London, England. 1961 to 1963

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London, England. 1961 to 1963

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Күн бұрын

Sight seeing around London in the 1960's Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, London Zoo,
The discovery Ship, The river Thames, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, The Blue Boar Inn, Leicester Square, The Monseigneur News Theatre, A wedding, London Hilton Tower,
Dunn & Co Tailors, Eros, Guinness Clock, Neon Coca-Cola sign, St James's park, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, London Policeman directing traffic, Buckingham palace, The changing of the Queen's guard, St Paul's, Nelson's Column, Horse and cart, Rag and Bone men, Petticoat Lane Market, Street performers and much more from times gone by.

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@Vertigo121 Ай бұрын

I miss those days when London was a British city😢

@Cliff589 Ай бұрын

so do i

@stepchicken3238 Ай бұрын

We have to thank the socialists for that.

@jcw9539 29 күн бұрын

Too late now …

@ruthbetteridge662 26 күн бұрын

Strength is diversity

@R_Jackson 18 күн бұрын

It still is a British city, and it's still great. 💗🇬🇧

@andydixon2980 Ай бұрын

Who wouldn't want to go back to this. Paradise compared to now.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

I would!

@roberts7961 Ай бұрын

Beautiful times we had, i was born in 68 and when we look back it was magic, no one had nothing but everyone looked after each other, the lovely times with Christmas, bonfire night, new year first footing taking the coal in at 12 to see the new year in, every house had a party well into the mornings, you could go in any ones house with a warm welcome, proper Xmas trees up. I could cry how our country has ended up in 2024

@elizabethpace1591 Ай бұрын

@@roberts7961 I feel exactly the same way 😒

@bath1968 Ай бұрын

I was also a 68 baby, go back in a heartbeat ❤

@jaydunstan1618 Ай бұрын

@@roberts7961 Rubbish.

@LynneFowler-h1g Ай бұрын

@@bath1968We P.I.T.Y. Y.O U , You F.O.O.L.🤦👎

@TelBil2010 Ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more

@johnmackintosh8113 Ай бұрын

What a difference from modern England

@Funeeman Ай бұрын

I left school in 63. Lovely nostalgic video.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

I'm glad that you enjoyed this home movie film.

@pennymalvern8689 Ай бұрын

This is looking back at what was 'my England'. I was 20 yrs old and nearly married. We had little money but saved hard and lived with my darling Gran until our new little semi was built. Mortgage interest was high then, so my husband worked a lot of overtime. To see this country now breaks my heart. But I do have happy memories of a country I was so grateful to have been born into, felt at home in and felt safe in. Wish I could go back to those times.

@photodom2000 Ай бұрын

Just think, all those kids in the video will be in their late 60's or early 70's by now. Just like me. I was 5 in 1963.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

I was 14.

@C.E.Thomas1952 Ай бұрын

I was 11 in 1963 and living in South Wales. My first visit was a school one as a teenager to see a René Magritte exhibition in the National Gallery or the Tate (can't remember).

@minty448 Ай бұрын

Me too😅

@robbojax2025 Ай бұрын

I left school in 1963. Lots of memories here. The older buildings were still soot dirty.

@johncook1076 Ай бұрын

The spirit of old England is present everywhere. Thank you for the video.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Yes, I'm glad that you enjoyed this home movie.

@johnfisher697 Ай бұрын

I was born in 56 and can just about remember this time, The "never had it so good time in UK history, "and a country at peace with its self for the most part. The real "swinging 60s" where just around the corner and all the things that came with it made sure our lives would never be the same again.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Yes, great times.

@tony-gb5ub Ай бұрын

That’s beautiful. I’ll never understand why the indigenous Brits would allow corrupt politicians destroy their homeland.

@Paul-md8de 4 күн бұрын

Well the " indigenous Brits" kept voting voting (mostly) for the corrupt Tories since "45" thats why !!!

@TheSecurdisc Ай бұрын

Nice to see tall proper Policemen again.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

You're lucky to see Policemen of any height on the streets these days!

@andydixon2980 Ай бұрын

Can't even find a short policeman these days.

