1970s London West End Streets, Unseen Footage

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  • @annepm180
    @annepm180 4 роки тому +64

    That's wonderful footage. I lived in London c 1977 as a young woman aged 21, and when I look back it seems quite dreamlike - a little like this film.....we didn't have much access to film/video then so very glad someone who did has published it on line. Thank you. I know I didn't dream it all!

    • @MarekLichtenberg
      @MarekLichtenberg 2 роки тому +2

      So glad to see a comment like this. I am making a film that is based in 1978 and would love to have someone who can remember this time fairly well. Is there any way we could possibly connect and have a chat? Thank you

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 8 місяців тому

      .......
      Romans 6:23
      For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

  • @acceptableandbornind80s32
    @acceptableandbornind80s32 4 роки тому +88

    This was the real London and with the Routemaster Buses and old Taxis, Lost times for ever

    • @1987jugernaut
      @1987jugernaut 3 роки тому +4

      @Ani Gamings what is then ?

    • @acceptableandbornind80s32
      @acceptableandbornind80s32 3 роки тому +7

      @Ani Gamings well much more real than Nowadays, to overcrowded, Expensive, Hardly any Jobs in decent industries like the Tube etc

    • @djpeekay25
      @djpeekay25 3 роки тому +4

      Miss the routemasters. The new version is not a patch on the original!

    • @acceptableandbornind80s32
      @acceptableandbornind80s32 3 роки тому +2

      @@djpeekay25 their never the same as the original RM. the Original RM is Like Driving a Machine

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 3 роки тому +2

      @Aniruddh LONDON was the WORLD Capital in The Mid 1960s for MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEATRE, ARTS, and FASHION.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @professionalgun6674
    @professionalgun6674 4 роки тому +50

    I wish I had a time machine. I'd go back to 1976 and live out the rest of my life happy in this London that I know so well.

    • @MariaSandoval-zu5uy
      @MariaSandoval-zu5uy 3 роки тому +1

      Hope we don't meet Patrick Mackay on the streets.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 3 роки тому +1

      @@MariaSandoval-zu5uy Or Andy Bradbury...

    • @legacyouternational305
      @legacyouternational305 2 роки тому

      @@Isleofskye ua-cam.com/video/GP0BkjnJDWo/v-deo.html

    • @user-bu9nb8wr6e
      @user-bu9nb8wr6e 2 роки тому +2

      Yes that was a good year for me as well.

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 8 місяців тому

      ....
      Jesus Christ saves
      He had mercy on me he can save all who all seek him today He made away through calvery repent of all sins today
      Romans 6:23
      For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      Holy Spirit can give you peace purpose and joy and his will today
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

  • @bertiodvonrastenburger1129
    @bertiodvonrastenburger1129 6 років тому +111

    Hard to believe I was alive when this was filmed, its like looking into some strange alien world.

    • @electriclightlynnetrex6346
      @electriclightlynnetrex6346 5 років тому +24

      Do you mean a multi cultural toilet ??

    • @pixnstix
      @pixnstix 4 роки тому +10

      @Nabin Collins Let? They invited them in. As part the EU, all European countries are to lose their centuries-old culture and identity.

    • @Nicole-rj4xz
      @Nicole-rj4xz 4 роки тому +17

      It’s Londonistan now. A caliphate.

    • @lenkapenka6976
      @lenkapenka6976 3 роки тому +7

      the days before we were invaded

    • @beatsbytex
      @beatsbytex 2 роки тому

      I think those are old British people not aliens could be wrong though

  • @JanetJames-dw6xo
    @JanetJames-dw6xo Рік тому +14

    Loved London in the early 70s it was a fun safe place to be. The nightclubs, shopping for clothes and shoes. Walking halfway home until the night bus came along all good fun and most of all SAFE. Wish I could go back to those times
    .

  • @iraqiguy3389
    @iraqiguy3389 4 роки тому +78

    Cameras are the best thing human ever invented .. sometimes they work as time-traveler

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 8 місяців тому

      ...
      Romans 6:23
      For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

  • @euanelliott3613
    @euanelliott3613 4 роки тому +17

    Reminds me of The Sweeney, On The Buses and The Professionals.
    RIP John Thaw, Bob Grant, Reg Varney, Lewis Collins and Gordon Jackson.

  • @susiegosain2202
    @susiegosain2202 2 роки тому +18

    I know the area so well having grown up in London. Miss how raw and real it was. It had character back then.

