The Questioning City (1963)

[@RighteousReverendDynamite]

The sequence from 16:30 to 17:10....... sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. What happy serenity and bliss. I am glad these folks had the time of their lives at the best time in our lives with their best friends they will ever have had. I hope they are still with us to see this film. A ceremony of elegant innocence indeed. Even at 6 AM.

[@stevelinley1073]

All those bright young things are now about 80, if still alive. A sobering thought for one 20 years their junior.

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

Lovely, serene, civilised England.

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

What a wonderful time it was

[@mancroft]

Another world. Sadly lost forever.

[@johnr6292]

What drastic changes there have been since then Cambridge used to be a quiet backwater of a place but now it is one of the power houses of the UK economy. Sadly along with progress comes a massive increase in population & building, all the fields around Trumpington that I remember as a child have vanished under concrete, the city has lost most of its famous independent shops too.

[@choirboyfromhell1]

Yep. Sure miss the Cambridge Music Shop and Brian Jordan's, to name a few....at least you've still got Heffer's, Bould's Coffee and Waller Butchers..

[@JanMorsø]

I agree. I was born in Trumpington, opposite Granchester I find it hard to visit now.

[@simonwinter8839]

Is Fitzbilly's, where you can by Chelsea buns,still there ?

[@Freddie-Moses]

@@simonwinter8839 You can but there are not as good as the originals. Barely get any syrup with them now....almost like a diet version of what they once were.

[@simonwinter8839]

@@Freddie-Moses Actually I had noticed that myself when I bought some a few years ago.The time they were really good was the 60s .Maybe they seemed bigger then because I was about five !!

[@harrysingh6577]

I have lived in Cambridge all my life It’s exactly the same today as you see here! 🧐

[@simonwinter8839]

I'm afraid you're the only one that thinks so old chap.

[@beulah3484]

Im afraid not..I too have been here all my life..The change is remarkable, and not for the better..

[@simonwinter8839]

@@beulah3484 Quite so. Perhaps Harry Singh hasn't noticed the change because he hasn't left Cambridge and then returned.

[@beulah3484]

@@simonwinter8839 I have not left and returned either, but i can see the changes..

[@simonwinter8839]

@@beulah3484 More astute than Harry then!!

[@SUECLAPSON]

I went to university 10 years later...a very different world.😮

[@tigerlillyfeelfree1695]

Beautiful please. I am looking out for syd barrett in the background

[@tcharlie5614]

I'm hoping to see Iain moore

[@teeteringonthebrink.305]

This is, of course, based solely around the universities and the learned. There is and always has been another side to the City. Town Vs Gown. This is not a criticism, on the contrary, like most people in the comments section, I mourn the passing of a more genteel time that is being shown here. It might have something to do with my age.

[@IamRobotMonkey]

Absolutely. Born and raised and spent 85% of my life here. Am 43 but have toes in both waters. My Dad, a smart RAF kid to two Londoners, born abroad, went to the university. Mum (raised by her much older sister in Berlin as her parents were.. shall we say.. affected by war and aftermath; my uncle, her husband was a RAF policeman) went as a mature student when we, her kids, were a little older. My sister and I went to the same in hindsight crumbling mod comp, now a trendy academy. My sister went to the dreaming spires and I went to the university of life. Do I wish I had gone? Sometimes. I think I've the brains. But I do feel grounded with the road I've travelled. I'm proud to be part of my family and in this part of the world. We have all done well. But we have seen some big changes in town and like all progress it has taken its casualties. We are all very aware of the town/gown divide.

[@teeteringonthebrink.305]

@@IamRobotMonkey I wasn't very academic at school, so it was the university of life for me too. Whilst things haven't quite turned out for me as I would have liked, I really don't have any complaints and, as I'm in pretty good health, I count my blessings. But that was a good read, it's nice to hear of people having done well. Good for you and for your family. And thank you for your response.

[@IamRobotMonkey]

@teeteringonthebrink.305 I was recently late diagnosed with neurodivergence. I'm simply the among the last of a batch of humans born when this wasn't really picked up on, recognised. Nowadays it's more typical to be non-typical than you'd think. All the very best to you and yours.

[@teeteringonthebrink.305]

@@IamRobotMonkey Thankyou my friend. I must confess I had to look that up to understand the meaning and, of course, I wish you - along with your family - the very best as well. Take care.

[@benwherlock9869]

2:30 - Time traveler from 2024.

[@Picnicl]

Then it seems a place for all ages, with genuine gentility, designed to be quietly elegant. I don't get the same feel now from a load of dressed down people who seem to have sacrificed their personality. I think that the very brightest pupils would have had a much more memorable time there then than now. The students have to be supposedly obsessed with their one subject now. Being an all rounder, actually having a feel for the courtly environment, and having a discernible personality, no longer counts for anything there.

[@SylviaLaidlow-Petersen]

Where is this old country? I want to live there. (I am British and live in modern Britain which is unrecognisable from this). Who was responsible for the detrimental change?

[@kelvinpell4571]

LOL if looks like Mogadishu now

[@xedang6576]

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