Southampton 1993, featuring Ocean Village, Bargate Shopping Centre, Town Quay, University, Pirelli, Vospers, Mayflower: ruclips.net/video/cJJV9L_qpNA/видео.html
I've lived in Southampton and it's surrounding areas for 37 years, it's amazing to see how much it's changed over the years, also amazing that I'd forgotten what it used to look like, thanks for the trip down memory lane, loved this 👏🏻
This is really fascinating and relaxing at the same time. I was only 6 days old when this video was filmed. 23years later I studied in Southampton Uni. Love the city. Wish I could go back one day.
Haha, thanks for commenting! I'm glad you loved it and found it fascinating and boring at the same time :D I showed it to a friend who has no connection with Southampton and they weren't that interested... I guess it's only interesting if you know/knew the city
Thanks for commenting. I always like to see how places used to look before I knew them. I grew up in Southampton, but moved away about 9 years ago now. Every time I come back to visit I notice something new!
Thanks for commenting. Yes, it was St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and was demolished in 1998 to make way for offices, as it had fallen into disrepair and would have been too expensive to restore.
True! I have been living in Southampton for more than 10 years and it’s crazy too see how much the city has developed through the years, very interesting video to see of a time that I wasn’t even born !
Fascinating to watch, on a side note if you ask a taxi drive to take you to Stag Gates or the Centoph nowadays, they have no idea what you are talking about!
Every house seems to have like 3 cars, In street parents street of twenty house there are multiple 3 bed houses with 4 cars. and some with caravans too, but at least most of them keep their cars on their drives
I was one of the first people to work in West quay when it first opened. I remember buildings being pulled down and built other buildings. Southampton city centre is too busy these days. I even remembered the bird Avery
I remember the old bird aviary. I remember the two main cinema's along the high street too, the ABC and ODEON was it? Who remember the old bus depot where the Marlands is?
There's a short article about Southampton's lost cinemas on the Daily Echo website; it mentions that Jurassic Park was the last film to be shown at the Odeon, and of course the old ABC is now The Square Balloon. I thought there were two small Odeon Cinemas in Above Bar St, but they didn't mention the other one so I must be thinking of the ABC too... www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18734688.pictures-lost-cinemas-southampton-local-area/
Thankyou for reminding me of the Bird Aviary - had totally forgotten about that and the fish in the small paved area nearby - favorite places to visit when I was young...
Wow this is genuinely one of the most interesting videos I’ve seen on YT for a long while! Southampton has changed A LOT since I was 14 (in 1994), some things for the worse some things for the better. But overall, despite what the naysers may say, things have changed for the better. More pedestrianised areas, cycle lanes, modern buildings although a little too many student flats for my liking these days!
Thank you! Yes, Southampton has changed a lot since the 90s. I still reminisce about those years, as I grew up in the city and was a teenager for most of the 90s too (this footage is from my grandparents' old tapes that I found!) I'm interested to see what they eventually build in place of The Bargate Centre and East St Shopping Centre. I've not been back for a couple of years now
If you'd like to see more, I also have a video they filmed in 1993, with Ocean Village, The Bargate Centre, and Town Quay: ruclips.net/video/cJJV9L_qpNA/видео.html
Thank you so much for sharing this video! It means a great deal to be able to look back and remember. This is part of daily life as I knew it. I wonder can anyone remember if the shop Hammicks was a bookshop? It is visible on the far right of the screen at 5:10.
Hi Tom, thanks for commenting, I'm glad that my video brings back so many memories :) I hadn't heard of Hammicks before so did a Google search and there's a medical bookshop on Burgess Road called Hammicks so it probably was one of their branches
I have photos of west quay site as it was being built. My grandpa would go down often and take photos of the before and after of everything. Its amazing how its changed in the last 30 years
It was opened in 1991 according to this Wikipedia page: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlands_Shopping_Centre I did a search for the Lord Louis pub as well, but couldn't find that much information. Here's a short article and a photo: www.closedpubs.co.uk/hampshire/southampton_lordlouis.html
I've only ever done the walk from Southampton Central to St Mary's as an away fan, good to see another view of Southampton, even if it was over 20 years ago
Thanks for commenting. It is an interesting city to visit, but much has changed since the 90s. If you'd like to see more of the city and the waterfront, my grandparents also filmed this in 1993: ruclips.net/video/cJJV9L_qpNA/видео.html
Thanks for commenting. I'm glad it brought back memories for you. I grew up in the city, but moved away now. Every time I return to Southampton there's something new to see
Plumbers, lol. I got my first Puma tracksuit there back in the day. Together with my Nikes, I was the envy of the playground! Ah, happy days! Thanks for posting the vid
Haha, that's a coincidence - I saw my parents for the first time since November yesterday and we exchanged Christmas presents. Believe it or not, I got a Puma tracksuit! Thanks for commenting :)
My Dad worked at the Southern Evening Echo between 1957 - 87. His office was somewhere behind the row of windows on the first floor seen in this video.
