The roundabout is now a lot worse than it was back then; it goes from two lanes to one, then back to two and back to one before it repeats. I would estimate that at least a quarter of all vehicles are in the wrong lane and will quickly switch lanes to get in the correct one when they realise their lane is for the exit only. Roads were so much nicer back then. Thanks for sharing.
@@MediaWML Usual Highways/Council`s messing roads up for no reason. Look at the mess Leeds is now. Roads & travelling was good in those days. Now it`s just a chore
I love these. Early-mid 80s was definitely my favourite time growing up. Amazing just how hazy the air was then - there must still have been quite a few solid fuel fires around. And 75% of all cars were Fords!
That bit of Steve Wright on Radio 1 made me think. I would have been listening to that at work, as a YTS apprentice mechanic. We used to have an old car radio in the workshop tuned to Radio 1. Seems like a lifetime ago.
Love the surreal intro with the stick and the trippy music and the empty roads with nobody parking and the death defying driving from the 4 door mk2 Escort and Steve Wright in the Afternoon. England seemed normal and modern in the '80s when I was there, but this vid shows it to have been somewhere else entirely from what I remember with smoke-belching power stations and tiny trees on mown verges along empty motorways with a separate lane on the left that nobody used. Nurse, I need one of my pills please. One of the special happy ones....
My dad bought a mk1 Granada from Tingley in 1986, I was in the passenger seat when he was stopped on Ferrybridge services roundabout as he was using trade plates and I had to get in with his friend and my mum in the car following.
Yes Ford`s were very popular on all these old Dashcam video. Including the camera car And have a look on the 1984 Castleford marathon video. Loads of them going by
Some things haven't changed from then until today....Middle lane hoggers!!!! Bloody clear road and sat in the middle lane. Thanks for the great video though, I wish I was back then at 20 years old, petrol .35p a litre, fish and chips £1.10 and no Gimmigrants......
Late 70s early 80s cars you weren't sure you would get there without breaking down, late 80s early 90s very like modern day like - there was quite a marked step in reliability. I remember when I was driving around there in the early 90s something changed for the better around there, was it you had to drive to Ferrybridge services to get on the A1 but then an/the A1 junction opened to the west that made it a lot easier
Oh I remember the 1999 M1 extension, before that to get North from Manchester was either stick to the M62 to Ferrybridge and go up the Narrow A1 full of lorries blocking the right lane or work your way through congested Leeds,
Prob since the sometimes dodgy carburetors were phased out with fuel injection on new cars approx late 80s. The latter being a much more 'digital' on/off experience
Amazing. Who had a camcorder back then??? Quality is amazingly good - usually loads of noise on the tape and poor colour, but this is amazing good. I was 15 on this day this was recorded. Conjures plenty of emotions lol
That's what I wondered my Dad had a camcorder in 85 but cost a lot and was massive. He also had a 85 XJS v12 with a car phone. Looking at the car its looks old boy racer type that would probably worth less than the camera. Initially I thought it a cine camera which was still more popular in 85 much cheaper than a camcorder and had better quality than some camcorders. But as there is sound unless fake, I wonder if they worked in the camera world
A video camera & a portable video recorder for these videos. Did get a VHS(c) camcorder a few years later. But did`nt want it rattling away on the tripod. And originally they were only 30 minute tapes My dad had a cine camera, but I never usd it. Wish I had now. The sound is original, and was a tape being played. The video`s labelled "New Audio" are some great music added on. That was not on any of the originals at the time.
Maybe I'm strange but, I actually miss seeing Ferrybridge C on trips along the M62/A1. A big, brutal concrete behemoth it may have been but, it was such a significant landmark and contributor to the local economy (and of course all the collieries around Yorkshire that supplied it) to go past now and see nothing there is just...... strange. Empty. Back in '85 there must have been many more local power stations still in operation too, like Leeds Skelton Grange, Wakefield, Elland.... you'd have been able to see cooling towers on the horizon in almost any direction! Not so today (though plenty of wind turbines instead). Ditto the colliery pit heads and outbuildings that were once such a common sight. All gone now. Better? Maybe. More interesting? Nope.
