Vintage Richmond upon Thames | London | A Place called... | 1975

[@nigelsmith689]

Great film. Used to work in Richmond and also remember the skating rink and the discos. Richmond Park has also been such a big part of my life. Better times, if only I had realised it at the time. Thanks for posting the film.

[@mnd1955]

I used to go go out with a girl from Richmond back in the 70s. We used to go to the Three Pigeons pub down by the river on a summer's evening and sit and watch the boats sailing by. Walking in Richmond Park was always a joy, stopping for a picnic and just enjoying life. Thanks for posting this trip down memory lane.

[@gerardharrison262]

@@bwilson5401 That must have been sometime ago as it has been flats for many years now following redevelopment after the fire.

[@fabolvaskarika7940]

Flats for the community as well…

[@mehitabel1290]

Sobering - or consoling - to think that all those young people, whose eternal youth was guaranteed in their own minds at the moment of filming, are now, like me, in their 60s or 70s..

[@jimsimpson1006]

So true. This footage looks like it was almost certainly taken in the summer of ‘75, when I had just turned 21.

[@brutallyremastered4255]

Yes. I often think similarly when seeing footage like this. Quite profound.

[@Oakleaf700]

I was forever 15...

[@fraser_mr2009]

50 years ago. Quite a few of them will be no longer with us.

[@stephenpark8133]

Lived in Sheen and now live in Twickenham. Richmond, has over the decades, lost many shops and pubs, still a good place to go to.

[@jeannettecowley5957]

I started work at Sainsburies in 1967 when l was 15, l have also worked in the three cinemas there, my roots go back 150 years, but sadly l made the mistake of moving my family away in 1986.I still miss the area so much,although l have dozens of photos ,its lovely to see these videos

[@carltoncole7494]

Do you by any chance remember the greek cafe Andreas'? It was just on the right as you came over the bridge towards richmond

[@brutallyremastered4255]

That's a shame.

[@borderlord]

One of the only neighbourhoods in London that remains pretty much as it was infrastructure and population wise.

[@angusmeigh5141]

@Hitogokochi Back in 1975 house prices and rents would have been a hell of a lot cheaper there even taking into account inflation. Over the past 40 years house prices and rents in Britain especially in the southeast have absolutely skyrocketed.

[@angusmeigh5141]

@Hitogokochi At one time house prices and rents must have been a hell of a lot cheaper.

[@mehitabel1290]

Except that now, as with everywhere else, there is no longer any gap between cars - or people. Populations are rising everywhere. Sadly.

[@colinwells5057]

When I first discovered this lovely part of London in 1993 I fell in love with it was so tranquil it is still the same in appearance but far more busier and less friendly than it was

[@chelseabornboy]

1993 was already not half as nice as the 70s

[@Oakleaf700]

@@chelseabornboy 1970's Richmond was lovely. Those long hot summers of 1975/6 were memorable.. Oh to be that young again!

[@Mark-np3ru]

Amazing coincidence, firstly to come across the clip then to be in it- just. My brother in red vest and me in purple trousers walking across the bridge. Unfortunately our dress sense hasn’t improved! Although the food: Pizzaland, Mr Jiffy, The Golden Egg, Crusts, the take away Fish & Chips next to Wimpy, Lyons Tea House........has thankfully

[@connoroleary591]

Amazing Mark! You must be about 55 now? Great days, a golden age !

[@danw1374]

That's amazing. Bet it's strange to see your much younger self over 40 years ago.

[@carltoncole7494]

Do you by any chance remember the greek cafe Andreas'? It was just on the right as you came over the bridge towards richmond

[@chelseabornboy]

It was not yet Crusts gaff it was still my teenage hangout Lauberge!

[@B.Sikes1968]

Hi Mark, my wife is the 5 year old girl in pink with bunches in her hair to the right of the Telepnone box at 1m:48sec. She lived at the Cafe in Paved Court in the background.

