@wordup 1944 you are talking about outsiders, your beloved Great Britain, went all over the world, and colonized people's country. Then the outsiders came to the Motherland. For example, the West Indians.
I worked on one of those tall buildings in London Wall in 1973, Royex House. I worked in London from 1972 to 2008. I now work from home and haven't been to London for years. Great memories. Love Valerie's outfit I used to wear outfits like that.
Valerie ending up walking down London Wall. I dont think those office blocks were ever fully occupied. now demolished and rebuilt in new materials with the odd overseas bank and traders in them, the split and move to Canary Wharf removed a lot of processing and supervision work out east giving more space in the city , likewise the press moved out from Fleet Street and the whole city is much quieter now, but a little more busy on a saturday. The Barbican Centre though brought more arts , culture and exhibition space to the city and I found Farringdon busy when changing trains one evening this month at ground level around the bars and similar.
When Billingsgate located out to "docklands" it really took the east enders out of London ( though a few their would have lived in say golden lane a mile walk away. In turn those workers moved further out to the new flats in Bow and the like. the commerce of london changed ( spitalfields chased away by the corporation of london and even Leadenhall Market is a pastiche of the daily trade it used to have.
@@esuavage dear father Christmas,I want less immigration, and I also want less Muslims, and I want less rubbish form Albania and I want the crap coming over the channel deported from one of the 4 safe countries they passed through...... that ok with you??
Never imagine people like Arthur are lone actors. If they were outside 'the system' they would be stubbed out long before the public get to hear of them.
....it was cleaned.... years ago! .....back in the 1990's. It may have been cleaned again since then (?). Buts it was definitely cleaned in the 90's (between 95 and 98) - when they cleaned several other famous landmarks including Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, St. Paul's, and Big Ben + the Houses of Parliament. All was done in throughout the 90's.
@@robtyman4281 yeah, I was involved with the refurb in the 90s ( dealing with the scaffolding bill at city of london corp !), but the london pollution since has affected it now on film, I suppose I should try and pop up to see it again - I normally go to the west end just before christmas so might do my little south bank trip first over to St Pauls and take a bus to Tottenham Court Road avoiding the jams in the strand
Love these old London videos. Hate the comments generally saying things like "back when London was English/back when things were better/back when London was white" and other racist comments. Maybe educate yourselves on why London became more diverse in the first place and stop being so bloody close minded.
I remember, back in the late 70s travelling on the number 15 bus as it went through the Isle of Dogs, and a couple of middle aged women were complaining/reminiscing of how it’s not like it used to be. I heard the same thing from a similarly aged pair in the mid-90s on the East London line.
We have always had immigration, but not on this scale...... from 1970-79 on average 75 thousand a year arrived....... nowadays we are having 745.000 thousand a year....... absolutely shocking
