LOOKING BACK - BRISTOL IN THE 1960s
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- FOLLOWING ON FROM MY POPULAR VIDEOS OF BRISTOL IN THE 1950s AND 1970s HERE ARE A SELECTION OF PHOTOS FROM MY COLLECTION REMEMBERING BRISTOL IN THE 1960s. WHAT A MAGNIFICENT AREA OF GREENERY WE HAD AT THE CITY CENTRE. ALL SWEPT AWAY BY SO CALLED PROGRESS. WE ALSO REMEMBER TWO BIG 1960s WEATHER EVENTS, THE BIG FREEZE OF 1963 AND THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1968. HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS TRIP BACK IN TIME.
I grew up in Bristol. These are my memories. So much has changed and in many cases, not for the better.Thank you for sharing this.
Glad you enjoyed it
All cases I say
J'ai connu la ville de Bristol dans les années 1950 et début 1960. Ma mère qui était franco-britannique habitait Bayham road, Knowles, un très beau quartier de Bristol avec ses nombreux parcs publiques. Je n'ai que des bons souvenirs de cette belle ville qu'est Bristol. De nationalité française et je suis parti en France à l'âge de 19 ans . J'ai toujours eu une pensée pour Bristol, son zoo, son musée, le suspension bridge, old market. J'habite en France mais je vais souvent en Angleterre qui en fait est mon deuxième pays. J'y ai laissé beaucoup d'ami qui malheureusement ne sont plus la !
Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Dave.
Lot's of memory's the city centre when it was a beautiful place to sit and watch the world go by the big freeze of 1963 I lived in a village south of Bristol (( Dundry)) we couldn't get ot the village for weeks we didnt see the washing line post for 13 weeks 1968 the year I left school in the chew valley the bridges washed out in the valley by the river chew and Pensford completely flooded and there stone built school just washed away and in the 1980's i worked for a removal company in fishponds my goodness what memories you have brought back to me thank you so very much.
Hello Mick. Thanks for the memories. Regards Dave.
This is absolutely marvelous footage. In particular I well remember the ABC Kings cinema. Forty six years ago I passed it on the bus twice every day on weekdays.
There always seemed to be men in raincoats standing outside waiting to go in lol.
I preffered the Tatler
Or the Scala on Gloucester Road.@@MrDaiseymay
Fairfax House, Rupert St and Midland Educational remember them into the 70s and early 80s
As a budding artist, I loved the Midland Educational. so many tempting things, but no money.
I was brought to Bristol from war torn Europe in 1951, and subsequently it became my home. Left school in 1962 at16, so many jobs to choose from in those days, but one of the earliest was Nov 62 when I started at Fairfax Hse. What fun and great times, it was a pleasure to go to work. Later in the 60's I started for Broadmead Wireless and managed different shops at different times. It was a great time to be a teenager in Bristol, but sadly, I wouldn't want to be one now. An endless succession of Labour Councils have ruined this city. I used to care, but now I'm just too tired.
Thanks for the memories. Regards Dave.
the nail in the coffin is this tax to even enter this run-down shadow of a former grand Historic City. They just boasted of a £20 Million quid hoist from their skuduggery. I'll never return there.
look at it now well done MAYOR REES I don't think so !! Something serious wrong with his head
Fantastic
Thank you so much 😀 Regards Dave.
@@historymandave4739 do you ever give talks on Bristol history?
@@garynutt7831 Hello Gary. Yes I do. If you give me your email address I will send you my list. Regards Dave.
1:37 Fairfax House, the one thing is remember from that department store was the paternoster lift they had.
Hello Michael. Fairfax House was a nighmare to get around in. Regards Dave.
Too Right, it was on two levels and a wide gap between the two Buildings. Of all thse new Huge Department stores, it was the least visited.@@historymandave4739
Many thanks for producing this. It brought back many memories for me . I first set foot in Bristol in February 1968 when I visited the University. I was hoping to study Physics there if I was successful at my A-levels. Fortunately I got good grades and I was able to start my studies that October, thus missing the Great Flood! I still love the city.
Hello Steve. Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Dave.
Wow Dave, that was a long video upload, loved it.
Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Dave.
The first time I went to Bristol I asked someone where the centre was and the response I got was "you're in it"...such a dump!
It's gotten worse since the last half of the 2000's.
Me again, is it only you that can see my E mail if I send it to you
Hello Gary. Not sure. But if you send it I will delete it straight away. Regards Dave.
Twenty years before my time, so I don't relate to it at all, I grew up in Bristol from 1981 and lived there until 2018. This is is to me, what 1990s/2000's Bristol is to kids/teenagers now. They will never know a busy high street, the magic of Christmas and what they don't know they won't miss. High streets that we knew up until the late 2000's will be a thing of the past but they don't know what to replace them with.