Bury town centre footage

[@gjd511]

I grew up in Bury in the 80's (born 1978) and have become a little obsessed with this video. I've timestamped what I think are current landmarks. I think a lot of these streets have either been knocked down over time or clad. 0:28 - Classic Cinema (now the old Halifax bank/Amusement Arcade next to the bus station) 0:33 - Timpsons (Now Fulton's) heading down Princess Parade 1:36 - The Rock (Burton Menswear now Cash Convertors and an e cig shop) 1:45 - Crompton Street (Toymaster) 1:56 - MD Wireless (Inside Millgate - possibly HM Samual?) 3:51 - Old Market Hall (Burned down Nov 1968 now Bus Station/Kay Gardens) Please feel free to correct me.

[@Denzarki]

I assumed the burton was the rock but i didn't recognise it.. I'm 10 years younger than you so it was always paved between rbs and wilko for me

[@standardranchstash221]

As the car takes a left at 1.50 I instantly knew that WH Smith's was at the end of the road. Bought my first chemistry book there and ended up teaching it for 30+ years. Time flies. Great footage.

[@techsalesandmore3649]

great video, thanks very much. Went to school from 1975-1979 at wellington secondary modern. Then 1979-1980 Ashmeadow High near the motorway. Don't remember so many cobbled roads, and it was just 10 years later. Was there a lot of development shortly after this video. As I can barely recognise the rock, the classic cinema where I SAW BUCKRIGERS IN 25TH CENTURY (1978 I THINK). Good times! Remember being a terror with a peashooter at dinner times. Sorry to any of my victims :)

[@mickram23]

An invaluable record of 60's Bury. Many thanks for sharing this with us.

[@janetbh1514]

My youth revisited after over 57 years living abroad.

[@chrisconway8406]

Very interesting how things have changed and not all for the better. Shame that most of the small shops have gone.

[@johnr4066]

Thank goodness someone had the foresight to record for posterity. Spotted the UCP where my mum bought tripe and trotters. Ugh.

[@regsmith1493]

Reminded of Granellis ice cream parlour and the Saturday morning cinema club at the Odeon cinema. I think there was also a "Star" cinema on Bell Lane. And the Sea Cadets, TS Scorpion (Late fifties-early sixties) by Bury Bolton canal. All coming back now. Thank you for posting this.

[@rodman123100]

The vehicle on the left is a Morris Traveller 1000 cc erg number JEN 69.....owned by Bury CBC Health Department which I used to drive. Unbelievable!!!

[@stuarthowker8158]

I never realized at the time what a dump Bury was Rodney.

[@mixwizard2310]

Excellent footage - so smooth with minimal jerkyness - puts today's digital video wonders to shame - great to see Bury how it used to be with a heart & soul.!!!...well done.

[@adminelf]

Wonderful. Brought back memories of being little. Especially the shot of the UCP where I used to love going for sausage and chips with my mum and nan.

[@tiplady44]

Drove through Bury in the early 60s, Was born there,spent a lot of time there,even though I lived in Radcliffe 🤗

[@tfgmlover5201]

MY HOME TOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@samharper5881]

Same here. I'm now in Vancouver. Bury has changed big time since I was a kid.

[@pmadamson]

Not only a great clip but prophetic in the use of dashcams and youtube unless you went in the Tardis (LOL) That Bedford Van at 3.40 brought back a memory. We toured Ireland in one of those in 1971. Same colour. It would be amazing if it was the actual Van/minibus. Thanks for posting this historical gem. Bury has changed a lot but only in recent times. I remember those places very clearly.

[@RamsbottomLass]

A street map showing the route taken by the car would be great if anyone has time to do it. Fabulous street views. Just how I remember Bury of the 60s. Streets with shops on! I recognise most but not all of them.

[@JohnGrayOnline]

FYI I posted the route here today.

[@JohnGrayOnline]

My post from 22 November 2020 gives you the full route and a time-coded map to crosscheck against the video.

[@RamsbottomLass]

Thank you!

