Why thankfully? The good points are just the same, the bad points have just had the words changed. One point when I fell over as a kid and howled, everyone came to see if I was alright. Now if a kid falls over, despite being First Aid trained, as a male, I walk away.

@@51WCDodge nice

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@@londo776 "their"

I agree with you completely but haven't you heard of karma! England has colonized the world and destroyed it along the way.

@@londo776 And how is that racist? in which part was race mentioned? you are jumping to that conclusion which actually makes you a racist. Not everything is race related! This obsession about such is boring now.

@@andreanicolas9363 Many countries are guilty of such in the past. I personally wasn't around then so can't be held responsible.

ohhhhhh matron....

sol cutta A nice Jewish boy from South Africa.

@@funkyalfonso yes we know but he was in UK much longer than south Africa as a young lad...one who also never boxed, was not a diamond dealer, didn't do any of the things he said and was a lovely dovely woman's hair dresser..lol

Urban Fox Yes, and a middle class 4 * 2 boot...

Thought it was blade runner 🏃‍♂️

I always thought he was ozzy.

tedibair Fab yet poignant comment. Sadly true.

tedibair Tell us more about the mini skirts!

London in the late 1950s ,60s and even the 70s was a great city. I always felt safe coming back from New Cross on the last train ,never any trouble. The West end on Saturday night was pure enjoyment. No one ever thought about getting attacked , mugged or stabbed. Mugging was something that happened in America, it could never happen in London. The copper was on his beat ,dressed like a police Constable in the blue uniform and helmet; now they look like a cross between a traffic warden and robo cop with those horrible yellow jackets and ever more gadgets hanging on their belt. Who ,then, could have guessed that everything could change so drastically and go so wrong?

jason antigua hah

George Jarrold yeah pretty fickle now pretty much what it might have been like in nazi Germany east and west bullshite roll on 2020 💩💩💩

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@@londo776 why don't you crawl back to Jerusalem, """ian"""

Jewish East end at its finest

typical

How can you miss something you never experienced? That's not logical!

It was shit

@Fred Blair believe me Fred , your doing the right thing by being where you are . This is no longer the Britain you remember . It is no longer OUR country . It is completely over run with foreigners . From every part of the globe . It's like the league of nations . . You made the right move by emigrating . . Enoch was exactly right . Our country now belongs to the immigrants . . We are second class citizens in our own land . .

Love that comment.

60's was the best, grew up in Kensington, but left in 1977 for Sicily, best move ever.

what are your thoughts on teenage lads being shirtless? I think it should be enforced, especially in sport

Immigration brought joy to England

@Al Bundy for President no sarcasm. I think immigrants have made great contributions

@@aprayerandpositivethoughts9308 I think you're right, brought in different cultures thus the wonderful different foods for one.

@John Salvage if its rubbish, just carry on eating fish & chips and pie & mash for the rest of your life. If you don't like other cultures or their foods don't eat it. You might also not want to be hypocritical by enjoying their music, Jazz, R&B, Blues, hip hop, Reggae etc.

Paradise lost isn't about nostalgia for a yesteryear. Read it.

What a Wonderfull way to put it !

So they turned your world upside down..?

Chris Hart Beginning of September 1967 I was a typical London Schoolboy. Two Months later I arrived in an Australian Bush Town (Peterborough, South Australia) on a “Cowboy Train” and was instantly Hated by all around Me because I came from England.

@@blackwaterhousecork5182 Did you move back to the UK?

Hearing you loud and clear Blackwater HC. A sadness that never goes away

Still, we're glad you left.

this

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@@londo776 lmao You've really only got one comment, eh, mate?

Me too

You should learn about how the British textile industry actually rose up. The historian H.H. Wilson wrote in 1853 that neither Manchester nor Paisley [i.e. Britain's industrial cotton textile economy] could have risen, even with steam power if the British had not systematically destroyed the compeition from the cheaper and superior quality Indian handloom cottons that had dominated the world market in the 18th Century. Indian cottons had revolutionized clothing for the European masses - cheap and comfortable - compared to woollens. Not only did the British impose huge tariff barriers [whilst preaching Free Trade], the turned India into a Captive Market for British goods [excluding foreign competition]. As Nick Robins confirms in his book on the East India Co. - the Brits also broke the fingers of Indian weavers and cut the thumbs of the best weavers of the finest Dhaka Muslins [which were highly prized and cost far more than silk]. A British Governor General commented that the plains of India are bleached with the bones of her weavers. The Brits banned industrial development in India [e.g. shipbuilding - the oldest seaworthy Royal Navy ship HMS Trincomalee was made in Indian in 1817 - and steelmaking - English experts stated that Indian wootz still was the best in the world in the 1790s] and turned India into a plantation whilst looting both her wealth [profits of India's exports] and foodgrains [killing tens of millions in dozens of manmade famines]. Research published in 2018 by Columbia U.P. showed that the Brits looted at least $45 Trillion [17 times the entire UK GDP in 2018] from India - the very word 'loot' is Hindi - reflecting this history. This loot [Clive of India became the richest man in Britain and the EIC men the nouveau riche 'nobs' from nawabs] financed the Industrial Revolution and much of Britain's and other Western development [type Jason Hickell India into Google for his article on this].

