Sid James narrates Look at Life - The Market

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  • @1061andy
    @1061andy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    These Look At Life 10 minute shorts are precious social records of a world long gone but thankfully at least preserved on film.

    • @51WCDodge
      @51WCDodge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why thankfully? The good points are just the same, the bad points have just had the words changed. One point when I fell over as a kid and howled, everyone came to see if I was alright. Now if a kid falls over, despite being First Aid trained, as a male, I walk away.

    • @ohcrikey9560
      @ohcrikey9560 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@51WCDodge nice

  • @christinecraig7473
    @christinecraig7473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Poor old London, poor old girl look what they did to you.
    They pulled the guts out of ya, the spirit and character.

    • @londo776
      @londo776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      another racist crawling from under there rock

    • @staffie1uk
      @staffie1uk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@londo776 "their"

    • @andreanicolas9363
      @andreanicolas9363 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree with you completely but haven't you heard of karma! England has colonized the world and destroyed it along the way.

    • @christinecraig7473
      @christinecraig7473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@londo776 And how is that racist? in which part was race mentioned? you are jumping to that conclusion which actually makes you a racist. Not everything is race related! This obsession about such is boring now.

    • @christinecraig7473
      @christinecraig7473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andreanicolas9363 Many countries are guilty of such in the past. I personally wasn't around then so can't be held responsible.

  • @solcutta3661
    @solcutta3661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The most wonderful sid James. Another public figure that has been with me on my journey thru life since my earliest memories. A British icon and treasure sorely missed.

    • @funkyalfonso
      @funkyalfonso 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      sol cutta A nice Jewish boy from South Africa.

    • @solcutta3661
      @solcutta3661 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@funkyalfonso yes we know but he was in UK much longer than south Africa as a young lad...one who also never boxed, was not a diamond dealer, didn't do any of the things he said and was a lovely dovely woman's hair dresser..lol

  • @anaiscatton4574
    @anaiscatton4574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Love seeing this old footage. Would love to have experienced London in these times.

  • @stuart.8273
    @stuart.8273 9 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Carry on Shopping: Sid could read a phone book out loud, I'd still think it would be humorous.

  • @stargazer6675
    @stargazer6675 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Fascinating film. Sid James, what a voice.

  • @uncleambient
    @uncleambient 14 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Sid was King, Carry On Films were hilarious, still are: great days

  • @user-vg5rv5xf4u
    @user-vg5rv5xf4u 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    South Africa's finest export ...Sid James arf arf arf.

    • @hyena131
      @hyena131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Urban Fox
      Yes, and a middle class 4 * 2 boot...

    • @Roscoe.P.Coldchain
      @Roscoe.P.Coldchain 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thought it was blade runner 🏃‍♂️

    • @faustusTVR
      @faustusTVR 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always thought he was ozzy.

  • @Gollyfats
    @Gollyfats 12 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    We use to go down Petticoat lane nearly every Sunday and have breakfast in one of the 'greasy cafes'. Fun days. Notice how everyone, including the kids are casually tidy clean and smart. I like that lady's grey hat and would love to get hold of that child's stroller - even though it has no cup holders!

  • @tedibair
    @tedibair 9 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Craig J. Davies I left 20yrs ago not intending to stay away.. Am sad to read a lot of the comments here. All I can say is be thankful of the fact you were there. I would get the last train home and walk from the station in total safety. Bought my mini skirts down the lane during my lunch hour. Young people today will NEVER know what we knew and dont get me started on the music... Was a great time to be alive... Thanks...

    • @maxwellfan55
      @maxwellfan55 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      tedibair Fab yet poignant comment. Sadly true.

    • @jasonantigua6825
      @jasonantigua6825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tedibair Tell us more about the mini skirts!

