Croydon 70s Then and Now (London)

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  • čas přidán 25. 10. 2021
  • 0:00 Introduction
    0:01 George Stand Wellesley Rd
    0:12 Park Ln
    0:25 35 Wellesley Rd
    0:41 East Croydon Station
    1:34 Whitgift Centre
    2:01 Surrey Street Market
    2:45 Church St
    3:11 West Croydon Bus Station July 1975
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  • @LondonPower
    @LondonPower  Před 2 lety +12

    “Thanks for watching. If you liked this video, make sure to subscribe for more!”

  • @sassquatch72apeape10
    @sassquatch72apeape10 Před rokem +42

    Poor old Croydon. Lived in the borough most of my life. The decline is terrible. When I first moved down to England, Croydon was (To my eyes.) so prosperous. We drive over to Guilford now for shopping trips. Nothing left in the town.

    • @local59_Studios
      @local59_Studios Před rokem +5

      Woah lol same here the rapid decline was miserable to watch and my family moved to Guildford as there was nothing left

  • @jackhewitt7902
    @jackhewitt7902 Před rokem +20

    I was born in 1997 so I have no idea what Croydon was like in the 70s but I can remember what it was like as a boy in the early 2000s and early 2010s back when Alders were (just about) in business and the whitgift centre had a few decent shops there was also a massive HMV on whitgift high street.
    All gone now Croydon has lost its heart and soul which saddens me as I'm Croydon born and bred.

  • @supersonicsid5930
    @supersonicsid5930 Před 2 lety +38

    70s for me all day long .

    • @sylwiaratajczyk8534
      @sylwiaratajczyk8534 Před 2 lety +1

      You’d be surprised

    • @nickhickson8738
      @nickhickson8738 Před 11 měsíci

      And not so many obese women around then. Pretty dresses and skirts not the dreadful skin tight leggings worn today revealing all the fatty arses.

  • @russefrance4869
    @russefrance4869 Před 8 měsíci +7

    Croydon, my Croydon. Going to school by bus on my own aged 7. 1960's Christmas at Grants, Kennard's and Alder's. ..snow on the ground. How desperately, desperately sad...😪

  • @thornbird6768
    @thornbird6768 Před 2 lety +16

    Croydon had that 70’s regeneration 👍🏻 it looked clean , new and cool back then . That round building is fab , if that were flats I’d like to live in there .

  • @tomcullen3295
    @tomcullen3295 Před rokem +23

    Such a shame all the old houses were pulled down to put characterless office blocks in. Even the train Station looks like an unfinished mechano set. :(

  • @rollinrecordsuk
    @rollinrecordsuk Před rokem +23

    Croydon today always reminds me of 'Back To The Future 2'. When Marty returns , the whole area has gone to shit. Successive councils have destroyed a great town. Pedestrianisation, Tram link, allowing far too many fast food outlets, knocking down iconic buildings like East Croydon station, allowing planning for the current crop of sky scrapers, etc etc etc. Only trouble is, we can't go back in time to fix it!

    • @tomcullen3295
      @tomcullen3295 Před rokem +2

      💯

    • @paulbroderick8438
      @paulbroderick8438 Před rokem +4

      Same thing happened with Coventry. It used to be a history book medieval city now it is just a conglomeration of shoe box monstrosities.
      Greetings from a brit residing in the USA.

    • @johnmannion471
      @johnmannion471 Před rokem +8

      A tram link is regressive how?

    • @JohnDoe-xv4rp
      @JohnDoe-xv4rp Před rokem

      Why are you pretending that the trams, the buildings, the pedestrianisation are actually problems?? Every single person in Croydon knows it's the people that are the problem! The multiculturalism and ethnic diversity has turned every town in London into a shithole! Someone please tell me I'm wrong! 🤔
      Oh yeah and not to mention all the steroid induced chicken shops that they've brought with them.

    • @harpersneil
      @harpersneil Před rokem

      Nothing to do with the boatloads of human filth that were imported then?

  • @mickking7364
    @mickking7364 Před 2 lety +31

    I worked in W H Smiths in Croydon in about 1970 as a trainee manager (shelf stacker). I remember great nights out and no danger of being abused or assaulted. Oh how things have changed for the worse since then.

    • @arman2774
      @arman2774 Před 2 lety +2

      I don’t think much has changed other than the pavements being dirtier 😅

    • @LovzaNo
      @LovzaNo Před rokem +1

      What do you expect when you have a drastic population change? 3rd world people bring 3rd world behaviors.

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +4

      I know when we used to go to Croydon we would go to WH Smiths in the Whitgift Centre, mainly looking at the books and maps at the time-very nice it was too! I have not been there now for a long time though then.

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +2

      I am sure you are so right there then too-alas of course.

