Southampton 1993 Ocean Village, Bargate Shopping Centre, Town Quay, University, Mayflower Video Tour
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- Video Tour of Southampton in the 90s by car & on foot, filmed 1993. See how many parts of Southampton have changed in over 29 years.
Ocean Village has been redeveloped, losing Canute's Pavillion & the cinema. The Bargate Shopping Centre has also been demolished & is awaiting redevelopment.
Notice how the old cars looked & Southampton's buses.
Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.
Timings:
00:00 - Southampton Tour 1993, starting with A27, Swaythling entering the railway tunnel to meet up with the A335
00:10 - A35, Burgess Rd, Bassett, passing the University of Southampton's Biomedical Sciences Building
00:28 - Southampton Courts of Justice building; built in the late 1980s/early 1990s on the site of the old Ordnance Survey
00:38 - Southampton's Mayflower Theatre; built 1928 as Empire Theatre, then in 1950 Gaumont
00:56 - West Quay Rd & Pirelli Cable Works. Today West Quay Retail Park & IKEA
01:12 - Southampton's Royal Pier gatehouse in the distance. The pier structure & ballroom were destroyed by fire in 1987. The gatehouse reopened as a Thai restaurant 2008. Mayflower Roundabout & The Arcades - part of the old town walls
01:22 - Town Quay, originally Watergate Quay. Originates from the mid 14th C after construction of the south town wall
01:32 - Town Quay Pier; redeveloped in 1980s. Isle of Wight Ferry & end of Town Quay Pier mall
02:11 - Maria Asumpta, the oldest working sailing ship in the world - shipwrecked off Padstow, Cornwall in 1995. Southampton to Hythe Hotspur Ferry
03:18 - Red Jet Fast Ferry
03:27 - Town Quay Pier mall
03:42 - Harbour House - former Harbour Master's Offices
03:52 - Town Quay & High St crossroads. Left of the junction is Watergate West Tower ruins, built 1377
04:02 - Red Funnel car park, today Terminal 1 building & vehicle ferry waiting area
04:14 - Itchen Bridge, opened 1977. Replaced Woolston Floating Bridge. Beyond the bridge, Vosper Thornycroft. Ships were built there 1908-2004
04:37 Ocean Village, which in 1993 was the start & finish port of Whitbread Round The World Race
05:00 Inside Canute's Pavilion
05:24 Ocean Village Marina, built on the site of the Outer Dock, which opened in 1842. The area was redeveloped 1986
05:47 - MGM cinema. Originally Cannon, opened 1989. Also known as UGC, Virgin, & Cineworld. Closed 2018
06:00 - Canute's Pavilion entrance, which was saved when Canute's Pavilion was demolished in 2008. Built in the 1920s, & incorporated into Canute's Pavilion, it was demolished 2012 after failed attempts to get it listed
06:16 - Calshot Spit Lightship. Built 1914 as a floating lighthouse at the entrance to Southampton Water
06:31 - Harbour Lights Picturehouse Cinema in construction. First opened February 1995
06:49 - Ocean Village Marina
08:04 - Oldest bowling green in the world behind the wall, first used 1299. Also God's House
08:21 - De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel in construction
08:31 - Medieval town walls. The Bosun's Locker above, famous for being the site of Jane Austen's house who lived there 1807-09
08:49 - Medieval Merchant's House, built 1290
09:05 - Town Quay Park, created 1964 on a site made derelict after German air raids in World War 2 destroyed the waterfront buildings
09:23 - Inside the Maritime Museum, opened June 1966. Originally the Wool House, & built c1332. Today The Dancing Man Brewery
09:55 - Dock Gate 8
10:05 - Westgate Street & The Medieval West Gate to South Hamptun & the Tudor Merchant's Hall
10:29 - Tudor House, Museum & Garden, built 1491
10:58 - St. Michael's Square, medieval location of Southampton's Fish Market, demolished 1634
11:24 - Bargate Shopping Centre, opened 1989, closed 2013. Now demolished to build The Bargate Quarter on the site, which will incorporate some of the previously hidden medieval walls
11:53 - Outside The Bargate Shopping Centre High St entrance
12:04 - The Bargate was the main gateway to medieval Southampton, built c1180
12:32 - High Street, Below Bar. This end of the High St was pedestrianised circa 2006
12:46 - Solent Blue Line bus driving past the old McDonalds, Above Bar. Above Bar was pedestrianised c1971
13:07 - Standing on top of the wall is a bronze statue of John Le Fleming; mayor of Southampton 1295-1336. Thursday's nightclub & The Dog & Duck in the distance
13:34 - Shops outside the Bargate Shopping Centre, beside the Bargate
14:06 - Civic Centre
14:16 - Bevois Valley
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Southampton 1994, featuring the WestQuay site, Tyrell & Green, University, The Marlands, and Titanic Memorial with subtitles:
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Its sad the way Southampton looks now and what they've done to it .
