Southend-on-sea: A City Through Time

Scenes around Southend seen back through the ages! Credit to the Image Owners Featured.
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[@kingkarrotyt5277]

Nothing much gets made about my hometown Southend on KZbin but this is brilliant and shows where the town (soon to be city) has changed for better or worse

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

Thanks! You might also enjoy some of my other work featuring Southend Pier - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmXbdmOkiJp9mZI

[@sharonplumb4653]

Southend should never have killed off the Kursaal!! I loved it and a child!

[@beedee8185]

Unfortunately the majority is worse… the High St itself needs some serious attention

[@danwalne4376]

@@beedee8185 I agree-a serious cleanup is needed

[@357account]

The high street is slowly getting worse and worse with more and more shops leaving and more and more chavs coming in from east London

[@janw3717]

My old home town, Southend-On-Mud, but I loved it. So many memories. A lemon sorbet ice cream from Rossis, down to the seafront, watching the pit and the pendulum, a quick paddle, tide allowing, then off to the go karts to spend all my pocket money. I could have been the next Hamilton in the day. If time allowed, along to Leigh-On-Sea for a bowl of cockles with plenty of vinegar and pepper. Oh happy days! Congrats on the City status!*! 😀 (Thanks for the Share and bringing the memories back!) 💗

[@karelwhitebannister2645]

I left Southend back in 1964 to live in Spain. On the few visits back in the UK I found myself lost. The High Street, and Pier completely changed. This video has been an eye opener to all the changes over the decades and centuries.

[@anneboorder240]

I left Southend (Prittlewell in 1967, moved to Canada, I understand that places sometimes have to move with the times. ,,but with High Street, the changes are rather nice, but also nowhere near as charismatic as the original High St.

[@CaptainKA320]

What a great video, I remember some of those pictures. I couldn’t believe it when the date went back over 100 years, why do we believe progress is best. Well done in the video production

[@YOUNGBEHR]

What a brilliant well made little video of Southend.

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

Thanks! I have others featuring other places around the UK. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmXbdmOkiJp9mZI

[@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester]

I'd prefer any of them rather than 2021

[@AllOuttaBubblegum123]

SOUTHEND is a horrible place now.

[@brian.7966]

you can call it what you like. Southend-on-sea, Southend-on-sea on mud, Southend City. Its a crap place to live.

[@Bonzman]

Only low life people make it crap the same as anywhere, Southend has it's nice places and it crap places.

[@rupertironcuthbertson3304]

Have you given the concept of moving any thought?

[@konstanting3400]

@@Bonzman totally agree!

[@martincole34]

Beautifully done guys 👏

[@philtate6360]

What a lovely town Southend used to be, it's disgraceful what the council have been allowed to do to it. There is some fantastic images, certainly brings back found memories spending my childhood along the seafront. Well put together video.

[@likklej8]

Used to go there in the mid 60s summer time with the pub darts team as mods getting hammered, going to the Kursall fun fair and fighting greasers(Rockers) in Essex on the trip home

[@paulcresswell6268]

It would be interesting for you to travel forward in time and imagine how these places will look in the years to come.

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

I had thought of doing that on April Fools day with one of these videos

[@skepticalbadger]

@@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist You absolutely must! Jetsons-style flying cars etc.

[@weitzhandler]

Thanks for the effort, very nice!

[@minxlaura123shorts3]

Awesome. I am in Southend

[@lindachurchman9521]

Absolutely fantastic x

[@connomar55]

Beautifully done.

[@markkilmartin352]

Thank you

[@samdube6337]

Amazing video! Thank you fro the time and effort poured into it

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

Cheers Sam! Its one of many projects I put together feel free to subscribe!

[@maksphoto78]

Tide's out - the mud is in! (I love Southend and would not change it for anything! Well, maybe for Paris...)

[@thunderbolt64_]

Ay I remember living near here, going to the pier for days out, that was fun

[@richardmiller6318]

Brilliantly well done.

[@deltadove741]

2014 huh, ha that's when I moved here. Great video dude.

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

Thanks. I'm thinking I may do some more places from Essex next (Colchester, Chelmsford etc)

[@deltadove741]

@@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist that would be great to see, your content is really unique not to mention interesting, keep it up!

[@nfornneka]

Bought a place in westcliff. Quite disappointed because Southend and its surroundings are so boring but this is simply wonderful work.

[@cozmo8522]

Fabulous!

[@andrewskinner933]

Great video,

[@scratchy1704]

Well done.What a great video 👍

[@-millie-9844]

So odd that ive lived here since i was born and not once was i taught about Southend during school or anything

[@ReturnOfTheGhoulScouts]

When I clicked on this vid, I was expecting it to go back to like 2002, back in my day..! I can remember the gruesome wax works by the pier entrance in the early 90's.. Beautiful pictures of the olden days.. everything looked much prettier! Do you have any old but not that old pictures of Sourfend, maybe just showing how it changed in the 80's/90's/00's? It would be cool to see stuff I can relate to! Great work here though!

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

Thanks! I did do a much slower look back through the years (including more recently) of the Pier if you haven't checked it out - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmXbdmOkiJp9mZI

[@rogerhooker2676]

A marvellous reminder of the town where I spent my childhood.