@johnrawlins6147 Ай бұрын

I was born in 51 so I know what it was like, FANTASTIC, I wish I was back there

@angieetheridge6386 Ай бұрын

How lovely to see London as it should be, nice to see better times to look back on its a shame London will never look this good again the forieners have destroyed London for ever

@studebaker4217 Ай бұрын

I was 13 in 1963, and my parents were comfortable with me wandering around central London on my own when we took holidays in Hertfordshire. Not sure I'd copy them with my kids from 90s onwards.

@AlexDuggan68 Ай бұрын

So much better then.

@LynneFowler-h1g Ай бұрын

A.M.E.N 🙏

@rheailiarome2287 Ай бұрын

Those were the beautiful days that English people lived in England and were proud of their country. Most of them had fought a war to keep it free. Oh, how beautiful

@melonmaniac Ай бұрын

How nice. Not a single Pret in sight.

@JoshLevy-qf2us Ай бұрын

Before the invasion of the black mobile letter boxes!!!

@JiminyCricket8899 26 күн бұрын

@@user-co1wf3oj7gOh christ not you again Did you get lost on your way to The Guardian channel You just have to be a white, middle class leftie, your type are pathetic

@kookaburrakookaburra Ай бұрын

When London wasn’t a Dump. 2024 a Dump.

@dufud Ай бұрын

Lovely to see some English people in London for a change .

@Capedcrusader79 Ай бұрын

What a beutiful place to live ,,look at the state of it now ,,a complete shithole ,,even the nice places Kensington ,,Chiswick ,,st johns wood ,,have knife crime,,beggars ,,tough sleepers ,I wish I was young enough to leave ,,

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Yes it's very sad indeed!

@therespectedlex9794 Ай бұрын

You mean rough sleeper, not tough . Personally I prefer the term substance addicted tw*t. But I guess not everyone can work in showbiz.

@therespectedlex9794 Ай бұрын

Plus, they no longer have bears or sea lions at London Zoo. Were they on drugs, the animals? Hardly dear fellow.

@Capedcrusader79 Ай бұрын

Look at the police men ,,young fit looking chaps ,,you could rely on these bobbys ,,look at the shit the met take onboard now ,,,fat blokes and girls who couldn’t run 25 yards ,,gays ,,lesbians ,,not sure ,,Africans Indians ,,any old shit

@dannyh8183 Ай бұрын

Everyones happy 😃

@wallyreeve3690 Ай бұрын

I lived and worked in London at this time slot. British people on British streets, not an Arab in sight. No probs except for the C uban crisis. Great images

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad that you enjoyed this home movie.

@judiprince7727 Ай бұрын

No armed police london was lovely back then its all gone now

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

It certainly has!

@RollaArtis Ай бұрын

When people queued in an orderly fashion...

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Yes, those were the days.

@edwardharrington678 Ай бұрын

Good old days. I got married in 1961 when living in London. How it has changed.

@leinster22 Ай бұрын

Love those Morris Minors and Minis

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Those were the days when we had a car industry!

@mus139 Ай бұрын

Depressing how it looks now.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Yes, ruined.

@anoshya Ай бұрын

Very little obesity but lots of people smoking

@missmuffet3874 Ай бұрын

The widespread smoking partly explains the lack obesity. The other things are no junk foods and take aways/kebab shops, people didn’t rely on cars especially for short journeys, they walked and finally a lot of people did hard manual jobs and didn’t have labour saving devices at home so they were burning a lot calories off daily. xx

@frasegfunk9790 Ай бұрын

Multiculturalism definitely wasnt a thing back then, and didnt it look so glorious! 😍

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

I'm not sure that I would call London Glorious these days!

@frasegfunk9790 Ай бұрын

@@mackenzierough I agree its lost its authenticity, the architecture and history are amazing but without the people its just a shell of its former self, its just a zoo now or a tourist attraction.

@carlharding5311 Ай бұрын

And when the Windrush generation came over to drive the buses, do the nursing, get Britain on it’s feet and generally save our dumb white arses.

@Cliff163 Ай бұрын

@@mackenzierough far from it

@zeddeka Ай бұрын

Russian troll

@Michael-td3gz Ай бұрын

Wonderful

@elizabethpace1591 Ай бұрын

Love your videos 🙂

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Thanks you are very kind.

@brendanstoran7555 Ай бұрын

How times have changed??

@dufud Ай бұрын

For the worse .

