The Isle of Dogs 'Then & Now' in 1995 & 2013

[@missj.d9187]

This is actually really important stuff you are uploading here. Thank you so much. Your literally showing my childhood. If you ever do round Bow Roman road I would be crying my eyes out. This area was the other side of my family. Makes me laugh the Bow side had a cheek to look down on this side of the family. They were all such good people I wish people truly knew how special we had it. We didn't have much but we really looked after each other because we knew we had to after the war.

[@ConMaloney]

Thank you for your kind words, it’s much appreciated.

[@tnetroP]

The before images were "my" London. It may not have been as "nice" as it is now. But it was where I felt at home. I no longer feel at home in London.

[@BlackStarNain]

What you did here was fantastic and very interesting to watch. I might have to watch this more than once lol. Thank you for doing this. Peace

[@ConMaloney]

BlackStarNain BSN Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[@songsmith31a]

You are to be congratulated and thanked for this fascinating "then and now" depiction of the Isle of Dogs. It is a valuable sociaol document in its own right. As a young Met. Police PC stationed at Limehouse Police Station from 1963-1969, I walked its streets when it was part of Limehouse sub-division, with its own small police station at the far end opposite Greenwhich Naval College. At that time, the docks lay within the boundaires of West Ferry Road > Manchester Road and comprised of just TWO "beats" basically splitting the Island in half for foot patrol purposes, with the Port of London Authority police supervising the docks themselves. Many's the time I walked its streets, day and night, before the advent of the Canary Wharf developments. Fascinating to note that at least some of the pubs survived - no doubt welcome with so much new housing taking place.

[@songsmith31a]

P..S.. Please excuse typos of "social" and "Greenwich" in previous entry. Excuse - fat fingers!! 🙂

[@tim_longhurst]

Interesting video and very clever matching, almost frame for frame. Thanks for uploading.

[@arbit3r]

Someone stopping and asking for directions, now that's not something you see anymore. Awesome video!

[@mattcrooke8321]

Brilliant piece of film again!! It's been mirrored perfectly.

[@samuelhasan7942]

Thank you for uploading. Was great to watch. Always have been living on the isle of dogs!

[@ConMaloney]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[@vommir.]

Hey it's an old comment not sure if you will reply but how do you like it on the IOD? I'm thinking of moving there.

[@andynixon2820]

It dawned on me that no one stops a stranger to ask for directions anymore - it's a lost art since we now have sat nav's . Good film too .

[@ConMaloney]

True and they certainly asked the right person!

[@michaelcarlos8686]

I only realised when the bloke stopped and asked for directions that the sound was from back in the day. Makes the video even better

[@carrie_on_larkin]

absolutely brilliant filming. thanks for bringing back so many wonderful memories x

[@ConMaloney]

Almost 10,000 views Carrianne, thanks to Peter's efforts! x

[@johnrider5701]

Town planers and developers have ripped the heart and soul out of the area .

[@leighwills88]

I've been working in the isle of dogs area for past 5 years and seen so many changes in that short period of time. So this was real cool to see, as Im always being told by the elders, alot of these things were never there.

[@lilmandan96]

fascinating, excellent work

[@ConMaloney]

Thank you.

[@thetruthonlyone]

Yes very interesting film footage. It was interesting to see @ 12:29 on the left film there was a London black cab and at the same time on the right screen (present) there was an Uber cab almost at the same spot where the black cab parked in 1995. 😀 a sign that times has moved on and unfortunately black cabs are not doing well anymore which very unfortunate.

[@ConMaloney]

4pple - very observant! The black cab in the earlier film belonged to the guy who made the film!

[@pulseburst]

Don't really look back in my life but age is catching up so now I understand why it happens. '95 was at George Greens (you know who you are if you were there then). Seen it all, crazy stuff

[@TraitorVek]

Brilliant Video - Love It !

[@ConMaloney]

Thank you!

[@TraitorVek]

@@ConMaloney Really Good - Love the Side by Side - It's all Way Before Google Earth Mate, £££'s $$$'s Culture Reality Cities Your Video. Have a Great Day Dude.

[@djmarkalmond]

Fantastic idea. Wish I'd filmed stuff years ago and then again after development. Thanks for uploading. Great

[@ConMaloney]

+djmarkalmond - thanks, seems the development never stops so we keep filming !

[@irispluck5536]

Con Maloney k

[@tompearce6312]

So interesting! I've got a photo I took of Tobago Street when I was at art college from maybe 1998 and I always wondered what it looked like now. I have to say I miss the old London, although I was only 15 when the first video was made.

[@ConMaloney]

Thanks, Tom! Tobago Street was one of the first three residential streets on the Island. Originally called Cross Street, it connected Robert and Alfred Streets, later renamed Cuba and Manilla Streets.

[@allanbuttery5297]

At 4.20 and other clips the same Bollards are being used on the Roads in the same position ?

