THIS IS STANLEY - Full Length Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2018
- On a hilltop not too far from Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland, the former mining town of Stanley overlooks rolling countryside all the way to the North Sea in the east and to the Pennines in the west. With the decline of traditional industries in the North East as a whole, as well as in this town, much of the supporting infrastructure has fallen into decline: empty buildings, a struggling high street, lack of investment by big business or local government until very recently, reputation for crime and deprivation, a town that according to both insiders and outsiders should be bulldozed.
Over a period of six months Simon Green filmed the inhabitants of Stanley and the surrounding areas.
A film by Simon Green www.simongreen.co.uk
Everyone's memories brought tears too my eyes what a lovely place too have grown up in the 50s 60s. Whoever made this film Thankyou so much and also too the lovely people who took part in this delightful nostalgia film. Xxxxxxx❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
being 23 and living in Stanley since i was born its really nice to see a video like this!! keep the spirit alive
Lovely delightful film of my old town. I lived there most of my childhood. Does anyone remember Dogards a beautiful department store in Front street Stanley. Went in there for our shoes etc. And Shimels loved going in there too see all those money shuttles etc. Does anyone remember those shops? Thankyou for uploading this lovely film xxxxxx❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I live in Canada now and it's been lovely seeing parts of Stanley and hearing about different places I went to as a kid. I grew up in Catchgate and recognize Linda Kirk. Used to play together as kids.
Kathleen. Simons. nee Johnson.
The council should open main street up to cars again and for the kids let them ride bikes over the bogs , I spent most of my time riding over the bogs some of my best memories
I left catch gate in 1990,to live and work in the isle of wight, I had so many brilliant memories and best friends some u still stay in contact with, but when I see that documentary 30 years later I miss my roots, my son wants to see my back ground so I will be bringing him bk this year and showing him the most beautiful countryside I've ever seen and seeing friends and family, love to you all
good watch, brings back memories me living and growing up there.
I want to go! What a delightful place! I have recently been visiting the North East and have fallen in love with the people. I’m due to visit again in a few weeks on a fact finding mission and I will definitely be visiting Stanley. I’ve been watching various TH-cam videos and some of what I have learnt scares the living daylights out of me! Despite this I’m still strongly drawn to the place and it’s people. Thank you for this wonderful wonderful video showcasing all that this marvellous places has to offer. Thank you to all the lovely people who gave their time. I stumbled across this video by accident but who knows where it might lead 😊
Wonderful comments. Please do visit, Stanley is a wonderful place.
the big asda was originally the Fine Fare my dad worked on constructing it in the late 70's we used to come from n/wales to visit as he lived in Stanley after getting divorced
My Grandfather was a hewer at the pit and lived at Quaking houses. Four uncles also worked in the mines where one of them lost an arm in an accident.
Another uncle drove a steam train for the coal company and although I live elsewhere
I am proud of my working class background and proud to have met such fine people.
I can still grow a canny leek mind, taught as I was by Grandad.
I would have liked to see more parallels between old era Stanley to modern day perspectives,: as per the introduction written statement. A good nostalgia piece though.
Back in the 60s, when I lived in a hostel for young civil servants in Highbury, London, John in the next bed came from Stanley. I imagined it to be a dark and dingy colliery town, so I´m pleasantly surprised that it´s surrounded by countryside. I later met a girl called Margaret, a soprano, at the Royal Academy of Music. We were just good mates. She came from Anfield Plain. If anyone knows her, give her best regards from Neil. I suppose the closure of the collieries caused a lot of social upheaval.
Thanks for the comment Joe. Stanley, like most of the former mining towns around County Durham, is a beautiful place.
David Mills. Jacky Mills brother. Class people.
good place
Not me busy tryna find me estate haha 😂
I want to go there.
What about East stanley no mention of that time to redo it I think
In UK and Falkland there is a town/city named Stanley, that is good to know.
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Looks better and better with the passage of time.
great place and still is my dad grew up in south moor from 1938 I visit on rare occasions beautiful place
I think the person singing at the start was my old teacher
What is the track playing at start
Traditional folk song 'Aw wish pay Friday wad come' m.th-cam.com/video/FYz6bd8mwyY/w-d-xo.html
@@simongreenphotography thank you very much
windmills lol
This is a lovely friendly look at Stanley? But it doesn’t show anything just the people, don’t you have have a football team, I do know you have a Bowls Club? So why not show the town Center?
Hi Rob, I did approach the Bowls club, but they were just going out of season, which meant there wasn't very many people around to talk to. There were photos included in the accompanying exhibition. The town doesn't have a football team as such, I did speak to one of the youth teams from the surrounding area, but unfortunately it just didn't happen in time for the deadline. The town centre was shown quite a lot, there just wasn't much to show as it was in serious decline, as is mentioned by almost everyone in the film. There has been significant investment in Stanley since the film was made and it may be that a film revisiting the area could be worthwhile. Thank you for watching.
@@simongreenphotography never the less I did enjoy the film. Better than other town films I’ve seen. I was educated in Germany and one of my school mates from that time lives in Stanley, another lives in Camberley and what a nasty place that is. I’d prefer to live in Stanley than Camberley. I will look forward to, revisit of Stanley when it comes out.