*I have many more nice, A.I. enhanced films about London during and before World War-II (and even from the 1900s) in colour* : kzitem.info/door/PLP_6hUsQRi8sOgzj80XqJ5nUUTxL_KDWb
@martinwebb1681
7 ай бұрын
Though a lovely video it is not 1950s, it is the 1960s. In the film there are two Austin LD vans with the new front (mk2) one parked at the roadside in the day shot and another in the night shot. These vehicles were not available before April 1960, so this video is from sometime after that date.
@jeremystone6641
11 ай бұрын
Makes me feel like crying.
@eastlondona.m.w2886
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful London before it was given away.
@user-qt1om9ci4c
10 ай бұрын
If only I could go back😢
@WetBandit-qo9xd
11 ай бұрын
Look how clean everything was then! This harks back to a time that is within living memory for many Londoners, how sad it must be to look back at scenes like this then have to walk these same streets now and see the filth and decay of what used to be the greatest city in the world. The politicians simply don't understand how far our society and culture has gone down the toilet in such a short time and they have the gall to call it progress and diversity.
@normajoanmorris7840
10 ай бұрын
I just feel lucky that I lived in those times with true Londoners . I watch this film many times and go straight back there. Oh my heart , my London. ❤️
@martinwebb1681
7 ай бұрын
It is all as planned, the WEF have made sure that this has been implemented over the whole of Europe.
@daveevans6783
11 ай бұрын
And not one machete in sight.
@dbboydroberts
Жыл бұрын
My father managed the grocers John Buckle (shown at 1 minute 43 seconds) in the 50's so we were very familiar with this part of London.
Wow The days when London was beautiful, not like London of today.
@therewdy4038
Жыл бұрын
London had a lot of slums back then. Try watching 'wild west 10' as in North Kensington w10
@ryan2020091
Жыл бұрын
Looks like Baghdad today
@countfosco8535
8 ай бұрын
you been
@bluegtturbo
3 жыл бұрын
Wow - everything is so clean and well kept! Not a sign of litter. Shops , gardens etc all look beautiful and well maintained.
@MrDaiseymay
3 жыл бұрын
All down to that single roadsweeper, boy he must have slept well at night
@ianmangham4570
3 жыл бұрын
We could easily pay people who on the dole to clean up the streets and pick litter, offer them £5 an hour and i bet the streets would be spotless
@kJ922-h3j
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe I’m being stupid, but I just can’t imagine people really walked around with anything to litter. They didn’t snack etc like we do now lol. Probably mostly cigarettes
@nicola7917
Жыл бұрын
I can't belive how clean everything looks 🧹
@johnblair2362
Жыл бұрын
Looks like the road surface is photo shopped, way too smoothe😂
@nicola7917
Жыл бұрын
@@johnblair2362 called the great reset
@denisescutt1865
Жыл бұрын
Those really were better days. I have lived them
@maxwellfan55
11 ай бұрын
No one of sound mind can possibly deny these scenes depict a far better way of life and common decency than we have today.
@user-ky7pb7ol8f
10 ай бұрын
Right on!
@robharding5345
10 ай бұрын
For sure !
@kinhamid9665
8 ай бұрын
I can
@oldjake4233
7 ай бұрын
My mind is still sound and I don't look back with rose tinted spectacles to this time.
@Libaluff
7 ай бұрын
Why? Women did not have equal employment rights, homosexuality was illegal, a University education was out of reach of many, building standards meant that many were living in poor quality homes. I don’t think that the 1950s were as good as all that …
@MrCptjohn
3 жыл бұрын
As a child born 1950,I can remember the 50s growing up,wasn’t we children of the 50s so lucky to have lived in this era,brilliant video and thanks for posting them.
@MrDaiseymay
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed---things were getting better, rationing over, shops had more things to buy, and us kids had the freedom to roam, without too much anxiety for their parents..