    • @forthfarean
      @forthfarean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      London in the late 1950s ,60s and even the 70s was a great city. I always felt safe coming back from New Cross on the last train ,never any trouble. The West end on Saturday night was pure enjoyment. No one ever thought about getting attacked , mugged or stabbed. Mugging was something that happened in America, it could never happen in London. The copper was on his beat ,dressed like a police Constable in the blue uniform and helmet; now they look like a cross between a traffic warden and robo cop with those horrible yellow jackets and ever more gadgets hanging on their belt. Who ,then, could have guessed that everything could change so drastically and go so wrong?

    • @justaman5418
      @justaman5418 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      jason antigua hah

    • @justaman5418
      @justaman5418 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      George Jarrold yeah pretty fickle now pretty much what it might have been like in nazi Germany east and west bullshite roll on 2020 💩💩💩

  • @hyena131
    @hyena131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Gawd blimey...I got a tear in one o' me minces!

  • @pachma405
    @pachma405 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    2:36 "I've got a horse". Ras Prince Monolulu, the famous racing tipster.

  • @dumontpictures7303
    @dumontpictures7303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've always love the sound of Sid James's voice. It's the kind of voice you want hear bedtime stories from.

  • @danielgreen3715
    @danielgreen3715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Precious memories of a life gone by An England thats pretty much gone now

    • @londo776
      @londo776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      another racist crawling from under there rock

    • @TomorrowWeLive
      @TomorrowWeLive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@londo776 why don't you crawl back to Jerusalem, """ian"""

  • @wlt648
    @wlt648 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What a star .....these videos are gems

  • @Weeflowerofscotland
    @Weeflowerofscotland 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I absolutely love that they are using paper carrier bags...I wish we could go back to markets.

  • @klacha
    @klacha 15 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I miss the England I never knew

    • @TheBlackcular
      @TheBlackcular 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How can you miss something you never experienced? That's not logical!

    • @chubeye1187
      @chubeye1187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was shit

    • @fava7753
      @fava7753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Fred Blair believe me Fred , your doing the right thing by being where you are . This is no longer the Britain you remember . It is no longer OUR country . It is completely over run with foreigners . From every part of the globe . It's like the league of nations . . You made the right move by emigrating . . Enoch was exactly right . Our country now belongs to the immigrants . . We are second class citizens in our own land . .

    • @srl6018
      @srl6018 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love that comment.

    • @kennyluciano4913
      @kennyluciano4913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      60's was the best, grew up in Kensington, but left in 1977 for Sicily, best move ever.

  • @jacksonirving4594
    @jacksonirving4594 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Foreign coins. Very handy for the slot machines.. The laugh he does is class.

  • @marcse7en
    @marcse7en 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sid James! What a legend! Pure class! 😂👍

  • @mrmeathead2107
    @mrmeathead2107 9 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    The past is another country, or as John Milton would say "Paradise Lost."

    • @honved1
      @honved1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Paradise lost isn't about nostalgia for a yesteryear. Read it.

    • @jeancowan9202
      @jeancowan9202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What a Wonderfull way to put it !

  • @Larry
    @Larry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Ah the good ol' SubahMarket.

  • @Pymmeh
    @Pymmeh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nostalgia does an awful lot for this, feels grim to me. This era would be an interesting place to spend an afternoon but I'd be counting the seconds to my return.

  • @Barry-vn6uq
    @Barry-vn6uq 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Absolutely brilliant. Love these old videos. I do feel a bit sad that this way of life is long gone. Immigration changed things an awful lot. The market is nothing like this anymore.

    • @harleyhartley3168
      @harleyhartley3168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what are your thoughts on teenage lads being shirtless? I think it should be enforced, especially in sport

    • @aprayerandpositivethoughts9308
      @aprayerandpositivethoughts9308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Immigration brought joy to England

    • @aprayerandpositivethoughts9308
      @aprayerandpositivethoughts9308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Al Bundy for President no sarcasm. I think immigrants have made great contributions

    • @TheBlackcular
      @TheBlackcular 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@aprayerandpositivethoughts9308 I think you're right, brought in different cultures thus the wonderful different foods for one.

