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Bedford UK Town Centre 1985 Part 1 

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In answer to previous questions, the car was a yellow Renault of some kind, with Lee (my cousin) driving while I recorded, using a JVC video camera with a cable connector to a full size VHS recorder running a 12v lead acid battery. Between parts 1 and 2 we stopped at Bedford park and recorded some students singing and dancing. The first time this was on YT it had 37,000 hits, but it was deleted. This is the third version I have uploaded. The music was recorded by myself and Lee, we were only messing about with my synths at the time and would have done a better job had we known that people would be watching 29 years later, check out more ancient clips on Emerton321 RU-vid channel.
On The Embankment, what was the Plaza (aka Century, aka The Nite Spot) is demolished, but you can still see red paint on the wall where the projection room would have been. The building still standing was the museum at this time, although it was originally built as an skating rink (afaik, sorry if this is not strictly true). If you watch the Raft Race video on the Emerton321 YT channel, you can see the museum in the background as this was filmed from the other side of the river. The full version of this film is now uploaded, it includes some of the Bedford Park footage and has been frame stabilized where it had dropped frames at the beginning.

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@lxsapphirexl
@lxsapphirexl 11 месяцев назад
I was a child growing up in the 80s. in 1985 i was 8 years old and remember Bedford town very well. Pick & mix at Woolworths, C&A store, the Beehive! So nice to see people just sat having a chat and people watching, not glued to mobile phones!! Life was so much better back then😥😥
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 10 месяцев назад
Pick and nick....
@acolegenda3663
@acolegenda3663 4 месяца назад
yappuchino mate, melt
@MuddyZen
@MuddyZen 10 лет назад
This is great! Grew up in Bedford for 25 years from 79 to 04, this is a real blast from the past, thank you :)
@acolegenda3663
@acolegenda3663 4 месяца назад
you absolute spanner
@markmason-hd4md
@markmason-hd4md 5 месяцев назад
Great thanks for the upload, brings back memories. I was 14/15 in 1985, the year of the B & C Reg motors. I purchased my first Sony Cassette Walkman from Dixons in Bedford in this year.
@raysrcsandtech
@raysrcsandtech 8 лет назад
Thanks for posting this, from Bedford and it's amazing how to changed. Remember going into the beehive and C&A as kid, how times change.. After almost 40 years I moved away to Canada so see Bedford every few years.
@NintyGuy999
@NintyGuy999 3 года назад
Better times! Everyone looked so much happier and friendlier, nowadays you would get stabbed for looking at someone the wrong way
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 2 года назад
Better times back then ....
@suki1978
@suki1978 Год назад
My dad had a shop on Midland Road called Janta (1977-1998) it was going down hill fast due to the idiotic council.
@NintyGuy999
@NintyGuy999 Год назад
@@suki1978isn't there a premier called janta on goldington road still?
@suki1978
@suki1978 Год назад
@@NintyGuy999 yes that was the original it use to belong to my Uncle on my mother he persuaded my parents to come to Bedford and helped my father set up his business. The Goldington Road is now run by my Uncle's grandson & his wife
@user-fm9zo5le2v
@user-fm9zo5le2v Месяц назад
diversity
@superlornap
@superlornap Год назад
Blimey this is a blast from the past! Studied there 84-88 and have some great memories. Worked in the Saracen's Head pub in 87.....may be going back soon to see how things have changed.
@suki1978
@suki1978 Год назад
Not there anymore
@superlornap
@superlornap Год назад
Yes I went back to have a walk around and saw the plaque to say where it stood. It was a pretty depressing walk around the town centre with so many shops closed. But I can see little glimmers of hope to bring life back to Bedford with maximising the river areas and the concerts in the park.
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 10 месяцев назад
​@superlornap glimmers of hope? Good god almighty are you sure?
@BanglaPassion
@BanglaPassion 8 лет назад
wow people looked so much happier then.
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 2 года назад
Better times back then in nearly every way possible
@R-E-D-A-C-T-E-D.
@R-E-D-A-C-T-E-D. Год назад
There is a reason why people looked happy... It's because there Is no modern day technology. No iphones. No teenage girls being absolute bitches Just simple things.
@Sparx632
@Sparx632 11 месяцев назад
@@peternagy-im4beunless you were a woman or a minority
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 11 месяцев назад
@@Sparx632 please don't be so silly.
@Sparx632
@Sparx632 11 месяцев назад
@@peternagy-im4be Not silly at all. If you were gay you were classified as mentally ill, accused of spreading aids and couldn’t get married or adopt kids. If you were trans you may as well not have existed. If you were black or Asian, racism, especially systematic was more rampant than it is today. If you were a woman you were not equal in the work place, were expected to be at home keeping it clean and having kids and you’d be considered a rebel for daring to wear anything that isn’t a dress or a skirt. Climate change was already in progress but nobody wanted to acknowledge it. Things were not better back then, we’ve become a much more open and accepting society that’s actually aware of the issues we’re facing and willing to tackle them and we’ve advanced massively scientifically, medically and technologically and it takes real privilege to think that things have gotten worse. Only issues we’re facing are due to nationalism, conspiracy and politicians who don’t care about what’s actually good for people. That’s why we had Brexit and Covid run down our economy and cause problems like we see in Bedford today with all the shops shutting down.