@johnobrien8398
10 ай бұрын
Everything looks so clean London just after the war looks amazing would Love to visit the 50s
@owood2288
3 жыл бұрын
One thing I always notice in videos from this period is the lack of street furniture - the absence of excessive signage/bollards really opens the street, making everything look much cleaner and navigable, from a pedestrian point of view. Perhaps once we finally ditch cars we'll see a return to this sort of low-key urban design.
@paulstevens6043
2 жыл бұрын
Cars are ife. I love driving. Cars zipping around the city make the city hum. In San Francisco the city has been destroyed by bike lanes and special lanes and cones and streets bing blocked off to through traffic. Pedestrianizing streets like Carnaby Street have destroyed the spirit and freedom of the city and turned them into non-urban tourist traps.
@tristan_840
Жыл бұрын
@@paulstevens6043 yeah, keep feeding your car dependency addiction, surely the government loves it too. Cars are only used and should be used for long distance travel and should not be prioritized! Cars are the one who destroys the cities, taking away the freedom to walk, get around the city as efficient and healthy as possible.
@paulstevens6043
Жыл бұрын
@@tristan_840 You can walk on the sidewalk Tristan. Taken away your freedom to walk? The cities are overrun with bike lanes and citibikes and scooters and pedestrianized strips. Whole swathes of downtown cities have been turned into family friendly places theme park attractions. Barely feel like cities. The bike lanes and cones signs and rules make the cities feel smaller literally and also in spirit.
@deed468
3 жыл бұрын
How nicely everyone is dressed - hats, suits, dresses... So many go out today in clothes that 50s people probably wouldn't even wear at home. They'd be appalled at the sloppy way we dress today.
@SlimHandle
3 жыл бұрын
Up to a few years ago everyone was being coerced and monopolised to wear jeans at every casual occasion and if you didn't, you'd get questioned. More variation in the 1950s I would say.
@gabberjaab4562
3 жыл бұрын
I dont think they had jeans or casual wear available in those days...
@santitofelipe6283
2 жыл бұрын
'Here Here Old Bean.. Here here!
@maxb9315
Жыл бұрын
If you drive through London these days, be darn careful which areas you drive into.
@maxb9315
Жыл бұрын
@@DrBoobY2K Darn right I don't. I can't afford £500,000 for a flat the size of a cupboard.
@maxb9315
Жыл бұрын
@@DrBoobY2K London's crime rate is 9% higher than the national average and in some districts , such as Haringay, violence and sexual crime account for around a third of these offences. ( I provided links for this info, but they have disappeared.) I'm not implying, incidentally, that London is uniquely afflicted in this regard. I'm unfortunate enough to live near Bradford, which has a similarly unenviable reputation, with areas you wouldn't particularly wish to frequent, by car or otherwise.
@steveyogilmore5314
Жыл бұрын
@@maxb9315 well done Max. That shut Tom up nicely.
@dontstart8440
Жыл бұрын
@@DrBoobY2K i do, and he is 100% right. you're just privileged
@maxb9315
Жыл бұрын
@@DrBoobY2K 9% is substantive, and, as I explained in an post, I wasn't contending that London is uniquely afflicted in this regard. As for that 'question that never got answered', that was because it never got asked.
@neilthomas9244
Жыл бұрын
Ah! London when it was still a part of Great Britain.
@johnpearson591
3 жыл бұрын
so clean. lovely shops with window displays. no chicken , burger, kebab shops. no fruit an veg in plastic bowls
@geoffdundee
2 жыл бұрын
John Pearson ............when you import the 3rd world you become the 3rd world.....die-versity is stealth replacement
@HouseWinchester1874
Жыл бұрын
Wow, it looks like London, and not a third world hell hole.
@normajoanmorris7840
10 ай бұрын
Wonderful! Oh my heart my London, my time .❤️
@daviddixon6043
2 жыл бұрын
I used to live just of Kensington High Street in the 1950s and I remember all those Shops. Also I remember the New Police station being Built in the 1950s. It was a Lovely place to live. I used to go up to Kensington Gardens to Sail my Sailing yatch .good old days !!
@arianamoments
2 жыл бұрын
Y como era Londres?.. me refiero a las personas(?)
