There is another film called "Barging From Old London To Shepperton Over The River Thames in 1924 in colour" on my channel There are many more old, restored & colorized films about old London on my channel: ua-cam.com/play/PLP_6hUsQRi8sOgzj80XqJ5nUUTxL_KDWb.html *Please press the CC captions button to read the locations while the film plays* and do me a favour by not commenting "Everybody in this film is now dead" nor "Not a fat, obese person in sight", because that is só cliché and boring... Please also note that race-related comments will be blocked by the activated UA-cam filters on this channel, because somehow films about old London attract numerous of such comments. Kindly comment on how London was about a century ago, like sharing experiences by your (grand) parents with us.
Life was so hard back then for so many , War the Depression & much more , but looking at this everything seems so peaceful so beautiful as people stop and observe , truly touching....Thank you kindly 🇨🇦
Now its constant stress in London of watching your back for mugging. No sense of community and a constant sea of degeneracy. London is no longer English. I would take the 1920's over what it is now.
Thanks for this wonderful recollection of the canal, and parts of the East End. Camden Lock before it became a rather "hippy" tourist attraction. Interesting to see the "hutted village" in front of the elegant frontage of Kings Cross Station was there even then, and scruffier looking than when it was finally cleared away! The cellar arches underneath St Pancras Station were constructed to a specific size to allow for the storage of barrels of Burton beer. My Uncle Charles worked for the Midland Railway at Somers Town goods depot on Euston Road, now the site of the British Library, taken on as a "junior" in 1912, two years later he'd be in the British Army, fighting on the Western Front. In 1982 I enjoyed a lunchtime cruise from work along the stretch of canal by London Zoo, drifting along in summer sunshine with wine and food, it was hard to imagine this had been the workplace for all those bargees and labourers when the canal was a commercial lifeline of London.
@@yasminm7157 Thank you, he and his brother John were among the "lucky ones" I only knew my Uncle Charles when I was a boy, and sadly when he came to see us in the last years of his life, his talk would turn to those War years, and his memories were so vivid that I had to be sent to play in another room. RIP Charles Craft, lifelong railwayman and "Soldier of the Great War".
Thanks for this - I remember when I was v young - 1950s - walking across the little bridge in Salmon Lane with my mum and waving to my grandfather who was going down the canal on a barge - he was born in 1888 so he could be in this film or his dad who was also a bargee.
Quite remarkable film, more so when colour enhanced. My father was born in 1920 so seeing a bit of the world as he would have known it was fascinating... Awesome!
This brings back memories! My father would have been 4 years old when this was shot. He was born and bred in Old Ford so would have been familiar with the canal, particularly the Hertford Union through Victoria Park. Of course the Blitz from 1940 substantially altered much of the East End shown here. The leafy bits further West are still the same though. I even had a 40th birthday party on a couple of narrowboats on the section through the London Zoo to Paddington Basin (31 years ago!!!).
My dad was about ten years old when this was filmed,also from Old Ford. This film helps me find a connection to his life before blitz, a time he could never share while he was alive.
@@shabbos-goy9407 Tens of millions slaughtered in two World Wars during this period and many millions dying young from preventable illness... Hardly sane.
@@peterburry2014 ahhh but not if you could go back in time with that knowledge at hand. When the action finally kicks off you could go into hiding a year prior somewhere remote and ease your way back once the fighting is over. Not to mention the fact that you could live like a king using all the common knowledge we’ve all got from the present. Don’t know about you but I’d ‘invent’ oranges. Take a trip down to Spain bring a bag home on ice and sell each one for the price of diamonds, repeat twice a year and never have to work again. Yup that’s the life for me.
Amazing. My Grandad was a bargee from Birmingham (lived in Stoke Street near the Gas Street Basin) who often used to take the Grand Union down to London with his horse. He retired in the 50's so in 1924 he was about 35. Fascinating to see the past brought to life.
