Who remembers renting a video on a weekend at Star Video on Wally road? Happy days, I miss em

Born and bred south london born in darwin street went to walworth school, I feel England isn't home anymore let alone south london, heart breaking

London is not burning - its already burnt down! There is nothing and I mean nothing for local Londoners who grew up in the city decades ago. Best thing just emigrate like most have, I dont know the place anymore, no pubs, no locals, no community, no friends you could meet up in your local - no identity.

I lived here as a child. It was a bustling high road with a wide variety of small shops and the big nationals. I especially liked the place where you could book coach trips and the pie and mash shop!

I used to live here as a kid went to John Ruskin school. Used to go East Street Market every Saturday then get pie and mash after

Hard to believe that back in the 70's/80's Walworth road and East Street market were so mobbo you could barely get on the pavement . Sundays were absolutely packed with people coming from all over . Good to see that Arments is still going strong .

I grew up in Loughborough Junction and I Love South London. I had to leave, property too expensive, rents extortionate. Houses should be homes not investment portfolios.

Southwark Council drove us out of Walworth and Bermondsey Long before Boris and the Coalition came on the scene.

I remember Walworth in the 50s , i am not usually an emotional man , but i could cry . What has happened to my old manor?

There was once a proud and hard working working class community here that had no computers and lived their lives locally. Using the local shops and markets. We had pubs, youth clubs and we were as one. Then came the knocking down of the old community and the building of the huge sink estates that became crime ridden. People that could, left for safer pastures, leaving the dross behind to take over. Alongside this came the hipsters and yuppies, living alongside the crime and the squalor, while looking down at the dross from their glass castles in the sky. What has happened is nothing short of social genocide.

We All know why its like this

I lived in Westmoreland Rd, and Sutherland walk until the mid 60s worked in Cutts garage in Walworth Rd M.O.W in Merrow St, and M.O.L Keyworth St married in St Peters Church Liverpool Grove until leaving London, My very fond memories go back a long way even to a Police officer directing traffic at the Elephant , Trocerdero, ABC Cr sale all N.K Rd. Baldwins original premises. Sad to see it now. Like so many places but nothing stays the time? Some call it progress? many call it many other things. Thanks for sharing

EXAMPLES of living there in The 1960's/1970's: : London Evening News vendor left his money bag and papers in the street overnight for anyone to buy a paper. TRY THAT TODAY...My Uncle pulled up at Bus Stops and gave 3/4 strangers lifts home if going his way. The Council Rent Man carried (the equivalent of ) thousands of Rent money on him with few problems. My council block over East Lane Market was accessible to all with no problems as it was so safe. NOW? TWO Security numerical systems and some Grills on lower balconies clearly shows the demise in the area. I broke down in my car twice there and a crowd fixed the first problem and the second time these strangers pushed my car 1/3 Mile home as The A A had different roadside rules then. SAME AREA.....Could you do any of those things today and Banks were Open Plan as were Building Societies...

London is not a place for anyone who does not own property, have a degree or have a well paying job (over £30k). If you do not own your flat/house you will have to pay market rent or leave. There is no longer a role for working class people, tradesmen, manual workers etc, no matter how long they have lived in London.

So sad spent many days here as a child , shopping for my Nan eating meeting cousin on high street ,

Violence,mental illness, addiction, incest and other abuses including local political corruption have left an age deep mark throughout areas such as Walworth and old Kent road these are some rare examples where gentrification and the local council being placed into special measure by the relevant government departments is the better of two evils.

There must be a recession, Pound Buster have moved to the opposite side of the road into a smaller premises!

I cried when i saw what they did the subways in Elephant and Castle. Instead they put in bike lanes.

Walworth rd is a street that Southwark council and the government doesn't care about. It's like a place that doesn't exist anymore. Christmas time is like it's not happening in Walworth Rd, barely any Christmas lights just a piece of tinsel and a string of lights wrapped around the occasional lamp post. East St Market has also gone down hill drastically. Its sad because it used to be a busy place.

such a shame east Lane x Walworth road was brilliant years ago x so many memories never forget them x

I moved to north London long ago from south and all thought there’s run down parts here compared to south it’s a palace! Walworth road, old Kent road, PECKHAM, camberwell, the blue, tower bridge road and Jamaica road are all shit holes. From the council not putting into these areas they line their own pockets instead but it’s also the people they put in them areas to live some of these people are just grim. Like the guy said people have no trust in being in these places because of the locals. I’m 31 and going back to when I was about 8 these areas have always been shit holes they’ve just gotten worse

The market stalls that lined it were moved in the early 1900s when the trams came...a long time ago

Both sides of my family were born and bred all within a couple of miles of this area. All of them have moved out since the 60’s. How times change.

