I was 5 in 1990 lol and born in Wycombe. The Old cars are funny. The Old burger king I had a birthday party in that one. This is a great video well made. Thanks.
Great video Roy. I actually had the shop (near the pastures junction) on West Wycombe road albeit over a decade later. Sadly I lost any photos of it and this video has the only image of that shop I have ever found. Think it was a pharmacy at the time. Thanks for sharing!
Ahhh so you are the reason why there’s speed cameras at the top of pastures and West Wycombe Road! - only kidding with you. When this was filmed I would have been 6 turning 7. My late mum and I lived at Malvern Close when I was a baby up until 4 and then moved to Wellesbourne Gardens in Terriers and mum lived there till she died in 2018 of cancer. I live in Wye Gardens now, I hear it was a factory back in the day. I would loved to have seen what it looked like before the flats were built. Thanks for uploading.
good video this was about the time wycombe 6 was built in cressex i remember the first robocop on all the billboards and who remembers the old chocolate factory?
Very interesting to look back at then, High Wycombe still chock full of roadworks, but it was before the council started it's passionate love affair with traffic lights and other parking restrictions. Can also see the Falcon being built or renovated, but according to the Wetherspoons site, it didn't open till December 1994 I've often thought about taking modern day pictures, but it all seems pointless until you think you could be looking at them in the year 2040
Russell Waterson , Mario Terzoli shit look at how wycombe used to be 25 years ago..skip to 14:00 for the start of wycombe center. Starts near the roudabout by eden and sainsburys by the fly over...
Crazy, I was born 3 years after this in new jersey red bank united states (African American (my grandad), British English (my nan) and Native American (my grandad) Heritage) and then moved to england united kingdom when I was 3 years old we moved to flackwell heath which was my favorite place and still is then later on we moved to downley area (garrets way) I went to the downley school or whatever it was called bellfast nursey or something gosh it's been so long which had this huge field we had to walk back an forth which now is a lot of houses and I have some crazy stories before and after it got abanonded and set on fire by school kids or whatever it was, I was their when the firefighters came ,etc and theirs was huge smoke and fire, etc crazy, but the thing that's so interesting about all this is that I'm able to see in the past I wasn't born, the memories of my past which somewhat reside in these videos and then the present memories for example the roadworks near where that zebra crossing is near the roundabout where eden is now I believe was built by the time we got their and so crazy to see how it was before that, the launderama is where my nan used to for a long time work their she retired now but we have stories their , I can literally observe the streets and say I remember that or know where they are thats mental. If anyone wants to ask a 27 year old questions about this area when I was young it felt very different then it does now for the most part that vibe is hardly still their but it was quite more formal and mature almost office-like or hotel-like vibe atmosphere and or art museum to some extent (crazy enough) it's hard to describe it was so much more natural looking it felt like you were walking in a park all the time no matter where you were nearly now it has the vibe of like concrete labyrinthine and a more of simplistic warm minimal feel too it, very laidback, when it rains though it's really awesome was even back then gosh it was so different almost magical back in the 90s and early 2000s, I remember when the fountains actually worked near where kfc is id go and splash around in their being silly lol.
what ever happened to the river and terraced houses in oxford road. who pinched the bull public house in bull lane? even the cattle market in newlands has gone so too has the open market opposite the town hall nd not even a single thames valley bus to be seen still it was over 50 years ago
That treehouse was there for donkeys years. Caining it at 25 min! And no speed camera - ya going at 45MPH? The pride and joy at 26 min? That wasn't David Hall at 2.32?
Beaties...my absolute fave toy shop! I miss those days.
WOW.....WOW.....WOW thank upu guys. Moved to high wycombe 2 years ago. What an eye opener and how things have change. Once again cheers.
I was 5 in 1990 lol and born in Wycombe. The Old cars are funny. The Old burger king I had a birthday party in that one. This is a great video well made. Thanks.
LOVE the ACID HOUSE Pumping at the start !!
Great video Roy. I actually had the shop (near the pastures junction) on West Wycombe road albeit over a decade later. Sadly I lost any photos of it and this video has the only image of that shop I have ever found. Think it was a pharmacy at the time. Thanks for sharing!
Ahhh so you are the reason why there’s speed cameras at the top of pastures and West Wycombe Road! - only kidding with you. When this was filmed I would have been 6 turning 7. My late mum and I lived at Malvern Close when I was a baby up until 4 and then moved to Wellesbourne Gardens in Terriers and mum lived there till she died in 2018 of cancer. I live in Wye Gardens now, I hear it was a factory back in the day. I would loved to have seen what it looked like before the flats were built. Thanks for uploading.
Roy this is amazing video.. my wife is from Downley Common.... Glad you had the mind to recode your area back in the day.. well done.
thank you
Was at Wycombe College 81-83 its pretty much how I remember Wycombe.
great bit of film from 1990 just how i remember it.
Wow, that's exactly the Wycombe I remember, feels like I'm back out there on patrol ........
Ha this was 3 years before I was born in new jersey , I'm still here in 2020
Lovely to see Wycombe back in the old days
To many changes to note. Brings back lots of memories
Thank you good video. Changed so mush over the years.
good video this was about the time wycombe 6 was built in cressex i remember the first robocop on all the billboards and who remembers the old chocolate factory?
+Ginger Scholes I belive your right and remember the arcade and sweet shop inside and the Italian restaurant next door?