I am most familiar with the section just before Regents Park and then inside the park itself. The canal side buildings are still there pretty much the same except the area is very expensive now and all the stucco is painted in pastel colours, here it’s dark. In the 1990s I used to take the passenger barge from Little Venice to Camden Lock. That alone seems a lifetime ago, let alone all the way back to 1924!
6:33 ... looks like Camden/lock/Basin?... then on through to 'London Zoo'... during the school summer hols (c1965), I worked casual labour for pocket money at 'London Zoo'... I remembered it was somewhat sad to see about 15 grown men line up waiting to be picked for work... washing dishes, cleaning this and moving that... my claim to fame was working in the 'Penguin House' tea room serving cold drinks like Coke etc... it almost put me off the stuff as where the drip tray overflowed, the concentrate burnt a nice big hole in the floor tiles... lovely memories... great video BTW!
It has always amazed me how despite the cold climate, very little weather protection was offered for drivers of all vehicles - trams, trucks, trains and even canal boats in those days.
Absolutely beautiful. Went for a lovely sunny stroll a few weeks ago by the Islington tunnel. It’s such an oasis of calm away from the traffic noise from the roads above.
Thank you for a very interesting video, so evocative of past times and a world long gone. The sound track is very suitable and creates a wistful atmosphere around the visual.
You're not saying anything profound. I think we're all of us aware how we benefit from greater, and more equitably distributed, comfort, safer housing and products, better medical care (the humble antibiotic being the greatest single advance). And yet with all these advances people today seem to lack the self-possession and individual dignity that leaps out at me when I watch these films. I see no po-faced fatties shuffling along poking at a smartphone (or walking along the pavement absorbed in doing the crossword, to take the tech out of it). There's good with the bad. My grandmother would've been 31 and living in London in 1924, and I don't recall her shrinking in horror whenever I asked about the old days. And she was a very practical Lancashire lass from a modest upbringing. And I find that I am now just old enough that I'm starting to hear the time I grew up in (1970s) described by people (born in the 1990s) as though it was some sort of Neanderthal horror show. So pinch of salts all round and enjoy the films. And let's be allowed to enjoy a little harmless nostalgia in peace.
The eastern end of the canal, like Limehouse Basin, and Hackney would have been some of the poorest parts of London then, not "gentrified" like they are today.! Then they suffered badly in the "Blitz" during the War.
I cycle this route every day! it's strange how it's so different but every now and then you see shapes you recognise, the curve of the tow paths, the different bridges. The lighthouse building in King's Cross!!! So glad they never tore that down.
Lovely to watch and I hope children learning British history in schools in Britain get to watch them too. Life was easier in some ways then, but so much harder in others.
My Nan who is still around today would be 7 in 1924, being raised in a work house would recognise these everyday scenes. I understand that life was hard back then with non of the welfare state we have now to fall back on. I know it's silly but what shocked me the most was the lack litter and no graffiti we see today.
I really appreciated this film because my Father was born in 1924. I believe that when I first saw this it came with a John Barry soundtrack which I thought really complemented the film. If at all possible could you please tell me what that piece of music was so I can play it again. I think that the way you have restored these films is absolutely exceptional. Thank you!
The John Barry music is correct. However, because it is copyrighted I had to change it. I think I used `John Barry - Across The Sea Of Time` You can find it here ua-cam.com/video/RgHbFi4deYs/v-deo.html
@@Rick88888888 Thank you for providing me with the soundtrack. I cannot express how much this means to me, I just think of my Father when I watch your film. Once again thank you so much!
Rick, your Teddington to Shepperton river journey is where I live. This is where I spent 25 years working. From 1987 & remember Limehouse Basin being an absolute tip. Then Limehouse link was built immediately under the barge, then all of the flats. Old Ford and Hackney Wick only really took off after the Olympics and the Overground completing (Ken’s greatest achievement). Wonderful 🥰
Brilliant,the canal system looked decrepit even then.The terraced housing backing onto the canal looked like slums,everywhere looked dirty and industrial.
