When i was i s bit younger i saw Princess ANN . In the Outlet.
@shanehibbert710213 күн бұрын
Do an updated version of it now?
@timbennett334826 күн бұрын
Good to see this video. I was trying to remember what was at Greenbridge before. I can remember going to Greenbridge retail park in 1997 and I think, and I can also remember going to the circus at Greenbridge when it was waste land, this must have been 1995ish but I couldn't remember what was there before.
@ClydebridgeStationАй бұрын
Brilliant video Paul. You, and the other viewers, may be interested to know, my layout has three class 47s, in the GWR brunswick green, for the 150th anniversary of the GWR in 1985. 47484, 47500, and 47628. Although my layout is set in Lanarkshire, I can tell you, those three GWR 47s did visit Scotland, from time to time. In fact, all three visited Inverness, and for two days in 1986 and two days in 1988, all three were in Scotland at the same time! Was god's wonderful railway trying to spread its wings! One other thing, one of the last contracts for Swindon, before closure, was to refurbish some class 411 EMUs, southern region code 4CEP, in preparation for the Hastings - Tunbridge Wells electrification in 1986. These units were repainted as well, and gave another 20 years service. All in all, a very interesting video, on a long gone, but not forgotten, piece of railway history. Many thanks, from a railway enthusiast in Fife! Oh, and, please, subscribe to my KZbin channel if you wish!
@markpitts23312 ай бұрын
Hotel is there now
@goodneighbours32172 ай бұрын
Loved Sky in the early days...l got to watch all the best old American shows l missed out on first time around...they also had all the best cartoons on Fun Factory & DJ Kat...l always assumed it was originally based in Holland though.
@GlentoranMark3 ай бұрын
It'll never catch on.
@benwherlock98693 ай бұрын
I got out in 1987 thanks to my Dad. Maybe Swindon will be more interesting in 2080. It needs time to become attractive to people.
@EErail263 ай бұрын
😂when I lived in Oxford, the local evening paper had the headline, ‘SWINDON IS A DUMP’!!
@anthonyperkins75564 ай бұрын
Premiere broadcast movies in stereo on satellite.
@tolby534 ай бұрын
I had cable in Northampton in 1986, basically 3 itv regions, plus sky channel and super channel. It wasn't fantastic, but it was better than just using the aerial (just)
@CARLIN47374 ай бұрын
Magic
@MrFrog_5 ай бұрын
Painful to watch. Swindon now is a dump. Get out if you still can.
@loosesurfer5 ай бұрын
There should I move to I genuinely want to move but am unsure where to move to that's not as bad 😂
@InformationImportant-ho7nu3 ай бұрын
Agreed, town centre is like another world now.
@chrishall79155 ай бұрын
It'll never take off.
@stevegordon56895 ай бұрын
I remember when i changed to SKY digital i lost all the foreign channels i was gutted!
@CrazyTobster2 ай бұрын
Especially the German channels 😉😉🤣🤣🤣
@william-uk6 ай бұрын
This entire video is utterly bizarre.
@laurenceskinnerton736 ай бұрын
A sad loss bring it back!
@mikecummings70546 ай бұрын
I remember Sandfords DIY. I lived in Wootton Bassett as a kid. I also remember a grass verge planted with daffodils spelling out spring has sprung. This was on the duel carriageway before Sandfords. The Anchor butter factory was also near here. It's strange what you remember from your childhood. If I remember right the butter factory was a mustard yellow colour.
@DOCTORDROTT6 ай бұрын
Swindon had gone the way of so many towns, crackheads and drunks. I was shocked to see the decline on my recent visit . The councils have a lot to answer for .
@DOCTORDROTT7 ай бұрын
Locos and trains now built in Italy and Spain whilst this site is now used to sell clothes made in sweatshops, skilled men replaced with fast food staff on minimum wage . The only positive is that a lot of buildings are still there. Its very sad.