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 8 місяців тому

      ...
      Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
      Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
      There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
      Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      Romans 6.23
      For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

  • @alvaroponce709
    @alvaroponce709 5 років тому +149

    "London was ethnically diverse from the beginning" the BBC. LOL

    • @vijaydanushkodi4980
      @vijaydanushkodi4980 5 років тому +29

      White brits were like 80%+ of greater London’s population until the 80’s I think. But London always had ethnic enclaves since WW2.

    • @djpeekay25
      @djpeekay25 5 років тому +17

      Vijay Danushkodi incorrect, the east end has been populated by the Jews since the late 19th century, as well as there have been Chinese communities since then too. My family came from Sri Lanka initially in the 1950s and then in the late 1960s.

    • @vijaydanushkodi4980
      @vijaydanushkodi4980 5 років тому +11

      deejay Peekay yeah true but what I was saying it that London was always historically over 80% white British since until the 1950s or 1960s.

    • @paulyrussell1585
      @paulyrussell1585 4 роки тому +12

      Every historical video has one person counting minorities. It reminds me of that video of Cartman at the swimming pool lol.

    • @andynixon2820
      @andynixon2820 4 роки тому +13

      @Here to comment/watch weird stuff yep . For some reason old videos of London seem to be a gathering place for idiots . They love a cliché - like ' when London was London ' or ' I don't see much diversity in the past ' and that's because they're too thick to think for themselves . And they really love to portray themselves as victims , imagining that they've been ' ethnically cleansed ' from London . Truth is all the cockneys pissed of to Basildon , that's why it's such a terrible place .

  • @xerxes450
    @xerxes450 5 років тому +71

    The era of giants ; Pink Floyd , Deep Purple , Led Zeppelin , Uriah Heep , Queen .

    • @ohlawd6272
      @ohlawd6272 4 роки тому +1

      don't really know who they are lmao

    • @theonlyantony
      @theonlyantony 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah Queen were brilliant. Never saw the point of the others, except very early Floyd.. The others were session player bands

    • @Glopbop
      @Glopbop 3 роки тому +7

      @@ohlawd6272 then why did you comment

    • @aliciagabriel8408
      @aliciagabriel8408 3 роки тому

      @@ohlawd6272 /
      How South American if I know those and other excellent English rock bands of the time

    • @golden_eldorado
      @golden_eldorado 3 роки тому +2

      ... Black Sabbath

  • @R33Racer
    @R33Racer 4 роки тому +14

    Came for the time-warp. Stayed for the comments. They did not disappoint.

  • @richardhumphreys8662
    @richardhumphreys8662 4 роки тому +25

    My first job was working on The Strand in 1971. London was a great place in the 60s-70s and even the 80s. Don't know what it's like now, I haven't been there for years.......people tell me how awful it is now.

    • @DAVIDE-bk8by
      @DAVIDE-bk8by 3 роки тому +11

      Your right, it was great in the 80s. I've been back a few times since and its a hell hole now.

    • @stevenneill6605
      @stevenneill6605 2 роки тому +6

      Horrible.

    • @lucicle
      @lucicle Рік тому +3

      It's great. I was born here before your first job on the Strand. Never going to leave, I love London.

  • @verntiki
    @verntiki 6 років тому +57

    This is footage recorded in June 1972 for anyone interested in the exact date.

    • @rosedarylify
      @rosedarylify 5 років тому +6

      I was probably some days old when this film was recorded...Born in may 1972

    • @dizzyfizzy4203
      @dizzyfizzy4203 5 років тому +3

      @@rosedarylify you're older them my dad by a few month, I'm born 2003

    • @frederickjohnpicarello1909
      @frederickjohnpicarello1909 5 років тому +3

      I was 6yrs old & 3months in June of 1972. & Ty for the exact time..

    • @BuzzsawMG42
      @BuzzsawMG42 4 роки тому +5

      Bruce Lee was still alive lol

    • @jeffmoore4266
      @jeffmoore4266 3 роки тому +1

      Aha.i was there with my long hair and flairs!

  • @weeg91
    @weeg91 5 років тому +34

    notice; theyre not all FAT?

