Have your say | Romford | 1970s Romford | Essex | Romford Market | A town called...| 1977

[@spensert4933]

I'm impressed by how clear and unscathed this film is! Normal people are priceless especially with those accents

[@andrewdeans3686]

What on earth possessed you to think it was recorded on film? It is evidently recorded on video tape!

[@superyachtchef]

I'm in that film, with my mum and older brother, I was 10 and this was filmed in 1984 (not the 70s)

[@chrisjefferies5820]

Those were original romford accents before the redevelopment of romford which is now a complete state.

[@dtox2331]

It's VT and looks more 80s .

[@superyachtchef]

@@andrewdeans3686 Oxford dictionary film = a story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television.

[@Thereishope664]

I've lived in Romford all my life and sad to say that Romford market has now lost its soul. It was once a buzzing throng of people but now a dead husk of its old self.

[@memyself1566]

Romford has, for many reasons, gone the same way as the rest of England - down the pan and very overpriced.

[@david_ironfist_bristow2462]

Same from Romford to ur spot on brother

[@minimanukuk]

Same with pretty much all markets. We’ve let the supermarkets ruin them - not pointing the finger, I’m guilty myself.

[@lindajepson1714]

I miss how Romford was years ago, I've been here most of my life xxx

[@Zizoosworld]

@@lindajepson1714 that's sad. You've lived in Romford your whole life.

[@callumkent7155]

The town has changed so much now. All the English people are moving away and there is lots of migrants and foreigners from places like Romania Lithuania there now. Sad to see the town becoming like this. Little amounts of immigration are ok. But they literally taking over the town. So many moving in

[@Anticommunism99]

Those countries that you mention are not the problem. The problematic countries are Pakistan, Bangladesh, India cause they are 3rd world primitive countries. Islam is dominating East London it's ridiculous. It all happened in a range of 40, 50 years. Brits just disappeared and gave their land to Islam.

[@Harry_84]

It looks lovely, and real and it looks how I wish every town in England would look. A great sense of community.

[@uktravel8341]

But not in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland of course.

[@hepthd5245]

I live here, it’s pretty rough tbh, fights basically every few days

[@Harry_84]

@@uktravel8341 Wales and Scotland haven’t had the same problems as us quite yet

[@Harry_84]

@@hepthd5245 haha i know it is now but there’s something about how it looked that is quite special. The community and so on

[@uktravel8341]

@@Harry_84 You mean in terms of immigration? I don't think the atmosphere would be any different in the other parts of the UK personally. As many people have left for out-of-town shopping centres at any rate.

[@Glitzdglamourous5604]

Used to love going to Romford in my teenage years , sadly it’s an absolute dump now and virtually nothing left of the market , very sad .

[@fearless6947]

I remember I used to go swimming and iceskating in Romford lol. Yeah it's changed a lot

[@usualsuspect3071]

You and me both, Romford was a lovely place to live once upon a time....

[@deesarthafaks]

​@@ChristineFisher123 It still has a huge shopping centre and 2 cinemas...

[@deesarthafaks]

​@@fearless6947 you can still do both in Romford...

[@Zlervo]

All the markets are disappearing. Residents and traders are being pushed away.

[@wutang6020]

Back when home was home unlike today where most of our home towns have been turned into absolute dumps

[@usualsuspect3071]

It's a crying shame what has happened to Romford since this was filmed 🎥...

[@memyself1566]

Ditto the rest of England. Only the wealthy you can live in “nice areas” have access to the best parts of England - but that’s always been the case. Money can get you anything!

[@guinnessharvey4476]

Why, what’s happened since? I’m from Canada and my grandfather was from Romford

[@clementinechristenson]

@@guinnessharvey4476 SadiqKhan happened. That market looks like a car park now, virtually empty! Crimes up all over London. Romford waa better in Essex than in London.