@neilfitz71867 ай бұрын
Thank you Paul and team for a great video. Really enjoyed watching this. I grew up around Swindon in the 80s and 90s. We loved it. I haven’t visited the town centre in 30 years, but will go back. Despite the inevitable changes (good and bad), I still only have good memories of Swindon now. Thank you
@katewild21949 ай бұрын
Cavendish Sq was built in the early 60s there was nothing there in the 50s I know because I lived in Welcome Ave and would have to go to a place to buy groceries which was at Lawns or I should say behind Lawns.
@katewild21949 ай бұрын
Jennings St was the best school I went to it had very good teachers Mr Safford was my class teacher and he very good.
@matrags10 ай бұрын
Great video.
@matrags10 ай бұрын
Thank goodness someone had the foresight to take this wonderful footage back in 1985.
@peterrooke533610 ай бұрын
I worked in David Griegs shop when her maj came to see us , I was on the third floor and looked down on her as she passed by
@MikeParsonsDotTV11 ай бұрын
Tv was mono in 87 :)
@ferdiemiddleton8910 Жыл бұрын
the most underground/unspoken kate bush vid there is. kate doing the very first release of satellite televisions existence in the uk. not to mention this being recorded in swindon which was the testing town for it with residents given access, at this stage it was only a couple of american channels that played at early hours of the morning in the uk and was the first time british people started to see television from other countries, it was terrible to begin with but progressed it is now the biggest media company in europe now the majority of family households have sky and it is the reason we have worldwide news. absolutely insane rabbit hole and no one seems to know about it lol
@CARLIN4737 Жыл бұрын
Shame about The Oasis .....Real shame.
@132rower Жыл бұрын
Best job I ever had.God how I miss my free rail travel.
@johnsbox Жыл бұрын
The old Aspen House also housed Swindon's Unemployment Benefit Office until 1986.
@emmanewman9863 Жыл бұрын
Would love to see a new one done.
@emmanewman9863 Жыл бұрын
The place is so different again in 2023
@GapeGang5 ай бұрын
For the worst
@CarolineLockMusic Жыл бұрын
Rest well, Max.
@skyboswell Жыл бұрын
This is wonderful, history. Thank you.
@markgenner1747 Жыл бұрын
The Classic Channel.
@richardtaylor1897 Жыл бұрын
Love the teletext style graphics!
@CARLIN4737 Жыл бұрын
Who was Ginger Bill?
@CARLIN4737 Жыл бұрын
1st class
@CARLIN4737 Жыл бұрын
1st class
@CARLIN4737 Жыл бұрын
1st class
@lesleybunce9848 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@lesleybunce9848 Жыл бұрын
At the old greenbridge site they used to have car auctions .
@lesleybunce9848 Жыл бұрын
Thank you I loved this
@cliveshakespeare9184 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@ferdiemiddleton8910 Жыл бұрын
cant believe the one and only kate bush set foot and even said the word swindon im gobsmacked as a swindonian we do not deserve this
@cartoonhead9222 Жыл бұрын
Cavendish Square was a disgrace for the council.
@chrisdawson615611 ай бұрын
I lived in park south for 14 years and I remember the council were talking about redeveloping it I think the works started in 2006 because that's when kwik save closed
@LittleBearBBQ_Food_Original Жыл бұрын
Lovely stuff. Sadly, Swindon Outlet Mall was never really promoted here in Milton Keynes, yet Bicester Village was and is heavily advertised. To me, and I am a bit of an architecture Nerd and have a Familial connection to the invention of the Railways, Swindon Outlet Mall is the place to go shopping whilst being able to almost feel the history of the buildings there.
@chrisdawson6156 Жыл бұрын
I remember when I first went to the outlet centre 10th July 1997 one day before I flew to Tenerife and I was at school the day before it opened the next day was red nose day
@markpitts2331 Жыл бұрын
Paul have you dun a Video off Fleming Way. That's also changed .