@mickgee1661
10 ай бұрын
Remember them days seeing the boats and remember catching sticklebacks at the round pond.
@joshlevy3480
10 ай бұрын
Before millions of mobile black letter boxes!!!
@robharding5345
Жыл бұрын
My ! what a wonderful city ! I am proud to have been born in this great city of the world, when London really did have the sway of world power ! We have been badly let down by consecutive powers over the decades, which has culminated in a far inferior world power, and this really is unforgivable. This 50's shot is from my early life, and it is without doubt my most heartfelt . euphoric, and nostalgic piece of London I will ever witness,
@robharding5345
9 ай бұрын
Unfortunately your absolutely right,@stevebull4578. But our government would paint you a totally different story. that all is fine and dandy, But people of a certain age know better.
@patriciah.1090
Жыл бұрын
Everything looks so clean and well maintained. If only our overpaid local authority managers had the same pride in the environment they are paid to manage. My father in law was responsible for the department that managed the town hall clock, parks and gardens and street lighting and also cleaning the streets, drains and gutters. Taking a pride and responsibility for your environment was how people lived. Shame on you if you dropped litter, times have changed do you think. 😢
@derekwilkinson688
Жыл бұрын
@@DrBoobY2K yeah ! But did it take away all the dirty bloody foreigner's
@chriswoodworth1894
3 жыл бұрын
A Morris van at 1.18. My dad’s first motor KTJ599. I remember my mum begging dad to slow down as the speedo hit 57mph. It lacked all comforts and I sat on a tool box in the back.
@LilybetMells
3 ай бұрын
I'm amazed at how clean the streets are! People actually took pride in where they lived.
@Robbie-sv6wq
10 ай бұрын
A different world to what as become now. So sad.
@bobskimaxx
2 жыл бұрын
Look how clean everything looked.
@julianwynne8705
2 жыл бұрын
but (of course) wasn't...
@janicebarthram6759
2 жыл бұрын
No discarded fast food wrappers that litter our streets now. People took pride in where they lived.
@MrLachlan09
11 ай бұрын
Wonderful. Let's give it all away to the dregs of the world.
@grahambarrett5569
3 жыл бұрын
Just look at that beautiful architecture and nose clean streets
@Firebrand55
3 жыл бұрын
This very good enhancement gives a distinct Edward Hopper hue. Notice the almost total lack of road markings, giving a spacious look to the scenes; people obviously used their common sense then....and...the cars!, the cars!..the variety in the designs!
@flybobbie1449
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how subtly the world changes. 4:57, my father had Morris Traveler. Even in the 60's it was an "old" car. As time goes by the feel of the world changes, you start to think you don't belong here anymore.
@flybobbie1449
Жыл бұрын
Like shops signs. I noticed when young how cheaper plastics started to appear as shop signs, yet just look above the signs and you see the original turn of the century frontage.
@jrb4935
Жыл бұрын
Especially when literally everyone around you is foreign.
@robharding5345
10 ай бұрын
This is just a snapshot of what once we had, But its what Europe once had too, We have been sold down the river by our pathetic politicians. and I fear for our very survival.Our unique British way of life has been slowly eroding for decades, Life is never perfect, but back then , it was the nearest thing to it.
@jacksugden8190
11 ай бұрын
Looked free from meddling hands, No yellow lines on the road Clean streets Calm and relaxing Decent RT buses No pollution No mayor No TfL
@spencerburrows6260
3 жыл бұрын
Can't believe how clean the streets are
@Mp-hn2sr
3 жыл бұрын
Look immaculate don’t it
@girlgirl4548
3 жыл бұрын
It was "before".
@crzybrit8150
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was my first thought lol looks so nice...
@johnjoyce1958
5 ай бұрын
Notice how clean the streets are!
@aib0160
Жыл бұрын
No litter, no beggars, no graffiti and all within just a few years of the war that bankrupted us. Whatever happened to us!
@capitalb5889
2 жыл бұрын
My father lived in the area in the early 1950s as a young man, so would remember those scenes well. He's pretty much blind now so sadly he won't be able to enjoy this.
