Thanks Patsy, It took ages but I got there in the end. I'm pleased it grabbed you for the full length. Yes, the streets were wide. It's as though they knew the petrol engined vehicle was coming in the future. There was a mix of widths. The narrow streets were beautiful but unfortunately the motor vehicle won the day and they were widened at the expense of knocking all those lovely old buildings down. Pleased you liked it.
Thank you Natasha. It's kind of you to say so. Enfield has changed so much over the years. I feel I should have been born in the time of horse drawn carriages when Enfield was no more than a small village out in the countryside. Time Machine 2 & 3 are in a similar vein if you are tempted. Thanks again. :)
That's a fantastic assemblage! When I was a very small child our GP surgery was in that white clapboard building labelled 'steam bakery'. (Later we had one much nearer home close to Avenue Parade). I passed the 11+ and went to Enfield County School in 1954, round the back of the market square and the church - and near the New River again. Loved the terminus of the 629 trolley buses next to Pearsons (my passports to Home), and later loved illicit cups of coffee with a boy from Enfield Grammar School in Jo Lyons and the ABC - wonderful to catch glimpses of them all again.
If only it could of stayed that way. I was born & bred there. We lived in Enfield highway. My grandparents and then my parents and uncle had the green grocers stall outside the kings head until my mum n dad retired to cambridgeshire in 1982. And my brother me & my husband and daughter followed them .
A lot of people express that thought Rae. Unfortunately it's going to get even worse with the way the local council is trying to shoehorn more and more buildings into the area. Thanks for your comment though. I hope you enjoyed it anyway.
Thank you nobbilc. I expect you can see the drastic way Enfield has changed over the years? Not in a nice way I'm afraid. Still, we have fond memories of how it used to be :)
Thanks John. More lovely pictures. Good to see that many of the buildings in the photos are still there. I was in the Beehive in the Summer - still going strong and serving proper beer.
+TONYLOUIS105, BOXING, FITNESS, HEALTH, DIET & MEDITATION Thank you Tony. Pleased you enjoyed it. Look out for No. 2 and No. 3 which shows more around Enfield, Bush Hill Park and Edmonton.
John Salmon Incredible history. I was born in Bethnal Green 1961 and can still remember the Ice cold weather the Thick fog and coal fires. I have a very good memory even from the age of 2. Our country has changed for the worst. Some things are better but other's are worse. The quality of life has fallen and people have forgotten about one another
Fascinating stuff, John. Many thanks for compiling it and putting it up. Note the old police station on the left of the picture at 9.15 (closed 1965 and subsequently repurposed as retail premises). You'd never get the bobbies cultivating window-boxes nowadays. And Health and Safety would probably have something to say about having them there at all on upper-storey ledges. At 7.20 we see a hostelry called "The George", very plain brick frontage with what looks like a big square arch in the middle. A bit further on, there's another "George", but this one's got a balcony and mock-Tudor gables. Is it actually the same building in each? If so, does anyone know when the remodelling was done? I've a vague memory of more work being done on the frontage in the early 1960s, when the arch was filled in.
Thanks a lot for your comments Krzyszczynski. I'm almost certain that the George was rebuilt with the gables and balcony. On the original pub I expect the arch led to stables in the back of the pub as it was a hotel too. If I recall correctly the wide arch on the newer pub was over on the right hand side, I recall going through there to the public bar. The saloon bar was at the front of the pub. I think I'm right. I tried to find some historic information about the pub but found none. All I found was a list of the licensed publicans that ran going back to the 1800's. Thanks again. I'm pleased you found the video interesting. There are a couple on Around Enfield and Edmonton if you're interested.
Too true Paul. I wish I could have experienced living there at that time, more of a village than a town. It's such a shame that it has become how it is today. That's progress I'm afraid.
Evocative gift. Thank you. I'm aware of our history and many of the stills and love the way you have put them together with a soundtrack. What got me was the children singing songs I did not recognize from my childhood in the 1960's and the guy singing towards the end could not understand a word but what a lament? Do you mind me asking where are they from? It was a layer of Enfield/Edwardian/Victorian/Wartime I have never experienced before. As I said at the beginning a real gift. Thank you. Enjoy
Many thanks Helen. The children singing was pre 60s more like the 40-50s. It was a skipping/playground song. The man was singing about sweet lavender. It was a reconstruction of a Victorian street pedlar singing his wares. Many thanks for taking an interest. It was kind of you to comment.
Also just to let you know Helen, the church bells you can hear on the St Andrews pictures were the actual church bells. I got in touch with the chief bell ringer and recorded the bells from a distance on their bell ringing practice night. 🔔
@@JohnSalmon I was born here !- but was taken to Canada at age 4 0r 5...I thank you for putting all this up here...it is very nice and mildly shocking ( I am 67 now) ....so for me to see what my beginnings were like is utterly thrilling...THANKS SO MUCH JOHN..!!( from Ontario Canada)
My pleasure@@barbaratrueman185 I'm pleased you enjoyed it. When I was 5 or 6, my Dad was in Toronto scoping out the possibilities of the family emigrating. He decided against it for some reason otherwise I could have been over there with you.