The planning for Southampton Football Stadium was refused by EastLeigh borough CounciL, mainly due to EastLeigh Football CLub that may emerge into the Professional Leagues and therefore may have nowhere else convenient to build. Good job too, as EastLeigh do have a football team and may take many years to emerge, anything can happen.!
@@Quagmi Its was PLan B, always in the pipeline. Eventhough they may have achieved building on Stoneham, which may have bought home their training facility from out in Marchwood along with a entire Sports and Music Arena. Abit like WembLey Stadium and Music and Entertainment venues. Its usually is strategic thinking like that, which encourages up and coming youngsters to believe, they could one day be playing in the main venue. It was the initial plan but I assume EastLeigh Borough thought we may need that Land if our EFC takes off...ie in a 100 Years..LoL
Yeah very quiet! This was filmed on a Sunday though. It was around the time when I started driving, so me and my friends had some of those old models :)
@Quagmi yes it is too. I live in kent and have not been there although I know the area from maps around the m27 and so on but it is nice to see though too.
It all feels like yesterday but simultaneously so long ago. I am glad Hammicks was in it as for the past couple of years I have been trying to remember the name of the bookshop a couple of doors down from the other bookshop Sherrat & Hughes.
Great, that is possible! Yes I agree that much of the city is still recognisable. I was 17 when this was filmed and living in Hedge End, although moved into the city centre near Town Quay about 2008 for a few years. I enjoyed living at that end of town. It was nice to be within walking distance of everything, but also at the quieter end of town.
@@Quagmi I enjoyed my time living there too. Everything was on tap, if you wanted something it was just a quick walk to all the shops. In comparison to now there is very little reason to shop there anymore, all the good shops have long gone.
The buses and cars have changed a lot. The Above Bar shopping area hasn't changed that much though. One major change there is the WestQuay shopping centre, which was built around the year 2000, and some of the other big shopping centres have been demolished
I'm guessing this was done on a Sunday or Bank holiday? I've know Southampton since the early 1960's and can't ever remember it being this quiet. Nice video nonetheless.
You're right, it was Sunday 31 July (I just checked my PC's calendar) Thanks for commenting. The only time I've seen it so quiet was in the early hours of the night on a week day!
Oil Burner I remember living in Holyrood in the early 90s and how Sundays used to be so quiet then...very different now...thanks for the share and visual memories of 25 years ago !
