We pick up The Squad's trail from our previous video, and cover an area from the King's Road down through Chelsea Harbour, taking in former gasworks, demolished and renovated power stations, and more London landmarks besides.
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@amandeepv3 ай бұрын
I want to thank for this to see London as it was when I was a boy and how it is now is truly illuminating , I grew up in West London
@colin50214 ай бұрын
Nice one guv.
@thepofmeister4 ай бұрын
Great stuff! Leaves a melancholic feeling to think of all these intervening years and how things have changed and who we’ve lost… for all the problems that were, I think I’d rather be back then, than here now.
@jimg98204 ай бұрын
I was a kid in the '70s and really enjoy watching stuff like The Sweeny for nostalgia - but no way would I want to be back then! Now the '90s I could be persuaded on...
@JaysonBryant6 ай бұрын
Awesome concept. Never thought I’d be interested in old Sweeney locations, yet here I am. Great work.
@Sweenealogy6 ай бұрын
Cheers mate :)
@terrytk93984 ай бұрын
Well researched, filmed and edited. Nice graphics and good commentary. A very accomplished and professional video. Made with love and a pleasure to watch.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Much appreciated!
@lawrencehomer56826 ай бұрын
I've been waiting for part 2 and I wasn't disappointed. The quality of presentation and content is absolutely first class. I am a big fan.
@Sweenealogy6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much - it’s really nice to hear that people enjoy these & definitely keeps up my enthusiasm for making more of them
@homeone40544 ай бұрын
Have to second that! The voiceover and off the cuff comments - mixing - sound quality and editing are superlative. And a great tribute to our favourite show.
@LordBingham14 ай бұрын
Ooooh, I bet you're popular in the summer. Desktop or floor standing?
@davidcoleman60324 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant! Great research! I really hope there's more to come.This is truly addictive. ❤👍
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thank you! More is in the pipeline, stay tuned :)
@AlanTaylormusic5 ай бұрын
Loving these videos. Love the old London of my youth that was grimey and dirty. Looking forward to Ep3
@Sweenealogy5 ай бұрын
Thank you - glad you enjoyed them :) Hopefully more coming soon. (And yes, I love the old grimy London too.)
@Steve-gc5ntАй бұрын
Another brilliantly researched, filmed and edited film. Thank you so much 🙏
@SweenealogyАй бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@davidmcmahon52343 ай бұрын
Brilliant work best detective show ever made magnificent it was still watch it 😊
@gerjoando18953 ай бұрын
Absolutely fantastic. So well scripted and professionally filmed. One of the best channels on KZbin today. Brilliant.
@Sweenealogy3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@simonprodhan50503 ай бұрын
superb, i've watched all of them thus far and they are brilliant, very well narrated and filmed, thanks so much
@Sweenealogy3 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoy the vids!
@cappuccinokid67724 ай бұрын
Thank you for these insights into The Sweeney. They are what dreams are made of. 👍
@yensabi4 ай бұрын
Just watched part 1 and now I’m here , love it 👍
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@gwpee17274 ай бұрын
Old enough to remember 70's London and The Sweeney. What a great series of videos, can compare with the repeats on ITV 4
@spidyman88534 ай бұрын
Love it. Nice to see the old London before gentrification.
@clairependrous45124 ай бұрын
Brilliantly put together and narrated, very impressive with lots of historical background research. Well done.
@highpath47764 ай бұрын
loved the humour in The Sweeney
@nicnak44754 ай бұрын
Brilliant ! Many thanks 👍
@jakapuchino4 ай бұрын
Great content, you know Minder is next for you right 😂. Brilliant work well done
@bucksboatanchors33284 ай бұрын
This is great stuff. London had so many fine filming locations back in the 70s. It's all way too refined nowadays. I went to a gig at the 606 Club on Lots Road a while back never realising that I was just a few yards from where Carter had been sprinting down Uverdale Road years earlier. Your efforts are much appreciated 😎😎
@markdunstan82774 ай бұрын
These are very well put together. Regarding the moored boats i in Chelsea Jacqueline Pearce who was Serverlan on Blakes 7 used to live on one of these boats
@richardbelton9194 ай бұрын
When it was first aired, The Sweeney was the only programme we would go home early to watch, and I've been loving it ever since. These comparisons are brilliant, and you deserve a lot of credit for all your obvious hard work. A huge task I know, but could I suggest doing one for every episode, they're so enjoyable 😀
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
I do have a future idea in mind to put together “episode” videos once I have enough material; got tonnes of locations to get to first though!
