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- This was recorded on Sunday April the 13th. 1986 on a Video 8 camcorder. The quality is not the best as it was first transferred to VHS before DVD and computer but I think it is still interesting all the same.It starts at 9am. but check the lack of traffic as this is pre Sunday shopping,no speed cameras and petrol £1.62 a gallon (35.6/Lt) !! Also listen to the Radio Caroline news right at the start...nothing changes, its Libya back then ! This part just covers the Town Centre and the Hythe, quite a few things have changed in 25 years but a lot has stayed the same Radio Caroline being one of them.
I'm an American, but I used to live in Arlesford, my Gran lived in Clacton), went to school in Brightlingsea, worked at Walton Pier and often shopped in Colchester. This video brings back great memories for me--especially Radio Caroline! Thanks very much for posting this--great memories of this area of England. Respect and PEACE to you!!
jeez this comment is like 7 years old, did u go to the colne
Was about to ask the same thing, did u go to the Colne?
I like how you implied the traffic was busy! I imagine the same video in the present day would be at least 20minutes longer.. Nice to see what my hometown looked like on the year of my birth
***** Funnily enough the reshoot in 2012 was done at the same time of day on a Sunday and the traffic was not much greater, what slowed us down was the traffic lights and mini roundabouts etc.Glad you enjoyed it.
All these comments are making me feel ancient but still glad everyone is enjoying the clips,the video sat on a shelf for years then one day I thought others might enjoy them, little did I know!! They have now been viewed in 87 countries.
Looking back now I wish I had done all the main routes. But I didn't plan for them to be public, cannot believe how popular they are.
I suppose you cant be blamed for not knowing that TH-cam would be a thing in 1986!
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I'm 18, lived in Colchester all my life, this is amazing! So different!
You should do that exact route again and compare the difference! I miss Colchester 1986!
All 5 were done again in 2012. Take a look at my TheWurn2 channel.
These videos are incredible, I can't thank you enough for posting them. I'll always remember that walkway above St Botolphs Street near Keddies!
This is brilliant. It goes to show how much we have ruined our town. Amazing. Thank you to whoever took time from there day to record and post this.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it, don't forget the other 4 and the remakes in 2012.
Its often said us older ppl look at colchester through rose tinted glasses , but as these videos show the town was such a clean place with no empty unused shops or random bus lanes .
Very true and with less than half the population.
Thank you so much for this! Amazing to see how much the Colchester town area has changed in the last 26 years. Spectacular.
What a great piece of history, very interesting to see how much things have changed. Nice one.
OMG...!!! I remember All of this.. Bring back the good old Colchester nice little town. Now it looks like a total dump. This vid brought s tear to my eye. Awesome real history xx
Back from the days when I was a 17 year old doing my A levels at Colchester Institute, and commuting by train from Clacton to Colchester every day! Lovely memories.
1996 per chance?
This is like a time machine. I loved 1986. Well done.
I am starting to feel old! Can't believe it was nearly 37 years ago.
@@TheWurn2 I was 15 then. What a prescient thing to record especially with the radio. In my humble opinion, pop music peaked in the mid 80s and rock music peaked in the autumn of 86. Some great albums released then. Excellent vid. Cheers.
I live in Colchester. Its barely changed at all!
This video is amazing. Bringing back so many happy memories. Plus the house I lived in at the time is featured ( Valentines Drive) I was 12. Thanks a lot
Music on radio sounds like Caravan (land of the grey & pink 1971)
Just watched all of these. I lived in Colchester for 9 years and it brought back loads of memories even though I wouldn't have been alive when these were filmed! But it's still so interesting to see these places before my time. Great videos
Thank you for the comment, it seems an awful long time ago even for me.
Good question.Personally I would say it was calmer and more laid back possibly due to the pubs and clubs closing earlier and not needing bouncers.Less aggression (especially on the roads), life is now much faster and we must have everything yesterday (blame mobile phones and the internet).People seemed to enjoy life more with what they had as plastic money was harder to come by.The Borough had 100,000 more people so we were not living on top of each other.Or could be rose tinted glasses!!
I was working at Markhams at that time...WOW!! Its my sign on the flurescent card in the window.....
SIKELL1 Small world!
I somehow stumbled across this. I'm loving this video. I was 3 at the time, but recognise a lot of places. It's nice to see that even with the development in Colchester, some places really have kept their look. Like the building that Minories is in and buildings up East Hill. Made me heppy. Thank you. Xx
And people know how toy drive.... lol. Xx
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for that as I have recently been criticised for my driving on the remake of the video done by a friend in 2012, he synchronised them brilliantly. th-cam.com/video/Ctonm2fqwdk/w-d-xo.html
Huh, go figure. I was negative 4 years old.
