24th Dec 1980 - Drive into Kiddy Town Centre and back Home
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2013
- 24th Dec 1980 - Drive into Kiddy Town Centre and back home
I posted a shorter version of this a few months ago..... this is the full version. I've left some of the original soundtrack on... Radio 1... Paul Burnett Show.... the rest is local (now split up) band "Naked Remedy"
Starts in Spencer Street then onto Stourport Road.... along the Ring Road to Town Centre.... This is before the Forrest Glades was built and the Cinema was still in Oxford Street..... up to George Street, via Comberton Hill... then back down Green Street, Castle Road to home in Spencer Street. Car was Ford Escort 1600 sport... and YES... I have slowed down now !!
Thank you for uploading this video, Paul. I can vaguely remember Naked Remedy... they knocked out some good tunes. I have slowed down a bit too now... but the memory is still in my right foot from time to time.
Lived in Kiddy in late 60’s. Worked at Carpet Trades/Gilt Edge Mill Street. Thanks for the vid.
you are very welcome. Regards Paul
Love this, I'm 26, so this is firmly my dad's era, he had an escort at this time too, John Mason is his name if you know him. I love seeing how our town looked back then
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Thanks for this. I can actually remember it looking like this. I can remember my dad dropping my mom off in town on a Saturday morning right to the doors of Woolworths. The cinema was great, very ornate inside with ushers that had torches, Kia Ora sold in the intervals - no one feeling the desperate need to text and Facebook all the bleedin way through the film!
Lol6... Couldn't agree more with you. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheers Paul
I know, I used to live in Bewdley which basically meant you more or less lived in kiddi as well, and look at how bad it is now, pretty much uninhabitable as far as I'm concerned, it's like a giant parking lot, very depressing.
Nice one Paul! Unlike several previous commentators, I CAN remember Kiddy as it was in 1980 - and I have to say, it was a lot better then than it is now. For a start, I couldn't see a single mobility scooter in your video mate! Kiddy gets bad press but back in the day it was a great town - in music, fashion, footy it held its own with the best of 'em......Such a massive shame to see its manufacturing capabilities reduced to nothing however (for the younger viewers, when Kiddy was full of busy factories, the place was really buzzing - a great place to be). This is a fantastic upload, thanks Paul - just to see you driving up Vicar Street brings back soooo many memories mate !!!!!
Gary..... only just read your message !! I agree with all you say. Regards Paul
I moved to Kiddy in 1995 so this was a great film to see all the differences, Thanks
Great video - reminded me of happy times. 👍 We lived in Stourbridge, but my mum was a teacher at St John’s for over 20 years (70s-90s). She always used to take me to Sounds Around, whenever I’d saved up enough for a new cassette for my Walkman! 😀
Glad you liked it 👍 I loved Sounds Around. regards Paul
Great times, 80s and 90s were great era, everything was much more lively and enjoyable, it was great time you could enjoy life and those days good qulity stuff, great cars and just good times now days there's not much left of the real fun there used to be earthing is controlled now days, there very little freedom left things are sky high expensive and quantity and qulity have dropped alot there's nothing great now days for price we pay today. I want them days back very badly 😢.
Hi Hassan.... I also miss those days but life moves on and you have to make the best of what you have now 👍😎 regards Paul
@@PaulDonovan yeh, times move and time flies too, obviously thats not in our hands but best thing we have today is that at least we can see the past and remember the good times and good things. Regardless of technology of today I might not be too much into today era but at least I can see and feel the good days, listen to good old tunes and make my self happy in todays stressed time rather take anger out on someone I listen and watch old stuff and make my self happy, now days I've been watching the good old sitcom, only fools and horses, one of the best comedy program this show want only comedy but it showed the relationships and how to express them and make your self useful for your family and friends which I miss now days.