@@SimonDeBelleme1 East London where i grew up hasn't changed that much,the 2 bedroom terraced house my grandparents lived in didn't have a bathroom and had an outside toilet. It sold for £500,000 recently lol
Please correct your spelling. It's the Edgware Road, not Edgeware (a common usually American mistake). Fabulous colorising. Never seen anything so good. Pity about the jerkiness.
This is crazy! I walk under that railway bridge at the beginning every day! Recognised Limehouse basin instantly, crazy to see such huge ships and masts in there, considering it's almost all canal boats now.
Not sure what has a better impact on watching this. The colorization, or the adjusted speed. Its always hard for me to watch raw footage with everything moving so fast. Great video!
While this was being filmed this was the 'present day' for these people. Between wars. Great to view, the fact that they're colourised, means one can pick out more detail. With the film speed adjusted it becomes so evocative. Love these clips!
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There is another film called "Barging From Old London To Shepperton Over The River Thames in 1924 in colour" on my channel
There are many more old, restored & colorized films about old London on my channel:
ua-cam.com/play/PLP_6hUsQRi8sOgzj80XqJ5nUUTxL_KDWb.html
*Please press the CC captions button to read the locations while the film plays* and do me a favour by not commenting "Everybody in this film is now dead" nor "Not a fat, obese person in sight", because that is só cliché and boring...
Please also note that race-related comments will be blocked by the activated UA-cam filters on this channel, because somehow films about old London attract numerous of such comments. Kindly comment on how London was about a century ago, like sharing experiences by your (grand) parents with us.
What was the name of the John Barry soundtrack on the old version of this video??
@@clemthomas6964 Sorry, can't remember. I have deleted it.
@@clemthomas6964 There were 2 tracks: "Across The Sea of Time" & "Flight Over New York".
You can now watch the John Barry version here:
archive.org/details/de-oldify-barging-through-old-london-1080p-ai-1924
Life was so hard back then for so many , War the Depression & much more , but looking at this everything seems so peaceful so beautiful as people stop and observe , truly touching....Thank you kindly 🇨🇦
Now its constant stress in London of watching your back for mugging. No sense of community and a constant sea of degeneracy. London is no longer English. I would take the 1920's over what it is now.
Thanks for this wonderful recollection of the canal, and parts of the East End. Camden Lock before it became a rather "hippy" tourist attraction. Interesting to see the "hutted village" in front of the elegant frontage of Kings Cross Station was there even then, and scruffier looking than when it was finally cleared away! The cellar arches underneath St Pancras Station were constructed to a specific size to allow for the storage of barrels of Burton beer. My Uncle Charles worked for the Midland Railway at Somers Town goods depot on Euston Road, now the site of the British Library, taken on as a "junior" in 1912, two years later he'd be in the British Army, fighting on the Western Front.
In 1982 I enjoyed a lunchtime cruise from work along the stretch of canal by London Zoo, drifting along in summer sunshine with wine and food, it was hard to imagine this had been the workplace for all those bargees and labourers when the canal was a commercial lifeline of London.
Lovely anecdote. I hope your uncle made it home
@@yasminm7157 Thank you, he and his brother John were among the "lucky ones" I only knew my Uncle Charles when I was a boy, and sadly when he came to see us in the last years of his life, his talk would turn to those War years, and his memories were so vivid that I had to be sent to play in another room. RIP Charles Craft, lifelong railwayman and "Soldier of the Great War".
Thanks for this - I remember when I was v young - 1950s - walking across the little bridge in Salmon Lane with my mum and waving to my grandfather who was going down the canal on a barge - he was born in 1888 so he could be in this film or his dad who was also a bargee.
Quite remarkable film, more so when colour enhanced. My father was born in 1920 so seeing a bit of the world as he would have known it was fascinating... Awesome!
The year my dad was born, who would have thought that the young ones in this would be at war 19yrs later.including my pops. 06/06/44 for him.🇬🇧
This brings back memories! My father would have been 4 years old when this was shot. He was born and bred in Old Ford so would have been familiar with the canal, particularly the Hertford Union through Victoria Park. Of course the Blitz from 1940 substantially altered much of the East End shown here. The leafy bits further West are still the same though. I even had a 40th birthday party on a couple of narrowboats on the section through the London Zoo to Paddington Basin (31 years ago!!!).
