Central Birmingham Bullring March 1981. Filmed through windscreen of Ford Escort. Shows the old Bullring shopping center. Smallbrook Queensway and the Rotunda. Some great old 70s and 80s cars
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@lt.schaffer26859 жыл бұрын
1981, I was a 7yr old lad going to school a few miles away in Wolverhampton. Great vid.
@clarencemitchell64815 жыл бұрын
Lt. Schaffer I was 5. Great times great country
@huma13235 жыл бұрын
Lt.schaffer in 1986 i visit uk birmingham from pakistan that time i was 12 years old today i am 44 years old and living in karachi city of pakistan and doing job as security guard miss u birmingham from Faisal lyari karachi pakistan
@angelacooper266111 ай бұрын
I was not yet eleven and in my last year at junior school back then!
@michaelwatson42393 жыл бұрын
This is sheer brilliance - felt like a was transported in a time machine, the radio programme, the bullring the cars and buses: all pure nostalgia, thank you for posting!!!
@PaulDonovan3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment... much appreciated. I'm so glad I filmed this ... and.... kept the tape for all those years !! Regards Paul
@woosheroes4946 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Oh, how the remnants of a lived, breathing history remain locked in individual memories. A whole world lived, stored away like old photos in the draws of our minds, collecting the dust of age.
@PaulDonovan6 жыл бұрын
Woo's Heroes Hi. Love your comment. Thanks for taking the time to write. Paul
@biroldjoshan3745 Жыл бұрын
I do miss Birmingham in them days ....i dont recognise it now
@marclaw45119 жыл бұрын
Just want the video to go on,shame we can't go back in time.
@captainchaos26715 жыл бұрын
aint it just or for it just to be the way it was
@nivencalder11 жыл бұрын
I was eight that year. That really helped bring some memories back. Thank you.
@lustful212 жыл бұрын
U passed my old enployers on Smallbrook Queens way J . pass music shop sold sheet music and instruments . I worked there for 12 yrs before it eventually closed down. Happy memories of then everyone was terribly polite and well dressed . Not like the trash we have walking about up town.
@morgandude210 жыл бұрын
Wow! I was back there last week and barely recognised the place. As this video played I recognised everything and knew exactly what was coming up around every corner! Thank you!
@PaulDonovan10 жыл бұрын
Hey.... Thanks for your comment. Cheers Paul
@adriankatsikides33908 жыл бұрын
that is exactly as I remember it, looking at the comments I assume it has all changed. I live near Lands End now. I lived in Quinton when this was filmed, and bought my first car - a 71' Marina Coupe in Feb '81 so indeed drove these streets in it. Pre seat belt law, Charles was yet to marry Diana, Falklands war year in the future and the Mary Rose still on the seabed, and I still have the car ! How bonkers is that ? Oh for the good old days, if I could go back I would be straight down Newhall street and in the old (proper) Science museum. Great video of what was....... a great old City..........
@PaulDonovan8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to write.... very interesting and amusing. I loved the old science museum in Newhall Street also. I had the chance to photograph the interior of the building after all the exhibits had been removed..... it was very erie and extremely sad. You can see the photos on my website www.VistaMax.co.uk regards Paul
@adriankatsikides33908 жыл бұрын
Pleasure is all mine actually.Yes, that science museum, quite obsessed with it I am, how little did I realise that the last time I went in it would be the last time,all adjacent to the fabulous Farmers Bridge locks. All that for free. No matter where one went in the museum, left or right up or down there was something to excite the interest. If I could have my pick of exhibits....well the loco is a bit big for a garden railway, The Spit...well, doing a victory roll after strafing the neighbours does hold lots of appeal ....but I might go for the Mercury Arc Rectifier, it's so cute and just so naughty looking.. I shall try your site now and prepare myself for some sobs....
@ARafe097 жыл бұрын
And Aston Villa were the League champions
@gazzab32246 жыл бұрын
Adrian Katsikides I agree about the science museum.
@angelacooper26612 жыл бұрын
I well remember that year; turning eleven and moving from junior to senior school a few months later. The old Science Museum is a very vivid memory, especially the musical contraption that played two different tunes and I can remember even to this day after 40 years. Now I am 52!!!
