So sad. A chav, beggar, lout and mobility scooter-ridden s***hole now.
@patbrett30314 ай бұрын
Born & Bred on Goodhead St!
@markdnffc4 ай бұрын
Me too! Chester Terrace...
@derekambler4 ай бұрын
Fascinating! I lived in Bullwell - No 10 Tonton Street - long gone - in the 1940's - moved to Upton - during the late 1940's - Married in St. Giles Church - West Bridgeford in 1958 - visited for many years till there are no longer any living relatives left, but always have happy memories of Nottingham and its environs.
@nottinghamsoul77905 ай бұрын
My beloved city has been completely ruined by decade after decade of mismanagement from inept councillors
@GMT4398 ай бұрын
The Council House was originally a Hydro Turbine installation and so was Nottingham Castle.
@bennyglobal1 Жыл бұрын
This is the year my Father was born in the Panjab
@F4Insight-uq6nt Жыл бұрын
*Bell Siphons and Water Turbines.*
@jerrycarr Жыл бұрын
Nice To Watch This... I Was There Early 60s....from Donegal.. Lived at Robin Hood Chase, worked at Vic Hotel, Portland Hotel BICC, Gem Ect...Nice To See The Trolley Buses and Hear Little John..
@kenstevens5065 Жыл бұрын
The rush to knock it down was not the problem it was to knock the lot down as quickly as possible so that whole neighbourhoods were destroyed and spread all over the city, people who had lived together for generations were ripped apart. A community is its people. We never recovered, a classic example of everyone knows best except the people who live there.
@gjgrinham5 ай бұрын
My mum was a 'Medders' girl. I was born at 23 Atlas Terrace in 1970. We were rehoused a few years later to Aspley. I don't think she ever got over being ripped away from her home and community.
@GHost-tl4vl Жыл бұрын
Not a mask insight
@robertwbeams9929 Жыл бұрын
Hey Wayne I think one of your pics was taken by me around 1975! I took many colour slides of demolision in progress and gave the lot (digitally scanned) to a website that documented The Meadows history If you're interested I will search for them Best wishes from Cape Town
@johngosling1 Жыл бұрын
In the 60's, the Market Square was such a lovely places to sit and watch people go by. Then, they decided to modernise it . . . . !
@Sygore1234 Жыл бұрын
wot year is this
@patrickdoyle9369 Жыл бұрын
Time Index 1;10.. CORRECTION FOR YOU. The earliest of the workers were the bus drivers here, otherwise no one else would get to work.. And Nothing but nothing has changed in all that time.. Other than we the people are poorer in general. But what i mean also to say is, the hours are just as long for workers and starting times just as bad.. Nothing has changed.. It's about time that all people should work no more that 8 hrs a day, and all be home at night at a decent hr, and all going to work in the morning at a bloody decent hr.. 3am is not a decent hour, nore is 4 or 5 oclock. People hardly sit to talk in the square any more, as they haven't the time. Let alone the knowledge in the art of conversation. And as for the modern architecture of the road layout, or the square it's self, I'd have to say standards have dropped off. Getting around Nottingham now is a pain in the neck, let alone your wallet or purse. Drive up the wrong street and you will end up with a heavy fine. Say a days wages for the man in the street.. So no longer people like me go to Nottingham or shop there. And this has had a massive effect.. Just look around at all the shops closing down or boarded up. Therefore i am not alone in not wanting to go to Nottingham any longer just so the council can fine you.. Pay backs a real bitch.. YOU THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THIS SYSTEM ARE KILLING OFF SHOPS AND PEOPLE WANTING TO COME TO THE CENTRE. So well done you.. keep it up, and that's not all. Look at the amount of pubs closing down. Only to be given over to another pizza of kebab shop.. Because we need more kebab shops don't we.. EERRRR NOT.
@kenstevens5065 Жыл бұрын
Love to see the miners still with their safety helmets on, I wonder which pit they worked. Ask a person in the square today (if they understand English that is) can they name any old local pits, I doubt it. Once known as the Queen of the Midlands. Now a typical British multi cultural city, a crap house. Thank you Blair. I still miss my old home town though.
@Golo1949 Жыл бұрын
I was 2 at the time, wish we could go back to a far better time, never mind what some negative comments may say it was. It was the Queen of the midlands but not any more sadly.
@supermikelang Жыл бұрын
NO CINEMAS OR THEATRES IN THE FILM. NOT GOOD.
@lesleyfoulds43392 жыл бұрын
Loved the meadows Kings meadow road
@lolajenkins26742 жыл бұрын
i just played this video for my 98 year old grandmother who has lived in Nottingham her entire life, grew up on St. Anns Well Road. She actually recognises some of the people in this documentary! Says she wonders if they're still alive like her.
@cgisme2 жыл бұрын
Free expression of all shades of opinion - not today.
@MrTimdriver2 жыл бұрын
Excellent.
@danielmilitello47952 жыл бұрын
2:48 The 4th largest of the quarter bells in the Nottingham Council House used to be much louder than it is today, I wish they had not put a suede pad on it, It muffles too much of the sound.