    • @JohnDoe-xv4rp
      @JohnDoe-xv4rp Před rokem +4

      That'll be the multiculturalism.

  • @russefrance4869
    @russefrance4869 Před rokem +8

    As a 10 year old going to school in Croydon, I saw the Nestle tower being built in 1964. I lived in the South Norwood/Croydon area, travelling daily to London from East Croydon station until I was 21 and recognise everything in the video. Thanks for the memory!

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +1

      An Aunt and Uncle of mine, Don and Doreen Watson, used to live in Whitehorse Lane in South Norwood, with their daughters Jean and Ann at one time. Sadly Don and Doreen have since died, whilst Jean lives in Caterham and Ann near Bedford now with their families too.

    • @russefrance4869
      @russefrance4869 Před rokem +1

      @@brucedanton3669 From school in Croydon, I used to get off the No 68 bus at Whitehorse Lane/South Norwood Hill to walk down Woodvale Avenue and home. The bus stop is still in exactly the same place. 🙂

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +1

      @@russefrance4869 Thank you there for that interesting reply of course so then too.

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +1

      @@russefrance4869 My Aunt and Uncle lived at 264 Whitehorse Lane then too from what I remember of old too.

    • @sarahwagland1559
      @sarahwagland1559 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@russefrance4869I used to catch the 68 route master bus outside South Croydon bus station.

  • @eastlondona.m.w2886
    @eastlondona.m.w2886 Před rokem +11

    When London was a nice city too live in.. look at it now makes me sad.

    • @explorewithgeoff
      @explorewithgeoff Před 11 měsíci

      It wasn't part of London, it was Surrey. They changed it for some reason. Nobody living there back then (including me) thought of it as London even though it came under the Great London Council for some of that time.

    • @nickhickson8738
      @nickhickson8738 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@explorewithgeoff
      Same as my once lovely town of Bromley - going rapidly the same way as Croydon. Who'd want to live forever?

  • @rajnirvan3336
    @rajnirvan3336 Před rokem +4

    I visited Croydon between 1990s to currently how its changed. High Street was awesome and great shops

  • @jane-margaret3299
    @jane-margaret3299 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Great to look back at the Croydon I remember - thank you

  • @colinevans7134
    @colinevans7134 Před rokem +6

    I can remember all this

  • @SajidHussain-lj5mr
    @SajidHussain-lj5mr Před rokem +4

    Those were the good old days . That was my lovely London 😃

    • @explorewithgeoff
      @explorewithgeoff Před 11 měsíci +1

      It was in Surrey back then, but yea, definitely the good old days.

    • @nickhickson8738
      @nickhickson8738 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@explorewithgeoff
      I went to the new then Croydon Technical College to study for my BSc. Lovely days only the noise of the pile driving for the underpass was living hell.

    • @explorewithgeoff
      @explorewithgeoff Před 11 měsíci

      @@nickhickson8738 I also went to the college one day a week, day release from an apprenticeship. Honestly when I went, it was quite rough (the students) and you could see the way Croydon was going.

  • @Ross.Cavendish
    @Ross.Cavendish Před rokem +6

    At 2:45 - a packet of Blue Silk Cut cigarettes advertised at 34p!

  • @trytellingthetruth.2068
    @trytellingthetruth.2068 Před rokem +3

    Yesterme, yesteryou, yesterday.
    It's a shame things have to change and not always for the better.

  • @bexcpfc
    @bexcpfc Před 2 lety +5

    the BT building at 0:39 was Gotham Hospital in the Batman movie in 2007

  • @dannybear48393
    @dannybear48393 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you.

  • @Tracertme
    @Tracertme Před rokem +2

    I remember all of this then and now. But fortunately got out and now live on the other side of the world with beautiful sunny white Sand beaches just 5 minutes walk from by front door.

  • @qamerashah
    @qamerashah Před rokem +6

    Greatly remember the old East Croydon train station

  • @ssocketballlsstopmotion
    @ssocketballlsstopmotion Před rokem +2

    this shows that technology has expanded during the years

  • @brucedanton3669
    @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +5

    My sadly alas now late parents both came from Croydon. They later moved to near Dartford which is where I live; but I do remember we often used to drive there at times to see other family members though. An Aunt still lives in Norbury though. I do remember some of these views though of old; a shame that some have changed though of course. Thank you anyway.

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +3

      The Aunt of mine, Yvonne Goodwin, lives in Norbury as I say. She used to live their with her husband Mike, who sadly died in 1986 I think with a heart attack. They had two sons, Edward and Marcus. Both are married with families now. Edward lives in New Cross-also of course in south London; whilst Marcus lives in Oxfordshire so then too.

