Fascinating i played at .25 on playback. It was really interesting to see cars on the pedestrianized areas around where the Ridings went. I was 5 years old in 73
This is absolutely fascinating! Can't wait to watch the modern-day version :) Thanks for uploading this !! We just read your lovely comment on our cover of All I Have To Do Is Dream... but when we approved the comment it just disappeared completely! Not sure what happened there, but just wanted to reach out and say thank you so much for your kind words :) xx
Much of it is hardly changed in 45 years. Great video. Suddenly that Citra sign at 5.30 brought back forgotten images of me being driven past it in my Dad’s car as a little boy, totally forgot about it.
At the start I sort of had an idea about where we were, but then coming up the hill towards the turning to the castle it was instantly recognisable. The only difference being the type of cars and minor things like there being no telegraph poles any more.
Great piece of work. Wakey is no longer the thriving place it was back then, sadly. I lived there from 1956 until 1982, and have very fond memories of the old City. A shame things change so much, and never for the better.
Watch this space. I've now filmed a "modern" version of this, with gaps where old roads no longer exist. I'll edit out all the detours I had to take, and then try to make a side-by-side version. I'll post another message here with a link to that video, once I've done it.
Nice to see it turn up.my road wrenthorpe.lane.turn onto silicates nearly hitting the white triumph,most of layout adsattly the same the springs.and bullring very busy
Do you remember the white wooden railings at the junction of Woodthorpe Lane and Woolgreaves Drive which for years had the grafitti "Swanner=Geraldine" (I always wondered whether Swanner and Geraldine are still together), and the crossroads sign between our drive and the Golf Course which someone had converted into a swastika (seen in the first few seconds of the video)?
Having now got a dashcam, I'll shoot a modern-day equivalent when I'm next in Wakefield. There are a few places, such as around Ings Road / Grove Street / Grove Road, Kirkgate / The Springs and Westgate onto Drury Lane / Cliff Lane where I'll have to fake things a bit (maybe walking some bits on foot) because road layouts have changed or roads have been pedestrianised.
Express dairy. i worked here in 1973 as pasteurisation and sterilisation chems manager after university, but i moved to St Ivel in 1974. i remember going to the yorkshire bank and opening a savings account with my paltry £85 a week on a cold january in 1973. after leaving leafy cambridge it was quite a shock. but the local tarts were nice.
The "modern" (2019) version of this video is now available at ua-cam.com/video/-T4OkqOdL8o/v-deo.html. The quality is very poor at present: there are nasty compression artifacts. I'm hoping those sort themselves out (as is often the case with new UA-cam uploads) over the next day or so. Some roads are not open to traffic now. The route into Kirkgate from Barnsley Road / Ings Road has changed. Kirkgate / The Springs is buses only. The section of Kirkgate past the Cathedral was pedestrianised in 1975. Drury Lane / Cliff Lane is one -way in the wrong direction. Northgate / Marsh Lane / Kirkgate has been rerouted. I've described these changes in captions.
This was on a Saturday afternoon. I had to go to school (Silcoates) on a Saturday morning, so after lunch we made the round trip with the camera mounted on a couple of baulks of wood resting on the dashboard and back of front passenger seat. Never-again shots as we drive up The Springs and down Kirkgate, because the park of Kirkgate past the cathedral was pedestrianised the following year.
@@Mortimer50145 You went to silcoutes...man everyone in wrenthorpe thought you guys were ninjas or something..still it's great to see the old wakey.....silcoutes
Tom F I did look up that car and the few others with legible number plates, but none of them were listed on the DVLA site so they didn't last long enough to be included. It would be weird if the original owner saw his car on here. I saw two of my old cars in the street several years after I sold them. In one case it was a couple of hundred miles away, and the other was in the town I'd moved to so the car must have followed me :-)
this is great. can you slow it down further with adobe premier? it has frame doubling which might work? never tried it though so may not be suitable :)
Yes I used to love that swastika crossroads sign - right outside our driveway so I saw it every day when I went to school. For many years, further down Woodthorpe Lane on the white railings at the junction with Woolgreaves Drive there was graffiti "SWANNER = GERALDINE". I've sometimes wondered whether Swanner and Geraldine are still together or whether their relationship foundered a few weeks after one of them penned their everlasting love message. Spot also the double-headed Y-shaped telephone pole at about 3:35 - LHS just after a lamp-post, a hundred yards or so before the right turn into Wrenthorpe Lane.
Fascinating i played at .25 on playback. It was really interesting to see cars on the pedestrianized areas around where the Ridings went. I was 5 years old in 73
This is absolutely fascinating! Can't wait to watch the modern-day version :) Thanks for uploading this !!
We just read your lovely comment on our cover of All I Have To Do Is Dream... but when we approved the comment it just disappeared completely!
Not sure what happened there, but just wanted to reach out and say thank you so much for your kind words :) xx
Wow! What struck me was how busy the city centre is. It’s a ghost town now.
No Amazon in those days pal.
Much of it is hardly changed in 45 years. Great video. Suddenly that Citra sign at 5.30 brought back forgotten images of me being driven past it in my Dad’s car as a little boy, totally forgot about it.
At the start I sort of had an idea about where we were, but then coming up the hill towards the turning to the castle it was instantly recognisable. The only difference being the type of cars and minor things like there being no telegraph poles any more.
Great piece of work. Wakey is no longer the thriving place it was back then, sadly. I lived there from 1956 until 1982, and have very fond memories of the old City. A shame things change so much, and never for the better.
great watching this watch it loads especially town centre part just like the town i grew up in remember it like yesterday.