[@LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1]

I was lucky enough to be born there. Beautiful place, such as Bushy and Richmond Park, Ham House , Hampton Court Palace and Richmond Hill.

[@flyrr200]

Old stomping ground. Loved seeing THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL. Great pub. I'm now in Florida. Nothing to compare. If I could afford it I'd move back tomorrow.

[@abigailmckernwalkingwithpo4582]

Love Richmond! Grew up there. So much less crowded then!

[@Oakleaf700]

Same here! So much better then.

[@paullambert6287]

Abigail McKern did you use to live in Sheen Park.

[@chelseabornboy]

I spent my teens hanging out at Lauberge (Lobbidge!) by day and Orange tree by night great times the 1970s!

[@abigailmckernwalkingwithpo4582]

@@paullambert6287 Ha Ha, YES! 5, Sheen Park but only for about a year. I then left home to go to college in Bristol and my parents moved to Oxford but I was born on Richmond Hill and spent my early life in St Margarets! Do I know you??

[@abigailmckernwalkingwithpo4582]

@@chelseabornboy Oh Lauberge was THE cool place!!!

[@johnarmstrong1578]

I used to live in East Sheen and Richmond was where I spent a lot of time. Happy memories.

[@andreedowns4561]

Fantastic place to work ..lovely village atmosphere !!! 👌

[@deanbull7767]

Lovely place and civilized People, What a time it was.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Richmond has changed relatively little because of the high amount of listed buildings and conservation areas.

[@robicenco1]

Very evocative. Richmond hasn't really changed that much since then.

[@britusman]

Thanks for the memories. One of my stomping grounds plus I rode horses when I was a kid so that was lovely to see. Richmond, Twickenham, Barnes were where we lived.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Thanks for posting - Lived there in summer holidays 1975 also 1976.

[@Iceni007]

"Golden Egg" @0.26. I used to love that place - my first job in the early 1980s was in Stratford (East London) and we used to go there for lunch. Beautiful Eggs and Chips! What happened to them? - bring back the Golden Egg restaurants!

[@ians7778]

I grew up in North Sheen, just outside Richmond, this has brought back a lot of memories. I would have been 8 when this was made. Used to take the ferry across to Marble Hill Park, lovely to see that on film.

[@brendaoconnell4319]

My old stomping ground loved Kew Palace often walked under the arch to go the river.1965 was the best year

[@davidbull7210]

I work in Richmond. It's still just as pretty but some of the uber rich now are toxic. And everyone drives a tank these days.

[@michellewall6748]

I agree.... such a shame!

[@georginaofarrell7938]

I remember dodging the pleasure craft as we swam across the Thames back in 1972

[@andrewclack4881]

funny. me and me brother and some friends used to do the same thing at the LONDON APPRENTICE Isleworth in the mid 70s. I was no older than 10!-If that happened today they would have taken us away from our parents! GOOD TIMES.

[@ethandavis8090]

Wowww… I live here in Richmond upon Thames and I have always wondered what it looked like in this time. In 1972 my father was born and in the same year our favourite musician (John martyn) played a show in the church on Richmond hill. I have always wondered what my area looked like at the time he played that show, and when my dad was a baby.

[@bigbarty8648]

I lived in Richmond from 1975 to 1978 and loved it. I went back there recently and was shocked to see how tatty and scruffy it has become, very sad.

