No.16 Dashcam 1990 Style.....A Drive Around Wakefield City Centre 8.4.90

The 3rd & last drive around Wakefield 1987 to 1990

[@easydrive3662]

Wow 1990, the year of the new G and H reg cars! Love checking out the motors, i can remember it like it was yesterday. Wow at 1.49 passing what used to be the zues bar and downtown nightclub, think they were named zues and downtown later though around 2000

[@JamesLee-mv3ou]

Nice. Love the old cars.

[@thomasmason3483]

C227 JOF - 1986 Austin Montego Tax due: 01 November 1999 A157RWB - 1983 Ford Escort Tax due: 06 August 1999

[@hondac7028]

April 1990 been driving a year then had a escort mk1 1300 e 1972 L reg in purple sold it for 400 quid worth thousands now 😮if only we knew then would off garaged it .😢

[@paulstevens9409]

I love how easy the traffic flows. A few performance cars of the day, XR2, carlton SRI and was that an astra GTE 16v at the end? Hard to tell with the sun

[@RamboMonkey]

The legend that is GARY SPEED #11 MOT

[@j-skullz]

random coincidence but today is 8/4/22 lmao hello from 31 years in the future. Crazy I didn't even exist yet

[@drinkapintpissaquart]

Fantastic video. Cheers for uploading. Was only saying tonight, whilst stuck in traffic on Ings Road. How much better it was before Barnsley and Donny road traffic was forced into one lane, under the railway bridge by Halfords. Happy days.

[@251hanomag]

Yes it`s crap now I cant see why they needed to change it

[@MrWoods0_0]

Waiting for Paul Sykes roadside haha

[@venomlobostark1]

The cars! Amazing!

[@johnbuckenham2244]

Must of being a Saturday About 12.oclock judging by the Radio.Brilliant,Memoreies👍❤❤

[@251hanomag]

This was filmed on a Sunday

[@johnbuckenham2244]

@@251hanomag But pot Black was on Saturdays?Yeh heard DLT say that.But I thought he was on Saturdays as I was at work listening to him.I remember him handing in his notice on Live air.Unless they repeated it on a Sunday???or was that Darts.Jesus you are testing my memory now.👍😜🤣

[@251hanomag]

@@johnbuckenham2244 Just checked Wikipedia on Dave Lee Travis. In January 1981, Travis moved to weekday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Later that year he moved back to the weekday lunchtime slot from 11:30 am to 2 pm, before moving to a Saturday morning show in 1983 from 10 am to 1 pm, then Sunday mornings from 10 am to 1 pm in 1987, taking over both Saturday and Sunday in September 1988. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Lee_Travis

[@johnbuckenham2244]

@@251hanomag Cool I'm Not going mad then.I remember him from 1985 on Saturday's.The Decade's fly by.🤣👍.Keep up the good work it's nice to go back now and again.👍👊

[@hassankhan384]

Great old days, were is that time gone, were are the 80s and 90s era gone, why cant we have this era back and why people cant be simple and every thing to be simple like it used to be, why not people work like they did then, why everything today as to be so futuristic and so much tech so much rubbish is people's minds, why cant it be like it used to be. And look at these good old cars, none are left on road, sad to see we live in this time were nothing is appropriated. But now people will understand to many of us were thing about the future and not only that but we people think way to far, which isn't good, this is why we have been pushed back by this coronavirus, now people will feel and remember their old days, and try to become more practical, but also understand that its not always the future, you have to look back, " if you dont know the past you have no right to think about the future" and if you want to think the future dont predict that things what will be doing in next 20 years, because you never know what is about to happen tomorrow. Stay safe, stay home, so we can start our new lives and think apon what we been doing wrong.

[@25227168]

Hello all. Does anyone remember a women called Caroline. Who worked at Greenwoods Menswear in the early in the early 90's. Possibly came Pontefract and lived on Baghill Lane. If you know the person I'm trying to find, please help me make contact. She will have had a daughter, who now would be round the age of 35. My father told me last year that I have a half sister out there somewhere. I don't come from the greatest family background, in fact the very opposite. The girl has never met my father which in a way for her is fortunate. However I would really like to know her. My father was PC Nigel Glew working out of Bishoogarth and later moved into CID. From what I can gather he had a relationship outside of the marriage with this women. Now to me that makes no odds my parents divorced years later. From my perspective. It's understandable as my mother Beverley Anne Glew wasnt the greatest of wife's nor the greatest of parental role models either. She was very abusive, violent and is no longer allowed to go near children under 16 yes of age or vunerable adults. I don't have a relationship with either tbh. I served in the military from the age of twenty and moved away from the area. Caroline of you see this is you I would love to be able to make contact and if I do have a sister though only half, I would like to see if there is a relationship to be had. I hope this finds you well. Regards Daniel

[@lisachloeadi]

I hope you have now found your sister 😊

[@25227168]

@@lisachloeadi no never did

[@lisachloeadi]

@Daniel Fearnley Maybe try Ancestry DNA. So many people in a similar situation, resort to this. A lot with good results too, as it's quite easy to figure out if she or her family have added their results. You never know, she may have already taken a test if she has discovered who her dad is & wants to find him. A lot of helpful people can assist you also. Could be worth a go & if you have children yourself, it will always help them & future generations.

[@mouse7626]

Try an advert in the Wakefield express

[@kjw7556]

🎷 🎶 🎵

[@ilTroubadori]

My God I remember that car crash on Thornton Road in Bradford I was living in Thornton at that time !!