@petrolhead284 ай бұрын
Fabulous. Used to get a running commentary on locations from my late father as he worked as a telephone engineer in the area. In one episode his van appears he was asked not to move it for continuity. A Bedford HA telecom van.
@Markinlondon4 ай бұрын
I’m born in 1970 West London So your videos are first class
@andyturvey4 ай бұрын
Fascinating films. Really enjoyable. More please.
@benmoore17154 ай бұрын
Lot of effort gone into making that, nice work squire 👌
@bipbippadotta36804 ай бұрын
This is brilliant. I was too young for The Sweeney but, I have watched the repeats on ITV4. I remember watching Minder which was shown where I lived on Thursdays after Top Of The Pops. My parents used to go to their association meetings on Thursday evenings so, I had the living room to myself ! Great memories 😄
@digeme694 ай бұрын
The problem with the ITV4 versions is they are edited a lot for language and sometimes violence. Far better if you can, to watch them on dvd
@stephenmeacham76974 ай бұрын
Thanks for this brilliantly done. The Sweeny was without doubt the best television EVER, ANYWHERE. I lived in the area as a kid so enjoyed it all the more.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@iancastledine72845 ай бұрын
Top job, really enjoyed yet again... keep em coming :)
@LeeAirVideos4 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant; I’m a huge Sweeney fan; so nice to see this series of then and now. It would be good to see some locations outside of London featured. The episode Golden Boy was filmed on the south side at Heathrow airport at the No.2 maintenance area; next to terminal 4; but of course long before T4 was built. At the time the hangar was occupied by Pan Am; the hangar is now gone but the southern perimeter road is still there along with the A30 where Jack’s car gets a puncture. It would be nice to see this featured. Another episode Stoppo Driver was filmed on the north side at Heathrow at what was once called the Penta Hotel. This hotel was also in the film Sweeney 2 when George has to help defuse a bomb. I work at Fairoaks airport near Ottershaw in Surrey; two episodes of the Sweeney were filmed here; Poppy and Visiting Fireman. Little has changed at Fairoaks. The garage where Jack pulls into and discovers a bomb under the bonnet is located on the A320 near the Ottershaw roundabout. It’s opposite another garage called Trident. The garage has been rebuilt many times over the years but the layout is more or less the same. Once again a great channel; keep them coming!
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comments, and the great 'out of town' knowledge! I do have those locations on my 'to-do' list, as it were, and am definitely intending some trips outside of London when I can get around to it.
@TheStevecaesar4 ай бұрын
Brilliant..worked in the scrap yard in lots rd..where George gets into the white car..
@zamiadams43434 ай бұрын
I live in Fulham and this is great! We have so many classic filming locations around here like Jenny Agutters flat in American Werewolf in London which is on Coleherne Road and at Wandsworth roundabout underpass the filming location for the beating up of the tramp at the start of A Clockwork Orange, and at Putney bridge the scene in The Omen were the priest gets speared in the church.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed wandering round the area, and as you say there are so many iconic locations! (I didn't know about Agutter's flat being there.) The Sweeney will keep me plenty busy, but I do love seeing movie shot locations as well.
@studas20114 ай бұрын
I was going to add 'The Football Factory' but then realised it's not a classic 🤣
@digeme694 ай бұрын
@Sweenealogy Are you planning on making a video of locations from the 2 Sweeney movies? I know that the scene where the robbers of the bank in Sweeney 2 met their demise in the car crash was close to the Oratory School Seagrave Road SW6. A friend of mine attended the school, and the kids heard the explosion when Ken Hutchinson shot the petrol tank in the getaway car with the shotgun.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
@@digeme69For sure, I hope to get to the movies and the pilot episode (Regan) some time. I know that's going to mean going back and re-filming some locations which were used in both those and the series, but that's OK - it keeps me off the streets, as they say. (In fact it does the exact opposite, it keeps me *on* them!) I've got plenty of work to do covering the main series for now.
@digeme694 ай бұрын
@@Sweenealogy I look forward to seeing them and future episodes. All the best
@louisewalker90744 ай бұрын
Love this! Remember the areas and the programme. One of the best cop dramas ever made!
@marksnell34104 ай бұрын
Great to see the old locations and how they’ve changed . My Grandad used to work at the Fulham Gasworks and lived just off Parsons Green . Reminds me of going up there as a kid ! Good memories. Thanks for reminding me !