[@guinnessharvey4476]

@@clementinechristenson ok:)

[@jamesgunn7]

@@guinnessharvey4476 Crimes up all over the country, Guinness. Don't listen to Clementine. Largely due to the Tory government cutting police officers by 24,000 since 2010

[@dawnknight123]

Lived in Romford 50 years …. Loved growing up here …felt safe had everything nearby… within the last ten years it’s declined drastically …our much loved market is about an eighth of its size…flats going up everywhere!!! Mostly for people born outside Romford , or uk … our housing system , does not hold any loyalties to people born here…the more local u are, the worst you get treated…it’s sad to say but it’s now becoming unrecognisable…going to pot … our crime rate has soared .

[@Zizoosworld]

Vote UKIP! Lol

[@Vloke6]

Browns

[@Zizoosworld]

@@Vloke6 pink

[@brantdanger]

Your government is antiwhite, just like my government in the states.

[@madforit2]

​@@Zizoosworld haha UKIP!! BNP or an ethno nationalist candidate. otherwise forget it

[@fearless6947]

I'm 42 years old. I was a kid when I watched ThameTv. Obviously I was watching other stuff because kids don't like the news. Brilliant youtube channel, brings back memories 👍❤️

[@MatthewOfLondon]

Ignore some of the clothes it felt like this could have been filmed this morning. I felt like I was in 1977. Superb quality film. 😀

[@hejla4524]

The great Monty Modlyn...it's been a long time.

[@insertnamehere5146]

you obviously didn't have to listen to the bloke on Sunday nights in the mid 1980s on LBC when there was nothing else to listen to. He used to do my head in with faux cockney dirge for hours on end

[@hejla4524]

@@insertnamehere5146 True, hours of him might be a bit trying, but I liked his interviews and as he was born in Lambeth, I doubt the cockney dirge was 'faux'.

[@uktravel8341]

@@hejla4524 Isn't Cockney being born within a mile of Bow Bells? Or so I was told.

[@tomthomassony8607]

@@insertnamehere5146 my Mum used to love Monty! She got me listening to LBC back in the day - Brian Hayes, Janet Street Porter etc. Great to hear your opinion, thank you!

[@insertnamehere5146]

@@tomthomassony8607 I can remember he used to get all the old biddys ringing him up chatting total crap for hours on end. one particular old dear rang him up to tell him about her hospital appointment the following day (Yawn) and that she was having a barium meal to which the clueless Modlyn said goodbye and i hope you enjoy your meal tomorrow. LBC fired him in the end!

[@RichyWalsh]

Romford is still a fun place to be. Yes, it has changed since it became Greater London from Essex in 1965 but nothing stays the same. It still has a great spirit with nice shops, restaurants, and pubs. Romford is still a great place to live with many friendly people and places to see. The only downside is with London came the London prices so property is very exspnsive. Luckily it still has that little bit of Essex charm underneath so you are still greeted with the iconic phrase " Alright Mate " ;)

[@borderlord]

2:33...She's an absolute gem!!

[@chiefrocka8604]

Little bit filthy I should coco

[@borderlord]

@@chiefrocka8604 With that accent absolutely!

[@paulyflyer8154]

I know what you're all thinking. But we daren't say it.

[@imansfield]

The big old diversity elephant in the room?

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

I will,diverse.

[@memyself1566]

@@imansfield Diversity and its bosom buddy, inclusivity.

[@dazauto1400]

Blair and Brown created third world disaster

[@jonelledaniels2602]

Good 😂😂😂😂

[@DeenM2099]

I wonder what's changed now.....

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Hmmmm lol

[@Harry_84]

Romford is still 80% white to be fair. But it’s definitely much less pleasant now

[@neilsaunders9309]

Nothing that would surprise anyone who's been awake for the last few decades.

[@dazauto1400]

The colour scheme!

[@andrewthurlow4824]

The good old days sadly no more 😞

[@ignignokt-6050]

Looks like a lovely little english town. Wonder what it’s like now forty five years later.