@bren70ssss94 Ай бұрын

That fresh faced copper is probably in his 80s now , makes you think 🤨

@stephencurran5429 Ай бұрын

The year the Beatles arrived big time

@BritishNaturalist-vb8hj Ай бұрын

Yes & downhill from then on in.🙂

@johnp515 Ай бұрын

@@BritishNaturalist-vb8hjNonsense

@BritishNaturalist-vb8hj Ай бұрын

@@johnp515 Only to those that can't recognise real music.

@LynneFowler-h1g Ай бұрын

@Buralist-vb8hj

@heli-crewhgs5285 17 күн бұрын

@@johnp515From 1966 onwards, The Beatles played a part in the initial degeneration of British youth. British Naturalist gets it - most people don’t.

@michaelmcmullan2300 Ай бұрын

Not a gimmegrant in sight

@tattyshoesshigure5731 Ай бұрын

The neon advertising signs in Piccadilly Circus were wonderful to see, they often featured as ‘scene setters’ in British movies & TV shows of the 40’s - 50’s - 60’s. All we have there now is a giant LCD display screen, which provides no magic at all!

@janeforrest6838 Ай бұрын

Born in 1960 such lovely memories watching this,had best childhood ever going over the park to play coming home when we were hungry.Christmas and birthday was a wonderful time having couple of friends to tea and a cake.So much respect for our elders and people in authority,feel like the lack of respect is a big issue now.

@2006Crusader2006 Ай бұрын

When the world looked up to England!

@2006Crusader2006 Ай бұрын

@BabyGirlDontEvenPlay Yes, they did but you seem toknow better! Troll?

@2006Crusader2006 29 күн бұрын

@@user-co1wf3oj7g Get that chip of your shoulder! You may not agree so go back to your closet with your woke friends!

@David-uf8ex Ай бұрын

It may as well be 2000 years ago up to the utter dump London and most cities are today

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Yes, everywhere has been ruined!

@donwilsmore3945 Ай бұрын

Thanks to the likes of Blair and each successive governments….it will never be like this again !…sad for future generations!

@r5u26d3 Ай бұрын

Before the invasion. Not perfect but we were one nation

@JiminyCricket8899 26 күн бұрын

@@user-co1wf3oj7gOh look its a bored leftie playing the ( yawn) race card😀😀😀😀😀

@reynardbizzar5461 Ай бұрын

The Happy Highways where I went and cannot come again……

@travel_and_explore_with_BIP 29 күн бұрын

Thank you for this! This is very valuable indeed! 👍

@mackenzierough 29 күн бұрын

My pleasure, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

@charliemuggins7943 Ай бұрын

Didn't we used to own this once upon a time? Before it got taken over and turned into a Shithole by traitors in our own land who sold us down the river!.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Maggie Thatcher began the selling off of everything on the cheap! Now the shit flows down the river.

@charliemuggins7943 Ай бұрын

@@mackenzierough Thats why the real Owners put her in power so she could flog it all off to them.

@timhandley7408 Ай бұрын

When London was still British

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

When we used to have a British car industry!

@timhandley7408 Ай бұрын

@@mackenzierough We still have a craindustry Before Brexit the car industry in the Uk was the biggest its ever been in terms of %of GDP - way bigger than the 60s and 70s

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

@@timhandley7408 craindustry? I know nothing about the Crains!

@terrym3837 Ай бұрын

@@mackenzierough We still had a lot of industry back then, sadly long gone much of it

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

@@terrym3837 Most of it sadly.

@billmarsh1971 Ай бұрын

I wasn't yet born, but it's just about how I remember it

@jacksugden8190 Ай бұрын

I was 8 in 63, expect that things may have been just as hard for my late parents with the challenges of the modern day, the film may not have made things easier, depending on what side of society we were on, certainly less complex than 2024 - more challenging times ahead.

@LivingLifeAfterDeath Ай бұрын

It looked wonderful in the 60s..but like all things good it got ruined by immigration..shame l missed it because I’d swap the 69s for Today for sure..

@simonvanderirwin 26 күн бұрын

Watching the films you upload is much more entertaining than watching Netflix Roughie

@mackenzierough 26 күн бұрын

Thank you Simon.

@robinburn4974 Ай бұрын

The good old days before it became Londistan

@paullewis2413 Ай бұрын

The Muslim population of London is around 15%.