@anthonymills7302
@anthonymills7302 9 лет назад
This is so cool! I was stationed at RAF Chicksands in the 1980's and use to ride this bus every weekend to go shopping in the town center. I hope it is still beautiful now as it was back then.
@puttington4343
@puttington4343 8 лет назад
The Embankment is still nice, but other areas have gone downhill
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 2 года назад
I have news for you. It isn't.
@LorFire
@LorFire Год назад
Nope, it’s a pure shithole and they dont spend the money in the right places… if they spend any money at all
@johnwilliams2479
@johnwilliams2479 Год назад
I know Chicksands well my grandparents brought land in Shillington in the mid 50s
@lxsapphirexl
@lxsapphirexl 11 месяцев назад
You may have known my stepdad who was stationed at Chicksands in the 80's, his name is Tom Crouch😀
@OneEyePI
@OneEyePI 9 лет назад
Love the music in this
@ciarade1aney
@ciarade1aney 5 дней назад
this is so cool to look as someone who was born in 2006 and has only been in bedford their whole life, seeing some stores that are still there and seeing it way less pedestrianised than it is now
@BrooksMinney
@BrooksMinney 4 дня назад
Nowadays it's non stop crackheads and weirdos on those streets now
@CreamOfBeats
@CreamOfBeats 11 месяцев назад
This is awesome. Thank you! I moved from Bedford in 1986. Lived in Queens Park and Brickhill. If Jason Randall or Canuthe Cato see this (my two best friends), This is Zack! Hit me up! 😛
@MrJiggz09
@MrJiggz09 9 месяцев назад
Hiya, I'm Canuthe's nephew, sitting with him, and he says hi and going through memories with me 😂
@sweetdragonsland
@sweetdragonsland 10 лет назад
I was 3 :) but I've grown up in bedford I do remember some of these old shops and have seen changes. I can't remember when they paved the road thou. Defiantly c&a stays in my mind.
@Tigerskys-6699
@Tigerskys-6699 Год назад
Worked in Bedford at Colley Sampson Estate Agents 82-84. Searched for street scenes Bedford 1980s and didn't think I'd find anything so thank you! Nan had a house in The Grove, just up from the The Three Cups pub
@Englishsea24
@Englishsea24 7 лет назад
I was born in Bedford in 1984. A lot has changed since then
@emzt5289
@emzt5289 4 года назад
I was born there in 1984 too!
@ChuckieFinzter
@ChuckieFinzter 3 года назад
I left bedford in 84. Lol
@suki1978
@suki1978 Год назад
I was born in 1978 and grew up on Midland Road Bedford.
@billb7876
@billb7876 Год назад
Looks like Lee took a fancy to the large lady crossing at 1.55 ish lol (great vid thanks)
@goneforapee
@goneforapee 2 года назад
Bring back the 80s , what a decade ! Did you notice on 34 secs the blue astra actually stopped at the junction , before pulling out .Things like that dont happen in 2022.
@D-777i
@D-777i 3 месяца назад
The year I started work. Happier more carefree times...
@manofweed1
@manofweed1 8 месяцев назад
Amazing to think that in living memory what antique cars were still in daily use then.
@lesleyscott938
@lesleyscott938 2 года назад
So sad to see how rundown its become and no shops ...
@suki1978
@suki1978 Год назад
It is sad but that's down to us for letting idiotic council ruin it.
@lesleyscott938
@lesleyscott938 Год назад
@suki1978 when I was a kid Bedford was incredible to visit its heartbreaking to see it now ...
@suki1978
@suki1978 Год назад
It's down to the council incompetency and the private landlords greed.
@covidwasacon
@covidwasacon Год назад
It's not incompetence...its a plan that's happening across every town in the UK. Believe it or don't...but it's happening
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 10 месяцев назад
​@covidwasacon you've hit the nail on the head
@jon9218
@jon9218 5 месяцев назад
Worked there in the 70's do not remember it being like that.
@Emerton321
@Emerton321 10 лет назад
Bedford UK Town Centre 1985 full version. The full version of this film is now uploaded, it includes the Bedford Park footage and has been digitally stabilized were it had dropped frames at the beginning.
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 2 года назад
Some of the synthesizer sounds a bit like early Human League.
@chattycathy1674
@chattycathy1674 10 лет назад
How brill is this?! I wish I could find footage from bk in the day of my town xx
@pauldrewery6313
@pauldrewery6313 11 месяцев назад
And now it's a ghost town... So sad.
