Blecch! 🤢no! Terrible British food. Terrible British cars. Everything was brown. Wouldn't mind a quick trip to the 90's though! PS. If you don't get to 1985, bring me back an Escort Mexico. Those things a worth a fortune now!
The real standout thing is the condition of the roads. No potholes, no bodged patchwork repairs, road markings without worn out or missing sections, and clear gutters and drains. And no litter flying around. This really does highlight just how generally dilapidated things have become in the UK in recent years.
During this time I lived in Blackpool and I spent my life going to school playing games in arcades on the seafront and hanging around with my mates at the pleasure beach great music different styles of clothing all over the place gothic new romantics mods beautiful memories and what a time to be alive.
I’m the same age as you and this really does take me back to my teens. I rode my moped on L plates in 1985 and passed my driving test in 1986. Escort mk2 with go faster stripes was my car then. Nostalgia - what a powerful emotion!
@@eightiesmusic1984 Yet you could still support a family on just one income, the nuclear threat wasn't something that kept many of us up at nights, I think the internet amplifies world events in ways the old tv box or newspapers never did. We had way more freedom then too, you weren't tracked everywhere you went, and yet it felt (and very likely was) safer.
@@eightiesmusic1984International threat is higher now than it was then, and Starmer is a greater threat to the UK than Thatcher. Granted, I was living in Cyprus in 1986, didn’t come to the UK until the 90’s. There is no denying the UK was a safer, happier place back then.
Yeh, its because you were a kid, the 80's for an adult with responsibilities was crap, the tories had wrecked the economy (as usual) unemployment was at record highs, interest rates were through the roof! And you think it's bad now?
So grateful people took the time and effort to video what were mundane activities back in day. Now we look back and dream to do it all over again. Life was simpler and cars meant something.
The only reason I would go back to then is to spend time with all the people that I loved, and are sadly now no longer here. I'd give anything to have one hour with them.
“Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.” Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace be upon him).
@@truthwillout1980 "Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born in Mecca, in Arabia, the man who, of all men, has exercised the greatest influence upon the human race... To be the religious head of many empires, to guide the daily life of one-third of the human race, may perhaps justify the title of a Messenger of God." Dr. William Draper in 'History of Intellectual Development of Europe'
@@truthwillout1980 😅😅😂1. Anglo Saxon King of Mercia, Offa Rex, minted coins (756 ad) with the following Arabic inscriptions 'la ilaha ill lall lah, Muhammad rasool Allah' meaning there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is His messenger. Coin is in the British Museum. 2. British army armoured vehicle named after Salah Ad Din, the great Muslim Sultan of Egypt, the liberator of Jerusalem. 3. Pirate Jack Sparrow's real name, John Ward, born in Kent, 1553, converted to Islam in 1610, settled in Tunis and changed his name to Yusuf Reis. 4. Around 4 Million Muslim soldiers, travelled to Europe and fought for the British Empire, during the World War I. 500,000 in WW2. 3. King John of England (1199-1216) sent an embassy to the Almohad caliph al-Nāsir (1199-1213) in which John offered to convert to Islam and to hold the kingdom of England as a tributary of the Muslim caliph. 5. Top 10 new born baby names in England is Muhammad (No 1). 4. According to The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “Most of the classical literature that spurred the European Renaissance was obtained from translations of Arabic manuscripts in Muslim libraries.” (1984), Vol. 15, p. 646 5. English aristocrat, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (daughter of Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull), in 1721 introduced smallpox innoculation to England, learned in the Ottoman Empire, way before Edward Jenner. 5. Did you know, in the 12th century, furious with the archbishop of Canterbury, England's King Henry II threatened to forsake Christianity for Islam. 6. "Sir Winston Churchill’s family begged him not to convert to Islam, letter reveals. He might have been a staunch protector of the British Empire, but the British Prime Minister had a love of the Orient and Islam" Independent, Sunday 28 December 2014 11:30 7. England’s greatest architect, Sir Christopher Wren, wrote that what we call “the Gothic style should more rightly be called the Saracen (Muslim) style.” 7. Largly unknown, rarely seen: In the Thomas Jefferson Building inside the library of Congress, around the dome of the reading room is an important mural, meant to represent the nations and ideas contributed most to American civilisation and it might come as a surprise to many that amongst the ideas represent here is Islam: Physics. 8. There is also a freeze, in the room where the chief Justices seats and dispense justice. This is freeze pays homage to ideas and principles that have inspired the American legal system and one of the foundation documents represented in this freeze is the Glorious Qur'an. 9. Marmaduke Pickthall, friend of Winston Churchill, converted to Islam, translated the Qur'an in to English and a scholar in Arabic. 9. English words from Arabic: Zero - sifr, admiral - amir al bahr (ruler of the sea), arsenal - dar as Sinaah (warehouse), Algebra - al-jabr (reunion of broken parts), Algorithm - Al-Khawarizmi (Muslim scholar), Adobe - the brick, Safari - safar (journey), Sofa - Suffa, Mattress - matrah, Sugar - Sukkar, Candy - qand, Syrap - sharab, cotton - qutn, alcohol - al-khul, Coffee - Qahwah, magazine - makhzin, Tariff...... 10. Islam is as British as the afternoon tea and English as the apple pie! If you do not believe me, just look at the statue of the Muslim woman, draped in full Hijab, erected in every single church all across the Island. In-it? 9. ‘Europe was darkened at sunset, Cordova shone with public lamps; Europe was dirty, Cordova built a thousand baths; Europe was covered with vermin, Cordova changed its undergarments daily; Europe lay in mud, Cordova’s streets were paved; Europe’s palaces had smoke-holes in the ceiling, Cordova’s arabesques were exquisite; Europe’s nobility could not sign its names, Cordova’s children went to school; Europe’s monks could not read the baptismal service, Cordova’s teachers created a library of Alexanderian dimensions.’ (Victor Robinson, The Story of Medicine, New York, 1936, p. 164).
