Swan Corner

[@AnneEDobbs-ow6kf]

Clarks Coaches to Bullerswood/ Bromley Tech Girls. Looks like the year our summer uniforms changed and we ditched the boaters.Great film, so many memories. I was a pupil from 69 to 74. Doesn’t feel all those years ago, pension this June though.

[@franksmith6637]

Would have been about 11 years old there remember Tesco opening it was a country at ease with itself made me feel sad

[@stevemason5348]

Lovely old film, thank you for sharing

[@robertlatham8361]

Great to watch this so many memories Lived in Grovsvenor rd down by the Wheatsheath pub !!

[@richardcummins5465]

Lovely piece of nostalgia, th so much!

[@Dan-o3m6e]

Empty roads , clean streets , no tons on the street . The GREAT BRITAIN that once was

[@TomClarkSouthLondon]

Where has my England gone!?😢

[@robharding4028]

Wonderful old archive cine film, It warms the cockles of my heart !

[@michaelkenny8540]

All the buses (the sunny day film?) have 1968 adverts on them and the bus at 7:36 has a poster for 'My Giddy Aunt' (RH side) that ran at The Strand June 20-Sept 21st 1968. With the newspaper headline about the Czech Crisis at 19:04 (Aug 1968) we can say for certain the bulk of this film is from Summer 1968.

[@MrZodiac666]

Wonderful Film Great Music 🎶

[@SonicConstruction]

Wow wonderful to see the nostalgia thanks for making and sharing. I remember when those beautiful old lamp posts were replaced with the modern metal poles. Such a shame 😭

[@brucedanton3669]

I remember too when those lamp posts were replaced, presumably by Bromley Council at the time. I am not sure when it was, but I am guessing it was in the mid 1980s, although I could be wrong on that, and indeed it was such a shame too. Thank you for that anyway-well done too!!

[@Sighman]

I lived in West Wickham from birth until 1975, (in The Drive), so this was a great bit of nostalgia. Anyone else go to Hawes Down?

[@paulbiggs5523]

I did Simon, from birth until 1979 - Hawes down had just become Spring Park Upper under the introduction of the comprehensive system. I lived in Sherwood Way

[@Sighman]

@@paulbiggs5523 I was at Hawes Down until 1975/6 or so, at which point my family emigrated to Spain. I would have been 7 or 8 then. My last teacher there was Mr Bender, I think his name was, in one of the outside demountables between the playground and the railway cutting. I remember a few of the names from that class - Nicholas & William who used to draw a lot of spitfires, Daryl, Stuart Burroughs (left the year earlier I think), Nicola, Gary, maybe an Elizabeth as well. And I'm still in contact with Neil Palmer on FB from time to time.

[@roomullan3050]

My husband lived in Coney Hall and went to hawks down. He left in 1975/6. We lived there until 1998

[@roomullan3050]

Hawes

[@Sighman]

@KXNGSLEY Wow I bet it's changed in the almost 50 years since I was there!

[@peterward3965]

Love the motors, all now classed as classic cars and at 14:02 a very rare Singer Hunter saloon, which would sport a horses bonnet mascot. Youngest age for it at that time would be 16 yrs old. As built from 1954 to 1956 , sorry about my useless information unless you are a classic car enthusiast. Cheers all.

[@highpath4776]

Renault 14 ? with the rear engine ( the bigger Renault 14_

[@peterward3965]

@@highpath4776 Sorry you lost me if you were replying to my posting cheers 🥂

[@highpath4776]

@@peterward3965 u were the only one talking about classic cars so I added a note to your comment. Wondered if you had any idea what it was. Friends had Singers but I cannot remember the bonnet mascot on them

[@peterward3965]

@@highpath4776 Hello, I love all classics, including the Renault 14 . The Singer Hunter Saloon was the last Singer produced by the original Singer Motor Company, before Rootes took them over in 1956 and produced the Singer Gazelle. Because the Singer Hunter had a horses head mascot, hence the name Hunter, referring to a horse. I owned three of them. Google it to view a pic. Cheers 🥂

[@peterward3965]

@@highpath4776 Hi again, go on you tube and look up old classic car ....videos. if you enjoy classic cars, and it's free to subscribe so you'll always get the latest videos. Cheers 🥂

[@roomullan3050]

When I met my husband in 1981, our shopping at that sainsbury was 15 quid a week

[@christopherparker6232]

Scary to think that this was around the time that I was born! My parents formally moved to WW in 1967, so I have been sitting in a forlorn hope that they might just appear! The junction by 'The Swan' hasn't really changed that much. The front door on the library stayed the same throughout my childhood and beyond. Many happy memories of childhood rekindled....