Thanks for commenting again. I never noticed that one - I'm sure I have seen the statue on the pillar but didn't take it in... Interesting the small changes that happen over the years
It largely all looks the same to me just with less traffic, but had no idea Brunswick Place had a full on church on the corner lol you should re-do this video now for comparison :)
Thanks for commenting - I've been thinking of doing a current version for a while :) I didn't know about the church until I found this footage either! (It was on my grandparents' camcorder tapes, that my parents had in a box in the loft)
I know the city is pretty recognisable in most areas, but a lot of buildings have been demolished, and replaced (mostly), and road systems have changed. Here's a "small" list of what I've noticed has changed in Southampton since the 90s: - Buildings demolished in the city centre to make way for the WestQuay Shopping Centre and Watermark WestQuay -The Bargate Shopping Centre and surrounding shops and buildings demolished -Tyrell and Green demolished, and new Guildhall Square built, with alterations to Above Bar St - new road system between Ocean Village and Town Quay - Oceana Boulevard built on the site of Customs House, opposite Queens Park - Ocean Village marina area complete transformation - road pedestrianised at the top of High St - East St Shopping Centre demolished - Ikea built on the former Pirelli Cable Works - Different bus companies operating and (obviously) new car makes and models - Southampton FC, which was planned to have a new stadium in Stoneham, relocated from the Dell to St. Mary's - New university buildings in Bassett - St Andrews Presbyterian Church (at 03:03) on Charlotte Place Roundabout was demolished in 1998, and is now an office Building called Brunswick Gate. - The Jury's Inn built in the middle of the Charlotte Place roundabout - The Polygon Hotel demolished - Sea City Museum now at Civic Centre - Police station moved from Civic Centre to a new building near the Central Train Station - The Southern Daily Echo moved to Redbridge, and the building it used to occupy is part of The West Quay Shopping Centre - George Arthur Dunn has gone, and is today Starbucks - KFC has moved from the corner Civic Centre Road and Wesr Marlands Road, to the opposite corner (Civic Centre Road and Above Bar St - C&A has gone
@@Quagmi Good observations. St Andrews church is a significant change but things like the Police station move is hardly noticeable, as I remember it was just a sign above a door - blink and you'd miss it. Obviously the new Police building is a dramatic change to the skyline. KFC moving - meh. Ocean Village yes that's changed a good deal (for the worse imo) in the past 5 years with the building on the Quay but I was only commenting on this area shown. If you made the same journey today in an old Ford Escort on a Sunday morning you would hardly see anything much different really.
I guess it was disused for a while and they thought an office block would be a better use of the space... Another piece of Southampton's history lost. Thanks for commenting :)
It was st Andrew church it was ruin set on fire pulled down big thank for tour this start when Southampton went down hill lost so much good things pubs and putting greens been here 34 year came Scotland .st Mary Street main hornt then big thank you 😁😁😁🏴
Sorry, it wasn't edited out. That was all the footage of West End there was unfortunately. My grandparents lived in West End too, so might be why they didn't film much of it...
@@Quagmi a bit of swaythling/burgess road is cut out in between the now mcdonalds and the uni if you have that footage it would really help with a college project i am currently doing. Many thanks
Everything has now changed.... They got rid of the bargate shopping centre in town.... and in 2016 they got rid of the buyology shop and made flats. Whenever they build new things they always build flats. Soon Southampton will be full of flats!
That's a shame. I used to shop at Buyology. It was a useful shop, but never seemed that busy... The whole dynamic of the city centre has changed. I saw that they have built a big shopping/restaurant complex with cinema next to West Quay now.
Hope you haven't had a head gasket gone during filming...I bet my mortgage your 414 k-series engine had a few gaskets and gearboxes during ownership, unless D16 Honda was under the bonnet.
@@grahamhamlin674 wow, you've done well to keep that on the road! Must be about the same age as my first car. I had an X reg Cavalier. I loved that car, but the head gasket went on it about 2 months after I bought it!
Quagmi I keep it looked after and locked up over winter months, I can’t upload a picture otherwise I would , my friend had cavaliers all the time some good memories
Dam university, they've even gone and closed the stile down now. Not only are they destroying Bassett green and swaythling they're now swallowing up the city centre and portswood. You should make another video once they've finished developing. This is the uni...and down here is the uni. Along here is the uni and this is where the uni is building another halls of residence. Getting sick of the place.
That's a shame - my Mum grew up in Bassett, and I believe my Grandad used to go to the Stile (although probably called something different back in the 80's and before?) I haven't been through that part of Southampton for a few years, but it changes every time I see it (as well as the city centre). The University must be doing well for itself... I'm now in Oxford, and the University here owns a big percentage of the city centre, but leases some of it's buildings to retail and other businesses. It's an easy way for them to make money I guess...
@@Quagmi It's always been the stile. I used to drink in there occasionally in the 80's and last went in there last year not long before it closed....because the uni bought it.
@@MR-ry5tj oh please. Apart from some new buildings and new signs, thats all. More has changed in london between 2019 and 2020 than it did in Southampton
No one's comparing Southampton to London. Most of the main indoor shopping centres of the time have been demolished, and WestQuay was built. New road systems, and shops changed hands. Ocean Village has also been mostly demolished and re-modelled. Leisure World and Ikea weren't around then (and Leisure World looks set to be demolished soon). Of course it's still mostly recognisable, as (just under) 30 years is not that long to transform a city, but a lot has also changed in my mind...