[@robtyman4281]

...you are right to an extent. Yes, with regards to shopping. It used to be a very good place to go shopping, but is now a shadow of what it once was. Even 20 years ago (in the early Noughies) it had plenty going for it as a shopping destination. But a combination of the 2008 financial crash, subsequent forced austerity, high rents (which hit everything from the department store to all the small shops), the preference for shopping online, and the recent pandemic. Richmond has taken a big hit. It's changed completely as a result, and save for getting something from Boots, or going to Waitrose...I wouldn't go there to shop. It's easier to shop online, and if I need to go somewhere decent I'll go to Kingston. Though ironically even in pre-online shopping days, I would have gone to Kingston more often despite Richmond once being good for shopping. But on the flip side - as far as bars, cafes, and restaurants are concerned....it's never been better. The arrival of an 'Ivy' cafe has raised the game in Richmond. And there's now a plethora of pubs and bars, varied cafes, and some nice restaurants. A stark contrast from the 80's and 90's when it had few decent restaurants, no bars, and about one or two cafes. It was full of fast food outlets at one point (late 80's/early 90's). Am glad alot of these have gone now and been replaced with bars and cafes. So shopping wise Richmond has gone from 👍 to 👎; but for choice of food and drink it's vastly better now than it's ever been. It's grown up and is no longer full of burger places, and kebab shops.

[@swxcbv]

I wouldn’t say it’s tatty and scruffy but it has certainly become a lot more boring. A lot posher too though

[@UKSCIENCEORG]

I was a student in the early 90s at Strawberry Hill in nearby Twickenham. I used to enjoy walking around Richmond at weekends. I met Roger Waters from Pink Floyd there one time too - just by the bridge going in to Richmond town.

[@Tracertme]

Amazing the lack of traffic back then...

[@garethwhite793]

Great stuff - I lived in Richmond in the 1990s and my first son was born there. Very fond memories of the place, particularly the character pubs on warm summers evenings. We nearly bought a house there in 96 but decided against it as prices were cheaper elsewhere. Big mistake!

[@makiwa]

I lived and went to school in Richmond - Gainsborough Comprehensive - now long gone. We lived on Kew Road. It was around the time of this Video. After I left school I used to frequent L'Auberge, now a Nando's..... How times have changed.

[@michaelwhite8031]

How uncrowded it was back then. I remember it well, the year l went to art school.

[@jameshorgan5905]

Me and my mate from Hammersmith used to go fishing there .as kids. Just by the train bridge . And if it go to hot we would go swimming in the Thames. Think. Great free times

[@vooveks]

Great to see. I was born in 1972 in Twickenham, went to junior school at Darrel Road primary (Mortlake border) and lived in and around the area for years. My Dad bought a terraced house in The Alberts (off Richmond Hill) in the 80s for not too much money and lived there until he passed away in 2016. Let’s just say it had gone up in value a bit over 30 odd years :) ridiculous, really. But yeah, I love these old films of ultra-familiar places! So interesting to see what shops used to be what and which ones I remember. “Pizzaland”. Brilliant. It was also one of the early Pizza Express restaurants after that.

[@carltoncole7494]

Do you by any chance remember the greek cafe Andreas'? It was just on the right as you came over the bridge towards richmond

[@nevittwoods1730]

I just remember lots Hillan avengers bedford beegles margot & jerry

[@leehumby8733]

@@carltoncole7494 Yes, it was on the corner of Hill Rise and The Vineyard. It's now a very good Indian restaurant named Swagat

[@angusmeigh5141]

This was filmed before the riverfront was rebuilt.

[@meganoikz]

RIP London.

[@canman5060]

Many thanks to the Empire never set !

[@JayJay-nc7pr]

Richmond is thankfully still very much the same as it was back then

[@rogermanvell4693]

Lack of traffic is the biggest difference.

[@jeff4362]

I like how in the past there was less traffic, obviously because cars afterwards became more mass produced and cheaper for everyone.

[@andrewclack4881]

visually yeah but wait til you can hear the people speak

[@diananutley4269]

@@jeff4362 I remember when there was two-way traffic in George Street! Imagine 2 65 buses passing each other!

[@neddyseagoon9601]

Cheeky Pete's and Brolly's and the Poolhall bar at the front. 1976ish. Pale Rider and Young Frankenstien etc on at the cinema, was it The Odeon?

[@Stickleback]

looks like it was once a decent place to live, i should imagine its filled with tourists that moved to the place.