@TallysVids6 ай бұрын
Sad to read on the blog that you are having some issues with some parts of your videos getting blocked by You Tube. Hopefully the 5th floor boys (You Tube) will leave you alone and they get back to their normal job or counting the paper clips and being nice to the rubber plant. Anyways, this was absolutely brilliant and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Amazing work getting the then and now locations and the angles as well and the narration was really enjoyable and interesting as well. I look forward to your next video.
@Sweenealogy6 ай бұрын
Thank so much - glad you enjoyed it :)
@paulvalentine81724 ай бұрын
Fantastic work on these videos.
@JimboJangle4 ай бұрын
Yes very enjoyable yet again.Hopefully more episodes to follow.Great stuff🇬🇧👍🫶
@imranasamad24594 ай бұрын
Amazing work mate. Keep it up!
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thanks, I certainly plan to!
@minderDOTorg4 ай бұрын
Great stuff, love it ❤
@robertramsey26534 ай бұрын
Thanks very informative and interesting I used to love watching it for the old cars as well
@peterbudd12064 ай бұрын
I left South West London many moons ago for Australia but loved the Sweeney and many of the locations around Fulham and down towards Wandsworth and I must say it was a delight to see the enthusiasm put into this showing of old and new. Really enjoyable, many thanks.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thank you - really glad you liked it :)
@gavinbroad17432 ай бұрын
Brilliant, please carry on.
@rrbh6 ай бұрын
Feels so weird when you refer to " George and Jack." The senior office gets the mention first, Sunny Jim (and the front seat). Anymore of this and we'll have you back at Elstree directing traffic and wearing a tall hat !
@Sweenealogy6 ай бұрын
Haha! You're absolutely right, of course. Consider myself on reprimand :) (To be honest, I've always found that "Regan and Carter" rolls off the tongue best, but "Jack and George" sounds a bit clumsy compared to "George and Jack". Not sure why, but I'll be sure to pay due deference to the DI from now on!)
@aimdrummer4 ай бұрын
Loving these. When I was very young, my folks had a pub in Chelsea and the episode "Golden Boy" was filmed in there. Proper exciting stuff for me, I think I was probably only 4 or maybe just scraping 5 at the time. The pub was The Australian in Milner Street SW3 (number 29). Now no longer a pub, I think it stopped being a pub in the late 80s but if you go in to Google and look at what was at one time called "Helen Green Design" but now appears to be called "Allect International Design Group", that was it.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Ah yes, the Australian - it's on my 'locations list' & I remember looking at it on Google Street View! Sad that like so many others, it's no longer a pub - but that's an amazing memory, thanks for sharing :)
@robertkoch55984 ай бұрын
Thank you so much was waiting as well and not disappointed.so happy
@martinsmusic22234 ай бұрын
Excellent series, looking fwd to part 4, thanks
@speedbirdconcordeBOAB4 ай бұрын
That’s some great quality work there. Must have taken ages to make. I love watching The Sweeney for a bit of gritty London nostalgia 👍🏻
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@digeme694 ай бұрын
Absolutely, these videos are superb as was the series
@1973ts4 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Thanks for making these.
@dieselelkins4 ай бұрын
Great stuff. There were some cracking shows around this time. And with only 3 TV channels for entertainment, it was easier not to miss this sort of formative entertainment. Loved minder too. The professionals etc. One of my dads mate always reminded me of jack reagan. Same look and demeanour. My dad and his mates were south London geezers. All from Fulham. Oddly I sat on a Fulham carnival float with Sheila Hancock. The carnival lined up on imperial road. Nice to see Fulham as it was. Too cluttered now; too many people. We lived on Elbe street. You could stand outside the houses and kick a ball across the street against the wall of Chelsea art college without hitting any cars. Now you probably couldn’t swing your leg without hitting your foot on something. Another if my dads friends owned a scrap yard up near lots road, and imperial studios (previously several coach companies) where I watched many a music video be filmed. My fav was numans, cars. Sad my dad passed away a few years ago, he would’ve binge watched your channel. Now I’m gonna have to do it for him. Cheers
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Great memories. I'll raise a glass to your Dad, glad you're enjoying these looks back to days gone by as he would have.
@genki2genki4 ай бұрын
The Sweeney was shown in Canada when I was a kid. I couldn't understand the dialogue at all but it was great stuff, and so different than American cop shows. I love London and this is a real treat! Keep them coming!
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the comment. I often wondered how well The Sweeney 'translated' for a different audience!
@PatrickBeilby4 ай бұрын
Top notch. Best cop show ever produced. Love these 'then and now' shots. Wish I had a few quid invested in some of the derelict land back in the 70s. I'd be minted now 💰💰💰
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Don't we all - who'd ever have thought you'd have to pay a million quid for a place in a bombed out gas works...