    • @TheBlackcular
      @TheBlackcular 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @John Salvage if its rubbish, just carry on eating fish & chips and pie & mash for the rest of your life. If you don't like other cultures or their foods don't eat it. You might also not want to be hypocritical by enjoying their music, Jazz, R&B, Blues, hip hop, Reggae etc.

  • @peaceLove1988
    @peaceLove1988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sid James LEGEND.

  • @hezkyden
    @hezkyden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Solomon Joel Cohen, alias 'Sid James', was born on 8 May 1913, to Jewish parents in South Africa, later changing his name to Sidney Joel Cohen, and then Sidney James. Upon moving to the UK later in life, he claimed various previous occupations, including diamond cutter, dance tutor and boxer; in reality, he had trained and worked as a hairdresser. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James

  • @lindsay9375
    @lindsay9375 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting just came across it on you tube on tv brilliant looking back at how things used to be & best of all Sid James narrating it brilliant 🤩 I think things looked better back then pleased I stumbled across this thank you for posting it

  • @jerryduhon1075
    @jerryduhon1075 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    THESE ARE AWESOME VIDEOS. . A WINDOW BACK IN TIME. . LOVE THEM

  • @lefroy1
    @lefroy1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a beautiful place with happy people. What country is that? I don't recognise it.

  • @blackwaterhousecork5182
    @blackwaterhousecork5182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Brought back Childhood Memories from before My Parents dragged Me to the other side of the world and tried to make an Australian of Me. Which didn’t work by the way.

    • @chrimbo90
      @chrimbo90 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So they turned your world upside down..?

    • @blackwaterhousecork5182
      @blackwaterhousecork5182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chris Hart Beginning of September 1967 I was a typical London Schoolboy. Two Months later I arrived in an Australian Bush Town (Peterborough, South Australia) on a “Cowboy Train” and was instantly Hated by all around Me because I came from England.

    • @mynameisnotjerome1803
      @mynameisnotjerome1803 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blackwaterhousecork5182 Did you move back to the UK?

    • @camt9967
      @camt9967 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hearing you loud and clear Blackwater HC. A sadness that never goes away

    • @fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888
      @fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still, we're glad you left.

  • @hislatestflame7861
    @hislatestflame7861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Used to love going to Petticoat Lane with my dad when I was a kid. It's pretty shit now. That's progress for you.

  • @spiritoveradversity1
    @spiritoveradversity1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a lovely little film, I recognize loads of faces from the old days in the "lane" clip, PRINCE MONOLULU with his horse racing tips, "TOSH" the tie king, great days, mind you, the road sweepers dont have to clear piles of rubbish away after the market these days, most of the time Petticoat Lane is half empty now, how times have changed.

  • @EdsRodShop
    @EdsRodShop 12 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I miss the England I just missed

    • @TomorrowWeLive
      @TomorrowWeLive 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this

    • @londo776
      @londo776 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      another racist crawling from under there rock

    • @TomorrowWeLive
      @TomorrowWeLive 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@londo776 lmao You've really only got one comment, eh, mate?

  • @alanroberts4060
    @alanroberts4060 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good ald Sid, miss him and his laugh. RIP Sid

  • @templarknight5557
    @templarknight5557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I didnt realise how old and over emotional I have become. I wept like a baby watching this. I had my apprenticeship paid for by a market butcher who caught me stealing eggs in Hoxton mkt and decided to give me a trade instead of reform school.

    • @judeevans7308
      @judeevans7308 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That butcher was a true gentleman

    • @templarknight5557
      @templarknight5557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He truly was and thank you for saying that. From a trade to freemasonry Jimmy changed my life and showed me anyone can claw their way out of the gutter and poverty if they are true to themselves and others in life. I still miss him 30yrs after he passed away.

  • @Alfredromeothatsme
    @Alfredromeothatsme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Used to work in Berwick Street. The old market had some characters!

