No doubt as most of us didn't have video camera's back then, or where they did, they were often the size of those dodgy Russian camcorders Delboy was trying to flog that you perch on your shoulder and are the size of a small car almost!! This is great though, I love this sort of stuff. Maybe its my imaginary rose-tinted specs but the world sort of seemed a better place than the trainwreck it seems to have become over the last few years.
Back from 83 until 85 I was stationed at Torrejon in Spain. My buddy and I decided to go to Torremolinos for vacation. There we hooked up with two sisters from Liverpool. Let me tell ya, we had some GOOD TIMES. Thank you Helen and Mary Thompson. Your photos are still in my scrapbook. Yeee haaaa!
I was 15 as well then, just thinking about getting out of school and getting a job, and what the future would be?. Turns out most of the future so far has been nothing like I thought it would be.
Man, you Brits definitely held it down with the music from that era. Tears for Fears, New Order (and Joy Division), ect ect. That New Wave stuff from the UK is my favorite!
Never did I envision the madness of the last few years though...But I must say this Tory government is even more out of touch now than it was in the thatcher days...But it just reminds me of the ill feeling of 1985 when everyone in my village rallied round to help the miners..Soup kitchens paid for by there fellow workers who showed solidarity and compassion for there neighbours who were left in need..That made me proud and I’m sorry but that has gone for ever and it makes me sad..
Friends on a trip taking it all in. Conversations uninterrupted by the ping of incoming messages, and constant checking of phones. Excellent, and nostalgic for those of us who remember the freedom before intrusive tech.
Intrusive tech ????? You can’t get any more intrusive than a video camera 😂 Next to the invention of the TV this is the top of the slippery slope where we find ourselves today
I'm watching this because of nostalgia. This England is dead. I was born in 1990. I'm mixed black/white and I only ever grew up with my white side of the family. So I'm completely assimilated into this culture and this film is very nostalgic to me. The culture seems to be all foreign now. Whether it's U.S. culture, or anywhere else. It seems that anything but "British" is cool now. And anything being British is met with heavy suspicion of things like racism etc. It was not racist or mean. It was a very nice culture. I have never experienced any of that from anyone with that polite traditional British culture. I really miss it. It was good to me and I want to be good back to it.
Nationwide 80 percent of the uk is white British, in most areas apart from some cities it is way more than 80 percent, we are not under threat. I was born in 2004 and almost everyone i grew up around was white English, so the culture i grew up in was too. This wasn't because of any choice on my part to avoid certain people, that's just how the people are near me. Ethnicities seem to live really far apart, they form their own little worlds almost, so i think the idea of our culture being obliterated isn't true, because we usually live in different areas from those of other cultures.
Americanisation of Britain has been a slow drip since post World War II. Seen the seismic shift during the 80s under Thatcher and Reagan, has all been by design and fully engineered by neo-imperialism and free market capitalism with the guiding hand of intelligence services, media empires and the quest for wealth transfer and funnelling profit. The dumbing down of the general public has played a huge roll in the passive acceptance throughout society.
In 1985 I would have been 4/5. It is great to see something that not many English people would have bothered filming but it is now fascinating to see. Seeing the cars, it brings back to mind a silly little hobby when I was a kid out on day trips with my parents in the 80s: I was fascinated with Ford motor cars, such as the Sierra, Escort, Orion etc. Especially the engine size that they used to have on the back of the boot. It was like I played Top Trumps in my head throughout the day. If I saw an XL, wow! Or the real special ones, like "Oh wow a Sierra Ghia 2.0L golden coloured!". My day was made. I don't think I have thought of that memory since the 80s! Thanks for the nostalgia.
Thats strange i had the same fascination with ford cars when i was a kid. Me and my mate would try and spot them . if we saw a ford granada our day was complete.
Right there with you about the Top Trumps in your head regarding the cars! I was just thinking how I knew every car make, model, engine capacity, insignia etc back then and now I have barely any clue or care.