@angelacooper26612 жыл бұрын
I well remember going to Birmingham when growing up - here I was not yet eleven and in my last year at junior school. The old West Midland cream and blue buses in evidence that I would have caught (155) in addition to the Midland Red 156 routes. This footage is 41 years old and I am now 52!
@PaulDonovan2 жыл бұрын
lol.... where does the time go !! I'm 66 now !!!! regards Paul
@sq56949 жыл бұрын
This makes me feel nostalgic for some reason... and I was born in the 90s!
@danw13743 жыл бұрын
The layout of the city centre has changed a hell of a lot even in your lifetime, some parts are unrecognisable from 30 years ago.
@K1ngfast2411 жыл бұрын
Great clip m8 thx, was almost 3 when this was shot, happy days being dragged around the markets by Gran with a bag of iced gems... Miss the old town !
@paulph1200212 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this, I'm also looking forward to seeing the next clip sometime. It's always great to see videos like this showing how my home city used to look.
@larryrice387710 жыл бұрын
That is what I remember, great stuff, now in OZ, tks for the memories
@OUTDOORY9 жыл бұрын
1981 i love the Cortina bring back the past love it
@matandgeorge12 жыл бұрын
@pulpedtoafiction31 I worked for Marg and Jimmy at Pets Choice in the Bullring in the 80's and also at the stall in the Wilton market in Erdington. When Tiffany sang at the Bullring in 87 I tried to get a copy of her single signed for your cousin as Margie had asked me too...how are they..good I hope and Jimmy and Dawn too...
@henryhunter17732 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. 👍
@PaulDonovan2 жыл бұрын
thanks ! Regards Paul
@brunster6411 жыл бұрын
Brought back memories - when radio 1 played "decent music" - thanks for posting :)
@UKArchiveTV11 жыл бұрын
Nice clip! People just drove where they wanted in the 80s.
@markcf833 жыл бұрын
I remember the old Bull Ring. What a place it was.....
@PaulDonovan3 жыл бұрын
indeed it was ! Regards Paul
@marclaw45119 жыл бұрын
Great video,brings back many childhood memories.
@PaulDonovan9 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it... Cheers Paul
@marksinthehouse19682 жыл бұрын
Superb ,Birmingham home of ATV ,tiswas and the golden shot ,to me growing up in London in the 70s was a modern place on the M1 or fast electric train ,also the cream and blue West Midlands PTE metrobuses great clip
@PaulDonovan2 жыл бұрын
Thank you... and thanks for taking the time to write. Much appreciated. Regards Paul
@PaulDonovan12 жыл бұрын
Hi... I have got another clip.. I'll get it uploaded as soon as I can. Glad you like it. Regards Paul
@ianspurr482010 жыл бұрын
I was 19 at the time this was filmed, i left Brum in 1989 and haven't been back that much since, so in my head this is how i still remember the old town. I probably wouldn't recognise it now
@PaulDonovan10 жыл бұрын
Yes... its changed a hell of a lot.... mostly for the better !!
@marianclougher55579 жыл бұрын
Paul Donovan
@TheNoelFoley10 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius to drive round Queensway while filming back in the 80's. I thought i'd never see this again. Did you know the Bull Ring was going to change as much as it did?
@PaulDonovan10 жыл бұрын
Hi Noel... I had no idea that any changes were going to be made.... It was a new camera and i was just testing it out !! really glad that I did though.... !
@TheNoelFoley10 жыл бұрын
I, like many others, am glad too. Thanks for sharing it on KZbin. Gonna watch it a few times more now lol.
@MaximusJohal10 жыл бұрын
Noel Foley When ever you go out take pictures of your boring normal stuff and thats the stuff you look back on years to come. I have done this many times and love seeing the old streets etc...and friends and neighbors that have moved or passed away....
@TheNoelFoley10 жыл бұрын
MaximusJohal You're right. Usually people take photo's of just people or people standing in front of things. Photos of normal stuff don't really have added value if you see them every day. Only in years to come when things change do they become priceless.