Notice the streets aren't littered with drink cans, fast food wrapping & other crap ... Yes it's certainly a Mad disgusting world we've turned into ! 😥
I think you only saw what you wanted to see! Look again - there's loads of litter. I was a teenager in the mid 80s and my recollection is of dirty streets and beautiful old buildings being pulled down to make way for boring 80s buildings. There's far more appreciation now for people's surroundings and living spaces, as well as far more preservation of old buildings.
@@MarkBrolin86 you're arguing with someone who has their rose-tinted nostalgia glasses on. People tend to remember the good things of the past and are inherently biased because of it - it is what it is, pointless arguing about it :D
What people often fail to realise is that they are just nostalgic about being much younger. I get it, we all miss that as we age. But some of us just accept it as getting old, rather than blaming all of society for not collapsing at the same pace as our minds and bodies.
@Altair885 nope,there was more choice then than now.all you get these days is one box designs mostly shared by everyone.look at today's vans,apart from transit everybody else's van is the same body with different engines and mechanicals.even internal dashboards etc are the same.back then you had saloons,estates,4x4s,5 doors,3 doors,hatchbacks,sports cars,convertibles,loads of choice.plenty of independent manufacturers,nowadays they all seem to be owned by the same company's,hence the reason they all look the same.
@@ivanfernyhough3851 Okay, let's take vans for a moment. So you had transit mk2 , sherpa, Bedford cf. Was their styling much different from one another? Today's vans are much the same shape because that's the most efficient and practical use of space. But there are plenty of models even if manufactures share designs.
God I wish I was born then. just the atmosphere you can picture watching this video, the streets are quiet very clean looks like a nice day and everyone’s just enjoying life. What a time to be alive it must have been
The 80s were shit, Tories destroying the country especially industry and jobs for the common people, they robbed,and sold the country to benefit a few, its why we're in such a state now, brexit was their final nail in the coffin.
It was a great time to be a teenager, great fashion, music, freedom without technology intrusion into life, great sports, tron style arcades, communities looked out for each other, kids grew up on the streets with freedom for adventures and accidents. Very little school homework yet decent enough schooling to succeed. NHS actually worked. Lots of local shops selling stuff to people who knew each other well. Children able to take part time work for cash if they wanted any age from 11 or 12 years old. If you had an accident no-one was getting sued, you learnt your lesson and got on with life. People fixed each others cars. Kids danced at discos and got off with each other. This was part of learning life lessons. No ID checks, as you grew up it was exciting to get away with things under age. Sometimes this went wrong but mostly it was amazing. People got paid cash, took it home and divided it up for the family and household bills. What was left was for the pub or a party. Of course life wasn’t perfect, but it was more in keeping with the essence of what we are as social human beings thriving on freedom than it is today.
I was born. I was 22 and not long graduated with a degree in botany from a university in south Wales. Millions were out of work (including me) and the miners strike was happening with all the angst and anguish. People were living in carboard boxes. Bleak times if you were actually there. There were some good points. Unemployment had peaked. News was on telly or radio or newspapers and there was no social media magnifying horrors and making sure everyone knew 'how terrible' things were. Our Government used things called D notices to keep bad news out of the media. I could just about keep a 125 Honda in petrol on my dole money and my lovely parents were happy to have me at home rent free so long as I did some stuff around the house. I could travel a bit on the bike and there were interesting things to do that didn't cost much. I was skint but debt free (I went to Uni on a full grant, not a loan). Cars were easy to fix with basic tools but they rotted. Slight accident? Kick it straight and carry on. Now they don't rot as quick, contain lots of plastic and have chips and technobollox throughout that needs serious money to fix. They all look the same. The music was good and every Woolies had a bargain bin where interesting stuff turned up. But it wasn't better than now. Just different
It`s not as close as it looks. The camera was on a triopd, fastened to the back of the front seat. Then positioned where a passengers head would be. Then zoomed in to clear the dashboard, & roof. If not it would have only being a third of the view out of the windscreen On this video at 3.18 minutes, there is a 2 lane road between the cars ! ua-cam.com/video/-SqHQz2sLmQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=251hanomag
@@scrandman7958 No, I’m not sure where you lived but i never. As the area I grew up in was clean and people didn’t disrespect the place they lived and loved.
I don't think it looks old-fashioned at all. It was peak culture back then, which is why Gen Z kids are shamelessly ripping-off 1980s style as if they were there.
@@BlackPrimeMinisterI suppose it’s some of the other older cars on the road that make it look old , it wouldn’t be particularly out of the ordinary to see a 2005 car on the road today which would be 20years old , a 20 year old car back then was a 1965 car
Fascinating footage. The cars looked simple, no SUV's. The roads were in good condition.. being born in 1976 I spent a lot of the 80's on Raleigh burners, choppers and grifters. Some great memories. Thank you for uploading this footage
I love these "Random person just driving around normal streets" videos. They take me right back! I was just starting secondary school when this was filmed and - whilst I didn't like anywhere near this town - I do remember growing up in that world (1980's Britain).
I love the breaking distance and dive at the beginning, i remember the old cars, backside nearly off the seat standing on the pedal 😂😂 loved this video, what a lovely drive through nostalgia, 75 vintage here!! I too would happily return to that era through to the mid/late 90s, that seemed to be our peak for good times in life, the new millenium has been never ending grief it feels.
I was 16 and seeing a girl from Cas when this video was recorded, she lived on Holywell Ln and we used to walk down into town past the Civic centre all the time. I probably saw this car many times but never realised. Thank you for taking me back to a better time.