[@BG-ef8sk]

Exactly how you imagine it will be

[@richardwager283]

It’s actually in London (Havering) and one of Londons major shopping areas. The area was once part of Essex but became part of London officially in 1965. This was the case for the London boroughs of Newham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest and Barking & Dagenham that were all part of the County of Essex. Prior to becoming part of London all these boroughs were largely independent from Essex and were known as urban districts etc. No doubt someone will be a long to say it’s still Essex because it says so on my address! Well your writing your address wrong 😝

[@onsomebits7486]

45*

[@dang373]

was nice. there was a big brewery

[@MatthewOfLondon]

@@richardwager283 it's strange even today, exactly what the geographical status is. My best friend left London ten years ago and moved to Havering-Atte-Bauer. London postcode and Essex telephone area code. Most strange but there ya go. 😄

[@garylucas7050]

Did you remember trying to park in the main Romford car park in the 70’s before the other shopping centres evolved ..absolute carnage , police waving you on when you was queuing , but I still miss it 😩

[@CiBi1968]

Wow Agnetha Fältskog (Abba) is there left hand side @1:13 !!!

[@Pluschap]

I can't imagine anyone watching this and commenting on it today who hasn't live in or around Romford at some time. I won't go back there now. It's changed so much from the town I grew up in that it's actually painful to visit. My lasting memory of the market is the sound and scent of the paraffin Primus lamps on the stalls on a winter evening, and the odd greenish glow they gave to the light. I worked at Fine Fare on Friday nights and Saturdays, so those lanterns were a huge part of my life. So sad that The Caxton Bookshop and the old library were already gone when they filmed this.

[@CookwitchCreations]

Everyone moaning it's not the same, well GO AND SHOP AT THE MARKET THEN. We make it, and we deserted it. Everybody wanted Lakeside, Bluewater, Tesco...the old stalls are still there, and so should we be.

[@uktravel8341]

Tesco UK revenue is about £40 billion a year, Lakeside and Bluewater's is about £300 million each. People spend barely £50 million in the whole UK on market-stalls every year. I think the people have spoken, don't you?

[@agentsamson6051]

Because most stuff you get at markets is a load of old rubbish with no guareentee - bit of your only fools and horses scenario. I think people have moved on, are better educated and informed and want good quality items.

[@CookwitchCreations]

@@uktravel8341 I believe that's what I said? Everyone moved on and out, but those very people still moan about how it's not the same. I actually go to this particular market, I love it, and I haven't stepped foot in Tesco for 15 years. Out of town shopping malls are my idea of hell.

[@CookwitchCreations]

@@agentsamson6051 Have you been to the market in question? I have, and it's very good, especially the fresh produce. It's a shame people don't support it.

[@johnwood2448]

Wish we had more fresh food and farmers markets Cheaper than delis and supermarkets but guess people vote with their pockets. Times change and people adapt ... for better or worse.

[@s1lvergee304]

I lived on Old Church Road from '70 to '80. Went to school via the old abattoir, and the strong smell from the brewery. I remember once being chased by gypsy kids on the fields, what is now the Queen's Hospital and the faint smell of TCP from the old hospital on route to cross the railway track to meet friends in town.

[@paulspeight8398]

It the 1950s used to walk along the river Rom from the railway ally and nick the bottles from the brewery and sell back to the off license in Jutsums Lane until my father found out that the neighbours thought we were a family of alcoholics

[@61sven]

Romford moved from being in Essex to a London borough in around 1965.

[@regplasma7906]

2.33 - 3.00 Spot the Conservative who never ever lived in Romford.....really.

[@BossySwan]

*A MARVELLOUS SHOPPING CENTRE REALLEH*

[@pooter7263]

gidea park inhabitant

[@chrisjefferies5820]

I will always love Romford. My hometown. Things change, thats life but what they have done to it is a real shame.

[@missj.d9187]

The sentence " refugees from East London" says it all !!!! If you know you know.

[@WintersWar]

Look how everyone yearns for the camera, embracing technology back then. Now that we got it we run away from it.

[@Sheba_316]

😅

[@neilsaunders9309]

That's because we know who's behind the camera now and what their agenda is.

[@Pinerocks]

I like that posh lady! 😀

[@EgoShredder]

She reminds me a bit of Sue Nicholls who played Audrey in Coronation Street, and one of the characters in Rentaghost.

[@therealbettyswollocks]

REARRRLY?

[@EgoShredder]

@@therealbettyswollocks Yep, I remember she was a minor milf crush back in the early 80s. By the time of Coronation Street.....not so much.

