Driving the Streets of Blackburn in 1987

The dashcam idea 36 years ago!

[@WakoJacKooo]

As a bburner my self the place looks clean and tidy compared to now and its a shame they knocked the libary bridge down and also killed off the trees near the old tec college building

[@FazsterHQ]

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing. I was born in Blackburn in 85 when the old man decided to move the family to London. He still talks about the “good old days”. I’ve shared this video with him.

[@foretrak]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@DeniseBrogden]

Much cleaner and tidier then. And the traffic could actually move!

[@markhjones956]

Great video. 1987 was the year I left Blackburn. Going up Shear Brow brings back memories of Limbrick Chippy and the barber on the other side.

[@foretrak]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@EBZJagX]

Absolutely brilliant

[@syniekos]

My neighbourhood, I have to say it doesn’t seemed to have changed much, did anybody notice how fewer cars there were out & about & parked on the streets ?

[@OxfordBreakdownRecovery.]

Good memories, I grew up in Blackburn in that era, thanks for sharing

[@foretrak]

Our pleasure!

[@deanothemanc5281]

Great stuff, it definitely looks cleaner.

[@scotta5579]

Good one, loved it. Would like to see going further up Earl street if you ever find it.

[@foretrak]

Will do

[@lancs711]

A quick glimpse of cyril kenyons Top Hat club in there.

[@madam9736]

Great footage of an old mill town. Do you have any further footage?

[@foretrak]

Yes, I do of lots of towns across the UK. I'm wading through hours and hours of my business partner's old VHS tapes and compiling them as I go along. There will be more released soon.

[@madam9736]

@@foretrak The footage continues up Earl St - Would be good to see that.

[@maryam-jh6dc]

​@foretrak would love to see if you have more of Blackburn. My father spent most his life telling me about the streets around the area he lived as theyre not there anymore. Thank you for the share. Looking forward to more!

[@Eccles_History]

Old is gold.

[@junaidi3466]

Great vid. Anymore of Blackburn?

[@foretrak]

There's possibly more in the video tapes I've inherited but there's thousands of hours to sort through.

[@qadeemqm]

​@@foretrakhi please upload more. It really brings back memories of my home town. Thank you

[@boulecoq1700]

When we had a proper town to live in.

[@mustafaalwaheed1628]

Not changed much in 30 odd years. In fact it looks alot worse now than it did back then

[@ilyas3816]

Superb

[@foretrak]

Thanks

[@nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou]

What model of dashcam is this?

[@foretrak]

A full sized shoulder-mounted Panasonic camcorder I believe. ;-)

[@XLNC369]

It’s called a dashcamcorder 😂

[@iy7464]

​@@foretrak😂

[@whatacarryon12]

Oh happy days

[@karenwhite6037]

When you could drive round the streets. None of the insane one ways and restrictions.

[@GHOST5663]

V nice.

[@lynseywales4792]

Wow. The money that has been spent to the make the place worse 😳

[@Hickupoflife]

🤣