Pilgrim's Way (1956) | BFI National Archive

[@Dogtagnan]

I grew up in the 1960' s when much of this remained. Fewer cars meant a quieter, more aesthetic environment. How I miss those days.

[@simontaylor2319]

I wish life was still like that portrayed on this film

[@rsc9520]

Me too !!!

[@bradleybarnett9545]

Life was never like this.

[@OlafProt]

13:35 is quite extraordinary. I went to school in Guildford in the early 80s and, and saw Star Wars at the Odeon in 1977 (from Dorking). The best thing they ever did was pedestrianizing the High Street! It hardly changed form 1956 to 1986! 11:56 is also extraordinary, the view from Box Hill, over looking Pixham, (and Dorking behind the hedges on the right), where I grew up in the 70s and 80s. Unmistakeable. 22:35 Shere!! My grandparents ashes are at the church. And there it is 23:45 my home town. I didnt realise at the time how privileged I was to grow up there. 22:28 I was on a trip back to Dorking last November and the stepping stones were under water from so much rain! (I left in 1993). For those of you that are moaning, it really hasn't changed THAT much, you only need to scratch a little bit under the surface and all this is still there.

[@davebeech236]

This is my idea of Heaven. Thank you so much for reminding me that the world wasn't always this awful, and we can return to Eden if we build the road home ourselves.

[@proxyboxie5584]

@Chase Williams nice dog whistle russian bot larping as an extremist.

[@benitopussolini544]

To build a road back to here you have to get the masses off their hopeless addiction to electronic opium.to beat an addiction you have to admit to the problem.do you think they can do it? can you!

[@keithroberts5611]

I agree with your sentiments, But sadly and honestly can you visualise this ever happening with this generation of snowflakes and work shy? I could go on and on, But I won't But I will say this the population of Great Britain was a lot smaller than it is today along with the pace of life!! Today the opposite is true and our small over crowded Island, Its all speed and greed!! All my friends back then in the 50's where poor But happy with what we had and made the best of it!!!🤔🇬🇧👍🙏

[@bradleybarnett9545]

​@@keithroberts5611They did not make the best of it. They emigrated- hundreds of thousands of them- to Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand.

[@bradleybarnett9545]

Eden=Suez.

[@geoffcrisp7225]

England lost forever. It was much like its shown when I started driving in the mid 1960's, but sadly many of those places shown have changed forever destroyed by population growth and the motor car. Just glad I remember some of those places shown as they were; a nicer time when England was populated by locals.

[@lindacharles6581]

Thank you so much for these wonderful films of a more genteel age.

[@nickbeynon5078]

This is the UK I WOULD be singing like a lark every day am pm and nocte oh i wish I was there so tranquil and oh so beautiful

[@nickbeynon5078]

Watching it in my hospital bed all alone bothered

[@benitopussolini544]

If we don't fight this so called reset even these memories will be memories!

[@VincentComet-l8e]

What a remarkable film! And an amazing find.

[@hotstitch1]

Beautiful.

[@mozdickson]

But soon glorious England, deifying mere man, veered off course and in the pursuit of an earthly utopia, lost her very soul. His Kingdom, regardless, shall have no end.

[@senianns9522]

I saw a lot of this as a kid in Surrey! Leith Hill and the lanes approaching the park was just fantastic! Sad its all disappearing!

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

What an absolute treasure of a find! At once uplifting to see such glorious rural life and yet heart breaking to see all that we have lost. Yes, we've undoubtedly made 'progress' in so many ways, but we've lost a lot in the process. Thank you very much for posting.

[@peterwimsey5904]

"far too many cars". Little did he know

[@michaelmiller641]

Gosh! What a find!

[@nigelsouthworth5577]

Thanks for uploading this. There are many places I did not know. Having compared some of the buildings and churches now and then, it seems most look rather well now and better in some respects.

[@andyledger2307]

The only problem with this is that the white chalk cross isn’t within sight of Canterbury, it’s visible from the A20 at Lenham - which is closer to Maidstone.

[@FrankE.Cromer]

Somewhere in Guildford Cathedral is a brick which I purchased with my name on it. We were encouraged to buy bricks for the New Cathedral when I was at school

[@terrythomas1329]

How much things have changed to 2022.

[@BR-bj3ot]

Just lovely ☺️

[@davidlee6720]

it is never coming back - leave if you can - Robinson Crusoe better off. Greatest playwrights, poets, inventors, soldiers, scientist, all came from England. Will miss us when we are gone.