  • @bennyswales8245
    @bennyswales8245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sid James just Brilliant

  • @robleary3353
    @robleary3353 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the markets! No plastic packaging! Paper bags and at the end of the day you could haggle! Love these snippets of bygone times and Sid James was the perfect commentator!..

  • @curbyourshi1056
    @curbyourshi1056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Back when citizens were proud of being citizens. Great days.

  • @williamf4544
    @williamf4544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember going to The Co-op with my Grannie before it became a supermarket - just big long counters on each side of the store - and the Co-op grocery cart was still pulled by a horse

  • @bigearedmouse17
    @bigearedmouse17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    "Never seen so many White People" Jon Snow.

    • @653j521
      @653j521 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      bigearedmouse17 And yet, the narration and photos clearly indicate a mixture of humanity bringing their goods and culture from all over the world. Surely a nation that had an empire knows about that.

    • @vetiverose128
      @vetiverose128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The audacity & hypocrisy of you to say that, when Britain colonized non-white countries for so many years and plundered most of their resources.

    • @vetiverose128
      @vetiverose128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Craig Ebanez ​ Craig Ebanez These were accounts I've heard from people who lived during the colonization. And your comment was juvenile. You don't need to have 1st hand experience to know this. No one invades another country with good intentions on their mind so if you think that's the case, then you are deluded.

    • @vetiverose128
      @vetiverose128 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @smadge100 Because psychological healing takes time? All those years of oppression take a huge toll on the psyche and get passed down to generations. Heck, I'm still reeling in from my own childhood traumas and it's frustrating because as much as I have the potential to live a beautiful, successful life, my past traumas still hold me back! Most adults don't heal themselves and pass their shit down to their children which keeps them in a cycle of abuse & dysfunction for generations and with far-reaching effects - until they all start to heal collectively. These countries have not reached stellar states of perfection, but from what I see, most of them are making progress, albeit at a slow pace. But you're making it seem as though they're all regressing, which isn't the case. As far as technological advancement is concerned, the Japanese are far ahead of everyone. And you forgot to include Singapore, which was a 3rd world country even during the British period but after independence, they rose rapidly.

    • @triple6758
      @triple6758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vetiverose128 *Conquered.

  • @enochpowel4580
    @enochpowel4580 10 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    what have they gone an done to london as it is now.

    • @dbd2191
      @dbd2191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fucked it up.

    • @maudemathildeh335
      @maudemathildeh335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ruined it! They just had to go and ruin it😢

    • @Realpoweronearth
      @Realpoweronearth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      London is a shithole completely taken over!!!

    • @nationstates7699
      @nationstates7699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The government sold its people out

    • @TheBlaert
      @TheBlaert 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Realpoweronearth it always was a shitehole

  • @jasonelvery3399
    @jasonelvery3399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reminded me of east st market Walworth . My nans place overlooked the market( happy days).

  • @craigdavidson2278
    @craigdavidson2278 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was in the city called London, it was the capital city for the the English people, they were once a proud people. Igf you look carefully today, you might see a few of them.....living in isolated communities in villages and highland cottages.

  • @dianadoos6120
    @dianadoos6120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love you sid

  • @andrewcrouch2362
    @andrewcrouch2362 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video upload proper market back in the day not like the rubbish markets of today there is 500 of these videos all together be nice to see them all good video to watch anyway 😀👍

  • @Retirement_Life
    @Retirement_Life 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sid James...what a legend!

  • @paulkersey9857
    @paulkersey9857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Things weren't perfect back then, far from it. Still, I would go back to those times in a heartbeat. We live in a world ruled by Satan and his disciples. His influence is EVERYWHERE.

    • @oo0Spyder0oo
      @oo0Spyder0oo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well your god isn't so good then eh? Beaten by a little old devil.