@PaulDonovan10 жыл бұрын
Noel Foley Agreed. Cheers Paul
@rw63915 жыл бұрын
I was 6,wish it was still like this.
@PaulDonovan5 жыл бұрын
Yes.... sadly things always change.... not always for the better. Cheers Paul
@jdstock012111 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant filming! Very rare indeed!!! Cant wait for the others of the town, markets. They were the good old days. So many memories
@mal33445511 жыл бұрын
great footage....brought back nice memories and nice to see the old cars again
@LeonTrimble11 жыл бұрын
ah driving round brum city centre with joe dolce on the wireless, class...
@akumar73664 жыл бұрын
Great video, I was in lower Sixth form at the time, the Joe Dolce track playing kept Ultravox from top spot in the charts. It's funny all these years latter, I can rember the songs and the hot girls,crasy to think we are all around 56 now!!!!
@PaulDonovan4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reply..... Brilliant 😎 ............I'm nearly 64 !! where have all the years gone ?
@akumar73664 жыл бұрын
@@PaulDonovan Like me Iam sure your young at heart ♥. Two quick points, the statue of Tony Hancock needs to be moved to a more prominent location. Also the Jfk memorial in Digbeth should be in a more deserving location.
@angelacooper266111 ай бұрын
I'm much younger than you as I was not yet eleven and in my last year at junior school back then (now aged 53). Remember visiting Birmingham during my formative years, especially the cream and blue buses!
@leisureandlifestyle84004 жыл бұрын
Excellent video brings back memories thank you for sharing
@PaulDonovan4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers Paul
@noorakhtar353811 жыл бұрын
Lovely vid! I was 2 months old then! My how it's changed! Xxx
@creativefunk11 жыл бұрын
great film paul thanks for posting! i loved coming in on a bus when it was like that
@danielgiles25797 жыл бұрын
Roxy music cool
@PaulDonovan7 жыл бұрын
Agreed.... great track !!
@kevkonk11 жыл бұрын
Great stuff...
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
Thanks.... cheers paul
@martinlanigan92026 жыл бұрын
Got lost in that place years ago problem trying to find my way back to my digs
@PaulDonovan3 жыл бұрын
it's a vast area !
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
Cheers... your comments are much appreciated... Paul
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
Hi... Thanks for your interest. Hopefully in the next few weeks !! I have some recordings of Radio1 DJs which I made around the same time and I want to put these on the soundtrack. Cheers Paul
@PaulDonovan12 жыл бұрын
Hi... glad you like it. The song is "Street Life" by Roxy Music. The other video is on Betamax tape and my player has died !! I am trying to find a good working Betamax machine so I can transfer the remaining videos. Regards Paul
@davidpaddock647410 жыл бұрын
i could still find my way round that today,,,,,then new layout and town is a nightmare....
@390h8er8 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Brum was once the city of the car, the inner r.road has been 50% wrecked into a pedestrianised hellhole, bus lanes, red lights everywhere, awful... No wonder everyone says Birmingham's shite:(
@sutherlandA14 жыл бұрын
Also the year Shaddup your face took the world by storm
@PaulDonovan4 жыл бұрын
lol.... classic ! regards Paul
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment.... Noor ! xx
@madcarew51687 ай бұрын
And Roxy!!!! Anyone else from F&P Witton made redundant this year,I fked off to France for 3 great years.Luv,.Dwarfy!!
@jack743111 жыл бұрын
This amazing! 32 years ago?! It looks completely different, my mom did say it was concrete jungle though. Have you got any more if so could you post them I would love see some more :) also you have excellent taste in music my friends Street Life by Roxy Music 1973
@Djjimmyshrs10 жыл бұрын
This is great, it totally reminds me of ryan neal in that 79 trans am as the escape driver, or say gene hackman in the french connection!
@PaulDonovan10 жыл бұрын
Nice comment.. Cheers Paul
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
Things were different back then !! thanks for your comment... Paul
@PaulDonovan12 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome.