[@kaythomas5884]

I visited Winchester once, looking for William the Conquerors grave, and found it was in Caen, France. All the graves in Winchester had been broken into at the time of Henry VIII. Bones were scattered.

[@spencerdodds2207]

A fine time.

[@Take_Me_Back_To_The_1980s]

See how much nicer the Shire was before the Orcs

[@christianrokicki]

It was nicer then! I wish I could go back in time and stay there forever in a little thatch cottage with a witty intelligent garden-loving companion.

[@20bluelilies]

You'd have to keep your memories of now, otherwise you'd probably be back then moaning about the state of things, and wishing you'd lived 50 years earlier 😆 I know what you mean though. One of the things we loved about covid was how quiet it was on the roads, etc. It was like stepping back 40 odd years, for all too brief a spell. Felt a bit bad about enjoying it, as it messed up so many people's lives, but there you have it - every cloud...

[@christianrokicki]

@@20bluelilies I think that’s kind of negative attitude… my witty intelligent garden-loving companion would not have such an attitude. :)

[@20bluelilies]

@@christianrokicki 😆

[@user-eb3si]

Marvellous.

[@rsc9520]

Brilliant.

[@pawelsawicki7003]

Nice scenery

[@Paul-md8de]

For all those that wish for those times to return .......time only runs in one direction and that's forward , and it's relentless and there's nothing you can do about it .

[@johncarlisle6865]

very true, in a few decades time the pilgrims will be able to make their way to Canterbury Mosque

[@Take_Me_Back_To_The_1980s]

No one's disputing the nature of time, but rather lamenting the evil that has fallen upon us

[@amoniousbt1110]

The free world? I hope it was worth it.

[@caroletraynor8763]

Not all England looked like this, I was 4 years old at the time living in the North West of England, not as pretty as these places in southern England.

[@grahamlestergeorge6048]

Reading previous comments, it seems many of you believe England in the 1950s was a utopia. It was not: threat of nuclear war was ever present; there was a polio epidemic; Britain was brutally suppressing resistance to its colonial occupations in several countries and supporting dictatorships in others which the UK (aided by the US) had installed to replace its own direct governance. Yes, compared to the UK in 2022 it seems rather quaint and lovely: we still had a strong NHS; good social care; better education and work conditions - thanks to a post-war Socialist government. But the 1950's under Churchill, Eden and Macmillan was not all cream teas and half-timbered cars. In the main, the rich stayed rich and lived longer, whilst the poor stayed poor and died younger.

[@caw25sha]

Well you are absolutely right but please don't grudge the people who watch this video their half hour of escapism.

[@jujitsuka6691]

​@caw25sha : there's always one isn't there

[@noeldoyle4501]

​@@jujitsuka6691Yes, but they help us to see that there is quite a lot of good in our modern society too, there for us to appreciate if we make the time.

[@djlewis5149]

Strange though, once Britain had withdrawn from their ‘colonial occupations’ large swathes of their populations decided that living in the U.K. was preferable to the rather corrupt administrations that took over.

[@cliffrightmove1527]

Typical socialist comment !!!god what a true pain you are,I happily lived my childhood in this era,I WONDER IF YOU DID,I DOUBT IT ??🥵it was certainly a far happier time when England was English,and what delightful people and characters they were ,if you are for some strange reason a true Heritage Englishman? WHICH I STRONGLY DOUBT you should be ashamed of yourself,my parents worked bloody hard to make a good life for my family as did the majority of English people,WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WANT TO COME HERE ????? 🌸🥵

[@jimmywormholes2053]

LoVelY Film RemindS Me Of The 1970S Public InformaTion FilmS AbouT PlaceS Of InTereST In The UK. FramlinGham CaSTle ChiSWicK HouSe And The RidGeWaY I Remember ViVidlY...

[@clivebaxter6354]

Not a hijab in sight!

[@eddiegould6091]

You didn't have junkies Everywhere or beggars Or mass immigration or people Running about with machetes

[@Spillage66]

Who coloured it in? It should have stayed black and white, the off set colours spoiled it a bit.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

misery guts

[@grahamlestergeorge6048]

I believe it was filmed in colour.

[@caw25sha]

It looks like faded Eastmancolour, not colourised black and white. It could probably be graded and improved but I think left as it is gives it a period charm.

[@cliffrightmove1527]

Well simple don’t watch it ,or better still make your own film if you are able or have the spare time which I doubt 🥵

[@djlewis5149]

There’s a much better version of this on KZbin ‘living history AI advanced’ worth a look