The potential's still there! With enough will, it can become the best version yet
@paulsvid Жыл бұрын
Wow thanks for the memories and the good old days of listening to Radio 5 and 702 in the 80's
@Johntheheroman Жыл бұрын
5 was pretty much the only real good station back then imo
@antaxe123412 жыл бұрын
I remember driving around this area. I was in my final year at Johannesburg College of Education and my then girlfriend (now my wife!) was at the nurse's residence at the Jo'burg Gen. That is the Top Star Drive-in at the start of the video. Such memories. And Radio 5! Nothing like it today! Thanks for uploading!
@justingoliath91684 жыл бұрын
If only things stayed the same... watching this makes me wish I could go back. Thanks for sharing
@Maria637562 жыл бұрын
Yes you right
@marianoblas36082 жыл бұрын
I always love old videos like this because I enjoy seeing what the inner city used to look like but MAN, that Debbie Harry version of Denis was everything! I came for Gold but I found a Treasure!
@Johntheheroman2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. I like Debbie's version as well as the older one.
@marianoblas36082 жыл бұрын
@@Johntheheroman it is a strange and amazing coincidence. I only came to South Africa in 2008 being a huge Blondie fan. This video must be around some 20 years before that time? Maybe a bit more?
@sambanelly42192 жыл бұрын
Yoh yoh yoh Hillbrow used to be THIS clean?🤣🤣😂😂 I was born in 1999 so this looks surreal to me. Fellow South Africans we can get it back to this position by voting out ANC.
@rbdriftin Жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. Those roads and sights give me so much nostalgia.
@valeriedefreitas6647 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Down memory lane
@simphiwekhoza9968 Жыл бұрын
SAD to see that a lot has changed for the worse.... thanks for the video
@SoundsLikeOdie3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I studied at wits technikon Doorenfontein a few years after you made your film. You drove past it. I also had a 1989 corolla. I now live in the northern suburbs overlooking the cbd skyline. With the exception of the Municipal, SOE and hillbrow buildingd. The buildings now form dark silhouettes on the horizon at night.
@Johntheheroman3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure a lot has changed. Thank you for the comment Orlando.
@Johntheheroman13 жыл бұрын
Thanks 18millwall. Actually it was filmed early evening, you can see it is getting darker towards the end. Black people were allowed to live in the area at the time although some places made it difficult for them.
@YellowSquidsBootyAttack6 ай бұрын
As an outsider before I knew much about Africa I would think that’s it’s impressive that they built all this in Africa
@alexsaffamerica2 жыл бұрын
What a crazy different world back then! The streets were clean and the cars were nicer. While they were boxy compacts, they are much better than the crappy budget cars and taxis you see nowadays. Also, people appear to have driven better and followed road rules.
@Maria637562 жыл бұрын
I also remember driving there with my parents
@pamelastones48022 жыл бұрын
Memories... ❤
@accuracyboy782 жыл бұрын
Mindblowing...
@TheJoStephan2 жыл бұрын
Crisis. Hearing that Barney Simon intro jingle! He literally still uses it to this day 😂
@Johntheheroman2 жыл бұрын
Wow, at least 33 years with the same jingle! Someone get him a new one.
@Maria637562 жыл бұрын
We also had a Toyota Corolla 1.3
@amberbos5685 Жыл бұрын
Loved this, thank you!
@Johntheheroman Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Times change eh!
@Johntheheroman13 жыл бұрын
My plesier en dankie dat jy meneer. Sorry for my poor Africaans. I am sure it was a very different place in 76. Thank you again for you kind comment.
@connellbrian2 жыл бұрын
if anyone is keeping track it appears that it's the route is M2 E -> Joe Slovo Rd N -> Abel Rd W -> Tudhope Rd N
@Johntheheroman2 жыл бұрын
Near enough! Ends in Joel Rd
@Johntheheroman12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment. I am pleased it was a positive memory for you too. My girlfriend at the time was also a nurse! but not at the Gen hospital.
@argopunk Жыл бұрын
Interesting stuff. I'm in Toronto. I have no connection to S.A. except for the many ex-pat S.A. folks I've met who've moved here over the past 40-odd years. But lately, I've been YouTubing videos like these and comparing to new videos of the same streets and Google Map street view. I Googled The Statesman apartments on Joel Road. That area looks like it may have its challenges.
@richardking60666 жыл бұрын
Some very poignant. memories... I lived in the Golden Crest Hotel in Abel Rd when I first went to Joburg in 1980 - what a dump! But far worse now, no doubt. Later I moved to Trinity Hall in Berea, overlooking Bez Valley and close to the funny-looking old water tower. Bitter-sweet memories...
@Johntheheroman6 жыл бұрын
I was living in Abel Road in 1988. I dont remember the Golden Crest though. I was in the Stateman. Maybe my tired old memory, I probably walked passed it loads of times on my way to the Park Lane hotel where I took my evening drinkie :)
@alainbauristhene64272 жыл бұрын
At least back then the roads weren't riddled with rubbish and taxi's
@Johntheheroman2 жыл бұрын
So true. It's horrible now. So glad I no longer live in Berea.
@Helgardt6189 Жыл бұрын
‘n Pragtige skoon stad wat eens op ‘n tyd deur witmense bestuur was,wat geweet het hoe om ‘n land te regeer.Kyk hoe skoon lyk alles.Wat sê dit vir jou ?
@Johntheheroman Жыл бұрын
It was cleaner, a lot cleaner. Glad I no longer live there but I enjoyed the time I live in the area.
@etnarongiselva83617 ай бұрын
Well... Was it wasted time? It depends. The old regime had its flaws and it had its good points. Institutional organization, full employment, excellent schools, prospects for financial growth for everyone, a consumer society, for everyone too... even if not equally, but much, much better than any other country on that continent... to the point that migrations came from the communist ''paradises'' of Zimbabwe, Moçambique to try their luck in the land of the ''segregationists'', well, it was not for nothing, something worked and well. Finally, however, there was a downside... That was so fundamental, that it left that regime unsustainable... pointing out 2 things... the attack on the individual liberties of blacks, such as the right to free property and also being able to negotiate their land/vehicles/real estate outside the banstustans... it was a example of this... another was the police state, which was necessary due to numerous laws and regulations to guarantee separation... this proved to be not only unfair, of course, but also very expensive and wasteful over time... and yes, it negatively impacted economic development national... (yes, the end of the gold standard in 1971, and oil crisis by opec in 1973 were instrumental in this). In the end, the lesson is that certainly, the ANC does not represent the answer to overcome the mistakes of the NP and its apartheid... South Africa deserves to be better and decently conducted... on the steering wheel.
@ringogerard18532 жыл бұрын
Driving down memory lane 🥰. Abel Road, Joel Road ... look what the area looks like today .. hulle het Berea nou heeltemal opgefok 😒