Wow, George! Thanks for posting this. I was 25 years old when we made this trip across the pond. Our first time over. Sightseeing, going to Abby Road. Such fun! I've been there many times since, but this was the best. Much Luv, Su
Wow.....Thank you so much for posting this such a random find on you tube....and.much of this is Horley my home town, the church you visited was where i was Christened and got married, the car sales place was where my now wife worked, i bought a car radio from that stereo shop and lots of us locals drank in that pub the Game Bird...really took me back very nostalgic...thanks again :-)
I was 20 in 1985 and it was the single best year of my life so far. I had the most beautiful girlfriend in the world and had a great year together. Relationship didn't last but a year i shall never forget.
thanks for this upload, i noticed how you mainly videoed cars. It was nice to see you lit up when you seen the car hifi shop ha ha that's exactly what i would of done too. I was a young Fifteen year old car borrower during Nineteen Eighty Five, XR2, XR3I,SRI, there's even a little cheeky Orion i Ghia in there. But my fave of faves was the Audi Coupe in the hotel car park. Oh the memories.
As of Dec 2021 there are literally dozens of channels highlighting the streets of cities all over the world.. but this is from 1985!!! AHEAD OF ITS TIME!!
Thankyou for uploading this amazing time travel experience! I loved it so much. It took me right back... people reading newspapers and the sound of many conversations on the train... The old police car siren, the cars, fashions, hair.... so many memories but such good footage which was rare in 1985 as no one had phone cameras and film facilities. I’m guessing this was done on a cine camera or an early camcorder. “ just buy Time Out” 😂 yes, this was how we rolled before google to get information and we asked other people what they knew .... we talked a whole lot more generally!!
I love the 80's as well, you say fashions/hair yeah some were typical 80-'s and some people still wear now with fashions/hair-wasn't all neon/shoulder pads + big/really big hair after all! No way was this done on a cine camera with quality of picture/sound def a video camera-I remember my dad had/still has the The JVC GR-C1 camcorder released in March 1984! Which still look/sound crisp today as it did back then. Someone give me a one way ticket and leave me there-where in UK you from??
Thanks George ! I am an Englishman that would have been 18/19 in ''85'' . Curious to see & hear about England from the perspective of people from outside the UK as somehow it can sometimes be seen as a reflection of how others see us as a nation. I remember the 80's as a significant part of my teenage life. Thanks again !
I was in my mid-20s at this time and grew up in London. Didn’t appreciate then how much better it was ...than the London of the future was going to be. The tech invasion and out of control immigration have changed the character of the city. Like many others I knew there, I have moved away. I wonder if we will look back at London today 2022, with nostalgia in a similar span of time? Thanks for sharing your trip down memory lane.
Complete nonsense! I was 22 in 1985 and London born and bred. It was a total, filthy, poverty ridden, racist shit-hole then….just like it had always been. Why do you think we had just had those massive riots in London? Take off your rose-tinted glasses!
1985! Left school and got my first job on a factory production line, back breaking work. Twelve hour nights at £2.00 per hour and I still managed to save! Shit wages but the cost of living wasn't anything like it is today. I 100% believe that the country was a much happier place before the digital age.
I'm 45 and love watching old videos of cities during the 70s, 80s, or even early 90s. I'm from London, but I enjoy looking at videos from other parts of the world during the same era, and thinking where I was during the time. In 1985, I was in primary school in Central London. For me, I think nostalgia adds to people longing for a return to this. If I travelled back to 1979-87, I'm sure after a few days, weeks or months of living in the time, the novelty would wear off. I'm sure, there were people moaning about the way things were in 1985, and how much better London was in the 1960s. The only issue I have with London now is, it just seems too busy at times, but I guess it was always like that.
It's a window on a vanished world. I mean, London is still there, obviously, but it's changed hugely since the 1980s almost to the point where except for a few landmarks, it's unrecognisable.
I love this video for several reasons. I’ve lived in Croydon all my life and would have been 6 years old when this was filmed. I recognised the buildings on the train at the start as you travelled from Gatwick to London Victoria and passed through East Croydon. But it’s the little things you weren’t intentionally filming that makes it so special for me. The shop signage, the fashions, the haircuts, the ‘brand new’ B reg cars in the showroom, the car stereos which are now integrated because so many were getting stolen, the news on the radio… and nobody anywhere looking down on their smartphones!
I'd almost forgotten how loud cars, lorries and most jet aircraft were back then, before noise limits were a thing. Only a Rolls-Royce used to whisper along, nowadays it's commonplace. And so little "street clutter" compared to now.
A Mitcham boy myself. Back when this was filmed my Saturdays were spent hanging around the whitgift Centre. Train from Mitcham to west Croydon station. Was certainly "different" back then.
I would go back to 1985 in the blink of an eye and wouldn't come back to 2022 again. I was 18 then and went to Belgium to see the Ramones. It's a disgrace what we have allowed politicians and big businesses to do to this country.