    • @andrewrichardson6981
      @andrewrichardson6981 3 роки тому +2

      No, because food was expensive and on the whole pretty horrible

    • @Barbarian646
      @Barbarian646 3 роки тому +3

      @@andrewrichardson6981 Bullshit. It didn't have all those additives and gmp shit, plus less places like McDonalds

    • @andrewrichardson6981
      @andrewrichardson6981 3 роки тому +1

      @@Barbarian646 name me one thing from the 70s you'd actually want to eat

  • @frederickjohnpicarello1909
    @frederickjohnpicarello1909 5 років тому +3

    Born & raised in the states & by 1970 I was only 4yrs old but growing up in the 70's I always had a deep desire to go to London and not even sure why I just really wanted to go there almost like it was a former home that I had missed for a very long time'

    • @_B.M_
      @_B.M_ 5 років тому +2

      Did you ever get to visit? I hope so as it's an amazing world class city

  • @WillNJ
    @WillNJ 2 роки тому +7

    The two chaps waving at the camera at 2:12 was pretty heart warming...

    • @markwilliams7054
      @markwilliams7054 Рік тому

      I wonder where they are now

    • @fraser_mr2009
      @fraser_mr2009 6 місяців тому

      @@markwilliams7054 Maybe dead. They look in their 20s here so they will be in their 70s if still alive to day.

  • @ChickpeatheTortie
    @ChickpeatheTortie 4 роки тому +6

    This is Piccadilly - used to work here in the 70's and wander these very streets and used to spend a fortune there.

    • @mudassardesignspace
      @mudassardesignspace 4 роки тому

      Is any fortune left ?

    • @christophermaley6822
      @christophermaley6822 3 роки тому

      I remember a Disco in P'dilly called Hatchett's with underfloor lighting. Loved those Disco days and STILL love the music.

  • @ARPSMUSIC
    @ARPSMUSIC 4 роки тому +9

    If only we had the sound and ambience as well....

  • @WheelieMacBin
    @WheelieMacBin 3 роки тому +8

    Looks like early 1970's, as I can still detect the 1960's influence.

    • @jimsimpson1006
      @jimsimpson1006 Рік тому +1

      Yes. You can see an Austin A40 near the end of the video and very, very few of those were left by the end of the 1970s.

  • @gtabigfan34
    @gtabigfan34 4 роки тому +17

    Imagine they set GTA 6 in London during 60s or 70s.

  • @joshua3027
    @joshua3027 4 роки тому +5

    Those hairstyles will never be forgotten

  • @user-bu9nb8wr6e
    @user-bu9nb8wr6e 2 роки тому +3

    That Newspaper salesman should have been shouting "evnin news un Standard." That's one of my memories from 70s London

  • @cryptohunt2552
    @cryptohunt2552 5 років тому +3

    Memories! Used to take the No. 15 bus to work, and even did a few months as a security guard at Grand Buildings opposite Trafalgar Square.

  • @martingibb517
    @martingibb517 3 роки тому +5

    everyone so smartly dressed. Nice.

  • @eliseswansborough1501
    @eliseswansborough1501 4 роки тому +12

    oh man....what a time it was! 💖xx

  • @englishman9020
    @englishman9020 4 роки тому +8

    Such a beautiful city

  • @paulbaumer8210
    @paulbaumer8210 6 років тому +23

    Nowadays there is no one under the age of 35 knocking around in town. All the old people have gone.

    • @robtyman4281
      @robtyman4281 5 років тому +11

      Society generally then, was more 'egalitarian' (less every man for himself), probably more 'left of centre', and definitely less obsessed with money and consumerism. Old people ACTUALLY lived in central London then - this seems strange to believe now. Ordinary people (including the elderly) could also afford to live right in the centre.
      This all changed in the 1980s when as a society we became more consumer obsessed (blame Thatcher for this!)......rents and house prices went up, meaning old people couldn't afford to live where they had......all their lives. Also fewer cars and more buses, meaning that was easier for old people to get up to London in one go. Remember also that the buses back then were probably better and more reliable than the trains.
      I remember you could get one bus from Mortlake (nr Richmond) right up to Aldwych. Long distance bus routes no longer exist as people have cars, and trains are much better now. Can't imagine being on one bus all that way now! .....that's what enabled old people to get from their front doors to the West End easily....they didn't have to change buses or trains.

    • @al-du6lb
      @al-du6lb 4 роки тому +1

      @@robtyman4281 Those are some great insights. Very interesting. Is Britain becoming more sprawled out than other European countries?

