Thanks for posting. I was a student from 1965 t0 1969. Brought back many memories. We had the new student's union building by then, rather than the Victoria rooms. Happy days...
I do recommend "Some People" the film set in Bristol during the first half of the 60s. Mardyke Ferry, Bedminster, Lockleaze, Swimming pool in Bedminster, C&A Broadmead, Filton and the Portway all feature.
the background music, is by the eagles, took a bit of finding, as it was nothing like acker bilk 's version of Stranger on the Shore The Eagles were a British music quartet active from 1958 until the mid-1960s. They formed in 1958 at the Eagle House youth club in Knowle West, Bristol.
I lived and worked in Bristol from '82 to '94 yet recognise much of these mostly Clifton views from long before I knew the place. I stop by now and then these days - so much I don't recognise any more😥
I can remember going to the Glen on the downs for Saturday bee-pop and jive - wearing a home made flared skirt that swung around when I danced. Seems like yesterday. I remember Bill Hayley and the comets. I was married in 1965 inn a little church off the Gloucester road - on a visit some years later found it had become a ruin - as had my marriage!!
yes---I still have my membership card of the Tudor club, with my mug-shot on it. dated 1962. My brother met his wife to be there. Later, he got upset with guys pestering her, and caused a ruccus, and was asked to leave by Bouncer , Dave Prowse, who much later, played Darth Vader in Star Wars. Many years later, on a visit to Canada, I discovered that Dave was a cousin of my cousins Husband. Bit complicated. But I was introduced to him, but didn't mention my brother's altercation all those years before.
without bill hayley, their would have been, no rock and roll, but people forget that ? they only remember elvis etc etc. and if yiour doing bristol what about st pauls ? a kind of gheto, but it worked. yes i am a dinosaur, but so what is so great about the modern world ? ? ?
My Grandfather and Grandmother had the Coronation Tap until 1954. Taking over from her parents, if we still had it my son would be the 5th generation. I can’t remember much but one I can remember was no cars, we used to play in the streets.
brilliant video of goood old bristol in the 1960.s this was my era my father ran cantors furniture shop on the horsefair from 1960 to 1967 any viewers remeber this shop
Yep I remember that shop we used to hang around the area me and my mates pubbing and looking out for the girls. I lived at Lockleaze. Went for a visit in 2012 changed a bit but not to much.
Oh yes. My mum bought quite a bit of furniture from Cantors. As a little child she would give me and my brother the HP payment book and we’d walk down to pay our bill. She was so proud of always paying up on time - she never missed.
The Dug Out .... The Deep Blues band, a real fire escape hazard as well, used to get raided as regular as clockwork for drugs and prostitution - great club, great times
I remember as a kid in the early 60s,when my parents ran the drawbridge pub, on a new years eve all the cars in the centre, st augustines parade, were peeping their horns on the midnight hour, I wondered what was going on as no one had told me that it was tradition & my imagination was running away with me thinking the martians had landed or something.
A substantial part of this has been taken from John Boorman's BBC series, The Newcomers, made in 1964. It focused on the writer ACH Smith and his wife, Alison, then expecting twins. They lived in a tiny flat in The Paragon, Clifton, which is probably why there's so much footage from that area.
Correct. A neighbor of my parents who worked on the documentary had a copy. There are a couple of clips from "Some People" Movie (1962). The music is by Bristol 60's group The Eagles.
@@SwanEntertainment1 I remember when Eagle House was turned over as a youth club, it still had all it's original furniture inside, including a large radio which we would tune to Radio Luxembourg. The Eagles band had two members from my street, great times, never forgotten. Gang fighting against Hartcliffon the airfield runway, Gores Fairwith it's giant man effigy that was set alight. Fillwood Broadway cinema Saturday rush, thruppense each to go in (3 penny) yo yo competition, PJ Proby split trousers sometime mid 60's.
You mean it's not all posh like in the film? (I know it's not - I was there then.) Made by a university student I suspect - but interesting all the same.
@@sideshowbob5237 Clifton was not really "posh" in the 60s, trendy yes, posh no. It was mostly run down student flats. It started to become posh in the late 70s
Back in the early 60s my parents ran the drawbridge pub in the centre of bristol when the city docks were thriving & many of the crews of the ships came into the pub. One night a Chinese guy came in & said, but due to his accent, what my mum thought was hashees ' I want hashees,' my mum said they didn't sell any cannabis products, he then said' I want woman' & my mum replied' that it wasn't that sort of pub', then realising he meant the hatchets pub around the corner which then had a bit of a reputation as a pick up place for certain ladies of the night, some of whom would come into the drawbridge as long as it wasn't for business, which my mum stipulated .
wow--i was 20 in 61', and remember this look. Still War damage and dilapidation in most British cities. Pity it was filmed in winter, which adds to the gloom. This place is so upmarket now.
