Excellent clip, I was born in Mile End in 1947 about 3 minutes walk from the Odeon, seeing that shot of it took me right back so much so that I can even recall the certain smell that cinema's had then.
The old boleyn castle part of which was Brownings Electric co ltd. They repaired electric motors and started in 1919.They are still going today,but moved away from Green st in the 1970's.I work for them!
Thanks for your comment and interest, I remember Brownings well when they were in Green Street as I lived right opposite the building, they used to employ quiet a lot of people, I think I'm right in saying the relocated to Barking ? thanks for your input.
The shame of it is is that Cockneys and the real Eastenders are disappearing people who can't afford houses in the City are buying flats houses in the Eastend local shops are turning into restaurants or healthfood shops....
Spitalfields is one area that still remains mostly in tact, [for now at least]. For example, Artillery Lane and the roads at the back of the Ten Bells of Commercial Road, are worth a visit. The streets there are a treasured snapshot in time. I'm a north Londoner, but it feels so homely in the east.
As a kid i used to love going to Victoria Park where they used to put shows on for children on a Sunday afternoon,then back home with a couple of pints of winkles to eat with our tea.
As I'm sure many viewers are aware, the Boleyn Castle lived on in its representation on the West Ham United crest, and in the big plastic turrets on the West face of the now defunct Boleyn ground.
I remember Brady Street, where my aunt lived, and Mansell Street where we lived for a short time after the war. Thank you for your video its very nostalgic,
Thanks for posting this bought back a lot of memories, i agree with the other posters what has happened to family values etc, i left england years ago back in 76 even then it was in decline.
Very nice, takes me back to when i was a kid. Spent many days over Vicky park @ a was always down Brick lane. oh and ASaturday morning in the Odeon opposite the station.
Born East Ham memorial hospital 1947 had a great life , apprenticeship in Beckton Gas works sadly the black cloud engulfed the East end left for California 1979, and yes, I still cry for what was lost!
tree mendous. love your channel (especially the (tite) and the music you have chosen to go with the theme is great. you got me, holging back the tears - cheers for putting the work in on this
I have lived in Plaistow since the mid 1990's its lovely to see these old photos of the area when it was still part of England. I grew up in Kings Cross,and remember Club Rows animal market from visits with my older brother Paddy we used to go down there with Harry Sheehan our local greengrocer who kept racing pigeons to buy pigeons it was like a zoo fullof amazing exotic animals being sold I loved it being too young to realise how cruel trading animals in that way was. Thankyou I love this vid
Too many people here have too much of a romantic view of the East End. People forget about the poor living conditions, the smog, the packed sardine-like terraced housing, etc.;East London has always been a place where people come to work, and move out when they can afford to & it's why your family moved out. The immigrants will always be an easy scapegoat for those looking back with rose-tinted glasses.
I loved this, some of the pictures have brought nostalgic tears to my eyes. Some of the comments however brought tears of laughter. Immigrants built this area. Eastern Europeans now. Kurds in the 90's Asians in the 70's, West Indians in the 60's. Jews before that, Irish, Russians in the late 1800's Huguenots in the 1500's. However as this was the economic result of available cheap (substandard) housing which has now disappeared in the East end I suppose it will stop. If Ive offended I beg forgiveness but I feel it was the very willingness to accept people who "mucked in and didn't take liberties" that made the East End such a magic place to be a kid in the 50's
Omg look at Green street back then. Wow! The only difference is that, I never grew up in that time. Still growing up in the 2010s Lol. Compare this to now and it is clear that the 2010s aint got sh*t on the 30s, 40s, and 50s. The 2010s is a very unpleasnt time to grow up in, to be honest.
I remember much of this from my youth. Not the real old stuff but the pics at the beginning. Bought the beatles white album from the row of shops in the pic of Green st. Some great memories no matter what anybody says.
How enjoyable and informative. We make hires gopro walk through's of contemporary London on youtube and it's great for us to see the comparison. London is still pretty spectacular. Thank you for adding it, we've subscribed.
i worked at brownings electrical back in the 60s in green st they did rewinds on motors cant remember if the castle was still there then ? still nice to see it tho', thanks again
There are places I remember All my life, though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I've loved them all ------------------------------------------ this about sums it up for me imo
Thank's for your interest, the photo's I used in this video cover a fairly wide timescale, ranging from the early 1920s through to the 1950s, of the picture's I used only the view of Sclater St E1 and to some extent Green St E13 bear any resemblance to what can still be seen now, everything else has long gone.
could you please tell me if there is a date on the last picture as there is a very great chance that the people on the horse and cart are my father and grandfather,
@trippy119 Have to agree may have been shabby and run down but the streets were ours. We didn't spend hours in doors stuck on some machine or another. We grew up having the time of our life making our own fun and went for miles to do it. No fear of being mugged then. The east end was full of gangsters but they did not harm their own.
Communties the UK government brought to the UK to clean up after the mess UK made after world war 2. Stfu u racist pussios. Without "immigrants" there would be no london
Are there any of these old buildings still standing i would love to go to London some day.I prefer the look of the old Cinemas than the new modern ones.
***** Thank you for your interest, sorry if it disappoints you but I'm afraid that apart from a few exceptions virtually all the buildings seen in this video, ( including the two cinemas ) are long gone, thank you for the comment, hope you enjoyed watching the video, all the best.