    • @gregsmith1070
      @gregsmith1070 2 роки тому +2

      I've seen old people over 35 and very old people over 40 too today in London

    • @kashd4668
      @kashd4668 8 місяців тому

      @@gregsmith1070 I'm 63! Hope no one spots when I go out to the shop to get some milk!

  • @elliottg.1954
    @elliottg.1954 2 роки тому +7

    Thanks for this video. Around the time of this film my godfather took me down to London for the first time. I'd be about 13 then. We visited most of the sites that were popular back then, even walking down Downing Street, past No.10, Westminster, and yes...also inside the House of Commons. Peers used to park their cars outside the H.o.P. in those days. Also I remember seeing a theatre sign for the Mousetrap, and the old Windmill Theatre.
    And the Underground was an education for a young kid in 1971. A few years later I'd be using the LU three or four times a year between Waterloo and Kings Cross. Apparently the city is really expensive these days as well as pretty unpleasant.

  • @emgee44
    @emgee44 2 роки тому +5

    This was great, I love looking at all the old vehicles from back then, it takes me back. I used to take the No. 15 bus from the East End up to the West End (yes, I know that going UP is not geographically accurate, it's just what we would say back then). If remember correctly it used to cost 5p each way, or maybe 10p? In any case it was cheap as chips. Nowadays a portion of fish n chips costs nearer £10!

  • @jonjo220
    @jonjo220 6 років тому +43

    Turn back the clock!

    • @feyrol42
      @feyrol42 6 років тому +4

      Air pollution was rampant then. You could literally see the soot on buildings.

    • @AaronTheGreat________
      @AaronTheGreat________ 5 років тому +2

      TURN BACK THE CLOCK!!!! Ira bombings and rampant pollution TURN BACK THE CLOCK!!!!

    • @anaccount8474
      @anaccount8474 5 років тому +2

      Yeah let's go back to strikes, power cuts, Jimmy Savile on TV and flared trousers - they were great times.

    • @djpeekay25
      @djpeekay25 5 років тому

      3 day weeks and football hooliganism...no thanks!

  • @lauraspurgeonx
    @lauraspurgeonx 4 роки тому +9

    i really wish i was able to live through the 70s and see my favourite band, queen with freddie... but nope. i was born in the 2000s. lucky me.

    • @lauraspurgeonx
      @lauraspurgeonx 4 роки тому +1

      @@TONE11111 i couldnt even begin to imagine how amazing that must have been to experience! i love hearing fan stories from how they met freddie and queen, it interests me so much

    • @lauraspurgeonx
      @lauraspurgeonx 4 роки тому +1

      @@TONE11111 hahah! ive watched this video countless times, they were spectacular!!

  • @stefanc8068
    @stefanc8068 6 років тому +17

    living on a thin line...tell me now what are we supposed to do

    • @EEFSU89
      @EEFSU89 6 років тому +8

      All the stories have been told
      Of kings and days of old,
      But there's no england now...

  • @mudassardesignspace
    @mudassardesignspace 4 роки тому +5

    Unmatched times...

  • @BradensArchive
    @BradensArchive 3 роки тому +4

    incredible quality

  • @Joshtk94
    @Joshtk94 5 років тому +3

    Speed it up to 1.25x it makes the footage better

  • @LivingWalks
    @LivingWalks 6 років тому +9

    How absorbing and informative. We make hires gopro walks of contemporary London on youtube (no ads just to show how London is now) so it's great for us to see the comparison. London is still pretty spectacular. Thank you for adding it, we've subscribed.

    • @emgee44
      @emgee44 2 роки тому

      That's good to hear, keep doing it, someday we'll be looking back at those with the same sense of nostalgia.

  • @markwilliams7054
    @markwilliams7054 Рік тому

    3:37 pretty trippy that I could go and stand in that exact same spot now and watch these old ladies talking and smiling and know that they're long gone from this world.

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 8 місяців тому

      ....
      Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
      Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
      There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
      Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      Romans 6.23
      For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

  • @MiKeMiDNiTe-77
    @MiKeMiDNiTe-77 3 роки тому +4

    What amazing footage

  • @bond0666
    @bond0666 8 місяців тому +1

    The cars, love them, i was 2 years old

  • @The.Last.Guitar.Hero.
    @The.Last.Guitar.Hero. 4 роки тому +1

    I was three years old. Didn't go to London till 1983

  • @JohnDavis-ed5sg
    @JohnDavis-ed5sg 7 років тому +52

    What a great place it was - I went to the Earls Court Motor Show, on my own , at ten years old! Helpful pleasant people, we all belonged.
    Multiculturalism? Bollocks!