@brianwitton50614 ай бұрын
I noticed a couple of minder locations,which is my idea of the best series ever.
@steve_colwill4 ай бұрын
Brilliant! I am now inspired to dust off the old Sweeney box set and start binge watching 😁.
@johnwolcot4 ай бұрын
It's heartening and nice to see more trees than there were before in quite few of the updated views.
@MickyMojo4 ай бұрын
Brilliant, I'd love to see one for Minder.
@MartyMcFlyer4 ай бұрын
These vids are great and clearly took a lot of work : the commentary is top notch, too.
@lenniet4 ай бұрын
I love the goal markings painted on the wall and through the window at 7:59
@stephenwalker48094 ай бұрын
Very well done. I loved watching this and will watch everything you do. There is no end of TV shows filmed in London. I much prefer old, decayed London to today.
@stevenmorley16394 ай бұрын
Loved both Cinema Movies as well , especially Sweeney 2 , pure heavy duty .
@highpath47764 ай бұрын
There has been some controversey on the boats rents and moorings costs, but a few court cases have brought them back to modest levels for artists and writers as it really was back in the 1970s.
@martinnorth26804 ай бұрын
Brilliant !
@vonryansexpress4 ай бұрын
Very nicely crafted video - well done sir
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thank you kindly!
@harbourdogNL4 ай бұрын
Enjoying this, though I have yet to watch The Sweeney. There's another series you might want to cover, called Sabre of London, available on various YT channels. Loads of exterior shots of London in the 50s, I've looked at a couple of the easily identifiable places as they are today with Google Street View.
@hillstfan37354 ай бұрын
great videos , thanks , especially the then and now comparisons . Well put together and a good commentary . Hope there's a part 3 coming soon !
@MattM-ce3qe4 ай бұрын
My new favourite KZbin channel
@chrisrovai96254 ай бұрын
Love your stuff seeing how it's all changed. I'd love to see you do the same for Minder
@raymondbonington93554 ай бұрын
I saw them filming the sweeney in 1974 filming in Putney , must have been the first series ,I recognised Dennis waterman but didn’t know who John thaw was ,
@GordonWaddell3 ай бұрын
John Thaw was in early episodes of Z Cars, ironically written by the brother of the man who wrote the episodes of The Sweeney - both Ian & Troy Kennedy Martin 👍🏻
@geoffsullivan40634 ай бұрын
Makes me laugh even the brand new cars in the 70s looked old and worn out ! 😄
@PaulRoseGuitar4 ай бұрын
Fantastic.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@andrewbeech21994 ай бұрын
Good job man , lot of work gone into these. Just my cup of Tea. Ive found a few on my own from season one.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Nice one!
@matthewmoss-yg1rt4 ай бұрын
Excellent
@maestromanification4 ай бұрын
Just found this channel, absolutely fantastic. Hope you make some more. Cheers Russ
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the videos so far :) More to come - hopefully soon, if I manage to make the time.
@CarlDraper4 ай бұрын
yeah just discovered it myself, brilliantly done, looking forward to seeing more
@jld91073 ай бұрын
Top quality this😊
@Sweenealogy3 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙌
@StuartLloyd-gz3tm4 ай бұрын
Excellent …thanks
@garymcguire85294 ай бұрын
I saw the making of " The Sweeny " film back in the 70's at Alembic House on the Albert Embankment SE1.
@santorini84234 ай бұрын
First class !
@chancesareshewears4 ай бұрын
Awesome, my hood in the 80's...just before the great revamp.
@Backfromthestorm4 ай бұрын
I like the old London
@tonycharlton42964 ай бұрын
Very well made and interesting video.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@user-do2ot2zj2z3 ай бұрын
Really great viewing.
@jaylloyd72464 ай бұрын
Great work ! Loved it
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@annelivett71614 ай бұрын
Loved this programme better than the tripe they put on now ❤❤anne Darlington
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
I agree!
@markc38744 ай бұрын
Excellent videos.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@nordic11214 ай бұрын
Do you know, you are onto something here, I have wondered about the locations and said previously how good you are but I mean it, this is great.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
@fulhambob4 ай бұрын
Brilliant stuff! Can't wait til you do my manor, there must be bundles in Hammersmith.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Hammersmith is "Sweeney central" - there's days worth of filming locations there! I'll have to break that area down into many different videos I suspect, but I plan to cover every location I can eventually - as long as I don't run out of time or enough marbles rolling around upstairs to do it!
