See the Leicestershire section of the M1 Motorway under construction and and scenes of the brand new motorway in use. See also busy roads filled with brand new "Classic" vehicles and London traffic in 1966.
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@robertjones-eb4xo3 жыл бұрын
FAME AT LAST, COULD BE ME DRIVING THE red "FLYNN " 6 wheeler 64/65, we were based Manchester . HAPPY DAYS
@diananash13 жыл бұрын
Great to hear from you, you are the second worker to have commented. You're right, those WERE the days.
@peterwoods53103 жыл бұрын
Back in 1963 I worked on George Wimpey's Lutterworth section of the London-Yorkshire M1 Motorway driving a Terex earth remover. Sometimes, whilst loading, the machines skidded and had to be given a hefty shove by a Caterpillar D8 bulldozer. My time with Wimpey was a fascinating experience. "We Import More Paddys Every Year!"
@x17aerialconsultancy512 жыл бұрын
Great story Peter!!!!
@byteme971810 ай бұрын
Always love their benders. The burgers were good too.
@Jeffybonbon11 жыл бұрын
dont you just love the music
@midsaint77612 жыл бұрын
what a truly stunning piece of history this film is . the sad reminder of cars and commercial vehicles of days gone by . the hillman minx and husky , mk1 cortina super , ford corsair and 105e anglia . morris oxford and austin cambridge . excellent footage of a mickey mouse cabbed foden wagon , in brooke bond tea livery . other wagons such as AEC , dodge, albion , and bedford tk , and ford d series also feature . thankyou for putting this on (-;
@adamski70013 жыл бұрын
Great - thanks! Wish there was more of this stuff around.
@librero4615 жыл бұрын
It is nice to see some motorway history, well done!
@kezbell15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your very kind comments. Planning in the UK has always been chaotic, not much different than the USA no doubt. In 1957 at the start of building the M! was projected to reach capacity of 80,000 vehicles per day by 1980. It reached 120,000 per day by 1961!!! Roads just generate traffic. Need I say more
@kezbell15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment, nice to know it's appreciated.
@Bevoin197014 жыл бұрын
Some very nice classic cars and lorries amongst that lot... Oh ! how I wished the motorways were that tranquil today... :-) Great Video. 5*
@TangoVictorSierra2 жыл бұрын
These days they are filled with bad drivers, e.g. people sat in lane 2 doing 50 mph.
@rodtemplar15 жыл бұрын
totally cool video, I remember when they tore up the forest in leicester forest east to build this monster they called a motorway. One day we were climbing trees and picking damsens, the next day watching earth movers and cranes :(
@kevlandy3 жыл бұрын
At least Leicester Forest West is still untouched.
@x17aerialconsultancy512 жыл бұрын
Malcolm, Great footage! Really well done! Its made my day!
@kezbell2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, this was never planned as a film i itsown right but was an afterthought using cuttings from other projects. Pleased you enjoyed.
@fastasfox3 жыл бұрын
Wow you posted this 12 years ago...Malcolm you Sir are a trend setter.
@diananash13 жыл бұрын
Thanks, don't forget I made it 55 years ago!!! And I.m still around.
@fastasfox3 жыл бұрын
@@diananash1 I can't even begin to imagine how you edited the film...no go-pro or filmora editing suit online 🤔
@diananash13 жыл бұрын
@@fastasfox Viewer scissors pegboard splicer - isn't that how it's always done ha ha ha?
@kezbell15 жыл бұрын
I remember going down the M1 in Northern Ireland a week after it opened and never saw another car. Then I was told there was a terrible accident on the first day and nobody would go on it. Eventually I'll get round to uploaduing M! footage 1960 when the first bit was brand new.
@diananash13 жыл бұрын
I did and I'm still around
@beauchampboiler15 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for posting.
@RoadCone41115 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! There is an interesting article on the motorway turning 50 this month in Top Gear magazine - a must read if you are a car buff! UK motorways had a utopian feel about them when they first opened - nowadays they are generally loathed. It's the same here in the USA with the Interstate system, unless you are driving in rural areas.
@TangoVictorSierra2 жыл бұрын
I for sure loathe the endless road works and so-called 'smart motorway' upgrades that take years to finish.