This video was filmed way before RUclips was invented, and was never made to be shared with the world. My grandparents filmed their tour of Southampton to show my Grandad's brother how much the city had changed since he left many years before. Many people do find this interesting though, as it shows a lot of how the city has changed. Not all of it is shot from inside a car either - there are some parts where they were on foot
Southampton 1993, featuring Ocean Village, Bargate Shopping Centre, Town Quay, University, Pirelli, Vospers, Mayflower:
ruclips.net/video/cJJV9L_qpNA/видео.html
I've lived in Southampton and it's surrounding areas for 37 years, it's amazing to see how much it's changed over the years, also amazing that I'd forgotten what it used to look like, thanks for the trip down memory lane, loved this 👏🏻
Thanks for commenting, I'm glad it bought back some memories :)
This is really fascinating and relaxing at the same time. I was only 6 days old when this video was filmed. 23years later I studied in Southampton Uni. Love the city. Wish I could go back one day.
Thank you for commenting! I grew up in Southampton, but have also moved away. I miss living there too, but get to visit a few times each year :)
It's mesmerisingly fascinating and boring simultaneously! I loved it! Thanks for posting
Haha, thanks for commenting! I'm glad you loved it and found it fascinating and boring at the same time :D I showed it to a friend who has no connection with Southampton and they weren't that interested... I guess it's only interesting if you know/knew the city
I live in Southampton and now they are building flats literally everywhere!
So much has changed over the last 24 years. Quite remarkable when you get to look back. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for commenting :)
It is odd to look back i lived there 25 years ago .
This has just been put into my reccomend. I've lived here for a year and it's so interesting to see how much has changed.
Thanks for commenting. I always like to see how places used to look before I knew them. I grew up in Southampton, but moved away about 9 years ago now. Every time I come back to visit I notice something new!
3:06 that Church is not there anymore. Now there is commercial building I guess.
Thank you for the video.
I live in Southampton.
Thanks for commenting. Yes, it was St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and was demolished in 1998 to make way for offices, as it had fallen into disrepair and would have been too expensive to restore.
True! I have been living in Southampton for more than 10 years and it’s crazy too see how much the city has developed through the years, very interesting video to see of a time that I wasn’t even born !
Fascinating to watch, on a side note if you ask a taxi drive to take you to Stag Gates or the Centoph nowadays, they have no idea what you are talking about!
Haha, I'm 46 and grew up on the outskirts of Southampton (Botley) but only learnt where Stag Gates was quite recently!
But do you know why it was called 'Stag Gates'? - and what happened to the stags?
I'm sure I've seen an old photo of some gates that used to be there with stag statues above the posts. No idea what happened to them though, sorry.
@@Quagmi It's a sad story for Southampton - see my separate post.
Wow. Hardly any traffic back in the day. Now it’s grid locked.
JRP Romeo156GTA Sunday filming I would think...
I bet it's not gridlock at the moment 😪
This was filmed on a Sunday.
Every house seems to have like 3 cars, In street parents street of twenty house there are multiple 3 bed houses with 4 cars. and some with caravans too, but at least most of them keep their cars on their drives
@@More-Space-In-Ear 31/7/1994 find the day and don't simple guessing like a 🤓 smart wanabee Clouseau. (It was Sunday though)
Got all emoshe when I saw the lovely Tyrells. Thanks for posting this :-)
Thanks for your comment - glad it brought back memories for you :)
What a great video, thank you for sharing. Brings back old memories 🙂
Thanks for commenting! I love that this brings back memories for so many people 😊
Awesome! I lived there from 95 to 98. Good on your grandparents!
Thank you 😊 I grew up in the city but left in 2012. I often go back though, as my parents still live there. It's changed so much since I moved away
I miss the 1990s, it was a far simpler time
Yea.
I was one of the first people to work in West quay when it first opened. I remember buildings being pulled down and built other buildings. Southampton city centre is too busy these days. I even remembered the bird Avery
My brother was a carpenter and helped build some of the shops before WestQuay opened. The town centre definitely has a different vibe now
I remember the old bird aviary. I remember the two main cinema's along the high street too, the ABC and ODEON was it? Who remember the old bus depot where the Marlands is?
