I am 21 & have lived in Dunstable all my life. From this video,if someone were to ask me which Dunstable I'd like to live in, I'd most likely say the 1966 version. It seems so much fresher & more like a great town. Now all we have are rubbish takeaways of all kinds , silly buses that never run properly and hardly any good shops. Now I see why my dad hates the town so much !!
I grew up in Houghton Regis in the late 90s/early 2000s. I moved away four years back and every time I return to visit my dad I can’t help but notice how far it’s gone downhill.
Left there in 1973 was a vibrant town. Went back 4 years ago for a visit. Gutted to see what it has now become. Estate agents, charity shops and takeaways. I would point the finger probably at the council for the high business rates. Only 1 question to ask the council. what economic progress have you achieved for the town with your policies? I see they now have lovely offices. I cannot see the town gettting back to what it was now with internet shopping. Video killed the radio star now the internet killed community shopping.
The town plummeted once the council sold off the town hall to Asda, now it is impossible to compete with their prices. Then the council discovered they were losing money in business rates and decided to increase them to counter it, meaning even more shops closed due to poor business and high rates.
Dunstable, A town ruined, the trade has gone the shops have gone, the Queensway hall has gone but hey ho we've got the busway, Dunstable seems to be a town to doesn't give a crap àbout the people who live in it anymore. More and more wasted money on traffic schemes that don't work. In 50 years Dunstable will be a ghost town that is just a major junction of the A5 and M1. But hey ho at least we've got Asda!!!!😬
@@milliehastings9904 Really??????? I was born in the town when it was a town. Now it is a shadow of the market town I grew up in. Desperately trying to get my ageing parents to sell and realise the ridiculously stupid price of their house and live somewhere decent.
Hi both, the Pink Elephant was in the building that Cesears Palace used to occupy. The other night club around there was the Beachcomber, but I’m probably showing my age now!
I grew up in Haughton Regis, Churchfield Road, and I went to Tithe Farm school, Anyone one who saw me would remember all these years later, because I was the only BLACK kid in the school. JOHN DOYLE were the fuck are ya?
And travel around the country today...most of the so called towns have become unrecognisable...and I have come to a conclusion,that I still would prefer the life,back in the sixties...you can keep multiculturalism/political correctness,and materialistic society we have today...just saying??
Multi-culturalism can be ok sometimes. Just depends on who you're bringing in. The Caribbeans always assimilated well. Grew up with a lot of them in the 70s/80s and they were as English as anyone. Seems a bit different nowadays, there is little to no assimilation going on at all. Lots of very divided and angry people. Not a good mix.
I am 21 & have lived in Dunstable all my life. From this video,if someone were to ask me which Dunstable I'd like to live in, I'd most likely say the 1966 version. It seems so much fresher & more like a great town. Now all we have are rubbish takeaways of all kinds , silly buses that never run properly and hardly any good shops. Now I see why my dad hates the town so much !!
The Motorway Age and the Motorway Injustices.
That's red light like HTF?
I was born in 65, and grew up in Dunstable so have many years of memories as it was before it began to fall to 'progress'
I grew up houghton regis in the sixtys,and it was a really nice little village then.
I grew up in Houghton Regis in the late 90s/early 2000s. I moved away four years back and every time I return to visit my dad I can’t help but notice how far it’s gone downhill.
I lived in Dunstable before my family emigrated to NZ in May 1967...
My home town of 82yrs ago.
Left there in 1973 was a vibrant town. Went back 4 years ago for a visit. Gutted to see what it has now become. Estate agents, charity shops and takeaways. I would point the finger probably at the council for the high business rates. Only 1 question to ask the council. what economic progress have you achieved for the town with your policies? I see they now have lovely offices. I cannot see the town gettting back to what it was now with internet shopping. Video killed the radio star now the internet killed community shopping.
The town plummeted once the council sold off the town hall to Asda, now it is impossible to compete with their prices. Then the council discovered they were losing money in business rates and decided to increase them to counter it, meaning even more shops closed due to poor business and high rates.
Dunstable became Dumpstable about 15 years after this film was made. Get rid of the bus lanes and the busway would be a good starting point.
TAXI ! Take me to 1966 Please ...
The civic centre is now an Asda
Dunstable, A town ruined, the trade has gone the shops have gone, the Queensway hall has gone but hey ho we've got the busway, Dunstable seems to be a town to doesn't give a crap àbout the people who live in it anymore. More and more wasted money on traffic schemes that don't work. In 50 years Dunstable will be a ghost town that is just a major junction of the A5 and M1. But hey ho at least we've got Asda!!!!😬
Mostly its destroyed the shop centre is ok
@@milliehastings9904 Really??????? I was born in the town when it was a town. Now it is a shadow of the market town I grew up in. Desperately trying to get my ageing parents to sell and realise the ridiculously stupid price of their house and live somewhere decent.
A sleepy little town near you to wide awake to Luton.
Does anyone remember the old dance hall near poynters road, round where the halfway house/premier inn is? What was it called?
Shereen Mae pink elephant
Hi both, the Pink Elephant was in the building that Cesears Palace used to occupy. The other night club around there was the Beachcomber, but I’m probably showing my age now!
LOL the traffic in 1966 is just as bad as today.
Dunstable was born in 1960s centuries.
that was weird watching that, nothing about the schools...
I grew up in Haughton Regis, Churchfield Road, and I went to Tithe Farm school, Anyone one who saw me would remember all these years later, because I was the only BLACK kid in the school. JOHN DOYLE were the fuck are ya?
And travel around the country today...most of the so called towns have become unrecognisable...and I have come to a conclusion,that I still would prefer the life,back in the sixties...you can keep multiculturalism/political correctness,and materialistic society we have today...just saying??
My thoughts exactly. Dunstable is living proof.
Multi-culturalism can be ok sometimes. Just depends on who you're bringing in. The Caribbeans always assimilated well. Grew up with a lot of them in the 70s/80s and they were as English as anyone. Seems a bit different nowadays, there is little to no assimilation going on at all. Lots of very divided and angry people. Not a good mix.