Victorian Liverpool - old footage enhanced with colour and sound
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- čas přidán 8. 03. 2021
- A collection of films from Liverpool 1896-1901. Painstakingly colourised and enhanced with sound. My eternal debt to the great people who filmed it originally. It contains Mitchell & Kenyon's "Arrest of Goudie" film, considered to be the world's first-ever crime re-construction. This sequence now has added music and captions. Enjoy. www.historyofliverpool.com/
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They’d never have thought that people would be watching them 121 years later on devices, small enough to fit in the pocket
People will be reading your comment on a hologram TV in a few years.
Just imagine what people will be doing 121 years from now in the Year 2142.
@@thescallytrader probably laughing at our very own accents lol
@TheCov IsALie They are making foldable phones now
@@thescallytrader world will probably end by then
So much of Liverpool has been destroyed, my area 100 yrs ago had gardens , ornate lighting, 3 and four storey Georgian houses all been replaced by cardboard council estates, Now they have destroyed Islington and London Rd it really is a crime.
Totally agree. You can bet your life the vandals who designed the horrific, brutalist 1960s estates didn't live anywhere near them!
@@leerymill392 do you have any idea how old the Church was before it was destroyed. Please
@@leerymill392 its ok i Googled it thanks
It's crazy that we still have footage like this so many years later. Amazing to look into the past, so to speak, and I love that you can still see little human moments. Much has changed, but much remains the same, too.
Fantastic view into the past. To see buildings we've grown up with and know so well, used a lifetime before we were born. Gives you the feeling that this great city doesn't belong to us, we're just passing through. Thank you.
Imagine having a Time Machine and we could travel there for a while. I couldn't think of anything better.
I could think of a MUCH better & safer place than Victorian Liverpool to travel to. Like 1980s/90s Beirut
@@williamwhitcombe6487 ay Victoria Liverpool wasn't that bad 😂
@@Breeze1 Was you there?
@@ronaldcustard4636 and you were in beirut i presume
@@Breeze1 No I wasn’t
Beautiful. I wish city centres would look like they did back then! It’s incredible to think those places we walk past have so many stories behind them, and have witnessed so much.
I really cannot put into words how amazing watching this nor can I fully express my gratitude and appreciation for all the effort that went into this film . Truly astonishing and amazing. Thank you to all involved
just amazing
I love the way sound as been added, obviously the sound wouldn’t be accurate to that time, all film would’ve been silent, they would’ve had to guess maybe what the sound would’ve been like, but it’s brilliant how it has been done with new sound and colour👍🏻
Astoundingly stunning, having grown up in a pub in Liverpool City centre in the 70's (Old Fort) myself & my brothers know every inch of the city, in the 70's the whole place was closed on a Sunday, what a playground for us! How funny, the 1st ever Crimewatch reconstruction was about a scouser stealing.🧐😜
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What a brilliant video compilation and so expertly done showing old Liverpool and the people who lived there. As a boy I remember going on the overhead railway and also going to see with my dad the Empress of Canada sunk and on its side in the Gladstone Dock in 1953. Liverpool was such a big, bustling and prosperous international port but many of its citizens lived lives of poverty and lack of opportunity. Thank you for this video filmed during the days of my parents and grandparents. It is both fascinating and educational.
My gt grandparents lived in Liverpool for 8 years during the late 1890's.
They could have been among the people walking past!
Totally mesmerising well done to you
@@vaseofflowers4619 hello
Trafalgar Day sure was a big deal back in 1901. How times change.
I love the two policemen "in hot pursuit" ie strolling leisurely, in the final film. They look just like the Thompson Twins from The Adventures of Tintin!
You have to consider how important shipping was to the city, but yes, it was a huge event.
Really enjoyed this video. Thanks. I grew up in Liverpool and my grandparents were around 20 in 1901 - Interesting to see the city they lived in and to match the pictures with the stories I was told as a child. As someone said in the comments 'We are all just passing through'
Wonderfull footage of a bustling city. pedestrians seem to walk in every direction amongst the traffic, how sad to see thall those young cadets knowing that many of them would be killed during WW1.
thankyou for uploading this little gem🙏🙏😊👍👋❤
Its amazing to see everyone so smartly dressed in a suit or dress, it makes them look so much more civilised and respectable.