@@hassankhan384 The past is great to remember... I'm 65 now and loved my earlier years. However we only live once and I try to not spend too much time remembering the past. I try to live for today and make the most of what I have now. We have a friend, aged 61, who is dying from cancer... he has only a few months left. Really makes you realise how fragile we are and that we must make the most of the present time ... don't leave things ... do them now !! 😎
@@PaulDonovan true, and yes same I might enjoy the past but obviously living today, and I live today and enjoy im not the type of person who think what's 10 years will be or 20 years will be, because on that make me scared and secondly that just puts your mind in bad place as I know people who are so into the future that is I even talk about somthing from e.g. 2015 they'll say to me oh your so old minded, and I dont get how on earth that's that old for them yes its old as in time wise but come on, my uncle has a 2015 merc and now his thinking to get new ones just because that's old for me that's brand new for me even 2005 merc is pretty new I might be old school but come on these todays people are diaulded with so much tech and trends of others they forget to live the real life they are always in panic and rush to live their life like they just want 10 years to pass like 2 years.
Love this - so many places to revisit - especially your start - I lived there in my youth as had my family before me for over 100 years.
Hi Marise..... glad you liked the video. here is Spencer Street and Greatfield Road covered in snow back in 1982 ruclips.net/video/f3eGkfLrB5M/видео.html regards Paul
Absolutely fab to see vintage Kiddy again. Thank you ever so much for the great memories Paul. My twin brother and I lived in Kiddy from birth until we moved away in our early twenties and now we regularly go back to see our Mum, so we fondly remember places like the old cinema as well as Woolies. We were about nine years old when you took this video. It's also the lack of cars around compared to now - we still see our Godfather who lives on Spencer Street and the street looked so empty then. Thanks again for sharing.
+Paul Kaiser Hi Paul.... thanks for taking the time to write.... much appreciated. Glad you like the video....
+Paul Kaiser have you seen this short video... ruclips.net/video/f3eGkfLrB5M/видео.html
Thank you for sharing this video, so strange to see Kidderminster before i was even born. Great Video :)
Adam Pickering your welcome.... Paul
WOW amazing. I lived in Sutton road. My dad was Henry the ice cream man. Absolutely brilliant video
Thanks for your comment.... much appreciated. Regards Paul
I lived there too, we were still living there when this was filmed i think, miss old Kiddy so much.
Thanks for the drive round kiddy mate :-) about 3 weeks before my 16th birthday ,really took me back mate!
Thanks for posting, love these, I was 4 at the time of filming. First thing that strikes you is the lack of Christmas decorations in the town, this is Christmas Eve and hardly any about.
You were 4... makes me feel old !! lol Glad you liked it. Paul
Nice video Paul, don't remember Kiddy too much cos I was 6 years old when myself & family moved away from Kiddy to Scotland
Thanks for your comment David.... much appreciated.....
Times were hard
worse now lol
Great stuff, thanks Paul.
You are welcome. Paul
This is brilliant stuff!
Cheers... Glad you like it. Regards Paul
Lovely film. Cheers for uploading.
I didn't know GoPro existed back in 1980...
Your Welcome...... the camera was as big as a suitcase and weighed about half a tonne !!!
What camera were you using back then...?
redmilkfloat It was one of the first consumer colour video cameras..... a Sony betamax...separate camera which rested on your shoulder and the actual recorder which hung over your shoulder.... it was very very heavy.... can't remember the model number ... but it cost 3 months wages !!
Fantastic. I had a Ferguson Videostar that had a separate recorder. It was actually quite small (for the time) as it recorded onto VHS C format. I used to like the quality of tube cameras.
Wow! How busy the town centre was and how dated the cars and buses!! :O
I know..... how things have changed. Regards Paul
You didn't hang about 😂 you were living the dream back then on Christmas Eve in your 1600 sport with your video camera. I was 9 when you filmed that and if you lived on my street I'd have spent many happy hour admiring your car.