Thanks for posting. I was a student from 1965 t0 1969. Brought back many memories. We had the new student's union building by then, rather than the Victoria rooms. Happy days...
I do recommend "Some People" the film set in Bristol during the first half of the 60s. Mardyke Ferry, Bedminster, Lockleaze, Swimming pool in Bedminster, C&A Broadmead, Filton and the Portway all feature.
YES, MOST FILMS OF CITY'S BACK THEN WERE OF THE BETTER DISTRICTS, WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS ETC NOT SURPRISING REALLY.
Fabulous film, the music in this video is featured in it.
the background music, is by the eagles, took a bit of finding, as it was nothing like acker bilk 's version of Stranger on the Shore The Eagles were a British music quartet active from 1958 until the mid-1960s. They formed in 1958 at the Eagle House youth club in Knowle West, Bristol.
Used in the fab film Some People, all set in Bristol, about working class bikers! ❤
Thanks for that info ❤
@@radicalcartoons2766 I thought you were reffering to the US EAGLES '.
I lived and worked in Bristol from '82 to '94 yet recognise much of these mostly Clifton views from long before I knew the place. I stop by now and then these days - so much I don't recognise any more😥
I can remember going to the Glen on the downs for Saturday bee-pop and jive - wearing a home made flared skirt that swung around when I danced. Seems like yesterday. I remember Bill Hayley and the comets. I was married in 1965 inn a little church off the Gloucester road - on a visit some years later found it had become a ruin - as had my marriage!!
yes---I still have my membership card of the Tudor club, with my mug-shot on it. dated 1962. My brother met his wife to be there. Later, he got upset with guys pestering her, and caused a ruccus, and was asked to leave by Bouncer , Dave Prowse, who much later, played Darth Vader in Star Wars. Many years later, on a visit to Canada, I discovered that Dave was a cousin of my cousins Husband. Bit complicated. But I was introduced to him, but didn't mention my brother's altercation all those years before.
without bill hayley, their would have been, no rock and roll, but people forget that ? they only remember elvis etc etc. and if yiour doing bristol what about st pauls ? a kind of gheto, but it worked. yes i am a dinosaur, but so what is so great about the modern world ? ? ?
My Grandfather and Grandmother had the Coronation Tap until 1954. Taking over from her parents, if we still had it my son would be the 5th generation. I can’t remember much but one I can remember was no cars, we used to play in the streets.
A bloke called Dick Bradstock had the Tap for a while. It was a Screech house.
My uncle Fred had the Garrick's Head.
@@Belfreyite Yes Dick Bradstock took over from my grandparents when they retired and we moved out.
THERE ARE FEW CARS IN QUITE A FEW ROADS HERE.
brilliant video of goood old bristol in the 1960.s this was my era my father ran cantors furniture shop on the horsefair from 1960 to 1967 any viewers remeber this shop
Yep I remember that shop we used to hang around the area me and my mates pubbing and looking out for the girls. I lived at Lockleaze. Went for a visit in 2012 changed a bit but not to much.
I was born 35 years later so nope
Oh yes. My mum bought quite a bit of furniture from Cantors. As a little child she would give me and my brother the HP payment book and we’d walk down to pay our bill. She was so proud of always paying up on time - she never missed.
@@puppy1584 NICE STORY, THANKS FOR SHARING. I CERTAINLY REMEMBER THE STORES NAME, WAS IT NEAR DEBENHAMS ON THE BOND STREET SIDE ?
Nothing but great memories of working in Bristol for 10 years up to 1988. Still support the Reds. CITY !
Somebody's got to.
Ha. Take it you are a blue. Good luck@
Green busses, stumbling across the bridge on my way back to Portishead after a night in the Dug Out. Classic.
The Dug Out .... The Deep Blues band, a real fire escape hazard as well, used to get raided as regular as clockwork for drugs and prostitution - great club, great times
@@chrisrebar2381- King Dick, Prince’s bar followed by a night of oblivion. Those were the days 🎉
Also this should be called 'Clifton in the 60s'
What ever happened to our wonderful communities and the true spirit of living in Britain ......Gone to the Dogs now....
I agree as there was more community spirit in the 60s & 70s when I lived in Bristol.
Terina Handy it’s just how the world is mainly technology like TVs computers phones etc but do you integrate with your neighbours etc
Terina Handy there is still good communities out there
You are certainly not from one.
Wish I still lived in Bristol.