MudlarkDiggingUpTheThames Thank you for your interest, your comment is very true but the Boleyn Castle was sadly demolished way back in the mid 1950s ( I lived right opposite while it was still standing) and they were Very different times, conservation as we know it now was largely non existent in those days and at the time literally thousands of important buildings were being casually pulled down all around the country with no thought given by the authorities to their historical merit in the mad post war rush to throw away the old and re build with new, the actual site of the castle laid abandoned for nearly a whole decade after demolition (I use to play on it) and ironically, even to this day has never actually been built on, the site is just to the side of the main West Ham FC gates for the entrance to the ground.
@@spiritoveradversity1 Sadly the football ground is no more - just an "affordable housing" complex (in your dreams). I remember going in at half time - when there was a wooden stadium, and the bus garage was at the bottom of Priory Road. Cheers, Les.
Thank you for your interest, you may be surprised to hear that the photos used in this video are from quiet a wide ranging timescale stretching from the early 20th century right through the 1930s, 50s, 60s and even one that dates from the late 1970s, incidentally, the building in the first photo, the Boleyn Castle in Upton Park was still standing intact right up until the mid 1950s when it was then unceremoniously demolished, hope this helps, all the best.
and you dont think that by living in britain, and having there children grow up here that they might not contribute something,bringing those ideas and cultural differences make things richer its not a one way street there are diffrent ways to look at things and thats a prespective they bring. before africans and asians lived in those estates white ppl did, they lived there because they were poor, they have moved up the ladder and so will the new immigrants in time. why dont they what?
Shame we can't mention the obvious reasons why the East End has changed and will never be the same again. Suffice to say, like Vinnie Jones and John Cleese, they were right, it doesn't seem like London/England anymore with all the foreigners allowed to settle.
The question is, what has every immigrant ever done including you, over me? Worked? No, not all, some but now, it's reached breaking point. If immigration is SO good, I'll bet YOUR country doesn't take any in, yet you think the UK should - hypocrisy from an immigrant hypocrite.
+marcjboy1 The East End was home to every kind of immigrant on earth in the old days. What a horrible string of foul-mouthed illiterate replies to this post. Is nobody capable of intelligent discussion any more?
bingola45, I'm afraid that videos such as these automatically attract uneducated, low-life cretins to spew out their hatred. And, of course, the person who uploaded this video is well aware of that fact. As I say, create a dung heap and you automatically attract flies. Upload a video like this and, sure enough, the bluebottles come swarming in.
Hard not to envy what they had back then, a REAL sense of community, there will always be bad people but these days neighbours dont talk to eachother and everyone is wary of one another. I for one will not die in this country (if I have a choice) because of what it has become, instead I will stack my money and sod off with someone and make a life elsewhere. People dont try as much anymore, family values and even relationships are suffering for it.
Ahh the celebration now of diversity in London and the East End, I hope the politicians are proud of how they have turned this area of London into a cess-pit of immigration. A once proud area of docks, working class images and now full of immigrants of all pursuasions.
i leave you perplexed, well as far as i know any colour of skin is the species homo-sapien, our skin is a product of our environment. also as far as i know muslim isnt a skin colour, it has to do with islam, the real problem your talking of is religion which i agree with since im an atheist. As a species we began in africa, and it just so happens that are groups decided to move out of africa a long time ago thus we are here, im welsh im an original briton your not, am i mad no we're all humans.
It's a shame we've lost some of the beautiful buildings, either through war or through dreadful post war development mainly during the 1960's and 1970's. But, the East-End had seen a huge amount of regeneration. Some may argue that it only benefits those with money, but that's never changed through history. Living standards have changed, but we are Brits and we constantly reminisce about the past, which is why are manufacturing has gone down the toilet, because we don't adapt to change very well. There are migrants to Britain, but again, that's always been the case in this country, right the way back through time. There's so much more that we have now than we've ever had... But sadly more hate as well, towards minorites and an increasing level of indigenous dysfunctional misfits who feel that the world and this country owe them a favour because they're white and born here. There's no benefit in living in the past, you have to take control of your own destiny and live your life, rather than be bitter and full of hate
haha your unbelievable , thats all you can really see is something thats diffrent and you view it as a threat, grow up and see that we are all the same species, and that were we grow up is what makes us diffrent not being less of a person, just diffrent.
and please lets not go in a circle with u arguing about what is it they give and ohh they were this in public and its not right, ive already explained that all. look over my replys if you want to see.
Come along, people! It wasn't all that good! Try dredging the pond at Victoria Park and you will come across hundreds of skeletons of unwanted babies. (That was once told to me by a nurse) I was born in Stratford in the early fifties, and there was nothing remotely romantic about my childhood! Nothing of dramatic importance has really changed. But we now have better health, and its cleaner everywhere! There's good and bad in all times. Were Victorians to see this, they'd have a fit!
+Nola Steele >> The music needed to be from the same time period. That was typical '60s sappy boring plain vanilla and was going to destroy the video for me. I muted it about 10 seconds after it started. Nice film with some great old street scenes.
+jack night karma? karma for who? for the poor starving east enders? what the fuck did they know about colonization? yet the working white people of east london are the ones who suffer as usual - not the politicians and royalty responsible, theyre safely tucked away from it all. Typical comment from a wet, poncey liberal
It's because of the politicians and the ruling classes that drunk peasants like you have a free health care, education, and jobs. Not to mention the millions that sacrificed their lives for your liberty. Study your own history. It's embarrassing.