There's a short article about Southampton's lost cinemas on the Daily Echo website; it mentions that Jurassic Park was the last film to be shown at the Odeon, and of course the old ABC is now The Square Balloon. I thought there were two small Odeon Cinemas in Above Bar St, but they didn't mention the other one so I must be thinking of the ABC too... www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18734688.pictures-lost-cinemas-southampton-local-area/
@@Quagmi I think one was called the Classic...
Thankyou for reminding me of the Bird Aviary - had totally forgotten about that and the fish in the small paved area nearby - favorite places to visit when I was young...
Thank you for commenting. I'm glad these videos give people so many good memories :)
I was 12 when this was filmed! A lot has changed but not hugely. Interesting video
Thanks for commenting :)
❤Southampton. So much has changed, still a great city.
God it’s changed sooo much
Wow this is genuinely one of the most interesting videos I’ve seen on YT for a long while!
Southampton has changed A LOT since I was 14 (in 1994), some things for the worse some things for the better. But overall, despite what the naysers may say, things have changed for the better. More pedestrianised areas, cycle lanes, modern buildings although a little too many student flats for my liking these days!
Thank you! Yes, Southampton has changed a lot since the 90s. I still reminisce about those years, as I grew up in the city and was a teenager for most of the 90s too (this footage is from my grandparents' old tapes that I found!) I'm interested to see what they eventually build in place of The Bargate Centre and East St Shopping Centre. I've not been back for a couple of years now
If you'd like to see more, I also have a video they filmed in 1993, with Ocean Village, The Bargate Centre, and Town Quay: ruclips.net/video/cJJV9L_qpNA/видео.html
@@Quagmi I’m definitely
Going to check out those too. It seems like your grandparents were pioneering You tubers well ahead of their time!
Haha, definitely! They would have been all over RUclips 😁
Thank you so much for sharing this video! It means a great deal to be able to look back and remember. This is part of daily life as I knew it. I wonder can anyone remember if the shop Hammicks was a bookshop? It is visible on the far right of the screen at 5:10.
Hi Tom, thanks for commenting, I'm glad that my video brings back so many memories :) I hadn't heard of Hammicks before so did a Google search and there's a medical bookshop on Burgess Road called Hammicks so it probably was one of their branches
I have photos of west quay site as it was being built. My grandpa would go down often and take photos of the before and after of everything. Its amazing how its changed in the last 30 years
That's great. It's interesting seeing photos of how places used to look
Thanks for sharing. I left around this time so this is how I remember it.
It's very different now - so many buildings have been demolished and waiting to have something built in their place...
I love the gardens and grounds as well as the commercial shops, Portsmouth also had nice parks as well 👍🏻☺️
I used to enjoy walking through the gardens when I lived in the city too 😊
Anyone no when Marlands were open. My family ran the Lord Louis pub that used to stand there. Great trip down memory lane.
It was opened in 1991 according to this Wikipedia page: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlands_Shopping_Centre I did a search for the Lord Louis pub as well, but couldn't find that much information. Here's a short article and a photo: www.closedpubs.co.uk/hampshire/southampton_lordlouis.html
I've only ever done the walk from Southampton Central to St Mary's as an away fan, good to see another view of Southampton, even if it was over 20 years ago
Thanks for commenting. It is an interesting city to visit, but much has changed since the 90s. If you'd like to see more of the city and the waterfront, my grandparents also filmed this in 1993: ruclips.net/video/cJJV9L_qpNA/видео.html
@@Quagmi I'll check it out, thank you
For more old videos and slideshows of Southampton, check out this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL71MRxOiUFX4O4GzI5Llrs-tSNLzNDDzL
So much has changed.....some great memories and history. Cheers 👍🏼
Thanks for commenting. I'm glad it brought back memories for you. I grew up in the city, but moved away now. Every time I return to Southampton there's something new to see
Plumbers, lol. I got my first Puma tracksuit there back in the day. Together with my Nikes, I was the envy of the playground! Ah, happy days! Thanks for posting the vid
Haha, that's a coincidence - I saw my parents for the first time since November yesterday and we exchanged Christmas presents. Believe it or not, I got a Puma tracksuit! Thanks for commenting :)
My Dad worked at the Southern Evening Echo between 1957 - 87. His office was somewhere behind the row of windows on the first floor seen in this video.