Yes you knew you were nearly home when you saw them. I rember the long trains carrying coal to Ferrybridge. Going over the bridge, on the B6136 next to it When I was doing the demolition photo`s & videos. Over the long time it took to demolish it.. It was a constant convoy of lorries. Coming & going, with wood pellets, for the new Multifuel plants.. It seemed daft to close the local Kellinglley pit down. Then bring wood pellets from America, The manufacturing of the pellets, the oil the ships consume, & then the wagons from the docks. That`s a lot of fuel miles. Also the waste material from the Flue Gas Desulphurisation. Was the raw material, for the plasterboard factory built next to it.
Van hire sign saying £12 , bargain, streets were clean country wasn’t over populated and you could afford to rent a property or buy . Inflation now is crazy.
Those were the days. Visit parents 170 miles away on a Honda 900 FA …. Leave at 10am there before 12 😅😅😅 Watching out for Police Jam Butties in their Rover 3500. 👍👍👍👍
Are you sure this is definitely as early as May 1985? 04:35 passing in the middle lane looks like a Ford Granada/Scorpio which I don't think arrived in the UK until 1986 C reg. Certainly never seen one on a B reg. Unfortunately it passes too quickly to see the registration.
@@mattw8332 According to Wikipedia they were released in April 1985 which would be B reg which surprised me, as I have certainly never seen any on a B reg. Even on C reg I thought the numbers were limited as I only ever saw a few of them. However, I remember seeing plenty of them on D reg. This must be one of the very earliest seen here, lucky to have caught it on video. The 'jelly mould' shape looks like it belongs in a different world to all the 1970s and 80s cars here.
Love these too, nice to see a new one. The traffic back then was so light compared to now unless this was on a Sunday when traffic was light back then compared to Sundays now. Also sounds like Steve Wright on the radio 🥲🥲. Weird driving on the M62 not to see where the new exit to the A1 is now instead of where it was back then at Ferrybridge services? What was the music you were listening to?
@@gavinpeters949 It was a Tuesday. And yes the roads, & traffic where great in those days. Steve Wright was on a few of these videos. Always liked his shows.throughout the years. The music was The Narrow Way, & Grantchester Meadows, By Pink Floyd From the 1969 album Ummagumma.
You're right - it really was! I don't get all these people harping on about how good things were back then - they really weren't and we knew they weren't at the time. Yes, things were starting to get on the up, but they were not particularly good times at all!
Now Moto Ferrybridge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrybridge_services
The roundabout is now a lot worse than it was back then; it goes from two lanes to one, then back to two and back to one before it repeats. I would estimate that at least a quarter of all vehicles are in the wrong lane and will quickly switch lanes to get in the correct one when they realise their lane is for the exit only.
Roads were so much nicer back then. Thanks for sharing.
@@MediaWML Usual Highways/Council`s messing roads up for no reason.
Look at the mess Leeds is now.
Roads & travelling was good in those days.
Now it`s just a chore
What type of car was it you were driving?
@@johnflavin1602 A 1976 Escort Mk2 1.3L
@@251hanomag Cool, I love seeing these old cars.
I love these. Early-mid 80s was definitely my favourite time growing up. Amazing just how hazy the air was then - there must still have been quite a few solid fuel fires around. And 75% of all cars were Fords!
The motorways were much quieter back then. Interesting to see all the old lorries and cars of the day.
That bit of Steve Wright on Radio 1 made me think. I would have been listening to that at work, as a YTS apprentice mechanic. We used to have an old car radio in the workshop tuned to Radio 1. Seems like a lifetime ago.
Love the surreal intro with the stick and the trippy music and the empty roads with nobody parking and the death defying driving from the 4 door mk2 Escort and Steve Wright in the Afternoon. England seemed normal and modern in the '80s when I was there, but this vid shows it to have been somewhere else entirely from what I remember with smoke-belching power stations and tiny trees on mown verges along empty motorways with a separate lane on the left that nobody used.
Nurse, I need one of my pills please. One of the special happy ones....
Nowadays, there's more traffic at 1am on the M62 than there was here in broad daylight.