[@huskylove-666]

Live in twickenham on Staines road from 1970 till roughly 96. So many fond memories worked in York house in the 90s

[@geoffreynhill2833]

Having just looked at a contemporary Hounslow vid, I dread to think what Richmond looks like now.

[@swxcbv]

It isn’t very different to this video as a local. Hounslow is a right state now unfortunately

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

The signalman at Strawberry Hill Crossing let me pull the signal levers when I was about five years old as he was a friend of my aunt. My uncle worked for BEA at Heathrow and once a year he would take a car load of lads from the street to visit the BEA planes parked up at Heathrow hangers when they were in for maintenance.

[@leeenglandland2978]

Londistan (formally known as London)

[@acciid]

He's a Russian bot, not an actual Englishman. We're not like that. And if he actually did any research before posting this nonsense he'd have discovered that Richmond is very wealthy and incredibly white and middle class.

[@hakc97again]

Hi Melanie Phillips. You given up trying to be a journalist and now become a troll?

[@другПараферналия]

There are no immigrants in this area. Richmond isn't affordable . Dont be a liar

[@alexmackenzie5459]

acid p

[@canman5060]

My family migrated to London in 1907 from India before all these 'istan' !

[@IndigoJo]

It's very noticeable that the areas by the river seem not to have changed a bit but the shops are unrecognisable. I think Sainsbury's is the only one left (not sure it's in the same place but obviously the signage has totally changed). The brown grass in Richmond Park could have been this summer!

[@TheSegadroid]

The Sainsburys is no longer there. It closed in about 1989. It's now a Laura Ashley shop.

[@lucicle]

I think Laura Ashley's has gone too! It's some other clothes shop now.

[@magicknight8412]

The year I was born! Then moved here 5 years later

[@ketoking9435]

Wow,,, This was the year as a ten year old kid I stayed in Twickenham,,,Richmond so magical,,,,,,long summers no worries,,Moving ice creams,,,Look In,,,,my fave shop was in Twickers called June's or Dunnes where I'd get my comics,,,,, McArthurs American burgers,,,,we would go in Mum's then new Ford Escort,,,,,,,,,,I miss those places and times,,,,,,but cherish the memories,,,,,,,,

[@dream-67]

"Twickers" how twee

[@Andy2481]

That Thames production image at the end I havent seen in years and years. And how nice was Richmond back then. I'm from Epsom so any videos you have of that area or sutton or cheam or Kingston in the 80s or 90s please do let me know if there are any I would love to see.

[@LondonDistricts]

This is great - Looks like it needs a modern update!

[@nothinglastsforever0000]

Obviously the streets were way cleaner back then

[@ccinnz]

Nice to see the riverside how it was at 1:34. Not that there is anything wrong with it now, but a new development went in in the late 80's and I couldn't remember how it was before.

[@Oakleaf700]

It was really run down back then...they were squats for a while, those huge houses. The new development was 1980's, I think?

[@joehart7260]

Oh those watering holes. The Old Ship, The Lass of Richmond Hill, The Hole in the Wall. Most of them gone now.

[@Horizon344]

Old Ship is still there

[@joehart7260]

@@Horizon344 That's nice to know.

[@maryannebrown2385]

The Lass is still there.

[@robtyman4281]