I went in there once to see the guy who did the children's page, he gave us a look around inside.
Hope you didnt put money on where “The Dell” was going to be built 😂...
The planning for Southampton Football Stadium was refused by EastLeigh borough CounciL, mainly due to EastLeigh Football CLub that may emerge into the Professional Leagues and therefore may have nowhere else convenient to build. Good job too, as EastLeigh do have a football team and may take many years to emerge, anything can happen.!
Thanks for commenting. I always wondered why they changed their mind on the Stoneham location!
@@Quagmi
Its was PLan B, always in the pipeline. Eventhough they may have achieved building on Stoneham, which may have bought home their training facility from out in Marchwood along with a entire Sports and Music Arena. Abit like WembLey Stadium and Music and Entertainment venues. Its usually is strategic thinking like that, which encourages up and coming youngsters to believe, they could one day be playing in the main venue.
It was the initial plan but I assume EastLeigh Borough thought we may need that Land if our EFC takes off...ie in a 100 Years..LoL
Haha, stranger things have happened :) it is an ideal location, right next to the M27 and train station
Lol and it got built on the old gas works in the city's Northam area
Thankfully the stadium didn't get built there. It would have been hell if they did.
Yeah, the roads around there already can't cope with the traffic, and it wouldn't have been walkable for most fans
Looks like lock down, love the older cars.
Yeah very quiet! This was filmed on a Sunday though. It was around the time when I started driving, so me and my friends had some of those old models :)
Ah the new Dell at Stoneham - I remember those plans...
Would have been a good location for away fans
Haha I live in Southampton and I remember when it looked like this lol. Damn I feel old haha
Me too, lol
Thank you for this not seen it before but most interesting it is too there.
Thanks for commenting. it is interesting to see how much Southampton has changed in the past 30 years
@Quagmi yes it is too. I live in kent and have not been there although I know the area from maps around the m27 and so on but it is nice to see though too.
It all feels like yesterday but simultaneously so long ago. I am glad Hammicks was in it as for the past couple of years I have been trying to remember the name of the bookshop a couple of doors down from the other bookshop Sherrat & Hughes.
I know what you mean, time goes so fast! Thanks for your comment - I'm glad that my video helped to jog your memory 🙂
I was 19 when you filmed this and lived just down off bugle road. I may even be in this video somewhere. Somethings have changed some have not.
Great, that is possible! Yes I agree that much of the city is still recognisable. I was 17 when this was filmed and living in Hedge End, although moved into the city centre near Town Quay about 2008 for a few years. I enjoyed living at that end of town. It was nice to be within walking distance of everything, but also at the quieter end of town.
@@Quagmi I enjoyed my time living there too. Everything was on tap, if you wanted something it was just a quick walk to all the shops. In comparison to now there is very little reason to shop there anymore, all the good shops have long gone.
wonder how much the population has changed since..
According to Google it was 207,808 in 1994, and 935,868 in 2021! 😯
Wow a lot has changed since I was 4 yrs old
What's I've noticed is the buses have definitely changed and some of the shops but overall it almost still remains today
The buses and cars have changed a lot. The Above Bar shopping area hasn't changed that much though. One major change there is the WestQuay shopping centre, which was built around the year 2000, and some of the other big shopping centres have been demolished
I'm guessing this was done on a Sunday or Bank holiday? I've know Southampton since the early 1960's and can't ever remember it being this quiet. Nice video nonetheless.
You're right, it was Sunday 31 July (I just checked my PC's calendar) Thanks for commenting. The only time I've seen it so quiet was in the early hours of the night on a week day!
Oil Burner I remember living in Holyrood in the early 90s and how Sundays used to be so quiet then...very different now...thanks for the share and visual memories of 25 years ago !
1:20 Good to see lane discipline was just as bad back in 1994 as it is now!
Some things never change...
Wow! That's crazy 😮
I can’t believe how quiet the roads are
I think it was early on a Sunday
If only too.
9:34 that Statue is still there but now on a 13 feet pillar.
