The way we were. A bygone age 1950`s & 1960`s

[@anneclaridge4794]

We were so lucky to have had this childhood.

[@clivebennett7985]

The 50s and 60s. The best time of my life. No money no laptops no need . Just fun with good friends and a wonderful mam and dad❤❤

[@KeithOwen]

Good times

[@kenday4812]

This,Video,Brings,Back,Many,Happy,Memories,Often,Past

[@anne9576]

Thanks for the lovely memories I was born 1951 happy days 4 sisters and 2 brothers were all still living and not one of us have ever had a broken bone touch wood ❤

[@TheMarkEH]

It turns out that we were privileged to grow up in Britain in this era..., but it is only with hindsight that I now realize it. Great images, thank you for creating this video.

[@miketravis6149]

I was born in 57 and would go back without a second thought, I don`t like the world today.

[@NettyP-v9e]

I was a child of the 50s and early 60s much happier times,bad things did hwppen but we felt more secure!!

[@KeithOwen]

Always a few weird people around, but we knew about them.

[@PaulDavis-jb1bx]

I was born in 1949, the fifties and sixties was a great time to grow up

[@DympnaStefanski]

I grew up in Ireland in the 60s. Great time, I loved going to school and waiting for the Bunty comic ,what a treat it was to read it up in our tree house. We stayed up there for hours.I would return there if I could.

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

Loved the Bunty- where you a member of the Bunty club? Still got my members badge!!

[@deborahmorgan6848]

Wonderful memories, thank you.

[@KeithOwen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jeffmackie547]

You've done it again such memories I'm blubbing like a good un. Thankyou for this. What the hell has gone wrong?

[@Marg-nt7qm]

The very question most of us ask.........

[@ChristineToon]

OMG agree with everyone born 1954 no central heating no television but so happy one brother and a fantastic mum and dad very happy days.

[@alanpercival840]

Those were the days I was born in 52 but sadly my village not the same anymore

[@CanuckBeaver]

Born in 1942 in Calif, the Duck and Cover era, this was very real. Most pics look like war-torn England with the hats and architecture. But I grew up without TV, and we had an icebox instead of a refrigerator, a 78 rpm wind up with a horn, so the pics are very familiar. Each school desk had a bottle of black ink. Many things we did were dangerous, and I fell off a table onto concrete and had a concussion that messed up my future. But the lack of fear, and the hands-on experiences with real life, cooking and sewing and shop classes.... gave us practical skills and common sense that are missing today.

[@stewartmcmanus3991]

Strange but you never see kids playing outside these days. When I was a kid in the fifties there seemed to be millions of us outside.

[@KeithOwen]

So true, our life was out playing,streets or fields.

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

​@@KeithOwenthe park, local swimming baths, going down in a group to the Pier Head, on the ferry and staying on so we didn't have to pay! Annoying the librarian, and getting thrown out of the Walker art gallery for sniggering at the nude statues and paintings😅😅

[@trudiemundell74]

We were sent out to play!

[@CapitanFantasma1776]

Great! Thanks!

[@philyew3617]

Me... born 1948 in the N.West, so these photos bring back wonderful memories, Thanks for sharing. Sadly my Mum destroyed most of our photos from those times, I only found out after Dad died. School photos which were irreplaceable all lost, and Dad's photo's from his time in the army in WW2. Why did you do it I asked, They were Old, why would you want them? They were my memories Mum.

[@KeithOwen]

Shame you lost those memories.

[@jamesrowe3606]

Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.

[@marycowling6231]

Fascinating! Keep them coming. Interesting to see the playgrounds with very high slides, and rocking horses, roundabouts and swings which could be manipulated to dangerous levels! Also, the home made soapbox 'cars', lamp post swings and hoops made from bicycle wheels and tires. Lots of poverty then, but life in both town and country was a real adventure for children.

[@NutritionalHealthService]

Very nostalgic. Thanks very much.

[@KeithOwen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@garypautard1069]

I was a baby boomer and looking at these pics I realise now there were so many derelict building around in the cities just after the war. Of course these were our playgrounds . Statistics show that we did often hurt ourselves on our adventures . If I could go back to that time I would . Almost everyone smoked smelly tobacco then, perhaps that's why we spent time outside.

[@KeithOwen]

Remember also sitting in old cars, whilst others would hurl bombs ( stones )at us

[@Carol-dq7eo]

It was wonderful and innocent. Loved it, you could be a child for longer ❤❤❤❤❤

[@robmorris1365]

Do not think l know of anyone else who would not want to go back. It was a better time, even if you factor in wishful thinking. Slower pace and far less pressure. Played outside every night with whoever was there and loved every minute. Can the little ones today say they have that

[@torfrida6663]

Great fun, no health and safety ruining the fun - and no fat kids! 🇬🇧👍

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

Not one! We played out too much and we're fed properly

[@lizdoyle7158]

They dident have much money or gadgets yet they had lots lots of love for each other as song says money cant buy you love 🎈💖🎈💚🎈💛🎈💜🎈💙🎈

[@markthomas328]

Loved it, take me back now

[@caroletraynor8763]

I miss those days. I would love to go beck. 😢

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

Need a time machine- would go back and stay there

[@caroletraynor8763]

Yes Carol, so would I,

[@colinmccarthy7921]

I remember those days.My brothers and myself were born in the 1940’s and 1950’s.We were,The McCarthy Boys. There were five of us.The things we did then were out of this World,ie playing football,cricket,swimming,cinema, etc..We must not forget taking apples from the apple orchard.❤️.

