@@shrekwes9850 Hello, thanks for getting in touch. Sorry no, I lived near Haverhill then and this is the only time I recorded anything in Cambridge in the 80s.

Yeah, crappy video quality! Only joking. 😂

What are they gonna look like, sausages?

@@bobsmith3291 ugly generic clones of today. You can hardly distinguish an Aston Martin from a Ford Focus.

Hi. Could you tell me more about your project? 🙂

@@cuedotfilms4427 Thanks for getting back to me. Do you have a contact email address I can contact you on? Cheers

@@cuedotfilms4427 Do you have a contact email address? so I can go into detail about this? Kind regards

The initial idea behind the video was to then speed it up to make the journey appear to happen in just three minutes. This is what I did, and I called the video "The A604 Bullet". I had kept the rushes of the original recording and thought it would be good to show the journey at its original speed. The camera was quite large and connected to a portable VHS video recorder. The camera was mounted on a tripod which I had to hold onto to keep it steady while my friend was driving. I was determined that no car would overtake us, as that would spoil the illusion of being the fastest thing on the road. No sound was recorded in the car as I knew music would be added later.

@@cuedotfilms4427 many thanks for your reply , of course technology was different back in 86 , today its no problem to record a journey . I appreciate that you actually decided to record and so doing bring back many memories . I was born in Haverhill , went to Place farm school , Parkway , and castle manor , spent most of my youth in and around this town . In 2018 I finally left and moved to the Czech republic .

@@Simon-wi3dk You went to two of the schools I did. I was in Castle Manor from 1980 until 1984.

I think most the change happened in the last 20 years or so. I was at 6th form on hills road in the early 2000s and we could still park our cars on the old cattle market (now the leisure/bowling/food/travelodge thingy) & then go to college. I guess back then they had stopped selling the cows and the pigs but not yet redeveloped it. The old fire station was still there then too now apartments for silly money. I dont really remember all that much change between about 1986-2006. Also the Grafton centre is dead now i remember dad used to take us for breakfast at debenhams every saturday in the 90s the shops were heaving then. Its only heaving around the market square nowadays and perhaps a circle of hundred yards or so within there mostly monied tourists or foreigners now I think - too expensive for us locals! Can't remember the last time I went in to cambridge if i have to go to shops just go to bury st edmunds or ely (free parking) now.