The Lass O' Richmond Hill is still there, as is the Roebuck on the terrace. The Marlborough Arms is still there. The Red Cow on Sheen Road is still there, as is the White Horse ( abit up from it, in the backstreets). On the Green, both the Cricketers, and the Prince's Head are still there. So is the Waterman's Arms in Water Lane. And the famous White Cross is still there as well. The Britannia is still there (down one of those passages to the Green). The Orange Tree is still there, as is The Sun (opposite the Courts). The pubs that have gone include The Black Horse (on Sheen Road, just on the Manor Rd junction). There was a small pub once at the bottom of Kings Road (off Sheen Road, on the corner), but this went about 15 years ago. The Black Horse went about 20 years ago. Both are now private residences. There was also a small pub just along from the Orange Tree, called The Duke of York. This went about 20 years ago. Changed its name to The Spinning Wheel in the mid 90's but closed for good around 2001 or 02. The Bull & Bush (opposite the railway station) went years ago. It became Edward's Wine Bar for a time but is now something else (not a pub or bar). So most of the pubs in Richmond are still there even in 2021! In this respect, Richmond is very lucky. Finally that tiny little pub a short way up Richmond Hill (The Victoria) is also still there. The one that is the size of a Living room! I think most of the pubs are still there because Richmond is a popular tourist spot (hopefully after Covid again). All these pubs owe their continued existence to the fact people still come to Richmond from.all.ovrr the world. One thing that has changed is that Richmond isn't the great place for shopping that it once was. Quite a few empty shops over the last few years. Principally down to online shopping. Oh, and all the Banks are disappearing one by one - again because many now bank online. The thing that will never go is 'that' view of the 'bend in the river'. Priceless. Classic English view. Never ever tire of it.

[@patrickhockey245]

Thanks for the info good job

[@patrickpayne8272]

Ah.!!!!...Great memories...the best school.st Edward the confessor...the best disco...cheeky Pete's...the best pub...the castle...the VERY best place in London (ish.. Surrey)

[@royalordinance]

I live here in Richmond. Im completely in Love.

[@kashd4668]

Same here - recently bought a 1 bed flat (all I could afford with a hefty mortgage) in St Margaret's - just on the other side of Twickenham bridge. I love it around here.❤❤

[@markielarkie445]

England of my youth😊

[@davidbrown6039]

02:10 Rare sighting of a now extinct species.

[@Oakleaf700]

Nostalgia!

[@anthonymitchell9743]

If your a Ted Lasso fan you’ll enjoy this!🤟👍

[@Oakleaf700]

Oh my goodness....the Wimpy bar..used to go there with my friends from school sometimes. Wasn't Richmond EMPTY then! {I rented a flat on Richmond Hill after leaving home but so expensive. Beautiful [place to live though.

[@Edgeoftown]

Ma home!! Aawwhh.. 😊

[@BoredOfBills]

Lived there through the 70s and 80s. It was like growing up in a Ladybird book. Paradise. Thatcher ruined London along with the rest of the country.

[@dream-67]

Boohoo did some of the plebs buy some of your nice houses?

[@theresapierce3934]

More like, Tony Blair.

[@andrewclack4881]

Great film(then) Now, as Michael Caine said in Alfie- Poncified!

[@roaming.spectre.]

No phones , no social media… look how happy and free people are

[@Lee-nh5bb]

Any Dave Allen stories? He used to live near Ham Common in the 70s.

[@richardmori1389]

A far, far nicer time and a far, far nicer place.

[@budte]

I've lived in Richmond for the last 12 years and it is nicer than other parts of London, but even in my time here it has taken a turn for the worse. There seems a deliberate agenda to import diversity into the area starting with the shop staff and social housing.

[@darrenwilson8042]

why the silence?

[@vincentdeguard4726]

...so we can think deeply about the loss

[@FatJay38]

@@vincentdeguard4726 The loss of Wimpys?

[@vincentdeguard4726]

...and Woolworths, C&A, BHS

[@LesD9]

@@vincentdeguard4726 ...and Wrights dept. store (behind the camera at 2:50). My first Saturday job. In the basement selling new-fangled Tefal frying pans. Cooking pancakes with no oil!

[@alloneword7427]

@@vincentdeguard4726 things change. Things move forward and get better. We've grown up since the 70's thankfully.

[@tonyclifton265]

mick jagger lived on richmond hill and keith richards lived in the coach house attached to "the wick" house on richmond hill which belonged to pete townsend after townsend bought it from sir john mills. in the next life i want to live in richmond

[@michaelandrews2784]

Was the 'Flicker & Firkin' Pub, there in 1975?