@paulannable3734 Ай бұрын

@@robinburn4974 how awful it must have been for you when the brown lady wearing a sari walked across the shot

@robinburn4974 Ай бұрын

@@paulannable3734 now your being silly

@paulannable3734 Ай бұрын

@@robinburn4974 ah, the genius replies. Congratulations sir, you understand everything

@Cliff163 Ай бұрын

@@paulannable3734 heart stopping

@joanne26 Ай бұрын

A time when traffic flowed through the Capital City. I did not see any obese people There were people from the Commonwealth, in this video who came here to work and had skills and got on But like the LEGAL and ILLEGALS mainly young men who will not have skills we want and will work the black economy that are coming here and pay no tax And even in 63 those who could drive bought a car What colour would you like Sir, black, black or black ❤️❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍 👍 😃😃

@tonyfulton9966 Ай бұрын

No matter where I roam I will return to my English rose For no bonds can ever tempt me from she (The Jam)

@bgfd1 Ай бұрын

I was born 1959 in London and I remember how dirty all the buildings were then covered in soot.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Yes they were.

@ruthbetteridge662 26 күн бұрын

My Mum and her sister rented a flat Kensington High St 1959 10 pound a month. Those were the days.

@mackenzierough 26 күн бұрын

Yes they were never to return!

@michaelgibson4705 Ай бұрын

The only thing that is still the same foot guards at horse guards parade

@liam.4454 29 күн бұрын

It's before my time but it was actually a beautiful city, they ruined it

@stepchicken3238 Ай бұрын

Every woman had a handbag.

@yorkshirelad3524 Ай бұрын

Yep this video proves beyond doubt that BBC an C4 are right we’ve always had a lot of Africans in Britain look at them all just the same as walking the streets today

@johntomlinson6849 Ай бұрын

🤣

@davidmathews4524 Ай бұрын

You must be joking There are more African people and Indians than ever before Without a doubt

@yorkshirelad3524 Ай бұрын

@@davidmathews4524 just agreeing with the media

@jackkruese4258 Ай бұрын

@@davidmathews4524 David he’s being sarcastic.

@johngovus2734 28 күн бұрын

Wow, I remember those days. London was a great place to live. So sad now destroyed by immigration. R.I.P.

@MrKnightbeat Ай бұрын

I recall the uproar when they drove away the pigeons in Trafalgar Sq. Always seemed strange that they were a tourist attraction. It's much better now.

@janesaunders8835 9 күн бұрын

❤ thank you ❤

@mackenzierough 9 күн бұрын

You're welcome 😊

@taraelizabethdensley9475 19 күн бұрын

What a contrast to 2024, someone please invent a time machine

@parklane8315 Ай бұрын

what a shithole today !

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Yes, they have ruined London, like many other Cities!

@richardhonour1522 Ай бұрын

Even the police weren't obese.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Nobody was then, we had just one fat boy at school!

@traceyculyer5811 17 күн бұрын

The flatfoots turned into fat guts watching C.C.T.V.

@ruthbetteridge662 26 күн бұрын

Strength is diversity.

@jacobrivers5728 Ай бұрын

The two Indian ladies looked elegant in their saris and didn't look at all out of place during those beautiful days of London.

@stephenstephen1505 Ай бұрын

A far better city to live, work and socialise in. Today's city has been ruined

@MattM-ce3qe 17 күн бұрын

You can see the "Ward Trial" and "Lucky Gordon Trial" headlines on the Evening Standard West End Final Boards. That's Stephen Ward and Aloysius "Lucky" Gordon - both convicted as part of the Profumo Affair in June/July 1963. Stephen Ward killed himself before the verdict was announced.

@ruthbetteridge662 26 күн бұрын

I was on a Double Decker bus with my Mum when I was three years old.Someone jumped on the bus shouted someone has shot President Kennedy then jumped back off the bus.😮

@mackenzierough 26 күн бұрын

Wow!

@sandramarshall518 Ай бұрын

How sad that the London of this picture has changed into a muslim city. As usual the politicians cocked up didn't they? It will get even worse with Flip Flop and his loonies in charge.

@craigjohnson8240 Ай бұрын

They didn't cock it up. The deliberately carried out The Kalergi Plan.