@RoadCone41115 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the UK, so the M roads have always had a soft spot in my heart. I can remember stopping for snacks or lunch at various M6 Services throughout the Midlands. There is little point for that these days unless you need to relieve yourself! It's much the same in the USA of course. Only a few of the interstates even have proper "Services" (the toll roads like the New Jersey Turnpike come to mind). Yes the interstates handle far more traffic today than originally planned for!
@mickd69424 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of triang minic motorways with the old vehicles and motorway without crash barriers
@kezbell12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind comments. Nice to have a response from somebody who knows his subject. Did you notice that the in-car shots in Baker Street were from a MkI Cortina????
@kezbell12 жыл бұрын
My sentiments entirely. M1 was to carry 80,000 a day by 1980 - it reached 120,000 in 1961. Roads generate traffic!!! Thanks for viewing and your kind comments.
@FordTransitvan Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thanks.
@kezbell15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comments. Two years ago I had to drag my caravan from Galway to Rosslare in a hurry --- you do need those motorways. But they tend to be the victims of their own success. Exciting days when they were building the M1 and the rest -- they were going to solve all our problems!?!
@kezbell13 жыл бұрын
No speed limit ,no traffic jams, but no crash barriers - loads of crossover crashes and littered with busted fan belts and boiling radiators. The cars weren't built for sustained high speed, cross ply tyres, no ABS. Those were the days???!!!
@hoagy_ytfc4 жыл бұрын
The comment about Markyate now being traffic-free (approx 7:30 in) is slightly odd given that it was already bypassed before the M1 opened.
@shmuli913 жыл бұрын
@Paspiedreamcast Yes, I know... I remember when thye first opened it (I think the Dartford Tunnel was open long beferoe the M25 was open all the way.) OI also remember when they built the Queen E II bridge.
@markmitchell4505 жыл бұрын
Not much I could of done it was the Yr I was born but I love the old trucks and cars and most if not all made in the great Britain I'll take every one of those mk1 cortinas and minis I'd be rich
@soundnicetome12 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the construction of the motorways spelt the death knell for the railways in general...and have never really recovered back to what it was.Very interesting piece of travel history,many thanks for posting. But back then all that empty road ahead...go on the motorways now and you literally take your life in your hands?
@dragosd4608 жыл бұрын
Stilll trying to find a solution for traffic in cities especially in london 50 years later
@daw1624 жыл бұрын
It's coming with autonomous cars. Then the roads will get crowded even with them, and who knows what they'll do.
@ulazygit Жыл бұрын
@@daw162 with them being all-electric, it’ll be easy … just switch them off remotely.
@rabbithog12 жыл бұрын
look at the country now, YOU ONLY HAVE YOURSELVES TO BLAME
@heathstjohn67754 жыл бұрын
Oscar Wilde's remark that when the Gods want to punish us they give us what we want , applies here. I've found in life that it's often from the things we don't want that we most benefit.
@livestock9843 жыл бұрын
Aye.
@mkfloyd91317 жыл бұрын
Liverpool to Norwich 7 hrs still no proper link but a nice drive................
@garethifan10349 жыл бұрын
Nice 'mickey mouse' Foden at 1,31..just before the continental makes started taking over and effectively closed down the antiquated British truck building industry.
@jondrizzle4554 Жыл бұрын
It's a shame but the continental trucks were far superior and years ahead of ours at the time
@fastasfox3 жыл бұрын
Love the fact that there was no central Armco 🤔🤔
@GTVAlfaMan13 жыл бұрын
It would have been a great time to own a quality metal detector, just think of all the possible treasures that were paved over.
@user-ky6vw5up9m4 жыл бұрын
Archaeologists were called out when something was found.
@transitcoffin13 жыл бұрын
wish it was like that no less traffic and best of all ne speed cam's :)
@sanctuaryism3 жыл бұрын
old comment I know but when did the speed cams start to come in... was before my time I would say in all essence.
@bottleandscrap7626 Жыл бұрын
Correct
@Emily-vs9ju3 жыл бұрын
5:31 Oh look, the now redundant hard shoulder “nah we don’t need a hard shoulder - they won’t notice if turn it into another lane....🙄”
@shmuli913 жыл бұрын
Do you know the reason why that short little spretch of the M25 isn't motorway around Dartford? It's so legally, ANY motor vehicle can cross the Thames at that point, which is why a lot of obviously motorway-standard roads in Ireland are still signed "N" instead of "M" - as parts of these roads used the old road as a single carriageway and the old road literally doesn't exist any more.