My dad was about ten years old when this was filmed,also from Old Ford. This film helps me find a connection to his life before blitz, a time he could never share while he was alive.
I was proud to be born in this great city back in 57, and to see this old film of the barges at work on the canals, is awesome !!
Great video Rick, beautiful work, lovely old film of London 😀👌👍
Wonderful, What magnificent horses too !
Was my most peaceful ride thru London.. music helped.. and the chilled boat operater and the guy leading the horse towing the barge... chilled
This was our playground in the 1950s, with all the poverty and hardship I would return there gladly out of the lunacy which is life in 21century.
life wasn't any more sane back then you were just to young to understand that
@@somthingbrutal incorrect
@@shabbos-goy9407 Tens of millions slaughtered in two World Wars during this period and many millions dying young from preventable illness... Hardly sane.
@@peterburry2014
The irony is those tens of millions died for fk all
@@peterburry2014 ahhh but not if you could go back in time with that knowledge at hand. When the action finally kicks off you could go into hiding a year prior somewhere remote and ease your way back once the fighting is over. Not to mention the fact that you could live like a king using all the common knowledge we’ve all got from the present. Don’t know about you but I’d ‘invent’ oranges. Take a trip down to Spain bring a bag home on ice and sell each one for the price of diamonds, repeat twice a year and never have to work again. Yup that’s the life for me.
Amazing. My Grandad was a bargee from Birmingham (lived in Stoke Street near the Gas Street Basin) who often used to take the Grand Union down to London with his horse. He retired in the 50's so in 1924 he was about 35. Fascinating to see the past brought to life.
I am most familiar with the section just before Regents Park and then inside the park itself. The canal side buildings are still there pretty much the same except the area is very expensive now and all the stucco is painted in pastel colours, here it’s dark. In the 1990s I used to take the passenger barge from Little Venice to Camden Lock. That alone seems a lifetime ago, let alone all the way back to 1924!
Thanks Rick, wonderful. Really enjoyed the fleeting glimpse of Kings Cross station !
Stewart
Wonderful old film, also viewed the shepperton film, great job !
Glad you enjoyed it
6:33 ... looks like Camden/lock/Basin?... then on through to 'London Zoo'... during the school summer hols (c1965), I worked casual labour for pocket money at 'London Zoo'... I remembered it was somewhat sad to see about 15 grown men line up waiting to be picked for work... washing dishes, cleaning this and moving that... my claim to fame was working in the 'Penguin House' tea room serving cold drinks like Coke etc... it almost put me off the stuff as where the drip tray overflowed, the concentrate burnt a nice big hole in the floor tiles... lovely memories... great video BTW!
Yes, I've watched this film before, but it's as enjoyable watching it again. Canal views and the street scenes are wonderful!Music is lovely too 👍
Amazing . We're so fortunate that some people thought to record that way of life on the barge , plus the characters and the surroundings .
This is a fascinating video and your choice of music is spot on. Thanks for uploading.
Just a moment in time
So wonderful to see places from 1924 which you know so well. I especially loved the Kentish Town shot. So clearly recognisable today! Thank you
Absolutely Amazing Images and beautifully presented by Rick8etc
It has always amazed me how despite the cold climate, very little weather protection was offered for drivers of all vehicles - trams, trucks, trains and even canal boats in those days.
I know every street and every bit of the canal wow you can clearly recognize it thank you amazing
Thanks Rick - that was relaxing and nostalgic.
lovely and not a fast food wrapper or plastic bag/bottle in site.we should turn the clocks back.
Beautiful
looking back in time. fantastic.. thanks....
The Golden Age of Steam Railways Transport. There is also the Railway Policeman, another one of my interests. The Constable on the Tracks.
I love how everyone wearing a hat. love it!
The music works so well.. i don't know what it is.. it doesn't force an emotion just peace to observe.
