Just started at Stamford Tech in Sept 1970. Lived with parents in St Georges Square. Passed my driving test in Stamford same year. Most youths hung around Red Lion Square where the road was black from burnt rubber of Mini wheels skidding as owners let the clutch in sharply!
Ah yes I remember it well, I would have been 13 then and as everybody else says, apart from a few changes to shops, streets and traffic it's mostly the same now.
Amazing. I was born in 1987 so it's similar but quite different now - you recognise the streets (HSBC/Midland Bank, Walkers, NatWest) but there are noticable changes, I wonder when the High St was pedestrianised?
I can't give an exact date for pedestrianisation, but I do remember it. I would guess it was very soon after this film was made: I would have said mid-sixties if it had not been for the shooting date of the film!
my home town looking great.
This is fantastic. So interesting to see how much, and how little, has actually changed.
Looks pretty similar to now really, just the cars and some shops, awesome to see Stamford back then
Just started at Stamford Tech in Sept 1970. Lived with parents in St Georges Square. Passed my driving test in Stamford same year. Most youths hung around Red Lion Square where the road was black from burnt rubber of Mini wheels skidding as owners let the clutch in sharply!
Apart from the cars, driving through the high street and the parking on broad street, not a great deal has changed.
So cool and so few cars around! Thanks for uploading this...
Ah yes I remember it well, I would have been 13 then and as everybody else says, apart from a few changes to shops, streets and traffic it's mostly the same now.
That was some Red Coat!
My fav town in the county I love it
Amazing. I was born in 1987 so it's similar but quite different now - you recognise the streets (HSBC/Midland Bank, Walkers, NatWest) but there are noticable changes, I wonder when the High St was pedestrianised?
I can't give an exact date for pedestrianisation, but I do remember it. I would guess it was very soon after this film was made: I would have said mid-sixties if it had not been for the shooting date of the film!
I bet those new neighbourhoods around Caithness Road didn't exist by then!!
Nordine Ben Brain The area you mentioned was built from 1961 to 1965.
There's still one pre-Worboy road sign in the centre of Stamford.
I live in Stamford
Not much different