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Great job many thanks
Thank you Andrew.
Fantastic!
Many thanks Terence. Much appreciated.
Fabulous nostalgia from an old resident of yesteryear. The sound track adds a dimension that really brings the pictures to life. Loved it.
Thank you so much Barbara, I'm really pleased you enjoyed it. There's an Edmonton and Bush Hill video too which you may like.
great video,thanks
Thanks nickt5005. I'm pleased you enjoyed it. 👍🏻
BRILLIANT!!!!.... The best Enfield video out there!!!!
Thank you Steven. Pleased you enjoyed it.
Agreed! Enjoy
Thank you so much for taking me back in time in my home town! I was a child of the 1960s and remember the Town as it was then!
+gallerycontinental Thankyou for your kind comment. The pleasure was mine
its amazing how many Photos there are
I've found a lot more since I made that video matspurs. If time allows I may make another video and include them too.
@@JohnSalmon i was Born In Enfield, spent my life having fun in the 1980s
@@JohnSalmon John Salmon if you have the Video, please show it
@@matspurs1629 I haven't made it yet but when I do I'll upload it to UA-cam.
@@JohnSalmon good stuff
Grab a coffee, turn up your sound and immerse yourself in yesteryear in my home town. Enfield.
really beautiful! congratulations :)
Thanks Patsy, It took ages but I got there in the end. I'm pleased it grabbed you for the full length. Yes, the streets were wide. It's as though they knew the petrol engined vehicle was coming in the future. There was a mix of widths. The narrow streets were beautiful but unfortunately the motor vehicle won the day and they were widened at the expense of knocking all those lovely old buildings down. Pleased you liked it.
Aha, that disturbing image appearing briefly at the window was you. Great compilation. :-)
It was indeed me :) Glad you spotted it.
Wow! Thanks for the upload. Interesting to see how it's changed over the years, but some parts stay the same ❤️
It feels so weird to see how Enfield used to look. I was born here in 2005 but I sort of wish I was born back then lol
Me too Ben. It looks like it was a fascinating place back then. It's sad how it has developed.
This is fantastic
Thank you. I'm pleased you like it.
This is so fascinating to watch my hometown develop...
Thank you Natasha. It's kind of you to say so. Enfield has changed so much over the years. I feel I should have been born in the time of horse drawn carriages when Enfield was no more than a small village out in the countryside. Time Machine 2 & 3 are in a similar vein if you are tempted. Thanks again. :)
...very evocative with the sound-track of horse & carts. Thank you.
elizabeth sheffield Thank you for your kind comments.
Well done, that was lovely
Thanks Ken. I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Thanks for the feedback.
That's a fantastic assemblage! When I was a very small child our GP surgery was in that white clapboard building labelled 'steam bakery'. (Later we had one much nearer home close to Avenue Parade). I passed the 11+ and went to Enfield County School in 1954, round the back of the market square and the church - and near the New River again. Loved the terminus of the 629 trolley buses next to Pearsons (my passports to Home), and later loved illicit cups of coffee with a boy from Enfield Grammar School in Jo Lyons and the ABC - wonderful to catch glimpses of them all again.
I thought you'd like it Gill. There's also Time Machine No2 and 3 if you're interested. All local to Enfield.
Superb compilation, top marks from an old edmontonian.
Thanks so much +John Bradford Pleased you liked it. You wouldn't recognize Edmonton as it is today if you have moved away.
If only it could of stayed that way. I was born & bred there. We lived in Enfield highway.
My grandparents and then my parents and uncle had the green grocers stall outside the kings head until my mum n dad retired to cambridgeshire in 1982. And my brother me & my husband and daughter followed them .
A lot of people express that thought Rae. Unfortunately it's going to get even worse with the way the local council is trying to shoehorn more and more buildings into the area. Thanks for your comment though. I hope you enjoyed it anyway.
lovely pictures thanks..i was born in Enfield Lock 1975 left now tho
Wonderful work John. Some great memories for me being born in Enfield, 1936.
Thanks so much for putting this together. Gx.
Thanks +pobrejesus1 Pleased you enjoyed it.
Wonderful work!
Great work,John.
I live in NZ,and whenever I'm back in the UK,I make a pilgrimage to Enfield where I spent my early years.
My last visit was 2015.
Thank you nobbilc. I expect you can see the drastic way Enfield has changed over the years? Not in a nice way I'm afraid. Still, we have fond memories of how it used to be :)
Thanks John. More lovely pictures. Good to see that many of the buildings in the photos are still there. I was in the Beehive in the Summer - still going strong and serving proper beer.
Thanks +Donald Barker :)
Wow! Great history. I live in Enfield and it is a changed place today
+TONYLOUIS105, BOXING, FITNESS, HEALTH, DIET & MEDITATION Thank you Tony. Pleased you enjoyed it. Look out for No. 2 and No. 3 which shows more around Enfield, Bush Hill Park and Edmonton.
