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Boy, has the U.K. declined. Third world immigration and controlling and interfering governments. I wish I had a Time Machine.

Must have been rich to have a car and a video camera back then 👍

No rubbish no Muslims that what I see wake up British people we are under attack

Much nicer back then

This really is like totes amazeballs. Such a long time ago, but so recognisable! We moved to Solihull back in 2000. This is SO interesting! Thank you for posting.

Thank you for posting this wonderful footage, I was 9 at the time.

Thank you for taking the time to post this interesting footage, I was 9.

Since then, the anti-car, padestrianisation policies are very clear to see. I cannot see what they achieved by losing all of that parking? Is it just a control thing?

POV it’s 2023 and yu live in Solihull 💀

Oh what a beautiful and inviting town centre😂

Where's all the immigrants?

4.14 at the traffic lights; would that be turning right into Hermitage Lane where Tesco Express is now on the corner?

Interesting to see the old mell square

Gosh! Happy memories.

love it! where is everyone??

Look at all the lovely shops, ah Woolies. I worked there for 6 years.

Imagine telling someone back in those days that in 40 years time there’ll be the youths roaming Solihull with machetes. Thank you Major/Blair/Brown/Cameron/Johnson and your globalist bosses for destroying our once civilised land…should be jailed for what you traitors have done to our country

I worked in Solihull from the mid-80s until early 90s and the town centre, Mell Square etc all look pretty much as they did then - some great memories - thanks for posting

You drove past my house too. I went to Greswold and then Tudor Grange.

The name of this city is similar to the name of my one (distance of about 2200 miles). It's funny. 🙂

Wow! does that bring back some memories! I was 20 in 1980 so was driving around in my mini cooper in the exact same places. Loved seeing all the old cars and pretty much all British back them. Happy Days!! Thanks for sharing.

Summer 2021 - who would of thought that M&S would close down and move out of Solihull town centre and move to the retail park in Shirley. Crazy times!!!!!!

Back in the 80s you could walk round Mell Square or down Solihull high street without 10 people asking you to sign something or pay for something 😀👍

Brilliant, we lived at 6 Buryfield rd. About 20 years. Good times.

Home of the Rover sd1 !

Fantastic footage you got there mate. It’s strange viewing this, as I was born in 2000 and have been a resident from 2009-present day.

Lovely seeing my house. I'm so glad you filmed both sides of Links Drive! Thank you to your younger self for filming this @Hillcrest54

Takes me back, my In Laws lived in Solihull and we used to visit in the 70's & 80's. Had coffee and cake in Beatties.

Marks & Spencer soon to close and more to Marshal lake road, Woollies long gone, MEB doesn't exist any more and even the Post Office has now closed and is upstairs in WH Smiths, who would ever think that would happen ? Not all change is good.....

Good to see Solihull Motors on Warwick Road opposite what was Beatties, now House of Fraser. Some people don't believe me when I say there used to be a car showroom there!

I worked at Chadwick House from 1979 to 1985 and this really takes me back ( I wish it would, actually).

Used to ride my motorcycles around solihull .olton 1981 onwards.roads are probably ruined by cars now moved to inverness so I can ride free.

Looks just like today beautiful and clean

Where did the underpass at 2:00 used to go?

Great video :) What's the shop on the NW corner @0:59 - Perring's or something ? I can only remember a Burton in that spot. I remember WH Smith was on the north side, but I didn't spot it in the video - is it behind the hoardings maybe ?

Love the trees planted on pavements

Makes me dizzy

O happy days around the fountains in Mell Square. I park around them one Friday evening and went for a drink with my sister. Drank to much and forgot that Mell Sq was closed off Saturday for pedestrians. My sister and I found a policeman who kindly drove it to my mums house at the bottom of church hill 🤣🤣🤣 happy memory’s

Watching the traffic lights at Warwick Rd/ Lode Lane is hilarious. Now it’s a great big roundabout where you have to hold you’re breath and a) hope you get on it and b) get round it safely 🤣🤣🤣

As a kid who grew up in Solihull in the 1970s - that was some trip. I had forgotten about Dolcis - where I used to get my shoes as a kid. And the MEB store. I think there was a toy shop just off Mel Sq called Barny's or Barnaby's. This must be a Sunday - before they relaxed trading laws. I always remember Mel Sq packed on a Saturday and there was always a group of lads that hung around by the fountain. For a special treat my Mum would take us into Beatties and I'd have an egg and cress sandwich - the cafe on the top floor was next to the toy department. It had two parts - the posh bit with a view and then the cafe bit. When I was about 4 I walked off with one of those figures you put on the end of a pencil. Technically it was theft but I was 4. I just wanted it. My mother quizzed me and then took me back to Beatties and I was made to apologise to the sales lady at the till and hand it over. I then got the lecture that if I continued to steal I would end up trying to do something like the Brinks Mat and would end up in Alcatraz. So - yes, I never stole again after that nightmare in Beatties. Solihull in the 70s was a strangely comforting place.

Just drove past my house. Thanks for sharing

That could be me coming towards the camera car at a 6 seconds in.....

people take a look at how few road signs there are ....now there is some stupid rd sign every 20 ft

wow i can only just remember when you could drive round there almost got knocked off my bmx once by smiths lol

love this video, my parents live down links drive now and moved there 1983 on the stretch just at the end of the video, did you live down that road too?

The camera work is way too wobbly for me to enjoy the video !

that trip around mell square is bizarre.

Do you have any other videos from that time?

This video takes me back to childhood, I can remember WHSmith being on the other side of Mell Square as seen here and if you look at the side where boots is you can see the current WHSmith store being built, happy memories, many thanks uploading this, do you have any more footage to upload

Hey, that's fantastic, thanks so much. I lived on Naseby Road from birth until 1983 so this is great for me!