This is beautiful, and sad. A great choice of music to accompany the video. I'm so glad your aunt had the forethought to shoot this and pass it on to us. No matter what was built in place of this community it will never be the same. A taste of the England I remember growing up and will never forget.
I've just produced a research project concerning demolition management and the socio-economic, environmental impact on townscapes. There's a paper I'm presenting to an international conference later this year regarding the same. Your video is beautifully put together and highlights everything I noted during my years of experience as a professional engineer and post-graduate researcher. Thank you.
@freethoughtmusic It was my late Aunt Elsie who filmed this. That's her ladies dress shop at the beginning of the film. She died three years ago age 89.
You're entitled to your opinion Mark Lovell. We're just grateful that my late aunt was progressive enough to film where we lived before it all disappeared, at time when few people had a cine camera.
That is a great film. I remember the demolition of hundreds of homes on Katherine St and South of there in Ashton about the same time. I totally agree with SeftonWallet. These films are priceless. Thanks for posting.
Lovely footage reminding me (holding back a tear) of my home life on Town Lane. The ladies are appearing from an electrical retailers next to your aunts shop which is next to Knights Chippy, the cleanest of chippies I have ever been in, (Friday tea time getting the family meal, three six's, two cod, a 'puddin' & gravy and mushy peas). Next to Knights, on the corner, is Ken Sorby's mini supermarket (SPAR I think). The black and white building being demolished (sadly) is the Windsor Cottage pub.
The shop next door to Elsie's was Stan Jones' TV & Radio shop. Stan died quite young in the early 1960s and his wife Eva carried on the business. She's one of the ladies at the door. The lady at the beginning walking past Ken Sorby's & Ken Knight's chippy is Nina Giblin, formerly of Parliament Street, but then living on Grenville Street.
This 8mm film was shot by my aunt who will be 89 next month. It is her ladies dress shop that's shown at the opening of the film. I recently had them converted to DVD and have been adding the music. I guess the houses and shops needed to come down as they were 19th century stock built for the workers in the local mills and factories. However, as usual what took their place are a mess, and the character of the town has gone. The new will last no where near as long as the old.
I chose this music because it will always be linked to my childhood, and indeed as it will for any British person of my age group. It was title music to "Listen With Mother", ("Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin) which was on the BBC (Radio) Home Service, Monday to Friday 1-45pm in the 1950s. I've seen grown men cry when they hear this again after so many years. Please see the credits at the end of the video for the actual title and composer.
I used to deliver papers to Parliament street around 1966, and that red crane you can see at the bottom of the street was always parked there then. Sad to think of all those people that are gone, along with there memories.
The lady in the shot at 29 seconds approaching the camera is my Grandma, Nina Giblin. Great to see. If there's anymore footage anyone had I'd love to see.
Sad to say that my husband was a demolition contractor back then. He was born and bred in Dukinfield and his parents lived in the hardware shop on Town Lane in the late 50s when I met him. All this work was done for what the local authorities thought at the time...would make a better envirement. Sad to say the rubbish they then built in its place, not just in Dukinfield, but all over the country, was ugly and unfriendly. Back then, those houses were warm happy homes, all they needed was some TLC.
I'm not too familiar with Manchester as we live nearer to Liverpool, so I dont knkw this particular area. But I feel some sadness seeing the 'progress' made in that era in towns and cities across the country. Communities broken up. I love footage like this and I'm glad people had the forsight to film stuff before it disappeared without a trace. And can you imagine them pulling buildings down with a bulldozer when traffic are driving past!
We have put so much faith in 'progress' and though we have won much, like foreign holidays, warm houses and air-conditioning in our cars, something vital has escaped us. Something leaked from us when those buildings fell, and sometimes I resent the 'experts' who took neighbour from neighbour.
Seeing this video makes me think of Gateshead town centre. They're in the process of building a brand new shopping, including a brand new Tesco in Gateshead, it replaces a 1960's shopping centre and the car park that every artist in the region would sit outside the old Tesco's and paint pictures of because it was in Get Carter (and was newly built back then) what's the betting that whatever replaced Dukinfield will be getting replaced itself?
born bred in Yorkshire seen too many "slum clearances". people were friendly but it was sad loosing friends parents would receive government cash and move away. And those less fortunate moved into high rises. We moved into much larger grander Victorian terraced house.