John Salmon Incredible history. I was born in Bethnal Green 1961 and can still remember the Ice cold weather the Thick fog and coal fires. I have a very good memory even from the age of 2. Our country has changed for the worst. Some things are better but other's are worse. The quality of life has fallen and people have forgotten about one another
great video of my home town well put together
Thank you Rachel. Pleased you enjoyed it.
Great stuff, particularly enjoyed the mix here of fantastic stills and atmospheric sound track. Awesome : )
Thank you very much +projectmedia Pleased you enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing this, fascinating pictures especially the train station, and the last one London Rd.
Thanks bmwnasher my pleasure. Pleased you enjoyed it.
Very nicely done, enjoyed it a lot. It was a lot quieter then than now
Thank you Tim Sheppard for your comments. I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Very many thanks - superb work sir
Thanks very much +Brian Dawes . Good of you to comment. Don't forget there is Time Machine 2 and 3. Both local areas Bush Hill Park and Edmonton.
Fascinating stuff, John. Many thanks for compiling it and putting it up.
Note the old police station on the left of the picture at 9.15 (closed 1965 and subsequently repurposed as retail premises). You'd never get the bobbies cultivating window-boxes nowadays. And Health and Safety would probably have something to say about having them there at all on upper-storey ledges.
At 7.20 we see a hostelry called "The George", very plain brick frontage with what looks like a big square arch in the middle. A bit further on, there's another "George", but this one's got a balcony and mock-Tudor gables. Is it actually the same building in each? If so, does anyone know when the remodelling was done? I've a vague memory of more work being done on the frontage in the early 1960s, when the arch was filled in.
Thanks a lot for your comments Krzyszczynski. I'm almost certain that the George was rebuilt with the gables and balcony. On the original pub I expect the arch led to stables in the back of the pub as it was a hotel too. If I recall correctly the wide arch on the newer pub was over on the right hand side, I recall going through there to the public bar. The saloon bar was at the front of the pub. I think I'm right. I tried to find some historic information about the pub but found none. All I found was a list of the licensed publicans that ran going back to the 1800's. Thanks again. I'm pleased you found the video interesting. There are a couple on Around Enfield and Edmonton if you're interested.
Brilliant
Thankyou g7usl. Pleased you enjoyed it.
that post is priceless.i had seen just a few of the images before but the sound track realy beefed them up.looking forward to no 2.
Aw thanks mickbrod1. Your comment means a lot to me. I'm pleased you enjoyed it and hope you like 2 and 3 just as much. Much obliged.
Amazing, the place where my parents were born and grew up and where me and my sister were born and i spent the first 8 years of my life.
I have been doing some genealogy, my grandmothers maiden name was "Salmon"
god I fucking wish they kept this
The station looked amazing, it is really a pity they do not rebuilt it this way or at least refurbish in the same style.
Shame that they didn't leave it the way it was.
Too true Paul. I wish I could have experienced living there at that time, more of a village than a town. It's such a shame that it has become how it is today. That's progress I'm afraid.
That was great, loved the sounds that were playing :-D
Who was the man who popped up in the loo window?? x
Samantha Elliott I didn't see anyone there. Must be your computer :)
John Salmon
What is it Chris Jones ?
Hahaha just realised!! Derrrrr ;-)
Very good xx
Thanks Samantha Elliott pleased you enjoyed it.
Evocative gift. Thank you. I'm aware of our history and many of the stills and love the way you have put them together with a soundtrack. What got me was the children singing songs I did not recognize from my childhood in the 1960's and the guy singing towards the end could not understand a word but what a lament? Do you mind me asking where are they from? It was a layer of Enfield/Edwardian/Victorian/Wartime I have never experienced before. As I said at the beginning a real gift.
Thank you. Enjoy
Many thanks Helen. The children singing was pre 60s more like the 40-50s. It was a skipping/playground song. The man was singing about sweet lavender. It was a reconstruction of a Victorian street pedlar singing his wares. Many thanks for taking an interest. It was kind of you to comment.
@@JohnSalmon Ah thank you. Apparently, Lavender Hill was bordered by acres of lavender hence the name. Nice touch. Enjoy
Also just to let you know Helen, the church bells you can hear on the St Andrews pictures were the actual church bells. I got in touch with the chief bell ringer and recorded the bells from a distance on their bell ringing practice night. 🔔
@@JohnSalmon That is fab another layer of 'alchemy'...................... Thank you again........ Enjoy
...and not a junk food emporium in sight : )
Thanks Lennie.
Now I've got it - Music While You Work. Jeez, how old do I feel? : (
Anyone actually from Enfield like me
Yes. Me.
@@JohnSalmon I was born here !- but was taken to Canada at age 4 0r 5...I thank you for putting all this up here...it is very nice and mildly shocking ( I am 67 now) ....so for me to see what my beginnings were like is utterly thrilling...THANKS SO MUCH JOHN..!!( from Ontario Canada)
My pleasure@@barbaratrueman185 I'm pleased you enjoyed it. When I was 5 or 6, my Dad was in Toronto scoping out the possibilities of the family emigrating. He decided against it for some reason otherwise I could have been over there with you.
Me
@@JohnSalmon anything left of ponders end John??