I went tgere one year when i was about 12; with my Dad and two younger brothers . It must've been ia Farnborough Air Show in the late 70's, it was the year that a vintage WW2 Anerican bomber plane crashed. The pilot of the plane was seen waving to us from the cockpit at the start of the the plane's ascent before the crew went on to attempted a barrel roll and ended up crashing down into the Biggin Hill Valley. All the crew were killed.
@A.normal.accountxx Жыл бұрын
As an 8 yr old it’s completely changed! Everything is different!
@PatrickThomasLong Жыл бұрын
I agree!
@chris-rfs Жыл бұрын
Grew up as a kid in this park...great memories.! Shame how people don't realise what an asset they have on their doorstep.
@PatrickThomasLong Жыл бұрын
Christopher, the pool water was always freezing cold, but still enjoyable. They used to post the water temperature on a chalk board that could be read as you waited in-line to enter ...... it never deterred us though :)
@chris-rfs Жыл бұрын
I recall the chalk board....and yes the water was freezing.😂 By the way i lived in Southwark Pk Rd at the Jamaica Rd end.👍
@christinemo96225 ай бұрын
I grew up in Kirby Estate , right next to the park. In summer a van with a large screen would come round and show films for the children and there were sometimes a band playing on the bandstand. Back then the swings were still open and the tennis courts regularly used. The rose garden provided a quiet haven for older people and there was a paddling pond close by for the children. Such happy memories.
@mikemillen64032 жыл бұрын
I would have been 14 then and spent all my days in the park and the whole summer in that pool even on colder days . We used to bunk in over that small wall near the cafe . On a hot day there was great cues just to get in . Happy days
@debrom41272 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see
@frankprice93862 жыл бұрын
Happy days
@nickywilks79283 жыл бұрын
Lovely days.
@stephenomara11093 жыл бұрын
When London belonged to Londoners btw great music with the video
@deedeee5156 Жыл бұрын
Translation:"when there were no disgusting blackies and brownies using the same spaces as the white aryan race." Yeah... OK Hitler.
@ooka77055 жыл бұрын
This is a relic
@edwardhall29755 жыл бұрын
Doctor who was at that show!
@JenniferElliott15 жыл бұрын
@ 1:50 doesn't look like Southwark Park, it looks more like the end of Greenwich Park looking towards Blackheath.
@PatrickThomasLong5 жыл бұрын
Jenny, it may not look like Southwark today, but believe me, it was Southwark in the 1960's. The pool (Lido) has since gone and I bet that the cafe/restaurant has gone too. The very end of the video reel is a very brief shot of Greenwich Park, near the Observatory.
@JenniferElliott15 жыл бұрын
@@PatrickThomasLong Yes I very much know what Southwark Park looks like today as I go there and walk my dog on nice days. :)
@PatrickThomasLong5 жыл бұрын
@@JenniferElliott1 Sorry Jenny, I thought you were questioning the validity of the location.
@JenniferElliott15 жыл бұрын
@@PatrickThomasLong yes, I was but only the part at the end of the video really. It's fine. :)
@johnt76653 жыл бұрын
@@JenniferElliott1 Yeah, that final one second scene looks like Blackheath. But the rest is Southwark Park.
@modigbeowulf54825 жыл бұрын
I was 5 at the time. I wonder where all those people went.
@lovetocollect6 жыл бұрын
That is amazing footage.
@3uwu8836 жыл бұрын
I was 12 when this happened. I'm 40 now. And I saw my chimney quietly collapse
@theweakestlink22786 жыл бұрын
Thankfully it looks like your home survived intact. I remember when that happened. The news reports were horrifying. I was just a kid at the time but will never forget seeing pictures of the freeway collapse in Oakland.
@annhardy5048 жыл бұрын
Love this. Happy memories
@Ihiggins12 жыл бұрын
Brilliant such gr8 memories,kids without adults were'nt allowed in the garden
@y0rock1112 жыл бұрын
Move to Phoenix, Arizona
@Shortcke5913 жыл бұрын
I was 2 years old and I remember it.
@MyKiana123413 жыл бұрын
my mom saw the ground split in half
@nepehtynnel13 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! I was 10, and most likely there sonewhere. That water was freezing!
@LizaRadley113 жыл бұрын
11 seconds in are my mum & Dad and 2 older sisters....
@shadieztwun13 жыл бұрын
Wow, Universal Studios sure has changed! Lol @ 3:30...Love the hat.
@danny_inwood_photography14 жыл бұрын
Wow. I remember the outdoor pool. The duck pond is now alot bigger as well
@mooneyes2114 жыл бұрын
I was proberly at that show with my dad as I was seven years old. Any more footage from the Biggin shows?
@premierelitedrums14 жыл бұрын
Excellent footage and great posting.
@7circuitcity7714 жыл бұрын
@erikio123 i live like across the street from live oak school
@Xexsut14 жыл бұрын
Wow! Great memories!
@PatrickThomasLong14 жыл бұрын
When the earthquake hit, we were in our office in Wolfe Rd., Sunnyvale. Office furniture was thrown all over the place, but the building remained intact. I think Sunnyvale must have escaped most of the major damage, but where we lived in Santa Cruz County, there were plenty of homes and buildings completely demolished. Hwy 17 was closed for a few days too, due to slides that buried the road on both sides of the hill.
@Stealthguy0614 жыл бұрын
I live in Sunnyvale, and i hear from the Sunnyvale Public Safety guys that there were just about no reports of damage
@PatrickThomasLong15 жыл бұрын
Yes, we were very lucky that day! Our house was built with newer earthquake resistant standards. Most houses on our street lost the chimney, some even crashed through the roof when they collapsed.
@erikio12315 жыл бұрын
wow you guys' came out pretty good actually, i have relatives that live near aptos village that had their entire house trashed. the house survived minus the brick chimney. i was about 8years old and in the basketball park at live oak elementary school when it happened. the dust and seeing the tree's and power poles whipping back and fourth where insane. i dont remember feeling anything let alone hearing any sound, just what i saw. it was a trip