Remembering the old Duke, acker bilk, the three lamps. St Marks Rd easton, Eastville pk
I remember as a kid in the early 60s,when my parents ran the drawbridge pub, on a new years eve all the cars in the centre, st augustines parade, were peeping their horns on the midnight hour, I wondered what was going on as no one had told me that it was tradition & my imagination was running away with me thinking the martians had landed or something.
I drank in the Drawbridge in the late 60s and all the way through to 1975. It had a great jukebox, I recall.
@@brenutube08 me too. Skin head era (I was a hippy that very reluctantly had my head shaved!) ... good pub
At 2:40, is that the entrance to the old Labour Exchange?
A substantial part of this has been taken from John Boorman's BBC series, The Newcomers, made in 1964. It focused on the writer ACH Smith and his wife, Alison, then expecting twins. They lived in a tiny flat in The Paragon, Clifton, which is probably why there's so much footage from that area.
Correct. A neighbor of my parents who worked on the documentary had a copy. There are a couple of clips from "Some People" Movie (1962). The music is by Bristol 60's group The Eagles.
@@SwanEntertainment1 I remember when Eagle House was turned over as a youth club, it still had all it's original furniture inside, including a large radio which we would tune to Radio Luxembourg. The Eagles band had two members from my street, great times, never forgotten. Gang fighting against Hartcliffon the airfield runway, Gores Fairwith it's giant man effigy that was set alight. Fillwood Broadway cinema Saturday rush, thruppense each to go in (3 penny) yo yo competition, PJ Proby split trousers sometime mid 60's.
Houses on the Paragon now are going for just under £2.5 M.
More Clifton than Bristol really.
yep---the prettier parts.
You mean it's not all posh like in the film? (I know it's not - I was there then.) Made by a university student I suspect - but interesting all the same.
@@sideshowbob5237 Clifton was not really "posh" in the 60s, trendy yes, posh no. It was mostly run down student flats. It started to become posh in the late 70s
@@philipclark8423 It seemed posh to a student that lived in Harcourt Rd!
no traffic no parking zones or yellow lines.
YOU CAN NOW ADD, NO 20MPH, AND WORST OF ALL, BROADMEAD LOOKS LIKE IT DID IN 1946. OH ! AND NO £9 CHARGE FOR A SO-CALLED CLEAN AIR RESTRICTION.
I like the soundtrack
IT WAS EVOCATIVE OF THAT ERA, WHEN EVERY TEENAGER WANTED TO PLAY A GUITAR LIKE HANK MARVIN OF THE SHADOWS.
Lovely swan neck lamps and cast iron columns everywhere . most sadly all gone now
Still plenty in Clifton and Redland.
Back in the early 60s my parents ran the drawbridge pub in the centre of bristol when the city docks were thriving & many of the crews of the ships came into the pub. One night a Chinese guy came in & said, but due to his accent, what my mum thought was hashees ' I want hashees,' my mum said they didn't sell any cannabis products, he then said' I want woman' & my mum replied' that it wasn't that sort of pub', then realising he meant the hatchets pub around the corner which then had a bit of a reputation as a pick up place for certain ladies of the night, some of whom would come into the drawbridge as long as it wasn't for business, which my mum stipulated .
No she wasn't you moron.
This is a reply to Mole who should crawl back into his hole.
5:17 Mews cottages, probably Hotwells, try getting one for under £1M now, good luck.
I see all the comments talking about how much has changed, but what really strikes me is how much has stayed the same.
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@@MrDaiseymay I live in bristol, and a lot of the places look identical now to how they did back then.
wow--i was 20 in 61', and remember this look. Still War damage and dilapidation in most British cities. Pity it was filmed in winter, which adds to the gloom. This place is so upmarket now.
There should also be a writeup for those not familiar to Bristol ......
I thought that clifton was in Bristol?
That's where Veronica Cartwright was born in she was born Bristol England in 1949
I miss the Green busses.
Are bristol in Wales or England
England
Are you kidding?
The dude new some day” This would be UA-cam’s......
It was a great city back then - now, best avoided.
soundtrack could be Andy Grai and The Strangers?
It is The Eagles a Bristol band, not those upstarts from America
I was thinking the Eagles . They were the most popular Bristol band of that early 60's instrumental genre.
A lot of war damage still by the look of it then
Should be titled 'Clifton and Hotwells in the 1960s'.
Music reminds me of Father Ted
MagnanimousPie more like carry on
I hadn't thought of that but since you said so, yes! Very Father Ted-esque! 😊
Some of the footage is from the late 50s!
Was nice before it turned into a dump.
AND PAY 9 QUID FOR THE BENEFIT OF ? ERE ?