1965 - Chapel Street Market, Finsbury, London N1

[@niknix58]

Shame the Apple Fritter man wasn't filmed. Always a treat if we behaved ourselves.

[@lisatyas255]

3:59 Brings back loys of happy child hood memories. Was born & bred in Islington, Angel loved it. Moved out 5yrs ago. Remember Woolworths as well!!

[@greenisland75]

Fascinating footage. Thanks for posting. If you think about what Islington Angel is like nowadays it is a completely different world back then.

[@DinseeNuffin]

Lovely video thanks for uploading. I was born and bred near there (Essex Road) "Where we going today Mum?" "Up Chap, got a few errands to get then Pie Mash and Liquor if you behave yourself" Great times.

[@jerrywood8268]

My wife was born in Britannia row off Essex Rd, she would have been around 9 when this film was made. She went to Charles Lamb Primary then Islington Green schools

[@michaeljay3846]

​@jerrywood8268 Me too went to Charles Lamb in the 70s , born m bred Essex Rd and still here

[@peterackerman8736]

I was born in Packington St, 1956, also went to Charles Lamb before moving to Highbury in '64

[@carolegroom5161]

There used to be 2 ice cream parlours in chapel market. One called DEMACO’S ON ONE CORNER , PETER BROTHERS OPOSITE CORNER TO DEMARCO’S . Loved having Coca Cola with scoop of ice cream in it on a Saturday. Such a lot of memories flooding back. Even remember the music hall between upper street and beginning of Essex road called THE COLLINS MUSIC HALL.

[@annemel27]

You've just reminded me of the Demarco's lemon ice cream. I used to have a lemon and vanilla cone, delicious 😋

[@starshipdjs7524]

Wow you have a great memory Carole. I was born and grew up in this area. There was public toilets close by also, that cost a penny to use, situated between the two ice cream shops. Apple fritters were popular at one stall, on the cold days. Do you remember that they were selling puppies at the Angel end of Chapel Street Market? Please tell more about what you remember, helps to jog my memory.

[@peterwarden4351]

I remember all that I think I was in that film. happy day all gone now😰😰😰

[@peterwarden4351]

The flats were Mandeville house s off of chapel market. Happy days used to play on this slide

[@joycec2487]

That was when Londoners were born in London

[@luvuyonobadula40]

2:45 Wow - That Marks and Spencer is STILL THERE!

[@davidbrown6039]

Great to see footage from an area I grew up in around the time of this film, thanks for uploading.

[@deborahburrows3282]

David Brown I was 5 in 1965 it’s great to see this

[@steveboundy4088]

WoW, What a Great Piece of Archive Filming of “Our” Chapel Market, Just a Shame it’s NOT Like That These Days or During the Past Few Decades either!, of When Family Values Meant More than Everything, And NOT Just about of What “Make” of Clothing That All Wore or of What We Looked Like!, A Real Classic Market, that Remember & Hold So Dearly of When I Used to be Walking Through that Mkt with My Mum-&-Dad, As a very Young Child, as I was Born in the 60’s, of Which was One of the Very RESPECTFUL ERA’s, That Has Now very-very Long Gone FOREVER ~ But God Bless All of The Our Generation of Whom Worked, Shopped, And Walked Through This Great Classic Market, And I Was One of the Many That Did all Three too, And Along with the Characters of “Stall Holders” Offering “Us” a few bargains Etc...

[@jerrywood8268]

I'm from Hoxton, we used to have a great market until the Gentrification mob moved in and started to change things

[@terrym3837]

I was born there in Royal FREE Liverpool Road,growing up mum bless her dragged me around the markets never wanted to go but it wasn't up for discussion🤣🤣

[@andynixon2820]

That's a proper market .

[@mumstheword527]

Lived in popham street until 1971 then was forced out . They called in slum clearance and was move out to the suburbs still class it as home

[@DeanoWheels]

My Auntie Barbara lived in Popham Street with her husband Bobby Johnson & my cousins Nick, Russell & Lisa. It was also on this street my Dad first set eyes on my Mum & chatted her up 😂

[@justjay926]

Does any one remember the man with a monkey who took photo's for a price? I still miss the apple fritters, 😋 thankyou for posting 👍

[@felicitydavey2371]

I had my photo taken with the monkey 😊

[@rickewilde]

I remember a one-man-band who entertained people.

[@alexgreen5064]

Interesting footage. A couple of years before ‘the London nobody knows’ film and its footage of leather lane. Well worth a watch !

[@BernardVictor]

I worked in the record shop at 75, next to Manzies eel and pie shop, with it's live eel stall outside. Tom sold tomatoes from stall outside our shop. Some of the faces look familiar. Remember the two cafes opposite DiMarcos and ?. One of the first Tesco shops apened opposite, just another cut-price grocers shop, owened by Jack Cohen.