    • @tonydelo7292
      @tonydelo7292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      U judas prick

    • @londo776
      @londo776 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      another racist crawling from under there rock

  • @0IDaveCouch
    @0IDaveCouch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:03 Dad used to say lovely grub all the time. I still say it now. 😊✌🏻🇦🇺

  • @jrgboy
    @jrgboy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sid was born in South Africa though many though he was from the East-End of London , he lived in Ealing, West London for many years..

    • @aalexjohna
      @aalexjohna 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gunnersbury Avenue

  • @tomkent4656
    @tomkent4656 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In those days Notting Hill was a rundown slum area.

  • @GONZOLISM
    @GONZOLISM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Syd James the legend 😎

  • @alisonbrowning9620
    @alisonbrowning9620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love markets, wish there were more

  • @john111257
    @john111257 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing...love to get all these old look at life shorts...swarming with folks

  • @TedCornish
    @TedCornish 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dear old sid a real treasure

  • @trebor9711
    @trebor9711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent Video, 😁👍

  • @mozdickson
    @mozdickson 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    enjoy the music they soundtracked these films with.. Market like this still thriving in Mozambique

  • @STEPASAUR
    @STEPASAUR 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5.21 opening market scene of Lock Stock?

  • @DenisHuaHin
    @DenisHuaHin 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    yes PRINCE MONOLULU, seen him many a time at the races, my local market was Surrey St market Croydon, I think it's still going.

  • @nigelcarren
    @nigelcarren 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:34 BRAVO, the best "Hyahh Hyaaah Hyahh"... I leave, content. Great film thank you 🏆

  • @d13cab
    @d13cab 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Put a smile on my face made me feel like a kid again 😀

  • @MrWindermere123
    @MrWindermere123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There was a brief glimpse of a racing tipster calling out 'I've got a horse!' I think his name was Prince Monolulu and he went around race courses (and markets) selling a newsletter with his advice on horses to bet on. As to the narrator Sid James, he had some funny lines, such as buying a book because his table had a short leg.

  • @Ropponmatsu2
    @Ropponmatsu2 14 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Supermarkets, immigration, the idea that the government could grant you a license for life to run a market stall....And then RESPECTED it rather than try and fiddle their way around it...
    I miss the England where you were allowed to say you didn't like certain things, because you knew that they might lead to problems....And you had the freedom to try to explain why.
    Ah well. "Its a good job we don't all like the same thing. Otherwise there'd be no progress, would there?"

    • @terrytk9398
      @terrytk9398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ropponmatsu2 well said!😀

    • @dorvito67
      @dorvito67 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Phonic Tales don't apologise, immigrants like you played your part, it was the Tony Blair government taking immigration from 30,000 a year to 300.000 that changed things.

  • @j43ms
    @j43ms 16 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    my guess would be around '59-'60. sid james is playing on his "wide boy" persona from the hancock series

  • @aditierneu9651
    @aditierneu9651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How far have we fallen

    • @londo776
      @londo776 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      another racist crawling from under there rock

  • @EdVanMeyer
    @EdVanMeyer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great old film.

  • @UltraDefender84
    @UltraDefender84 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1959 looks awesome! =)

  • @pauloliver6813
    @pauloliver6813 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    60 years ago. The vast majority of humans who have their images and voices captured here are dead. We can now see the past in images that appear like reality.

  • @2Sugarbears
    @2Sugarbears 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating.

  • @cosycleaner
    @cosycleaner 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Look at Life theme takes me right back to the days when seeing a film in colour was a treat but even TV in B&W was great (sigh).

  • @jcc-ve8mo
    @jcc-ve8mo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Well dressed and well mannered people living a more simple life . Wtf have we got now .

    • @TheBlaert
      @TheBlaert 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it was still a shitehole in the 60's.

    • @justaman5418
      @justaman5418 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What have we got now lol good one disheveled chaos

  • @eddierodden
    @eddierodden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    We gave up our heritage for globalisation and got total failure

    • @margaretgaskin4928
      @margaretgaskin4928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Our heritage WAS globalisation. Did you not notice we made an Empire by invading a quarter of the world and taking over their countries?