I grew up in Hyde but when this was kindly filmed by your late auntie I would have been around four!! and living at 329 Dukinfield Road where the village hotel is - this area was known as Hyde Junction in 1970 - just to think that on the sunny day when this was filmed I would have been probably out playing and the houses on my terrace were also due for demolition soon after - we moved to windermere Road estate just over the other side of Dukinfield Road in late 1970 but don't have any photos of the houses from back then so nice to see your aunties film is here
Where's the safety fencing? Demolition is different now they now use a crane with grab or pincher attachment's and the rubble is processed on site, not loaded into the lorry as shown in the film, and setting building on fire? that's dangerous
This could have been any major city in the early seventies ; they all had huge areas of 'slum housing' flattened. People's uprooted and moved on and for what?
I lived in Mary Street Dukinfield just before they were demolished. I must say with a little money for modernising they would have been better than those ugly flats that were put in thier place. I moved abroad in 1970 but on a recent trip back I thought I'd got the wrong country
This is beautiful, and sad. A great choice of music to accompany the video. I'm so glad your aunt had the forethought to shoot this and pass it on to us. No matter what was built in place of this community it will never be the same. A taste of the England I remember growing up and will never forget.
So many memories and character killed off. Duke is like a drive through town now. What a waste, it's so sad to see this, but thanks for posting.
I've just produced a research project concerning demolition management and the socio-economic, environmental impact on townscapes. There's a paper I'm presenting to an international conference later this year regarding the same. Your video is beautifully put together and highlights everything I noted during my years of experience as a professional engineer and post-graduate researcher. Thank you.
@freethoughtmusic It was my late Aunt Elsie who filmed this.
That's her ladies dress shop at the beginning of the film.
She died three years ago age 89.
I went to Old Chapel school and my mum had a shop on Pickford lane @1964.
You're entitled to your opinion Mark Lovell.
We're just grateful that my late aunt was progressive enough to film where we lived before it all disappeared, at time when few people had a cine camera.
That is a great film.
I remember the demolition of hundreds of homes on Katherine St and South of there in Ashton about the same time. I totally agree with SeftonWallet. These films are priceless.
Thanks for posting.
I lived on Dane Street. just down from Jack Holts toy shop . you could get almost anything on Town Lane. Concord way ? so sad.
Lovely footage reminding me (holding back a tear) of my home life on Town Lane. The ladies are appearing from an electrical retailers next to your aunts shop which is next to Knights Chippy, the cleanest of chippies I have ever been in, (Friday tea time getting the family meal, three six's, two cod, a 'puddin' & gravy and mushy peas). Next to Knights, on the corner, is Ken Sorby's mini supermarket (SPAR I think). The black and white building being demolished (sadly) is the Windsor Cottage pub.
Very touching.Thank you for posting.
Enjoyed watching vids from the past thnx
The loss of old buildings is always sad especially because modern ones are so bland and clumsy
The shop next door to Elsie's was Stan Jones' TV & Radio shop.
Stan died quite young in the early 1960s and his wife Eva carried on the business. She's one of the ladies at the door.
The lady at the beginning walking past Ken Sorby's & Ken Knight's chippy is Nina Giblin, formerly of Parliament Street, but then living on Grenville Street.
This 8mm film was shot by my aunt who will be 89 next month. It is her ladies dress shop that's shown at the opening of the film.
I recently had them converted to DVD and have been adding the music.
I guess the houses and shops needed to come down as they were 19th century stock built for the workers in the local mills and factories. However, as usual what took their place are a mess, and the character of the town has gone. The new will last no where near as long as the old.
I chose this music because it will always be linked to my childhood, and indeed as it will for any British person of my age group. It was title music to "Listen With Mother", ("Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin) which was on the BBC (Radio) Home Service, Monday to Friday 1-45pm in the 1950s. I've seen grown men cry when they hear this again after so many years.