That butcher was a true gentleman

He truly was and thank you for saying that. From a trade to freemasonry Jimmy changed my life and showed me anyone can claw their way out of the gutter and poverty if they are true to themselves and others in life. I still miss him 30yrs after he passed away.

bigearedmouse17 And yet, the narration and photos clearly indicate a mixture of humanity bringing their goods and culture from all over the world. Surely a nation that had an empire knows about that.

The audacity & hypocrisy of you to say that, when Britain colonized non-white countries for so many years and plundered most of their resources.

@Craig Ebanez ​ Craig Ebanez These were accounts I've heard from people who lived during the colonization. And your comment was juvenile. You don't need to have 1st hand experience to know this. No one invades another country with good intentions on their mind so if you think that's the case, then you are deluded.

@smadge100 Because psychological healing takes time? All those years of oppression take a huge toll on the psyche and get passed down to generations. Heck, I'm still reeling in from my own childhood traumas and it's frustrating because as much as I have the potential to live a beautiful, successful life, my past traumas still hold me back! Most adults don't heal themselves and pass their shit down to their children which keeps them in a cycle of abuse & dysfunction for generations and with far-reaching effects - until they all start to heal collectively. These countries have not reached stellar states of perfection, but from what I see, most of them are making progress, albeit at a slow pace. But you're making it seem as though they're all regressing, which isn't the case. As far as technological advancement is concerned, the Japanese are far ahead of everyone. And you forgot to include Singapore, which was a 3rd world country even during the British period but after independence, they rose rapidly.

@@vetiverose128 *Conquered.

Gunnersbury Avenue

We're culturally broke now.

@@pachma405, I'd say culturally rich, the UK is very diverse!

@@TheBlackcular fat lot of good that has done for us. Islam, stabbings, moped raids. Sadiq Khan. No it's not multiculture London is mono culture of the third world.

...unless you were a manual worker, as many were, and you had to work harder than almost all today do, for a pay packet that allowed you little more than the essentials in life.

Easier? You must be joking. Outside toilets. No central heating. Only a few could afford a car. And those cars were unreliable. Whole families living in a 2 up 2 down. It weren't easy.

Fucked it up.

Ruined it! They just had to go and ruin it😢

London is a shithole completely taken over!!!

The government sold its people out

@@Realpoweronearth it always was a shitehole

Grim

Ironic that Sid was South African....

Well your god isn't so good then eh? Beaten by a little old devil.

U judas prick

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No, they weren't filmed unfortunately lol

Exactly. Now the people can enjoy their diversity and segregated multiculturalism. We are killing ourselves and pretty fast.

It was. Can't imagine how it's not still around. Temperance bars on street corners used to have it on tap. A real treat of a drink.

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@@londo776 how does it make me racist because If would prefer my country’s capital to he authentic and totally British? It’s like saying my wedding reception was amazing but it would of been so much better if we had invited some black people and some Chinese and Pakistani to our wedding day ! Come on let’s speak real who in there right mind would wish for there own Country to have loads of Foreign people living it ? Does China sit there crying because there’s not enough white westerners? Does India want more white people to move to there country? No they don’t of course not it’s a natural thing for human beings wanting to live with there own people who has the same beliefs and religions if that floats your boat of course! I have nothing against anybody unless they harm me or my family I don’t wish anything bad on anyone

@@peterolley7159 you have just proved my point ignorant fool

@@londo776 you're the ignorant one

S. Classic cockney market patter reinvented in Lockstockandtwosmokingbarrells...

Have to say my dear departed mum would never be throwing her money around like Jews with no arms neither god rest her soul.

No we do not! We can choose the line, we can change the times we live in, we don’t have to be sheep and follow the line of the shepherd until directed to the slaughter house. Agreed, we don’t all like the same thing but we have choices and the route through life we choose will lead to progress. We have electronics and mobile phones but do we have warmth through direct personal communication? Why do we have to be reminded each winter to look out for elderly neighbours when we have a cold snap? Progress or a change in direction down a one way street where no doubt a mugging awaits. It was a different era, much of it was drab and miserable, but community spirit was in abundance. They were good ‘ole days, but not that good but if we learn from history we can improve what we have right now.