No.45 Dashcam 1987 Style......A Drive Around Castleford & Whitwood. 5.5.87

[@paulevans2891]

Brilliant and nostalgic, didnt recognise some places,and drove on them roads for decades daily,a few places changed so much,especially roundabout up to airedale and King George club,houses facing. Great videos,thank you.

[@smudgersmith1786]

No speedbumps, traffic calming chicanes and hardly any traffic lights - what a pleasure it was to drive in those days. I love your videos mate - I wish I could chose the roads to turn down though! :)

[@251hanomag]

Along with a lot more parked cars on the streets now. And now modern cars are wider than the old ones. So leading to more single file roads now.

[@nw8000]

Wow look at all them great old cars

[@catbreath007]

Glad you took time to take all these videos years ago, it's surprising to see all the changes that have been made in & around Cas 👍

[@251hanomag]

It`s a shame video cameras were not readily available in the late 70`s, & early 80`s. When the buildings were demolished & road widening on Church Street, Aire Street, & Bridge Street, were on. They were the major changes in Cas` then. And there does`nt seem to be a lot of photos around of that time. Just the old ones up to around the 1960`s. I did the first ones in 1984. When the current layout was then only a few years old.

[@catbreath007]

@@251hanomag .. That's true, plus I suppose we never realised we would be filming local history that would be watched by 1000's in future years !

[@251hanomag]

Just like when you watch old Victorian & Edwardian movie, street scenes. Of all the people, workers, horses, dogs, etc, going about their normal day And soon to be facing the two World Wars. The modern day commentator will say something along the lines of "all the people you see here, are now dead".

[@catbreath007]

@@251hanomag .. yep, our time will come 😢

[@stuartmenziesfarrant]

Hardys Printers, where my dad worked!

[@tonymarchant9083]

How good did the Crimea tavern look ....to the state of it now.

[@Nickthegreek123]

Love these video’s, this was 25 days before my 5th birthday! I see you’re just about to go up cas road when the video ends, would love to see the rest of it cos I’m from normy.

[@mattwebb6056]

I was 15 days old when this was filmed 😊

[@TravisBickle0312]

I'm from Teesside so I don't know this area specifically but it's very interesting to see how essentially everything looks identical to how it would now minus the cars.

[@stewstube70]

Rover 213 at 10 mins. Forgot those even existed, look so modern compared to mk3 Cortina seen earlier. Forget that these would all have been on the road at the same time.

[@anemone104]

Good grief. A Yamaha Passola. Once rode one of them from Blackpill to Townhill (in Swansea) and back. Made me proper frit 'cos I was used to a 125 Honda.

[@a11csc]

lovely manners at 12.16,oh the sierra jam sandwich

[@251hanomag]

And A drive around the recently opened Co-op/Leos.

[@mancavehobbies6213]

Awesome i was 21 in 1987 and driving a Cavalier SRI 130. What you driving in the video.

[@251hanomag]

On the 1987 to 1990 videos the car was a 1981 Mk3 Escort 1300L

[@damiencrowley2506]

" here comes Fleetwood Mac", then along comes Honk Kong Garden 😂

[@251hanomag]

Had no choice. You Tube rejected Fleetwood Mac, on this video

[@MikePage-g6l]

at 1:35 that's 38p per litre (£1.72 a gallon)

[@StevePhillips-r5y]

What was better mk3 Ford escort 1.3 cvh or Austin maestro 1.3 A plus

[@251hanomag]

mk3 Ford escort 1.3 cvh

[@StevePhillips-r5y]

@251hanomag I reckon the maestros was more reliable bigger and more comfortable with better mpg the escort was better looking I loved the mk3 1.6 diesel escort at the time tho I've had all models of both and loved them all

[@jamesbyrne9312]

Terribly impatient driving, hope you've calmed down over the years haha.

[@stuartmenziesfarrant]

Drives like me back in the day!

[@magdelayna]

38p a litre at Shell.

[@fatlad5090]

Jam sandwitch straight round u and slows down