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Where is Derwent tower?

Captions stating at least the area for each would have been nice. A little captioned commentary or description maybe would have enhanced an otherwise great vid. Chingford Hall had a terrible reputation but looked luxurious by comparison with some of the others!!

1:00 I like those tower blocks

Hey nice vid.really enjoyed it.ta

That service tower makes me think its playing a game of genga. But I guess structurally those pathways are holding it on.

I had a friend that lived in peregrine house “ top floor terry “ on city road Ec1 good views but not when the lifts didn’t work . 😰

2:08 Ukraine flag on that fencing - but it's upside down. Can't even get that right. Extraordinary.

Some great photo's. Back when you needed a Proper camera to take photo's. Great upload. Many memories of the flats and what went off in them...Thanks.

Very depressive looking buildings indeed.

Looks like they’re mostly system built/LPS buildings, so it’s probably a good thing they’ve been demolished since they’d probably be falling down by themselves by now…

I remember there being big bronze statue on the Estate where my Nan & Grandad lived, in Islington/Highbury area. We use to visit around 1980. I was younger than 5 so have limited memories and both my parents are dead now. I will research these Estates in your video to see if any may of being my Nan's Estate. Its the bronze statute i'd like to find.

those cars !!! gush

I lived on the Nightingale from 1976-1989 (Rachel Point then Embley Point). Moved to Kings Crescent until 2002 and now in Kent. They all look quite grim but my memories are largely good and I thank you for posting this👍

Is this the Golfloinls estate.. Southall- Greenford boardes

Its grim up North .

Just watched this.. Brought back memories of a friend who lived on the Milton court estate New cross. Orpheus tower, back in the 80s. Shame the block was demolished. Those were warm large flats. Think there`s one large block left on that estate.

Appalling - how architects and planners get away with treating people like zoo animals is hard to understand. The people responsible for structures like these are sub-human.

Now the masons have gotten the wefs 2030 agreements in. This place is awful awful. We will rise

All labour

Im from Dublin and we have afew flat complexs they all are basically thr same but London omg it shocks me how many where built and so unique

Was the future, but was left to fail so could been sold off or destroyed for rich people

I lived in King's Crescent Estate (4:25 - 4:30) in the 90s and 00s, during which time both its tower blocks got demolished. They'd survived fires and had derelict shed areas on the ground floor which were being used by crackheads, heroin addicts and sex workers off the street with their punters. Colourful times. Five or ten minutes up the road by car you had middle-class Islington, home to Tony Blair et al...

Thank you

"we have also included playrooms for children... ...which are not used now because of vandalism and because there is no organisation". The idea wasn't bad.

They used to throw bags of crap at the builders when they were wanting to knock them down. Didnt they build student games. Flats there that are equally crappy after 10 years ??

Rentals ofc, estate's too goes too the org, too hand those realitor's the money order and gets a written re...keep this copies, for yours self so remind'em and your's selves, it's been established,

There was a necessity for them but you wonder how many people were/are happy living in these places. How do you measure happiness etc I know, but I mean generally. Once you're inside it's better I guess depending on what you have. I've also lived in a rough area but not as brutalist as these places.

Have you ever lived in them, not least been near them? Social voyeurism . Now my neighbors come from black war zones thanks. No more friendliness, these people are horrible. Come and live here.

Anyone who has lived in anything but an excellent high rise knows they need to be demolished.

The Music (Depeche Mode) is played at a silly slow speed????

Hi there, Love this video, I see you had an image of Gleave Square in your collection. Do you have anymore of this block?

I used to pass those flats on the way to work, it was sad to see them being pulled down.

bro you opening is actually sick, is okay if i use some of of visual for my own youtube video ? Whatever your answer is I hope you keep going and realise you are blessed with a creative eye.

I saw Woodberry Down get taken down during the lock down. It's all gone. All those memories down the drain. Sad stuff.

Managed the betting shop under park hill flats,happy days

Can you do some inside lift and landing and hall way views of Trent view and Jarvis house in Lincoln

0:33 is that Cantrell Farm?

My family and I used to live in the old WINTERBURN HEIGHTS flats in West Derby. Don’t remember much as so little when we left but I’m fascinated still by this place and the memories associated with it. I think Winterburn is at 4:21?

I lived in Hyde Park flats in the early 1980’s . They were a fantastic place to live… there was a great community And people were really friendly. The views were amazing and it was incredible watching the winter storms roll in from the west turning the grey city white with snow. . The sunsets were ethereal and while all our friends were freezing in run down terrace housing we were toasty warm as the the flats were heated via centrally heated district heating. The flats were spacious and had balconies and were duplex. The passage ways were wide enough for milk floats ( electric powered milk trucks ) bringing door to door grocery deliveries Decades before tescos Waitrose Asda or Walmart ….. the local pub called the Target was one of the friendliest and most welcoming pubs I’ve ever had the pleasure of going to . I never particularly liked country and western, but we used to have great fun, playing Tennessee early forwards. Mule train on the jukebox as there was a rather eccentric fellow. He used to sing along very loudly and bang the table with a metal tray throughout the song which always set a self with hysterics. The pub owners regularly put out free food, which is very welcome as we were poor students (back in the day when students for only secondhand clothes and bought the leftovers from the Sheffield market. To make Sunday lunch. Sadly I park flats was one of the first ones demolished it was the largest one at the highest point of Sheffield. I don’t know why they demolished it. It was structurally sound and a brilliant place to live. Prior to living there, I lived in Broomhill and the locals from Broomhill thought we were mad, going to live there and said it was a very dangerous place. The worst violence I saw there was when the police raided the working men’s club where Striking miners were having a meeting sadly, these were the days before mobile phones and video recorders, but I can tell you it was a full on Battle with vanloads of fully geared up right police from the Met in London, sent up to quash the rebellion. I’ll never forget it. Another time I did Guy with an axe screaming And shouting and smashing at the police station door until he was subdued I’m dragged away to hospital. But this was an isolated incident most of the time it’s peaceful, happy and friendly place. Some of the other comments I think are from people who didn’t live there Although I suspect that the place could’ve gone downhill after we left as I neared that the councils policy was to send people to live there who had come from psychiatric institutions under the governments ‘care in the community ‘ programme …….Thanks for posting😊

"Promosm" 🤦

Stunning

Blackley at the beginning. Hulme and Collyhurst too.

Wow, I've just stumbled across your channel, And These uploads are awesome. I love how good the quality of these pictures are (Especially for the 1980s.) And the music, A popular song but slowed down and muffed, Gives it a raw and gritty feel to the pictures, Subscribed!

London and Liverpool seem to have had the worst conditions in the 1980s

Genuinely get giddy when I see you've uploaded 😄👍

Fantastic- they seem so dystopian now. Love the architecture

Fascinating

Awesome - These uploads take me to another world.

Excellent as always, thank you for uploading.

Sheffield Rochdale and Oldham had some fascinating high rise areas.