Doc: It's a London Ting | Stratford Centre Roller Skating

[@LondonRocksJewellery]

man i wish a was aware of Stratford years ago. back in 1993 we used to hit roller express in Edmonton. Im 44 now and started getting back into skating last year , to many years missed. Now I am teaching my two young sons and they are loving it.

[@jonathanrossi1987]

Roller express was the original ❤

[@Bluebutterfly80]

Me too 1992/93 in my Roces with colourful leg warmers wrapped around them 🙌🏽

[@LondonRocksJewellery]

@@jonathanrossi1987 we were so lucky to have a place like that when we were young.

[@sonisonrobi713]

Reminds me when I used to go roller skating this takes me back 20 years

[@yasuke1644]

@@jonathanrossi1987you remember roller city?

[@jeromejohnson5074]

I work in Stratford now, I'm always seeing people skating round. been wondering what it was all about, glad this was recommended to me!

[@JackMatthew]

Glad you got an insight!

[@adamblackburnblacky6493]

London looks lit for skating. Manchester used to be similar but died a bit 😢

[@JackMatthew]

@@adamblackburnblacky6493 It is man and oh crazy! I never knew that it was popping off back in the day

[@lulupupupu]

More docos like this. Real and moving. Spirit of the 80s/90s urban youth 🖤

[@JackMatthew]

@@lulupupupu 🙏🏽♥️

[@southernsofty7432]

Bought some skates again as part of my mid-life crisis! Content like this isn't helping! Loved this. Looked like great times!

[@resurrectvamp]

So grateful to be involved in some of the music you used in the video. A video for generations of skaters to come.

[@JackMatthew]

Appreciate you loads bro! Thankyou for allowing your music to be used! Added so much to it!❤🙏🏽

[@MjFontaine]

Thank and loved your music.

[@KaaaLikeYa]

The power of a space that can put a smile on everyone's face. Simple shopping mall. Great surface, hood feel, good times, all welcome. Learning, challenging each other, exercise, music & vibes, different age groups bouncing off each other, sometimes literally ... great memories but long live the culture. To more spaces like SSM man. It's on us.

[@kieronmccarthy628]

I’m glad I came across this video on my feed. I’m not from Stratford, but I came there a couple of months ago for a hip hop event in the centre. Anyway, at about 1am when I was leaving and standing outside by some crepes van, a group of 5 black women on roller skates rolled by, all having a laugh with big smiles on their faces. I remember thinking how fun it looked, but also that it was something unusual to me, as I’ve never seen that before. I wonder if they were affiliated with you, or perhaps they were influenced by past skaters in the area. This video gave me a great insight into a community I’d otherwise not known anything about. Awesome!

[@2006v4]

Respect to the OGs paving the way! Love the history ✊🏽

[@JackMatthew]

🙏🏽

[@Dannniiiiiiiii]

I smiled throughout the whole ting!!!!!!

[@JackMatthew]

Haha love this ❤❤

[@kiddo3238]

This is an amazing video ❤️ I hope that the new skaters/ younger generation are able to value the community that was built

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou so much! I hope so too, I really do too

[@munasheZOE]

Great documentary and the footage is just a capsule of an era gone by. Thank you!❤

[@zonobiredz9828]

What a beautiful insight and portrament of this wonderful UK Skate scene, I'm blessed to be a part of 💯🔥🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Much love and respect to the ones that paved the way for us skaters that joined the community later on ❤❤❤

[@JackMatthew]

Appreciate this message loads! Thankyou❤

[@kr-rq5eu]

As a young teen walking through Stratford Mall at those times was so inspiring. Absolutely loved it. Nice to see a Doco about it. Wholesome!

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou! Appreciate you taking time to watch it

[@ogshazo]

That was absolutely excellent to watch.

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou!

[@martynmorrison2347]

This was dope to watch. Thank you for making & sharing this. 🔥🙌🏾

[@jaseone1516]

This makes me want to dust off my skates. Great doc, good to see the people that's part of the Stratford Scene. I'm not from Stratford but lived close and would see skaters all the time but I didn't know it went this deep.

[@JackMatthew]

You should do it! Thankyou so much. Yea there is a rich history that comes from Stratford Centre 🙏🏽

[@jackpola1242]

Grew up in Stratford and used to hate walking home from the station late at night, until I clocked the skaters in the mall. Suddenly walking the longer route home via the mall to watch the skaters made me feel not only safe but like part of my local community. It’s incredible to see how many people around the city skate on a daily basis now

[@JackMatthew]

Ah that's beautiful man! It definitely was a very safe place when the skaters took over. A whole different world! Thankyou for watching! ❤🙏🏽

[@chidiumeh]

I always enjoyed seeing the skaters in the Stratford Centre, and dancers too with their choreographed routines on a weekend evening. It was a pity it came to an end - I never knew why it did, it just stopped. It was definitely a vibe - as the kids would say.

[@aalthedarg]

BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER!

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou!❤

[@JTtheGoon1980]

This brought back some Great Memories, i used 2 skate in stratford back in the early 90s,police used to drive there cars into the centre and chase us all and never could catch us 😂 big up my ends

[@JackMatthew]

Ayyy that's mad haha! Love that it brought back those memories❤ Thankyou for watching

[@SixthQuarter]

What a fantastic documentary. Really interesting. I enjoyed that loads. Great job. 👊🏼

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou very much!