I was born in Colchester in 1977 and lived there until my early 20's. I still go and visit now and again. That's an excellent video Sir and brings back many memories. I recall all of the place then from your video. Colchester has expanded so much since and much more busy now. It was a much better place then.
Totally agree with you, thanks for the comments.
Brilliant! I was 21 when this was made and living in Colchester (moved there in 1979). Recognise Ipswich Road! Roads seem free of pot holes (Colchester terrible for those at the moment) and wretched speed humps and cameras. I moved away in 2002 and live in Whitstable but my family still live in Colchester and Wivenhoe...
Immaculate classic cars everywhere, great video thanks!
Brings so many memories. Keddies - miss that.
Live from the Ross Revenge on 558KHZ. The news studio was upstairs in the chartroom, between the radio operators room aft and the bridge frwd.
The radio operators room was used for ship to-shore communication during her days as a trawler. There is a rumour, and only myth, that during the Cold War, as the ship operated off Iceland and the Berants Sea, RN officers were onboard to listen to Soviet radio traffic.
Loved this video! As others have said, it does look cleaner!. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Just seen this! Amazing thankyou for recording this. I was one years old when this was recorded. It must of been a very expensive camcorder back then! Amazed with the amount of people there was and the old cars. The houses and buildings havent changed apart from the old bridge that was pulled down. Lovely video, i will share with my friends
Thanks for the comments. It was shot on one of the first Video 8 cameras, much more usable than the old VHS or Betamax ones. I picked it up duty free on the way back from Australia which saved a bit! I still have it and it still works although I havn't used it for years. It is stone age equipment now.
Amazing...seems so strange to see it like that. I was only 9 when you filmed it, but I do vaguely recall before they built the Culver Centre. Thank you so much for putting this up!
Brilliant! This takes me back to my teenage years and my Vauxhall Chevette.
As a resident of Colchester, it's so weird and fascinating watching this.
Where at the Hythe? Spent a lot of my childhood at the Hythe and dont recognize any of it. But I did leave Colchester and England in 1967.However I DO remember when Radio Caroline started. Yes Im old Im 71. Ha ha.
awesome upload! great to see those good old days again with all those colorful cars back then. The moment someone builds a time machine, let me know and I'm outtahere!
WOW! thanks mate, i haven't seen my town look like that for a while, really nostalgic for me... i was only 12 years old then!! lol
Such a vast contrast to what Colchester looks like today. Notice the roads have gotten smaller as cars have gotten bigger over the years! Great to watch, and a shame the Hythe looked almost unrecognisable.
Wow... Queen Street before it became Kebab Alley. Thanks for posting. (-:
Great seeing the Keddies bridge once again & of course hearing some tunes from the one & only Radio Caroline. I use to fall asleep listening to that station as a teenager when I lived in Clacton, they were my musical education where I got introduced to so many amazing bands back in the day..I’m now sixty..oh the memories! Wish I could go back & do it all again..oh & we had proper winters back then too, miss those 👍😎⭐️⭐️⭐️
Used to shop in Keddies in the 70 ' s when I lived in Tolleshunt D' Arcy , used to bus in, better days tbh,
its like being back in 1986. great footage.
Thank you, seems a long time ago now.
@@TheWurn2 i was only 10 yrs old, but growing up in the 1980s was awesome in my opinion.
@@leedummett4412 anytime is preferable for growing up apart from now in my opinion.😊
@@TheWurn2 yes, i agree. the world today is strange, with the covid etc.
i was there from 1980 to 1984 [army] and i loved the place
Look at the cars! I'm 15, so this is so different! Haha
Well I was born and raised in Colchester tho have been in California since 68...I do not recognize any of this..help.where is it..
im 14 right now and damn i wish i lived at that time to see what colchester used to look like and how it would have felt
If you consider the population has doubled since I did this it of course means half the cars etc. As to how it felt I would say, hopefully not looking through rose tinted glasses, there was much more freedom and respect. Our lives were not dominated by smart phones and social media so you made up your own mind and lived your own life at your own speed. Nothing was instantaneous like it is now. I could ramble on! Thank you for your comment.
@@TheWurn2 it sounds cooler than it does now. And your welcome
@@TheWurn2 Sorry to interrupt, but could we use one of your videos while making a music video for our band in Colchester. We would also put you in the credits with the original.
@DMAGYLA feel free. I look forward to seeing it. Nice to be asked first for a change! Someone is supposed to be making a film too.
@@TheWurn2 well first song th-cam.com/video/VM9be3Aheog/w-d-xo.html we might do another one
This video starts literally next to my old house. Last one on Broadlands. 99 maybe? Didn’t move there til about 1997 when I was 4, but still crazy seeing it start there!
You make me feel very old!