Watch this space. I've now filmed a "modern" version of this, with gaps where old roads no longer exist. I'll edit out all the detours I had to take, and then try to make a side-by-side version. I'll post another message here with a link to that video, once I've done it.
What struck me most was the state of the roads not a pot hole in sight (unless you count The Malt Shovel in Wrenthorpe 8-D )
Nice to see it turn up.my road wrenthorpe.lane.turn onto silicates nearly hitting the white triumph,most of layout adsattly the same the springs.and bullring very busy
Great footage of good old Wakie. The house you pulled up near the end, my Aunty used to live just a few streets down on Woolgreaves Drive.
Do you remember the white wooden railings at the junction of Woodthorpe Lane and Woolgreaves Drive which for years had the grafitti "Swanner=Geraldine" (I always wondered whether Swanner and Geraldine are still together), and the crossroads sign between our drive and the Golf Course which someone had converted into a swastika (seen in the first few seconds of the video)?
Having now got a dashcam, I'll shoot a modern-day equivalent when I'm next in Wakefield. There are a few places, such as around Ings Road / Grove Street / Grove Road, Kirkgate / The Springs and Westgate onto Drury Lane / Cliff Lane where I'll have to fake things a bit (maybe walking some bits on foot) because road layouts have changed or roads have been pedestrianised.
And did you?
Youre not SCOTT MORTIMOR are you...if so we grew up with eachother
Wow i was born in 74.....Outwood
1974 was the year I was born....and this the town I was raised in.....bit good this is.
Express dairy. i worked here in 1973 as pasteurisation and sterilisation chems manager after university, but i moved to St Ivel in 1974. i remember going to the yorkshire bank and opening a savings account with my paltry £85 a week on a cold january in 1973. after leaving leafy cambridge it was quite a shock. but the local tarts were nice.
Thats big bucks, I was on £31 a week as a Ford apprentice in 1980 hehe
The "modern" (2019) version of this video is now available at ua-cam.com/video/-T4OkqOdL8o/v-deo.html. The quality is very poor at present: there are nasty compression artifacts. I'm hoping those sort themselves out (as is often the case with new UA-cam uploads) over the next day or so.
Some roads are not open to traffic now. The route into Kirkgate from Barnsley Road / Ings Road has changed. Kirkgate / The Springs is buses only. The section of Kirkgate past the Cathedral was pedestrianised in 1975. Drury Lane / Cliff Lane is one -way in the wrong direction. Northgate / Marsh Lane / Kirkgate has been rerouted. I've described these changes in captions.
LOVE the old cars......yeah just realised, thought I was watching dash cam footage!!
love the video shot when i was born in 73 passed my old house in wrenthorpe you have to do a modern version on same rout to see changes
The centre is absolutely packed with people! It is dead these days by comparison. A real eye opener this.
Loved this. Thanks.
Compared to these images Wakefield is practically a ghost town. What happened to go from a busy town to decimation?
2.27...and here we are....West gate
Wow 😮from then till now 2018 a lot of things have chaged and this is the town i was born and raised in its fantastic😮
Love the footage, just one thing, is it my imagination or has the red triangle road sign on the left, (4 seconds in), been vandalised
yes I remember that cross roads sign very well - someone had spray-painted arms at right angles to each part of the cross to turn it into a swastika
sweet !!
Old Wakey Wow what a bloody good spot. That was very perceptive of you.
Brilliant many old memories still'll loads of cars then. Town looks busy!! Not now!
This was on a Saturday afternoon. I had to go to school (Silcoates) on a Saturday morning, so after lunch we made the round trip with the camera mounted on a couple of baulks of wood resting on the dashboard and back of front passenger seat. Never-again shots as we drive up The Springs and down Kirkgate, because the park of Kirkgate past the cathedral was pedestrianised the following year.
@@Mortimer50145 You went to silcoutes...man everyone in wrenthorpe thought you guys were ninjas or something..still it's great to see the old wakey.....silcoutes
Love this
I have spent the last few hours watching frame by frame and comparing how things have changed using google maps.
1:14 wow someone would be amazed to see their old car on the rd, brand new mk1 escort WYG476L
Tom F I did look up that car and the few others with legible number plates, but none of them were listed on the DVLA site so they didn't last long enough to be included.
It would be weird if the original owner saw his car on here. I saw two of my old cars in the street several years after I sold them. In one case it was a couple of hundred miles away, and the other was in the town I'd moved to so the car must have followed me :-)
I can make out Barnsely Rd nr manygates. used to shop at woolies. make out the bull ring and west gate brilliant .
It’s like being there grate quality video to it’s like HD
Very good, AAAAA👍
this is great. can you slow it down further with adobe premier? it has frame doubling which might work? never tried it though so may not be suitable :)
2021
3 seconds in and we have a crossroads sign that's been turned into a swastika... Keep it classy Wakey.
Yes I used to love that swastika crossroads sign - right outside our driveway so I saw it every day when I went to school.
For many years, further down Woodthorpe Lane on the white railings at the junction with Woolgreaves Drive there was graffiti "SWANNER = GERALDINE". I've sometimes wondered whether Swanner and Geraldine are still together or whether their relationship foundered a few weeks after one of them penned their everlasting love message.
Spot also the double-headed Y-shaped telephone pole at about 3:35 - LHS just after a lamp-post, a hundred yards or so before the right turn into Wrenthorpe Lane.
Thanks a lot. Normal speed would be better IMO.