@trabali5168
3 жыл бұрын
Its been enhanced to the point where it looks like an animation
@graemethomson648
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for keeping up and posting these clips. All contributions to seeing, understanding and appreciating our cultural heritage are important in this anti-history period. Beyond my capabilities but it would be wonderful to know the routes the film crews took for some of the footage you have posted. Thanks again
@Rick88888888
3 жыл бұрын
The Route is described in my original, non-enhanced version: kzitem.info/news/bejne/qH6e23aQfox2hoo
@geeemayiluser3430
2 жыл бұрын
Roads look so much nicer when not covered in lines and paint
@mikehudson8884
3 жыл бұрын
Look how clean the streets appear and uncluttered with road markings, lines bollards etc...Amazing, so lovely to look at..I prefer your cleaned up version but both are OK. Love the colours.
@malcolmfunkymalcolm2369
3 жыл бұрын
Another amazing footage. This was the year I was born, so thank you Rick for bringing back these wonderfully clear, sharp memories
@girlgirl4548
3 жыл бұрын
Look, our country as it was, clean, neat, tidy, orderly. Ours, as it was. Before.
@theonlyantony
3 жыл бұрын
It wasnt. It has been 2nd ate since the war We just cannot admit the squandering of our Marshall Aid and the under-investment in everything from transport to housing. Rose tinted childhood memories don't match what adults had to go through, and the shit they put up with. Time to grow up
@Shaunny.Longlegs
3 жыл бұрын
@@theonlyantony what? My dad could get a job in one day, quit that same job, get another job and make enough to feed his family in one day. Oh yeah my dad was a kid through the most part (born 1946), not til the 60s and 70s he had a family but still, kids could get jobs and make money. Country went to shit when Thatcher got in power and stopped all that. You don't know what you are talking about
@uktravel8341
3 жыл бұрын
Nowadays these streets are packed to the brim with concrete traffic islands, bollards, railings along all the roads, road markings, speed cameras, unnecessary sets of traffic lights etc. Totally transformed, and all for the worse.
@capitalb5889
2 жыл бұрын
I think Kensington high Street had all its rails stripped out about 15 years ago to make it less clustered.
@uktravel8341
2 жыл бұрын
@@capitalb5889 A rare example, unfortunately. Most councils are ploughing ahead with installing yet more ugliness despite the Streetscape Guidance from 2010.
@capitalb5889
2 жыл бұрын
@@uktravel8341 sadly true
@lordsnooty61
3 жыл бұрын
Proper cars, proper buses, unrestricted parking. This is how London was meant to be! Is it an illusion or do the roads and pavements look excessively clean? And de-cluttered. There's just so much crap everywhere now.
@MrSosa35
Жыл бұрын
The first thing I always notice is how clear the environment is whereas now it is massively overpopulated and unfortunately less appealing. I'm not sure whether its the A.I your using but the streets look clean and habitable compared to today!
@matthewburns7989
Жыл бұрын
This is obviously an upmarket area of middle and upper class folk. There were plenty of very dirty slums in the country during this period that were in process still of being got rid. Plus this super bright picture kind of blurs things put a bit anyway so it's not entirely easy to see exactly what things look like up close. The streets are going to look more empty because vehicle traffic was still very far away from the levels we see today in 21st century.
@MrSosa35
Жыл бұрын
@@matthewburns7989 I'm fully aware that its an affluent area as I only live ten minutes away. Not to mention have spent over forty years in the capital. Nonetheless my point still stands irrespective of area in London its harshly overpopulated and run down.
@ladytron1724
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful shop fronts at the start of the video.Very Art Deco.
@cyberhype5495
Жыл бұрын
A better society
@OlafProt
Жыл бұрын
😂yup. The slums. The smog. The non existent rights for anyone but working white men. 1 television channel, 1 telephone line for for 6 houses, outdoor toilets. Backstreet abortion was commonplace, infant mortality too. Yes the streets were cleaner (because there were no fast food chains, and government still thought street sweeping was important). But enough of this guff that the “the old days” were better. They were different.