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 10 месяцев назад
Much like many other towns in England.
@jennifersmith-pp6uw
@jennifersmith-pp6uw 8 месяцев назад
Remember it well, great to see it, back in the day, 😅😅😅
@monicajarrold2520
@monicajarrold2520 2 года назад
Look amazing in them time peace and joy
@ABCis123
@ABCis123 2 года назад
The McDonald’s on the high street is still there
@SNAFUferret
@SNAFUferret Год назад
Shocking number of Allegros and a bonkers soundtrack.
@bubble22213
@bubble22213 10 лет назад
1:10 isn't that where the harpur center is ?
@Pavan-rz9uo
@Pavan-rz9uo 2 года назад
Kindness is free
@Tomorrowboymex
@Tomorrowboymex 2 года назад
Very scary music
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be Год назад
Home made synthesiser music
@PECKTHERECK
@PECKTHERECK 7 месяцев назад
I would love for someone to watch this and recognise themselves or a friend/relative
@BedfordRovers
@BedfordRovers 3 года назад
Great Video. #BedfordRovers.
@BlockABoots
@BlockABoots 10 лет назад
How on earth do you have the foresight to do this!!!?
@BlockABoots
@BlockABoots 10 лет назад
Do you have anymore footage kicking about, would love to see it
@Emerton321
@Emerton321 10 лет назад
Only the stuff that's on Emerton321 YT channel
@janeairvintage7416
@janeairvintage7416 4 месяца назад
Did an old woman live in a cave house under the castle mound near to the lavender flower beds facing the river ???? Am sure it was real
@freemanv4056
@freemanv4056 6 лет назад
Bedford has changed - and not for the better. So many shops shut in the town. It's a desert these days. The place is getting more Islamised as well, which is never a good thing.
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 2 года назад
Same applies to England in general. Ridiculous numbers of mass immigration not needed and certainly unnecessary.
@suki1978
@suki1978 Год назад
Freemanv4056 • Sorry Don't get offended but this comment is idiotic.
@suki1978
@suki1978 Год назад
​@@peternagy-im4beThe problem is not mass immigration but the indigenous people of this country not upgrading infrastructure . But the indigenous idiots vote these idiots back in power and let them off when they screw up.
@Sparx632
@Sparx632 11 месяцев назад
It’s not getting more “Islamised” it’s just getting more people who are Muslim since they have every right to live where they want. Ultimately this country is becoming more and more irreligious which is a good thing.
@colinl9018
@colinl9018 Год назад
Haven't they heard of pedestrian crossings?
@MrSteve453
@MrSteve453 3 года назад
Such a shame this lovely town now resembles a third world ghetto where the english language is now a rarity
@DreG884
@DreG884 3 года назад
Erm no it doesn't! What a stupid comment, you probably met two people who spoke s different language and you were in shock and horror.
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 2 года назад
@@DreG884 Actually he's correct because of the unlimited mass immigration. And i was one of them. Your country does not look after your own English born and raised.
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be 2 года назад
Correct i came from Hungary to work for one year and if you walked through the town hardly any English is spoken. Unbelievable place.
@elijahd7388
@elijahd7388 2 года назад
I don’t understand what’s wrong with that. You people always get angry at people coming to your country but forget what you all did from 1400-1900 . So many countries invaded and taken over by you all. Bedford is an amazing multi-cultural place, and I would not change it for the world. If you don’t like it, MOVE.
@elijahd7388
@elijahd7388 2 года назад
@@peternagy-im4be well that’s just sad. The fact that you’re an immigrant, just like the most of us here, and you’re complaining about this. I’ve been living here for 14 years and know the deeper meaning of how people from multi-cultural backgrounds are treated. Go back to Hungary if you don’t like it.
@mistofoles
@mistofoles Год назад
I'm guessing this was filmed in the summer ?
@zardadkhan6092
@zardadkhan6092 Год назад
Video made by dashcam
@mautufaraniioapo2515
@mautufaraniioapo2515 10 лет назад
mautu ioapo bedford uk town centre 1985 part1 thonk you youtube videos goodday by now mautu ioapo thonk you in my loaptop compter thonk you 6.9.2014
@rushdenmotorscars
@rushdenmotorscars Год назад
It is still the same. Nothing changed.
@suki1978
@suki1978 Год назад
It has changed as you can see we had a busy town centre.
@billyb5059
@billyb5059 Год назад
I don't think this is 1985
@peternagy-im4be
@peternagy-im4be Год назад
Definitely is
@sweetdragonsland
@sweetdragonsland 10 лет назад
I was 3 :) but I've grown up in bedford I do remember some of these old shops and have seen changes. I can't remember when they paved the road thou. Defiantly c&a stays in my mind.
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