Had to laugh out loud when he said - in 1993 - that Sneinton "is now again becoming a desirable residential area". That was just before it fell into the abyss of poverty, drugs, violent crime and dereliction. Fortunately it has been recovering in recent years but no certainty the recovery will survive the next government or the next war in Afghanistan.
What a time to be alive. People looked genuinely happy. So many employment opportunities, so many shops/pubs/entertainment. Now the UK is just miserable.
I remember learning about the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. I never fully understood how it could’ve happened. However this fantastic Time Capsule documentary shows Nottingham at its zenith. I’m only 30 mins in but I felt I had to comment (june 2024) The Broadmarsh shopping centre has now been demolished. The BBC Trent FM and Central TV have all closed down there offices. Nottingham Evening Post, which, once had a stranglehold on the news and advertising, the city is not even a shadow of its former. Self technological change has eroded the value of the retail Real Estate and the final nail in the coffin was the governments actions for nearly 2 years when most of the citizens follow the orders to stay at home. Nottingham is now going through a transition and it will be interesting to see whether it is on And accelerating decline, like the end of the Roman Empire, or whether in 2024 we have reached the bottom and a brighter future awaits. I do hope it’s the latter
I remember Dennis Mccarthy when he used to do little snippets of Notts and East Midlands news on the old Midlands Today which at that time was broadcast from Pebble Mill in Birmingham. He used to wear lots of stylish (for the early 70s anyway) suits! RIP Dennis Mccarthy - and I absolutely loooooooove Nottingham in 2024, always feel safe there and enjoy all the shops...Hockley is a wonderful neighbourhood with some great cafes. Bookwise on Goosegate is worth checking aaht....as is Doughnotts. Trams and buses so easy to use....and West Bridgford is wonderful!
Lived in Nottingham from 1960. Goose Fair in October near Mansfield Road. Bus fares were 3 half penny. Brewery Ship Stone Ale, Beeston Boiler Jersey Copwood for clothes and Nottingham Lace one of the best in the world. We lived in Woodborough Road. The last time I went there old houses were replaced with the most disgusting carboncous that devalue the street in the name of modernisation
i was 15 in 1993 and at the Nottingham Bluecoat School, this brings back so many memories. I left in 2000 and ive not been bsvk for 15 years but i prefer to remember it like this. I got my first work experience at central TV, its such a shame they closed it down. it was really a bad idea and the start of monopoly of London,
Fascinating film, which brought back a lot of memories of working for Nottingham City Council. I organised the Wollaton element of Brian Clough's Freedom Day and The Lord Mayor's Show 1988-1991. Good times.
I left Nottingham in '97 for a job 'darn sarf' age 28. Glad I did. I loved the city then but it is not the same place and the people have been replaced. Sorry if you still live there but it's a sh*t hole now. I feel nothing for the place. My city of birth has vanished
As a Nottinghamian of advanced years I wept a little bit through all of this so much so I intend to have a few days back there. I thank the producers of this video for reliving a lot of my history👍🏼
A lot of my past in this video. I went to William Booth and Jesse Boot school, my 1st nightclub at Madisons. Loved Bendigo as a kid .My dad used to clean the windows on The Royal Concert Hall, now my son and brother clean them to this day. Loved this!!!
My goodness, people loved to go into town in Nottingham. It was always buzzing. Love the man that quickly dusts off his shoes after the guy was sweeping. No arguement, he just dealt with it practically.
With what’s been happening in today’s world, it makes me wonder if the same loyalty to the Crown and ruling elite would be the same. That aside, thank you for uploading this wonderful set of remembrance’s
@ 10:59 i remember coming to Arthur Johnson's as a kid, and i remember both of these guys. The one on the right used to look like that ITV pundit, Jimmy Greeves.
That little road ahead of you at 1:19 is paved now with a tram track going across you. You wouldn’t be able to get there by train if you where from north Nottinghamshire like me then until 2 years later, Basically stopped my dad going to watch Forest when the trains stopped in the 1960s. Also That indoor market is dead with half the stalls empty.
there is evidence that neanderthrals still exist in the city of nottingham and they often use prehistoric language... "come on u reds" which historians should look into as to why homo sapiens became prominent
1982-3 Yates Wine Lodge, the Trip, Palais, Selectadisc, City Hospital, West Bridgeford all seems so civilized back then. Thx for the brilliant production.
It certainly doesn't. It's heart breaking looking at those lions in a respectful time period. I remember a few years back BLM broke a part of the one on the left and sprayed painted BLM on it. Filthy bastards. If those lions had a voice, wow the stories!!!
Used to love browsing in Beatties model shop in the late seventies as a kid, pure magic and then years later spent equally as long browsing in Rob's record mart.
I really enjoyed watching the footage of the coronation celebrations in wollaton Park. My mam only lived around the corner .she would have been almost 12 and was properly there with her mam and sister .
Over the years i noticed everywhere seems to look the same /motorway toilets / inner cities it is like i can be anywhere apart from historic buildings that tell me i am not in my own town centre do you know what i mean?
Everywhere used to have it's own uniqueness, towns now have bulldozed historic buildings to make way for three lane ring roads and the same retail parks with the obligatory costa, Halfords, pets R us etc.