@gillianknight9796 Ай бұрын

Went to London in the 1960s, my grandmother lived in north London tottenham ST ANNES ROAD ,does anybody know it 😊

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

No, don't know it.

@gillianknight9796 Ай бұрын

@@mackenzierough found it on line interesting stories from folk who lived there thanks for showing the London l used to visit as a child 👍😁

@katewild2194 Ай бұрын

Newspaper headlines Ward Trial relates to Stephen Ward where the government said get him poor man killed himself.

@liketheroman Ай бұрын

Wait - is that tall building the centrepoint building at Tottenham Court Road?! Is it that old?

@radicalcartoons2766 Ай бұрын

If it is that one then the shot must be about 1966 when it was completed, they only started it in 63.

@liketheroman Ай бұрын

@@radicalcartoons2766 it looks a lot like it, but I can’t tell from the surroundings in 1963! Hopefully the poster will enlighten us.

@bar10ml44 Ай бұрын

It's the London Hilton on Park Lane

@liketheroman Ай бұрын

@@bar10ml44 thank you! I didn’t recognise it at all!

@user-tp6ci6cv1m 27 күн бұрын

Long live Wave 105.

@janeslater8004 Ай бұрын

I was born in 1963

@Davemilroy 20 күн бұрын

Really great film. A shame some people in the comments can't manage to be nostalgic without being racist

@mackenzierough 20 күн бұрын

Thanks, yes it's very sad, I have had to block the really bad ones, sadly Britain is broken!

@nicky29031977 24 күн бұрын

Great images but the music is all wrong. It's sounds more 80's and early 90's than early 60's.

@mackenzierough 24 күн бұрын

Thanks but I can only use Royalty free tracks from KZfaq without getting a copyright strike, That's life!

@mackenzierough 23 күн бұрын

Hi, I have a question for you, when you don't like the music chosen in television programmes or movies do you get in touch to complain to the producers too?

@therespectedlex9794 Ай бұрын

6:50 What are those towers and bridge. Are they still there?

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Yes, it's called Tower Bridge and it opens up for tall boats to pass under it, it is next to the Tower of London.

@therespectedlex9794 Ай бұрын

@@mackenzierough Is that Tower Bridge at 6:50?

@therespectedlex9794 Ай бұрын

@mackenzierough The one I mean has St Paul's Cathedral behind it. It is Cannon Street Railway Bridge. Built 1886, and renovated in 1982.

@mackenzierough 21 күн бұрын

Yes.

@therespectedlex9794 21 күн бұрын

@@mackenzierough Such grace and appreciation Mackenzie.

@michaelkenny8540 Ай бұрын

This cover the period Xmas 1960 (5:07), December 1961-January 1962 (8:40) & August 1963 (1:30).

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

Thanks.

@user-oi9ft5ps5q Ай бұрын

Do you have a video of the Moroccan city of Safi?

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

No sorry.

@user-oi9ft5ps5q Ай бұрын

@@mackenzierough Thank you my friend

@robertjpayne Ай бұрын

Do we know anything of the family featured in the film?

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

No, only that they are French and I assume that the father was employed in London for that period, I bought it on eBay.fr and it was sold as not viewed.

@robertjpayne Ай бұрын

@@mackenzierough Thanks for the info. Not only was it lovely to see my old town again back in the day but also ponder on the fate of those people. The children are probably still alive and it is a pity that they have become detached from this record of their history. But thanks to you this slice of history is in the collected archive for everyone to enjoy and who knows those children might find it here on YT. Thanks for posting this.

@mackenzierough Ай бұрын

@@robertjpayne Yes that would be great.

@admiralbenbow5083 Ай бұрын

WHINE fest coming up.......

@josmith6684 Ай бұрын

hi all nice 👍but not if you look deeper

@JiminyCricket8899 26 күн бұрын

Still better than the shit show that is 2024

@timothyjennings4311 Ай бұрын

It was a grim, dirty city with poverty, smog and ignorance. The food was awful British fare, and foreign tourists didn't come because it was dirty, intimidating, unattractive and unwelcoming. The reputation of British food was a particular turn-off.

@JH-ck1nr 29 күн бұрын

We were better off without them and the only tourists and immigrants then were mainly Europeans. It was all the others that have caused all our problems.