@jkk4514 жыл бұрын
terrible sound quailty, but really good video and very intresting
@jakewallin79984 жыл бұрын
Mate they think London was clogged with cars then
@luinesharpuines1925 жыл бұрын
Is the same everywhere here in Belgium the infra is also crap. Why ???
@shedontanks11 жыл бұрын
3> 3.35
@kezbell15 жыл бұрын
I take your point about service areas - you need to take out a second mortgage to eat there these days and I can compare with your Interstates having toured the whole of Florida five years ago. The European model is better in some coountries - no enormous expensive gin palace service areas many miles apart. In France and Benelux they have stopping "Aires" every 10km with fuel stops every 20 - 40KM. In Belgium if you buy gas they have to give you free coffee by law.
@midsaint77612 жыл бұрын
I WONDER IF ANYTHING WAS EVER FOUND ?(-;
@kevlandy3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Gynsill Studios was on Gynsill Lane?
@diananash13 жыл бұрын
No 173
@kevlandy3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that was quick! Quite often drive down there to get to Anstey.👍
@MrDaiseymay12 жыл бұрын
Why do so many film and early video tapes from this era, sound like they were made in 1930? even the BBC official stuff sounds/looks like it's been in the sea.
@glennpowell34445 жыл бұрын
Ironically if this motorway money had been invested back into the railway?
@heathstjohn67754 жыл бұрын
True; but few shall ever exchange the private, warm, and now entertaining space of car transport, waiting for you on the driveway , for crowded metal carriages, to which you have to travel just to reach, ( often in a car ), un-airconditioned , sweaty-or-cold,dirty carriages, shared with often rude , always thoughtless people , bellowing misery, gossip, tedium, filthy-language into mobile 'phones, departing , ( if it does at all ), when IT wants , not when the traveller wants , only to leave you at a place near to , but not at , where you want to be ; from which you have to travel again : by road.
@troublebrewing993 жыл бұрын
There probably wasn't any archeological digs back then, they probably just ploughed through everything.
@hugoagogo943511 ай бұрын
As they should do. Archeology should stay in the ground as it only interest’s a few boring people
@paraickelly44944 жыл бұрын
Built by Irish men, hard working proper men
@asensibleyoungman2978 Жыл бұрын
Little Irelander.
@paraickelly4494 Жыл бұрын
Go away little W⚓
@asensibleyoungman2978 Жыл бұрын
@@paraickelly4494 Touchy little Irelander.
@iainhughes66374 жыл бұрын
And where did it all go wrong. Things have to change the new word needs to be sustainably against the old word growth!!!!
@todlindley810110 жыл бұрын
Population Increases Generate Traffic !
@user-lg4vg6cy3fАй бұрын
It still is im 64 never owned a car waste of money 2:24
@speakfreeley44732 жыл бұрын
Commentary sounds somewhat amateurish in this.
@angloaust1575 Жыл бұрын
When they closed down the railways and increased road Transport resulting in more deaths!
@MrDaiseymay12 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and hardly a 'foreigner' in sight, all British made by British workers. How easily we gave up our motoring heritage. Tossers.
@markmitchell4505 жыл бұрын
Philip Croft how easy we gave up the whole country I'd say
@andrewoliver89304 жыл бұрын
It's due to the Boomers going on strike all the time in the 1970s. The millennials dont go on strike as they're not a bunch of leftie lay-abouts like the boomers were.
@livestock9843 жыл бұрын
Aye, would rather be speaking German as well.
@roadgent79213 жыл бұрын
@@livestock984 Jawohl.
@paraickelly4494 Жыл бұрын
Built by Irish men, ya 🤡
@scottpeacock54922 жыл бұрын
The motorway killed the railways with the axing of some of it branchlines and the Great Central Railways thanks to Beeching and Marble, look at the states of our motorways today chocker block and now the UK Goverment spending billions to reinstate some of axes Railways lines. Big mistake.
@alfredfanshaw47862 жыл бұрын
Marples who was a major shareholder in one of the civil engineering firms involved in building the M1. Tory sleaze is not confined to the present day.