Hemel Hempstead | Hertfordshire | UK | 03/01/2021

Date: Sunday 03/01/2021
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Coordinates: 51.76° N
0.47° W
Start Time: 15:17 GMT
Temperature: 4°C

[@jackiebolden1017]

I came across this site and my goodness you took me back in time I married and bought my family up there ,good memories thankyou

[@vonniekirwan1927]

Great memories and sad memories hemel holds for me ,left 97,some great friends I left behind ,recently met back up, loved hemel ,llovely people

[@nikhilkhorwal1726]

i have wonderful memories to this place :) thanks a ton :) it made me feel like i am walking there :)

[@GRAHAMAUS]

I lived in HH in the late 70s when there was a CB craze in the UK. Trying to hook up with a friend over the air, he told me his location was "the bouncing fruit 20", meaning Cherry Bounce. Somehow that description struck me as hilarious, and your video brought back that odd memory!

[@walkthroughtime8373]

Never heard of Cherry Bounce before but I may need to try one now! 🍒🍒🍒

[@adelef8280]

Been to a couple of plays at the old town hall, nice experiences.

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

I love suburban walking videos in general, but in this case what I enjoyed was re-evaluating the simple every day familiarities of the UK commute. It's amazing how different things look when you see them on film/video; I just pick up on mudane details which in real life I may not have even registered, let alone had any profound response to, like noticing the children in this video. I suspect that in real life if I were doing that walk they just wouldn't have stood out to me much but here, in your video, their sweet, well-behaved, energetic behaviour really stood out in the rainy gloom. I appreciated that you began this in the Old Town-- far more photogenic and charming than the other end of Hemel Hempstead, which is why you only see the Old Town in Ricky Gervais's Netflix show 'After Life' ;). Great video for a time capsule, thanks for uploading. It would be lovely to see you do another one in the early summer when lockdowns lift and people are out dining and socialising: perhaps you might even start that one in the much overlooked, almost secret, flower garden over the road from Barclays bank? It's very pretty and many folks don't bother exploring it when in full bloom. Thank you again for your video and I hope you have a great weekend.

[@walkthroughtime8373]

Thank you 😊 It'll be interesting to look back on this in years to come. I'm planning to record Hemel every so often. It'll be a completely different atmosphere in the summer. I'll check out the garden next time! Thanks again!

[@mhammmdsalaah9593]

Hi

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

@@mhammmdsalaah9593 As-salamu alaykum!

[@baxterfarringtonhoyle]

He walks at the speed of Micale Myers

[@marisha4sure]

The old town is lovely. Lot's of memories for me.

[@Lanceawright]

I lived here from 2011-2018. Met some lovely people.

[@Lanceawright]

Is the Scotsman still playing bagpipes on Sunday? And, is the guy who walked his (stink glands intact) skunk still about?

[@walkthroughtime8373]

I'm from Abbots Langley and have never seen them. I'll keep a look out for them!

[@Lanceawright]

RIP Billy Dove.

[@snow_white_fyp]

Glad l lefted hemel hempstead

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Christmas time. Love the wet streets and town centre.

[@robgould6190]

Thank you. My Gould family comes from there. Many came to America in the 1600s.

[@walkthroughtime8373]

All those generations ago! The UK population was only 6 million in the 1600s. I'd imagine Hemel Hempstead was just a tiny village back then.

[@tvjam428]

how is this ugly this is gorgeous. video ends at about 18 minutes dont know why you included the walk back but other than that amazing video

[@jamieglatzel3623]

Hiya, would it be alright if I can use this footage for a project? :)

[@walkthroughtime8373]

Yeah, Sure! 😊

[@torix316]

These videos are SO helpful thank you so much.

[@walkthroughtime8373]

Glad you enjoy them! 😁

[@RodrigoCFD]

33:45 Building of The Tambury Gazette, from After Life Netflix series.

[@walkthroughtime8373]

Interesting! Didn't know that!

[@spencer4932]

34.56, Richard Brown Hair, is where the external shots of Pie in the Sky were done. I know it is winter and a Sunday (people parking on double yellows!) but it looks very glum. I preferred it when you could "cruise The Marlowes" in your Cortina, then they ruined it in the 90s by pedestrianising it. And that awful rainbow has seen better days.

[@charlottereynolds1319]

You went past my work 🤪

[@edgarhemel]

Hola amiga Charlotte

[@watchfan6180]

Is it a safe place to live or is it like Luton?

[@abiadu5276]

Would like to know too

[@johnclark7065]

Safe area Hertfordshire but very expensive renting .

[@MyNameSucksBad82]

I moved from Hemel to Luton last year and wish I could move back to Hemel!!!

[@AGoodJoe]

Hot Fuzz….that’s what this is. 😆💚

[@TheVirtualTourist]

I really enjoyed his vid.. i lived in hemel when i was a kid.,. at Farland Rd and went to Maylands school.. and./. i make virtual walks vids too..

[@walkthroughtime8373]

What a coincidence! Your channel had great content. Loads of different places!👏

[@TheVirtualTourist]

@@walkthroughtime8373 Now I'm retired I have lots of time for travel.. and want to see as much as I can. I see you have a lot of good vids of walking around in England.. I will probably watch them all.. I get homesick.. stuck in Holland.. I'm waiting for things to return to normal before I travel again.. so I watch virtual vids instead.. as it is the next best thing to actually being there. I love the drone footage best.. feels like flying.. but I am not going to try it myself. Too much to carry around.

[@walkthroughtime8373]

Yes, drone footage is brilliant. The problem is that you can barely fly them anywhere because of all the air regulations.

[@BethGoth15]

Debenhams!!!!! 😭😭😭😭

[@trudilouise9368]

I left in 1995. So glad I did.

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

It is the most phenomenally filthy town. This video did a great promotional service to the town by miraculously avoiding the litter and rubbish. I think it's because the town centre gets cleaned daily but soon as soon as you go into the neighbourhood streets to attempt a similar video and actually pay attention to the hedges, the kerbs, the gutters, the underpasses, even people's front yards and footpaths...woah, just litter EVERYWHERE. Unreal. PS= Please tell me the commenter below, the fiercely proud defender of rubbish, litter and the worst of human behaviour Ms. Anna D, hasn't put her home address on her KZbin channel...yikes.

[@trudilouise9368]

​@@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293 It was never as green and lovely as Welwyn, the New Towns got less so the more that was built. But all the extra building, what can I say?

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

@@trudilouise9368 You're right.

[@marisha4sure]

@@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293 You should try East London if you think Hemel is dirty

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

@@marisha4sure Oh that's so true...god...let's not even talk about London :(

[@Lee-ox2xt]

Didlotown

[@johnclark7065]

Area full of Londoners these days .

[@kJ922-h3j]

Was full of people who moved from north London after the First World War anyway

[@GRAHAMAUS]

That's what the New Town was built for -- to house displaced Londoners after the end of the war (WW2, not WW1 as incorrectly stated above)

[@dreaminggiraffe8499]

lkovely place

[@kaigordon2900]

It's really not 🤣 this old town part is alright tho

[@trudilouise9368]

It ain't. After 70 years of progress, the only nice part of Hemel is the part that survived the progress.

[@МаріяШутак-я9м]

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