@crazyfishmonster459
3 жыл бұрын
We were never asked...
@girlgirl4548
3 жыл бұрын
Our country as it was, clean, neat, tidy, orderly. Ours, as it was. Before.
@puunersjabski6487
2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you were even allowed to watch it.
@Devin7Eleven
Жыл бұрын
@@puunersjabski6487Why wouldn’t they be allowed to watch? The ones orchestrating this want to twist the blade in the wound
@saminsaigon
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing improvement. I'm looking forward to this one with the music. Good job. Congratulations.
@neilfry7835
Жыл бұрын
Pam fry clean streets, well dressed people.
@ruthbashford3176
6 ай бұрын
It is easy to look back on this through rose coloured glasses but, believe me, there were some serious problems. However, compared with now it was a much better place to live and work in my opinion.
@gb1984yt
Жыл бұрын
You could eat you food off that pavement practically spotless
@colin101981
10 ай бұрын
I wonder what that world would have thought of this world? 🤔
@plooopymops
10 ай бұрын
I don't think they would be very impressed by our modern world.
@eddkennedy6458
10 ай бұрын
They would of thought why didn't you listen to Enoch Powell.
@countfosco8535
8 ай бұрын
They would have called it progress.
@sharonjojo
7 ай бұрын
@@countfosco8535 Evil progress.
@ajakakakak
5 ай бұрын
@@sharonjojoyeah so evil that sexual abuse towards children is now more known and stopped, and that cures for illnesses have been more developed, just to name a couple
@Alwpiano
3 жыл бұрын
Looks so lovely and picturesque. Like scenery from a Walt Disney film. So unlike the gang-ridden, over populated mad house it is now.
@capitalb5889
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think you'd see many gangs on Kensington high Street today
@terencephillips6833
10 ай бұрын
Those were happy days indeed, the days of my courting and marriage, to look around my country town now it’s so changed and the population includes many foreigners, the peacefulness has completely disappeared and I feel I’m among strangers now in my advancing years , if you weren’t there in those days you won’t appreciate what’s been lost , and lost forever…..I was born in 1937 .
@steveaustin6467
Жыл бұрын
how pleasant and clean, no aggro, safe and proper high street shops. what a mess britain is today.......
@therewdy4038
Жыл бұрын
Im sure the Krays an other gangsters were roaming the streets back then!
@BEN-oi5zu
Жыл бұрын
Old people today who lived in these times created the London we live in toay!! Selfish greedy counts.
@tobytwirl04
Жыл бұрын
Britain is FINISHED!
@briangatt2956
7 ай бұрын
Back in the days where your parents and grandparents could buy their own house.
@jimmycakes7158
3 жыл бұрын
Looks like Beirut now
@professormcclaine5738
Жыл бұрын
Deteriorated since the 1970's I'm told.
@martinwebb1681
7 ай бұрын
Yes, the 1980s was the decade where everything changed for the worse.
@denisescutt1865
Жыл бұрын
Most people I know have moved out
@alanknewman4294
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see clean street's.
@geoffjoffy
2 жыл бұрын
Nice film. Thanks for showing us.
@Iceni007
3 жыл бұрын
Before the American cultural colonisation of this country and the fast-food invasion - not a single piece of litter on the streets - no McDonalds cartons, coke cans, plastic bottles etc. Everywhere so clean. Beautiful, classy shop fronts too.
@kernow9324
Жыл бұрын
It was lovely to see so many independent shops, Classy ones too, as you said.
@TheDripSpotter
Жыл бұрын
And no “People of Colour” but as we are told by the BBC they have always been here- oh well probably still in bed if this was shot before 11AM.
@dangaines405
Жыл бұрын
Andy, how did you feel about the Americans dying in WWII to save England (in particular) and Europe at large? Were they colonizing you back then? I was born in Eastern Europe so I know first hand how “bad” the Americans were! And, of course, the Russians were “perfect”. You are a mutton!
