London - August 1993 (Extended)

[@MrFlyingguy]

exactly what i wanted to see again, life for me at 19 years old. wish i had the foresight to capture this 30 years ago, its very relevant now. well done

[@Thomas-z9t5k]

RIP to your father looked like a intelligent caring man. I wish I did this with my dad

[@lucydoran2470]

this makes me so nostalgic. I was only 4 in this year but we used to go on the train into London from Slough regularly, always enjoyed it. thank you for the trip back in time x

[@mikekaraoke]

Bless ya, was 4 your first memories or before that-my first memories I was about 2 + half/3!

[@blazemkds]

So incredible for me to see this. I live right in central London very close to Victoria Station and walk those streets most days. I was only born in 1991 but i still remember it looking like that later in the 90s. It really feels nostalgic and triggers many old memories. Great little bit of classic footage thank you!

[@IlfordRetro]

Great to have this longer cut. All the elements of videography, documentary, journalism etc are there: setting the scene, establishing shots, a peppering of commentary, the journey, the scenery....the story of the day and of the times themselves. Brilliant. The three of you all play your parts in making this piece memorable to so many - who don't even know you. I wish I had the foresight when I was 13 to do such a thing. RIP your father and respect to you and your (mute!) brother; immortalised well beyond the bounds of Enfield and London, 1993.

[@Thomas-z9t5k]

You have a natural talent filming

[@swiftlydoesit8480]

Love how the brother’s resting face always looks disinterested meanwhile he actually seems to be having a good day out lol.

[@MichaelGeorge161]

1993 seems so far away but so close at the same time in this

[@ajs41]

Just seems close to me, lol.

[@bgfd1]

Loved wtaching this. I grew up in Edmonton and used Enfield Town Station a lotl. Many trips into Londom to Virginia Mega Store and HMV to buy albums.

[@wanted0307]

Retro vlogging. So cool! 😊

[@disgruntledoflondon]

Thank you for putting up the longer version. It's a wonderful snapshot of life in the 1990's. Your Dad's commentary on politics and society is spot on. Compared to today's Vloggers your reel has a raw authenticity about it. You have created a very important piece of social history....time to work my way through the rest of your camcorder footage ....

[@JayJay-nc7pr]

Born in 1989, so I was 4 in 1993, London was so special in the 90s and even into the 00s it was still a great city, I grew up in South East London, Greenwich specifically, even seeing how much different the tube map was back then, The Jubilee line still went to Charing Cross, the link to Stratford still years away, no Elizabeth line, DLR in its infancy, so much has changed and not for the better

[@jamietherooster]

londonistan

[@anthonybeckingham4942]

What a coincidence - I watched the original video, posted three years ago, for the first time last night. 12 hours later you post the extended cut.

[@Latbirget]

Your dad was a year older than mine who I lost in 2013. Nice that you have these films of him.

[@williamsmit619]

So poignant and powerful.. what a fantastic and inspirational video, it would have been hard to imagine just how meaningful it all was once your began that journey and filmed it , given it was filmed in 1993 Pre-KZbin and the "Tik.. ( not a big fan of the) Tok" media dominance... it is an outstanding piece of filmography thanks for sharing - a tribute to your dad

[@paulph12002]

London was brilliant in the early 90s. I remember it well and like others commenting, here I can only wish I had the foresight as you did to capture it as it was back then. Thank you for sharing this!

[@matthewdoyle3877]

London was London then. Now unrecognisable

[@biegebythesea6775]

@@matthewdoyle3877 it's better now than then. getting racially abused or misogynistic comments wasn't fun. it is still london.

[@Irishgui83]

​@@matthewdoyle3877 what do you mean? Go on, say it with your whole chest, coward.

[@mikekaraoke]

@@biegebythesea6775 What you talking about, so many knife/sword crimes in the last 10 years in London and outside of London! Was never like that in the 80's/90's!

[@biegebythesea6775]

@@mikekaraoke in the 80s and 90s it was fists and sometimes guns and knives. men have always been violent. nothing has changed there.

[@dangaAgadanga]

Awesome footage. You did more with a camcorder than I ever did outside of my own home. Great to see what Enfield and Wood Green looked like as I used to remember.

[@phantomdean944]

Lovely video of you and your family great year fir music as well

[@Kiinell]

Thanks for sharing this. It's really nostalgic, but also it must be very personal to you. Your brother seems so out of his comfort zone, but he seems so sweet. especially when you ask him if he's OK and he says yes. Bless him. A day out in London is never easy for an introvert.

[@ManGoatHamburger]

In what seems like a moment, a factual recording of everyday life now can become a poignant reminder of special times past. You were both his greatest achievement.

