kingdom during the 1950s.

Kenneth Earle was born on February 1, 1930 in Liverpool, England as Charles Kenneth Earle Richards. He was an actor and talent agent, known for The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971), Cooper (1975) and The Tommy Cooper Hour (1973). He died on July 1, 2017 in London, England.

I managed to find a nice photo of one of the supporting acts - The Archdale Sisters.

I was never one for the night club scene then or now, so I can't actually remember anything about the Watersplash - I've only been there for the food, which is reasonably priced and very tasty.

Tripadvisor has this to note:

"Swansons hotel and many more all made way for flats and offices. 30 years ago was a golden era for Jersey, I arrived on this Island in 1982 and the changes over the last 20 years have changed the Island for the worse in my opinion. But in saying that its still a beautiful Island with lovely coastal walks and the beaches are superb, a little less crowded these days and a little more expensive in Jersey."

Another one long gone.

A minor figure on the British rock scene of the 1960s, Buddy Britten managed to have a fascinating career for a guy who never scored a hit record: he crossed paths with stars, worked with cult heroes, recorded a handful of memorable singles, and even fashioned a new identity for himself as the decade wore on, taking the tame Buddy Britten to cash in on Buddy Holly. Britten's backing band the Regents -- bassist Pete Mist and drummer Barney Peacock -- also wore Holly-style specs on-stage.

I remember "The Pav" well from being taken there as a young child. I think it was a kids party because I remember lots of screaming kids.

The Old Pavilion, the "Pav", was later refurbished and rebranded as "The Inn on the Park", but in those days, a place for parties, and it was even visited by Rolf Harris, in the days when he was considered good entertainer and a nice man.

While most travel agents have gone, this still hangs on at Red Houses. Does anyone use travel agents much nowadays?


 

This was the place for Saturday treats!


We used to go for egg and chips when our parents wanted to give us a treat. And after the meal itself was the sumptuous desert - a giant knickerbocker glory, which used to take the best part of 15 minutes to eat. I've never come across any as good as those. Later it was revamped to try and survive in a more upmarket environment, but then closed; now the site is just beach side houses, granite faced, and attractive, but not the same.

It featured in Bergerac - "Late for a Funeral" - Jim investigates the murder of a diver that is tied to the discovery of a downed Nazi pilot and his plane off the Jersey shore.