Thank you for posting this, it's really fascinating, to look back in time especially seeing ordinary things! . cameras /camcorders and cine film cameras, are the only time machines we got.
Sadly The Car Sounds radio shop is no longer with us. Some do say though, that on a foggy autumns night in the wee hours one can still hear the ghostly sounds of 80's car radios in Horley.
I was born in Windsor (i was 23 in 1985)and this was great to see,brought back some nice memories,Windsor was never the same when they closed of the castle hill road and made the high street foot traffic only.When you put your vid camera over the castle wall,that was me and my sisters playground in the 60-70's,wow,never would of thought i would see that on video.Thank you for upload.
That car stereo shop is at 86 Brighton road, Horley, RH6 7JQ. It's now a unisex hair salon. Apart from that not much has changed in Horley. I used to drink at the Game Bird pub with my friends three years after this video was made, it was bonkers. Great to see all those old cars again, but damn they were loud, I'm glad manufacturers have sorted that out now, so much quieter. Thanks for taking the trouble to share this with us, I'll have to let my old friends know it exists.
MINI @ 20:47 untaxed since 1 August 1986 Escort @ 20:56 untaxed since 1st September 1995 5turbo @52:26 untaxed since 1st November 1996 Renault 5 @ 52:31untaxed since 31 December 1998 Renault @52:34 untaxed since 1st March 1989
You legend lol someone had to do it lol. The Gordini 5 Turbo last taxed in 96. I do hope it wasn't written off as it's worth loads of money now. As of this minute there is one for sale on eBay for £22000. Also I did see a XR3 ( non injection) near the Abby road crossing. I personally was looking out for a MG Metro but didn't see one in this video. 👍👍
When Britain was Britain , I’d love to go back to those days . No chance of life being so free anymore ,forward to 2022 it’s getting like the 1984 novel
Oh boy!! Nostalgic view of my old stomping grounds back in 85. My interest was piqued in the first shots of the train going through South Croydon. Then seeing the Game Bird pub, the shops at Horley, so much has changed but so much hasn't. This is pure gold
I was only a 6 year old boy during this time but I’m 100% sure Su would’ve made me feel all wierd and funny inside. “Kinda like climbing the rope in gym class.”
I was 15 in 1985,just left school and on a YTS doing mechanics. My boss made my wages up to £40 as I worked Saturday mornings and life was great, I felt like a rich man. It was also the year I found out what my sausage was really for. Happy Days!
Incredible, I live about five minutes away from Horley. You came all the way to England and stopped there? Did you get lost? Anyway it's still a crap hole 38 years on. Cheers
Hi i just saw this video on my reccomended section and clicked it right away! I am from uk and live here ..I am looking forward to watching all of this! This will take me back down memory lane for sure! And i loved 85..very good memories of that year..thanks so much for uploading this...I am watching it as i type! Have a great 2022! Sonique manchester UK
I was 15 when this was filmed. Never lived in London but did visit at least twice a year with family or friends. The traffic (cars) especially brings back fond memories in an otherwise dismal period of my life.
Fantastic video buddie thanks for sharing your memories as a English man who was 14 at the time is so lovely to see how my country once was. Unfortunately the London you and your wonderful family filmed in 85 isn't anything like the London of today. As someone who loves his country I could never advice anyone to visit our Capital city now as it's way too dangerous. Please believe me when I say I have tears in my eyes as I say that.
I was 20 in 1985 right age and everything for the fashion and music and films and culture , i could weep at how things have turned out now in 2020 , today people all over the world are in the fight of thier lives facing total global government control and dictatorship , digital id cards , social credit system , complete control by the global elites .....my dad fought in WW2 and what did the hell did he fight for ?....Communism it seems .....
just listen to the nostalgic sound of people laughing and communicating. i feel sorry for kids who were born after 2010 because they have to have it explained what it used to be like on a train or a bus when it was full of chatter and laughter, because it's now almost become like a paranoid silence an that was before the virus hit us.
I was 15 when this video was shot, such a great time to be alive. I recognise most of the locations too in this video so interesting to see how they have changed over the years.
@@_B.M_ immigration in europe increased crime about 200% on average. 90% of crime in london is committed by non natives ;) liberals like you are just too worried about the reality. i am an immigrant from south africa and i can tell you, if you import the third world, you become the third world.