Thanks for commenting again. I never noticed that one - I'm sure I have seen the statue on the pillar but didn't take it in... Interesting the small changes that happen over the years
i saw my house! Edited: Maybe ;)
I did too ;)
It largely all looks the same to me just with less traffic, but had no idea Brunswick Place had a full on church on the corner lol you should re-do this video now for comparison :)
Thanks for commenting - I've been thinking of doing a current version for a while :) I didn't know about the church until I found this footage either! (It was on my grandparents' camcorder tapes, that my parents had in a box in the loft)
I was married in St Andrews church in 1981. Mum and dad married there in 1959. All our family went to church there
Really goes to show how little intelligence Southampton council actually have.
What went wrong ? 😔
I wonder too.
Sunday 31.07.1994 for those wondering why it seems so much less busy, back then most shops if not all were shut on a Sunday.
The city was so quiet back then
It was, but this was also filmed in the morning on a Sunday 🙂
It all looks almost identical today, not much has changed, except there are more pixels now.
I know the city is pretty recognisable in most areas, but a lot of buildings have been demolished, and replaced (mostly), and road systems have changed. Here's a "small" list of what I've noticed has changed in Southampton since the 90s:
- Buildings demolished in the city centre to make way for the WestQuay Shopping Centre and Watermark WestQuay
-The Bargate Shopping Centre and surrounding shops and buildings demolished
-Tyrell and Green demolished, and new Guildhall Square built, with alterations to Above Bar St
- new road system between Ocean Village and Town Quay
- Oceana Boulevard built on the site of Customs House, opposite Queens Park
- Ocean Village marina area complete transformation
- road pedestrianised at the top of High St
- East St Shopping Centre demolished
- Ikea built on the former Pirelli Cable Works
- Different bus companies operating and (obviously) new car makes and models
- Southampton FC, which was planned to have a new stadium in Stoneham, relocated from the Dell to St. Mary's
- New university buildings in Bassett
- St Andrews Presbyterian Church (at 03:03) on Charlotte Place Roundabout was demolished in 1998, and is now an office Building called Brunswick Gate.
- The Jury's Inn built in the middle of the Charlotte Place roundabout
- The Polygon Hotel demolished
- Sea City Museum now at Civic Centre
- Police station moved from Civic Centre to a new building near the Central Train Station
- The Southern Daily Echo moved to Redbridge, and the building it used to occupy is part of The West Quay Shopping Centre
- George Arthur Dunn has gone, and is today Starbucks
- KFC has moved from the corner Civic Centre Road and Wesr Marlands Road, to the opposite corner (Civic Centre Road and Above Bar St
- C&A has gone
@@Quagmi Good observations. St Andrews church is a significant change but things like the Police station move is hardly noticeable, as I remember it was just a sign above a door - blink and you'd miss it. Obviously the new Police building is a dramatic change to the skyline. KFC moving - meh. Ocean Village yes that's changed a good deal (for the worse imo) in the past 5 years with the building on the Quay but I was only commenting on this area shown. If you made the same journey today in an old Ford Escort on a Sunday morning you would hardly see anything much different really.
@@seandavies467 the police building blocks the nice sunsets from on top of the car parks
I'm driving to Southampton now while watching!
Nice :) enjoy!
What happened to that church at Brunswick place (3.06) because the building there now a piece of crap! Great video btw, how time flies!
I guess it was disused for a while and they thought an office block would be a better use of the space... Another piece of Southampton's history lost. Thanks for commenting :)
It was st Andrew church it was ruin set on fire pulled down big thank for tour this start when Southampton went down hill lost so much good things pubs and putting greens been here 34 year came Scotland .st Mary Street main hornt then big thank you 😁😁😁🏴
Burgess Road The great memory for all Chinese students
Good memories for me too, as some of my family lived nearby 😊
damn wish west end wasent edited out, would love to haVE seen my old street back then
Sorry, it wasn't edited out. That was all the footage of West End there was unfortunately. My grandparents lived in West End too, so might be why they didn't film much of it...