[@bluecanarinho]

As a non skaater from stratford, this is dope to see, its told me about the thoughts behind the people who skate around our endz, love

[@JackMatthew]

Ah sick. Glad you got an insight man & thankyou for watching!

[@drenergyflow]

i hadn't been able to watch it at flippers etc so thank you so much for positing it here. Beyond grateful for all the dedication and passion you guys brought into the skate scene ... I'm still a baby chopper but you guys are more than inspirational, you literally helped me heal from broken feet cause I was determined I'd skate backwards one day haha... Im definitely not like you guys but have you in high esteem. Catch you around, Love to y'all, Sarah, Mwah

[@JackMatthew]

Absolutely no worries. Glad you got to watch it. ❤🙏🏽. Love this! Just keep at it and have fun while doing it. See you around! Thankyou for watching

[@Tyson_plumbing]

This is class 👏 👌 🙌🏽

[@80skates]

Amazing…I’ve got some catching up to do 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou!

[@Strawberrlla]

It’s great seeing more representation for skating in London and what the culture is like I think it’s really interesting and immersive to watch

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou!

[@m7jnu]

Good documentary! Love from Leicester.

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou so much!

[@user-tt2qn1cj1x]

Great KZbin recommendation, nice work Jack and good to hear the stories.

[@satoshiblack1046]

Had my bauer turbos so long the plastic crumbled, we were the first wave of real London Street skaters, Depford park, Brockwell park, Stockwell skate park, Southbank river side, Camden roller disco, Brixton roller disco, Uppercut stadium etc etc while people were still skate boarding. Most of the now skaters weren't even born yet 😂 The director of Starlight Express tried to recruit us in when they were planning their production and we said no. I still have my tracker trucks base plates, kryptonic, bones & yoyo wheels with sks5000 bearings. When we left home back in the day, we never ever carried other footwear, it wax our skates and our Sony Walkman with some fked up headphones. Summer of 1983 was absolute fire for skating, you could still buy loose Columbia weed & red Leb in bookie shop betting paper for guys who could serve up from a dustbin bag full in the gambling house. You could buy a pound draw, folks never seen a pound note lol

[@karengasper6341]

Excellent Doc guys. Well done🎉🎉🎉

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou Karen! Appreciate that!

[@MjFontaine]

Thanks Karen x

[@harriswong2137]

Nice work! Great documentary.

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou so much!

[@jujutrini8412]

I used to go to rollerdisco in Sylvester Place in Hackney.

[@MelBadgerSmith]

Wayne, love him. 😂😂😂

[@aalthedarg]

loved every second of it man

[@JackMatthew]

AYYYYY! That means more than you know!❤

[@hummingbirdsie36]

Class , well done Jack

[@keziah6730]

Cant wait to watch this! 🤩

[@JackMatthew]

Lemme know what you think when you do ❤

[@curtisthomas8935]

Positive just positive✊🏽

[@JackMatthew]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@Corneloues]

Just to let Wayne know, Brian is still running Beadle Rollerskates at 88!!! Hes my dad! He's not making skates any more. He's the UK distributor for Suregrip now. But he still has a selection of original parts if anyone is interested. I'm going to be showing him this video tomorrow! Thanks to Phil Norton for introducing me to this video...

[@Corneloues]

Now, if someone wants to do a documentary on my dad and Beadle let me know. He made the skates for the 1975 movie Rollerball. All the skates for the original production of Starlight Express in London - and and Germany. Made the skates for Michael Crawford (aka Frank Spencer) for his Pickets Lock skating episode, and so much more...

[@djr-xxi]

so good!

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou bro!

[@kenharding5713]

Who's getting ready to roll 🛼 😃

[@simply_boyce]

🔥🔥🔥

[@cucumberwhale]

Soooo goood

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou!

[@icesound2020twentytwenty]

80”s south london every Sunday Deptford Childers street Saxon sound nothing but vibes also Sundays Southbank roller hockey Peckham Vikings

[@MjFontaine]

Yes! And we the Stratford Skaters actually street skated to Saxon via Battersea Park that day that picture was taken in 84 ish. (6.42 minutes)

[@satoshiblack1046]

I was there 😂😂😂 we use to roll down there in 30L Ford Capris, Triumph Dolomite Sprints and Mini Coopers

[@jonathanrossi1987]

2S1S need to be interviewed with all the members. They were the number 1 and 1st modern skate crew. They was all sick!!!!! Anyone knows them know what I am talking about

[@JackMatthew]

Listen! Them lot were different! Alot more people will know about them soon enough, trust me. But the people that know already? They know ❄

[@ccee1985]

❤❤

[@rhythmskating]

W video.

[@JackMatthew]

Thankyou

[@natashacampbell5200]

But why do they skate backwards within the crowds???

[@Chris12912]

It's a true 'Street skaters' thing, as well as displaying higher skill level. I've skated over 40 years & backwards feels better especially with more than one person and your trust in others ability not to trip you over it is a rush.

[@S1E2SportQuattro]

I have skated here with the homies back in 2018 on our skateboards I thought this place was lock off for skaters

[@JackMatthew]

It is. 2017 was the last time it was allowed