I was 18, leather jacket, jeans and a Norton motorbike, not a worry in the world, on an apprenticship with a Ford main dealer and enjoying life, great times
I was 20 and was just finishing my 5 year day release apprenticeship in a multi make garage, saving up for a new Capri GT for £1325.00. Great times and great cars.
We spent many happy hours in Weston in the 70s/80s used to travel from Poole and stayed in bed and breakfast. Have not been since around 2012 when delivering furniture from Ireland.
@Thereishope664 Fifty plus years of privatised greed, untramelled immigration, and the utter madness of leftie/liberal group think and soft headed policies allowed to fester and take control.
Only 7 years before the glorious 80's,and 50 before covid lockdowns, future smart city's ,A I and the coming demise of the motor car. Somebody please hurry up and invent a time machine.
I already own a time machine. It will be fifty years old this year. It's a 2 seater, 2.8 litre sports car with no power steering, no antilock brakes, no traction control; no computers & no spy cameras onboard. It's very loud, smells of fuel and puts a huge grin on my face every time I start it up and take it out for a blast on the roads. 'F' smart cities, the WEF, A.I, political correctness, invading holiday makers in little boats, fake plandemics, Bill Gates and everything else that's destroying our freedom & our lives. Hit the roads & live free like it's 1973 👍
The demise of the motor car? The “glorious 80s” properly began the destruction of our town & city centres, with their still ongoing development of car dependent retail/leisure/work parks, with acres of free level parking. They removed the crowds we see in this film. Cars wont be done away with any time soon.
People wore proper clothes in those days rather than the rubbish anoraks/hoodies/jogger pants that are worn now ( not by me). Also people wore proper shoes not 'trainers' or plimsolls as we called them. The cars were rot-boxes on wheeels mindyou - I had one! Now the cars last years longer., Interesting site.
Very few now dress or behave with dignity - Grandpa in bright nylon sports gear looks ridiculous. Apart from which nice materials such as cotton, wool, cashmere, leather - make clothes comfortable and beautiful. As for cars, they don't rust like they did but at least you could repair them with a welder and sheet steel from an old washing machine. Now once the value falls below the price of some ECU the car is scrap.
I was 3 at this time , no cultural enrichment, no rap music to enjoy , no Turkish barbers every over shop , nothing boarded up and covered with graffiti , no litter , respectible looking people wearing nice clothing no cctv ,no mobilephones, i could go on and on , i need a time machine to take me back to England please .
@@JohnSmith-ei2pz 1950`s after the end of the second world war. And so began the rejection of traditional right wing thinking. And the liberal-left, began there systematic destruction of this country - just look at us now.....!!
The Centre in Bristol with grass people could sit on. Also the Italian Gardens in WSM with grass. No obese people or teenage twits outside McDonald's. Woolworths, The Coop, M and S the list goes on all now out of WSM and Broadmead.
A time when vehicles were beautiful, loved seeing the Cortina Mk.3's, a very enjoyable nostalgia trip to better times.
It makes me so sad to see this, to see just how low this country has fallen.
Indeed so...
No civic pride....
Decades of cuts & austerity.....
Mass immigration....
Corporate greed.....
@steve8039
....and unfortunately how much further it will go...
Very sad indeed.
What memories. Brilliant.
I cant believe how quickly everything has become so run down , no litter or grime.
I was 18, leather jacket, jeans and a Norton motorbike, not a worry in the world, on an apprenticship with a Ford main dealer and enjoying life, great times
I was 20 and was just finishing my 5 year day release apprenticeship in a multi make garage, saving up for a new Capri GT for £1325.00. Great times and great cars.
Fabulous footage thank you for sharing this with us
We spent many happy hours in Weston in the 70s/80s used to travel from Poole and stayed in bed and breakfast. Have not been since around 2012 when delivering furniture from Ireland.
oh my goodness. Weston looks so clean and immaculate, now it has been allowed to become so run down and tatty.
A good thing Merlin Cinemas took over the Odeon to give it some fresh life.