[@ConMaloney]

Definitely!

[@lbecca_liamisourangel]

Yeah it's changed so much its hard to believe what it used to look like

[@stevemumbling7720]

The last time I saw this place was in 1995. Super depressing, it looks a lot better now.

[@methuen4]

Fantastic film,I worked at 188 West Ferry Road in late sixties, best years of my life

[@ConMaloney]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@speedbird737]

I was living in an Anchorage Point at the time they were demolishing the wood yard - had fantastic river views afterwards until they built the new development!

[@ConMaloney]

A lot more towers there now Nigel, the old City Pride pub area's being massively developed.

[@LesNorth]

this was my playground in the mid to late fifties ( I lived in Alpha Grove) it was quiet at weekends but came alive during the week with the docks, factories and wharfs. I went to school at St. Lukes, next to John Lenanton's, all my family and relations lived in this area all through the war and most worked in the local factories and docks. The area was not very posh but there was a good community, the place seemed to have a soul then, unlike now it is up market and expensive with no tangible spirit, but I guess that is progress

[@ConMaloney]

A very special place and we were lucky to be part of it.

[@ellismeah5127]

Not only the buildings have changed ,the population has as well

[@beermeupscottie]

Interesting stuff thanks. Just a thought - on the 2013 footage maybe add subtitles with commentary on what the new buildings are to compare against the voice-over on the 1995.

[@ConMaloney]

Thanks Sean, that's a good idea with the subtitles.

[@TG_TIPS]

Must have taken some work, nice one. Not a bad camera for 1995 either, was it a massive JVC one resting on your shoulder?! Lol

[@ConMaloney]

Thanks Tom, Peter had a pretty good camera for that time. You lose a bit of quality transferring it to KZbin too.

[@JohnCashin]

Yeah, I went back there a few years ago after about 25 years and I could hardly recognize any of it.

[@slickrick320]

Those flats were advertised for 170k in 1995. Now they are 1 million. Ok if you bought back then.

[@kthxciao1465]

Nah. The ones for £170 were the cheapest ones, the blocks adjacent the street. Now those flats are worth about 500,000.

[@ConMaloney]

Cheers Matt, Peter did a great job on this for us.

[@peter-wright]

Shame it's jumpy, i should've got someone to push me in a pram or shopping trolley.It was slightly easier to do the old filming because those big camcorders rested on your shoulder....by the time i'd finished the new film with my hand held one, my arm was really aching.

[@ConMaloney]

It's great Pete. I'd love you see being pushed round the Island in a pram!

[@pedroSilesia]

And in 2016 everything accelerated in the rate never seen before. Now CW is the one of the most special areas in Europe for living and working.

[@lbecca_liamisourangel]

i dont remember 1995 mind you i was only 1 years old :P thanks for showing what it used to looks like :)

[@ajs41]

I don't regard 1995 as being very long ago, although I was only 16 at the time. I was already using the internet in 1995 for example, and using Apple Macintosh laptops. For me personally, it has to be earlier than about 1980 to get that "old-fashioned" feeling.

[@ConMaloney]

Thanks, yes a lot of changes even in five years! Check out our website (link's underneath the video) if you get a chance, some good stuff on there. Old & New! All the best, Con.

[@garychilver7642]

Like this

[@ConMaloney]

Thanks.

[@ConMaloney]

You're welcome. Changed a bit hasn't it :)

[@MrCrabbing]

imagine all those business and skilled workers that have been lost for the sake of faceless beige flats

[@_volvic]

lol 5:48 at the time I see you videoing

[@philsimpson3556]

It begs the question - is it better now than it was then? My personal opinion is that it is not.

[@bouillonjules2]

Might look a bit more rejuvenated now but it somehow lacks the charm and identity it had.

[@iboyd2824]

Nice idea but holy f**k, I found this to be totally unwatchable... Both halves of the screen bouncing around/going left and right at different times, means that despite my interest to see the big changes that happened over the years, I absolutely have no interest in continuing as it's making my head hurt..!!!

[@ConMaloney]

Give him a break - he’s trying to film and match the new scenes with one hand while watching the old one in the other! We only have this record because he had the foresight to film it thirty years when no-one else could be arsed.

[@iboyd2824]

@@ConMaloney It's a great idea, but poorly executed and gave me a headache. It would have been better to play a 1995 clip on the left side first, then pause it and play the equivalent 2013 clip on the right side (and so on and so forth) - rather than having both clips bouncing up and down at different rates - I don't know about your eyes, but mine happen to work in unison, not individually. Call it constructive criticism if you will, I'm not being a c*nt. Playing both clips simultaneously is a proper headf**k.

[@JDMJOE]

Shame I prefer the good old London!! Not the repetitive gentrification, stab city shite hole it's become today!! Ahhhh memories😒