Brilliant video. We bought our new sierra in 1985. It broke down on the way home due to a faulty sensor but after that went on for over 10 years. Cortinas were everywhere because they were the best selling car for years. I had a camcorder and wish i had done this to record my town and the commute. It would be fascinating but we didnt think things would change! Incredible memories but lets not fool outselves it wasnt all good.
Playing D&D listening to Metal and drinking beer with pals, long evenings out on the Chopper grifter or New toy Bmx. The Arcades, Cinema, Making Dens in the Woods and camping, Entire summers and autumns fishing, no worries. Good times.
With only 1 tenth of the number of cars on the road, it was a wonderful time to live. Imagine walking down the street now and for every 10 cars you see, 9 would not exist. Add to that house prices of about 16k. For that area, people knowing their neighbours and have the same cultural values. I do miss the UK.
Loved seeing the old cars, and not one camera strapped to any lampposts, I was driving in the seventies, and owned , a lot of the cars seen, Capri, Daytona yellow, brown vinyl roof, and sports wheels, oh how I wish...
This was filmed only 3 days before my 16th birthday ' this film has without dobt bought back some brilliant days in my memory bank ' thanks to whoever film this 👍
I was struck by how many of the cars were British made or at least made by companies with factories here. It would be really interesting to drive the same route and post them side by side for comparison. Thanks for posting, I was 24 when this was filmed, I didn't appreciate how good I had it.
Love this! Just appreciate that some people took the time back then to film these scenes for us to be nostalgic about now. I turned 16 in 1985 and was just itching to get to 17 so I could start my driving lessons. Seeing all the old Fords that I would love to own now in this video is kind of sad knowing that all of them were scrapped years ago. Still, did pass my test about a year and a half after this was filmed and ended up with an old Vauxhall Chevette as my first car. My following car was the one I still miss. A 1982 Cortina 2.0 GLS in red with a black vinyl roof. Lovely car that was. Next car after that was a Mk 2 Escort Mexico also in red.
So love seeing all the older cars, in this video there are far more ford cortinas than sierras due to the sierra been launched in 1983 i believe? What i find amazing is the sheer difference in cars between say this 1985 video to 1995, just 10 years, I guess we dont realise how certain things progress, change so much. Also to note look at how uncluttered the streets are, normal decent roads without traffic calming messures, speed bumps, signs everywhere etc
Yes the roads were better then, with no council meddling. And that likes of President Khan, finding more exuses to fleece the motorist in London, & beyond
@@251hanomag yes there is just too much traffic now, cars are just too big and bulky now esp the SUVs and together with speed bumps, cameras, traffic calming messures and signs everywhere its not pleasant anymore.
More of this please. The cars took me right back to childhood. Totally forgot how the roads were back then, not many cars, no potholes and clean road markings. The pavements are without litter and are weed free. Happy times.
I was watching an old episode of Auf Wiedersehn Pet the other day. It showed a 1980s street scene. I just wanted to climb through the TV screen to go back to it!
@@Adrian-kl2ql Me and the wife love Auf Wiedersehn Pet. Make sure you own them on DVD format, in case the woke brigade get them banned from online streaming platforms, etc... They are to valuable to have snatached away from us, and lost forever! Best regards
Christ I wish I was back then. 14 and not a care in the world. Both parents still with us, all 4 grandparents living at the bottom of our road, just so great.This actually bought a tear to my eye.
Where my teleport button ? I want to go back!! Such a cool video for classic car spotting. No mobile phones. Bliss. Less rubbish. Bliss Less people. Bliss.
What an awesome video. I was 16 back then, little did I realise just how crappy this country would become, how run down everywhere would get and how much I would feel like a stranger in my own country. Just look at the cars in the footage, most would be worth a small fortune now but we just took them all for granted back then. Bring back these times again, great music, great cars, decent people (mostly) and people who weren't obsessed with themselves and fixated to their phone screens.
Sheesh, all those Leyland cars! When I was a child, many of those were standard fodder for the bottom-of-the-market, Arfur Daley kind of car dealer selling stuff to those on a budget.
I was 12 that year. It's true, so much less cars on the road then. I was talking to a guy at work who is abit older than me, he passed his test in 1985. He said the roads are much worse now, more impatient, bad driving and road rage (usually over nothing) than in the 80s, even the 90s.
I was still 15 then , turned 16 a week after Live Aid. I wish I could go back! Love looking at the old cars and fashions - nowadays there’ll be SUVs parked on both sides of those streets making them virtually one way , if you can avoid the potholes , cones and temp traffic lights that is.
Excellent , Cortinas, Cavaliers, Astras and so many others, takes me back. The old cars were never the best starters in the winter even after pulling the choke out, great memories
Nice video, reminds me of my youth, I'd just finished school in May '85. The route is a loop- Lower Oxford Street, Beancroft Road, Smawthorne Lane, Pontefract Road, then on to Ferrybridge Road.
I'm not a million miles away in Normy, but I was always down Cas watching rugby league and a bit of shopping. This was just after the strike and the town and people were just getting back on their feet. It's great to see how it was yesterday and compare to nowadays 😢
Absolutely luv this! We should do and film the exact journey again and see what it looks like, try to get the same angle/position and maybe even have a waxoyl sticker too lol.
I love seeing these little time capsules randomly pop up on UA-cam. Would love to notice myself in one just casually walking down the street with no idea it had been caught on film. Alas, not yet...
Love it, I had those spoilers on my wiper place arms, so cool, bought them from Halfords. ❤ saw a brilliant Cavalier SRi, my dream car back in the 80s as my dad had one, a whopping 132bhp, which was a lot then.
So surreal! I’ve driven these roads a million times! I notice a lot more people walking in this video than walk around today. Guess everybody drives now!
