A Car Journey from South London through Kent in 1964
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Published 2016-05-11
Take a trip through Kent and Surrey driving along the A20 road, driving through Sittingbourne, Coulsdon North, Crayford and other towns in the 1960's
Plus Thornton Heath and Crystal Palace also Redhill, Hooley, Bexleyheath Broadway, Forest Hill, London Road, past Devonshire Road and Coulsdon Surrey.
All Comments (21)
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Everything seemed to have an elegance about it, the cars, buses, lamp standards, even the road signs.
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Beautiful England!!! This footage really captured the true Spirit of the 'Good Old Days'...
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This is one reason why I love watching old classics like the original Randall & Hopkirk- - - all the 60's cars I grew up with!
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Quite amazing - actually saw my Dad’s shop and we lived above it. Incredible footage - thanks whoever posted it - it’s brought back memories
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Love watching these old films…. Just ordinary people going about their lives…. Someday it,l be us all and future generations looking back 👍
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I was 21 in 1964 but out in the Far East when this was made. For the previous two years on a ship being converted in Chatham. Good memories of before we gave it all away.
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And practically every vehicle was UK made !
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25 million fewer people really sums it all up lovely compared to today except for the medical advances it was undoubtedly better for those of us that lived through it.
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I was born in this year....love watching all the old film footage from this era though, as I always think to myself that my nan, mum and dad were alive. Wish sometimes I could go back to when I was little and maybe do some things differently.
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Wish the traffic was still like that.
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An era when even the trees looked cool.
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A really Great Video. Love watching anything about the 60s. The best decade ever!!!!!!!!!!!☺
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Lovely film. Loved seeing many places that looked like the Kent I knew a few years later. Love the cars, busses, shops & street signs.
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Its nice to see the British weather hasn't changed very much lol.
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absolute heaven, who would have thought traffic could be so interesting, I was actually alive when this was filmed...seems like another planet, time someone invented a time machine '64 will be fine by me !
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Before my time but somehow feels like a breath of fresh air. Imagine a world with no internet, no mobile phones, no social media and no constant talk of brexit....
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Beautiful , the good old days ,,, and not a pothole in sight
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Opening shots: services on the new M2. As kids, what a thrill to use the covered way over the motorway. If I remember correctly there were tables there too.
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As a kid the family used to drive to Cornwall in the late 60's Great holidays on the beaches near Lands End. It was a 12 to 14 hour drive. Difficult to image now, no motorways and just a few duel carriageways. Going through towns, traffic lights, round abouts etc. There was always a massive traffic jam near Liskard. So regular that stalls used to sent up selling food and drinks during the peak summer season. Funny thing is is that once you get through Penzance today the areas barely changed at all.
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That brought back memories. My parents drove a Morris Oxford in those days. Nice to see that some things haven't changed - pedestrians wandering obliviously across the road, just yards from a clearly-marked zebra crossing.
