Watched this in January 2025, good memories and even better memories of drinking in the Golden Lion Tap pub, it even had a skittle alley in the back. The club/discotheque The Bees(?) up near the multi story carpark was. Probably all demolished now. Cheers.
Great nostalgia my last two Cousin's live in Barnstape My Mum came from Bideford where I stayed with my Grandparents every Summer I love North Devon Thankyou
Arrived in 1980 young sprat to the town on occasions, i just loved it especially the old road with its views from Bideford entering the town, definitely a Golden period in my life visiting Bideford and Barnstaple, thanks for the great film.
I lived in Barnstaple from 1975 to 1980. I can remember using that slide featured at the start of the video as if it was yesterday. I also remember walking over the bridge railway line and seeing the semi fore signals. I would play on the castle mound during my childhood. I remember very well the walk to Blue Coats school too.
I love how this film is put together alongside the music, you got the older parts of town that go well with the grubby baseline and the newer buildings with the sort of digital sounding keyboard parts. Like some sort of excitement for progress of a new future, I suppose back then it may have felt like that too. New technology etc. we have everything now and it’s quite boring
Can anyone kindly tell me where the camera is looking at 1:03 and what is the glass building building with the staircase is at the end of the street that is no longer there? It looked quite impressive
That's Northgate at the end of the High street it looks more impressive in the video then it was, there was a Steakhouse restaurant on the ground floor which was all the rage back then and you could get Chicken and Chips in the basket wow we knew how to live.
Watched this in January 2025, good memories and even better memories of drinking in the Golden Lion Tap pub, it even had a skittle alley in the back. The club/discotheque The Bees(?) up near the multi story carpark was. Probably all demolished now. Cheers.
Brilliant! When it was a better place than the dump it is today
Great nostalgia my last two Cousin's live in Barnstape My Mum came from Bideford where I stayed with my Grandparents every Summer I love North Devon Thankyou
Arrived in 1980 young sprat to the town on occasions, i just loved it especially the old road with its views from Bideford entering the town, definitely a Golden period in my life visiting Bideford and Barnstaple, thanks for the great film.
I lived in Barnstaple from 1975 to 1980. I can remember using that slide featured at the start of the video as if it was yesterday. I also remember walking over the bridge railway line and seeing the semi fore signals. I would play on the castle mound during my childhood. I remember very well the walk to Blue Coats school too.
Was here in 1978-1980. Studied in North Devon College. Vividly remember the Fish and Chips Shop up the old stickelpath hill. Nice Fish and Chips.
I love how this film is put together alongside the music, you got the older parts of town that go well with the grubby baseline and the newer buildings with the sort of digital sounding keyboard parts.
Like some sort of excitement for progress of a new future, I suppose back then it may have felt like that too. New technology etc. we have everything now and it’s quite boring
This is interesting and good-quality footage, Geoff. Thank you for posting.
Good memories Geoff
Great video, Geoff! Love to see all the old cars and long forgotten memories brought back to life. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing .
What a beautiful place Barnstaple used to be. The only good thing to happen in the last 50 years is the new bridge.
Excellent :-)
Thanks Geoff.
The days when you actually use all the roads in Barnstaple and weren't closed off! The old concrete civic centre building is now being demolished!
Brilliant Geoff
Holy shit, people actually used their indicators back then?!
Yes, no not many BMW, Audi and Mercs on lease in those days
We have the same surename and I live in Barnstaple and I always got told by my mum there’s someone related to me called geoff
Charlie if your mum is Nicky then I am your Granddads brother.
@@MemoryMediaCineFilmArchive yes my mum is Nicky
Know all these places apart from 0:33?
Where North Devon Flooring is, and the traffic lights. Where those buildings were, it's the actual road now. Next to the old Sheep Skin Shop Area.
Can anyone kindly tell me where the camera is looking at 1:03 and what is the glass building building with the staircase is at the end of the street that is no longer there? It looked quite impressive
That's Northgate at the end of the High street it looks more impressive in the video then it was, there was a Steakhouse restaurant on the ground floor which was all the rage back then and you could get Chicken and Chips in the basket wow we knew how to live.
The Steak House was on ground floor
You aslo look ALLOT like my grandad
Ch4 News, Jon Snow (2019) "I`ve never seen so many white people in one place before!"
Loved Jon Snow , he refused to wear a red poppy 😂
Demi bideford
Pat Hemsworth. Robert Hemsworth.