I have pictures of my grandfather in the 1950's sitting on New Brighton beach wearing a suit and tie and he wasn't the only one.
Casual clothes didn't really exist in those days though. My grandad wore shirt n tie every day wether just sitting at home or going out. Tshirtz etc didn't exist, if they did sure he would have worn them,at least sometimes.
I prefer the old clothes
If you haven’t got a moustache your not coming in , and that’s just the woman .
I love these clips well done and thanks for letting us see this .
😂😂😂
Amazing, so atmospheric. Well done!
Absolutely brilliant and brought to life with the sounds and colour. Spotted a young Steven Gerrard lookalike at 9: 40 bottom right hand side .
Gotcha!
Was there a jackal living there at that time?
Time traveler?
Yeeeeaaay.....obviously.
Was he beating up on someone with ten of his mates?
My amazing hometown!
Thank you for this.
A beautiful historical document!!!
my Grandad was an old Scouse with Parkinson's. I tried so hard to understand him but he sounded like he was speaking gibberish. Love ya Grandad, maybe we'll talk someday
I think a lot of us feel like this. In that we will connect with our ancestors again.
This is brilliant! Thanks for posting x
It all looks so different now. Its upsetting really.how.much has been changed
Find it fascinating watching all these people going about their daily routines and wondering where they're going and what they did for a living. To think that these people were part of our history and the evolution of technology/money/policing etc etc is just crazy. I wonder what they'd make of the world they helped build the foundations of.
Absolutely wonderful.
Thank you!
I’ve stood in places where those people stood, it feels eerie! Amazing footage
Stellar Channel.Stellar production .thanks.
Wonderful labour of love. Every second, appreciated. Thank You.
this is an incredible video - thank you for sharing
Absolutely brilliant love watching that . Thank you.
What a wonderful collection of images from the Victorian period in Liverpool and the marvellous legacy of buildings you can still walk past today. At 7.38 North Castle Street that ran into South Castle Street to join Canning Place. I walked this route many times when I worked in Liverpool City Centre in the mid 1960s.
Sadly many of Liverpool's main thoroughfares like Scotland Road, Great Homer Street, Netherfield Road and Park Road were lost by the 1970s, while there were Court houses that were overcrowded and unhealthy, a lot of large Victorian houses some with gardens were lost. If only a mix could have been included in new developments. in recent years those marketing refer to the 3 major buildings at the waterfront, as the 3 graces. Seldom is it mentioned they were a legacy of the Victorian Society in Liverpool all those years ago.
What would those people make of these areas today.? Victoria Street in the 60s 70s, 80s was a thriving place for business commerce restaurants and small business today it seems soulless.
Absolutely 💯 Amazing
I'm from Preston but I have always had a love for Liverpool and I am currently working there a city taxi 🚕 driver
Proud to work in the city I love
Liverpool
Absolute gold this.. Thank you so much for putting this up. I'm from Bootle and found the ending hilarious!!!
Love these films of way back when Liverpool was a big city in them days 1890s great to see the city as it was then,, im a Middlesbrough lad born n bred i love watching these films i would of loved to be born in the victorian era,, things were so different back then hard life but not like today,, nice to see old liverpool.
Oh my goodness what a find, this is amazing how can I thank you enough awesome!!
Can't help but notice how much taller the policemen were, compared to the general public.
Fantastic job on the sound! If I didn't know better I would think it had been filmed with the sound.
You don't want to know how many hours it took to find / create the sounds. Let alone synch them all up! Glad you enjoyed it.
@@leerymill392 the exchange flags sounds were mind blowing. Felt like I was there
@@leerymill392 I would like to add my thanks. The Echo boy and the Nelson Speech, in particular - top class!
So clever are your sound effects and very effective and evocative. This is is one of the best presentations on YT. Brilliant. Riveted and subscribed. Thankyou.
