Luton Town | Arndale Centre | Bedfordshire | Luton Town Centre | TN-SL-075-029

A look around old Luton Town including the iconic Arndale Centre and the imposing clock tower.
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Thames News was the flagship regional news programme of Thames Television, serving the Thames ITV region and broadcast on weekdays from 12 September 1977 to 31 December 1992.

[@gregl7627]

Thanks for posting this. I ofen used to see people filming what appeared to be nothing special and thought to myself "what a wally". Now I appreciate so much what they were actually doing, documenting memories of years gone by for many. The Hoppenstopper buses used to be real 'bone rattlers' but were cheaper, who remembers the Elvis lookalike Hoppenstopper bus driver?

[@jamesdean3907]

Mambo was too dog Farley hill run

[@amzstar3351]

this is the luton i miss, my childhood days looks so clean and i dont remember seeing any crackheads or homeless people compared to now, the roads be full of dirt and litter and u hear junkies arguing and shouting

[@gooduH786]

english drug addicts have ruines this town

[@MrMbisker]

I remember them days I used to sit on the benches by Don Millers waiting for my then girlfriend she worked in British Home stores, summer time we used to sit in George square and people watch, it was like a park back then with lots of trees, happy days

[@carrauntoohil86]

It's a lot worse now. I had to visit today, not out of choice, it was just incredibly sad. There was an air of desperation and sadness around the town and most people resembled the living dead. How did things get so bad in Luton?

[@gooduH786]

unfortunately english drug addicts have ruined the town centre.

[@SP-cx2qi]

Financial repression

[@eternalengland]

Mass immigration

[@jOaNnEd007]

OMG THIS IS QUALITYYY 📸 ✨ 👀 Hay you guys I cant believe it but 1:20 secs into this video is actually 💯 my Nanny Ella & her best friend Pat Scales 👀👌🏻 WTF ✨

[@satindersingh-qj7hl]

Good old days ❤️🙏😞

[@JALC-x]

Even to this day the bus routes use the same numbers

[@harrow177]

Oh man! It's certainly has changed. I remember the Hoppenstopper. The Lutonian buses. The Luton and District buses. I used to catch the 38 from where I live to the town. Such memories.

[@yington]

What place are you speaking of

[@andrewtaylor2377]

Waaaay before The Galaxy.

[@gilesscanlon2586]

Well this was 1991 and the galaxy was built in 1998 , so not really .

[@Deeemmer]

Aha! I was born in 1991 and I remember seeing those Lutonian buses as a very young child and thinking they looked like shit! 😂 so funny but so much nostalgia. Luton is not looking good these days but I still miss it ❤

[@shumonahmed4801]

When town was much better

[@williamkennedy5492]

I think i prefer the 1960/70s version

[@Redsleather]

Thames Television went off air in December 1992, so this has to be late 1980s/early 1990s

[@shumonahmed4801]

Mid 90s

[@SunilKumar-zg5hu]

Which year was that...I was in Luton in 2011 /2012 ...I love Luton

[@intraverseneptune1476]

Judging by the cars in use I would say early 1990's.

[@davidoflinn4101]

You would it’s full of your kind

[@dewy200884]

@@davidoflinn4101 lol

[@sarak4217]

@@davidoflinn4101 ahhh racism still alive n well LOL

[@blayzertrayl8929]

@@davidoflinn4101 lmao.

[@classicsrj]

What year was this please

[@intraverseneptune1476]

Looks like early 1990's but can say which year exactly. My guess would be 1990 to '93

[@istriver.]

1991

[@purpleaubergine1961]

I have lived in Luton for 40 years before moving to High Wycombe . I went back just recently to just see how my beloved Town was getting on and could not believe the difference it has turned into a third world country . I thought High Wycombe was a Sh*t hole but but sure do miss my past back in the 70 s living in Luton . Makes me sad to think it has been allowed to get like this WHAT HAS HAPPENED to LUTON ???

[@eternalengland]

Mass immigration

[@sarak4217]

Influx of eastern Europeans

[@janetwestwood9194]

😁☝🇬🇧

[@TheWtfnonamez]

I lived in Luton in 90s and it was a dirty rundown hellscape. Apparently its worse now. I struggle to believe that is possible. Its in defence, the community in Bury Park was lovely. I can still spot an Afghan hat from 200yards away.

[@gooduH786]

lots of english drug addicts in the town centre have ruined it

[@byteme9718]

Drugs supplied by the Luton based Asian gangs that import it in bulk and then break it down and distribute it. Their many cash businesses are then used to launder money. Deal with the supply and addiction will cease to be a problem.

[@davidoflinn4101]

Shit. Hole. 👍🏻