1980s, safe, clean, freer, best music, best TV, no overbearing government, low immigration, no pollical correctness, no wokeness, no corrupt globalist, generally a better time all round
All those people going about their business oblivious to the fact that 39 years later, they be in a video on a video sharing platform. Also, look how many cars there aren't!!!! I was 16 in 1985. Brilliant time to be alive.
The ford sierra was like a car from the future then. Remember when the mk2 Astra came out. Probably a year or so after this. Took a bit of getting used to
Watching a random video clip from the 1980s made me realize that today and future generations will remember their past in perfect high resolution, with every detail captured in crystal clarity.
I would happily give up social media, mobile phones etc to go back to those times.
Blecch! 🤢no! Terrible British food. Terrible British cars. Everything was brown. Wouldn't mind a quick trip to the 90's though!
PS. If you don't get to 1985, bring me back an Escort Mexico. Those things a worth a fortune now!
plus look at the streets, wouldn't be able to find a single parking space now
@@frasermalcolm2645then you're part of the problem. Live AID is nothing but a get richer quick scam for the elite.
I couldn' agree more 🥰
Rose tinted glasses…
The real standout thing is the condition of the roads. No potholes, no bodged patchwork repairs, road markings without worn out or missing sections, and clear gutters and drains. And no litter flying around.
This really does highlight just how generally dilapidated things have become in the UK in recent years.
For me it was no ethnics.
Well the 3rd world has moved here and brought those attitudes with them
And no cameras and ULEZ and corrupt politicians
During this time I lived in Blackpool and I spent my life going to school playing games in arcades on the seafront and hanging around with my mates at the pleasure beach great music different styles of clothing all over the place gothic new romantics mods beautiful memories and what a time to be alive.
@@pincermovement72 No invading economics Immiagrants = stafe counrty .
I was 16 in September 1985. I’m now 55. It takes you back though.
Brilliant video nice one.
I enjoyed 90s
I’m the same age as you and this really does take me back to my teens. I rode my moped on L plates in 1985 and passed my driving test in 1986. Escort mk2 with go faster stripes was my car then. Nostalgia - what a powerful emotion!
I feel lucky that I got to enjoy the 80's it's a shame young people today won't get that experience.
Those born today will, in 56 years time 😉
@@AA-yl4wqLol that's mad to think that. Time goes too fast😢.
@@deanmadnut2614 it really does, I was a child in the 80s, can’t believe it was over 35 years ago.
1985.. I was nearly 2 years old
i can pretend :)
The more i watch these videos the more i wish i was back in the 80s.
have you chosen your Muslim name yet 😂
agree, i wish i was back
@@ChrisAyres-do4fz 🤣😂😂Shahadah: I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship but God, and Muhammad is His final prophet and servant.
@@EAGLE29-TIME Aha can i have 1 salami bacon from alans snackbar please ? lol
@@EAGLE29-TIMEpathetic desert beliefs
In 1985 I turned 18, the 80s was a great time to be alive, great music, great times, more relaxed and genuinely a fun time, unlike now...
@@eightiesmusic1984 Yet you could still support a family on just one income, the nuclear threat wasn't something that kept many of us up at nights, I think the internet amplifies world events in ways the old tv box or newspapers never did. We had way more freedom then too, you weren't tracked everywhere you went, and yet it felt (and very likely was) safer.
@@eightiesmusic1984u boring labour sap
@@eightiesmusic1984International threat is higher now than it was then, and Starmer is a greater threat to the UK than Thatcher.
Granted, I was living in Cyprus in 1986, didn’t come to the UK until the 90’s. There is no denying the UK was a safer, happier place back then.
Yeh, its because you were a kid, the 80's for an adult with responsibilities was crap, the tories had wrecked the economy (as usual) unemployment was at record highs, interest rates were through the roof! And you think it's bad now?
You could not support a family on one income. Your dreaming.@@SeraiNephthys
So grateful people took the time and effort to video what were mundane activities back in day. Now we look back and dream to do it all over again. Life was simpler and cars meant something.
I loved the 80s , do it all again in a heartbeat
Love these videos - the old cars, the old road layouts, the gone-but-not-forgotten shops. A healthy dose of nostalgia.
The complete absence of speed bumps everywhere.
The days when we looked forward to a day out in the car ' even on the bus
Where I live, there are about 10 Turkish barbers along one street!
The only reason I would go back to then is to spend time with all the people that I loved, and are sadly now no longer here. I'd give anything to have one hour with them.
❤
You'll see them again. 👍🏻
Ditto. I would sacrifice a thousand tomorrows, for a single yesterday.
And we didn't realise how precious they were
Ford cortinas absolutley everywhere,them were the days.
And Capri's
My father had a Sierra estate. I still remember the number plate. It was B158 PSH.
Please take me back 40 years. Anyone wanna come with me?
“Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.” Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace be upon him).
@@EAGLE29-TIME And all his child lovers.
@@truthwillout1980 "Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born in Mecca, in Arabia, the man who, of all men, has exercised the greatest influence upon the human race... To be the religious head of many empires, to guide the daily life of one-third of the human race, may perhaps justify the title of a Messenger of God."
Dr. William Draper in 'History of Intellectual Development of Europe'
@@EAGLE29-TIME Don't care. You'll see real soon why it was all so foolish. We've all been had. Oh the shame!