@pts13miffy16
2 жыл бұрын
Look how clean the streets are. You can see for yourself how well our government is doing nowadays….
@WedgePee
2 жыл бұрын
Despite what my grandparents said, it certainly wasn’t all bad. One income was enough for many families, children probably didn’t murder other children, terrorism wasn’t really a thing, and it was easier for men like my grandfather to find girlfriends. The picture quality is PHENOMENAL.
@rogerhoughton5809
Жыл бұрын
Not heard of Mary Bell, then.
@WedgePee
Жыл бұрын
@@rogerhoughton5809 That was in 1968, and that case isn’t as well known as what Thompson and Venables did 25 years later. I also said, "probably."
@sgd.6830
2 жыл бұрын
London looks so clean
@WedgePee
2 жыл бұрын
There were regular pea soupers then. The Great Smog killed up to 12,000 (yes, TWELVE THOUSAND) people. The air quality today is better than it was during the Elizabethan era.
@packofkentuckyfriedchicken6016
2 жыл бұрын
@@WedgePee this is literally 1952
@BillyBoy1235
2 жыл бұрын
No. Like other cities in the U.K the white Portland stone buildings common in London and buildings in general were filthy and covered in black soot. Most have been cleaned up and are now better maintained.
@janicebarthram6759
2 жыл бұрын
No fast food litter, unlike today where rubbish is discarded everywhere on transport and streets.
@marytaylor4436
3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyable as usual - freezing any frame in the first half reminds me of an Edward Hopper painting.
@jaywalker3087
4 ай бұрын
I can remember so clearly playing in the streets. Our school holidays were full of adventures without fear... I'm glad I won't see the end......
@urbanvoice8318
11 ай бұрын
when London was english .
@countfosco8535
8 ай бұрын
Full of Scots and Irish now.
@juniorjamie
2 ай бұрын
Back when we had a more cohesive society. Oh how we have fallen!
@Ommateum
3 жыл бұрын
The streets are immaculate, it looks as if it’s from another dimension which I suppose it is, but like it’s from the Jetsons universe or something.
@django1582
3 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful, fantastic job!
@philbateson7966
3 жыл бұрын
Hardly any traffic..no litter and not an empty shop to be seen! Me thinks society is going backwards!!
@gavinlaird85
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah but behind those closed doors you have 20 people sharing a room with nothing but a bucket for a toilet.
@michaeltoolsie3270
3 жыл бұрын
Empty shops come with technology mate..society isnt backward just the thinking..if tech and ability to go from shopping to going online adapted then also businesses should of adapted to cater for that. U cant expect time to stay the same.. its either adapt or get left behind
@geoffdundee
2 жыл бұрын
@@gavinlaird85 .....rubbish
@gavinlaird85
2 жыл бұрын
@@geoffdundee Tenement city life was like that m8. People lived in overcrowded conditions and usually shared a toilet with their neighbours.
@geoffdundee
2 жыл бұрын
@@gavinlaird85 .....there were NOT 20 folk sharing a room in the 50,s - and a bucket for a toilet? LMAO......and dont tell me about tenement life.....my great aunt lived in the same flat from when she was born until death at 98..........think youre confusing victorian tenements with 1950,s......DIFFERENT ERAS - TOTALLY.
@MarriedToTheKGB
Жыл бұрын
it looks spotless, no litter, no grafitti, no druggies and immigrants all over the place
@barrywilliams3147
Жыл бұрын
No polish or Ukrainians
@Mydadsshed
Жыл бұрын
Irony is - if it keeps going like it is, youll want to move to another country
@MarriedToTheKGB
Жыл бұрын
@@Mydadsshed as it happens I’m very fond of Russia
@ajakakakak
5 ай бұрын
@@MarriedToTheKGBthey immigrants tho
@dojocho1894
Жыл бұрын
Thanks from humanity for your work Rick...........
@Rick88888888
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@rabbitteyes
Жыл бұрын
Clean streets & everyone is dressed nice.
@janicebarthram6759
Жыл бұрын
That was before we imported the third world. Glad I was lucky enough to have grown up in that era.
