Great video and lovely memories of Enfield when people cared about where they lived. All the English shops along the Hertford Road, heartbreaking to see what has happened to it 😔
I live just off ordnance road, and your right, Hertford Road is a mess, unrecognisable to 20 years ago when i moved here. And i used to hang around the area in the early 80's and it was great back then good mates and good times. Now, i can't bare to walk along the high road, it's horrible.
Brought back special memories of Enfield swimming pool even though the water wasn't that warm ! Didn't know how lucky we were, most people dressed nicely, most people had manners - thank you
Before our politicians and businesses latched on to the idea of non stop immigration. Replacing us with new,... more compliant voters and cheap labour.
Good memories... I was born in Brookside Gardens off Turkey St... Dad worked at Ruberoid...remember summers swimming at Southbury Rd..in 1963 I was at Enfield Grammar... had friends who lived in Elsinge Rd...thanks for posting!
Wonderful footage from my early childhood, Southbury Rd so cold you jumped out as soon as you jumped in! Films like these always bring to mind L.P. Hartleys opening to his novel "The Go Between" : “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” will people in 60 years feel the same about today?
Fabulous.....I was 10 in 1963, so this could have been part of my life story, I lived in the flats at the Halfway House by the roundabout at Carterhatch, my dad, Len, and my Uncle Mick worked at Ruberoid (I did some summer holiday work there as well) My cousins live in Brookfields and I went Suffolks in Brick Lane.......skateboards mad from old skates and bits of ply, box carts and swimming at Southbury!
Changed a bit. The MP is Turkish. The council is run by Turks and all the shops in the Hertford road are mostly quikimarts/resturants run by Turks. Might as well be a suburb of Istanbul. Ironically the Turks are a minority in Enfield so something is fishy
Third piece of music is "Nut Rocker" by B Bumble and the Stingers (a big hit in 1962). Don't know the copyright details. I remember those shops at 1.00 onwards very well, especially the Woolworths. The Green Street library - almost my second home - lay just beyond the end of the parade. My actual home was in Gilbert Street, a quarter of an hour's walk further to the north along Hertford Road.
Sad what happened to the area although very convenient if you only eat kebabs, burgers, fried chicken and pizza and are not interested in a wide choice of pubs.
I know people were supposedly poorer back then but that family looked like they were doing pretty well and the area looked a heck of a lot nicer than it does now.
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Great video and lovely memories of Enfield when people cared about where they lived. All the English shops along the Hertford Road, heartbreaking to see what has happened to it 😔
I live just off ordnance road, and your right, Hertford Road is a mess, unrecognisable to 20 years ago when i moved here. And i used to hang around the area in the early 80's and it was great back then good mates and good times. Now, i can't bare to walk along the high road, it's horrible.
Brought back special memories of Enfield swimming pool even though the water wasn't that warm ! Didn't know how lucky we were, most people dressed nicely, most people had manners - thank you
Before our politicians and businesses latched on to the idea of non stop immigration. Replacing us with new,... more compliant voters and cheap labour.
Good memories... I was born in Brookside Gardens off Turkey St... Dad worked at Ruberoid...remember summers swimming at Southbury Rd..in 1963 I was at Enfield Grammar... had friends who lived in Elsinge Rd...thanks for posting!
Hi Clifford, I was at EGS too in the sixties; remember well your performance in "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" in Dec 1964.
Oh wow! Where are you now? You’re bringing back memories!
IM IN EGS NOW hha
Hi Clifford, Did you have aunties called Bessie and Elsie by any chance? And was your dad Clifford as well?
Thanks for memories.
Some places that is shown in this video I have seriously been to it's so crazy comparing these places from then and now
Thanks for uploading these,I can’t wait to show my Nan,she grew up on elsinge and still lives in turkey street now
Wonderful footage from my early childhood, Southbury Rd so cold you jumped out as soon as you jumped in! Films like these always bring to mind L.P. Hartleys opening to his novel "The Go Between" : “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” will people in 60 years feel the same about today?
Fabulous.....I was 10 in 1963, so this could have been part of my life story, I lived in the flats at the Halfway House by the roundabout at Carterhatch, my dad, Len, and my Uncle Mick worked at Ruberoid (I did some summer holiday work there as well) My cousins live in Brookfields and I went Suffolks in Brick Lane.......skateboards mad from old skates and bits of ply, box carts and swimming at Southbury!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great Video, Nice Vauxhall Pa Cresta, It's a shame it's not like it used to be
its a rare sight to see a happy family in Enfield at that time . most were drunk or mentally ill and on drugs.
So trippy. Literally like an alternate universe of where you live. Cant even imagine a roundabout where carterhatch meets the A10
Changed a bit. The MP is Turkish. The council is run by Turks and all the shops in the Hertford road are mostly quikimarts/resturants run by Turks. Might as well be a suburb of Istanbul. Ironically the Turks are a minority in Enfield so something is fishy
lovely memories. thank you
Amazing video, thank you for sharing!
Third piece of music is "Nut Rocker" by B Bumble and the Stingers (a big hit in 1962). Don't know the copyright details.
I remember those shops at 1.00 onwards very well, especially the Woolworths. The Green Street library - almost my second home - lay just beyond the end of the parade. My actual home was in Gilbert Street, a quarter of an hour's walk further to the north along Hertford Road.
The kid pretending to be my favourite Martion is excellent
That kid is 74 years old now :-)
My neck of the woods. Elsinge estate looks the same now, just fewer cars.
Kids don’t play out like they use to..😢
Fabulous 👌
Good vid! Bring bac some good memories
This is amazing
There was a lido in Southbury Road. I had no idea!
EXACTLY
Where the cinema is now, closed in the 80's.
Yep. And Enfield Town FC had their home ground almost next door. Tragic really that both have since disappeared.
@@Krzyszczynski I’m quite sure fc has their grounds behind the leisure centre
These are amazing.
If someone went back in time, and showed them what a real science fiction horror this country is like today...
Absolutely brilliant, hats off to you for shooting & editing this magical slice of local history...please tell me who filmed this gem?
My brother filmed it when we lived in Elsinge Road. I did the editing to try and make it more stable.
@@clipsbyme its awesome thanks for sharing
Oh wow! Thanks for the memory! Where are you now?
Sad what happened to the area although very convenient if you only eat kebabs, burgers, fried chicken and pizza and are not interested in a wide choice of pubs.
I know people were supposedly poorer back then but that family looked like they were doing pretty well and the area looked a heck of a lot nicer than it does now.
I'm only 25 but this is soo amazing to see. Do you have anything around Edmonton ?
Lol seen many a punch up in the hop poles
I think it is after that date, more like '64 or '65