My family the Gregory's lived in Manor Place on the Walworth Road for over 50 years in the same house. I think it got demolished in the 70's. They are still living in the area today, going back generations.

1,21 if that's a doctor then i'm an astronaut , i think i would rather go to the chemist than see him

Government Policy of Building High Rises like the largest Housing Estate (then ) in Northern Europe: The Aylesbury/Heygate combined ruined it in the early 1960s. My Great Aunt's 5 terraced houses were compulsorily purchased for a pittance and then Southwark Council announced that they were changing the historic "Sons and Daughters " Council Policy to "Homeless first and pregnant second" meant the indigenous populace was told that first priority would, automatically, go to the immigrants who were.became.ensured they were homeless from The Caribbean and Asia so we were forced out.

Grew up in John Ruskin Street for over 25yrs (and recently moved to Dulwich) and I'll give you an idea of what happened: Parking restrictions killed markets/shops Rent increases (residential & business) Social housing explosion Forgotten during recession Condensed poverty Zero council investment in area Closure of community halls / youth centres All pubs died off Dumping ground for immigrants (not the immigrants fault) This is all in the play book for the gentrification plan for the area that is in progress.

Have you been there recently?

I used to be a Police Officer based on the Walworth Road. The Chief Superintendant told us proudly on our first day out of Hendon that 99 different languages are spoken in Southwark. The place is a fucking dive

This was my manor. Nothing I can recognise now down Walworth Road except that Mcdonalds shit shop, I hope Baldwins is still there. I now live in Yorkshire, when I go to London the only reason I go to Walworth Road now is for Arments pie & mash. Damned shame.

i live near there kennington endz

Used to live behind TD sports langdale close 💖loved walworth rd as a child.

At the video time of 6:30 minutes: Maybe, also, there are too many websites. It is really the new age of Amazon, eBay and the like which is disrupting the mom and pop stores as these, as well as other hippier stores and vicinities. The Walworth Road has always been a small business endeavour and now for the above reasons is falling by the wayside with these merchants are still with one foot in the past. This is sad when some snot nosed kid is raking in the millions by snaking stealthily into the new system of sagacity, subjugating small shops.

The point of the video was not that the current government caused the recession but that their austerity measures have ensured its duration...

I used run betting shops..in and around the Walworth Rd in the 1980's....f*ck me it was rough..😂

My family come from there as I. It’s a shit hole now . Feel sorry for friends and family that have to stay . Well done the politicians ha ha

That guy owned the boot shop over the road from Iceland

Sure. And the Coalition helped a lot to revive fortunes in the Walworth Road?

Very very sad 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

Traffic calming has ruined the street.

Round the corner.

Like all shopping streets in ALL of the developed world .They are dying due to changing shopping habits. Everyone buys on the Net and stuff gets delivered to homes.We prefer to sit in isolation at home and view a screen rather than walking (Ha,Ha ! ) to a retail street. The solution ? There isn´t one. It is called changing habits. Very regrettable but irreversible .

There is an agenda going on here. Shops such as Marks & Spencer, Boots, Somerfields, the nice little cafes such as the old Kennedy's and a really well turned out and good hair dressers were edited out of this video, WHY? I would say the Walworth Rd is on the up compared to its lowest period.

I live there, do you?

If you think its bad there don't come up shitty north your lucky if you can pull a job washing pots and pans in a café sixteen hours per week the place has been systematically raped for the last fourty years and I am a regular visitor to London I know I see whats going on

Not that I support the Coalition but I think it would be pointless debating with you. You're obviously not from the same Walworth background as I am.

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Yeh but it was also extremely poor. But I’m poor too so like yeh it’s a shame it’s all gone

Sadly it's a dump now.

But now it cost 300k for a one bed flat there 😂

To many immigrants tbh the Walworth road is dying