Lol... Thanks Simon..... that 1600 Sport was a great car (I actually had the use of two one Yellow one Orange) . I worked for 30 years as a BMW Dealer Service / Parts Manager and had company BMWs the whole time...... but the Ford was my favourite !! The orange one looked the best.... here it is at Clee Hill.. ruclips.net/video/bXgU-6CRE7I/видео.html
For someone who has lived in Kidderminster for 39 years it is desperately sad what Kidderminster has become. Wyre forest Council has a lot to answer for then again they will waste money spending money on the town hall AGAIN
agreed !!
@@PaulDonovan even when my family moved there end of 1984 it was a really good town for shopping think when colorall left kiddy that was the start. The one for me is when you go the Rowland hill centre desperately sad then Worcester Street where woolworths used to be is just unbelievable main part of town gone and the council think stick a road through it again will help!!!! But will still be my home
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I can remember Kiddy then and well before then! I have been around for a while! I can't see that it has changed all that much in the last 40 years really, well apart from the cars of course. Oh the gas cylinder and Woolworth and Littlewoods (I know Crown house but that has only just recently gone), plus you can no longer drive up Vicar street or down Oxford Street. But I would love to see some film of the 1960s or early 1970s before the ring road was built. That would be really something! Do you know if any moving film survives from that time? Like I said I've been around for a while lol.
Thanks for your comment.... much appreciated. There must be some earlier film... somewhere. Regards Paul
Just come across this video. I lived on and off in kiddy through the 80's and 90's. Just love seeing the town how I remember it, especially round the lower mill street area which is way different these days. Woolys brought back some memories too. I was 9 when you filmed this but would have given your escort a second glance as I was always into fords as a youngster, did have a few mk1 and mk2 escorts when I started driving, wish I still had them!!!! Your Daytona yellow 1600 sport would be very welcome on my drive now! Do you remember the reg number by any chance? It would be interesting to se if it's a survivor, a lot are because they're so valuable these days.
Hey... Glad you like the video. Thanks for taking the time to write such and excellent post... much appreciated. I'm sure I have some photos of the yellow Escort somewhere.... I'll get back to you with a Reg number. I had a orange 1600 sport before the yellow one (both company cars) which I still consider one of the most fun cars I have ever had. Cheers Paul.. 👍😎
Here is a video of my Orange Escort up at Clee Hill... ruclips.net/video/bXgU-6CRE7I/видео.html
This is great and historic footage - you must have been one of (if not) the first people in Britain, or indeed Europe to have owned a video camera! They only came out in Japan a few months before this video was shot - so your channel may just contain some of the earliest video filmed on a consumer camcorder in the United Kingdom!
Oliver Dewar you could be right. I ordered it from the Sony dealer, Hynex, in Kidderminster as soon as it was launched.... I think it cost me two months salary. Regards Paul
Oliver Dewar
Look there were shops, no internet.
lol.... very true... happy days... 😎 Regards Paul
What a great piece of work. Very forward thinking of you and am grateful for it. I bet you wish you still had the car. Was it a Mk 2 escort?
Gavin Hunt hey... Thanks. Yes it was a Mk2 Escorts... Loved that car... 1600 sport... 👍😎
Whats the song on radio? I was 9 yrs old on Christmas Eve in 1980.
Hi.. I left some of the original soundtrack on... Radio 1... Paul Burnett Show.... the rest is a local (now split up) band "Naked Remedy"
Paul you should do a updated video showing the difference from 1980 to 2022.
Thanks for the memories - great video - did you keep the escort? Classic car!
Glad you liked the video.... Car was a great car... but a company car... so not mine to keep.... 👍😎
Paul Donovon just a quick question do you still live in Kidderminster? How badly does it hit you that the town you drove through in 1980 to now... oh wait you can't do that now, but it's shocking to me that the stores were rammed, people walking down the town shops at Christmas and there was nothing was going wrong. Just to mention I wasn't alive then, I was born in 1994 so some of these shops were gone by then, but it's interesting to see how a town that was once thriving to a ghost-town now
Only just read your message.... sorry for the late reply.. lol. Live in Bromsgrove now and both towns have gone down hill since then. cheers Paul
@@PaulDonovan It's so refreshing to have a content creator reply to me. Absolutely downhill, this situation we're in now won't do either of those towns any favours. A lot of the shops towards the ring road are still left empty. Adams kids has still got its sign over the door, but that closed early 2000s. The party shop became a short lived aquarium place, that was shut down too, it's just full of charity shops now. I had a dream once in 2008 that Game would run into trouble along with Gamestation and in 2012 it happened. Gamestation was liquidated and most became CEX stores and a lot of Game stores shut.
