Scenes around Gants Hill including Clayhall and Valentines Parks on the 4th of February 1989.
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@anthonycliftonjones25646 ай бұрын
Thanks for the memories. I grew up in Gantshill from 1973 til 2000, then moved away for work. Sometimes change is good and sometimes bad. Gantshill is a mini ghetto/suburb of Ilford nowadays.
@storm36982 жыл бұрын
Ron Smith iI salute you sir. Short of a time machine, this is amazing and very nostalgic. I miss the gantshill of yesteryear.
@I_Be_Me Жыл бұрын
It looks *exactly* the same 34 years on lol
@rajnirvan33364 ай бұрын
That Odeon brings back memories of my 1st visit in 1984 age 7. Saw Temple of Doom and Ghostbusters that same year
@2007Tarkus3 ай бұрын
I used to work at Jessups as an apprentice from 1979 until 1985 when I got married and went to work at the Ford Tractor plant in Basildon, great to see Gants ill again
@beardedbaldie26982 жыл бұрын
Used to be such a nice area. Have fond memories of growing up there in the late 90s. It’s been in rapid decline for the past 15 years
@samali432710 ай бұрын
It sure has. I use to love this area as a kid. I remember the birds in valentines park. I mean the ones that fly.
@MJ-bb8op4 күн бұрын
Great stuff, if only you went 15mins down the road and did this in Leyton. I would love to see footage of 89 in Leyton. I still have family in Gants Hill. The house prices considering it was 89 was a bit on the pricey side too.
@cafsixtieslover10 ай бұрын
I lived here until I was 22 and moved away in 1977 and all my friends have moved away too. My only tie to the area all these years has been my mother and now she is gone. The area has gone down and I will be quite happy never to come here again. Valentines Park is nice though.
@michaelosmolski4 ай бұрын
Oh what memories, I remember working at Starbyte Computers which I think you can see at 0:13s behind the white van.
@cianog9 ай бұрын
The Odeon 😊 Remember going there as a kid. Now replaced by bland flats
@MrBrennan1181185 ай бұрын
Then they tore down the pub opposite too because of noise complaints from those flats
@cianog5 ай бұрын
@@MrBrennan118118 The Valentine pub? Used to go there in the late 90s
@MrBrennan1181185 ай бұрын
@@cianog Yeah that's the one. Faces is still there though!
@IlfordRetro2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully shot and with a good quality camcorder for the time too. Wonderful to see.
@anthonyp68107 ай бұрын
Omg that’s amazing. The cinema a treat to go. Looks so calm fast forward to current year high rise flats pace of life is fast it’s like a mini city but in the suburbs. I still live round here
@Bringontheasteroid4 ай бұрын
How this country has dramatically improved since then….that was satire btw.
@Shrek4ever6302 ай бұрын
I used to live there
@SpeccyHorace2 жыл бұрын
Nice. Was a child living locally at that time.
@9x9gaming85 Жыл бұрын
The houses look absolutely the same
@talmid2 жыл бұрын
Amazing - thanks so much for uploading this. I was brought up in the 3rd house from the shops at the roundabout end of Beehive Lane!
@anthonycliftonjones25646 ай бұрын
I used to live at no 51, close to Cranbrook Road.
@talmid6 ай бұрын
Totally different world now!
@celtickhan61362 жыл бұрын
Great video, feel sad about the Odeon though it was a beautiful art deco building now it's a ugly block of flats
@samali432710 ай бұрын
I watched robin hood and Edward scissor hand there 😢
@cianog9 ай бұрын
@@samali4327me too😅
@stephenhampshire28992 жыл бұрын
Ron P Smith - excellent work. Did you write the bio book about Gants Hill? All that is needed now is a sound track by Louise Wener frontwoman in the band Sleeper and born in G H in 1966!
@dannylandon129211 ай бұрын
Or Jules De Martino of The Ting Tings…
@samali43272 жыл бұрын
What happened to the birds at valentine's park?
@storm36982 жыл бұрын
They were enlisted for war and are currently in Spain
@samali432710 ай бұрын
@@storm3698ah yes they have now moved to Ukraine fella to fight Putin.