Cheers! I really appreciate that. It took days and days to do.
Great job! As a reference point, these folks are from 120 years ago and would be like them observing folks from the American Revolution period.
That's actually insane really
What amazing footage. Thanks for sharing 👍
Magnificent colourisation, I predict the next big advance in old film restoration will be to make them pin-sharp instead of blurry.
It can currently be done very easily with still photos by using enhancement software but doing it with moving images is in the future.
Loved this thanks for all your hard work. 😉👍
A pleasure - check out my other 1930s footage
@@leerymill392 already have mate and subbed looking forward to more uploads in the future 👍
These are the folk who fought WWI!
This is am amazing!!!Thankyou
wow love it ,great footage thanks for sharing
A pleasure - check out my other 1930s footage
this film archive is a real gem 👍👏👏
Truly wonderful! Thank you for sharing 😄
Thank you for this. Closest to a time machine we'll get.
Fantastic film,well done👍thanks for sharing👋👍
Amazing. Thanks so
much.
Thanks for doing this. 🇬🇧👍
Hard times mate,,,great video
Very impressive!
That was fun, thank you!
Love spotting the little human moments like 6:20 where the young maid is transfixed by the camera and doesn’t depart with her group until nudged by her colleague 😄
Brilliant video
Brilliant, a step back in time 👌
Fantastic footage, my great grand father was a customs officer in Liverpool at the time.
I bet he was kept busy with the docks at their height. I always remember going into many of the numerous pubs that were on every corner All along the dock road there was absolutely everything getting bought and sold. Every pub packed full of life all day, all night long before they could open any hours they wanted. Doors locked and a tap on the window with a little knock and you were in. Sadly most of them are long gone now.
brilliant video
Fascinating! I know Liverpool well and this is the nearest I'll get to going into a Time Machine. The colour and sound make it very vivid. It's very noticeable how much shorter the men in this time period were compared with men today ( who generally range between 5'10 to 6'). Most of the men in this film look to be in the range of 5'5-5'8. Not tiny ( medium height) but I only noticed one six footer here. Interestingly the women don't look much shorter than women today ( although some of the young uns in their 20s can be 5'8 or above, but mostly they are 5'3-5'7).
That was brilliant, the 2 plods in hot pursuit , made me laugh.
The days of the hat and the tache.
Ha! Yes, i added that ironic caption for a laugh. They'd have me in the stocks if they could see it now.
Walk around Liverpool or any where else in England and tell me we've made 'progress'.
Alright misery guts, back to the local to drink your ale and grumble to yourself.
Maybe not socially
I know! Who needs indoor toilets and the NHS, eh?
The art of conversation is dying out due to phones,lack of tolerance and an ability to communicate
The past should be shown how we as a people communicated and interacted ,people knew their neighbours and as a community celebrated and commiserated together ,let hope we have not gone to a point of no return and communities are no a thing of the past
@@dalechetto9692 we are a global community now. Or we would be if old farts weren't so scared of brown people and teenagers. The isn't a loss of communication, people are just xenophobic cunts that still think we can succeed by isolating ourselves to little towns or even as single countries. The world is modern and fast, either catch up or fall behind
I love how they all notice and are encapsulated by the camera, I’m not surprised though, probably a Titan of a machine compared to how tiny you can get them today!
Here is an article about this footage from the Liverpool Echo:
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/stunning-colour-footage-shows-life-20120312
This is year 1901! 2 Years before my great grandad was born
My grandmother was 10 years old
I was brought up in Bootle and know the Goudie arrest locations well. The pub at the bottom of the stone stairway was known as Mick Healeys in the late 50`s early 60`s presumably after the landlord of the time. Just under the bridge to the left was my infant school. known as the huts a temporary set up for buildings damaged during the war.
A couple things noticeable right away; no really old or overweight people.
That's not the first thing I noticed. Have you seen Liverpool now?
No African/ Asians in general population.
@@patrickfortune3057 and there it is
@@patrickfortune3057 you're scared of them arent you?