[@mickeyshooter5298]

How remarkable would it be to see one’s relative, going about their business in a random old film such as this. Or even oneself

[@christopherparker6232]

@@mickeyshooter5298 Indeed!

[@plentyofnothing]

Everyone is slim! The cars are British made. The streets look clean and safe. Wonderful! Why did we allow politicians to destroy this?

[@fpateman3498]

You get the leaders you deserve. Thats why i left the uk decades ago

[@chrisaris8756]

Just found this! What a treasure. My brother in law is a member of the Killick Family who had the estate agents on the corner opposite the Swan. Most of my youth was spent in and around West Wickham and walking miles through Spring Park Wiods and the surrounding commons. Before Stanton’s furniture shop (diametrically opposite the Swan) opened, it was John Surtees motorcycles. I used to spend hours staring dreaming at the beautiful bikes through their window as a small child. I remember my mother being ecstatic at Sainsbury’s opening in (I think 1963). What a time travel experience

[@mickeyshooter5298]

1968 was the year Jim Morrison and the Doors toured England. To think that my favorite band was at the height of their popularity during this filming is quite interesting to me. Was hoping to see an advert of their shows. Or…something!

[@Thomas-g5t2k]

Yesteryear where did it go

[@2000mk1]

Brilliant film !! It hasn't really changed that much. I remember the Evening Standard kiosk outside the Post Office, it was still there until relatively recently.

[@marshlightning]

My dad ended his career as an Executive Engineer in that "post office" (really an electronic telephone BT building at the end), He used to get the 138 bus up from Coney Hall to work there. (Something that has always baffled me as he had a car).

[@jilleljadi5496]

1968.. it was shown once more on this evening’s London Live channel .

[@michaelkenny8540]

Cortina at 5:312 has a 'K' plate which means that bit is Aug 1971 +

[@madamefontaine]

Thanks for posting x

[@Jim-kt6is]

Watched it on my TV, so didn't see the dates in the description. Trying to work out the date, guessed 1970. But saw the newspaper headline about the Czech crisis, so confirms 1968 as per the description. Strange to think West Wickham was ticking along calmly whilst in a "far away country" things were very different. I've shopped at that Sainsbury's in Station Road since 1973. I don't remember the Esso, though. Was it a petrol station with access down the side of Sainsbury's and occupying what is now the car park to the rear? Great material!

[@marcbannister9872]

The site of the current Sainsbury’s in Station Road was previously a school. When it got demolished, Sainsbury’s opened on the right side of the site in 1964, and the Esso petrol station opened on the left side of the site. Sainsbury’s subsequently extended its store over the Esso site, trebling its size in the process. I’m surprised the Sainsbury’s in Station Road has not closed down, given that they took over the much larger former Safeway store on the High Street in 2006, which is only a few minutes walk away.

[@constancelee5675]

Happy memories

[@cliveevans9795]

Wonderful

[@garypoulton7311]

Some of the clips show mk3 Cortinas, launched 1970, and a Marina, launched 1971. I remember the Esso station, Ithink it went about 1971, or 72. Things were simpler, tidier back then. Suspect thats myFather i. his Humber estate at about 5.50.

[@michaelkenny8540]

The Cortina has a 'K' plate 5:31

[@ionkor7663]

Saw my Grandfather at 8.16

[@Ribeirasacra]

5:31 A Ford cortina MK3 with a yea letter K. That dates the film after August 1971. I wonder if any one has seen themselves in this film?

[@peterstudley1804]

At the 5.51 mark we see a dark aubergine colour mini clubman sporting a full lenght webasto sun roof ,SUU 950N so this section dates this portion of the film between August 1st 1974 to july 75 , but I'd go with 1974.

[@willbuckley54]

Interesting as I lived in Stambourne Way at the time. Pity it's so blurred though.

[@countfosco8535]

I love the Corgi Toys.

[@cloudusterable]

Shame we didn't have a shot of the cinema,

[@leach1527]

No longer there when this film was made

[@robharding4028]

How this Country has changed, from a majority English speaking people, to a world of different languages, Now that is a wonderful compliment to this Country's open door policy, to everyone who wants to come here, and you are welcome, But if only they were all appreciative of our freedoms and opportunities.Some have only come here to see what they can get for free, not to mention the criminals , who may be a minority, But they are a tax on our Country, We have even lost some of our dear children to foreign murderers, who I must stress, are very much the minority, But those poor families who lost their precious children to predators from another country, and who had murder convictions in their own country, Its clear, Our Politicians have failed these families, by not checking those fugitives from abroad, more thoroughly before letting them in to carry out their evil deeds.Looking at the quaint film of old London, Its hard to imagine such horrors.But those poor victims and their families know only too well.