[@KeithOwen]

A bit of scrumping, fruit tasted the best when it was free.

[@jamesbarr5170]

I really enjoyed that, thanks. The times themselves were just `normal` but looking back is a very enjoyable experience.

[@zuludawn2010]

Used to wait for the ice cart to come around with ice for the ice chests. Always got a piece of ice off the iceman on a hot day.

[@AS-bn9qv]

Born in 49 so 50's and 60's, Bristol. - - - So many great things - -ah, the witches hat roundabout - - - fell off many a time yep got hurt - - then got back on. Homemade trolleys that we raced up and down the road very few cars. The rope swing around the lamp post, the fascination of what was down the drain, plus retrieving marbles! Wooden stick sword fights, knights and Robin Hood. We were lucky enough to have streams by us so of course we built dams - - - the electric milk floats we'd run up behind and jump on, long 'days' roaming, mooching, the countryside take sandwiches and a flask of water wouldn't come back 'till tea time - - - and so much more!!

[@RaySadler-o4g]

A saner happier albeit poorer world. I was born in 41 so the 50s were my school days

[@Lilianne100]

A lovely nostalgic 7 minutes thankyou

[@KeithOwen]

Thanks appreciate your comments

[@davidlee6720]

halcyon days , why must politicians interfere and ruin everything? I was a child then myself. this was a unique era in time which will certainly never come back. We did not know how lucky we were and just took it all for granted .At least I can preserve this to remind me of what has been lost. Thanks for uploading. I Have no photographs myself, just few old family snapshots. At least I can preserve this to remind me of what has been lost.

[@brendaflower7790]

No "nanny state" ,not much in the way of health and safety,send em out,let them get dirty and if we got chicken pox or something we all got sent out to play together.Very few allergies,good immune systems.

[@KeithOwen]

Some of the things we did, exciting,but looking back very dangerous.

[@mandyhunt6909]

We had germolene and TCP to keep us safe. 😂😂😂

[@orwellboy1958]

@@mandyhunt6909 And mums kisses to make it better.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Good Morning from New Zealand, Great memories Video, thanks for sharing, have a great weekend

[@KeithOwen]

Thanks hope you are well.

[@maryjaneocl]

Happy Times.

[@KeithOwen]

Yes, so much has changed.

[@geoff-l3v]

Lovely upload thanks

[@susanyates4233]

Obedient children then, no stupid poses.

[@KeithOwen]

Yes 60 years ago a different world.

[@jillg151]

"Baby Boomers" enjoying play as children, heads up engaging in group activities and not a mobile phone or obese child in sight!

[@MagiMysteryTour]

Odd that half the comments on this 3 year old video were posted in the last couple days. Was it made private for a couple years, or something else caused it to begin appearing in "related video" links? The pictures were fine, but I think different music could have enhanced the "nostalgia" feeling better, The music on this video more or less gave me a headache and only detracted from the images.

[@josephineboyd14]

Sadly That Britain Has Gone Forever, and I Feel Sad For The Indigenous Britsh People of The Future. God Help Them !!

[@DerekJordan-zf2gz]

Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash

[@lenpowell6152]

Glad to have been in the 50 60 dont like our country now in so many ways a total mess.

[@newteq2]

Great work but the unnecessarily elaborate transitions hurt my old eyes after a while. Why not just fade from one image to the next?

[@KeithOwen]

I take your point, guess its a matter of choice, many of my other films like this do have a fade change.

[@newteq2]

@@KeithOwen Thanks

[@paulwilliams2663]

@Phil Rees just to suit you. That comment is so "boomer" it crashed the economy and blamed generation z 🙄 😑 😂

[@deanlee7034]

Wow everybody is white,shows how long ago it was

[@KeithOwen]

True, but something I had never noticed, just saw them as people.

[@judithparker4608]

1d...before 1p...!!?

[@py7316]

Too long a video.

[@KeithOwen]

7 minutes, you do have a short attention span.

[@michaelpackwood639]

Too short in my opinion. Most of the shots had vanished before I could fully enjoy them. Great set of old pictures, but I would like to peruse them slowly. Thanks anyway.

[@Marg-nt7qm]

@@michaelpackwood639 All you have to do is pause them or slow the play back speed ..pathetic comment

[@PELEGON1]

The last goes for me too. At 82 i’m not so quick on the uptake. A shuffle down memory lane more like it, and what memories playing on bomb sites, meandering miles around the east end of London. Just found your site, bit late, but I have subscribed. Thanks for all your effort.

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

I was born in 1956 - this was my world, free safe and happy- good parents who worked hard for us- would go back in a heartbeat, sod todays world , full of hate from outsiders, entitled woke weirdos and a government who hates it's own people 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