Thank you for posting this my dad is in this 1min 45 secs in talking to the market traders. Him and my mum worked in Woolwich and met in 1981! He sadly died on 6th Jan in 2011 when I was 22 I’m so happy to see this 😊
Aw memories right there! Was born and bred in Plumstead 1972, my dad used to take me to the market tbh it was exciting back then. The sounds of the market traders shouting gave me goosebumps and took me right back ....
Used to vist Woolwich all the time as a child from 1970 to the 80's. Used to visit Woolworth's-Hare St., Cuffs-Powis St., Branston's Toy shop-Thomas St, Bakers stationers-Woolwich New Rd, and many memories of what I thought was a nicer Woolwich. The buses frequented all main thouroghfares. I notice the Swedish Metro-Scania buses seen on route 180, all of these buses were taken from Peckham and New Cross and taken to the new Plumstead garage, opened 1981. Abbey Wood and the old Plumstead garages were closed and some new routes were formed. I preferred the Routemasters and RT's that were very common here once.Nice footage of the market.
Loved seeing this. Actually know some of the traders in it as I grew up in the 70s Woolwich born and bred. My Nan worked at the Arsenal all through the war and my grandad was stationed as an RAF gunner on top of Shooter’s Hill firing on the lufwaffe as the followed the Thames on raids during the Blitz
Was born and lived in plumstead for 23 years , that's how I remember woolwich market when I would go dwn with my mum get fruit and veg all the sellers calling out, in 1982 I would have been 6 but still remember to this day great market back then.
I loved going down to 'the Square' with my aunt. I t was so lively and such a variety of stalls, and there was the covered market. Mt dad worked in the Arsenal during the war and aft, so did other members of the family. Very fond memories.
I can almost smell it, the Veg stalls and the stalls selling sea food on little sorcers. Pity we could not see Kennedy's Butchers and Manchester eel and pies.
This was very interesting to watch, I was born in ‘97 and bred in plumstead, I’m 25, so, I’ll be 26 in a fortnight, visit Woolwich a lot, have you got any archive footage of plumstead? I’d be interested to see how plumstead has changed throughout the years❤️
Love the 80's and the year I was born! What month was this do you know? + love how there is no very bright neon/shoulder pads or any dodgy hair cuts(as I'm typing well only saw a few out of that crowd that did ) lol I was last in this part of London last month, do you have another video to subscribe to but in Kent just across the boarder in Welling, Bexleyheath, Dartford, Swanley....etc??
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Thank you for posting this my dad is in this 1min 45 secs in talking to the market traders. Him and my mum worked in Woolwich and met in 1981! He sadly died on 6th Jan in 2011 when I was 22 I’m so happy to see this 😊
Aw memories right there! Was born and bred in Plumstead 1972, my dad used to take me to the market tbh it was exciting back then. The sounds of the market traders shouting gave me goosebumps and took me right back ....
I was at Woolwich polytechnic school in McBean st. just off Powis st. in the 1970s. So great memories of that area at that time.
Used to vist Woolwich all the time as a child from 1970 to the 80's. Used to visit Woolworth's-Hare St., Cuffs-Powis St., Branston's Toy shop-Thomas St, Bakers stationers-Woolwich New Rd, and many memories of what I thought was a nicer Woolwich. The buses frequented all main thouroghfares. I notice the Swedish Metro-Scania buses seen on route 180, all of these buses were taken from Peckham and New Cross and taken to the new Plumstead garage, opened 1981. Abbey Wood and the old Plumstead garages were closed and some new routes were formed. I preferred the Routemasters and RT's that were very common here once.Nice footage of the market.
Loved seeing this. Actually know some of the traders in it as I grew up in the 70s Woolwich born and bred. My Nan worked at the Arsenal all through the war and my grandad was stationed as an RAF gunner on top of Shooter’s Hill firing on the lufwaffe as the followed the Thames on raids during the Blitz
Was born and lived in plumstead for 23 years , that's how I remember woolwich market when I would go dwn with my mum get fruit and veg all the sellers calling out, in 1982 I would have been 6 but still remember to this day great market back then.
I was born in the year this video shows and now living in woolwich I go often to this market for fruit and veg :-) it's great
I loved going down to 'the Square' with my aunt. I t was so lively and such a variety of stalls, and there was the covered market. Mt dad worked in the Arsenal during the war and aft, so did other members of the family. Very fond memories.
I remember the market growing up
My grandad was Royal Artillery, we grew up in Eltham so Woolwich was a huge part of our lives
I used to work in the butchers, what a great market back in the day.
Yes it was
Hi is that you Margaret lost you on my WhatsApp . Memories of woolich market,shops ,
Hard to believe now that buses and cars drove down Powis St like that.
Yeah,even the buses used th drive through!
Enter a different world
I can almost smell it, the Veg stalls and the stalls selling sea food on little sorcers. Pity we could not see Kennedy's Butchers and Manchester eel and pies.
I remember being dragged around here when i was young Pat Holden
Thats what you call a market.
This was very interesting to watch, I was born in ‘97 and bred in plumstead, I’m 25, so, I’ll be 26 in a fortnight, visit Woolwich a lot, have you got any archive footage of plumstead? I’d be interested to see how plumstead has changed throughout the years❤️
Plumstead 1959 ruclips.net/video/_4h6O2wFj7M/видео.html
Also check out www.royal-arsenal-history.com/magazine_explosions.html and there are Plumstead 1907 photos vs today
Love the 80's and the year I was born!
What month was this do you know?
+ love how there is no very bright neon/shoulder pads or any dodgy hair cuts(as I'm typing well only saw a few out of that crowd that did ) lol
I was last in this part of London last month, do you have another video to subscribe to but in Kent just across the boarder in Welling, Bexleyheath, Dartford, Swanley....etc??
September 1981
Used to have beer or three in the elephant and castle boozer.
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Interesting! Can't imagine how annoying it must have been to have cars drive through the now pedestrian zone ...
Even more annoying now with 10 million people always walking into you with food delivery bikes constantly nearly crashing into you.
Trams before that