@honeysuckle45374 ай бұрын
GEORGE WAS A GREAT RUNNER EH XXXX
@RoddyRankin-fp1vo6 ай бұрын
Good work making this video , it must be difficult getting the locations as so much has changed.
@Sweenealogy6 ай бұрын
Thanks. It's definitely harder to pinpoint locations in areas where there has been wholesale demolition and rebuilding, but there are usually at least one or two clues knocking around to assist. Sometimes you can get an exact like-for-like, others it's more "this is the general area".
@GrahamWild5 ай бұрын
Can't believe how much London has changed.
@Sweenealogy5 ай бұрын
It really has. I think that's why it feels almost like a thrill when I come across something that still looks the same.
@GrahamWild4 ай бұрын
I moved from London to the Wirral (not far from Liverpool) some of the locations in Liverpool remind me of the old the Old London I knew and grew up in.@@Sweenealogy
@sudgur9904 ай бұрын
fantastic video. thank you
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@ImLonelyLinda4 ай бұрын
Brilliant work 👏
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Much appreciated!
@delwalker63364 ай бұрын
Brilliant thanks!
@CycolacFan4 ай бұрын
Great work, very professionally put together. I can appreciate how much effort has gone into these. Often wonder if people ever know their house was briefly used in a film or TV series.
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Thanks! Very occasionally whilst I've been out on location visits I've got talking to people and shown them photos from the episodes; most I suspect are unaware though. (I'm often surprised that more people don't ask me what I'm up to when filming by their houses etc. - but most of the time nobody bats an eyelid, so I guess they're all used to the modern world of everything and everyone being on KZbin and TikTok and whatnot!)
@CycolacFan4 ай бұрын
@@Sweenealogy and the first rule of living in London; never speak to anyone… 😉
@joanne264 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting these film locations It takes me back to a much ‘ simpler time’ as a kid with some great shows on ITV and BBC like The Sweeney. Yes, it was hard hitting but a time when they were at the ‘top of their game’. Sadly not now No way could these shows like The Sweeney be repeated on mainstream TV now as they would be called Sexist, Homophobic, Misogynistic etc And that’s why they are not aired A lot of well know famous actors started off their ‘journey’ in the Sweeney 🏴🏴❤️❤️👍 👍 🙏🙏😃😃🥲
@paulnolan13524 ай бұрын
They are being shown most early evenings and some of them get a preview warning about the content.
@joanne264 ай бұрын
@@paulnolan1352 oh that’s good to know - at least they are not cancelled
@spidyman88534 ай бұрын
A lot of famous actors had guest appearances in Minder lest we forget. Both Sweeney and Minder will always be top classic British dramas.
@LordBingham14 ай бұрын
The way Terry slowed up just at the critical moment suggests a rather large back hander was at play. Anyway, head back to the Winchester Tel and give Arfur the bad news.
@elizabethspedding19754 ай бұрын
Great actors🌹
@robk1814 ай бұрын
Excellent, can't wait for my old manor around W12/W4
@Sweenealogy4 ай бұрын
Yeah, tonnes of locations round there! I covered some back when I started off just blogging with still then/now images; hopefully will get back there with the video camera sometime :)
@chrisevans41234 ай бұрын
I know alot of the areas have been redeveloped and modernised,..but I'm a rough and ready type of chap, and I think there was a dated charm a real feel of nostalgic British ness in the tired run down areas,.... I'm a fan of buildings and architecture of years ago, ...don't really like the posh new buildings of today ,.. I frequently look at my sweeney DVDs as I loved this era, ..miss those times
@quavernote43073 ай бұрын
Fantastic seeing how it's changed any chance you could cover Steptoe & Son next I know they lived in oil Drum lane and not far from wormwood scrubs and they used a dog track !!
@marknelson59294 ай бұрын
Been really enjoying these, many thanks. Takes me back to my early teens when dad and I would sit down and watch the Sweeney - about the only thing we did together. Years later I moved to London from Australia and stayed for 20 odd years. I really enjoyed my time, and London I found fascinating, often thinking about the Sweeney and the streets of London I moved in. It helps if your into classic cars as well and the Sweeney is full of the damn things looking back from today. I owned a few which would have been familiar sites on 70s London streets. In fact at :46 in the film is an MGB GT V8 in Damask Red, quite a rare car even back then. Lastly I had a mate whose dad was a retired MET Cop, it was fascinating to hears his stories - he started in the very late 1950s. Great stuff.