The Opening of St Ann's Shopping Centre Harrow 1987

[@Robslondon]

Thanks so much for this. I remember when St Ann's opened; the year above us in school were allowed to attend the ceremony, although ours' wasn't- so great to see what I missed out! :-)

[@1984BodeaMauO]

Sad today I feel sorry for Harrow…such a beautiful place,y visited and today is not the same at all

[@Charlieb377]

I was there there with Longfield School! Spotted myself in the video 🙃

[@markmorris8532]

Cool 😮❤!

[@admiralackbar9307]

The 80's really were Harrows golden age, after 1989 it all started going down hill fast, until it became the sh*t hole it is today, everything that made Harrow my happy place in the 80's has all long gone now.

[@RossRoams]

Fascinating movie, nice upload..!!

[@supagepagechannel9139]

Goodness. I never thought this footage existed. I heard about the Princess of Wales visiting Harrow On The Hill to open St Annes Shopping Centre. I was in secondary school then. I never went but a few of my classmates from school went to see the opening. Later I saw the pictures in the local papers of Diana's visit. The plaque is still there, where she opened the shopping centre. St Georges Shopping Centre opened in 1996. The area has not changed much but gosh people really talked alot posher then. Su.xx

[@davecoalwood9487]

Area has changed loads Mate. Absolute shit hole now.

[@oli720-oli]

What a lovely gem of a film!

[@rasheidyusuf5476]

IT’s look like Delhi now 😢

[@Kevin-1969]

The old girl at around 7:16 that mentions Fish and Chips. Right busy body she was, I encountered her in the early 80s when I was a young teenager, she lived near me, can’t believe she is on this video, very formidable, Lord she must be dead now,

[@paul1962uk]

I left Harrow in 89,mega changes since then, not all for the best

[@themadakh3229]

Mini India now

[@foleyu2]

Looked like a pleasant old english town centre back then. Was there is 2019 and the town centre was full of undesirables loitering around

[@turntheblueiris4626]

Ah, that was probably me & my friends you saw in 2019. Sorry about that. But spare a thought for us undesirables, It's not easy for us! & for the record I think we nailed loitering, that's something of an achievement & I'm proud of it!

[@kevphillips02]

C&A long gone.

[@kevphillips02]

Our Price long gone

[@jamesyeahman1195]

Who remembers the Olympic outdoor swimming pool at the leisure centre and waterslides: Torrent cascade and vortex ? All now gone replaced by flats…… Boring

[@justyna4276]

I was there

[@Kevin-1969]

It's not easy living in the old UK it's not easy but the misfits do ok

[@donaldduck7531]

I was there! Remember standing on one of those brick tiered blocks which have subsequently been removed but provided a vantage point to see HRH Princess of Wales open the St Ann's Shopping centre. I recall there being several decoys before the real princess appeared .im sure it was 1984 when the princess opened it not 1987

[@rasheidyusuf5476]

It’s look like India now worse than southall 😢

[@be100yourself6]

Wow what happened to Harrow did all the English leave?looks like India now

[@annemariedrew3975]

I was there