[@tonygrindrod5863]

Wonderful video - high quality for the time - great to see the newsagents shop at the top of Princess St where I spent many happy years Tony grindrod

[@michaellooker5606]

Hi Bryan. The building I'm talking about is 2.09 seconds into the film on the right hand side ,with a cream van outside ! Again many thanks for posting this great film which has brought man many memories back to me of when I lived in Bury some 65 years ago

[@PeowPeowPeowLasers]

I think the cinema at 00:29 is the Classic, before it was clad in blue. It used to stand next to Bury Interchange, where the Halifax bank is now. So the road he turns into is Princess Street, which is now Millgate Shopping Centre.

[@tonygrindrod5863]

Thanks Bryan I will try to put together a listing of streets - I moved from Littleborough to Princess St (Bury) in 1948 Educated at Fishpool then St Chads, then Bury High School the The Derby School before going on to Newcastle and Berkeley California

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

Just noticed your comment. My brother would be interested to make contact again, if you see this. Leave me a message on facebook.com/Peter-Jones-Organ-Builder-296192200758390, if you want to get in touch.

[@PeowPeowPeowLasers]

At 02:15 you can see a huge area of cleared land where Millgate shopping centre now is. At 03:50 is the old Market Hall, exactly where Kay Gardens now is.

[@lisawright63]

Brilliant footage

[@bryanwild]

Hi Michael, the building you refer to must be the Cinema Royal - previously known as the Theatre Royal .... I'm guessing you mean this. It was on the corner of Princess St and Market St - directly opposite the old market which burnt down in 1968

[@JohnGrayOnline]

Hi Bryan - your video continues to create great interest - after a few years of intending to do it I finally put 5 itineraries in the comment I added on 22 November 2020 - if you're a Bury Olden Days FB member, there's a map as well at facebook.com/groups/buryoldendays.mick/permalink/3382800555150745/

[@adelestevens]

I remember a few of the streets, though I was little at the time this was taken. The rock, the old market hall (heartbroken when it burned down, Dad and I used to walk down every Saturday morning to buy Mum a box of Black magic) ,and I remember walking though some of the streets being cleared for the new shopping center to be built but didn't know any of their names. Bury has changed so much since I was a child , mostly for the best , apart from having to pay for car parking everywhere!

[@leonardo4569]

I used to buy my mum a box of Dairy Box on the weekends too. This comment made me reflect a lot. Thank you Adelle.

[@warby1212]

At 3:19 Where's would that tudor building be now, is it near the music shop.

[@gjd511]

My guess is this is inside the Millgate, possibly the Mall near where the o2 shop is. Could be wrong though. After turning left on to that street they turn right onto Princess Parade down towards what is now the bus station.

[@leonardo4569]

Any more on getting the info on the streets please Bryan? Would be great to have the street names whilst watching. Sorry if that's a pain in the arse lol. Thanks friend.

[@JohnGrayOnline]

5 itineraries in the comment I added on 22 November 2020

[@leonardo4569]

@@JohnGrayOnline appreciate that a lot John thank you mate!

[@zoepatco]

every time i go back , it has changed again!

[@johnthecloud]

This is wonderful. I was born in 1972, and it all looks so different. The only bit I can place for sure is the Market Hall at the end of the video which I know is now the bus interchange. I think I also notice Silver Street, and Roxy on the rock. But I'm really not sure. Is there any chance that anyone can list the streets?

[@JohnGrayOnline]

5 itineraries in the comment I added on 22 November 2020

[@northernmisfits]

Looks so different now. That cinema near the start is the Classic, or Theatre Royal, before the blue cladding covered it in the 70's.

[@JohnGrayOnline]

Cinema Royal at 0:30

[@standardranchstash221]

Yeah, saw Quatermass & The Pit there in 68. Still have very fond memories of it. Across the road on Bury Market there was a stall that sold imported magazines and where, for the not inconsiderable sum of 2/6 I could pick up Famous Monsters of Filmland etc. Happy times.