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +3

      Yes my late parents, Audrey and Jack came from there to where I live now. Audrey was a Watson until she married my Dad. She lived in Lansdowne Road in Croydon at Albert Mansions. She lived their with her Dad Thomas who died before I was born; also her stepmum Dorothy whom we all called Grandma Watson. Donald was her brother. She also had a sister called Maysie who married Ted Walmsley and then they moved to East Grinstead with their sons Michael and Christopher. Maysie and Ted have sadly since both died too; but Chris and Michael still live where they do now then.

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +3

      They also had another brother Peter. He was married to Susan and then Jane and Sheila later on. They moved to Sanderstead near Selsdon; then to Dormansland/Dormans Park; and then to the Meads area of Eastbourne. He sadly too died a few years ago; Sheila now lives there and has a daughter Karina as well too.

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +3

      My Dad Jack lived in Violet Lane, on the council estate that was there near the old Croydon Airport site and Purley Way. He lived there with his Mum and Dad Dora and Percy, who of course are not around now. As well as him, they had his brother Brian, who married Fleur Campion, they moved to Newport in Shropshire where he was in the RAF at the time too. They had their children Julie and Simon there. Julie married Matt Bacon and is now a vicar in Yorkshire. They have a family there too. Simon was married to Maddy, but alas she died a few years ago; although at least they had their son Sam and they live near Northampton now then too.

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +2

      Then they had Yvonne and then Michael who was known as Mickey as far as I know then too; although he sadly died some years ago then too. Brian also died a few years ago; but Fleur at least now lives with the family in Yorkshire as far as I know then too.

  • @dhdavidholloway
    @dhdavidholloway Před 2 měsíci +3

    What happened to Surrey Street Market? When did it close and why?

  • @mildlydispleased3221
    @mildlydispleased3221 Před rokem +9

    The way they destroyed the old station.

    • @explorewithgeoff
      @explorewithgeoff Před 11 měsíci +2

      I remember them doing that. I never understood why it was taking so long to finish it......but hen it clicked, it WAS finished! What a state.

  • @brianwilder5878
    @brianwilder5878 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Green line 725, Heathrow to Dartford a coach compered to today's X26,Moved away 18 years Ago still go through it once or twice a year, wouldn't what to live there now just tower blocks of flats!

    • @LondonPower
      @LondonPower  Před 11 měsíci

      22 miles distance that is 35 kilometres

  • @dougwhiley4028
    @dougwhiley4028 Před rokem +5

    Places start out sparsely populated and unpopular. They grow in population and become desirable. Then they eventually become overpopulated and undesirable. The Heyday of any place is the era when it has become popular, but isn't overpopulated.

  • @user-cc1mq3qo6o
    @user-cc1mq3qo6o Před 8 měsíci +1

    I've wondered what Croydon was like in the 1970s. Back then I was an American kid who loved watching Doctor Who. In Sarah Jane Smith's final episode, the Doctor drops her off in a quiet neighborhood. She looks around and says, "This isn't Croydon". (The joke: his sense of direction was terrible.) Thanks for the video!

  • @roomullan3050
    @roomullan3050 Před rokem +4

    It’s a metropolis now

  • @josiahellison16
    @josiahellison16 Před 2 lety +6

    Peaceful

    • @masterknife8423
      @masterknife8423 Před 2 lety +2

      I don't think London's ever been peaceful

    • @LovzaNo
      @LovzaNo Před rokem

      Yes, your monkee ass is the problem. Go back to mudhut country.

    • @littleflor2975
      @littleflor2975 Před rokem +3

      Greater London was way more peaceful back in the day than it is now.

  • @Hubbellification
    @Hubbellification Před rokem +10

    Croydon - where the very worst of the countries architects and town planners meet in a harmony to create one truelly abhorrent place. 👎🏻

  • @iambeckams
    @iambeckams Před rokem +5

    Blame the lack of regulation on companies being able to screw the British people over when it comes to housing and employment and rich developers for why Croydon is the way it is now.

  • @srl6018
    @srl6018 Před rokem +7

    This video might've been called "How To Destroy A Town". 1970s nice, nowadays awful - like most towns and cities in this country.😟

    • @brucedanton3669
      @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +3

      You are sadly so right there then too-I feel the same way as you do of course. Thank you though!

  • @Mikeyp1054
    @Mikeyp1054 Před 2 měsíci

    Who remembers the Focus 1,2,3 cinema on Crown Hill and the ABC broad Green

    • @luanloud9454
      @luanloud9454 Před 2 měsíci

      I smell in this video hippie spirit

  • @daydays12
    @daydays12 Před 2 měsíci

    I worked at Loony house for a while in the early 1970s.....oh! Croydon! The Whitgift centre! the high street 🙂 the Greyhound music pub 🙂

    • @luanloud9454
      @luanloud9454 Před 2 měsíci

      Fun fact: i smell hippie spirit in here

  • @incubus_the_man
    @incubus_the_man Před rokem +3

    The song made the video.