I agree. I wish they would get on and finish the Bargate Quarter. Didn't look great around there last time I was in town
This video is fantastic, an absolute time capsule of footage. I’m 40 now and lived In Southampton all my life, great to see it how it used to be, brought back lots of memories. Great video
Thanks for commenting, I also grew up in Southampton and am in my 40s. It brings back a lot of memories of Southampton and of my grandparents too
It’s brilliant thanks very much for sharing. You don’t realise how much things change until you can revisit it.
I absolutely love this - a trip down memory lane. My late father's boat is briefly captured on her side to mooring in Ocean Village. That boat was named after me and I was thrilled and moved to spot her. This video has brought back so many happy memories of years gone by. Thank you so much for posting this on here!
Thank you for commenting! I love that this video brings back good memories for you :)
Wow amazing! It's crazy to see the old McDonald's on the corner by Bargate again. Apparently they closed shop because there was a rent increase they didn't wanna pay. They also were known for giving food to the homeless in the evening
I used to go in there most times when I went into town. It was always busy, so I was surprised when they closed it! Sounds like the council shot themselves and the homeless in the foot by increasing the rent
Wow fascinating bit of film. Before going on the beer, we used to kickstart our weekend evenings at Ocean Village in the arcade which was half way down on the left, with Laser Quest above it. I remember the T-shirt shop at the front corner outside, bit colourful shop with Iron Maiden images all over the place. Even went to that cinema to watch The Fugitive. Had a mate who lived in the apartments near by, really great times, i was trying to see if i could ID anyone's car i knew, Ahh well, i'd turn back the clock in a heartbeat.
They were great times. Town is so different now
I remember in the 80s when Ocean Village first opened, it was so cool with great modern shops. It was so quiet though, they quickly closed down and then place seemed like a ghost town. I also remember Bud's bar near the Mayflower theatre - that was pretty cool too in the mid-80s.
I used to love Ocean Village too. Went there most weekends as a teenager, and into my early 20s. The place doesn't have the same atmosphere anymore
way out west was busy though. i wish somone could upload some footage from there
Yeah I loved that place, and was sad to see it close
so much quieter amazing how much Southampton has changed in this time even since i was born in 1992
Thanks for commenting. It has changed quite a bit. I was a teenager in the 90s (this is my grandparent's footage), and I spent most weekends in the city centre back then, so I've noticed a lot of changes
Oh this is great to see, I lived in Romsey in 1993 near Southhampton when I was 12/13 and we used to get lifts or get the train into Southampton to go shopping, and get WH40k stuff I always loved going to see the docks when I was there. It is weird to see how old this looks
I love this video takes me back to my youth well early twenties- happy times 🙂
Thanks for commenting, I was in my late teens at the time. I loved going into town back then too :)
Great footage of the Bargate Centre from 11:25! That was my favourite place as a teenager. I was really sad to see it go.
Thank you! I loved it there too. I always went into GAME, and the skater shops. Sometimes SEGA PARK, and later Jongleurs and Bar Risa. Hopefully they will build something good on the site soon.
@@Quagmi Bargate Quarter work just started again, due to finish end of 2024.
Oh that's good to hear! Thanks 😊 can't wait to see that area of Southampton looking nice again!
@Quagmi went to SEGA Park and GAME as a kid then worked in Just Add Water upstairs, was so happy when Shakeaway opened opposite.
Good memories
Aw yeah, Shakeaway was great 😊
Wow what a fantastic video took me right back to that year.... such happy memories... only 1 of my 5 grandchildren was born then & back in 1993 when was only 2 years old !!! brilliant
Thank you for commenting 😊 I love that this video brings back so many memories!
Brilliant video thank you, unbelievable the changes 😢
Thank you! So much has changed since the 90s
For more old videos and slideshows of Southampton, check out this playlist: czcams.com/play/PL71MRxOiUFX4O4GzI5Llrs-tSNLzNDDzL.html
I was too young to remember 1993 but I remember a couple of years later hearing Oxygen IV in the shopping centre just as in this video. Spent a lot of time in Ocean Village, in that gem shop, the little arcade room, and the big arcade up top. Simpler, less stressful times I wish I could revisit, if only to hang out with my dad who took us, who died a few years ago. Over a decade later off to Bevois Valley and the Dungeon to begin many a cheap Weds night. Videos like this show how time moves so quickly, very emotion inducing. Thanks for uploading it
I love that these video bring back so many memories for people! I used to go to Ocean Village a lot when I was a teenager, and into my twenties. Loved Way Out West and the antique arcade too. Also went to the Dungeon a few times (has that closed now?) I moved away from the city a few years ago, but still have family there. I always spot something new when I go back
@@Quagmi soton was the 5th most developing city in the UK before covid so does seem to be changing piece by piece in the town centre at least. And sadly Dungeon shut June 2016 (the owner passed a couple years ago too), although they have reunion nights at Hobbit or Shooting Star occasionally
Wow, sounds about right - there was a lot of development going on last time I was there. The Dungeon was popular with a lot of my friends back home, shame it had to close, and sorry to hear about the owner... I used to go to The Hobbit and Shooting Star a lot. The open mic nights were always good at The Hobbit
@@Quagmi if you get chance, def go to both again, now owned by the same guy who expanded Star and Hobbit had a £700k refurb, i like to drop in now and again
Wow, thanks! I will definitely make an effort to get down there soon :)
Amazing video thanks for posting
Thank you! 😊
I was a student in Southampton in the mid 1990’s. All I remember is that cocktail bar JFK’s in Ocean Village!! 🤣
Thanks for posting this video. Nice memories of a far happier time.