    • @ralphaaa80
      @ralphaaa80 7 років тому +7

      I went to football matches as a teenager and was shit scared of getting punched-great times.

    • @paulbroderick8438
      @paulbroderick8438 6 років тому +16

      Enoch Powell was right, all the way. Globalization is all BS!

    • @djpeekay25
      @djpeekay25 5 років тому +6

      Funny as the English were born from invading this country! I remember the buses having very courteous West Indian and Asian conductors in the 1980s.

    • @djpeekay25
      @djpeekay25 5 років тому +6

      paul broderick if it weren’t for the Commonwealth, Britain wouldn’t be so rich and would have lost both wars.

  • @hjp1hjp22
    @hjp1hjp22 5 років тому +5

    Interesting cars going through central London including an early Maxi, JBP332H at 4:48 with AUSTIN lettering on the bonnet in front of a coach with twin axles of four wheels, an arrangement that has long ceased.

    • @1mikefrost
      @1mikefrost 3 роки тому

      Chinese six was the axle configuration. Same as the one in the Italian Job !

    • @aswclassicsiow8588
      @aswclassicsiow8588 3 місяці тому

      Passed my PSV licence in one (Bedford VA) twin steer coach in early 80s

  • @rickilynnwolfe8357
    @rickilynnwolfe8357 3 роки тому +5

    Always loved the red buses in England ✌️

  • @alexanderking5395
    @alexanderking5395 2 роки тому +2

    Can still smell the petrol fumes watching this. Its a smell I wil never forget visiting family in London as a young kid.

  • @AFaceintheCrowd01
    @AFaceintheCrowd01 2 роки тому +1

    I miss the newsagents with their vast selection of magazines and newspapers, and everything else about London at this time. Every shred of charm and gentle sophistication has been erased from the place.

  • @denniseldridge2936
    @denniseldridge2936 Рік тому

    This was filmed around June of that year, if the Mad magazine cover is correct. I love these glimpses of the 1970s, with the great music and styles. A very vibrant city still.

  • @johnbeaven8951
    @johnbeaven8951 8 місяців тому +2

    Breath in those leaded petrol fumes, the air was filthy back then. Despite gridlock today overall the air in London is better.

  • @eliseswansborough1501
    @eliseswansborough1501 5 років тому +10

    o m g. i was living off Tottenham court rd in ‘72 and making whoopee all over central London till early ‘80 s...talk about a different era.. was sooo fun

  • @johnbeagley8162
    @johnbeagley8162 Рік тому +4

    No CCTV
    No ANPR
    No ULEZ
    No speed cameras

  • @DivineIntuitions.Ishita
    @DivineIntuitions.Ishita 5 років тому +22

    London is like Mini Asia now!

    • @Sierra_mike
      @Sierra_mike 5 років тому +5

      Just The Way I Dream Just like a lot countries were once like little Britain

    • @djpeekay25
      @djpeekay25 5 років тому +10

      Typical blinkered view of London! London is diverse and the best city in the world now!

    • @lynxyt_194
      @lynxyt_194 5 років тому +3

      Just The Way I Dream No point complaining about it now. You can’t do anything about it. Majority of them are British Citizens. They still contribute to the country so I don’t see the problem

    • @_B.M_
      @_B.M_ 5 років тому +5

      No it's not. Yes, its more diverse and multicultural but its still London.

    • @martinmcmullen5161
      @martinmcmullen5161 4 роки тому +1

      @@djpeekay25 division not diversity

  • @jackie0604oxon
    @jackie0604oxon 5 років тому +6

    Luncheon Vouchers sticker on a restaurant window, it's donkey's years since I've seen that.

  • @kingsley2837
    @kingsley2837 4 роки тому +30

    Back when people were well dressed now its filled with hipsters and wannabes

    • @sammavacaist
      @sammavacaist 4 роки тому +10

      It's old people who are well dressed. Young people are always hipsters. Every era. They're wearing the wide bell bottomed jeans here. No doubt the old people were disgusted at the time.

    • @westelaudio943
      @westelaudio943 3 роки тому +3

      @@sammavacaist
      Not "every era". Started in the 60s.
      Maybe the 50s to some extent when the idea of the "teenager" was conceived.

    • @westelaudio943
      @westelaudio943 3 роки тому +3

      Not well dressed compared to times before, very well dressed compared to today.

