Romford Town 1981 | Thames News
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2015
- HAVERING is labelled as one of London's most boring boroughs by a report from the council. Report on the limited night-life in Romford, particularly for youngsters. Subscribe for more News Stories : bit.ly/SUBSCRIBE_ThamesNews
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"Going up North Romford ,looking for a fight" 🤣
Few years later and they had Hollywoods nightclub, which was a huge pull into Romford. In the early 90s they got approval to open all of those bars and pubs along South St and the rest is history!
This has got to be a dream. Its like Doc Brown has sent me back to a time, when The Liberty Shopping Centre was outdoors!
We got the ice rink a couple of years later, where I spent my childhood. I went to loads of ice rinks, and romford was the best ice rink for spectators of hockey. I'm sad they knocked it down.
i used to live in romford. born and bred. I thought the area was ok when I was younger. I was only a kid back then but the entertainment facilities were fine for me going into the dolphin swimming pool and going into the cinemas to watch movies it was a fine town back then and i used to go nightclubs weekly to. Sadly over the last 10 years the town has gone downhill.
lived here since 1978. My sister worked at the Dolphin Centre for a while. Half the things they said it was going to have never materialised, it was just a swimming pool with waves in the end. the building was sinking as soon as it was built. when it got ripped down it was one less place for kids to go.
The Council shut the swimming pool, which then stayed empty for years. Hollywoods nightclub, which was fantastic, came and went (the site is now an eyesore, a block of flats) and the whole area is now a sh*t hole.
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I grew up in Romford as young kid in the 70s I would sooner have the 70s back compared to what it's like now.dont complain about the 70s people where a 1000s times better then .
Birdcage. Bitter End. Rush Green Tavern. Loads of places in the mid 80s.
When this was filmed Romford was in no-mans-land.
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Always the same problem. Romford goes through ebbs and flows of having nothing to offer people under... well... 40 years old and then the occasional exciting period with a couple of bars/clubs. 'Trouble' has always been a problem for city centre nightlife. Council run activities and programmes only ever really targeting seniors and families also being a story as old as time.
lol and then they filled romford with pubs and clubs and things much worse. now they are getting rid of all the clubs and turning them into real estate
In 1981 i was putting up/taking down the market stalls 4 nights a week. £12 a week 4-5hrs per night in all weather. you didnt get home to bed till gone midnight sometimes and then i had bloody school next day,unwashed and reaking of rotten vegetables. There was nothing to do in romford if you were young except fighting,drinking or if you had no aspirations at all....glue sniffing in the horrible subways. Romford town centre was still 10times better than growing up in Harold Hill. i got out asap. Awful place.
Haha my dads in the background
King's Head was my place of drunkeness, then Birdcage, altho hated that name
Romford has a lot more stabbings these days.
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