Please see the credits at the end of the video for the actual title and composer.
I used to deliver papers to Parliament street around 1966, and that red crane you can see at the bottom of the street was always parked there then. Sad to think of all those people that are gone, along with there memories.
Did they set light to them first to remove the timber ? I want that job
I think so that the glass and bricks and tiles could be used for building foundations etc but the wood need to be separated first.
@MCchampers Many thanks for your kind comment.
The lady in the shot at 29 seconds approaching the camera is my Grandma, Nina Giblin. Great to see. If there's anymore footage anyone had I'd love to see.
Any relation to Lindsey Giblin? We went to school together.
Sad to say that my husband was a demolition contractor back then. He was born and bred in Dukinfield and his parents lived in the hardware shop on Town Lane in the late 50s when I met him. All this work was done for what the local authorities thought at the time...would make a better envirement. Sad to say the rubbish they then built in its place, not just in Dukinfield, but all over the country, was ugly and unfriendly. Back then, those houses were warm happy homes, all they needed was some TLC.
Does anyone remember hunters tower duckinfield
I'm not too familiar with Manchester as we live nearer to Liverpool, so I dont knkw this particular area. But I feel some sadness seeing the 'progress' made in that era in towns and cities across the country. Communities broken up.
I love footage like this and I'm glad people had the forsight to film stuff before it disappeared without a trace.
And can you imagine them pulling buildings down with a bulldozer when traffic are driving past!
We have put so much faith in 'progress' and though we have won much, like foreign holidays, warm houses and air-conditioning in our cars, something vital has escaped us. Something leaked from us when those buildings fell, and sometimes I resent the 'experts' who took neighbour from neighbour.
Seeing this video makes me think of Gateshead town centre. They're in the process of building a brand new shopping, including a brand new Tesco in Gateshead, it replaces a 1960's shopping centre and the car park that every artist in the region would sit outside the old Tesco's and paint pictures of because it was in Get Carter (and was newly built back then) what's the betting that whatever replaced Dukinfield will be getting replaced itself?
Which primary school did you attend?
So no info on each part
why was it demolished?
born bred in Yorkshire seen too many "slum clearances". people were friendly but it was sad loosing friends parents would receive government cash and move away. And those less fortunate moved into high rises. We moved into much larger grander Victorian terraced house.
Were you from Dukinfield??
I grew up in Hyde but when this was kindly filmed by your late auntie I would have been around four!! and living at 329 Dukinfield Road where the village hotel is - this area was known as Hyde Junction in 1970 - just to think that on the sunny day when this was filmed I would have been probably out playing and the houses on my terrace were also due for demolition soon after - we moved to windermere Road estate just over the other side of Dukinfield Road in late 1970 but don't have any photos of the houses from back then so nice to see your aunties film is here
Does anyone remember mrs Jone's sweet shop at the top of crescent rd mid sixties
I used to go there.
I remember Old Chapel celebrating 100yrs and the School all done up as in the picture Rooke's paper shop on Oxford rd
Don't live anywhere near here, but wonderful video.....
what a great vid, it is sad though watching it
Think my Step-dad worked for the demolition company then, Connell & Finnigan's
Where's the safety fencing? Demolition is different now they now use a crane with grab or pincher attachment's and the rubble is processed on site, not loaded into the lorry as shown in the film, and setting building on fire? that's dangerous
NO "safe spaces" and other such nonsense back then. Real world with real people who weren't afraid of real life.
This could have been any major city in the early seventies ; they all had huge areas of 'slum housing' flattened.
People's uprooted and moved on and for what?
I lived in Mary Street Dukinfield just before they were demolished. I must say with a little money for modernising they would have been better than those ugly flats that were put in thier place. I moved abroad in 1970 but on a recent trip back I thought I'd got the wrong country
i wish they could demolish it again, oh and while there doing that demolish Hyde, Hurst cross and Denton at the same time...
@dimb9 To make way for so called "re-development".
Yes they had a son called Colin. MatchstickMenBand.
Knock the old houses down in 69-70 for re-development Ha! Now they are probobly knocking those down for re-development! They dont build slums!