Wow I was in hemel Hempstead today and looks so much different to back then. It makes you wonder what it will look like in another 20 years . Nice video .
Hemel was a decent town in those days .. fond memories of pub crawls from the Hart, Kings Arms, Rode and Crown.. down to the Plough, then Boxmoor to the Fishery.
Hemel Hempstead town centre was much better in this time. Now the old walk over bridge is long gone. Modernisation is not good in most cases and definitely not in hemel of today
1990 the year after i left Hemel Hempstead...... so much of it has gone now and only remains in my memory 😊 the people i knew through my life and i do some times wonder how their lives went?
I lived in Hemel Hempstead for 8 years when I was young I have very good memories there I love Hemel Hempstead thanks for sharing this video's it was all members coming back thanks
Thank you so much for posting this. This was exactly the same time as my son was born. The boarding round what used to be the Waggon & Horses is still up. The Full House is non existent & the Pavilion is still there. So was the market. This is around the time Hemel town centre started to loose it's old character and turn into something completely worse. Such great memories. 😢
I was born in Hemel and lived there until emigrating to Germany in 1982. I have only happy memories of my time there. The town had not changed much in 1990, although I noticed that the block of offices which were at the entrance of the town where the old railway bridge used to be were gone. The good old Pavillon Was still there. I enjoyed many good concerts and firms' dinner dances there. To my knowledge it has never been replaced.
I moved away from Hemel on 15th August 1989 having spent my first 9 years there! it's amazing how much I can still remember! And to think the Cinema I remember seeing Bambi in is now a Weatherspoons!
It was just a home video. We had just been to the park with our children and the video camera and my husband suggested we took a ride to look at how the Marlowes shopping centre was coming along.
@@lorettaanderson4907 Fantastic! Worth a s small fortune now. I lived in Hemel back then, Highfield. Used to "cruise the Marlowes" in my Cortina back in the day and visit Wimpy and that crap night club further down near Bank Court...anyone remember that?
I’m a Hemel boy and this is great footage
What a superb video! Brings back so many memories! The Marlowes was so nice before the shopping centre was built.
Wow I was in hemel Hempstead today and looks so much different to back then. It makes you wonder what it will look like in another 20 years . Nice video .
“1:40 min ..wife - “if I go to Texas to get some curtains will you put them up””
Husband - “probably not” 😂😂😂
Thank you so much for uploading this...Its a a great video and also nice to see my old blue Mini parked up on the right in the town!! :)
Very interesting - brings back old memories - I lived there from 1963 to 1982 - Piccott's End village.
Hemel was a decent town in those days .. fond memories of pub crawls from the Hart, Kings Arms, Rode and Crown.. down to the Plough, then Boxmoor to the Fishery.
Hemel Hempstead town centre was much better in this time. Now the old walk over bridge is long gone. Modernisation is not good in most cases and definitely not in hemel of today
You are a legend, thanks so much!
I've never seen that road where primark is now, I always remembered it as turning right at blockbusters :-)
Great! I lived in Hemel from 1978 to 2005, this brought back how it all looked before the pedestrianisation
1990 the year after i left Hemel Hempstead...... so much of it has gone now and only remains in my memory 😊 the people i knew through my life and i do some times wonder how their lives went?
I lived in Hemel Hempstead for 8 years when I was young I have very good memories there I love Hemel Hempstead thanks for sharing this video's it was all members coming back thanks
When hemel hempstead was polski sklep free.
Wow, I am in Ford Cortina, Escort, Fiesta heaven!
What ever happened to Texas Homestores? Great memories of my home town.
Thank you so much for posting this. This was exactly the same time as my son was born. The boarding round what used to be the Waggon & Horses is still up. The Full House is non existent & the Pavilion is still there. So was the market. This is around the time Hemel town centre started to loose it's old character and turn into something completely worse. Such great memories. 😢
Great vid. Thanks for the memories..
So great to see this!!
At the top of Combe St. you passed a dark blue VW estate. just might have been my dad, right time for it and right town....
Glad l dont live here anymore
That was one heck of a noisy old car. Great video btw. :-))
Nostalgic for some, but STILL a shersen haisen. (my take on German)
Cool vid, lots of memories. Are you still with him?
I was born in Hemel and lived there until emigrating to Germany in 1982. I have only happy memories of my time there. The town had not changed much in 1990, although I noticed that the block of offices which were at the entrance of the town where the old railway bridge used to be were gone. The good old Pavillon Was still there. I enjoyed many good concerts and firms' dinner dances there. To my knowledge it has never been replaced.
You left at the right time when it was probably a cherished memory it's a slosh pot of a town now
the good old days!!!!!!
Just before Marlowes was pedestrianised. I notice the lighting columns on Combe Street and Waterhouse Street were being changed too.
And the Pavilion was still standing. Huge mistake.
Kodak tower! Proper old school
I moved away from Hemel on 15th August 1989 having spent my first 9 years there! it's amazing how much I can still remember! And to think the Cinema I remember seeing Bambi in is now a Weatherspoons!
and what a great pub to boot!
you should visit, I think they did a great job with the interior
CAMRA Mid Chilterns Branch Pub of the Year 2022
What I find fascinating is the small child you can hear in the car would be in their thirtys now, where does time go?
The Pavillion :-) use to have a football do there.
I saw Madness there in 1981
Yes Thank you. I remember the water gardens :- )
Its 2016 and OMG its changed
What was the reason for making the video all those years ago?
It was just a home video. We had just been to the park with our children and the video camera and my husband suggested we took a ride to look at how the Marlowes shopping centre was coming along.
I remember thus
What is on at the pictures?
I'd be interested to know what car you are driving. It sounds (rattly) and the dash looks like a Mk1 Vauxhall Cavalier...
Yes it was!
@@lorettaanderson4907 Fantastic! Worth a s small fortune now.
I lived in Hemel back then, Highfield. Used to "cruise the Marlowes" in my Cortina back in the day and visit Wimpy and that crap night club further down near Bank Court...anyone remember that?
@@spencer4932 it was originally Stripes then called Scamps!
who lives in Hemel now i do