@@Quagmi understandable, west end hasent changed all that much i guess
@@Quagmi a bit of swaythling/burgess road is cut out in between the now mcdonalds and the uni if you have that footage it would really help with a college project i am currently doing. Many thanks
Wonderful 🙏
Thank you! 😊
Jheez it’s like a ghost town ain’t like that now I’ll tell ya that
Looks kinda like a lock down, doesn't it? This was filmed on a Sunday morning - 31 July 1994, so no shops would have been open at that time
Everything has now changed.... They got rid of the bargate shopping centre in town.... and in 2016 they got rid of the buyology shop and made flats. Whenever they build new things they always build flats. Soon Southampton will be full of flats!
That's a shame. I used to shop at Buyology. It was a useful shop, but never seemed that busy... The whole dynamic of the city centre has changed. I saw that they have built a big shopping/restaurant complex with cinema next to West Quay now.
Blame the council really then too I wonder.
Wow. 💜
Thank you 😊
I was at the civic center today haha this is so weird to me lol.
Hope you haven't had a head gasket gone during filming...I bet my mortgage your 414 k-series engine had a few gaskets and gearboxes during ownership, unless D16 Honda was under the bonnet.
Haha, probably! Cars in those days weren't built so solid. This was my Grandparents car and film though, so I wouldn't know. Thanks for commenting :)
Guys Look at the cars haha 😂😂😂
Miss all the cars back then new ones are all the same and boring
I do too. They had much more character!
Quagmi I still drive old cars currently drive a 1983 Granada, I have a picture of it parked at ocean village last year lol
@@grahamhamlin674 wow, you've done well to keep that on the road! Must be about the same age as my first car. I had an X reg Cavalier. I loved that car, but the head gasket went on it about 2 months after I bought it!
Quagmi I keep it looked after and locked up over winter months, I can’t upload a picture otherwise I would , my friend had cavaliers all the time some good memories
I have 03 plate its doing better than the newer cars as they seem to break down
where's all the traffic ?,i remember in mid 80,s you could park all over the place, even outside by building society .
Yeah, crazy how many cars are on the road today! Although I think this was filmed early on a Sunday
Dam university, they've even gone and closed the stile down now. Not only are they destroying Bassett green and swaythling they're now swallowing up the city centre and portswood. You should make another video once they've finished developing. This is the uni...and down here is the uni. Along here is the uni and this is where the uni is building another halls of residence. Getting sick of the place.
That's a shame - my Mum grew up in Bassett, and I believe my Grandad used to go to the Stile (although probably called something different back in the 80's and before?) I haven't been through that part of Southampton for a few years, but it changes every time I see it (as well as the city centre). The University must be doing well for itself... I'm now in Oxford, and the University here owns a big percentage of the city centre, but leases some of it's buildings to retail and other businesses. It's an easy way for them to make money I guess...
@@Quagmi It's always been the stile. I used to drink in there occasionally in the 80's and last went in there last year not long before it closed....because the uni bought it.
Unfortunately its the uni thats keeping southampton afloat
@@jayadams681 how exactly?
To be honest, not much has changed.
If you look closely, you might be surprised at how much has changed
It's almost identical, a few new street signs and cycle lanes and sign fronts.
@@MR-ry5tj oh please. Apart from some new buildings and new signs, thats all. More has changed in london between 2019 and 2020 than it did in Southampton
No one's comparing Southampton to London. Most of the main indoor shopping centres of the time have been demolished, and WestQuay was built. New road systems, and shops changed hands. Ocean Village has also been mostly demolished and re-modelled. Leisure World and Ikea weren't around then (and Leisure World looks set to be demolished soon). Of course it's still mostly recognisable, as (just under) 30 years is not that long to transform a city, but a lot has also changed in my mind...
@@Quagmi it has changed just a bit. But you can tell Southampton hasnt been given much attention from the government
Has the narrator died no disrespect
Yes, sadly many years ago now
She’s a legend
@@Quagmi she lives forever via this awesome video
What a wasted opportunity to show Southampton at its best. To video roads is not at all interesting.
This video was filmed way before RUclips was invented, and was never made to be shared with the world. My grandparents filmed their tour of Southampton to show my Grandad's brother how much the city had changed since he left many years before. Many people do find this interesting though, as it shows a lot of how the city has changed. Not all of it is shot from inside a car either - there are some parts where they were on foot
Its very interesting I was born in Southampton in 1990 although moved out wen I was 2 its home but I have no memory of it