[@moondance2129]

My Childhood .

[@groxle]

L'Auberge?

[@Oakleaf700]

Oh yes, drug central ! :)

[@hughegentry8255]

Ted Lasso brought me here!

[@مصطفى-ه5ش7غ]

فلله الحمد رب السموات ورب الأرض رب العالمين وله الكبرياء في السموات والأرض وهو العزيز الحكيم ✅

[@gabriellaj.o.6180]

I so love Richmond. It's so expensive but it's one of the few safe neighbourhoods in London and it's expensive man. Really expensive. Shop wise surprised if the Dickins and Jones now House of Fraser will remain open for long. Somehow cannot see Richmond people wanting to buy tacky Sports Direct goods. Most of the main stream shops are gone as it's becoming a super posh area. If I had the money I would move there love it !

[@JohnTaylor-pe5gf]

You might win the lottery, Gabriella.

[@gabriellaj.o.6180]

@@JohnTaylor-pe5gf I wish but I very much doubt it John. And I'm on the shelf these days. I take my fate well - my motto is what will be will be. At least I survived Covid19 and did my bit unlike Mr Cummings.

[@dream-67]

Good luck with that, but there's no community nowadays and the traffic is really bad

[@thongquehanoi]

shikanoko noko 1975 4:05

[@nevittwoods1730]

Marble cake house 👍☕ kingston got Bentalls though💡

[@TheVaughan5]

I’ve known Richmond since the early 70’s and anyone you says it was better back then is fooling themselves. The only real negative now compared to then is an increase in crime (which applies to the entire country) though overall it’s still a very safe area to live in.

[@robtyman4281]

Agree. The riverside back then looked a real mess. It was re-designed in the late 80's; and it's a testament to the people who live in Richmond that the riverside still looks as great now, as it did when it was re-opened back in 1988. But on the whole Richmond in 1975 looks very similar to Richmond 2020. Covid, and the Internet haven't managed to kill off high street shops - people are still going in them. Richmond is still a buzzy place, full of character. Just as it's always been.

[@richardfontane2882]

didn't see 1 cockney

[@vincentdeguard4726]

...no, they were consigned to the council-estates and adventure playgrounds, the good, well-to-do of Richmond wouldn't want the riff-raff blighting there lovely town

[@andrewclack4881]

it is quite far from BOW BELLS!

[@danw1374]

Wrong part of London.

[@jamalstaines2818]

Most cockney are from the east end of London and now majority left to Essex nowadays .

[@colinwhitehouse7547]

Who else was saying after 28 seconds in "They're not going to turn right"

[@oforid2227]

Richmond is different now there weren't any five guys there there weren't any bills

[@oforid2227]

This is why it was so quiet back then

[@oforid2227]

My nan has lived here since she forst moved here which was 52 years ago

[@oforid2227]

During WWII

[@FatJay38]

Get with the times Grandad, businesses change just like technology changes

[@Oakleaf700]

3:33 Ham Polo ponies on exercise.

[@guynelson2341]

Better days.

[@colinwells5057]

Infact where it once had warm and amicable settlement people that's been replaced by mongrels

[@kevinmcdonagh1063]

Not a Jihadi in sight

[@_B.M_]

You know what they all look like, do you?

[@kevinmcdonagh1063]

@@_B.M_ Of course, don't you???

[@_B.M_]

@@kevinmcdonagh1063 why aren't you working for the FBI then? Lol

[@kevinmcdonagh1063]

@@_B.M_ Does your mummy know your on the internet???

[@_B.M_]

@@kevinmcdonagh1063 Does your mummy know you're a racist?

[@assistantto007]

Not a single fat person to be seen.

[@danw1374]

Less unhealthy fast convenience food back then loaded with tons of salt and other crap.