[@gregtaylor6146]

It's been happening for the last 40 years my friend, unfortunately, come election time, people STILL blindly voted for the same old crappy political parties ....... when they should have voted for a new radical truly BRITISH government .

[@robharding4028]

@@gregtaylor6146 Of course, you are right Greg, I have never voted for the Tory, or labour parties, I have always voted for the parties who stood up for us , but were ignored by the masses, and look were it has got us, They may have been nationalists , so what , they wanted our Country to stay like this beautiful old film portrays,

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrMicky2111]

Wonderfully myopic. We have a multicultural society now whether we wanted it or not due to our colonial past. That's where we went to foreign countries, whether they wanted us or not and made them and their resources part of the British Empire. Now you may think that we gave them more than we took, that suits your narrative but actually we didn't. The HEIC for example, destroyed India's established system of feudal style government and replaced it with a rapacious British centric for profit regime. Come 1947 when the empire is a pastiche of it's former self we give them 'Independance' and wash our hands. However like the Chinese in HK we issue UK and Commonwealth passports to them. Then we are surprised that we now have the imagined inconveniences of having 'them' over here spoiling our Britishness. Now if you want to say 'Well I don't mean them (which you do) it's all the East Europeans then look at your facts and we are about 13th in europe in taking in refugees per 100,000 of the population. Anyway please don't conflate your jingoism with patriotism. My family has served 60 years in the frontline Forces across 3 generations. Very very proud and privileged to be British. :18 😊.

[@highpath4776]

could not quite get the coach - Clarkes (of Anerley ?) Bedford VAL "C" reg but not see all clearly

[@michaelgilbert3213]

It was Clarks of Penge, it became Clarks of London later.

[@keithrose6931]

Women in skirts and dresses my memories of being a kid .

[@constancelee5675]

Interested local history of West wickem

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

2:19 "Renno Dauphine...".

[@cliveevans9795]

Why did they have blinds half way across the windows

[@cloudusterable]

The obesity epidemic hadn't started then, all those schoolgirls getting the bus their probably about to get their state pension now.....wonderful footage !

[@michaelkenny8540]

The Cortina at 5:31 has a 'K' plate = Aug 1971+

[@mickeyshooter5298]

Newspaper and bus adverts dated 1968

[@michaelkenny8540]

@@mickeyshooter5298 I know , I dated them in my second reply on that date. Its not all 1968 though.

[@constancelee5675]

Remember it well

[@brianbanks703]

Just before these days Kent, like Surrey, were not in London, then of course English politicians started manipulating the electoral boundaries (without complain?) due to expansion, mostly by immigration, hence London buses etc

[@ViN-kr3ri]

Very enjoyable and hasn't changed as much as Bromley, where racial composition has also changed out of all recognition compared with the 1960s (if English is your first language you're very much in the minority).

[@keithrose6931]

I don't believe the numbers they say are in this country. They seem to be everywhere !

[@ViN-kr3ri]

@@keithrose6931 I think that's correct. Bromley is like a cross between downtown Bucharest and Tehran. And that's without the thousands of illegals being housed in luxury hotels which the government refuses to admit.

[@bakingnut1]

Complete and utter racist rubbish.

[@proudman6598]

Blair

[@soulmanstoney]

HOW IS THERE A MARK 3 CORTINA IN THE FILM ???

[@peterstudley1804]

The film comprises of compersites from August 1968 and what I've deduced to be 1973.

[@cliveevans9795]

Look at the dust men . long before recycling was thought of .. they took everything

[@adamhughes4442]

The strident orchestral music is jarring and doesn't imbibe emotion.

[@richardcummins5465]

Where is this. A London bus , and judging by the girls hemlines, id say mid sixties. Ok i see west wickham.

[@soulmanstoney]

FILM IS FAB BY THE WAY JUST BAFFLING THE MARK 3 CORTINA !!!!

[@gregtaylor6146]

Hi, info says shot between 1968 and early 70's, All the Best, G

[@cliveevans9795]

Lovely sunset

[@cliveevans9795]

Love the street lamps

[@michaelkenny8540]

It has a 'K' plate 5:31