This was an eerie spot! The tunnels that ran under the A165 road are still extant if virtually filled in and full of water. These short tunnels allowed the holidaymakers, who arrived and departed from Filey Holiday Camp station, just behind me, to safely access the camp complex without crossing the main road above. They were taken through the tunnels in motorised led trains of brightly covered cars with their baggage following behind on flat-bed cars rather like those seen at airports today. This is all that remains of the holiday camp complex now as it was flattened in various stages between 1988 and 2003 and has now been built on to become the inevitable housing estate. A reminder of a different time in our social history when these 'Hi-de-Hi' styles of holidays were so popular.
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