[@lilpinkduck]

A really lovely video ❤

[@foxglove8836]

I enjoyed watching :-)

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scottybee8]

Nice

[@Ricksta66]

I'd liked to have seen the world famous Kursaal

[@dazza9326]

Nice touch that your title was City....

[@Theamonguspotion666]

Hi can you pls do Austin tx a journey through time

[@Leo-zn5oq]

i live here

[@JohnSmith-ji6lu]

Anyone who lives in Southend West please vote for Jason Pilley - Psychedelic Movement in the upcoming by-election. Let's send Boris a clear message.

[@paulb8603]

Nice little film of my home town, I travel obout a bit through work(builder) and I have to say when I come home I am truly thankful I live here. Shit hole i don't think so,for all you moaners, go and stay in an other town for a few months,walk about at night visit the local pubs,. Come back and tell me SOS is shit hole, most people don't even leave there home town now and again so what are you comparing it to?. Stabbings,drugs,drink related violence, county lines gangs(sound byte) have existed since the beginning of time. Big up SOS, rant over!

[@samsmith5039]

Can you do Basildon please

[@sapiotone]

4:18 - I think the building in the middle ground on the right was knocked down before I remember. But like so many others who grew up in the town, I spent many hours hanging out on what became known as 'College Green'. Interesting to note the Odeon complex that exists in that area now has an architectural head-nod to the one there in this picture. Thinking about College Green, maybe I should've timestamped 4:20

[@markbickerton2717]

Londons seafront

[@sergeismirnov914]

Cool

[@Mr93616]

In my day we had less drugs,streets where cleaned ,less violence , NHS that worked for the people, people who live in the town don't live on the front ,Southend was not all about the sea front, the sea front is the only place I see cleaned ,the rest of us live with blocked drains ,rubbish , the only one's doing better are the council chief's with parking fines that seam to be their biggest priority while the rest of us live in s--t .

[@paulcollis7651]

It may be granted City status by the monarch in lieu of the sad death of Sir David Amess at the hands of a deranged asylum seeker from Somalia, but cities should have a cathedral and Southend does not have one. Unfortunately, the biggest Anglican church here won't fit the remit and the numbers of church goers has dropped in recent years. Mosques are on the rise due to large Muslim community but City status won't increase numbers attending Christian services. The town, as that's what it is, is a total dump. A typical 70's throwback of a seafront of amusement arcades, day trippers getting drunk, with newly added County lines drug deals and London gangs squaring up to fight local ones with machetes. Lived here 54 years and it's got worse. If only Joshua and the horns of Jericho would materialise or the Luftwaffe to destroy it for it to be rebuilt again from the dust......and I like it here

[@alanminter4234]

That's a myth. You're going back to 1500 and something, when City's had a Bishop, and the Bishop would have a Cathedral. Even Birmingham didn't have a Cathedral when called a city. The Cathedral thing doesn't come into it now.

[@BenDover-om5do]

Southennddddddddd

[@martincamm5676]

Its quite fascinating to see how time has changed Southend. Not much for the better it appears. If only the Pier was half as resplendent. Great work Thank you.

[@AuntSally1]

Totally agree. All of the ‘before’ pictures showed views infinitely better than the ‘now’ views

[@brendagrubb7222]

Congratulations on this venture! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎖️

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

Thanks Brenda you might be interested in another Southend video I put together - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmXbdmOkiJp9mZI

[@AllOuttaBubblegum123]

I remember the little steam train that went around the pond by the seafront.

[@kathyswearingen1509]

Very interesting with good graphics too!

[@planbseafishingboatfishing6955]

I lived in Southend all my life - only recently moved out. Great video, shame the high street is pretty much dead but I still love the place, so many great memories .

[@claire7004]

As someone who spent a lot of time in the highstreet and adventure island as a child and has recently moved to Shoeburyness this is fascinating!!

[@coolbro8922]

Only one person was into it when watching during premiere.

[@christianrenanyarte9684]

Please what is Name Music background by James fox orchestra

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

The Name Music Background has no name I don't tend to name my compositions I suppose it would be New York as thats the first video I used it in.

[@christianrenanyarte9684]

Ok fine James fox by the way so please How about a Philippines Manila city 1900-2021 through time

[@peterfox2538]

A city without a Airport that as flights,A city with a football team thats going down,A city without a high St the highest amount of stabbings in Essex,what not to like about it. Its a shitehole.

[@lewistillett206]

You are right, apart from the airport. I’ve used Southend Airport a couple of times it’s perfectly fine

[@tylerbatchelor7005]

I would prefer to live back in those times

[@Trebor74]

One of the photos near the start said "library of Congress". Why does the library of Congress have a photo of Southend on sea?

[@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist]

The Library of Congress produced hundreds of photos from many UK locations. They are early colour tinted postcards I believe. There are many from Southend. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Essex_on_photochrome_prints

[@thezombieluke68]

anyone in southend wanna meet up for a smoke

[@konstanting3400]

Brilliant video! I live here and never gonna move.

[@Andrewjg_89]

But it could remain as a seaside town.

[@debralawrence3582]

no 1 destination all generations

[@chrisfenn3189]

Not a city