The “music” in this video is horrible, strange and weird. Very inappropriate and off putting. The Collection is stunning, (I was there last December), but found they do not accept ANY credit cards in the gift shop; this is very peculiar for a major international art collection ! Why ? And the staff were snooty and dismissive. Several had no idea where the gold boxes were, or even if they had any. So much for their knowledge and qualifications for working there. And as for asking where the toilets were; well, that was the last straw. The young man at the bottom of that staircase just looked down his long nose at me and waived his arm in the air pointing to nowhere in particular. Typical of England; it is quite alright to insult people because they are only the peasants come to view OUR treasures.
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Well they seem to knock things down an close Banks an police station's,that was a good idea,someone had a thought bubble did they,pity,i loved Bromley when young,my uncle brought a house there just before the war,was like the country side in those days,
All Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante Le Nozze Di Figaro: Overture Requiem, KV. 626: III. Sequentia - Lacrimosa finding the music is the hardest part!
Thanks for these, as has been said before, we have lot of "listed" buildings now, but when we see what has been destroyed to make way for boring rows of samely houses, it is a total sacrilege. Thanks for the snippet about one of the worlds great guitarists, Peter Frampton.
Nick...thank you for those photos - they brought back a lot of memories. I left the UK around 60 years ago (I've lived here on an Island on the Andaman Sea for the past 25 years or so), but I still remember many of the places in and around Bromley. It was an evocotive experience looking at those photos...I could almost hear the ghosts of childhood friends wispering in my ear! Thank you again! The experience was very much appreciated. 😃😄😀
I grew up in Bromley - Durham Road. I remember Henekeys (not mentioned in the video), the Railway Signal, Cater's Supermarket, etc., I went to Bromley Tech - I was known as 'Jonah.' I now live on an island in the Andaman Sea - thank God I had the sense to leave the place! 🤫🤭🤔
Thanks for these videos, just found them, when we see all the fabulous old buildings lost to "development" that are far better than many of the so called "listed" buildings that are left it is so very sad. What wonderful days they must have been!
Song credits Song: 1812 Overture, Op. 49 Artist: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Philip Ellis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Philip Ellis Album: A Royal Christmas for the Queen
Όι χώροι αυτοί είναι εντυπωσιακοί κ συγχρόνως καλαίσθητοι Δεν βλέπεις καμμιά υπερβολή στον εκπληκτικό διάκοσμο Όσο αναφορά τά αντικείμενα τό ένα συναγωνίζεται τό άλλο σέ ομορφιά κκομψότητα Εξαιρετική ή επιλογή τής μουσικης κ εκπληκτική ή φωτογράφιση Από Ελλάδα
I lived in Bromley 1966 to 2003 I was a Police Officer at the Widmore Road Station (now private apartments) . In the 60s and 70s Bromley was a lovely market town with the High Street full of good quality shops. In my humble opinion the decline in the town started with the Glades shopping centre, the town lost its character and charm, when you are in these modern shopping centre’s you could be in Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells or many other towns. IT IS DEFINITELY NOT THE BROMLEY THAT I KNEW.
Apsley House is situated at 149 Piccadilly, London W1J 7NT England. It is closed now. Open at 11.00 local time. Have a great day. Greetings from Amsterdam. AA❤😊
Born in Beckenham in 1949 I spent a lot of time in Bromley in the 50s being taken there to the shops and to visit my aunt by my mum, (on the 227 bus!) and most of the mid 1960s was spent walking up and down the high street between the Bromley north and south Wimpy bars! It was the days of mods and rockers and Bromley was very mod. I couldn’t afford a scooter but my mate was kind enough to ferry me around on his. Bromley was very much the centre of our universe then. Sadly now it, like Beckenham, have become faceless overpriced dumps. I could never go back. So sad
In 1963 at the age of six I fell through the (very thin!) ice in Prickend Pond, Chislehurst .. my brother dared me to cross to a small central island. I was rescued by a policeman who dashed from the nearby station (now closed) and came crashing through the ice in his hip-waders. Yuck, I can still conjure up the taste of duck-weed! Somehow I think I will end up back in Chislehurst, even though I have lived in Canada for 53 years! I really enjoyed seeing these sights, and so many of the place names are completely familiar to me .. thank you!
Great video, lived here all my life. Grew up in Orpington and live near the site of the old Keston Mark. Amazing to see what life was like well before I was born. Thanks for sharing
Ahhh I have a question for you Simon, when we was little (I’m 51) we would go Keston ponds and as we visited the area there was an amazing window in a house on the A233 just before the shell petrol garage on the Oposite side to this, if I can remember righty it was a huge flower and me and my brother and sisters where so fascinated and exited to see it …..do you remember it as it’s gone now? used to love that window😊
@@paul-ie6wi I know that house. Rumour has it that it was once owned by one of the Bee Gee’s. The window was a style of cart wheel with orange glass. It was taken out years ago. The house is actually owned by a friend of ours, she still lives there and I used to live two doors down in one of those cottages myself.
@@simonatuniquepropertycompany that’s the one ! blimey what a small world, thanks so much for the reply that’s amazing, sorry I’m off on one now, the other thing that exited me as well was the cat and the bird on the roof of the ye olde whyte Lyon pub just down the road, I still drive past that to this day and look up and have a little smile on my face 🙂. Cheers Simon .
Having grown up in Beckenham in the 1950s, I remember a lot of the old buildings and views. I don't think Bromley has changed for the better, but then neither has Beckenham!
Oh yes - had forgotten the Co-op, and after it closed there were lots of small shops and businesses in that building. I remember Martin who had a shop with incense and candles and all those sort of "mystic" type things.