[@steveburn8125]

I love seeing all the old cars, before we were all desperate to drive common overhyped krautmobiles 😊

[@trabali5168]

I'm a bit of a car nerd, sorry. But there is nothing to suggest this isnt 8/4/1990 judging by the cars. I watch a lot of these type of videos and have corrected others on dates. nice one!

[@Holland1994D]

So is it the 8th of April 1990 or the 4th of August 1990?

[@trabali5168]

@@Holland1994D first one as its the uk

[@user-hf3ep3qt3p]

C227jof had a white montego G549JOF

[@Jaya365]

Dave lee travis snooker game on the radio

[@GoldieH3]

It's weird seeing Wakefield like this. I remember how a lot of things used to be but then something catches my eye and I just think what? Like Halifax across from Argos, I don't really remember. It's always been like a News Agents to me. Also, there was a power station that close? That must've been knocked down before I was born (1993) or when I was really young.

[@251hanomag]

Wakefield B Power Station was decommissioned and demolished in December 1991. The site is now part of the City Fields housing construction. On the Neil fox Way/Eastern Relief Road

[@lw5871]

The Halifax branch was there up until about 2010 I reckon, think the shop (which is now Subway) is hidden from view on the vid

[@kirkhunter146]

@@lw5871 The Halifax is visible on the video, it was where the shop is that now sells mirrors next to the old newsagents on the Corner opposite the Argos (now sports goods, next to that is now the Subway shop (This wasn't The Halifax). This was a restaurant called Darianys at this time, my friend owned it. 47 Westgate WF1 1BW.

[@robinsmith2335]

Great video. The road that spilts (where the Starbucks drive thru is now) did that road to the left that takes you past Normanton/snydale towards the police station exist back then?

[@251hanomag]

No the A655 Black Road/Heath Common went through Normanton to get to Castleford at the time. The Normanton A655 bypass was built about 1999 The police Headquaters opened in 2013

[@robinsmith2335]

@@251hanomag thank you. I could only see the entrance/exit on your clip so wasn't sure. I had a feeling the road now isn't too old

[@grahamwilliams1569]

How on earth did you miss the ford van at 6:06 ? ! BTW long time since I've seen a Vauxhall Carlton SRi (@5:29)

[@251hanomag]

The camera was on a tripod fixed to where a passenger’s head would be. Then zoomed in to clear the dash. So everything did look to be more jerky & closer than it was. Ideally the camera would have being better nearer the windscreen, & no zoom on But the cameras were big in those days, even though this one was the smallest of the 3 cameras used, on these videos.

[@grahamwilliams1569]

251hanomag : keep them coming ! Great vids and brilliant initiative you had back then 👍🏼

[@251hanomag]

@@grahamwilliams1569 It originally started with a few handheld ones, but the camera was hard to keep still in a moving car. So after some trials managed to bungee a tripod to the back of the front seat. Then put the portable VHS recorder on the seat. Then just drive around, filming any changes around town Plenty of video tape, & power for the camera/portable from the car battery. Cheap running costs compared to doing photos. Video cameras were getting popular around that time, but I’ve not come across anybody else doing local videos around our area like these.

[@brounee2]

What dashcam do you use in your videos?

[@251hanomag]

On the 1988 to 1990 videos. These were filmed with a Feguson 3C02 video camera. With a portable Canon VHS video recorder on the seat.

[@ncot_tech]

Apart from a few road changes and Trinity Walk, it looks pretty much the same. What was the name of the phone in quiz they were playing on the radio at the start?

[@251hanomag]

From Uk gameshows.com. Main claim to game fame was the snooker-inspired quiz Give Us a Break he used to do on the radio ("it's snooker on the radio!") and in particular the noise "quack quack oops"

[@jarq19]

So, was that the last time the road markings were painted?😄

[@75maxdv35]

what car were you in?

[@251hanomag]

A 1981 Escort Mk3 1300L

[@jimdaly8833]

@@251hanomag Do you still have it? If not what happened to it?

[@251hanomag]

Scrapped around 1992

[@djharry2821]

Halford's is still there!!!!!

[@daveyboiyeah]

Is it just me who thinks peoples driving were so much worse back then! They go very close to the other cars and don't drive very straight.

[@hassankhan384]

Well yeh they did stop close but cars were fun to drive back the, less traffic at least now days its more worse people crossing from anywhere, cars become high tech computers on wheels, and lives of car drivers is getting harder, due to corruption politicians who don't understand shit other then make money and penalise people, also these new eletric car enforcement to buy them and give up your old good cars for shitty new ones that run on battery's, never. Gridlock causing more traffic, more bike lanes, more taxes and road charges or zones etc etc, they don't want us to even own a car anymore, uk is becoming unliveable due to these expenses and unnecessary expenses that they putting on us were we hardly survive with shit wages.

[@thomasmason3483]

The zoom of the camera lens makes the cars look closer than they are. If anything, people's driving has gotten far worse over the years...

[@umar_07w]

Imma be the first one to say it, Wakey wines!

[@craigsmith9843]

before new labour and the internet.

[@TheLifeEvents]

Now its a shit hole in many of the places.

[@ElChombaPolo]

GTA sa first person driving

[@stephen3654]

Poll tax riots on the radio?

[@251hanomag]

Was the news at the time

[@stephen3654]

@@251hanomag love it, good video