Great video thanks very much
I grew up in the 60/70's mucking about on the Regents canal around Bow and Mile End. Happy days! No Amazon next day delivery back then!
Lovely film, I actually see the back of my house in one segment, looks pretty much the same since the 60’s lol.
Absolutely beautiful. Went for a lovely sunny stroll a few weeks ago by the Islington tunnel. It’s such an oasis of calm away from the traffic noise from the roads above.
Them looking at the lens… us looking back at them almost a hundred years later. Haunting in many ways and yet something beautiful about it all.
Thank you for a very interesting video, so evocative of past times and a world long gone.
The sound track is very suitable and creates a wistful atmosphere around the visual.
Nicely done but comments about being Good old days should see one concerning the living conditions at the time!
You're not saying anything profound. I think we're all of us aware how we benefit from greater, and more equitably distributed, comfort, safer housing and products, better medical care (the humble antibiotic being the greatest single advance). And yet with all these advances people today seem to lack the self-possession and individual dignity that leaps out at me when I watch these films. I see no po-faced fatties shuffling along poking at a smartphone (or walking along the pavement absorbed in doing the crossword, to take the tech out of it). There's good with the bad. My grandmother would've been 31 and living in London in 1924, and I don't recall her shrinking in horror whenever I asked about the old days. And she was a very practical Lancashire lass from a modest upbringing. And I find that I am now just old enough that I'm starting to hear the time I grew up in (1970s) described by people (born in the 1990s) as though it was some sort of Neanderthal horror show. So pinch of salts all round and enjoy the films. And let's be allowed to enjoy a little harmless nostalgia in peace.
The eastern end of the canal, like Limehouse Basin, and Hackney would have been some of the poorest parts of London then, not "gentrified" like they are today.! Then they suffered badly in the "Blitz" during the War.
Still would have preferred it
There was shocking poverty!.
@Bill Hicks Silicosis, cholera in adults, rickets, diphtheria in children, list goes on!
I cycle this route every day! it's strange how it's so different but every now and then you see shapes you recognise, the curve of the tow paths, the different bridges.
The lighthouse building in King's Cross!!! So glad they never tore that down.
Fantastic footage thanks
Lovely to watch and I hope children learning British history in schools in Britain get to watch them too. Life was easier in some ways then, but so much harder in others.
Yes it was grueling work, which made the time for rest that much more enjoyable. Knowing that you earned it, made it special.
Thank you. That is wonderful.
My Nan who is still around today would be 7 in 1924, being raised in a work house would recognise these everyday scenes. I understand that life was hard back then with non of the welfare state we have now to fall back on. I know it's silly but what shocked me the most was the lack litter and no graffiti we see today.
Pre plastic so no litter packets everywhere
Absolutely love it! I take frequent walks along this very canal. Thank you for sharing !
You are so welcome!
Very beautiful Rick88888888!
From where do you have these amazing videos?
Someone said: "Seek and thou shalt find..."
Beautifull! Thanks for this relaxing abd interesting moment
Cracking footage. Thanks a million.
Incredible look into life back then. The world my mum and dad were born into. Thank you
Life looks alot calmer.
It wasn't.
Totally mesmerising, a wonderful trip back in time
First time seeing double-decker streetcars / trams.
I have only seen them in Hong Kong in real-life.
Magical
Great video footage cheers 👍🇬🇧
Again very nic pictures,thanks👍
All the people have changed, but some of the places are much the same.
Wonderful thanks very much
Absolutely incredible thank you for posting it. I have no idea who the people are who gave it a thumbs down, they have no soul.
Wow. The year my father was born: 24/11/24.
Those old cars and trucks had a certain style. Even the boats are kind of neat looking.
No way!! One of the best!
I really appreciated this film because my Father was born in 1924. I believe that when I first saw this it came with a John Barry soundtrack which I thought really complemented the film. If at all possible could you please tell me what that piece of music was so I can play it again. I think that the way you have restored these films is absolutely exceptional. Thank you!
The John Barry music is correct. However, because it is copyrighted I had to change it.