@@truthwillout1980 😅😅😂1. Anglo Saxon King of Mercia, Offa Rex, minted coins (756 ad) with the following Arabic inscriptions 'la ilaha ill lall lah, Muhammad rasool Allah' meaning there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is His messenger. Coin is in the British Museum. 2. British army armoured vehicle named after Salah Ad Din, the great Muslim Sultan of Egypt, the liberator of Jerusalem. 3. Pirate Jack Sparrow's real name, John Ward, born in Kent, 1553, converted to Islam in 1610, settled in Tunis and changed his name to Yusuf Reis. 4. Around 4 Million Muslim soldiers, travelled to Europe and fought for the British Empire, during the World War I. 500,000 in WW2. 3. King John of England (1199-1216) sent an embassy to the Almohad caliph al-Nāsir (1199-1213) in which John offered to convert to Islam and to hold the kingdom of England as a tributary of the Muslim caliph. 5. Top 10 new born baby names in England is Muhammad (No 1). 4. According to The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “Most of the classical literature that spurred the European Renaissance was obtained from translations of Arabic manuscripts in Muslim libraries.” (1984), Vol. 15, p. 646 5. English aristocrat, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (daughter of Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull), in 1721 introduced smallpox innoculation to England, learned in the Ottoman Empire, way before Edward Jenner. 5. Did you know, in the 12th century, furious with the archbishop of Canterbury, England's King Henry II threatened to forsake Christianity for Islam. 6. "Sir Winston Churchill’s family begged him not to convert to Islam, letter reveals. He might have been a staunch protector of the British Empire, but the British Prime Minister had a love of the Orient and Islam" Independent, Sunday 28 December 2014 11:30 7. England’s greatest architect, Sir Christopher Wren, wrote that what we call “the Gothic style should more rightly be called the Saracen (Muslim) style.” 7. Largly unknown, rarely seen: In the Thomas Jefferson Building inside the library of Congress, around the dome of the reading room is an important mural, meant to represent the nations and ideas contributed most to American civilisation and it might come as a surprise to many that amongst the ideas represent here is Islam: Physics. 8. There is also a freeze, in the room where the chief Justices seats and dispense justice. This is freeze pays homage to ideas and principles that have inspired the American legal system and one of the foundation documents represented in this freeze is the Glorious Qur'an. 9. Marmaduke Pickthall, friend of Winston Churchill, converted to Islam, translated the Qur'an in to English and a scholar in Arabic. 9. English words from Arabic: Zero - sifr, admiral - amir al bahr (ruler of the sea), arsenal - dar as Sinaah (warehouse), Algebra - al-jabr (reunion of broken parts), Algorithm - Al-Khawarizmi (Muslim scholar), Adobe - the brick, Safari - safar (journey), Sofa - Suffa, Mattress - matrah, Sugar - Sukkar, Candy - qand, Syrap - sharab, cotton - qutn, alcohol - al-khul, Coffee - Qahwah, magazine - makhzin, Tariff...... 10. Islam is as British as the afternoon tea and English as the apple pie! If you do not believe me, just look at the statue of the Muslim woman, draped in full Hijab, erected in every single church all across the Island. In-it? 9. ‘Europe was darkened at sunset, Cordova shone with public lamps; Europe was dirty, Cordova built a thousand baths; Europe was covered with vermin, Cordova changed its undergarments daily; Europe lay in mud, Cordova’s streets were paved; Europe’s palaces had smoke-holes in the ceiling, Cordova’s arabesques were exquisite; Europe’s nobility could not sign its names, Cordova’s children went to school; Europe’s monks could not read the baptismal service, Cordova’s teachers created a library of Alexanderian dimensions.’ (Victor Robinson, The Story of Medicine, New York, 1936, p. 164).
What a pleasant time to be alive 😍
Notice the streets aren't littered with drink cans, fast food wrapping & other crap ...
Yes it's certainly a Mad disgusting world we've turned into ! 😥
nice bin wagon on there for you lol
I never understood why people litter. Some say it’s to keeps rents low. Worsen the area like.
There is a piece of litter between frames 1:04 and 1:05. Cammer is tailgating too.
There is some litter at 1:46 too
And at 2:04.....
I love how the wind deflectors on the wiper blades was a BIG thing back in the day 😂😂😂
And the go faster stripes. My Triumph Herald had a go stripe. Go faster wasn't an option.
The most surprising thing is the blue Austin Princess travelled for over a minute without breaking down once.
My dad had one but after 6 years the fuel line broke, sprayed the hot engine in petrol and it incinerated itself! Apart from that it was luxury.
Then a gold Ambassador pulled out... 😂
Haha! We had a green one and it broke down a lot.
All the cars had colour. Not just the black, white, grey/silver you see today. Society has grown dull.
@@pigknickers2975 A Viking funeral eh...?!
Look how cleaner the roads were and less busy,happy times,no cctv camera crap either didnt need any then
No walking tents and machete
Way more serial killers in those days.
White people.
And dog sh*te everywhere, including the never-seen-now white ones…
@@danmorley6517You’re forgetting, the police don’t catch criminals any longer.
Clean, tidy streets, no congestion, ample parking, this England has gone, its sad.
I think you only saw what you wanted to see! Look again - there's loads of litter. I was a teenager in the mid 80s and my recollection is of dirty streets and beautiful old buildings being pulled down to make way for boring 80s buildings. There's far more appreciation now for people's surroundings and living spaces, as well as far more preservation of old buildings.
@@MarkBrolin86 you're arguing with someone who has their rose-tinted nostalgia glasses on. People tend to remember the good things of the past and are inherently biased because of it - it is what it is, pointless arguing about it :D
Also, before Brexit was invented.
@@gti505 Not relevant at all
What people often fail to realise is that they are just nostalgic about being much younger. I get it, we all miss that as we age. But some of us just accept it as getting old, rather than blaming all of society for not collapsing at the same pace as our minds and bodies.
Back when cars had some character and colour, not like now when they all look boringly the same.