@glo01152 жыл бұрын
I worked at Gauntleys (Arcade entrance) for 8yrs, they're all definitely loud enough 😉
@stratplayer102 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful, it typifies my memories of a Nottingham lad born in the 50s, how spotless and smart everywhere and everyone looks. Fantastic film.
@laburgy2 жыл бұрын
The street cleaners have cleaned it!! The people threw plenty of litter...I was born in Notm. in 1946 Much of this looks like a Saturday with so many people not at work and dressed for a day out, shopping and seeing friends. You can take film footage and make the story you want to sell a town ..
@markallen36692 жыл бұрын
A truly exceptional film! Everywhere so clean, everyone dressed and looking so smart. Imagine if we could go back there for just a few hours and experience a much simpler, more respectful time!
@jackjohnhameld64013 жыл бұрын
*Do you remember England?* as Edward Dowson asked.
@denisebailey67593 жыл бұрын
I left Nottm years ago. But, loved growing up there in the 60's. Still say Duck, and am proud to be a Nottinghamaen. Nice to see it in the 50's always so bustling n busy.
@GyitMulhaneski-GloriousYears3 жыл бұрын
Even in the 2000s, city still had an elegant Edwardian Square. Now ruined by lopsided pedestrianisation and knock-off Chinese Granite/'gob fountains'. Watch teenagers marvel when you tell them it actually had greenery, functioning toilets and benches like a proper public space...
@Castlebridge-003 жыл бұрын
A priceless slice of very interesting history. Thanks. Barry.Devon
@dcarter39213 жыл бұрын
I moved to Nottingham for a few years as a teen on my own in the 90s, and even I sensed it use to be a great city, but I noticed the gangs who would hang around and the troubled areas. Even I knew that Nottingham was once a great city. I still like to visit every few months and it feels still like home, even though it was almost 25 years ago since I moved away.
@Geemilli193 жыл бұрын
I miss hearing my grand parents speaking proper old Nottingham. You mashing duck??
@robtyman42813 жыл бұрын
....then about 15 years later they start the process of gradually destroying a small but proud city - stripping it of its wealth and architectural gems. A process that went on right into the 80's. So much wanton destruction was carried out by town planners aswell as central government throughout the 60's and 70's 'in the name of progress'. Sustainable transport (electric trams) got rid of in favour of polluting cars running on leaded petrol. The glorious Victoria station demolished except the clock tower, depriving the city of a landmark and architectural gem.....oh, and a second railway station with a fast straight line down to London. Apparently it took less time to reach London than the Midland line, but was still scrapped. Victoria station replaced by a ghastly concrete monstrosity called the 'Victoria Shopping Centre'. Other fine buildings torn down because they looked ' abit old' or 'weren't fashionable and modern' went too. All of this for what?? ......so the car could become king, the streets full of bland buildings containing chain stores all selling similar goods. Was it all worth it?? ......No, is the answer. Fine archive film footage showing the extent of what Nottngham lost in the decades that followed.
@tonyeff44473 жыл бұрын
Guinness is good for you. Don't believe me? Check out @12:48
@JimOverbeckgenius3 жыл бұрын
St Ann's at its worst was like a slum in Pakistan = indescribably horrible. I've been in both. My great-granddad was an Old Radford gunman & my grandfather supplied "ladies of the night" to kings George V & VI & shooting-party associates + placing their unwanted offspring, of whom I'm one. My life is Dickensian in its twists & turns: a Jewish cuckoo & my call-girl honky-tonk pianist mother - hence unknown father; a brutal step-father; discovery by Mil Intel of my maths skills = super-genius; and a wild ride of adventure in many countries: hobo, fighter, academic, artist, cockster ETC + author of the biggest illustrated book since Leonardo. To quote an uncle: no-one will believe your life, it's too incredible.
@crazyfishmonster4593 жыл бұрын
Whatever people say about the social attitudes with the benefit of hindsight, the tranquility of order back then comes across as indescribably palatable.
@mumdadattenborough5583 жыл бұрын
G'day l was born in the meadow,then lived in mapper and migrated to Australia a
@JimOverbeckgenius3 жыл бұрын
@@mumdadattenborough558 You poor sod. That's the frying-pan into the fire in my books. Oz = ANUS MUNDI.
@johngosling1 Жыл бұрын
Enjoy the rest of your life, Jiim.
@barblessable3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Hyson Green area of Nottm [I'm 70 ] where many of Alan Sillitoes stories are set ,I remember the trolley buses that sounded like dodgems [no fumes] The LENOS,the CAPITAL [cinemas] THE FOREST,[goose fair, billy smarts circus] anyone remember "stick jimmy" who sold bundles of fire wood . aaah nostalgia , crowded buses ,freezing cold houses out door loos , community council laundry and baths on Noel st . Full employment .