I think I used `John Barry - Across The Sea Of Time` You can find it here ua-cam.com/video/RgHbFi4deYs/v-deo.html
@@Rick88888888 Thank you for providing me with the soundtrack. I cannot express how much this means to me, I just think of my Father when I watch your film. Once again thank you so much!
I think I know the music you are referring to. I would love to see that film again.
Beautiful thank you !
Is there a high-resolution version of the film - and who owns it? And who made it originally? And why? And for whom?
Nice and Shiny Mooi en Schoon (schijnend) Rick
6:28 to 6:37 Ah, presumably (I could be wrong) that's Camden High Street with the Camden Lock railway bridge just ahead eh ? It sure looks familiar ❤️
Mesmerizing.
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Rick, your Teddington to Shepperton river journey is where I live. This is where I spent 25 years working. From 1987 & remember Limehouse Basin being an absolute tip. Then Limehouse link was built immediately under the barge, then all of the flats. Old Ford and Hackney Wick only really took off after the Olympics and the Overground completing (Ken’s greatest achievement). Wonderful 🥰
Amazing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Brilliant,the canal system looked decrepit even then.The terraced housing backing onto the canal looked like slums,everywhere looked dirty and industrial.
There are areas of Northern cities which look like that today.
@@SimonDeBelleme1 East London where i grew up hasn't changed that much,the 2 bedroom terraced house my grandparents lived in didn't have a bathroom and had an outside toilet.
It sold for £500,000 recently lol
@@edwardvickers5506 It's ridiculous, here in North Wales you'd get a beautiful 4-5 bedroom detached family home for that money 🙄
@@edwardvickers5506 That's gentrification in a nutshell. People love atmospheric neighborhoods in cities with lots of opportunities.
Please correct your spelling. It's the Edgware Road, not Edgeware (a common usually American mistake). Fabulous colorising. Never seen anything so good. Pity about the jerkiness.
This is crazy! I walk under that railway bridge at the beginning every day! Recognised Limehouse basin instantly, crazy to see such huge ships and masts in there, considering it's almost all canal boats now.
I used to fish n the Uxbridge Canal in the days of hoarse drawn barges. Interesting film.😊
Trying not to get upset by the negativity here. These are great; thanks for the effort and energy and for sharing, brilliant stuff.
Amazing!
A VERY BIG THANK YOU !
The tram! Double decker and rail power supply, looks so cool, unbelievable
Great upload, beautiful history many thanks
Thank you too
Do you have something from Poland ?
Maybe this: Niedziela w Warszawie - reportaż z 1938 roku ? It is on UA-cam
Simply stunning. Great job!
Love these old movies brought back to life.
Not sure what has a better impact on watching this. The colorization, or the adjusted speed. Its always hard for me to watch raw footage with everything moving so fast. Great video!
So very much changed in 97 years!
This beautiful film appears to be from a time far beyong its chronological period...
How long does the average reproduction take? for me these films should be shown in education curriculums. thanks
The restoration takes about an hour for each minute of film, divided into 30% manual work and 70% computer (hard)labour
@@Rick88888888 ... Bravo!.. keep em' coming
Interesting to see the AI mistaking tumbling water for fire, and adding orange!
Yeah, the A.I. is not perfect yet. It will take a few more years
Wonderfull many thanks from a Londoner
Incredible to think that within just 2 years of this footage the Queen is born
Just beautiful thanks 💕
😊muito lindo gostei de ver
When life was much simpler
Wonderful...... Thanks 👍🥀👍
While this was being filmed this was the 'present day' for these people.
Between wars. Great to view, the fact that they're colourised, means one can pick out more detail.
With the film speed adjusted it becomes so evocative. Love these clips!
Well said
Can't hurry a barge.
Beautiful
Amazing . Well done!
I bet those people all came onto the bridges because they thought the railways had made the canals redundant… how amazing the past looked like…
Just before the world went gangbusters. Much more harmonious way of life (ish)
Brilliant to watch as a boater myself.
3.10 shows Broadway Market E.8
Stepney green station looks the same lol.