Gloucester shopping in the 70s

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Completion of the shopping precinct & Kings square in Gloucester

[@peterberry7701]

Born and raised in Longford. but emmigrated to Canada in the early 70's. This brought back quite a few memories. Thanks for posting .

[@Suzyqutie1]

I grew up in Gloucester..now I live in the Far East...gosh...talk about brings back memories..the New Inn was the haunt of my youth!

[@kenhall8092]

grew up in Gloucester in the 70's this took me right back! Ahhh nostalgia..where are you now Helen? Smiles.

[@DimitrisDantsakis-fh5jx]

Ελένη γκατζογιανη

[@PipeandMG]

I Worked in the centre of gloucester in the early 80'S. I recognised a few things in the video, but there was a lot I could not place. Very interesting clip.

[@LostsTVandRadio]

Ahhh ... that has just reminded me of all those vending machines that used to be down the back of the Bon Marche (long before it was Debenhams) ....

[@sarajanewhobrey]

absolutely fabulous - loved it thanks for posting

[@OpticalTurnkey]

This is fab!!

[@Tugmasterman]

I played in a Gloucester band called the Rebounds. I joined them as the third sax.we played every Friday and Saturday night, we practised at the Ship Inn on Thursday nights. We were fully booked a year in advance. It was a clean band, no drugs just good old rock n roll, fats Domino etc.Gerry Doxey was the main man and played the guitar properly., by that I mean he played all the chords correctly.

[@peterpeterxxo]

No way..thats a disaster..what a shame, those fountains and stepping stones made Gloucester really different..all surrounded by willow trees and benches.

[@paigeniemann8799]

Ikr

[@worldbones]

Ah, the good old 70s. When unemployment was astronomical, Fred West was in his prime and Gloucester town planners developed an unhealthy obsession with ripping everything historical out of the city center and replacing it with concrete.

[@ryantaylor3917]

Still the same, minus the serial killer

[@LittleSquishie]

Honestly I always wondered where the obsession with...flat... concrete came in. It's just gotten worse

[@2kGRIMKZL]

“In his prime” 🤣

[@2kGRIMKZL]

As a kid who was born in 2008 and lives in Gloucester I wish I lived in the 70s 😩

[@tomstickland]

Awesome music! I used to live in Gloucester.

[@HannahAndEllie123]

Have you notice that at 3:34 a couple nearly get mashed by a car in the background

[@medrecs]

I love seeing old footage of England as it used to be, just need a time machine now so I can go back!

[@cdylancarter9968]

In 2018 I spent a great summer living in Cheltenham and almost daily communted to Gloucester, I loved it. It's a shame it came to an end as I really got attached to Gloucester.

[@EPFAN100]

Great to see so much i remember !!!

[@midsaint776]

another lovely journey , back through time . was'nt walls ice cream made in gloucester ?

[@P1mpMyBr1de]

All i can think about is Fred West and torture masks

[@2kGRIMKZL]

🤣

[@darealbungle8113]

I remember the centre of Gloucester before pedestrianisation, used to get the bus to school from the cross.

[@nrgcub]

thanks for reminding me why i live in manchester now and gloucester docks was better before the updated them

[@RyanWindridge]

Gloucester looked so nicer back then I’m a 90s Gloucester baby

[@K-M1]

They got rid of the fountains, stepping stones, toilets etc, a few years ago, its all flat and concreted over now.

[@funkmasters]

It needed to go , the drunk's kept falling in the water! 💦😄

[@S7EVE_P]

It was fine up until the late 1990s....we used to like going to Gloucester shopping in the centre....now its the last place we want to visit.

[@garibaldi54]

I've lived in Gloucester my whole life, like the rest of the country it was ok until the new Labour era.

[@cheekydevil69ER]

you living in tory era now and it getting worse. i prefer new labour over tory today

[@techreviews3539]

omg i never knew there was like a garden in kings square

[@cliffdunn2410]

TechRevie

[@rw8733]

And fountains. It was great.

[@jamescooke3763]

One day someone put fairy liquid in the fountains and foam went everywhere!

[@boycy69]

Gloucester is lacking in many ways, but it's not a bad city - the docks and cathedral are great places. My ears are bleeding after the music in the video though...

[@Hellishhorse]

They spent it all on Bristol mate!

[@carrot.studios]

3:30 bro its debenhams

[@danielwiltshire8131]

Its closing down now.

[@2kGRIMKZL]

I miss that building

[@peterpeterxxo]

is kings square the bit that has the fountains and stepping stones in? are the fountains working now ??, they wernt going a few years back..what year is this exactly ?.

[@simonstevens753]

At 1 min 48, there's a brief shot of the BHS. I remember having sausages and beans with my mum in there resturant on paper plates for children. I then proceeded to try to climp into the conveyer taking the dirty plates etc to the kitchen. I was sharply escourted into the kitchen where the a lady showed mw where I might end up....Im a large comercial sink of steaming soapy water! Never did that again!! memories.

[@danielwiltshire8131]

Yes BHS..I used to have a coffee and a ciggie with my mum in there..and Debenhams which is also going. Feel slightly depressed watching this but Gloucester tends to have that affect on me. 😑

[@catman4471]

@@danielwiltshire8131 I remember...aged about 5....1967 BHS.....mum used to work there.

[@garibaldi54]

@darthvadersgay Yep thats the biggest difference for sure! And back then you had less chance of being stabbed or offered drugs. Wont be long before all the street signs are written in Polish.

[@45ounce]

Meanwhile in Cromwell street

[@2kGRIMKZL]

NAH THESE COMMENTS ARE JOKES 🤣

[@sgdeluxedoc]

I found this quite disturbing. I always watch these UK drive throughs because of the historic medieval buildings and narrow streets.. and it is interesting how people cope with modern driving challenges on olde english streets, like in Bristol. But here all I see is demolition of everything historic, and a lassex faire attitude about it from the narrator. Did y;all really care so little about your ownn history back then?

[@rw8733]

It's a shame they tore down so much history. I was born in 65 and remember a lot of this.

[@LuqmanNaq]

yep I visited Burnley... man... Gloucester ain't that bad.

[@driving_all_over]

Lol h Samuel is still there today

[@johnnyfartpants4801]

Fred West pushing a pram across the road there?

[@2kGRIMKZL]

BAHAHAH NAH STOP BRO 🤣

[@BritishEmergency]

Seems like Gloucester really lost its identity in the '70s, when they started pulling down random buildings and replacing them with random concrete structures. No consistency at all and they really haven't aged well. Terraced Victorian and older buildings still look fine today, because the design is consistent, but with all those "quirky" design changes, the city centre just looks a mess. Shame.

[@Leby980]

@midsaint776 yh it was - it still is to

[@garibaldi54]

@technocrac Could'nt agree more, why should we pick up the bill?

[@funkmasters]

Ah the midland bank before those other lot took over and fkd it

[@balilife6257]

What's changed!!!

[@rtablada]

i live in gloucester now and me and my mates all say its a shithole. Too bad it's become unrecognisable and almost unattractive but at least there's history there.

[@broncodave4813]

Rarely see a white person today??

[@tony_w839]

You would if you took your dark glasses off.

[@moscowguitarman]

There are loads of white people in Gloucester. The majority are white.

[@funkmasters]

Dave you can't talk to us a rasclat!

[@zagozago9893]

😂

[@JFHardman]

Blimy

[@krakatoa16]

@bella6661muerte wow you actually miss gloucester?? i didn't think that it was possible to miss this craphole lol. cant wait to move.

[@winterv3vo]

Is the building at 1:20 the one thats still there today?