@stephenbaker7079
10 ай бұрын
Few people had cars in the 1950s, most of us travelled by bus or cycled.
@martinwebb1681
7 ай бұрын
This film is not 1950s, it's early 1960s. Two Austin LD (mk2) vans can be seen in the film, these were not available until after April 1960. So this film is sometime after that date.
@TheBroadcastStudio365
3 жыл бұрын
Mijn God... wat een verschil... woorden zijn overbodig. Een schitterend programma als je (u:) het mij vraagt! Niet alleen het 🔆 duidelijker beeld maar ook de kleuren zijn zo mooi en levendig...WONDERMOOI 👍👌
@maxdavies9817
Жыл бұрын
The opening clip is driving away from Hammersmith along Hammersmith Road in the direction of Kensington. Considering the sequence, they all look like parts of one continuous journey.
@Rick88888888
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, but the whole route is already described in detail in the full description and in the CC captions.
@maxdavies9817
Жыл бұрын
Tottenham court road?
@Rick88888888
Жыл бұрын
OK, I now see what you mean. Sorry and thanks! I have changed it.
@garethbuckeridge6910
11 ай бұрын
Clean streets, roads & pavements in good condition, no war damaged buildings?
@johnchallener
11 ай бұрын
there was plenty in the east end..I was born in 1951 in London, and as a kid there was plenty of bomb ruins..thing is what you don't get nowadays is order..people knew the rules then , now it is I want it, and I will take it..look at shops today
@martinwebb1681
7 ай бұрын
This was up West, always was clean and in good condition there, but much of the rest of London was very different indeed. We still had some war bomb damaged buildings in the East End in the 1970s.
@michael_mouse
3 жыл бұрын
... this motion-stabilized version is far superior than the 'original' version ... thanks for processing/sharing. NB... this was a time when I was proud to be called a 'Londoner'
@TheFreshSpam
3 жыл бұрын
@MrHanzzieJust stay out and bugger off. Its richer and bigger and full of more things than it's ever been in history. It's people like you that hold society and progress back, I'm glad you are dropping like flies
@TheFreshSpam
3 жыл бұрын
Just as you left, your brain got all mushy as you got older and more spiteful towards any new way of life as you realise you are becoming old and behind and cant understand new concepts and you increasing have rose tinted views of your past as you forget the woes that were apon yourself at that time. I dont blame ignorance for making you this way
@paulastacey3341
2 жыл бұрын
The journey started off at the start of Hammersmith Rd and travelled on past the old West London hospital and on to Kensington High st.
@Rick88888888
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Paul, Thanks but the whole route was already included long time ago in the full description including the time stamps. Just press the 'SHOW MORE' button.
@Shaunny.Longlegs
3 жыл бұрын
A time when England was England, men were men an women were proud of it. A man could get enough money on one job for his whole family and his wife would never have to work.
@WedgePee
2 жыл бұрын
You’ve hit the nail on the head. Yes, it is true that many people still had hard times and rationing only ended in 1954, but it wasn’t all bad then. For a start, terrorism wasn’t really a thing, and children didn’t murder other children like Thompson and Venables did 40 years later.
@HouseWinchester1874
Жыл бұрын
And next to 0 immigrants. Good times.
@chrisgray4651
Жыл бұрын
@@HouseWinchester1874 it was a time when Brits couldn't get away fast enough, Australia, new Zealand, South Africa, rhodesia and Canada all encouraged us brits to settle I their countries.
@therewdy4038
Жыл бұрын
@@WedgePee Mary Bell killed 2 children in the 60's
@WedgePee
Жыл бұрын
@@therewdy4038 That’s not as well remembered as what Thompson and Venables did 25 years later.
@clivebaxter6354
Жыл бұрын
Yet the BBC tells us the UK was always diverse!
