Thank you for posting this. I lived in Telford for 35 years before moving to the states. This brought back a flood of memories.

I liked the before best.

My whole family moved to Ironbridge in 1969, it was so run down...I think Telford Development did a great job, I have loved living here and seen the changes.

Excellent compilation of footage. Can't understand why anyone would give this the thumbs down, it is fascinating. The area was run down and in need of regeneration but I think they ruined the lovely village of Madeley, they went too far.

I live just outside Ludlow. We have to go to Telford hospital for any treatment we may need. I’m absolutely terrified of the dual carriageways and roundabouts, the crowds of people and shopping malls. I prefer the fields of sheep, cows, hay and wheat, Thank you. I hope it doesn’t happen here.🐓🐂🐏🐖

During the war, a young boy, an evacuee from London, slid down to the water's edge and skimmed stones into the River Severn just under the Iron Bridge. A young girl was looking down from the roadside. She glanced away for a moment and .in that moment, the boy fell in and was swiftly carried away under the Bridge. His head bobbed up and down as the current gathered pace and swiftly carried him under the Bridge-he drowned. There was nothing anyone could do such was the speed of the current at that point in the River. The little girl was my Mum...

At least in those days you didn't have all the antisocial problems of today in Telford plus the over population and constant house building...

Thanks for posting this. Unusually, the music made a big contribution.

i love this area. im from switzerland

Thanks for showing this. Fascinating

Great seeing some old places where my dad used to take us for walks

How to take a piece of Shropshire and turn it into a piece of Wolverhampton. A chunk of Shropshire lost forever. Very sad.

Very muich as I remember it in the '60's, peaceful, small communities......avoid the place now.

Nice one John, I was born in Madeley in 1952 so remember it all well.

Just searching for anything anywhere for something of my grandad as he sadly passed away 7 days ago

What a fantastic film, I lived in 19 Hills Lane Drive, off of Queen street Madeley with Mum and Dad. We moved there in 1964, a great community. Mum continued to live there until 2021, when she moved round the corner to Chillcott Gardens until she passed away in 2022. Do you know of any archive film footage of Hilld Lane Drive?

Home before the bulldozers moved in

Fantastic

wot no grafitti? lovely film, thanks.

Such beautiful places. But where Smithy Boy at?

Thank you :)

The place is like being in a comma

Did my underground training at Madeley Wood and Kemberton..

Was it yourself that recorded this footage its amazing

Would be nice if you could credit Telford Ultimate guide as discussed

What a great video. Any idea whats year it was shot?

Absolutely nothing from what became the most populous part of the new town. Wellington, Ketley, Hadley, Trench, Donnington, Oakengates and St Georges

Omg priceless