    • @johnclark7065
      @johnclark7065 3 роки тому

      Now these days chavs dress like idiots and have no sense of fashion.

    • @bagheera5150
      @bagheera5150 3 роки тому +3

      @@westelaudio943 And in the 2060s people are going to look back on us as well dressed and say that they dress like idiots,

  • @mickyeverton
    @mickyeverton 6 років тому +18

    Wish I knew then what I know now!! 😁😁😁

  • @drstranger7430
    @drstranger7430 3 роки тому

    3:15 she's giving Main Character vibes!!! Wonder where this fabulous lady is now.

  • @philyaboots1
    @philyaboots1 5 місяців тому

    all the old bags tell us off, Love it.

  • @mikesilva5085
    @mikesilva5085 4 роки тому

    Love that woman's hair on the right at 1.22 - beautifully cut .

  • @nowhereman5119
    @nowhereman5119 3 роки тому +6

    Ford Capris, Cortinas...what more do you want?

  • @nelsonwhaley6348
    @nelsonwhaley6348 Рік тому +1

    Great times...the City felt 'safe' and secure..not now.

  • @officialblinx964
    @officialblinx964 4 роки тому +2

    Better camera quality than mine

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 5 років тому +9

    Now a dirty disgusting place.

    • @djpeekay25
      @djpeekay25 5 років тому +4

      Jack Sugden you sure? London was pretty dirty back then! Most people couldn’t even afford to have a shower everyday in the 70s

    • @_B.M_
      @_B.M_ 5 років тому +1

      Did you not see how dirty and polluted it was then? Leaded petrol etc. At least you can breathe cleaner air these days

    • @jacksugden8190
      @jacksugden8190 Рік тому

      @@djpeekay25 Judging from where I came from to where I live now, can suggest that it hadn’t changed a bit since coming to London in 1983.

    • @jacksugden8190
      @jacksugden8190 Рік тому

      @@_B.M_ Breathe maybe, I still see buses, lorries and cars polluting, yes things may have improved with car scraping schemes, can’t see us going 100% anytime soon, meanwhile the noice and dirty streets of London produce sea gulls and rats, as London is as ever, a dirty disgusting place to live and work.

  • @TAER99
    @TAER99 5 місяців тому +1

    Wow the civility. No one getting knifed by doctors.

  • @raymyers4539
    @raymyers4539 5 років тому +23

    Very strange' innocent' life's so so strange id love to hop into that footage id meet a nice girl

  • @BigDwww
    @BigDwww 5 років тому

    1971 looking at the Film advertised in Piccadilly

  • @poisonmistymoon3966
    @poisonmistymoon3966 3 роки тому +2

    wow looks beautiful

  • @PrideDefiler
    @PrideDefiler 6 років тому +8

    I see... People moved a lot slower back then.
    You learn new things everyday! LOL

  • @user-kg6rw2ty9v
    @user-kg6rw2ty9v 4 роки тому +5

    Everybody looks normal and dressed sensible. No piercings, tattoos weird hair. Although at that time there were the twisted skin heads and punks!

  • @donsolaris8477
    @donsolaris8477 7 років тому +6

    1972 - 1973

  • @gabriellaj.o.6180
    @gabriellaj.o.6180 9 місяців тому +2

    The cars look old. Another world. London used to be fab. Not now.

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 8 місяців тому

      ...
      Romans 6:23
      For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

  • @TR5T
    @TR5T 5 років тому +3

    Soho would have been better, Berrick St. market the cheese shop on the corner, Wardour St, the Marquee. Brilliant times, Shaftsbury Ave. was totally different with all the music shops. Charing Cross with all the book stores, China town round the back.

  • @wayneevans3860
    @wayneevans3860 4 роки тому +10

    Actually looks like Britain

  • @michaelsmythe4031
    @michaelsmythe4031 2 роки тому

    Be interesting to see the same spots and places as they are today.

  • @ReynardTheFox-dm8py
    @ReynardTheFox-dm8py 6 місяців тому

    Would love to have a couple of those British Minis today..........