Woah ! Keddies... No Gala Bingo or Southway Police Station... and Debenhams being built !!! Noticed the lack of speed cameras too, lol
Wow! I lived in Colchester in the mid 60s to 1972, and even from your 1986 drive I recognise SO little. I guess if I visited the town today it will have changed beyond recognition. The only places I recognised were the town hall, the bus station (though that was a covered shed when I worked there for a few weeks in 1970.) and maybe some of the properties on what must have been Hythe Hill. Fascinating video!
You would have no chance today, we don't even have a proper bus station.
Really enjoyed this video iv subscribed fantastic thanks for sharing
The old town centre looks a lot nicer
Now, it is more like a slum😢
Only thing I recognised on the high street (shops) was McDonalds... lol.
Also just remembered that The Six Bells pub was demolished on Greenstead Road to make way for Tescos.
@TheWurn2 i am literally living in that neighbourhood
You were indeed the pioneer - and to have radio Caroline playing at the same time - genius, a real time capsule! How old were you? I was born and bred in Colchester but lived in Marks Tey (pre teens) - at the post office. I was born in 71 so was pounding the streets of Colchester as an eighties teenager! I don't remember allegroes being so common, my boyfriend had one and we thought they were old then! My older brother thought he was cool driving a ford cortina! I left the area when I was 19 and haven't been back so nothing to tarnish my memories. Thank you for saving it until technology caught up with you and you could share it with us! :)
Thank you very much for your comments, just wish I had done more. I was 35 at the time and just about to return permanently from Australia, where I had been for most of the previous 9 years, so if I had stayed here I probably would never have done it, if you get my drift. When you are away for any length of time you see things through different eyes.
I wonder how many of the cars in the video are still going? They would have to be "C" (at the beginning) reg. or older.Not many I bet!
I know what you mean, but it still has its good points, its just too many people trying to squeeze into a small space.
Hi Lee.No I didn't plan to redo them, that was Garys suggestion, in fact I had practically forgotten about them. The car was a Fiesta I had borrowed off my Dad while I was back in the country.Would love to take you up on the pint but I am not in the country at the moment.Glad you enjoyed them.
What you need to do now is re-create these videos so people can see the difference. Brilliant upload!
Dash cams are commonplace now, you were the pioneer.
Should have patented the idea.Bit inconvenient having a tripod on your passenger seat though!
7:37 wow! This building has had the distinctive yellow colour for 30 years
Not surprised it was demolished in about 1960. Wouldnt be allowed to do it now as I think it was Georgian.
My dad used to own the 'Indus Mahal curry parlour on the left'! You also drove past his green Ford Sierra. Thanks for putting this up.
I am curious why you didn't use Ripple Way?
you are a complete ledgend. I have loved watching and comparing these videos. I was bought up all around Colchester. this brings back so many memories. when you recorded all these in 1986< was you then planning on doing it again years later or was it an after thought ?. Also loved seeing all the old cars on the road, What car was you driving?. so much enjoyment watching these I would like to buy you a pint. Thank you so much for uploading these. Lee.
Massively different now!
i lived opposite there...valentines drive
Was it Hoofers then or still the King Coel ? When I was born, on the opposite side of the road, it was called Dilbridge Hall with tennis courts where the car park was and over the road was the farm yard, where Valentines Drive is now, complete with thatched barn!! Jeez I feel old ....!
As best I can remember there was a row of terraced house facing Greenstead Road and the rest was part of the old Lathe Company factory which had an entrance in Hythe Station Road and went right back across what is now the Tesco roundabout and on towards the Uni. But no doubt someone will correct me!
Wow. That brings back memories. I used to live in Colchester at the time, and you drove down my road :)
Oops! Yes it was Queen St, not St Botolphs. I remember walking across it clutching my new Spandau Ballet album hahaaa!
Amazing even as recently as 1986 just how fewer cars there were on the road compared to now. In the 2012 runs I wonder how you're even getting through some of the gaps.
I also think the standard of driving today is slightly higher. I've seen plenty of archive footage with people speeding, tailgating, dodgy lane changes, park where you want, almost no traffic management at all.
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And I've lived in the same area for 10 years now so wish I'd thought of doing something like this. It would be so interesting for me to have driven the same route again 10 years on and seen what's changed (probably more than I realise or notice actually).
@kkm2b Glad you like them.i have been sitting on them for years. TH-cam seemed the obvious place to put them.
Just like everyone else, brings back lots of memories , and I thank you for uploading ,
I've lived in Colchester all my life 46 years and it has changed , you have all these images in your head but being able to see them on a screen is great, just wish more people had video cameras back then but I guess it was more important to have a Betamax video recorder lol ..... Thank you :)
the hyth has change immensly hey!
I remember my Dad parking along the edge of the river, no railings, back in the 80s to get a chinese takeaway down there.
