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I’m 1990. I held on to the 90’s for along time I carried it with me and tried to relive that era all the way to 2016, but now I’m starting to accept that it’s a different world now and that the 90’s is becoming a distant memory that is fading away 😑

was in london that summer, hard to believe london was still so white back then and still so slim, obesity hadnt taken hold, wish i could go back, feel sad thinking about it

Worked as a postman in London soho in the 90,s. Loved it. Soulless dump these days

Even though it was 28 years ago 96 feels a bit too recent to me to seem to be interesting

Compared to this, modern London feels more like an airport terminal than a capital city. We’re giving away our history, our soul. Will we ever get back to this?

Hardly any difference

People are wearing decent, good wool coats! They look wonderful. Today, everyone in London, residents and grimey tourists alike, wear navy blue quilted nylon jackets.

I was 1 in 1998. What's scary is that certain places around Seven Dials are completely the same. e.g. the Birkenstock store in Neal St. is still standing!! Equally cooler stores such as comic books, or other independent vendors are completely pushed away (assuming by tastes, demand, and/or rent). What a lovely time capsule.

Before the invasion on our culture and freedoms of gang raping 1st cousin marring 6 year old pedo took over the place rip England

The last era when London still looked like London. Blair started the intense decline and every government since has continued to make it worse and worse.

The nigerians anthe pakistanies saved London from disapearing

Those were the days.unlike this age,there was always a sense of tranquility down the streets,no matter how busy they might've been.and most people walked modestly and spoke quietly.having enjoyed this brilliant video immensely_well done to the gent who made it_,a great deal of nostalgia just keeps me smiling🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠

Brilliant footage. Just before the invasion. Nowadays it's hard to see an Irish person in Dublin and they have the tranny flag and the Ukrainian flag hanging outside government buildings.

Lots of white people.

Before the Internet destroyed the world.

covid was almost 5 years ago, so this is only five covids ago, not long really, film quality ages the world

no effing delivery kamikazi, no stripey flags everywhere, hop on bus, take my smartphone take me back

Annoying motor sounds non stop - crazy!

'The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.'

Things have changed - are things better? I'm not sure... I moved to London in 1995 and had really settled into the place by 1998. I had a job I loved and for the first time in my life a wee bit of 'disposable income'. Central London was somewhere I spent a LOT of time.. all these locations - Soho, Neals Yard.. etc.. Gigs, drinking (we didn't eat out much!) and shopping. I moved away from London 13 years ago. London is always changing - when I return now I still love it. However by 1998 there were a lot of independent shops as folks hadn't been priced out. That's a bad thing. Sometimes it feels like central London is one over priced burger joint after another. I mean... there's more to life than burgers FFS... The internet was kicking in.. but if you wanted to buy something.. a record, a nice shirt.. a book .. whatever.. you would go up West and you had a LOT of choice. This is only 26 years ago.. it doesn't 'look' that different.. Sometimes it feels like the heart of London has been sold off.. but you can still buy that cook record, or book or shirt if you look hard enough... and there is still a 'vibe'. They've royally buggered Denmark Street though!!

The upside torches symbolic of death you zoomed focus.

23 mins in. Watts meadows?

Those houses in strood at social housing.

it's scary watching it

People were slimmer and dressed smarter then.

Hi8 or Video 8 format? or S-VHS?

I have never been there. Nice finger action.

Not many mobile phones either

Loved working in soho in the late 90s, I worked on Great Chapel Street which was later demolished for the crossrail project, used to drink at The Bath House pub which sadly also no longer exists. Funnily the company I worked for (Metro Soho) has a van that appears in this video but I can't make out the driver which would have been one of my colleagues.

I was there that month. . It was in Berwick Street at the King of Corsica pub that i watched England beat Spain on penalties in Euro '96 (22 June).

Bloody hell. English people in London. Rarer than rocking horse shit now

If I remember rightly, Sister Ray moved to the opposite side of Berwick street and so did So Hi Soho. I worked in Soho from 1997 to 2006, good times, safe and fun.

I had already left London for NYC in 1994 but I did come back to this city in 2006 and stayed until 2011. I live is Seattle now.

London was still just about an English city then. Then that nice Mr Blair came in and declared war on the indigenous population.

Born in in 2002 and reading everyone’s comments about their experience in the 90s. sonder is such a bizarre feeling.

It's interesting what I did not notice. No Starbucks on every corner. And no exotic cars. Did not see any Ferraris, Lambourginnis etc. Just regular small cars. I wonder why ?

Blimey, at 6:52 there's a shot of the end of the street you walked along to get to Rough Trade, in the basement below Slam City Skates -happy days!

Videos from the walk you did after the ride would have been good too. 😊

Yep, great vibe that summer with the Euro '96. Old Oxford St was amazing, all soulless now.

When it was cheaper, whiter and way more interesting.

Shirts and ties

miss it so much....i use to work in Neal's yard...st tropez restaurant....

I notice men's builds in those days were mainly slim, these days literally every guy is a mini arnie schwarzenegger, or seems to be n my area. Must be evolution , can't all be gym related.

I was born in London back in July 1974; I am in the opinion that London was at it's best during the 90's and 10 years into the 21st century; since 2010 successive Tory governments have contributed to London's decline. As I am a London Underground enthusiast my all-time favourite Underground trains were in service before the turn of the century, some old ones existed after that albeit in refurbished condition which didn't appeal to me.

( 6:53 ) Whitleys! 👍🏻

Thank you so much for these. I was blown away by the shot of the retail park. I’ve been hunting for a photo of the Texas store for years and boom,,,,video footage of it. Been scrubbing through your other vids for nostalgia hits. Who knew all these years later so many people look back on these otherwise unremarkable slices of life. Very important historic footage you have mate, thanks for uploading. My white whale is Chatham high street footage circa 96-2000. Someone must have some 😮

no women covered in tattoos, how times have changed, for the worst

Hey, I want to do a comparison video showing how things looked before and how they are now. Could I use some of your footage in it? I'd really appreciate your permission and would give you proper credits.

I was 14yrs old that year and I can remember the group stages of the world Cup. My little brother was born that year and he's about to turn 26. It feels like yesterday to me.

The best thing about this ... not 1 person was walking around with a mobile phone ......