[@maximoo9861]

You don't hear posh accents like that nowadays😊

[@wayinfront1]

Occasional lapses indicate that her accent is not natural, and has been achieved via elocution lessons. Nothing wrong with that, though, because they make you speak and think clearly. Very unfashionable now, of course.

[@shabbos-goy9407]

the uk is now utterly finished

[@memyself1566]

Even Thames water company is owned by a German Corporation. Privatisation of the utilities was Margaret Thatcher’s jewel in one of her crowns - the will of the companies and the banks are paramount.

[@rolandpotter479]

Yes the brextreamists messed it all up!! Small minded provincials.

[@memyself1566]

@@rolandpotter479 That would depend upon whether you wanted to be part of a communistic system or not - it was Germany’s third attempt at Western - especially European - domination. This time it has worked, but it has worked through legislation and not through war. It has always been and always will be a dictatorship which wastes unlimited amounts of money. It is a black hole that could never be filled.

[@dazauto1400]

This countries end started in 1948

[@neilsaunders9309]

@@rolandpotter479 Grow up.

[@auxiliary4023]

Before we gave everything away..

[@Opbabyyx]

meaning?

[@neilsaunders9309]

@@Opbabyyx Meaning, time for you to wake up.

[@Opbabyyx]

@@neilsaunders9309 to what

[@neilsaunders9309]

@@Opbabyyx Oh, go away, you silly person (or words to that general effect)!

[@dslapster64]

I moved to Chadwell Heath in 1976 when I was 12 from Leytonstone and my mother used to go there. Now in the USA since 1982. It was great seeing this … the memories .

[@krayon_eater]

I moved to Chadwell Heath from Leytonstone in '76, also. Unfortunately, i'm still here.

[@dslapster64]

@@krayon_eater Oh wow, I’d love to go back there though to see what it’s like now. I’m sure it’s changed a lot since then.

[@si2k]

Chadwell Heath back then was must have been amazing especially moving from Leytonstone. Its not the best nowadays hasnt been for years.

[@version736ha2]

Go and ask them now

[@pamelamckenzie2685]

Oh i love the video

[@chriso8485]

No tracksuits. No baseball caps. No rainbow flags. Brilliant.

[@vinay7397]

3:24 John Lyall

[@andrewbolton9613]

⚒️ C.O.Y.I. ⚒️.

[@71ibanez]

Always went to Romford in the 80’s,also The Dolphin swimming pool😊

[@fearless6947]

Wish I could go back in time

[@londonparticulars2968]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rInEhH1jbph1mNE

[@jeremystone6641]

I bet Romford market looks a bit different now.

[@Keithbarber]

Far fewer stalls these days - shopping Centre still doing ok but the market has declined significantly - used more as a car park

[@jeremystone6641]

@@Keithbarber Sad. How many of the stall holders are indigenous British?

[@Keithbarber]

@@jeremystone6641 that I don't know, but another sign is no buses run in from Essex now either - just tfl routes from brentwood and lakeside, but it used to be that on market day, buses from harlow, Chelmsford, Southend on sea, grays/tilbury etc would arrive at St.Edwards way packed solid and carry hordes of shoppers home again, but now it's just local buses picking up, and not always packed out either

[@annother3350]

They killed it with covic restrictions

[@Keithbarber]

@@annother3350 the market had long been in decline before covid19 hit, but the pandemic didnt help matters

[@45themojo]

Anyone know of the Cohens the markets

[@Zlervo]

The Essex accent was completely different then to how it is now.

[@Garfie489]

This isn't Essex is likely the explanation there

[@Zlervo]

​@@Garfie489back then, it was.

[@Garfie489]

@@Zlervo the video is from the 1970s. Back then, it still wasn't Essex

[@alexanderpostings7208]

Yes these aren’t Essex accents they are London/Cockney

[@chairmanalf7856]

I have lived closely to Romford all of my life and worked there for over eight years during the 90’s. The place is a dump now with lots of closed down shops, urban decay, the market is virtually empty on market days and there are beggars everywhere.

[@loonylinda]

2:59 a charicature of the 70s middle class toffy voice madam

[@superyachtchef]

"Trade is hard" but I've been a market trader for 40 years.....🤔

[@jasonayres]

(3:48) "Drum roll, please!"