Haha! Sounds like you had a good time as a student 😄 thanks for commenting!
The Bargate used to be incredible,
It's unfortunate that it closed..
I agree - I used to go there most weeks. There was a lot in there in its heyday
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 great video, amazing pre internet vlog
Thank you!
I don't know what inspired the video but glad you did it..... thankyou
Thank you for commenting, I'm glad you liked the video. It's my late Grandparents footage that I found in a box full of camcorder tapes. I'm guessing they filmed it to show my Grandad's brother how much the city had changed, since he emigrated to Canada from Southampton years before
Great video, I lived in Southampton 79-86 and loved it, always remember Jennings toy shop trips with my Nan, then visiting Ocean Village joke shop.
Thank you! I love that these videos bring back good memories for so many people!
Happy memories!
Canutes Pavilion and Bargate Centre now no more and within such a short time of being built.
Pirelli and Vospers both created many employment opportunities and sadly missed.
The City looked far cleaner with no unsightly graffiti everywhere.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comment. Yes those were different times. I lived in Botley, but would often come into town on the bus to hang out in Ocean Village with my mates. We used to go to the cinema and old fashioned arcade, then later it was Way Out West and some of the bars and restaurants. I liked the surf clothes shops in The Bargate Centre, and Sega Park. I also couldn't resist going into GAME to see what deals they had, and what new SNES games were out.
Ocean village was good in the evenings too.
I remember seeing live bands such as Rufus Stone playing their classic soul music in the atrium.
That sounds great. I've seen them adverised, but never managed to see them play. My friend's Dad was one of the people who owned/ran Schooners bar, and we used to go there after our carpentry course at Soton College.
I studied at Southampton Tech College in St Mary's Street between 1982-1984.
Henry's Records, Weasels Records, Underground Records, The Shirt King Shop, Kingsland Market, The Oddfellows Arms, Masons Arms are all places I fondly remember.
Sometimes after college would cross Itchen Bridge to Floaters club which was the old floating bridge or go to the Solent Suite beneath Southampton Guildhall for a rock disco.
DJ Hammy was a legend back in those days for an eclectic range of music.
Happy Days!
@@briangreen3281 is that the same DJ Hammy that used to be at The Frog and Frigate? I danced on the tables there a few times!
Thanks again watch you other video I was in high street yeastday how sad and dirty it looks now but still love this city ta 🏴😁😆😁
Grand harbour hotel under construction, some amazing memories in this vid. 30 years ago.
Thank you, and well spotted! The city has changed so much since then. I'm actually going there tomorrow for the first time in about 4 years. It'll be interesting to see what's being built where the Bargate Shopping Centre was
@@Quagmi I heard construction has been suspended on the bargate mall grounds, but 4 years is a long time you will see so much difference in the city centre.
Oh no, I hope they haven't run out of money again
Worked as a projectionist at the cinema in Ocean Village in the early 90's (when it was Cannon) such a great walk down memory lane, thank you so much, do you have any more footage of Southampton?
Wow, that sounds like an interesting job! Must have seen quite a few movies. Thanks for commenting. Yes, I have another tour of Southampton that my grandparents filmed in 1994: czcams.com/video/3HWtrKNVDko/video.html
I was born in Southampton and spent the first 49 years of my life there, leaving in 2015. Thank you for sharing this video, i havent been back to England since leaving but it had changed a lot by 2015.
Thank you for commenting. I moved away in 2012 and visit the city centre roughly once every two years. It's interesting seeing how much changes in that time - but disappointing to see how much the "new" Bargate development/building site hasn't changed in years!
@Quagmi I don't know what has happened there, but I am planning to pop over sometime this year. I lived in Woolston which was being heavily developed at the time, I moved before the huge apartments were built
I've seen online that there's a nice waterside bar in Woolston now, overlooking Ocean Village - which has also changed a lot in recent years!
Wow, It is amazing to see this, keep looking out for my grandfather's Audi quattro in all that, thanks for sharing
Thanks for commenting. Would be amazing if you saw it!