[@peterackerman8736]

Peter Bros was the other cafe

[@mrsmokeybear]

Was it Odil's record shop? I was born on essex Road

[@michaelkenny8540]

at 1:46, 'all paper trimmed free'-from a time when wallpaper had a white overlap strip down one side and if you wanted a but-join you had to cut it off yourself.

[@mikeinvalencia]

Another great look at times gone by.

[@deja00]

1:27 The guy with mid-grey sixpence, dark-grey jacket, in front of the fence, behind in the picture, just standing, observing, is of interest to me.

[@IgorTerrible]

I was born here (Mandeville Houses), my uncle Tim was the one-legged peanut seller.

[@peterwarden4351]

I remember him outside the pie and mash shop

[@IgorTerrible]

Oof, I would pay good money for a Manzes pie and mash, not much chance here in France.

[@peterwarden4351]

hi Gary you can order online do you believe that sent all over the word look it up

[@DavidCarloz]

I remember it being so smelly with rotten food waste, cold and miserable. My family moved on the Barnsbury Estate 1973 not far away. I was aged 7.

[@TheWelwyn21]

Fantastic I remember the place when I was a kid

[@murenismail1399]

I was 8 my darling home so cool to see this

[@mikenico7840]

Remember the banana man and the old lady who sold toys on her stall ,because later in life worked for her .

[@tina5203]

Excellent !!!!!😁

[@SteveCockneyRebel]

DALSTON MASSIVE

[@alexallen7761]

LONDON 1965! (comment below if you found this video when trying to find Ian)

[@iraqiguy3389]

Less technology and more morals !!

[@anthonybelcher8569]

Awesome

[@philipbonner6486]

You can see in the 60's people were more happier even thou didn't have much more money, These days people are wanting to much and selfish.

[@LocksLondon]

really nice

[@gabyx66]

more english people in this video than whole london on these days

[@crystallineblue4344]

Does this film have sound?

[@markanthony8875]

Islington (Angel) not Finsbury

[@BurlSolomons]

It was Finsbury when the film was made. See the street name plate in the film.

[@flamingocouling166]

I am surprised too, always thought it was that common borough - Islington. :) @@BurlSolomons

[@joebarnes1089]

I was born in N.1 and always been Islington plus Homakers of Islington 100 yards from here

[@janicebarthram6759]

I grew up in Goswell road which joins City Rd at the Angel. Goswell road was Finsbury EC1. On a recent visit I see that it is now Islington. Strange how the boundaries have changed.

[@markanthony8875]

@@janicebarthram6759 yeah, it's strange how boundaries move, maybe gerrymandering for some political reason. I went St. John's primary school & lived beside Elia street.

[@kumquatninja]

noice

[@technuoni498]

I live here ahaha

[@Thejcbx]

When it was 'Our' Country. I was born in Stockwell in 1953, what happened ?

[@lewisfraser2171]

Time marched on

[@Bloxdio_God]

We were invaded

[@shafsteryellow]

@@Bloxdio_God says the most pervasive invading force on earth lol

[@Bloxdio_God]

@@shafsteryellow but we brought civilisation and infrastructure to the nations we invaded. Without us they would still be pre medieval.

[@formzino]

@@Bloxdio_God Palestine, Iraq, Yemen sends their thanks

[@shapexdd2164]

The old lady selling carrier bags and just shouting 5p

[@jacksugden8190]

I was 9 then, looked as grim then as it does now.

[@nuzhatmuhammad4516]

Del Boy and Rodney seasame street😅

[@janicehilliworth8222]

why no

[@mikenico7840]

Hi Burl, how can I contact you?

[@BurlSolomons]

Right here works for a start!

[@mikenico7840]

Hi Burl , do you have an email as wanna ask something and not in an open forum

[@BurlSolomons]

@@mikenico7840 find me on Facebook and send a pm in messenger, I will reply ASAP

[@mikenico7840]

Can I upload your video to FB all I have done is added music to it, all credits are shown its your copyright @@BurlSolomons

[@BurlSolomons]

@@mikenico7840 no thank, you I'd rather you didn't do that. However you can post a link to the original if you like.

[@astragreen]

No volume by by!

[@BurlSolomons]

Sound on film didn't exist for amateurs until 10 years later, and even then cost £15.00 for 3 minutes. It was only video cameras in the 80s that allowed people to record sound on film.

[@ianthompson662]

when England was England and not full of illegal immigrants

[@HamptonFarly]

I think they need a hairdressers down there now

[@stephenrichardson9540]

Angel not Finsbury x

[@BurlSolomons]

That's not correct, it says Finsbury on the Chapel Street sign in the film. I guess you probably know more than LCC at the time though....

[@RhiannonFan]

Until 1965 Chapel Market was located in the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. After that Finsbury was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, to form the London Borough of Islington.

[@paulsmith5018]

Showed this to my mum, she remembered the man who just sold bananas, niggle (not Nigel) was his name. My Nan Freda had the salad stall next to niggle