[@Zizoosworld]

Lol people always complaining how good it was in the past, even in the 1970s. People need to accept that the best days of their youth were in entirety different contexts to the youth of today. Environment and societies change and adapt over time, that's life. Romford was never a paradise to begin with but had some character as these people testify.

[@jamesgunn7]

It's nostalgia bias - people always assume things were better when they were a kid

[@christophercurtis2893]

What's your problem?

[@Zizoosworld]

@@christophercurtis2893 read

[@brantdanger]

What you wrote is horseshit. The UK government is antiwhite. It treats its own people and traditions like garbage, while importing the third world to replace the British. Life all across Western Civilization has gotten worse because of intentional polices. Saying "societies change" is an excuse for destroying the existing society.

[@krayon_eater]

Whilst there is some truth in your comment about nostalgia, claiming that change is a constant and therefore people need to accept it, is fatalistic nonsense. Not all change is positive, and people are allowed to express their discontent if things change to their disliking.

[@Passionbloom52]

Romford isn’t the same any more , born & bred in Romford & my family have lived here as far back as the 1800’s

[@deesarthafaks]

Well done, you noticed Romford has changed since the 1800s.

[@paulspeight8398]

@deesarthafaks Except for the name changing from Rumford to Romford and now English isn't spoken there.

[@d.d.4703]

Family moved to Romford in 1965 and my final connection to the place was lost last year when my father died. We moved from Canning Town and it felt like going to live in a village. What a hole the place is now. Mass third world and Eastern European migration has completely changed the demographics, atmosphere and character of the place. When my father's house was being sold, not one white English person came to view. I will never be going back there. But, l tell the story of what London has become. (BTW, the posh lady is priceless. One good change about the past has been the loss of those plummy accents - really.)

[@deesarthafaks]

By all means stay away.

[@johncorrall1739]

Monty modlyn

[@wayneferrier8096]

I remember Brian cook .he had a son called Tony. And a daughter Sharon.

[@Garfie489]

Whys this listed as "Essex"? Even back in the 70s Romford wasn't in Essex - 50 years later and its still the case.

[@EgoShredder]

I've always thought of Romford as being in Essex, even though they reclassified it many years ago. Probably because the heart and soul of a place does not change location, just because some bod with a pen and a committee chooses to do so.

[@Garfie489]

@@EgoShredder it changed literally generations ago. There's likely some great grand parents that were not born before the change - at that point you kinda need to accept things have moved on. The "soul" is not really Essex if the majority of people living there have never known it as such

[@hannahdaisy6905]

I would never say I'm from London. That doesn't feel right at all. It's Essex to everyone who lives here.

[@Garfie489]

@@hannahdaisy6905 "Everyone who lives there" Yeh... no its not. Anyone thats even slightly clued up is pretty well aware of where it is - county elections last year were a pretty obvious point for many people

[@hannahdaisy6905]

@@Garfie489 lol yes I know where it is politically, thanks!

[@misspurrr-fect3684]

How the face of the UK has changed ... for the worst...☹️

[@mistofoles]

Lookit them gigs ! They look like re-entry shields !

[@pmacc3557]

Goid morning to my beautiful English friends from mainland Europa ..

[@dawngibson1157]

Romford 1996-present

[@Bill-cv1xu]

Say what you will..

[@uktravel8341]

"Country's gone to the dogs. 'Fing's ain't what they used to be, not what wiv' the Spanish and the Lombards takin' all our jobs." Elizabethan market trader, 1577.

[@Zizoosworld]

Lol

[@Plumduff3303]

I still like romford

[@si2k]

Absolute cesspit nowadays, just an extension of London.

[@deesarthafaks]

Not an extension of London, a part of London, and has been for 58 years.

[@si2k]

@@deesarthafaks Your correct but I was referring to the demise of Romford much like what happened to London. It's still regarded as being in Essex.

[@deesarthafaks]

@@si2k Romford is London so you're talking about the same place. Only ignoramuses & begs say Romford is in Essex. Anyone with knowledge of geography doesn't consider it as Essex at all.