  • @stevemull2002
    @stevemull2002 Před dnem

    If you go down Laud street, it looks the same dreary way, it did in 1900

  • @sawyerhja
    @sawyerhja Před 2 měsíci +1

    An interesting video, it brings back memories. Shame about the backing music, which was as painful as a chinese water drip

    • @luanloud9454
      @luanloud9454 Před 2 měsíci +2

      In this video I smell hippie spirit

  • @hellome1508
    @hellome1508 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Born in Croydon in the mid sixties, as children we would ride our bikes on our street play on the street and know everyone who lived on the road, it was a great community then, now it doesn't feel safe, the whitgift centre has been destroyed by Westfield, who promised to build a new complex but have just let it rot away, and with all the tower blocks it looks more like an American city, shame on the council's who have let Croydon become such an uninviting place, now I have moved to Reigate,

  • @peterm7548
    @peterm7548 Před rokem

    Funky Croydon! Yay!

  • @kasumikat
    @kasumikat Před 7 měsíci +1

    WAIT ADDISCOMBE HAD A TRAIN STATION!?!

    • @LondonPower
      @LondonPower  Před 7 měsíci +1

      It had 2 stations, one where the tram stop addiscombe is today and the other where the video shows

  • @thomasjunior7143
    @thomasjunior7143 Před 10 měsíci

    Can someone please tell me which number bus passes infront of south norwood primary school croydon?

    • @LondonPower
      @LondonPower  Před 10 měsíci

      There are many primary schools in South Norwood

    • @thomasjunior7143
      @thomasjunior7143 Před 10 měsíci

      @@LondonPower but did you read what I asked? Is only 1 primary school in south norwood by the name of "SOUTH NORWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL".the question is /was , what bus/buses pass out there by that particular school?

    • @LondonPower
      @LondonPower  Před 10 měsíci

      @@thomasjunior7143 197 312 or with train is next to Norwood Junction Station

  • @emotivelyy_
    @emotivelyy_ Před rokem +1

    Looks different ...

  • @stirlingmoss4621
    @stirlingmoss4621 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Depressing. 200 years of my family history in Croydon wasted away

  • @Super_Cool_Guy
    @Super_Cool_Guy Před 4 měsíci

    So, some improvements then 😊

  • @dsdouoplos2859
    @dsdouoplos2859 Před rokem +1

    Home

  • @homemovies1961
    @homemovies1961 Před rokem +2

    Thank you - the trams have been a good idea 👍

  • @jamesfrench7299
    @jamesfrench7299 Před 2 lety +23

    Vastly superior as usual. No amount of left wing PC spin doctoring will ever change that objective fact.

    • @mildlydispleased3221
      @mildlydispleased3221 Před rokem +2

      Cars are the problem.

    • @JohnDoe-xv4rp
      @JohnDoe-xv4rp Před rokem

      @Mildly Displeased , yes I agree it's the cars. It's cars that stab and shoot people, it's cars that go round in gangs screaming and hollering at eachother, it's cars that have no respect, it's cars that graffiti everywhere, it's cars that spit on the pavement and litter the streets. When are they going to do away with cars?

    • @michellea9857
      @michellea9857 Před rokem

      It's all over the West, we abort over 200k kids a year, and have contracepted ourselves out of existence, do the maths. Immigrants stimulate the economy, whilst this does cause problems, it's our own fault. Leftist politicians would be unable to bring in such large amounts if there was no vacuum to fill. As a right winger I wish it wasn't this way but it is.

  • @vernhill-wv7pp
    @vernhill-wv7pp Před 2 dny +1

    34p for 20 Silk Cut.Those were the days! Mind you, real men wouldn't be seen dead smoking them. Now, your high tar unfiltered Woodbines that was a proper ciggie. I'm joking of course!

  • @KhthonArchon
    @KhthonArchon Před 16 dny +1

    we all know what happened - the real problem is that you can do nothing about it

  • @williamr3840
    @williamr3840 Před rokem +2

    Out with any character and in with the sterile, generic use of cheap materials, plastic signage, bland architecture, thoughtless planning, chain shops and everyone dressed as overweight athletic hopefuls or car-thieves. :0/

  • @_B.M_
    @_B.M_ Před 7 měsíci

    Looked pretty crap then and not much better now.

  • @Dontjudge103
    @Dontjudge103 Před rokem +5

    Looks much better now !

  • @alanjax7685
    @alanjax7685 Před 7 měsíci +1

    the nationalist bookshop run by the nf was a great place, wonder why it isnt there today?