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No entertainment? I'm gunna pop into Snob and I'm off to Scamps.

Hello. Is Emanuel Côté with you here? Listen to his Red Rayon Flower, Night Beneath the Sea

The most riveting documentary I have ever seen 😂

Ah GAWD....not ANOTHER TV Detective show score.....Sheeeesh.

Wants to move to Strood lol

What does that guy do 27 times a day at 7:00 ?

Very interesting video thanks for sharing. Also interesting how many correspondents actually like living in the area - compare that to the responses likely to be had today. But this was before the death knell of the Dockyard closing. That saw the rapid decline and destruction of the area and that has never recovered. One of the brilliant results of the financialisation of the economy. Sadly the last correspondent saw the future as very bleak and a more accurate forecast couldn't be made.

Idk about anyone else but surely 26 a day is enough...

1:20 - Dude on the left looks like Ewan McGregor lmao

If only they knew this was the best it was going to get!! RIP Medway

If they they don’t like the area why are they there

Wow just look at the difference even back then, it wasn’t great but compared to now! Good luck finding anyone who speaks proper English to give you an interview. No that’s not racist it’s just a fact

Medway is still a sh*thole and has been since the medieval period. It's just a dump for the dregs from the slums of south-east London...

Kind of a shame no-one adjusted the TV ariel ! I grew up there from '66 till I left in '79. I have no idea how anyone hangs on there,it's always been so damn bleak,Billy Childish or no Billy Childish.

Well, this was depressing

They would have a shock now

I love all this raw footage of Medway! That last guy was right though, very bleak future for Chatham! 30 years on and sure as 💩 its bleak!!

Yeah still an ABSOLUTE DUMP!!! just as it was 40 years ago 😒😒😒😒😒

MY HOMETOWN

The towns took a big hit from the Thatcherite government. Already challenged by employment issues, they closed the dockyard around 1980 and the rest of the associated businesses fell like dominoes. The place slowly evolved into a bronx, though it did enjoy a vibrant music scene back in the day.

'Documentary' is pushing it, lol.

1.50 was expensive in them days 🤣 sounds mad

I grew up in Medway. Loved it. Moved away for a few years to a few other places but always ended up coming back to Medway. Was born in All Saints hospital when my parents lived in Darnley Road. I grew up in Rochester. I now live in Chatham. Will probably still be here in Medway on my dying day.

One thing that has not changed is the same old moaning whinging miserable brits.

Shifty lads at 1.14 look like they were about to rob that bank/ post office before they got interviewed :)

3:25 don't get people sounding like that anymore.

Glad I escaped in 2000.

Looks much busier back then. More people milling about.

Aaaaahhhhh mate I was born in All Saints 1972. Lived in Luton Went to school at Luton Infants and Juniors .. left for Walderslade Secondary Boys in 84. Them streets shops and people were my community and playground. I have diamond memories of childhood Chatham .. the toy shops video games shops Allders window display at Christmas or the huge fountain and Christmas tree in the Pentagon. I moved to Rainham in 2001 and finally left for Ireland in 2014. I came home in 2019 and was so shocked at the place , fly tipping on Luton Rd every other shop fast food or a mobile phone shop ... Just about every shop was gone. Just memories of how great it used to be with friends family and neighbours . Real shame

I was born there in 1980 then moved to Germany in 84, moved back in 87 to North Yorkshire in harragate and ripon, moved back to Medway in 1989. I hated it.. all the kids just loved fighting, it took a while to adjust; spent all my teenage years there.. a lot of good memories. In 2012 I moved to north Scotland the highlands Inverness. One of the best things I did was escape Medway. When I visit family and good few friends i trust, I can’t believe how dirty the place looks. Dog shit everywhere you look. Scotland is so much cleaner for I

Randomly watching this and my uncle pops up for an interview lol

"I've got mental health issues but I keep it under control by masturbating 27 times a day" What a statement to make?

Grew up in lower gillingham in the 70s . Horrible to see it now .

first time hearing this - great playing by the way!

no matter how bad things may get in medway was born here and love it..do miss the old bowketts though.and c&a the awesome lights in the pentagon loved looking at them as a kid man i want to go back to the 80s .best time..and this vid proved mc donalds was in the same place then as it is today ..great stuff

Haha Mr El Toba himself! I remebered him straight away and bought a quality leather jacket that cost me a lot of money back then and its still in my wardrobe now.. How sad I'm I :-D

Its crazy how so much has changed in this town but some of the buildings still look recognisable!

2:25 I’ve never seen a boil as big as that before.

WOW! Great video! When Chatham High Street and Military Road were actual roads; I remember it well :). I grew up in the Medway Towns from '81 - '83, '85 - '95, and although I have fond memories of the place, the place was bleak. I am in no rush to move back there thou.

£1.50 to go swimming lol

I was there between 1977 and 1999. Teenage years were really crap there. Terrible schools and no chance of a decent job. Still that was the 80s so probably pretty dire everywhere. Haven’t been back for over 20 years, so not sure what it’s like now. I do remember going to the cinema a lot, (think it’s gone now) on the plus side, the pentagon shopping centre was really nice in the 70s when it was new. It had a fountain I remember, and plants everywhere and seats. Quite a nice atmosphere. Probably shite now.

Nothing’s changed, except maybe that chap has cut down to 15/20 wanks a day . 27 is going some . He must of choked that chicken to death . Shaved that poor carrot red raw . The tosser.

This was almost 40 years ago, and it didn't change drastically. Still boring and nothing much to do for leisure. I mean this is what I thought of it after I visited it a few months back.

Omg, wtf, did no one hear that?! (7:04) 😲😂, how was that acceptable to say on film back then?

Chris how do i get back on my own facebook page? Cheers Graham

The past is a different country. They do things differently there. Fascinating and enjoyable

Sounds like derren brown

I grew up in Medway. I moved there in 1973 and left Medway in 2001. I now live in Dorset and it's like living in another world. I could never move back, I was never a fan of the place. It's pretty miserable.

I escaped the Medway Towns, but the same issues can still be found where ever there is poverty.

So clever, so accomplished, so lovely to listen to and watch.