[@thealchemistdaughter3405]

Sad that the British lay down to the destruction of their wonderful culture.. The EU has destroyed the native culture of every one of its member countries..

[@lillybeth4308]

2022 Romford is alien 👽

[@CrueLoaf]

2:33 wow. people just dont talk like that anymore do they?

[@tonyneve2410]

QUEENS HOSPITAL, ROMFORD, ESSEX. Having just spent TWO DAYS waiting, it took the better part of seven hour to see a doctor only to be told to come back the next day for a kidney scan (I have kidney stones). Went back at 9am the next day, had the scan and was told to wait in A&E for the results, I waited SIX AND A HALF HOURS and then (only after I complained) did I see a doctor who told me I had kidney stones, Something I had told them month's before. The hospital lacks organisation, tests and questionnaires where duplicated or even tripled, maddening confusion where nobody seems to know what they are doing, wrong notes being given out (so people have to start again), one couple waited seventeen hours for results. The staff insisted it was due to staff shortages but I don't think so, it looked to me as if everyone had given up and where just going through the motions to get the day over with.

[@tonyneve2410]

@Deesar Thafaks Can you tell me where Romford is then????

[@Garfie489]

@@tonyneve2410 Romfords official county is "Greater London" - though most just say London for short. Its about 4 miles outside of Essex - which isnt that close really

[@andrewbolton9613]

Oldchurch Hospital.

[@johnblaze8774]

Market is dead. Most markets are but Romford could have gone with the Times. You go into central London and the thing people are buzzed about are food markets. Take away these old hags selling discount toiletries and dodgy watches, and replace them with modern food stalls with a proper eating area and the place will be buzzing.

[@DDandrums]

2:33 wtf?

[@garylucas7050]

Remember Monty Modlin the presenter here opening a suit shop in Romford and trying to flog my dad a suit , my dad was in his 60’s about the same age as Monty I was maybe 14 still at school and my dad ripped him a new one haha …side note the Indian guy in the interview I’m sure was my teacher for maths at Britton’s in rainham essex Ford Lane ..Mr Jolly ….those were the days better than now …

[@richardwager283]

@Deesar Thafaks and Britton’s school is in Hornchurch not Rainham 👍🏻😝 just to add to the pedantry 👌🏻

[@richardwager283]

@Deesar Thafaks surprises me how few people know it 😝 Maybe I look at maps to much.

[@garylucas7050]

@@richardwager283the Britons academy , Ford lane , rainham Essex RM13 7BB………….oh dear Richard the third

[@richardwager283]

@@garylucas7050 well done you have read the address and put on here but you obviously don’t understand how addresses work! Seems like we will be waiting some time for you to work it out!

[@SCUN88]

2.33 beautiful 🤩

[@vcwood1203]

It's not that great now, 😕

[@bunnystuart3808]

Used to go to Romford in 1990 until yobbos ruined it

[@dawngibson1157]

Good days when I 1st moved to Romford is was eye sore Much better now.

[@ssj9871]

See how well spoken the Sikhs are.

[@david_ironfist_bristow2462]

Im from Romford Essex Romford market not what it used to be

[@deesarthafaks]

There is no such place as Romford Essex.

[@borderlord]

Looks like this was back when ethnic minorities were a minority! Wonder what the demographic is like these days?!

[@neilsaunders9309]

The "ethnic minorities" are no longer a minority. Also, monstrous, oversize development has run riot and destroyed the fabric of the town.

[@lahtal1]

Water Sports 💧💧💧😂

[@philip426]

It's now just a glorified car boot sale.

[@anthonybanton1415]

Romford is now full of too many you know what

[@deesarthafaks]

Racists like you ya mean. Nah, there was more of them about in the 90s. I remember spitting on the swastikas that were spraypainted in the town's subways.

[@francofan100]

No? Enlighten us.

[@anthonybanton1415]

@@francofan100 3rd world minorities you plank

[@anthonybanton1415]

@@francofan100 use your brain you spaz

[@joshuataylor3550]

​@@anthonybanton1415I hope you wake up before you die Tony

[@sasshe9240]

What a shame

[@catclaw7462]

Strange old language they're speaking it must be old English