Exactly 💯
Yeah, but you only had a choice of about 20 models to choose from 😂
@Altair885 nope,there was more choice then than now.all you get these days is one box designs mostly shared by everyone.look at today's vans,apart from transit everybody else's van is the same body with different engines and mechanicals.even internal dashboards etc are the same.back then you had saloons,estates,4x4s,5 doors,3 doors,hatchbacks,sports cars,convertibles,loads of choice.plenty of independent manufacturers,nowadays they all seem to be owned by the same company's,hence the reason they all look the same.
Had away pal, cars then were garbage
@@ivanfernyhough3851 Okay, let's take vans for a moment. So you had transit mk2 , sherpa, Bedford cf. Was their styling much different from one another? Today's vans are much the same shape because that's the most efficient and practical use of space. But there are plenty of models even if manufactures share designs.
God I wish I was born then. just the atmosphere you can picture watching this video, the streets are quiet very clean looks like a nice day and everyone’s just enjoying life. What a time to be alive it must have been
The 80s were shit, Tories destroying the country especially industry and jobs for the common people, they robbed,and sold the country to benefit a few, its why we're in such a state now, brexit was their final nail in the coffin.
It was a great time to be a teenager, great fashion, music, freedom without technology intrusion into life, great sports, tron style arcades, communities looked out for each other, kids grew up on the streets with freedom for adventures and accidents. Very little school homework yet decent enough schooling to succeed. NHS actually worked. Lots of local shops selling stuff to people who knew each other well. Children able to take part time work for cash if they wanted any age from 11 or 12 years old. If you had an accident no-one was getting sued, you learnt your lesson and got on with life. People fixed each others cars. Kids danced at discos and got off with each other. This was part of learning life lessons. No ID checks, as you grew up it was exciting to get away with things under age. Sometimes this went wrong but mostly it was amazing. People got paid cash, took it home and divided it up for the family and household bills. What was left was for the pub or a party. Of course life wasn’t perfect, but it was more in keeping with the essence of what we are as social human beings thriving on freedom than it is today.
I was born in 1950. If I had a time machine and took a group of 25 year olds back to 1985 not one would want to return to the present1
It was my childhood, it was an amazing time. People were just different and more human then.
I was born. I was 22 and not long graduated with a degree in botany from a university in south Wales. Millions were out of work (including me) and the miners strike was happening with all the angst and anguish. People were living in carboard boxes. Bleak times if you were actually there. There were some good points. Unemployment had peaked. News was on telly or radio or newspapers and there was no social media magnifying horrors and making sure everyone knew 'how terrible' things were. Our Government used things called D notices to keep bad news out of the media. I could just about keep a 125 Honda in petrol on my dole money and my lovely parents were happy to have me at home rent free so long as I did some stuff around the house. I could travel a bit on the bike and there were interesting things to do that didn't cost much. I was skint but debt free (I went to Uni on a full grant, not a loan). Cars were easy to fix with basic tools but they rotted. Slight accident? Kick it straight and carry on. Now they don't rot as quick, contain lots of plastic and have chips and technobollox throughout that needs serious money to fix. They all look the same. The music was good and every Woolies had a bargain bin where interesting stuff turned up. But it wasn't better than now. Just different
These were the cars of my childhood.
I normally hate music over the top of YT vids. But this just works perfectly.
You can tell it was the eighties people were using their indicators
Nobody indicates these days. Don't think vehicles have them fitted. Optional extras.
& nobody cimplaining about the drivers '
The dude crossing with the pushbike didn't say thanks for letting him cross mind.
@@boilerhousegarage yeah I noticed that, he might still feel bad about that all these 40 years later 😂
Jesus it looked like the driver was really close to hitting some people at a couple of points! Must have been the camera angle.....😲
It`s not as close as it looks.
The camera was on a triopd, fastened to the back of the front seat.
Then positioned where a passengers head would be.
Then zoomed in to clear the dashboard, & roof.
If not it would have only being a third of the view out of the windscreen
On this video at 3.18 minutes, there is a 2 lane road between the cars !
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@@251hanomag Thanks for replying 🙂
So clean. So Britain I loved. 😢
Rose tinted glasses- do you not remember standing on dog sh*te every time you walked on grass?
@@scrandman7958 No, I’m not sure where you lived but i never. As the area I grew up in was clean and people didn’t disrespect the place they lived and loved.
@@rayaspo4893 You lived in a place with no dogs then….
@@scrandman7958I remember those chalky white dog turds in the 80s lol
@@scrandman7958 plenty but all had responsible owners. Is this so hard to believe?
Fantastic - like having a Time Machine.
I passed my test in 84 , honestly I don’t remember it looking so old fashioned back then 😮
I was thinking exactly the same thing.🤣
I don't think it looks old-fashioned at all. It was peak culture back then, which is why Gen Z kids are shamelessly ripping-off 1980s style as if they were there.
@@BlackPrimeMinisterI suppose it’s some of the other older cars on the road that make it look old , it wouldn’t be particularly out of the ordinary to see a 2005 car on the road today which would be 20years old , a 20 year old car back then was a 1965 car
Fascinating footage. The cars looked simple, no SUV's. The roads were in good condition.. being born in 1976 I spent a lot of the 80's on Raleigh burners, choppers and grifters. Some great memories. Thank you for uploading this footage
I love these "Random person just driving around normal streets" videos. They take me right back!
I was just starting secondary school when this was filmed and - whilst I didn't like anywhere near this town - I do remember growing up in that world (1980's Britain).
a winter`s day, this footage is really good, great footage of life in 1985, the cars, the people!, 👍.
Hazy spring day, pink blossom on tree near end, probably Start of April, ish.....
@@jglover4444 it's in the title
I love the breaking distance and dive at the beginning, i remember the old cars, backside nearly off the seat standing on the pedal 😂😂 loved this video, what a lovely drive through nostalgia, 75 vintage here!! I too would happily return to that era through to the mid/late 90s, that seemed to be our peak for good times in life, the new millenium has been never ending grief it feels.