@captainsensible48433 жыл бұрын
I wish all the great modern architecture in this video was preserved instead of half of it being demolished in a fit of municipal self-hatred. Love it or hate it it's an aesthetic entirely unique to Birmingham and part of its modern identity
@PaulDonovan3 жыл бұрын
Agreed ! Regards Paul
@itbestuk11 жыл бұрын
Great Clip! I was nearly 4 when this was filmed. I like seeing the way Bham used to be, it is now very different but the general road layout looks to be the same (more or less). The most distinctive difference is the types of cars about on the streets. Do you know when you expect to have your other clip uploaded?
@simonvinyl9 жыл бұрын
wow 1st dash cam lol
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
Your welcome... so glad I filmed this back then. Cheers Paul
@PaulDonovan12 жыл бұрын
Yes.. brilliant !
@bighas969 жыл бұрын
Good old times
@dean147uk12 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this clip, Paul. Brought back a few memories as I was 10 years-old at that time. Any chance of uploading the other clip you say you have - I'd love to see it. Does anyone know what the song is, playing at the beginning of the clip?
@angelacooper266111 ай бұрын
You are therefore around the same age as me (I was not yet eleven and in my last year at junior school back then!) Takes me right back to childhood memories.
@iskuly10 жыл бұрын
Lol that was epic I would of been 1
@PaulDonovan10 жыл бұрын
Hey that makes me feel really really old... ! lol Thanks for your comment
@colephillips802710 жыл бұрын
lol joe dolce on the radio love it
@iiSensibleGaming9 жыл бұрын
Wow! Bullring has improved! :o
@SpeedTriple598 жыл бұрын
+iiSensible ROBLOX Lol...how has Bham improved..its still the same ole 60s shite hole just worse, its a architect nightmare,even worse now ..still visible are the boring buildings that make it a crap hole...
@iiSensibleGaming8 жыл бұрын
No, its not
@PaulDonovan8 жыл бұрын
+iiSensible ROBLOX I'm with you..... its a great city !!
@SpeedTriple598 жыл бұрын
What part is great.?? List a few things to go in Brum.
@SpeedTriple598 жыл бұрын
Not knocking the video of back in the day it was superb,but when compared to how the city has evolved and how the local media try to make Birmingham into something it's not is mind blowing ......
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
It Sure is ! Paul
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
Agreed !!
@sarahprobert25258 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul, is this your video and if so would you mind if we used it on the Birmingham Mail? Many thanks
@PaulDonovan8 жыл бұрын
+Sarah Probert Hi Sarah.... yes it is my video. Happy for you to use it for a fee of £75.00. Let me know . Regards Paul
@sarahprobert25258 жыл бұрын
+Paul Donovan Hi Paul, thanks for the offer but I am afraid we would be able to pay that amount. Best wishes, Sarah
@PaulDonovan8 жыл бұрын
+Sarah Probert no problem Sarah. Take care.. 😎
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
Your Welcome !
@yvonneprice74298 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul, great video, is it yours (copyright) would love to use part of it in a project Im doing, could you contact me
@PaulDonovan8 жыл бұрын
Hi Yvonne... Yes its my original video. Glad you like it. What would you like to do with it ? Regards Paul
@PaulDonovan11 жыл бұрын
Your welcome...
@390h8er8 жыл бұрын
Some great footage especially Roxy Music - Street Life, on MW! Plenty of proper cars and traffic that kept moving. Not now!! Why did they have to wreck the road layout? Today you sit in queues and can't go beyond New St. station without a £60 fine. How we went from a futuristic concrete jungle to one big bus lane with lights/crossings every 50ft is rather sad. If Telly Savalas could see Brum today I think he'd jump off the Rotunda!
@PaulDonovan8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to write.... 👍😎
@ChristopherWoods12 жыл бұрын
Weird to know that from 0:53 you're effectively driving up the steps to the new Bullring... And there's a challenge -- who wants to jump in a car with me and do some circles round the ring road - see if we can recreate the journey as closely as possible and do some high tech video overlays to show the difference? ;-)
@yardelli10 жыл бұрын
When BL ruled the world!
@newtechnology35776 жыл бұрын
yardelli and stole it's resources
@DadgeCity8 жыл бұрын
It looks like it was filmed from a bus.
@MaximusJohal10 жыл бұрын
I work here so recognize a lot of it.... shame as its lost its character now... just another American clone of shops....