    • @eddierodden
      @eddierodden 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't notice that in the video, perhaps you can enlighten us all?

    • @forthfarean
      @forthfarean 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And a few exotic restaurants!

    • @jayrox40
      @jayrox40 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@margaretgaskin4928 And the world was a better place for it!

    • @cavl894
      @cavl894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We didn't the traitors in parliament did, the scumbag Ted Heath said the EU world government wouldn't effect our sovereignty as a people the lying swine!

  • @weerobot
    @weerobot 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What amazing film.

  • @Zlervo
    @Zlervo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That sarsaparilla at about 7:05 looked so delicious.

    • @anvilbrunner.2013
      @anvilbrunner.2013 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was. Can't imagine how it's not still around. Temperance bars on street corners used to have it on tap. A real treat of a drink.

  • @garygoldsmith3887
    @garygoldsmith3887 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fab look at life i remember so well and enjoyed

  • @cycleSCUBA
    @cycleSCUBA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:16 'you'll find a lot of citizens 'ere from all over the world.'
    We're citizens and in it together was the message way back then.

  • @peterolley7159
    @peterolley7159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So sad how London is now makes me wanna cry

    • @londo776
      @londo776 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      another racist crawling from under there rock

    • @peterolley7159
      @peterolley7159 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@londo776 how does it make me racist because If would prefer my country’s capital to he authentic and totally British? It’s like saying my wedding reception was amazing but it would of been so much better if we had invited some black people and some Chinese and Pakistani to our wedding day ! Come on let’s speak real who in there right mind would wish for there own Country to have loads of Foreign people living it ? Does China sit there crying because there’s not enough white westerners? Does India want more white people to move to there country? No they don’t of course not it’s a natural thing for human beings wanting to live with there own people who has the same beliefs and religions if that floats your boat of course! I have nothing against anybody unless they harm me or my family I don’t wish anything bad on anyone

    • @londo776
      @londo776 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterolley7159 you have just proved my point ignorant fool

    • @Alphae21
      @Alphae21 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@londo776 you're the ignorant one

  • @bradleywetenhall7944
    @bradleywetenhall7944 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so easy to forget !

  • @spiccybaby
    @spiccybaby 13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We were broke back then, which is what people forget.

    • @pachma405
      @pachma405 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      We're culturally broke now.

    • @TheBlackcular
      @TheBlackcular 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pachma405, I'd say culturally rich, the UK is very diverse!

    • @diggerpete9334
      @diggerpete9334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheBlackcular fat lot of good that has done for us. Islam, stabbings, moped raids. Sadiq Khan. No it's not multiculture London is mono culture of the third world.

  • @meandus6995
    @meandus6995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    when life was so much easier

    • @RevStickleback
      @RevStickleback 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...unless you were a manual worker, as many were, and you had to work harder than almost all today do, for a pay packet that allowed you little more than the essentials in life.

    • @ohcrikey9560
      @ohcrikey9560 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Easier? You must be joking. Outside toilets. No central heating. Only a few could afford a car. And those cars were unreliable. Whole families living in a 2 up 2 down. It weren't easy.

  • @babymoondancer
    @babymoondancer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aww. I was hoping to see Kensington Market, where Freddie and Roger once sold stuff they dumpster-dove for.

    • @kdp8133
      @kdp8133 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, they weren't filmed unfortunately lol

  • @letsdiscussitoversometea8479
    @letsdiscussitoversometea8479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Progress" - how perniciously subjective.
    Supermarkets became just that one step _further_ away, from self sufficiency, than was ALREADY the case.
    Even corner shops had a slightly more pronounced sense of independence about them.
    Today, superstores/hypermarkets/shopping centres/online buying is more mainstream - even though [we] didn't *actually* ask for them to begin with.
    Even just standard supermarkets, didn't become the "main" cultural form of grocery/non food shopping, until about 1990.
    Complete and utter absence of individual identity.

