I was 5 that year living in Brixton. Had a Nan in Kennington and Aunt and Uncle in Walworth. We used to go Brixton Market in the week and Saturdays and East Lane on Sundays . Like many, Id always get a glass of sarsprilla. Best times sadly just about all gone.
We moved into Knight's House in 1968-69, had the camera person caught me, I would have been darting through the crowd, bringing two bottles of Sarsaparilla home for mum and a bottle of Lemonade for my dad. The roasted chestnuts during Christmas, music from the record shop, the moment of silence for the war dead. It's all still clear in my mind, and I've lived in the USA since 1981
My auntie lived on east street in a flat there , and my grandad was a totter round the elephant , my Nan lived in new church road , and my great Nan and grandad , just off Wyndham road .my childhood is full of happy memories from round that manor .
Many a time I would go with my father, here and Petticoat Lane, but around early 50s. This was when London was full if Londoners, if you meet one now you say snap.
Prices are decimal so it is some time after Jan 1971 and given that at 2:44 the prices are in the 'old' £/S/d then in must be right around that date. It is also a windy day (the clothes are swinging on the rails) and the woman stall-holder with her back to the camera at 3:20 thought it has caught the back of her skirt and swiftly moves to hold it down!
@@louistracy6964 Disingenuous comment to say the least, because the national numbers were usually sensibly managed until the late 1990s when the average annual numbers were about 40,000 up until then, now they're 750,000 a year which is unsustainable, so just because London had very small amounts of new arrivals in years before this there's no way you can say there hasn't been a huge change in the demographic in a tiny amount of time, which is incredible when you look at videos like this.
