Where there are now ugly noisy fun-fare rides there used to be green lawns, flower beds and wooden benches. You choose?

I miss the barley sheaf

ive seen many of those images , (and remember many too). But never have i seen them put together in such a wonderful way. excellent stuff

I loved going the Crown up Castle St in the 70s/80s

Wow! Some great memories there. Those wonderful nights in The Union seem a lifetime away now. Nice to see a few faces from the past.....

A gift to your hometown, for its archives.....nice one Mick.

Promo*SM 😚

Oh wow. I watched it all. You were a lucky generation. Thankfully my daughter also values vinyl. Nervous.... Was his name 'Gordon'? What a guy! A big loss.

Very good. A nice relaxing view of the seasonal change.

it's not possible that there are charity shops on Castle Street everywhere now😂

Glad to see Ben is well and still doing his thing! I recall buying a CD from him over a decade ago in Bath centre. His music stuck with me enough to spontaneously look him up all these years later, to see how he's doing. Amazing how much music can touch a person to such an extent, huh!

Yes. I remember it well. Great gig

This is superb.

I spent my childhood there in the 70s and this brought back some great memories. Thanks.

Wow. Brings back memories of the 70s. Spent a lot of time down The Common.

The cheshire family

I used to work in the army surplus shop opposite Whitemans. My mate's mum worked in the International an early supermarket before Tesco got going, she said they used to fill the chickens with ice to up the weight! My mum used to take me to Simpkins and James for a treat. Later I played snooker with the bus drivers in the snooker hall opposite the Post Office and had too many drinks in the Union and the George / Bounty. I had a good time growing up in the town and it was a great place to be as a teenager, always got a drink in the plough. Everybody used to go from pub to pub at the weekends it was heaving I've been away for a long time, but when I go back I feel at home and a connection that I never feel anywhere else.

I met Ben about ten years ago now I’m Bath, I’m so glad to see he’s doing well! His music means so much to me and my family

Fantastic video. You've done such a great job of linking all of those photos together to form Castle Street. Well done!

I just came on to reply to a comment that I cant find. Quite a shock for me to see this again. Almost 11,000 people have watched it. That's lovely, and so glad people have enjoyed it and got something from it. I think - speaking for myself - quite a serous film about the human condition but don't ask me to explain that!!!

Lovely to go back down memory lane when Hinckley was far better than it is now.Thankyou for the images.

The piece is "Going Home" by Mark Knopfler.

This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard you do. Tears run from my eyes as I write this. Love and peace.

Great Song & video! love the magical cat!!!

Michael. This has really come as a shock to me. Listening to my older brother is like listening to myself. I didnot know this existed.Would it be possible to have a copy . I will happy to pay what ever the cost is.

A great song by a very talented musician/composer.....

TOTAL COCK 😠

Left the area nearly 30 years ago. As a kid I loved Wightmans, so many great toys.

Seems to be some problem with KZbin and scrolling glitches. Not on the video itself.

Dangerous moron.

Didn't see the Hamas/IRA/Isis representatives Jezza,were they hiding in the green room?

Liar corbyn what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive 🤔 Betrayed the British people who voted to leave the EU and WON the referendum .

Although from suffolk i lived in hinckley for a year, i found it to be a really nice town and the people very friendly, ended up marrying a hinckley girl, my good fortune! Best wishes to you folks.

He was right on every point. WAKE UP! More on Facebook.

What the hell happened to this place?

Who's the fat singer?

who started in 2007

Hiyaa mate that was a grate video and voice keep up good work

Very nicely done guys.

And look what it is now

An incredible achievement, though for me personally quite sad in a nostalgic kind of way - the walk up Castle Street in 1978 (when the Britannia Centre was still being built) is exactly when I would have been walked up and down there as a small child, and so evokes many, many memories of what now seems a lifetime away - I remember shops like Wightmans so vividly. I hope this fine video never disappears from KZbin, as some are unfortunately wont to do. Congratulations on a superb piece of creation.

Hi Phil. Really enjoyed this.Great song and video.

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No sign of email address - this is the only route to reply.Yes, Tempus really does Fugit...cf K and the Kats. She is still singing. R x

Hi Mick, Thanks for your reply. Actually I watched it last night along with the family pics and a short clip of you with Kathy way back when. I liked it - and your Winter song. I stayed up late ( for me) just roaming KZbin ! Am not keen on public postings as am v private these days but it seemed the only way to reply. Glad you are ok. I am too by and large - just busy still working full time and aging - as are we all but relatively young at heart. I know Ali was pleased to see you. Keep on trucking ! R X

Hi Mick, I just came across this by chance. I really enjoyed it and felt quite moved by it all even though we didn't move to Hinckey until 1966. I remembered the first time we came across each other though I doubt you would remember - it was outside Simpkin & James in 1970 ! Hope all goes well for you, R X

Brilliant , thanks. I left Hinckley 30+ years ago so this is very good stuff.

I'm just old enough to remember castle street in 1978 when the Britannia Centre was being built, Castle street had more than phone and charity shops and the borough hadn't been made the ghost town area it is now by closing it off - the whole length used to be free parking so it still had lots of shops on it.