Funny what sticks in the mind, thinking about it I can remember buying several albums from different places in the late 60s, I suppose when you think about it the cost of them was quite an outlay compared with the average wage in the 80s and the 60s!
I hate what Colchester has now become can't wait to leave my home town now
Yet people in Colchester keep crapping on Ipswich. I don't think either one is better than the other.
Wonderful video I live on Broadlands Way where the video starts... and radio caroline, cant get any better...
Are you Australian?
James Batchelor . No, born and raised in Colchester and lived in Oz for 9 years, lost the accent now. still have an Australian passport though.
I agree in parts but The Hythe, St. Marys ,North Station, Mill Road and Severalls Lane area has seen the most change, nothing but more houses!
Thank you for sharing these brilliant videos with us. You took me back to my childhood. I can't believe how much Colchester has changed just in my lifetime. And the trees! How small and immature. You've given me my very own time machine.
Glad you liked them, I have two more to upload. One will be on line tomorrow.I also have one taken from the top of Jumbo at the same time with the full 360 degree view which I will try and upload next week.
amazing - proper trip down memory lane - Keddies!!! i got my first stereo from there - it was double tape! and the Hythe too! so mych has changed. many thanks for uploading.
Love the Caravan song on Radio Caroline, a great touch! I lived in Colchester from 1980 (age 5) till 1999
Thanks for posting this.
Many thanks for the comment. About the only place you can still hear Caravan is on Radio Caroline on the net. Hopefully their application for a permanent AM licence will be passed and it will be like old days again, at least in Essex and Suffolk!
Didn't realise they were still going, I vaguely remember they used to get people to drive up to the coast and flash their headlights at the ship at specific locations.
Loz Grain . That was in the 60s. Their last boat is anchored in the Blackwater estuary near Osea Island. They occasionally do limited power broadcasts from there but their 24 hour service comes from volunteers on land. www.radiocaroline.co.uk if you want to listen.
I checked it out as I know how unreliable memory can be... according to Wiki they had the MV Ross Revenge from 83-91 After the MV Mi Amigo sank in 1980. there was also radio Atlanta that used the MV Mi Amigo for a time.
I hope they manage to get back on AM radio, I listened to them loads as a youngster...
Loz Grain .It is the Ross Revenge that they still use all lovingly maintained by volunteers. They have trips out to the boat from West Mersea. The original studio and transmitters are still there along with the modern one.
Translates as "does anyone know a Stewart Williams aged 27 living in Colchester"?
Fantastic. This documents so much that people wouldn't otherwise bother to keep records of. If this were to go onto an archive of some sort, all you'd need is a red line on a contemporary map and you could see anything you wanted on that route. Brilliant!
Thank you very much!
As you say, big changes in that area, there were still cows grazing on the corner of Turner Road leading up to Turner Village as I recall at that time!!
@8:38 I was about five or six when I slipped on the escalators from the Keddies' bridge. I was wearing shorts and ended up with lots of parallel straight line cuts on my legs. Ah, fond memories of Colly :D
Wow.. I live in Colchester and this is so different... loved seeing all the old Cars, Brings back memories
This is so weird.
02:36 ... RIP The Austin Allegro ... It only had another Year left and went to "Car heaven" in 1987
This and your other vids are awesome. This one was fimed two days before my 15th birthday. Were you driving a Mark 1 Fiesta? Thanks again, great memories of a much happier time in my life.
Thank you for your comments. Yes I borrowed my father's Fiesta for the day as I was back here on holiday . A happier time in many people's lives, including mine, I suspect.
I know what you mean, I think the High Street was still two way then.At least Radio Caroline is still a constant even now!
Love this town!
Wow, takes me back, thanks for posting and sharing, you wouldnt recognise the place now.
Probably checking the camera was stable so didnt turn into it!
That news headline, usa attacking somewhere! Imagine my surprise.
Virtually nothing happened at 9am on a Sunday in those days, so it'd be quite interesting to know what these other people are up to, especially the guy walking up the street at 0:48.
it's also amazing to see how few cars there were in those days even just 31 years ago and the 2012 re-run clips are a big contrast.
Clarissa McPigeon I think what we need now is a complete day of rest to break up the stress and monotony of modern life. Sunday's were great. I reckon the man walking at 0:48 could be a paper man on his way home.
@@TheWurn2 Absolutely agree with you ! Would be really lovely to have Sunday closing back again 😊
land of grey and pink?!!
Fantastic footage and memories do you still live in colchester?
Just outside, I moved back in 87.
This is probably a weird question but was the atmosphere of colchester back then the same as it is today?
It was much better
He starts at the garages at the end of Broadlands way off of the ipswich road. I used to work at the ford garage/dealer he drives past right at the beginning.
Can anyone remember the name of what used to be a club at the high street end at the top of Queens Street.. Sure something Club was the name ..!!!