1980s Docklands | Docklands light railway | East London | Canary Wharf | 1988

Joe Brown takes a look at the changing face of London's Docklands area, and how the new Docklands Light Railway is revolutionising travel in the area. He also looks at how the new development is affecting the local community, and what is being done to make sure they are not left out.
First show: 09/12/1988
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[@stickynorth]

I love the cheeky commentary with classic British phrases like "You pay your money you takes your chances." All true too!

[@thomasbollman6560]

Imagine having bought a flat for £100k in 1988 and what it would be worth now.

[@paularrowsmith9376]

Imagine having a life where you don't have an obsession about property prices, poor little things you are , never will know the true meaning of life , I pity one and all of you

[@mrlotusmic]

@@paularrowsmith9376 ah but did he say he agreed with the ridiculous value it would be now? I miss the old days when we could debate anything without throwing insults. It was a golden time 😆

[@gaildahlas]

The general price hike is enough that you wouldn't be able to afford living in the area anymore, to be honest. Standard homes are still getting scrapped for expensive high rises even now, and the locals don't really get a say in it despite the price of life

[@speedbird737]

i did i paid £105,000 at anchorage point next to cascades

[@disgruntledoflondon]

@@speedbird737 By my reckoning £105k in the 1980's would be approx £360k in today's money (with inflation). I grew up in Greenwich in the 80's and loved watching the Docklands development emerge from the old dock.

[@speedbird737]

I remember the 'we want jobs not snobs' spray painted on some buildings when I moved into Anchorage Point (next to Cascades) early 1990s- fantastic place to live and amazing views of Canary Wharf and the Thames - the locals prospered too when their house values tripled / quadrupled. You could see Windsor from the top of Canary Wharf on a clear day.

[@rjjcms1]

I first read about the rapid changes going on in a winter 1986-87 piece in Time Out magazine titled "London's new goldrush - greed and grief in the capital's docklands". Long-established local tenants were being forced out into "hard-to-let" accomodation in neighbouring boroughs,to make way for the affluent newcomers and developments.

[@tonyclifton265]

the docks warehouses in west india quay were refurbished beautifully and it's a great area now with shops, restaurants and residences.

[@spidyman8853]

Gosh, build your own Houses for 45K back in 88, much better than 120K that was down the road. Well done to the community at the time for getting together to resolve their issues. I wonder f they are still there or have moved on, all them years.

[@Nortekman]

£45k in 1988 pounds, would be £117k in 2023 pounds, adjusted for inflation.

[@agfagaevart]

100 grand for a london flat. If only! It's much much worse now...

[@speedbird737]

i paid £105,000 lol on isle dogs for a nice flat and underground carpark gym swimming pool etc

[@speedbird737]

i paid £105,000 lol on isle dogs for a nice flat and underground carpark gym swimming pool etc

[@adlam97531]

Michael Honey from the LDDC alongside Reg Ward made sure they only looked after themselves. it wasn't so much that some areas needed developing and there was much argument that it should be done, but the way they treated existing commercial tenants was deplorable. I am sure many brown envelopes found their way into pockets from developers.

[@ajs41]

6:08 - original Canary Wharf station in the background. What happened to the Daily Telegraph building?

[@64bakes]

It was demolished in the end

[@Springamatul]

I thinks its still called the Docklands I havent heard that its called New London yet 😀

[@tonyclifton265]

i still call it docklands but people laugh at me and correct me, saying it's "canary wharf" now

[@speedbird737]

Haha the cockney self builds @ 11:19 I wonder if they sold their homes when moving out for less than the yuppy versions - of course not - they profited from the improved area

[@irishboer7124]

The locals rented.

[@speedbird737]

Cascades is meant to look like a sailing ship - looked fine to me - although Anchorage point next door looked better :-)

[@edwardalexander9486]

LDDC - Free Porsche! And of course many low-travel but expensive-to-ticket jets coming to LD airport continue. And when was the last time you saw, er, Dr David Owen. And how much is Hester's flat worth now - canny! I hope Sybil and Basil invested.

[@speedbird737]

no its still called docklands lol @ 12:44

[@DaraM73]

Good presenter.

[@momasu]

"Described by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums as a 'chirpy Cockney', Joe Brown was one of the original artists managed by the early rock impresario and manager Larry Parnes."

[@RustyPetterson]

Kim Wilde's dad! [EDIT: sorry, I meant to say SAM BROWN's DAD! oops]

[@momasu]

No, that was Marty Wilde, also managed by Parnes.

[@djidroneadventures4059]

@@RustyPetterson silly rusty

[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

Why would you build the financial district in high risk flooding area?

[@Tony_7791]

Hester, dead as a door nail.

[@janeporter818]

I wonder whatever happened to Steve Cook?

[@edwardalexander9486]

He became a player in some hollywood socialite football team with all his dead-end but very rich mates. Nice work if you can get it.

[@Wahhhhhh735]

"Connie Hunt" hahahaha

[@tonyclifton265]

i love the DLR: no unionised asshole drivers going on strike every 5 minutes

[@TheStevenWhiting]

"Yuppies out" so they'd rather their place stay a shit hole.

[@jboardy5439]

No They'd rather it just stay as Their place.

[@rollingrockink1]

*¡Oi! Yu sund ly YUR frum lundun*

[@Rob_Walker.]

Ey up 1 st 🍭👍

[@Bill-cv1xu]

🥇

[@jasonayres]

Got in early! Please accept this new Porsche 🚙

[@Rob_Walker.]

@@jasonayres 🛁wash mi back 😊

[@jasonayres]

@@Rob_Walker. Please accept this genuine EastEnder's memorabilia Back Scrubber🧽

[@pauldonnelly3179]

Yuppies were the 80s equivalent of today's subsection of woke middle class millennials who use gender pronouns & work from home. (Not all millennials, just like yuppies weren't all of the 18-49s in the 80s)

[@YorickReturns]

Not really. Yuppies were about making money, not activism.

[@pauldonnelly3179]

@@YorickReturns But increasingly, woke activism is a vehicle for making money.

[@YorickReturns]

​@@pauldonnelly3179 So if you want to be rich, you should be woke?!

[@rogerdoger3347]

Yuppies are the ones who are destroying London are great vibrant city .

[@ajs41]

Yuppies were relaxed and humorous, unlike wokesters.