Truely nostalgic. Some of the streets in early part of the video are just right in the neighbourhood i was born in the early 70s, in the brazilian quarters on Lagos Island. From Bamgbose Street, Tinubu Square, and Broad Street. Most important was trip to see Father Xmas at Kingsway shopping mall on Marina Street. I remember those public taps for homes that did not have taps in them. Life was simple and fun.
As others have said, great film. My family left in 1976 and I have been looking to find such films of Lagos. Brings back great memories, we used to know the people who owned and ran the shops like UTC and Kingsway. When I was about 12 our driver used to take me into the back end of Lagos on his way to pick up my father after work. He knew everyone. always a safe place to be, first (and last) taste of a cola nut! I did enjoy the shots of Maria drive with the Elder Dempster building - that company used to run the Aureol from Lagos to the UK and also 3 day trips out to the Equator. last thought, swimming at The Ikoyi Club.....Happy times. ....
oh wow...i was not born in the 70's, i'm a 90's baby but i can almost see the similarities and recognize some landmarks....this is really awesome, makes me to wonder what life what have been like back then....
The Lagos that I remember from my childhood. It's striking how few the people on the streets are in the video and how light the traffic is, even on usually busy roads like the Marina, Broad Street and Tinubu Square. Those places were busier than this even then. It might have been on a Sunday or a public holiday that the scenes were shot, as Leventis and Chellarams even had their shutters down. These are all very familiar scenes from my childhood.
Thank you for posting this precious footage, which reignited my memories of Lagos when I first travelled there as an adolescent in September 1971 and lived in the city until mid 1973. Although I had the opportunity to see Lagos again a few times many years later, my memory of the first experience is the sweetest. It was different then and I miss the old Lagos of the early 70s.
Hi@@markr28m, no I attended LCS in Yaba for two years at the time, but I remember the soccer match against AIS. I was only 12 at the time, but the memories are vivid all these years later. Did you attend AIS?
As time went, more people spent an insane amount of time shouting God, lord and miracles. In doing so, they decided to forgo reality and their community
@@tmajeceveryone has the right to believe in whatever they want to believe in. I don't see how that has got anything with the leaders not doing their jobs right.
Just wonderful: so many memories of driving around Victoria, and Lagos Islands from home in Ikoyi in the early 1970s: especially seeing Chellarams, John Holt, and the ED building again on the Marine with the Aureol steaming away in the background, looking across to Apapa is breathtaking. Thank you for putting up this video.
Thanks Camilla Westin for posting this neat & memorable archive footage of Lagos in 70's. Without the whites who keep records so well, a big part of our history would have been lost .😇
Ok. This is so nice. Living in lagos now for 9 years now. 1. The population has increased lol. 2. No okada and keke 3. No noise from honking 4. Many companies were in lagos but not anymore. BP., Barclays. , etc. Those buildings have been occupied by SMEs 5. Did you notice the UBA house? I wonder what it was used for those days and the carpark was fallow then. How did the population increase? Is there a hope of restoring the beauty of Lagos?
Wooow 💕💖👍🏼✌🏽👍🏼Back then when Lagos was still very green like Accra & unpopulated with crazy folks 🤣 Lovely 💕💖💕💖 thanx a million for posting 💕💖 that music at 06:00minutes though 👍🏽✌🏽😂😂🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for this beautiful video. Seeing 'Chellarams, Leventis, Lagos boat club, the old Marina, Onikan, Ikoyi hotel, etc, brought back sweet memories of Lagos (in particular), and my dear country (in general). There's one video I have been searching for and I don't know if your grandfather recorded one - it's the video of 'Ikoyi Park' before it was destroyed to make way for residential buildings in the early '80s. We used to have picnics there back then, and the place was later allowed for seasonal parties like Easter. Thank you once again. Best regards.
I recognized Sangross market, catholic mission rd,bamgbose and many others ...my papa office at campbell by lion buiding police station....memories growing in peaceful lagos island then.
1976 Nigeria population was about 70 million.Now 2020, Nigeria population is over 200 million. Over population isn't a blessing to us but a course, Nigerians needs family planning
... because those who were empowered chose to show off their wealth instead of developing the poor ones. So the poor ones go tempted to "kukuma" steal so they too can show off their wealth. And people stopped asking questions, "how did you get this money"...
The time stamp seem valid. Notice how the person filming is sitting on the left hand side. The driver would be on the right hand side. Must've been before Nigeria switched to left hand side driving in April of 1972.
Good looking and well-ogranized human and vehicular traffic. Even climate change was not big issue then as Bar-Beach was not inundating as today. It shall be well!
Hello! Glad you like it. Please email me at saracamilla.westin@gmail.com and tell me what your documentary is about and then we can take it from there :)
There was a country. This made me cry. We wasted 50 solid years. We are just giving birth like fowl, no planning, no foresight. We went from 70m to 200m. Tbh, we are the true definition of failure.
I was born 1971...ebutte metta and surulere.....sad Sad sad why is 1970 Lagos more beautiful and cleaner than 2019 Lagos... corruption, over population , poverty and no fear of God of the Bible!
@@Progressivemilla Åh wow, vad häftigt! Jag jobbar med Nigerianska artister som var som mest aktiva under 70- och 80-talet, så det är alltid kul att se filmer från de åren. De här filmerna är verkligen jättefina!
@@ericwelles-nystrom5458 Jag tror att det finns mer filmer men som är mer av privat karaktär. Han ville ta en tur i Lagos för att filma innan de skulle åka hem igen från Nigeria :) Han var någon typ av ingenjör på BP under de åren.
scott free that is awesome the good old days ! did you happen to go to primary school in lagos ? i was in St. Saviors school Ikoyi back in the early 70' s
so sad the state and country hasnt changed much over the years , only thing that has changed is the way people dress .. now we got big boys and slay queens lol
@@Progressivemilla Oh my days, that’s so cool. They experienced some of the cool and swaggiest periods of being in Nigeria. I always told my Dad that if I had a time machine, I’d like to go back to the 70s and live like they used to, wear bellbottom trousers, keep my Afro & open a couple of extra buttons on my shirt while having a good time. Hope you & him have visited a couple of times of recent, to see the transformation both aesthetically & economically too.
Who did this? The same people who decided to wait for God to exact punishment, instead of going about it themselves. With time, they lost the idea of what governance meant and how they hold one another accountable.
Nigerian Leaders have no focus and lack of ability to maintain government infrastructure as a result of their greediness, nonchalant attitude, self centredness, above all, lack of love for the masses.
An agent of The destroyers of Unity, peace and progress spoted. I doubt if you're even Igbo. I am proudly one, but I think your comment reeks of sheer negatively daft exuberance. You need divine healing and rehabilitation.
@@jimmyjimmy6315 ok we shall see Igbos are enemies of their self so you want you Igbos brothers that has suffer to invest in Lagos state to loss all their struggle
@@rukkyolawunmi9752 Nah we will own Lagos soon...We are buying up your land,houses and chasing y'all down from Lagos to Osun,Ogun ,Ekiti,Osun,Ondo and Oyo state etc...