Thank you Ken.

My home town revised a few weeks before Christmas was a sad experience. So many changes and few for the better. Stockton is having an extensive re branding on top of previous hideous makeovers . someone is making a fast buck no doubt.

You're welcome Leilani, thank you for this nice comment as my reason for making these videos is to show in the simplest way the changes in our town especially for younger people who had never seen some of these buildings.

Sorry that my my video made you feel that way but the camera doesn't lie :-(

The royal exchange building could have been saved, the A66 flyover could have been built further back toward the dock area, mbro' council have vandalised most of the town. nice pic's & memory jogger though,

I could not agree more, there are no photos on any of these series of videos that show Boro better than it was. Some beautiful buildings demolished, the whole character of the place has been removed. Criminal.

Aw i do love Boro

It certainly seems that way doesn't it ?

Yes Marc I remember it well, I seem to recall the had a working model of the Transporter made from Meccano as a window display. I'm happy you're enjoying the videos.

You are very welcome Lee, i guess these changes have happened in many towns across the country over the decades but when it happens to our town the changes are more personal.

Thanks JohnPaul, I'm happy that your enjoying my videos.

@@BigMack1959 ... I am Stephen, very much so. I was born in Willow Street in 1960, not sure if it still stands, then moved to Deepdale Avenue in Grove Hill when I was barely a toddler. Went to St.Joseph's infants and juniors then onto St.George's in Acklam. I left the town in 1983 and moved to Bedford where I am still.It's been emotional viewing all the footage.

JohnPaul I'm a year older than you but stayed in the area and a few years ago decided to make the Then & Now videos so that people like yourself who moved out of the area and younger people like my kids who never saw "old" Middlesbrough have the opportunity to see the how the area has changed over the decades.

@@BigMack1959 ... And i for one am very grateful, you've brought a tear to my eye,lol. You've captured The Boro in its essence.

@@popazz1 thanks for those kind words, it's nice to know my videos are appreciated.

In the '60's there seemed to be a a backlash against Victorian architecture and a drive by local councils to replace them with modern buildings with no character which have ironically aged worse than the buildings they replaced. I'm sorry to hear that Aylesbury has lost as much of it's history as Middlesbrough has.

Thank you minceandgravy1953, I'm hoping that by posting these videos here it'll keep the memory of old Middlesbrough alive.

Thank you, I have a few more planned but it's getting the time to make the videos that's the problem.

Thank you Dave 👍

Thank you Pam I'm glad you like it.

Yes, it was an impressive building which due to neglect was in a very poor condition before it was demolished.

That's understandable Simon, an impressive piece of local architecture turns into a concrete cube.

Thank you Steven.

Hi Lee, sorry but I don't have pictures of that school but I'm glad you enjoyed what was here.

Bollocks Ramsey me and our lad Jeff and the late Chris Richmond kicked your butts to win table tennis league 77

Forgot to add Brookside rules

Thank you Thomas.

It's happened in many towns and cities in the UK.