Bristol... look how busy it was in Broadmead back then
Thanks to social services I stayed at the rotary boys house once in 72 and again. In 74 this film brought the memories flooding back
Bristol........What went wrong!!
Weak and feckless politicians...
Years of cuts and austerity.
Loss of civic pride.
Mass immigration..
@Thereishope664
Fifty plus years of privatised greed, untramelled immigration, and the utter madness of leftie/liberal group think and soft headed policies allowed to fester and take control.
Where did it all go so wrong! fabulous footage of what WAS England!
Used to go there for my holidays during the 60s and 70s before it turned into a right dump used to be beautiful place to visit.
Lovely memories. Thank you.
Different times indeed.
Mass immigration and the america-isation of our culture, has changed things forever......and not necessarily for the better.
Ths Americanisation wasn't bad. The immigration of the last 50 years - criminal! 🫣🤒
Only 7 years before the glorious 80's,and 50 before covid lockdowns, future smart city's ,A I and the coming demise of the motor car. Somebody please hurry up and invent a time machine.
I already own a time machine. It will be fifty years old this year. It's a 2 seater, 2.8 litre sports car with no power steering, no antilock brakes, no traction control; no computers & no spy cameras onboard. It's very loud, smells of fuel and puts a huge grin on my face every time I start it up and take it out for a blast on the roads. 'F' smart cities, the WEF, A.I, political correctness, invading holiday makers in little boats, fake plandemics, Bill Gates and everything else that's destroying our freedom & our lives.
Hit the roads & live free like it's 1973 👍
Glorious 80s?
The demise of the motor car? The “glorious 80s” properly began the destruction of our town & city centres, with their still ongoing development of car dependent retail/leisure/work parks, with acres of free level parking. They removed the crowds we see in this film. Cars wont be done away with any time soon.
Look up gangstalking!
I’ve just got back from 2100 , it really is a different world .
Probably less sewage in the Sea then!
People wore proper clothes in those days rather than the rubbish anoraks/hoodies/jogger pants that are worn now ( not by me). Also people wore proper shoes not 'trainers' or plimsolls as we called them. The cars were rot-boxes on wheeels mindyou - I had one! Now the cars last years longer., Interesting site.
People also didn't wear the night clothes outside of the home. When sanity was normal.
Bodywork may last longer but the technology doesn't
Very few now dress or behave with dignity - Grandpa in bright nylon sports gear looks ridiculous. Apart from which nice materials such as cotton, wool, cashmere, leather - make clothes comfortable and beautiful. As for cars, they don't rust like they did but at least you could repair them with a welder and sheet steel from an old washing machine. Now once the value falls below the price of some ECU the car is scrap.
Not much evidence of rubbish food being eaten in those days.
Gert lush
I love that UA-cam puts a "Translate to English" on your post, me babber! 😆
Yere, theese cus speake like what I cus casn’t thee, theese know.
I was 3 at this time , no cultural enrichment, no rap music to enjoy , no Turkish barbers every over shop , nothing boarded up and covered with graffiti , no litter , respectible looking people wearing nice clothing no cctv ,no mobilephones, i could go on and on , i need a time machine to take me back to England please .
Couldn't agree with you more.
@peterstudley1804
And we as a society let it all happen - vote for weak ineffectual rubbish - and that is precisely what you get...!
It started in the late 1940's with the windrush rubbish!
@@JohnSmith-ei2pz 1950`s, after the end of World War 2.
Then the liberal - leftie elite (so called) began the systematic destruction of this country.
@@JohnSmith-ei2pz 1950`s after the end of the second world war.
And so began the rejection of traditional right wing thinking. And the liberal-left, began there systematic destruction of this country - just look at us now.....!!
NICE..
Everything going North from the South West went thru Cumberland Basin. Avonmouth bridge was yet to open.
The Centre in Bristol with grass people could sit on. Also the Italian Gardens in WSM with grass. No obese people or teenage twits outside McDonald's. Woolworths, The Coop, M and S the list goes on all now out of WSM and Broadmead.