[@matnaylor8939]

What an amazing piece of film ! What date is it ? .

[@simonhayton5072]

Brilliant

[@enidwindsor]

Great to see, good clear memories

[@bryanwild]

Bob - it was the Theatre Royal cinema which is what it was called before being known as the Classic

[@johncostello3174]

0:30 Saw many films there. Chitty chitty bang bang, Jaws, Alien, the fog...

[@PeowPeowPeowLasers]

01:40 is obviously Rock Street (or The Rock) into Fleet Street. Then at 01:42 he turns left into Crompton Street. At 1:58 he turns right onto Haymarket Street, then left into Garden Street.

[@Funkymonkey313]

Looked beautiful back then simple and all built properly what year was this from please was trying to work out exactly where car was going 😆

[@JohnGrayOnline]

My post from 22 November 2020 gives you the full route and a time-coded map to crosscheck against the video.

[@lllucky13]

i live in bury now and have done all my life.. interesting to see the word HALT written on the road at 3:32 instead of the word STOP

[@TheShotenZenjin]

When did the road marking "HALT" change to "STOP"?

[@bryanwild]

just a guess, but I would say late sixties maybe ?

[@TheShotenZenjin]

@@bryanwild apparently it was from 1965 onwards that "halt" signs were gradually replaced with "stop"

[@shuddupeyaface]

What happened to all those houses and shops?

[@michaellooker5606]

Many thanks for posting this short video of Bury the way I remember it when I was growing up ! On the opening clip what was the name of the building on the right ? Was it a theatre ? Would love to see other bits if you have any. ,

[@sparx180]

michael looker It looks like the old Odeon Theatre, if that helps.

[@JohnGrayOnline]

@@sparx180 It's the Theatre Royal, 5 itineraries in the comment I added on 22 November 2020

[@bryanwild]

Tony - did you own the newsagents shop on Princess street ? I ask because I worked at Kenyons, Derby st in the 60's and was always popping over to the shop

[@stuarthowker8158]

It was owned by the Mitten family.

[@johnthecloud]

Actually I'm beginning to think that the cinema that I though at first was the Roxy is actual the Odeon. If most of this is now part of the Millgate shopping centre then that is probably why I don't remember it, as I only remember the shopping precinct that must have been built around or shortly after I was born.

[@TheChrisrg]

Blimey I don't reconise any of it! Looks much better then.

[@Denzarki]

I grew up in Bury in the 90s i thought id recognise at least something but i didn't see anything remotely familiar

[@PeacfullSoul]

What year was that? I grew up there don’t think I recognize any of this

[@bryanwild]

Hi Suzanne - it has to be pre -1968 and I think a good guess would be that it is probably 1965 but can't be certain

[@PeacfullSoul]

Bryan Wild hi Bryan, yeh that is well before my time, that figures 😁 cheers 👋🏻

[@paulnorcross5954]

Brilliant piece of footage....but it does remind me why I moved South in the late 60s.

[@articametube]

What a great piece of footage. It brought a lump to my throat! When was it shot? I was born in 1956 and certainly remember the streets looking that way when I was a boy - going round the shops with mum, going in the Market Hall and having a milk shake in Jopson's. It looks grim, yes, but it had character. Is is better today?

[@sparx180]

Adrian Burrows OMG I remember Jobsons. We used to go up to the 2nd floor and I had this lime milkshake with cream on top. Wow, nice meeting you! P.S. Did you sit in what was Kay Gardens in the middle of town?

[@paulsteventon9295]

It’s an early DASH CAM😂

[@andrewdaley3081]

Putting the year in the title helps yes i looked in the description but lots of people are to lazy or stupid to do that. 🇬🇧👍

[@次元大介-d8j]

どこの街並みこれは🤔

[@bobski4391]

I dont think the picture's was the classic, it looks more like the odeon to me

[@sparx180]

Bob Ski Funny I said the same thing!

[@TheChrisrg]

Blimey I don't reconise any of it! Looks much better then.