@carmenbernard48053 жыл бұрын
They were the days
@stephensmith7994 жыл бұрын
Only lived there two years but loved it (Old Meadows, Beauvale Road.) This song is a complete misrepresentation. Our neighbours were great. We were sorry to leave in search of work. It was the best place we ever lived 'cept for the atmospheric pollution from the Trent Valley power stations, especially in damp claggy weather. A special shout out to George F who was devoted to our young Deborah as she was to him, age three. Tune is OK but the lyrics are as they say these days 'fake news'!
@derekharrison15824 жыл бұрын
The best piece of early Edwardian film of Nottingham,that I’ve ever seen.I think this was a Mitchell and Kenyon film.Incredible just how much the Broadmarsh area changed,and the Lister gate area buildings that have gone.The smell of horse muck in the air,especially in the Summer, would have been overpowering🤧
@leetronix4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload of this. I was born and bread in Nottingham and grew up in Radcliffe on Trent. I am in my 50s now. My parents came from the meadows & Trent Bridge / West Bridgford areas, and my grandparents had a popular small chip shop chain in Nottingham. This is great to see how life was all those years ago and people getting on with things. Also as Nottingham is one of if not the oldest city in the UK I still love to see the building architecture and the history behind Nottinghamshire, it’s rich and steeped in history. The buildings are historic and timeless and the market square is the jewel in the crown. I think I preferred the old market square when their were water fountains as I did not know it when there were the flower beds before. For me now it’s not quite as good today since they transformed the end of it and removed the fountains as it is today, but it still has a huge part of its heritage here and will always be Nottingham’s go to central prominent place to meet, chat and shop.
@pondweedfilms4 жыл бұрын
While it was great to see Nottingham back in the late 50' most commentators just whined about bad it is today, or better back then. I am sure those old folk watching in 57 who saw the old Council House pulled down in 1928 and watched this 'monstrosity' (current Council House) replace it whined. No doubt the Saxons did the same when the Normans built the wall down the middle. Sure there are losses along the way, but gains too. But you only see them if you bother to get out the past. We live in a forward direction, not backwards. We are bonded to the past, not wedded to it.
@crazyfishmonster4593 жыл бұрын
Yes, the chaos and cultural barbarism of our time is such a testament to the wonderful progression we have made since then. You need a good shaking if you think life today is better than back then. Look past the material. People back then enjoyed the fruits of an ordered, highly trusting, well-functioning society, and all the statistics which matter reflect it.
@dinghysupreme2972 Жыл бұрын
The last thing you need is progress when you're headed in the wrong direction.
@kevinpounder4 жыл бұрын
Suprised by the amount of litter
@novo64624 жыл бұрын
Its a criminal shithole, down the Medders Where the little shits stab all, down the medders Plenty of crack and burglary, you can see it all with ease, But the policeman isnt arsed, down the medders! Down the medders! Yes, the Policeman cant be arsed, down the medders!
@frostysleeps77274 жыл бұрын
Anyway of making this colour??
@pliforov75864 жыл бұрын
Seeing Nottingham look nice is very weird it's really going down hill to be honest, but it ain't as bad a fucking derby lmao
@tamarafeliz4 жыл бұрын
25,000 people per day!? Where have all them jobs gone then?
@lolajenkins26742 жыл бұрын
alot of those jobs are all online now, internet has made it so everything is remote. And a good chunk of those 25,000 people worked in garment factories in the lace market making clothes. But nowadays clothes are all made in china because people dont want to buy quality clothing anymore, people just want cheap fast fashion unfortunately.
@bilbobaggins25744 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant film of Nottingham
@WPStapes4 жыл бұрын
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@egord91014 жыл бұрын
Nottingham 2019, Chavs, shady characters, fat ladies and blokes, and chicks in skimpy dresses. Yobs, beggars and unfortunate folk selling Big Issue. Hyson Green, Meadows, Clifton, St Ann's, are really rough areas. And only West Bridgford remaining a nice area, but with stupidly high house prices. And the infamous nights out with drunken half naked girls vomiting outside clubs. Surreal.
@rogerwoodhouse7945 Жыл бұрын
The 'stupidly high prices" of the houses is the reason West Bridgford maintains a higher standard.I was born and raised there in 1942.What a wonderfull place it was ( and still is I hope.) I emigrated to South Africa in 1967 but came back to the UK in 1990.
@johnross2924 Жыл бұрын
@@rogerwoodhouse7945 the high prices keep out the riff raff
@rogerwoodhouse7945 Жыл бұрын
@@johnross2924 Exactly.But the infiltration of millions of illegals will have to be 'placed' somewhere with the result in the lowering of house prices.This will be welcomed by the certain section hell bent on destroying the 'housing market' in the mistaken belief that the melting pot' of society we once knew will disappear..It wont of course but millions of people will see their 'paper' wealth evapperate..The rich will just get richer.
@barriepayne62004 жыл бұрын
Happy memories started work 1953 and crossed the square many times,
@scarface8224 жыл бұрын
Everybody's slim
@lollylula63994 жыл бұрын
Rationing didn't end until 1954, and a lot more physical work in day to day life.
@lolajenkins26742 жыл бұрын
yep, funny coincidence that being "big boned" wasn't invented until recently 😂