@@Quagmi 8:20 looks very close, not far from our manufacturing business, so makes sense
Cool, I used to live just by the bowling green
Wow so many things in this video are just completely gone
The city has changed a lot in 30 years
I love my city but I miss it coz of coronavirus
Wow !! Memory lane. At the start of the tour is Swaythling railway arch. When we were kids we used to innocently stand under the beam which high vehicles would activate telling them to divert left along Wessex Lane. When a small van went past we used to throw a can of coke up and break the beam. The warning lights would then flash, the van would brake, then turn left avoiding the bridge 🤣
Haha! That's brilliant 🤣😂 thanks for commenting!
This is when life was good not like the virus age
@Reptilian Shapeshifter of course hard to imagine and yes the age of the virus our governments
Town Quay shopping mall, I'd forgotten about that one.
Yeah it's a bit out of the way - I'm not sure there's much there anymore
@@Quagmi It's all offices now. Even the cafe has gone, (although the Red Funnel terminal now has a small cafe bit in it).
Oh no, that's a shame. I guess they didn't have enough footfall to make it viable. I used to go to Los Marinos and a couple of the bars on the pier years ago.
Great place to live, chilled & historic
Thank you, Southampton is my home town, but I haven't visited in a while and I miss it!
I first moved to Southampton in 1996. I couldn't wait to get out in 2004.
Sorry to read this, sounds like you had a hard time. What area did you live in?
the good old days
Definitely
I commented on another video that I may have been in it a moment ago. I worked on the netley castle at this time so am most like in this one too.
Wow, I've no idea how I've not heard of Netley Castle before! I've been to Netley Abbey, and Queen Victoria Country Park a few times, but not noticed the castle. I always watch the scenery go past on the IOW ferry too... Looking on Google Street View, it seems that it can't be seen from the road? Apart from a black sign at the end of the driveway. CZcams is always teaching me new things 😁
@@Quagmi the netley castle is the red funnel ferry when you were filming on the quay.
Thanks for the info, I never knew that either. Must have been interesting working on the ferry
Don't know if you can help, but was there a glass lift in the Bargate centre early days (likely to have been changed at some point), as in almost all of it was glass; the whole lift car except the floor, both internal and external doors, as well as the walls outside the lift so you could see it coming.
It looked really posh.
Hi, I can't be sure either way, as I do have a vague recollection of a glass lift in a shopping centre but not sure exactly where... I just Googled photos of The Bargate, and it didn't appear in any, but as you say, it could have been removed.
I qas born in Southampton born 1990 left in 1992 never been back its weird its my home town but means nothing to me if that makes sence i always plan to take a day trip down but never do
Thomas Lewis Way has so much more tree coverage now - I almost didn't recognise it at first.
I noticed that too! Thanks for commenting
@@Quagmi They've also changed the traffic light settings since. Instead of the right turn onto Thomas Lewis Way being staggered, now the whole road is released at once. I wonder why.
@@Borantatli that's funny... I guess they thought it would help the majority of the traffic flow better
Do u live in Mansbridge / swaythling? LOL Cause the video starts 2 minutes from my house
My grandparents who filmed this used to live in West End
@@Quagmi ah
past the army navy surplus tore in bevois valley along with the motorcycle shops they had there how its all changed
Name that song 5:11 Wow, old mall shopping music tracks
Haha, Don't you just love it? 😄 That'll be this tune I believe 🙂 czcams.com/video/MBhRwp9LVyc/video.html
When did the High Street become pedestrian only zone?
I believe it was in the 1970's. The Southern Daily Echo had an article that featured photos of the road over the years: www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10962828.ten-photos-showing-120-years-of-changes-on-above-bar-street-in-southampton/
The south part of the street between the Bargate tower and East St was closed to traffic about 2010
@@Quagmi what about the part where the 3 bus stops are
That used to be there outside argos and tx maxx
I remember seeing Matthew Le Tissier walking by the Old MacDonald's on the corner of above bar with his wife pushing his kid in a pram. Judging by his Fitness back then I think that it's possible he came out of McDonald's LOL
Haha, yeah no doubt!
Tis used to eat in my parents pub, remember getting my photo taken with him.
Its weird everything is the same but different
Yes, a lot has changed, but some has remained pretty much the same. Last time I visited the city centre (about 2 years ago) there was a lot of building work going on
DEBENHAMS CENTER...
Not in this video, sorry
@@Quagmi O.K. MERCI
Thursdays night club.
Did you go there? I wanted to, but it closed down before I had the chance.
@@Quagmi Yep in the 80s
@@robbie007 didn't that change to the dog and duck after thursdays? pretty sure that's what i remember it being
I think the Dog and Duck was upstairs? I never went unfortunately, but can definitely remember the Dog and Duck being there too
Yep dog and duck.