  • @Dragonrdh
    @Dragonrdh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the market guy's patter!

  • @teddingtonbear3265
    @teddingtonbear3265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hya Hya Hya Hyaaaa!

  • @philipswain4122
    @philipswain4122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Now this is proper commerce.

  • @mrthomas394
    @mrthomas394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I sometimes pick up something fancy in nylons. Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣
    London at its finest never again will we see this even that fantastic accent is dying at a rapid rate... Our beloved England is gone forever 😔😔😔😔

    • @pit_stop77
      @pit_stop77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ironic that Sid was South African....

  • @christopherhulse8385
    @christopherhulse8385 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Was Look at Life shown on TV, or in the cinema?

    • @DinseeNuffin
      @DinseeNuffin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Christopher Hulse in the cinema between films. You had a crap B film, then the ice cream girl would come round with a tray of ice cream, a few adverts (Pearl & Dean) plus Look at Life the the main feature film, all gone forever 😫😫

    • @Fifury161
      @Fifury161 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's right there in the description:
      Sid James narrates this short film, one of a series made by the Rank Organization and shown in Odeon cinemas before the main feature.
      Seriously?

  • @horrorfreaklondon3037
    @horrorfreaklondon3037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Makes me cry to see it now in tatters.....

  • @armjos1
    @armjos1 15 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    the england i knew and loved as a kid,but no more

  • @R33Racer
    @R33Racer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's funny isn't it... We go to Spain's capital and we get the taste of the Spanish lifestyle, we go to Italy's capital and get the same, France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, etc. You name it, all of them retain at least most of their heritage.
    UK's capital? Dead. All Halal, "world food shops" and other such non British nonsense. The centre remains mostly much the same except it now just caters for the super rich. Nothing for the common British man/woman anymore.
    The other countries wouldn't stand for it or let it happen, yet anyone who speaks out here were branded "racist" and "nationalist". It's like we're not allowed to have culture anymore, leave alone try and show some.
    This my friends, is a video of what we let go of. Forshame.

  • @robertjeffries6217
    @robertjeffries6217 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff. Would you mind if I borrowed this link for a Facebook page, you will be credited. Thanks

  • @lorenzonotarianni1667
    @lorenzonotarianni1667 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's in these things that one can see MORE similarities than differences between different countries.
    Looks like and sounds like a street market here in Italy.

  • @lazycalm41
    @lazycalm41 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Looks how London was before Politicians added the 'stan' to the end of the name!

    • @PauloConstantino167
      @PauloConstantino167 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly. Now the people can enjoy their diversity and segregated multiculturalism. We are killing ourselves and pretty fast.

  • @sufianansari4923
    @sufianansari4923 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anybody know the name of the theme tune in the opening credit - thanks in advance

  • @bigboxbobby2
    @bigboxbobby2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant

  • @ShampooSupernova
    @ShampooSupernova 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They aven't seen daylight, moonlight or fanny by gaslight

    • @harleyd9180
      @harleyd9180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      S. Classic cockney market patter reinvented in Lockstockandtwosmokingbarrells...

    • @harleyd9180
      @harleyd9180 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have to say my dear departed mum would never be throwing her money around like Jews with no arms neither god rest her soul.

  • @simonf8902
    @simonf8902 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a lovely country. Where is it ?

  • @barkebaat
    @barkebaat 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:20 - they used that saucepan seller's line in "Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels"
    th-cam.com/video/DeztSCCX6VY/w-d-xo.html

    • @tombstoneharrystudios584
      @tombstoneharrystudios584 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those lines were old when they were recorded here...part of the costers trade

  • @glyph2011
    @glyph2011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What year was this? 1960?

  • @moogdome2562
    @moogdome2562 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the point. what year?.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      To show the contrast....

  • @grai
    @grai 15 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Immigrants especially highlighted as a novelty!
    how times change