@@alecgurney9305 extremely scared of them.
I have a photo taken of my old nan in 1896 in Exchange flags where my great grandfather had a printing business. This film has brought it all to life for me thanks. Just as an aside, did you know Derrick Guyler’s family owned Bunny’s?
His family owned a jewellers at the top of London Road. Just before you turned the corner into Moss Street. it was called 'Green & Guylers.'
The wonderful technology of film where we can look back into the distant past thanks to the pioneers of film back in the day and the marvelous modern day restoration of these wonderful films
Everyone was so slim!
No corporate agribusiness back then to adulterate the food with GMO's, or poison people with pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers and other chemicals. That and members of the working classes not having the luxury of being able to eat as gluttonously as their richer counterparts.
Really great video, with such a weird and wonderful feeling to it. Btw is this the same Lee Rymill who taught at West Derby School in 2018?
The very same. The very same socks too.
Imagine traveling back in time and showing them your iPad
How times change but it's funny even back then people were suspicious of the greedier media.
Fabulous ty
My aunt and hubby emigrated to Australia from here in 1926
The "Dockers Umbrella". Did you know Liverpool had the only underground station for an overhead railway.
Head out of the city centre on Sefton St. Carry on until you get to the roundabout with Hatfields Jaguar on it. Go left into Nuffield Health car par and you'll see the archway up in the wall with "L.O.Ry Southern Extension" on it.
Apparently Goudie got 10 years although he died in 1907 before completing his sentence. I have lived in Liverpool all my life having recently retired. Amazing to see places I know still exist today. They are currently building a 52,000 seat football stadium on Bramley Moore Dock site.
My dogs ears pricked up when the cat sound came on lol
Is the sound authentic or is that added to the video but not from that time?
Totally fascinating, and every single person not with us anymore.
Is the sound real or just added for effect?
Where England was England. What is it now?
That literally means nothing
@@ResonantRTS It simply means that now England is not England anymore, and the situation will get worse over the next decades. The rapid demographic shift changed England beyond recognition. Don't take my word for it, go and check yourself London, Birmingham, Leicester, Bradford, for example, and you'll see that the only English thing remained is some of the architecture.
Grandad worked on the trams, got thrown off for drinkin. Think I have one of the last tram tickets to run in Liverpool.
I was expecting the thief to be wearing a black and white stripey jumper, an eye mask and carrying a sack with 'swag' written on it.
Bramley Moor Dock! Where our new ground is going to be!💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
How smartly dressed the people were wonder what they would think of the people now ?????
Very Impressive restoration.......Just thought All those boys in the
band would be Perfect Gun Fodder a few years later in 1914 !!
I have done restoration work on liverpool court house i had to reset a gasoline chandalire to electric and restored the old horse tying rails..
I need help to go back to this my favourite time.
Fantasic video well done. but I know we didnt have engines but those poor horses must have had a hard time.
i just spotted Paul McCartney's grandfather ...he was the guy with the hat.
11:15 I wonder who the black guy marching in the navy is? This is an incredible video
It was certainly different and life must have been tough compared to all the mod cons and services we have today.
The very first episode of Crimewatch. And remember, don't have nightmares.
It’s crazy to think that every single person on these films is now dead, 😞
Strange that I just compared watching this to watching ghosts. How many disappear in ww1 etc.. good content tho.
It’s crazy to think that people feel the need to make this comment every time they watch old footage
@@vassabatielos4740 we'll class you among us then eh 😱
Brilliant
Brilliant .. so many moustaches obvs men didn’t like their top lip in those days 😂
Maybe thats where Stiff upper lip came from 😆
That's just funny!!
@@christianoliver3572 thought i'd get that in there 😊
Sign of masculinity and manhood. Separates them from the boys.
@@dashoverton1963 SO YOU'RE STILL A BOY??
Facial hair has nothing whatsoever to do with manhood!!
Is the sound authentic,or has it been added?
Added on - it took days to do.
2:31 "If I pick that fiver off the floor no one will ever know"😁
Great shout that one!