@@ObsoleteMule Hi... I try to reply to everyone that comments. We drove round Kiddy back in September last year... as you can now drive UP Worcester street. Was disappointing to hear some youths mouthing off up by the Swan Centre (1:55 into the video) but thats life these days. here is the video ruclips.net/video/qaM8FK_eue0/видео.html regards Paul
Hi, excellent Video!
I was 14 when you made this so remember it all really really well. I was wondering, is that number 2 Spencer Street? 1st house on the left? That was my sisters first house. I think she moved from there in the late 70's. Her name is Dawn and her husband was Brian
Hi Simon.... We lived at number 50 which is where the video starts. Number 2 would be on the right just before I reach the end of the road.... so you will definitely see your sisters house... although, of course, the video quality is not brilliant... but it seemed pretty good at the time lol. Regards Paul
@@PaulDonovan just purely amazing to see. Betamax was the better option I think, better than VHS anyway. Thanks Paul, always something to look upon.
Great film...what camera was available to you back in 1980?
Its as good as picture quality as today.time travelling maybe?
Dave .... I'm sure i replied to your message the other day.... but it's not here !! so... It was the first Sony Betamax system that normal people could afford. ... although it cost 3 months salary . (on 12 months interest fee !!) Big camera on shoulder with the actual recorder, which was very.... very heavy, hanging from the other shoulder. Cheers Paul
@@PaulDonovan wow that and an escort sport you must have been the rich guy in the street! : )
Really enjoyed the race round Kidderminster,as you mention you don't hang about!
Cheers for getting back to me.
Being serious now. What gear did you use to film this?
Lol... sorry for the slightly late reply !! it was the First Sony Betamax setup that the general public could just about afford !! Very large shoulder camera and an even larger recorder that hung from a shoulder strap !!
Great footage from 1980, but would've preferred if the music was not put over the original sound of the video.
Hi... Thanks. Unfortunately I had the radio on in the car and due to copyright issues RUclips will not allow the video to be shown... so I had to put some none copyright music over the original sound track.
Paul, did you drive from Spencer Street ????
Yes...... number 50 !! 😎👍
@@PaulDonovan I bought No 30 in 1991. You went past it :) My best friend still today lived opposite. Great to see the vid :) :)
Do you start out from Spencer Street?
Yes... we lived in Spencer Street.
@@PaulDonovan My daughter lived there recently. Hasn't changed that much! Unlike the rest of town. Looked way better back then. Your car was very cool too, always liked those
who's the band playing?
Hi... only just read your message ... lol Better late than lever. Band was local.... called Naked Remedy... very good. I have quite a few of their gigs on my RUclips channel... here is my playlist with a few of thier songs ruclips.net/p/PL8AFA97B7F578D681
whos the band playing?
Trab Ali a great local band called naked remedy. Search my RUclips channel for some videos of them playing live. They split up a few years ago. Cheers Paul
thanks will check them out, and great video mate!
oh and your did well steering that escort without power steering!
Lol.... only just read your message !! I loved that Escort . cheers Paul
Drop the crappy music. Should have kept the original.
Thanks for your constructive comment 😎 problem was .. back when I uploaded this RUclips would block any video with copyrighted music in it (apart from short bits) .. so I added original music from a local band.... better than not being able to show the video. The band "Naked Remedy" were great live.... here's a video.. ruclips.net/video/nJUVJB3sdPE/видео.html