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Did not expect to see this on TH-cam. I was 14 years old and a student at Romsey comprehensive school. I was among the congregation in my school uniform with some of my schoolmates. Nice to see some familiar faces and old school friends.

First they fished him out of the sea and then they threw him back in Funny old world !

40 years ago. Someone should go back and go over the items covered in this intelligent documentary and compare it with the present. I don't think it would be a pretty picture; successive governments have ignored both people and place, allowing the destruction of effective employment, countryside, agriculture, education, policing, towns and housing.

I have lived in Romsey since 1947. Great to see Lord Louis and how sad that he was murdered in 1979 the year after this film was made.

It is just a shame nobody bothered to make sure the flag was draped on the coffin properly. (The upper canton of the Union flag should rest atop the left shoulder of the coffin)

I have only found out this year that i'm a decendent of William Hamilton 2nd Duke of Hamilton and i was born in Worcester just over a mile from where he died.

Worcester Cathedral wasn't badly damaged by Henry viii's men - thought to be because his brother's Chantry is here.

2:50 Where am I?

The world would be so much better if we were still hunter gatherers - our stress levels would be near zero and no government's to cause havoc.

Totally compelling TV, thank you very much for posting this. '...that, in my experience, which, with respect, is probably greater than that of Northampton council...'

Back in the day people would say have you been to RUMSEY if you were drunk as Romsey had so many pubs.....I have been here 20 years and i have never heard it called RUMSEY

Thank you for sharing great piece of social history 🙏🇬🇧

Great channel liked and subscribed 👍

Another city lost, RIP my fair England 😢

Kerswell Green near Kempsey my family’s ancestral home. The none of the Australian family have set foot since my great great grandfather’s last visit in 1888

Humanity will eventually kill off all our rivers !!

Wonderful childhood memories of the good times we have left behind. I ❤ Sandwich.

What a fantastic documentary about such a great character.

Interesting to see the Royal National Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest! Closed in 1964, hence it's faded look. It was demolished in 1969 and is now Ventnor Botanic Gardens. Lucky last cinematic shot from the air! I think that is the right one.

Many thanks for posting.😊

NOT A LOT OF THIS NOW IS THERE!

My beloved home. Born in middle wallop and spent my youth in this gorgeous area of Hampshire.

A wonderful film, wonderful music, beautifully narrated by Sir John Betjeman , proud to be British. Thank you for sharing

I miss documentaries like this before the invention of the so called celebrity who knows nothing of the subject. I remember watching this series thank you for sharing it was very enjoyable.

Thanks for sharing this :)

This is excellent

What Tony didn’t mention is that some circle-makers have unusual experiences with orbs and other phenomena when making their circles and sometimes, before they make them, they get telepathic suggestions/dreams as to what kind of design to create. I don’t believe they’re all man made.

Always been Romsey to me, posh people tend to call it Rumsey or strangers to Romsey.

Thanks Harvey. Do you know when this was originally broadcast?

Lovely local film. Thank you, Wayne From Romsey 😊

A young king Charles

1:17: That's when the public knew!

I was born in Stourbridge in 1942, when it was still in Worcestershire, I have lived in the USA for over 50 years. I spent my career working for Silicon Valley companies and have seen almost the entire length of the computer, Internat Revolution. However my wife, also from Stourbridge, and I are still VERY CLOSE to our families and visit often. Although I am a devout ATHEIST I LOVE THE CATHEDRAL and make a “Pilgrimage” to it every time I come HOME. What a beautiful sight it is on the banks of the Severn, long may it remain there.

There was just his head and two and 2 bags of sand

Excellent film. Did anybody else notice the name of the narrator? Perfect:)

Ah The Severn Traveller. Had a few trips on that as a kid.

Back when London was still an English city.

The River Test area between Overton and Laverstoke is featured in the 1972 novel _Watership Down_ and its 1978 film adaptation. In the film, Michael Hordern, the narrator of this video, provides the voice of Frith (the sun), which the rabbits see as a deity.

Just imagine what Bernard would have to say after privatisation of water and the wholesale pollution these companies have been allowed to get away with. Corruption has crept into so many aspects of public life.

Don't mess with Britain including chalkstreams

My daughter lived in Romsey for a few years and explored the riverside in this film. Its beautiful and virtually unspoilt to this day. Many new houses have been built around Romsey, but the river from the photographs my daughter took remains much the same as in this film. A lovely part of the world.

what a delightful documentary. His book The Ever Rolling Stream is an excellent read.

What a window in time. Superb.

A wonderful series! So pleased that it has been uploaded - thank you 😊

I love his visits to English towns - he has educated me in how to enjoy a town and in particular how he can get so enthusiastic about a brick wall. I also like his asides, when he gets tetchy of what has gone (or going) on in towns, whether it's the traffic, the ivy covering brickwork, the blackening of oak or the holes left by nails of the previous covering up of exteriors, now exposed again. And he's usually dead right. A complete joy. Thanks for posting.

I love this film

This series is a real gem - thank you Harvey for taking the time to share it 😊

O God revive us again.

Complains about the Mayfly then proceeds to tear up the bottom cutting weed...

Great video. I was a cathedral chorister there and a boarder at the King's School in the 70s. Brings back wonderful memories.