HIGH WYCOMBE IN OLD PHOTOS by jason blackman

hi i spend a lot of time making these small films of when the days were a lot different. most of the photos are from old books or old post cards. i love doing this to show you how life was way back then. some people can not buy books or find things to do with local history so this is why i have done this for all of you.
i do not do this to make money in any way, it is just for free so i do hope you all like the small films i do as it takes a long time to do. i did use to live in SW London but now moved to bucks where i find this is much better for me and my family.
all the best --- Jason Blackman.

[@MichaelGeorge161]

Before it became... "enriched"

[@Austin4098]

So much better then. Wonderful film - Thanks.

[@filmbluff99]

Thank you for these pictures. My family lived in and around High Wycombe for many generations. I grew up there and remember sailing boats on the pool on the edge of the Rye recreation ground. I loved going to the playground with the large slide and the plank swing. Those days you could really hurt yourself if you did not respect the equipment. Great times.

[@MrDjbremix]

Love this little film. I was born in High Wycombe and I still love the place. It's people that don't even like the place that bring it down. I still live in the area and don't think I will ever leave. People in the past seemed to care more about the place and I think that can be restored. Well at least I hope so.

[@johnbristow8099]

As an ex - native of HW I found this video very nostalgic.

[@MarriedToTheKGB]

It looks so much nicer back then

[@daveevans1410]

My favourite is at 2.26 of the kids in the water by the swings .... i can remember i was there as a 5 year old in that same place with my dad scaring me with a leaf saying it was a fish ....

[@jonh9561]

Brought back some distant memories. I wonder if town planners are cognisant of our cultural heritage when the seek to constantly modernise places with buildings that seem to be built and then torn down on a roughly, 50 year cycle.

[@thebigk7465]

High Wycombe looked so much better back then than it does now... Well, for me anyway.

[@johnslater2552]

+The Big K
Yes the townscape has been attacked , vandalised and treated with contempt by stupid , thoughtless malicious gangs of fly-by-night politicians and their oh-so-obedient servants/ officials/lickspittles. What a crying shame. This is what happens when ordinary folk are looked on with disdain and totally ignored. THE powers that be should hang their heads - and they are still at it. Never trust them = a mixture of crooks villains , liars and assorted self-seeking idiots

[@jaynesmith1297]

Lovely film, Jason. Thank you.

[@gulboy123]

Thanks chap Memories all I have

[@rachelheffron8312]

i live near High Wycome and Its very cool to see haow Its changed alot!

[@scottmasterton4170]

makes me think of the old buses ware are they

[@laurahughes7442]

Moving film… it does seem worlds away from our current world

[@RetiredPlum.]

Any objections to me sharing to face.book Jason?