The High Street looked busier with more vibrancy before cars were banned. Free parking for an hour brought in more shoppers, as today in Marlow.
Very interesting to look back at then, High Wycombe still chock full of roadworks, but it was before the council started it's passionate love affair with traffic lights and other parking restrictions. Can also see the Falcon being built or renovated, but according to the Wetherspoons site, it didn't open till December 1994
I've often thought about taking modern day pictures, but it all seems pointless until you think you could be looking at them in the year 2040
Can anybody explain to me why we have so many traffic lights now 8:23 because Buckinghamshire Council can’t!
Happily, le De Spencer's Arms reopened soon after this. The soundtrack's as historic as the pics!
Great video thanks.
Videos like this are fascinating; so interesting to see the changes and all those old cars! Many thanks for this. I don't live far from Wycombe.
I'm so curious, what compelled you to make this video at the time?
Things were changing very quickly in Wycombe at the time, so i thought i would reccord for future reference.
@@abkcharters Nice, folk often think of doing that but don't follow through. Thanks🖖.
Love this so much. I miss my childhood visiting Burger King and The Octagon and buying Monsters in my Pockets from Beaties lol
Thanks so much for this
Wicked mate, nice one!
Loved a beer on the le de Spencer’s.
Great thanks for the memories 😆
This was actually the last year I was in Wycombe. My Grandparents lived in Everest Close, North Of G-Plan.
Nice to hear mention of G plan my dad worked there for 30 years❤
Russell Waterson , Mario Terzoli shit look at how wycombe used to be 25 years ago..skip to 14:00 for the start of wycombe center. Starts near the roudabout by eden and sainsburys by the fly over...
did same as you 92-94 old skool 90s tunes and my camcorder around town! will upload! theres some on my channel already but got tons more
Send me link once uploaded please.
its already on if you search 'cortina crash YT' on youtube
"Escort lads"
Tunes! Seems there are two or three tracks you like a lot as they are featured in a good few scenes!
1990's take on Google Street view. Master stroke recording this, as mundane as it likely felt at the time.
Ahhhh, life at the centre of the Chilterns AONB. You only need to visit the town centre any day or time of the week to note the amount of ONB's.
This must have been on a Sunday looks so quiet!
Crazy, I was born 3 years after this in new jersey red bank united states
(African American (my grandad), British English (my nan) and Native American (my grandad) Heritage)
and then moved to england united kingdom when I was 3 years old we moved to flackwell heath
which was my favorite place and still is then later on we moved to downley area (garrets way)
I went to the downley school or whatever it was called bellfast nursey or something gosh
it's been so long which had this huge field we had to walk back an forth which now is a lot of houses
and I have some crazy stories before and after it got abanonded and set on fire by school kids
or whatever it was, I was their when the firefighters came ,etc and theirs was huge smoke and fire, etc crazy, but the thing that's so interesting about all this is that I'm able to see in the past I wasn't born,
the memories of my past which somewhat reside in these videos and then the present memories for example the roadworks near where that zebra crossing is near the roundabout where eden is now
I believe was built by the time we got their and so crazy to see how it was before that,
the launderama is where my nan used to for a long time work their she retired now but we have stories their , I can literally observe the streets and say I remember that or know where they are thats mental.
If anyone wants to ask a 27 year old questions about this area when I was young it felt very different then it does now for the most part that vibe is hardly still their but it was quite more formal and mature almost office-like or hotel-like vibe atmosphere and or art museum to some extent (crazy enough) it's hard to describe it was so much more natural looking it felt like you were walking in a park all the time no matter where you were nearly now it has the vibe of like concrete labyrinthine and a more of simplistic warm minimal feel too it, very laidback, when it rains though it's really awesome was even back then gosh it was so different almost magical back in the 90s and early 2000s, I remember when the fountains actually worked near where kfc is id go and splash around in their being silly lol.
All the songs on the radio were fucking great
what ever happened to the river and terraced houses in oxford road. who pinched the bull public house in bull lane? even the cattle market in newlands has gone so too has the open market opposite the town hall nd not even a single thames valley bus to be seen still it was over 50 years ago
Do you still have the mk1 gti?
Filmed 25 years ago
The Octagon bought my first Stratocaster in there ,happy days!
Percy Pryor's?
A Month later from this was the last time I Was In Wycombe Aug Sept 1990.
What happened to the big red lion on what was Woolies in the high street?
***** I think it was taken down for repairs for a year or so.
***** th-cam.com/video/mJbnF9TBthU/w-d-xo.html take a look at this video 2 years later and its back
+Greg McAusland Its back, right above Gregs I think.
+Roy Kinch It was replaced due to damage it had accumulated over time. The original is in Wycombe Museum
That treehouse was there for donkeys years. Caining it at 25 min! And no speed camera - ya going at 45MPH? The pride and joy at 26 min? That wasn't David Hall at 2.32?
Rave on !
Does anyone have any info on Prestwood or Chesham in the 80s?
chasles a larimer 1911-2002 high wycomb code name pine tree ww2
When they knocked down the Red cross knight public house they destroyed the soul and reggae of high Wycombe forever !!
Yes boss....! :-)
So glad I moved from this place ..... so fucking deppressing ... ( good video though ... well done )
yeah wycombe reminds me of detroit too :) haha
Me too.... Although I miss the hills and valleys of the Chilterns
To go even further back take a look at this: th-cam.com/video/Xb0awa1B1zc/w-d-xo.html