My god, look how gorgeously quiet the M62 was back then
My dad bought a mk1 Granada from Tingley in 1986, I was in the passenger seat when he was stopped on Ferrybridge services roundabout as he was using trade plates and I had to get in with his friend and my mum in the car following.
Whats really amazing is the sheer amount of fords and vauxhall cars during the 80s, cortinas, escorts, fiestas and the first sierras if its 1985.
Yes Ford`s were very popular on all these old Dashcam video. Including the camera car
And have a look on the 1984 Castleford marathon video. Loads of them going by
@@easydrive3662 first Sierra was 1982 in a Y Reg from 1.3L - 2.8V6 Inc’ 2,3D but yes you are right about that 👍
Look at the traffic...definitely not busy.....let's bring back those days.
This must of been a Tuesday, because I remember setting off on a college trip on Friday 10th May 85 !
Yes mate, I passed my test on Monday 13th.
Great video then and now. 200%first person serial killer vibes though
Those were the days when the British appreciated British cars.
I'd completely forgotten about the wind noise, at high speeds, due to the shape of cars back then.
Some things haven't changed from then until today....Middle lane hoggers!!!! Bloody clear road and sat in the middle lane.
Thanks for the great video though, I wish I was back then at 20 years old, petrol .35p a litre, fish and chips £1.10 and no Gimmigrants......
Late 70s early 80s cars you weren't sure you would get there without breaking down, late 80s early 90s very like modern day like - there was quite a marked step in reliability. I remember when I was driving around there in the early 90s something changed for the better around there, was it you had to drive to Ferrybridge services to get on the A1 but then an/the A1 junction opened to the west that made it a lot easier
Oh I remember the 1999 M1 extension, before that to get North from Manchester was either stick to the M62 to Ferrybridge and go up the Narrow A1 full of lorries blocking the right lane or work your way through congested Leeds,
Prob since the sometimes dodgy carburetors were phased out with fuel injection on new cars approx late 80s. The latter being a much more 'digital' on/off experience
Steve Wright on the radio 📻
awesome wish i could clock the wyp mk2 granada reg
Wow, motorway with left and middle lanes that aren’t end to end trucks overtaking each other
Elephant racing both on the limiter
Amazing. Who had a camcorder back then??? Quality is amazingly good - usually loads of noise on the tape and poor colour, but this is amazing good.
I was 15 on this day this was recorded. Conjures plenty of emotions lol
That's what I wondered my Dad had a camcorder in 85 but cost a lot and was massive. He also had a 85 XJS v12 with a car phone. Looking at the car its looks old boy racer type that would probably worth less than the camera. Initially I thought it a cine camera which was still more popular in 85 much cheaper than a camcorder and had better quality than some camcorders. But as there is sound unless fake, I wonder if they worked in the camera world
A video camera & a portable video recorder for these videos. Did get a VHS(c) camcorder a few years later.
But did`nt want it rattling away on the tripod. And originally they were only 30 minute tapes
My dad had a cine camera, but I never usd it. Wish I had now.
The sound is original, and was a tape being played.
The video`s labelled "New Audio" are some great music added on. That was not on any of the originals at the time.
The M62 east of Ferrybridge isn't particularly busy, even today.
Maybe I'm strange but, I actually miss seeing Ferrybridge C on trips along the M62/A1. A big, brutal concrete behemoth it may have been but, it was such a significant landmark and contributor to the local economy (and of course all the collieries around Yorkshire that supplied it) to go past now and see nothing there is just...... strange. Empty. Back in '85 there must have been many more local power stations still in operation too, like Leeds Skelton Grange, Wakefield, Elland.... you'd have been able to see cooling towers on the horizon in almost any direction! Not so today (though plenty of wind turbines instead).
Ditto the colliery pit heads and outbuildings that were once such a common sight. All gone now. Better? Maybe. More interesting? Nope.
Yes you knew you were nearly home when you saw them.
I rember the long trains carrying coal to Ferrybridge. Going over the bridge, on the B6136 next to it
When I was doing the demolition photo`s & videos. Over the long time it took to demolish it..
It was a constant convoy of lorries. Coming & going, with wood pellets, for the new Multifuel plants..
It seemed daft to close the local Kellinglley pit down.
