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WG Cine Films
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 6 พ.ย. 2017
In the 1960s, my father got the home movie bug and shot a few reels of 8mm film. Watching the films again recently, it occurred to me that they contained glimpses of places in England that might interest people who lived in those places then or indeed today. They are just a few snippets of varying length and quality, but I hope someone will enjoy them. I am publishing the first one today (6th November 2017) with a view to adding more over the coming weeks, months and years!
Aylesbury: County Offices and Friars Square ca 1967
Shortly after the 15 storey County Offices were completed, they held an open day, which allowed my father to take this cine film. It starts with views looking west over Southcourt and then north over the still under construction Friars Square and the Market Square before panning east and south toward Exchange Street and the Canal Basin. It then has views of the library and the County Offices taken from Friars Square, followed by a glimpse of Friars Square and the Market Square taken through the window of the Cadena cafe.
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Blackheath, Donkey Rides, 1962
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Donkey rides on Blackheath, London in 1962. Fondly remembered by many, I am sure.
Hilly Fields, London, SE4 1LE, early autumn 1962.
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Hilly Fields is a park sandwiched between Lewisham and Brockley in London. Of particular interest are the prefabs in Adelaide Avenue and Montague Avenue. Prefabs were temporary houses build after WW2 to tackle the housing shortage. Many lasted a lot longer than their anticipated 10 year lifespan. For more details see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefabs_in_the_United_Kingdom
Greenwich 1962
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The Thames, the Cutty Sark, Greenwich Park and the boating pool.
My grandmother was only 1 years old when this was filmed omg this is amazing
Glad you like it. I was about six. That's me in the shorts in the opening shot. 😁
Had a summer job in Chiesemans in 1967 then spent up in the Lucania snooker hall opposite above Burtons.
I think the sand pit, slide and definitely the concrete tunnels survived until the late seventies when I first visited. This must have been one of he best locations for prefabs ever!
I hope you enjoyed the playground as much as I did. I'm the fair-haired kid in the light shorts. Not much of that hair left now though. 😂
John leyton was a genius! South east london forever in my heart.
Glad you appreciate it. John Leyton was not a name I was familiar with until I looked for some music to go with this clip. It's a great tune.
Wonderful footage. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
Ues to live on Tyrwhitt Road long after this though.
I was born in August 1963 in Lewisham Hospital and Lived on Tyrwhitt Road when I was still a baby In 1963. Age of two 1965. I moved to Tressillian Road near Montague Avenue and at the age of three in the summer 1967 my second Cousin took me to Hilly Fields Park and I was a-bit scared on the swing and the slide's but I enjoy it though!. What a memories I miss Brockley so much...
Hi Errol. Thanks for sharing those lovely memories. I was born in Lewisham Hospital too! However, we moved away from London when I was still quite young and I wonder if I would remember Hilly Fields at all if my dad hadn't taken this piece of film. I'm glad he did, because so many people have enjoyed it.
Born in lewisham hospital in 66.I remember the sandpit concrete tunnles and the giant slide.Over the back of the tennis courts was a putting green.
When I was two and a half we moved to Algernon Road in 1957 and I've lived there since then. I remember the prefabs, and the concrete tunnels in the playground.
You might even be in the film then!
Now look at it, just an ever expanding ghetto of Lewisham
If you Google Earth the area, you can clearly see the "crop marks" where the prefabs were located along Montague Avenue.
Wow! You can indeed. Thanks for that info.
It was SO lovely then. They should have left the prefab there, it would help with the housing problem. I loved them.!
Its much nicer without the prefabs But would love to see before the war that must have been great with railings band stand cafe etc
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Tower House was the Co-op. Chiesmans was the building you can see just to the left of it. If you are interested in nostalgia about this part of the world and you are on Facebook, I can highly recommend the following group facebook.com/groups/435277893269381/
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