How things were

[emfrat]

I happened on this splendid collection of old films - it is mostly buses and trams and trains but there are moments of aviation interest; and of course the fashions of the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSJ1i9rdIO0

[Fozzer]

Well done, Mike!
London!
Memories of my dear old Dad (1900-1989) and Mum (1905-1992).
They both lived through this, together with my memories of it as a youngster in London (1934-....).
A lot of poverty, trash, and destruction.
Left over from Victoria times!
Most places are now a lot nicer.

Paul...London Cockney... Borough of Lambeth...within the sound of Bow Bells!.... ... ...!

[emfrat]

Glad you enjoyed it, Paul. I was born in Clydebank in 1949 and we lived there until 1959. I remember on my way to school there were just big gaps in what had been 3 or 4 storey tenements, only the gable ends with wallpaper and fireplaces still to be seen. On my first vist to NZ Christchurch, it looked so familiar.

[Fozzer]

Glad you enjoyed it, Paul. I was born in Clydebank in 1949, and we lived there until 1959. I remember on my way to school, there were just big gaps in what had been 3 or 4-storey tenements, only the gable ends with wallpaper and fireplaces still to be seen. On my first vist to NZ Christchurch, it looked so familiar.

It wasn't until the late 1950s and early 1960s that the Labour and Conservative Government Councils moved in, and all the ancient, Victorian building devastation and rubble were finally dismantled and removed, and the Towns finally got cleaned up, and the place looked clean and tidy!
Now, we have streets full of Chinese, Middle Eastern, and Eastern European shops...looking nothing like "England" as I knew it!
Sign of the times!.... ....!

Paul... ... ...!