Then bring wood pellets from America,
The manufacturing of the pellets, the oil the ships consume, & then the wagons from the docks.
That`s a lot of fuel miles.
Also the waste material from the Flue Gas Desulphurisation.
Was the raw material, for the plasterboard factory built next to it.
That escort wasn't looking was it!
And they still do it !
Van hire sign saying £12 , bargain, streets were clean country wasn’t over populated and you could afford to rent a property or buy . Inflation now is crazy.
Those were the days. Visit parents 170 miles away on a Honda 900 FA …. Leave at 10am there before 12 😅😅😅 Watching out for Police Jam Butties in their Rover 3500. 👍👍👍👍
Lime butties in West Yorkshire!
I wonder if True Heritage did win the 3:30 at Redcar
The only time you'd witness motorways this clear, nowadays and in broad daylight was during the recent "Plan-demic" lock down.
Nutty driver 😄
Have a feeling he’s also the cameraman.
Mind you, camcorders weighed 4-5 kg battery pack and all…
Good 'ol Lisheen avenue!
Nice roads, no cyclists!
How technology has come on since then...at what point I time do we crack gravity and travel around in a Tic-Tac within warp bubbles.
1985 …. I’d just bought my first 2 bedroom terrace house for £16,385. All good. 😅😅😅
Are you sure this is definitely as early as May 1985? 04:35 passing in the middle lane looks like a Ford Granada/Scorpio which I don't think arrived in the UK until 1986 C reg. Certainly never seen one on a B reg. Unfortunately it passes too quickly to see the registration.
Yes the date is correct
Mark 3 Granadas/Scorpios were launched in 1985 on a B registration.
@@mattw8332 According to Wikipedia they were released in April 1985 which would be B reg which surprised me, as I have certainly never seen any on a B reg. Even on C reg I thought the numbers were limited as I only ever saw a few of them. However, I remember seeing plenty of them on D reg.
This must be one of the very earliest seen here, lucky to have caught it on video. The 'jelly mould' shape looks like it belongs in a different world to all the 1970s and 80s cars here.
Imagine driving a new 74 Reg vehicle in that era , that would be a serious head turner as you’d beat most cars ! No speed cameras 😂😂😮😮
A similar sight to a 94 reg. car with a bunch of people snoozing inside
@@LetharG 🤙🤙😀😀
Depends what car...mostly shite nowadays
@@LordFlashheart.11 any car really from 2024 , like a focus 1.5 ecoboost would beat most cars from 85 for example 🤙👍
Last 40k an goodbye engine
Why were they doing this very unusual thing, filming from a moving car? Anybody know?
Too much money to spare. 😂😂. But I am thankful now
Video cameras were around £1200 back then too as they were massive and took a VHS tape. I used to borrow the one we had at work and make daft videos.
Dashcam, really common these days.
What car is being driven in the video?
I think he said it was a MK2 escort mate
Don't use the nearside lane. It's detrimental to your health.
Is this a new one or a reupload?
A new one. Being busy with the Lightning videos !
@@251hanomag cheers I’ve missed these🙏👍
Love these too, nice to see a new one.
The traffic back then was so light compared to now unless this was on a Sunday when traffic was light back then compared to Sundays now.
Also sounds like Steve Wright on the radio 🥲🥲.
Weird driving on the M62 not to see where the new exit to the A1 is now instead of where it was back then at Ferrybridge services?
What was the music you were listening to?
@@gavinpeters949 It was a Tuesday. And yes the roads, & traffic where great in those days.
Steve Wright was on a few of these videos. Always liked his shows.throughout the years.
The music was The Narrow Way, & Grantchester Meadows, By Pink Floyd
From the 1969 album Ummagumma.
Great footage, but Britain still miserable as sin then as it is now. In all honesty.
@@KiwiGraggle think it’s dreadful now than back in 85 …….
The UK looked so grim and drab in the 70s and 80s, and the standard of driving is as terrible as I remember.
You're right - it really was! I don't get all these people harping on about how good things were back then - they really weren't and we knew they weren't at the time. Yes, things were starting to get on the up, but they were not particularly good times at all!
Bagpuss❤
God the 80s were depressing,not as bad as the 70s though
It's more depressing now!