@Rick88888888
Жыл бұрын
It depends on what definition is used for "diversity"! A forest with 98 spruce trees, one oak and one birch could be call "diverse" (in stead of a mono culture). Around 1900 the UK population had less than 0.3% inhabitants from Asia + Africa together. Even during WWII it was less than 1 percent. In 1971 it was 1.4%. The real increase started in the 1970s and grew exponentially since. Read this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_London and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_England
@aib0160
Жыл бұрын
Marxists are renowned for hiding the uncomfortable truth when it doesn't fit with their narrative.
@chrisgray4651
Жыл бұрын
@@aib0160 what have Marxists got to do with it? Where are the Marxists in the uk?
@aib0160
Жыл бұрын
@@chrisgray4651All those pushing critical race theory, the LGBT agenda, promoting BLM, inclusion & diversity, open borders and wanting to allow all those that turn up here the right to stay are pushing a Marxist agenda. They have infiltrated all of big business and the establishment and slowly destroying our country, it values and it beliefs from within. They don't believe in democracy, free speech, national identity or pride. There's been a revolution without a shot being fired or a ballot being cast. Our nation has changed forever but not for the better.
@adespade119
Жыл бұрын
@@chrisgray4651 In Whitehall.
@MrDaiseymay
Жыл бұрын
Another great restoration Rick, although I reduced the speed to enjoy and ID the Cars better. Not one yellow Line, so parking unlimited
@mikesam347
2 ай бұрын
Wonderful, people looked smart and respectable - civilised you might say. Buildings and shops looked businesslike. Oh what happened to our society. Nowadays every High street is full of Kabab and Pizza shops. Turkish Barbers, and Charity shops, not forgetting those dreadful Booze and Bettings shops.
@thomasmorin749
11 ай бұрын
The swinging 60's and early 70's marked the beginning of London's demise .
@martinwebb1681
7 ай бұрын
No, London was a great place to be in the 60s and 70s, it really started to go down hill in the 1980s with the Thatcher government and their lethal cutbacks in services and the start of privatisation of everything. London used to be a city to be proud of, but that was before the place was left to become filthy and it became a graffiti paradise.
@davidsmith2356
Жыл бұрын
Keep Britain Tidy....We used to then, my dad would clump me if I even dropped a sweet wrapper.. "Put it in the bin".
@martinwebb1681
7 ай бұрын
😮... Parental violence. ..... 😂
@davidahugill99
Жыл бұрын
Note the then commonplace street cleaners keeping the place spick and span !
@amphilbey
Жыл бұрын
Great video, the Jaguar looks like a MKII which launched in 1959 so would be later than 1952
@martinwebb1681
7 ай бұрын
This video is not from the 1950s. It is from the early 1960s, The Austin LD van seen parked at the roadside has the new front (mk2) version as does the other LD van (royal mail) seen in the night shot. This vehicle was not available until April 1960, so this video is later than that date.
@matthewsmith2787
3 жыл бұрын
Back when London had character and not a melting pot
@cherylharewood2549
11 ай бұрын
@matthewsmith Think carefully. Wasn't it the UK , who went out and took countries from the natives? Great Britain, went out and colonized half the world. What about World War II? Didn't Great Britain, then made all those people on the same colonies British Citizens, so, that they would come to the UK, and fight Hitler for them? Remember, remember
@David-uf8ex
7 ай бұрын
Absolute heaven take me back
@spleeeen4it
2 жыл бұрын
how clean were the streets!
@rogerhoughton5809
Жыл бұрын
Pre-plastic wrappers, bags, bottles and containers so less to litter the streets with.
@BEN-oi5zu
Жыл бұрын
In these days people dint eat and drink in the street as they were walking. Society ham morals ethics values principles and respect.
@zep66
3 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see so many trees and hedges
@wcstevens7
3 жыл бұрын
My lovely ( beloved) LONDON before it became a third world garbage tip.
@clearlake3492
3 жыл бұрын
Maria Stevens I'm pleased to see that Rick88888888 now has a policy of removing the hate comments by racist morons. So goodbye, Maria...
@HouseWinchester1874
Жыл бұрын
This comment was two years ago. Unfortunately now, London is worse. I’ll be voting for a reform UK party next election.
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