  • @JohnCashin
    @JohnCashin 9 місяців тому

    I was a school kid back in the 70s but sometimes I along with my mates would go up the West End. It was fun. We once saw Jenny Hanley, from Magpie etc walking along Compton Street. She must have been the first TV star I ever saw in real life. She was stunningly beautiful (She still looks well even today in her late 70s) but I was only around 13 back then, way too young for her to even notice me 🤣
    Happy days though. Things sure are different now, it's mainly because the older generation and demographic back then had different ways of doing things, they were more reserved and kept things hidden, but they are now largely long gone. It wasn't necessarily better back then, there were many issues, just like today, it's certainly a different style now though. Many thanks.

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 8 місяців тому

      Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
      Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
      There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
      Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      Romans 6.23
      For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

  • @rujimarysoto7737
    @rujimarysoto7737 3 роки тому +1

    Looks like the setting in Disney’s Cruella (2021)

  • @theoracle2877
    @theoracle2877 2 роки тому

    I saw this 4 years ago….

  • @ms84r
    @ms84r 2 роки тому +1

    I always hate the comment sections in these videos, I wish they will turn them off.

  • @gabriellaj.o.6180
    @gabriellaj.o.6180 9 місяців тому

    Oh wow that branch of boots the chemists is still there. All the other shops have since gone. 😊

  • @fdama
    @fdama 4 роки тому +1

    Everything looked grubby back then.

    • @Barbarian646
      @Barbarian646 3 роки тому

      Grubbier than in the 30's. Back a, slow decline was beggining to set in.

  • @shahrulamar5358
    @shahrulamar5358 2 роки тому

    Many of middle aged and old men in this video are World War 2 veteran. 🇬🇧

  • @Bufo_Bufo
    @Bufo_Bufo 2 роки тому

    Back then : Nice London, today: Los Angeles UK version!

  • @eddkennedy6458
    @eddkennedy6458 3 місяці тому +1

    Everyone slim, this was before they introduced low fat foods that made most people fat, processed sugar laden foods.

  • @fishandchips9033
    @fishandchips9033 2 роки тому

    I was 2 in june 1972.

  • @jamesprivet
    @jamesprivet 2 роки тому

    Looks like 1972 because Ken Russell film Savage Messiah was out then

  • @anaccount8474
    @anaccount8474 5 років тому +9

    It was different before they changed it.

    • @formzino
      @formzino 5 років тому

      Yeah where's the forum and the basilica? And how come those chariots are moving without horses?

  • @spudmeisterr3572
    @spudmeisterr3572 5 років тому +3

    Lost in time

  • @OUTDOORY
    @OUTDOORY 6 років тому +1

    at 2.;15 look at the old lyon maid ice screem van well

  • @gargamunidas9478
    @gargamunidas9478 3 роки тому +2

    Peter Fonda 2.05

  • @Takaba95
    @Takaba95 3 роки тому +1

    everyone look like a spy Lol

  • @aalexjohna
    @aalexjohna 5 років тому +1

    The good old days- when England was white and pussy was hairy

  • @Tony-nj9de
    @Tony-nj9de 4 роки тому +2

    the 70s weren't that long ago

  • @ed9763
    @ed9763 3 роки тому

    Just watching it is tiring.

  • @gregsmith1070
    @gregsmith1070 2 роки тому +1

    Groovy baby!

  • @GaryHField
    @GaryHField 3 роки тому

    I can’t see any ninja on the footage. Oh wait! I forgot that this was taken some decades ago.

  • @PUNXANDSKINZ
    @PUNXANDSKINZ 4 роки тому

    if you play ghost town over this, its like ketchup on fries

  • @Gunnercv
    @Gunnercv 3 місяці тому

    1:41 some interesting viewing material on sale, any chance of a Time Machine

  • @supremeobliterator
    @supremeobliterator 3 роки тому +1

    Almost no one is fat.

  • @racheldoesacrylic4089
    @racheldoesacrylic4089 5 років тому

    i remember those tanktops on men looked wired as for me did not like thanks for upload

  • @Super8dieries
    @Super8dieries 4 роки тому +1

    Cortina’s and Capri’s

  • @ReynardTheFox-dm8py
    @ReynardTheFox-dm8py 6 місяців тому

    Those streets like quite dirty, always thought London was supposed to be cleaner than American cities.......

    • @zivkovicable
      @zivkovicable 5 місяців тому

      The pollution was terrible. Much cleaner now.

  • @christophermaley6822
    @christophermaley6822 3 роки тому

    Worked in an office in the 70's and loved all the nicely dressed women (young/mature) and nylon clad legs on display which made me very excited (???). The art of femininity has been lost for good as you hardly see any nicely dressed ladies now with legs on display ? Pity.