I was 16 and seeing a girl from Cas when this video was recorded, she lived on Holywell Ln and we used to walk down into town past the Civic centre all the time.
I probably saw this car many times but never realised.
Thank you for taking me back to a better time.
Brilliant video. We bought our new sierra in 1985. It broke down on the way home due to a faulty sensor but after that went on for over 10 years. Cortinas were everywhere because they were the best selling car for years. I had a camcorder and wish i had done this to record my town and the commute. It would be fascinating but we didnt think things would change! Incredible memories but lets not fool outselves it wasnt all good.
Fair it wasn't Al good at all, but also it wasn't anywhere near this bad, there was a feeling of community that has been severely eroded sadly.
Playing D&D listening to Metal and drinking beer with pals, long evenings out on the Chopper grifter or New toy Bmx.
The Arcades, Cinema, Making Dens in the Woods and camping, Entire summers and autumns fishing, no worries.
Good times.
With only 1 tenth of the number of cars on the road, it was a wonderful time to live. Imagine walking down the street now and for every 10 cars you see, 9 would not exist. Add to that house prices of about 16k. For that area, people knowing their neighbours and have the same cultural values. I do miss the UK.
Its actually amazing going back in this video seeing all of those fantastic classic cars actually being driven!
I was 12 years old in 85....looks so old fashioned. Nice clean video.
What a lovely country we used to have... RIP Great Britain 😢
Loved seeing the old cars, and not one camera strapped to any lampposts, I was driving in the seventies, and owned , a lot of the cars seen, Capri, Daytona yellow, brown vinyl roof, and sports wheels, oh how I wish...
This was filmed only 3 days before my 16th birthday ' this film has without dobt bought back some brilliant days in my memory bank ' thanks to whoever film this 👍
Fascinating viewing…all British vehicles!
Datsun Fiat Renault….
Love it .... i was a teen back then , what a great time it was ..
I was struck by how many of the cars were British made or at least made by companies with factories here. It would be really interesting to drive the same route and post them side by side for comparison. Thanks for posting, I was 24 when this was filmed, I didn't appreciate how good I had it.
Love this! Just appreciate that some people took the time back then to film these scenes for us to be nostalgic about now. I turned 16 in 1985 and was just itching to get to 17 so I could start my driving lessons. Seeing all the old Fords that I would love to own now in this video is kind of sad knowing that all of them were scrapped years ago. Still, did pass my test about a year and a half after this was filmed and ended up with an old Vauxhall Chevette as my first car. My following car was the one I still miss. A 1982 Cortina 2.0 GLS in red with a black vinyl roof. Lovely car that was. Next car after that was a Mk 2 Escort Mexico also in red.
Thanks for this “time machine “ video.👍
Awesome nostalgia trip!!!! I even spotted a Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 exactly the same as the one I drove at the time! I was 26. 👍
So love seeing all the older cars, in this video there are far more ford cortinas than sierras due to the sierra been launched in 1983 i believe? What i find amazing is the sheer difference in cars between say this 1985 video to 1995, just 10 years, I guess we dont realise how certain things progress, change so much.
Also to note look at how uncluttered the streets are, normal decent roads without traffic calming messures, speed bumps, signs everywhere etc
Yes the roads were better then, with no council meddling.
And that likes of President Khan, finding more exuses to fleece the motorist in London, & beyond
@@251hanomag yes there is just too much traffic now, cars are just too big and bulky now esp the SUVs and together with speed bumps, cameras, traffic calming messures and signs everywhere its not pleasant anymore.
More of this please. The cars took me right back to childhood. Totally forgot how the roads were back then, not many cars, no potholes and clean road markings. The pavements are without litter and are weed free. Happy times.
Britain in 1985... Somebody I used to know, and very much miss
I was watching an old episode of Auf Wiedersehn Pet the other day. It showed a 1980s street scene. I just wanted to climb through the TV screen to go back to it!
@@Adrian-kl2qlHa yes! Also I've been watching the early Brookside's it just seems so familiar
@@Adrian-kl2ql Me and the wife love Auf Wiedersehn Pet. Make sure you own them on DVD format, in case the woke brigade get them banned from online streaming platforms, etc... They are to valuable to have snatached away from us, and lost forever! Best regards
Christ I wish I was back then. 14 and not a care in the world. Both parents still with us, all 4 grandparents living at the bottom of our road, just so great.This actually bought a tear to my eye.
This song was forty years too early. We had no idea that this was as good as it was going to get, nostalgic but sad to watch.
Where my teleport button ? I want to go back!!
Such a cool video for classic car spotting.
No mobile phones. Bliss.
Less rubbish. Bliss
Less people. Bliss.
fantastic snap shot of 1985 in Cas brought back some good memories thanks 😎
remember the cars from that era now lots of cars dont stand out. good to see old footage
Thanks for posting this. My parents had a butchers shop down Beancroft road.
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Great tune
Seeing the cars of my youth ...makes me grin like a loon. How far we've come.
You can also see just how dominating Ford where in that time!
What an awesome video. I was 16 back then, little did I realise just how crappy this country would become, how run down everywhere would get and how much I would feel like a stranger in my own country. Just look at the cars in the footage, most would be worth a small fortune now but we just took them all for granted back then. Bring back these times again, great music, great cars, decent people (mostly) and people who weren't obsessed with themselves and fixated to their phone screens.
The world felt more bustling, authentic and colourful. You weren't so repressed. It felt like you could make anything happen if you really wanted to.
It was a time of recession and miners' strikes.
@@adambattersby8934 it's because we were young with no responsibilities tho
Much different demographic just 40 years ago, imagine what it'll look like 40 years from now....scary
Yeah it's depressing to think about
It'll be utterly destroyed unless the people take it back.