[@tyronerodgers]

Thanks for the kind words

[@TheRockinGinger]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@nileevans229]

The exact month we moved from Cornwall to London when I was 13, a hugely formative time for me and this video captures that time so well. It’s like a Time Machine, thanks for this 👌

[@nileevans229]

Many times I made that journey back from Oxford street but we’d get the 144 from Turnpike Lane to Muswell Hill

[@nileevans229]

Madly nostalgic

[@tyronerodgers]

Glad you enjoyed it! Must’ve been a big leap moving from Cornwall to London!

[@Gunnercv]

Early 90s was my favourite era in London then it all seemed to go downhill

[@Gift-ll4nv]

Yeah, 90s was a totally different place than it is at present to the point of one mistaking it for the 1970s or even 1960s in relation to today.

[@SENEX12]

Show this to your children so they can compare.

[@misterg2201]

The 90s was the best era!

[@mikekaraoke]

+ the 80's I would say!

[@RhidMorgan]

30 years and it’s been lost

[@borderlord]

You'll be pleased to know the original HMV on Oxford st,by Bond Street tube is coming back apparently!

[@swiftlydoesit8480]

Oh is it really? I liked that branch in particular, how it was narrower and over 3 floors, I believe, giving the effect of being in a ‘music shop in house’ set up.

[@borderlord]

@@swiftlydoesit8480 It's up and running.I bought my first 2 CDs a couple of weeks back! Merry Christmas🥂

[@mikekaraoke]

@@swiftlydoesit8480 Please tell me since you made this comment that you have now been back in that HMV in Oxford Street?? I have a number of times. I'm in Kent 🙂

[@stuff31]

Surreal!

[@benfisher1376]

I was 15 back then. Just before mobile phones and Internet kicked in.

[@jamietherooster]

and mass uncontrolled immigration and Tony Blair

[@EssexWolf1993]

I was only 4 months old when this was filmed! 😓

[@onlyfools7539]

I travel to London every day for work on the tube and trust me it’s nothing like this now it’s like a zoo

[@bobi7152]

Some things don’t change - London is just as crowded nowadays 😀

[@adamlacey81]

7:48 Big Ben chimed at 3pm on 5th August 1993, my 12th birthday. This video was also filmed 12 years before KZbin existed.

[@monikas1113]

These streets and people never come back.

[@SeeAllHearAll]

I remember that black bus stand at 9:59, I remember it as a distinct childhood memory I think they must have tore it down in the late 90s

[@AlbertMonkey]

Doesn’t seem that long ago yet 2054 is closer to us today than this video 😱

[@Byron5369-k8p]

Great vid. Your dad was Irish was he ? Seemed like a great fella

[@ajs41]

What station is is at about 1:28?

[@tyronerodgers]

@@ajs41 Enfield Town

[@liveevil6386]

Hawkwind all nighter. Pink Floyd convention. E17 and TT. Strange times

[@tyronerodgers]

😂

[@the_re_up]

does ur bro have a natural angry face?

[@tyronerodgers]

I guess at 16 yeh 😂

[@tyronerodgers]

He’s 46 now. A lot more smiley than I am 😬

[@biegebythesea6775]

london was awful in the 90s but the only thing i miss is that people weren't so 'put together' and 'preened'. they were also more present.

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

Well said. It was rough 30 years ago by today's standards but people were more genuine

[@Westerdd]

Kurt Cobain @ 5:05 😆

[@tyronerodgers]

😂

[@hamishcameron1082]

The year i was born 🇬🇧

[@Factz_over_emotions]

How unfortunate

[@hamishcameron1082]

How ?🇬🇧

[@hamishcameron1082]

@@Factz_over_emotions how?🇬🇧

[@michaeloshea5505]

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. L.P. Hartley. No smart phones for one?

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

People's brains worked better then . They could also talk to each other line humans

[@matthewcarson5374]

I work in Victoria it’s a shit hole now tbh!

[@Ste2023]

now London looks like Afghanistan

[@Gift-ll4nv]

Back then does not look very different then the 1970s and looks very much like a foreign country in relation to todays London

[@Ste2023]

@Gift-ll4nv shameful Greed . notice all the MPs who allow this ....all Live in farms ~apart from all these disgusting Men . un~documented . 3 or 4 wives , scattered in various cities see Bradford, Manchester,,Leeds

[@mddistribution30]

They look like a pair of BNP supporters!

[@tyronerodgers]

@@mddistribution30 Who’s they? The father and son? I don’t think so. Far from it with the older man being Irish. Know your politics before blurting out crap.

[@mddistribution30]

@tyronerodgers Irish? Even worse!!

[@tyronerodgers]

@@mddistribution30 Fuck off you ignorant prick. Perhaps you should go troll elsewhere…

[@mddistribution30]

@@tyronerodgers Nonce!!!

[@tyronerodgers]

@@mddistribution30 Demented imbecile