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Knew Clive Cooper a really nice man gone too soon x

I love this series of films. My effort isn't the same. ruclips.net/video/hL4tD66PdEA/видео.html

I left mine in Yeovil

thanks,this really means a lot to me

thankyou so much...my heart is still in yeovil,i left 1963 ...thanks x

my heart is still in Yeovil,we left 1963 me age 7 but one day I'll return ..thanks

thanks so much for this x

Hi Fred, it's Scott here. I used to work at Greenwood Road shop, under Paul and Jan. My grandparents ran the Great Western Pub in the 70s. Its great seeing these clips, thanks

rip and c u in hell

Thanks for the video . I lived in Yeovil 1968-1972 (navy kid of course). Nice to see.

Watching this made me feel like I was on speed

Ive always wanted to know what the walls were at the bottom of Eastland Road - Fantastic videos!

How did they get away with no helmets?

This is the second of your clips that I have had the pleasure to view. For anyone like myself,who grew up around Yeovil in the early/ mid 1950s to 1974 ,would appreciate what you have put together here. Hope more do. For one,I shall share with an old friend who had long ago moved from the area,and now lives in Norfolk. Thank you !!

At 17 years of age I worked at G & A Cave's, from 1967 to 1969. One of my friends worked at Ward and Sibley's,just a few yards down the road. We used to take our breaks at the Harlequin Cafe, in Station Road. Also had another friend who worked as a reporter at the Western Gazette. Yeovil's once renowned architect,David Young ( who later in the 1980s became a TV precenter on westcountry architector ) used to regularly pay social call at the shop to see Geof Cave. I think many of yeovil's builings were much more interesting before my family moved to Berwick Park in 1954,following my father's being demobed. But thankfully, there were still many had both survived the war and ,'destructive' redevelopment that was taking place.for me to enjoy many of the older buildings before they were pulled down. Sadly Yeovil has lost many of its beautiful buildings due to planning department's blindness and consequent vandalism. Also sad to have lost the Town Station. Bland is the word I would use to describe many of the new buildings that have been put up since the sixties, that have come to do no great visual survice to Yeovil or for its inhabitants. In short, what I really need to say is: I really came to enjoy this clip more than I had expected. Though I had to resist clicking off at first. I am so glad I did'nt ! I also loved the accompanying piece of music. Its now more than 46 years since I lived in Yeovil, and also the neighbouring village of West Coker,some three miles away. Thank you for uploading. Very much appreciated !! PS. Saw Status Quo at the Liberal club,as indeed I came to see many bands that later on became famous. The Liberal Club It was a great Live venue in those days; before Disco took over the dance halls and music scene. The Beatles stayed at the Manor Hotel. Pink Floyd played at a Methodist Hall,to the support of soft drinks and tea. Screaming Lord Such along with Eric Clapton and other notable musicians of the day played at a hall ( which I can't recall the name of ) opposite side of the road to the Three Choughs Hotel. Stackridge,a band from the west country, that went on to produce something like 13 albums , but under the management of George Martin at the time, played their last concert in Yeovil in 1976. I came down from London to see them play that final night. What a peformance !!

Goodness what a lovely town we lived in. I found the film quite moving. Oh dear Yeovil where did it go wrong! Amazing footage. Thank you.

Sounds like a well respected dude. Didn't know him but rip. Great turn out. Respect

I remember all these buildings. Sad you did not include a view of Bides Gardens which was my 'rural' playground, a bit of 'country' between The Avenue and Princes Street. But the loss of Reckleford - what vandalism on an epic scale.

Great to see this stuff archived and made available for everyone to enjoy.

I went to Huish Primary school. Its now Tescos. There was a maths teacher called Jones. He used to pin pupils to the wall with one hand round the throat and bash 'em round the face with his other hand. He called me a useless individual :) :(

Excellent stuff,what a change from the present day. Thanks for posting!

i just saw my dad on the red yamaha. rest in peice sully

As someone born in Yeovil (1953, at Balidon house) I was most interested to see this collection as quite a lot of the scenes I remember. Thanks for posting.

Automatic transmissions were rare. A lady asked us for help. Her Hillman Minx III was stuck on Reckleford. I lifted the bonnet a saw no engine but lots of black tubes. One was hissing, so I stuck my finger in the hole and the car promptly sprang forward and ran me over! The oil sump warmed my cheek as I lay on the ground and the dear lady was most upset. That was my first (unique) Smiths 3-speed automatic.

Elizabeth Taylor starred the new gleaming white Series II Alpine in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".Then, cars had to be serviced every 3,6,12 and 24 thousand miles..The Hillman Minx and Super Minx, Sunbeam Rapier, Singer, Humber Hawk, the luxurious Super Snipe, Commer TS3 lorries with the powerful Cadenz engines, I repaired and test drove them all. One customer I remember so well! He secretly glued single paint brush hairs to check tappet adjustment and wheel transposition was correctly done It was.

Also, I was asking because I'm trying to locate the home of a family who lived on Sherbourne Road in the 1880s. I believe they lived within a partially-obstructed view of the railway line so I'm guessing very near that corner.

You worked at Rootes dealers back in 1962? Did you get to drive Series II Alpines and those gorgeous Loewy-designed Singers that looked like miniature Studebakers brand new from the factory? If so, I can't help but be a bit jealous!

I recall a high stone wall parallel to the pavement between the Pen Mill Hotel and Lyde Road junction. One could not see over the wall so I do not know what lay behind it. If one drove further down Lyde Road one arrived at the the town rubbish dump. I did my apprenticeship at FW Saunders.( Rootes Group Dealers) Reckleford, which was widened in 1962. Sadly the pretty, green Bides Garden, next to the hospital was also eliminated.

What stood at that vacant lot at Sherbourne Road and Lyde Road? The lot that would have been behind the photographer in the pic you showed? Was it a house?

What a great turn out! Respect. Jono

Was a great guy, a legendary Junglie and a bloody good electrician (wired up my attic for me). Will be sadly missed

What a great turn out and justly deserved..Farewell Sully...

what a lovely tribute to my uncle thank you. RIP never to be forgotten x

amazing AMAZING tribute R.I.P xx