It will look like downtown Baghdad.
This takes me right back to when I first started driving. The cars, the street scene and atmosphere of the time. 👍
Fascinating to watch these knowing it was another 4-5 years until I was born 😊. Anyone else fascinated by times just before you existed?
I used to have one of those Astra Celebrities. Liked the 2 tone look. Wanted an SR really but couldn't afford one, lol!
Oh man! Saw the silver and black Astra in the thumbnail and instant nostalgia! 😊👍🥲 Thank you, buddy!
Sheesh, all those Leyland cars! When I was a child, many of those were standard fodder for the bottom-of-the-market, Arfur Daley kind of car dealer selling stuff to those on a budget.
Thank you for the time traveling to the era when I was 2yo. 😊
The world was still wholesome back then.
I was born 16 years after this video was recorded, but for some reason I get a sense of nostalgia and longing for these times..
Many memories both good and bad of the eighties, much more of a simple life.
I was 12 that year. It's true, so much less cars on the road then. I was talking to a guy at work who is abit older than me, he passed his test in 1985. He said the roads are much worse now, more impatient, bad driving and road rage (usually over nothing) than in the 80s, even the 90s.
@@Steve-rk6lg It was yes!
Same!
It's just volume of traffic, volume of people.
I so love footage like this, thanks for sharing. Peak times for the UK I reckon, wish we could go back.
Love the waxoyl sticker and those wiper blade fins. Fond memories😁
Wiper blade fins could catch on again.
I was 12 year old. OMG. I remember these days. I grew up in Lancashire. I remember those clear blue skies. We were all so much more innocent than now.
I was still 15 then , turned 16 a week after Live Aid. I wish I could go back! Love looking at the old cars and fashions - nowadays there’ll be SUVs parked on both sides of those streets making them virtually one way , if you can avoid the potholes , cones and temp traffic lights that is.
This is exactly what I do now but 38 years ago so amazing to step back in time thank you.😊
Excellent , Cortinas, Cavaliers, Astras and so many others, takes me back. The old cars were never the best starters in the winter even after pulling the choke out, great memories
Nice video, reminds me of my youth, I'd just finished school in May '85. The route is a loop- Lower Oxford Street, Beancroft Road, Smawthorne Lane, Pontefract Road, then on to Ferrybridge Road.
I was born in 1985, and my car was built in 1987. We make a great team! 😂
Thanks for downloading these clips. I was a kid growing up in Airedale and it's so great to see the old place as it was. Wish I could go back.
I'm not a million miles away in Normy, but I was always down Cas watching rugby league and a bit of shopping.
This was just after the strike and the town and people were just getting back on their feet.
It's great to see how it was yesterday and compare to nowadays 😢
This is very rare footage of several continuous seconds where a Princess didn't fall to bits and break down.
Better styling in thoes days. Before euroboxes, & SUV`s.
@@251hanomag Also, cars smelled nice.
@@influentialgurning Not this one. Smelled of damp carpets, petrol & engine oil !
Arh... but all those mistakes and problems lead to the delightful Ambassador, now that was progress.
@@emmaearnshaw3282 It's a car that you revere.
A day before I was born. This is fantastic ❤
Absolutely luv this! We should do and film the exact journey again and see what it looks like, try to get the same angle/position and maybe even have a waxoyl sticker too lol.
Already done one
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Amazing how modern the Sierra looked compared to everything else still on the road. But also the condition of the roads was so much better 🙄
I love seeing these little time capsules randomly pop up on UA-cam. Would love to notice myself in one just casually walking down the street with no idea it had been caught on film. Alas, not yet...
So nice seeing Cas as I remember it as a child. Thank you
First thing that struck me was how relatively clean the place looks compared to now, where most places look like India.
Love it, I had those spoilers on my wiper place arms, so cool, bought them from Halfords. ❤ saw a brilliant Cavalier SRi, my dream car back in the 80s as my dad had one, a whopping 132bhp, which was a lot then.
Jeepers, loved the 80's how things have changed.😢
Have you chosen your Muslim name yet 😂
So surreal! I’ve driven these roads a million times! I notice a lot more people walking in this video than walk around today. Guess everybody drives now!
Best time ever,21 yrs old,good job,good social life and great music😊
I would love to see the same journey as it is now 🙄
Stick to this version.
You could stage it and make really funny one.
just love those wonderful old cars, and the times we lived
Love the video... thank you! Just thinking what could make the most depressing video might be a copy of this route today!!!!!
Already made one. Will publish it later
@@251hanomag bloody hell! Not sure I want to watch that hot mess…….lol 😂
1980s, safe, clean, freer, best music, best TV, no overbearing government, low immigration, no pollical correctness, no wokeness, no corrupt globalist, generally a better time all round
All those people going about their business oblivious to the fact that 39 years later, they be in a video on a video sharing platform. Also, look how many cars there aren't!!!! I was 16 in 1985. Brilliant time to be alive.
thank you for the drive; absolutely brilliant
That's left me feeling very nostalgic
The ford sierra was like a car from the future then. Remember when the mk2 Astra came out. Probably a year or so after this. Took a bit of getting used to
mk2 Astra was the best shape ever. Especially in GTE guise ;)
Anyone remember the Renault Fuego?
I was 6 at the time but remember the cars so well. Thanks for the video
I have a couple of classic cars. One being a Triumph 2000. I loved seeing a couple in the video back when they were still relatively modern! 😁
Awsum i was brought up in the 70s and 80s much better than now i wana go back😢
Watching a random video clip from the 1980s made me realize that today and future generations will remember their past in perfect high resolution, with every detail captured in crystal clarity.
Probally in portrait mode, instread of landscape though