Mrs Video 99 here. Only just had a moment to watch this video. I didn't know you back then. I was living in Ivybridge and would have sat in the huge queue on the A38 down to Marsh Mills roundabout (during the construction of the flyover) on my route to work which seemed to take forever to get through each time. I was learning to drive and my Mum would sit in the passenger seat of my 1988 Renault 5 Campus. I passed my test that year.
Lifelong Plymothian here and this a wonderful trip down memory lane. Thanks. :) I'm so glad you survived that treachorous and life-threatening journey without lane and speed restriction and average speed cameras. ;) Marsh Mills roundabout without traffic lights... :) I passed my driving test in March of this year so had a few enjoyable years driving without big brother watching. :)
I'd been driving since 75 and the roads were completely rammed even then, now it's empty bus and cycle lanes and ten times worse! Council run by idiots and commie agenda junkies.
Thanks so much for this, I was born in Plymouth in 91 in freedom fields hospital and lived here ever since. Thank you for sharing this invaluable piece of history!
I was born in Plymouth in 1991 at the Freedom Fields hospital which no longer exists. Although I have no memories from the year this was filmed I do remember how parts of Plymouth used to be before they were redeveloped. My parents had a car during the 90s but I have very few memories of being in it or driving around Plymouth at the time so this is really interesting to be able to see. Thanks for uploading it.
Not a pothole in sight.. thanks for sharing.. pretty cool to see some of the layouts.. I like the fuel station on embankment road on the left near the trains . I think it's a good idea.. alot less traffic but faster
In 1991 I was a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area in California driving a Chevrolet Camaro V8 on my daily commute. In the year 2000 I found myself in Plymouth working in the Yard! Lived there for 19 years and got to know it pretty well. All the parochial stuff. The estates etc. I now live in the Scottish Highlands but am currently visiting friends in Plymouth. The roads and traffic systems have altered massively in the past 5 years that I have been away. Your video is only 33 years ago but Plymstock and Elburton look the same which is good. We stopped at McDonalds on Pompflett roundabout just the other night. Polite well spoken staff. My dad had a Hillman Avenger that he bought in 1976 from NATO cars on returning from Cyprus. Lovely car. Top of the range GT I think. Gold. Probably the reason why I bought such an extravagant muscle car when I moved to the States on leaving the Forces. Many thanks for the nostalgia sir!
I've lived in Plymouth since 1984 and it's fascination to see the changes that have happened since then. I also owned a Hillman Avenger, a 1974 model 1600GT in a lovely shade of metallic turquoise blue, with a black vinyl roof, fancy alloys and twin Stromberg carbs. It went like stink for the time. Great fun. Thanks for posting.
Nice car. Avengers were some of the very first cars to be sold with metallic paint in the UK. Those twin carbs could be a pain to set up and made the car a bit thirsty, but what a hoot to drive.
I'm not from Plymouth but I'm a driving instructor in Plymouth so I know all the roads. Brilliant video. Please let's go back to these days. Thank you so much ❤
I was working on Marsh Mills flyover at that time,thank Christ it was built Summer traffic before it was a nightmare,lovely video btw brought back a few memories.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history with us all. I was born in 1992 and seeing how my home city has changed in my lifetime is an amazing experience. I'm so thankful for you posting this!
Nice little trip down memory lane...half expecting to see me bombing along in my Mk1 XR2. I grew up in a village a couple of miles from Elburton. I've often seen your Hillman Avenger out and about...now I know it's you will give you a wave next time I see you.
Excellent video as someone who’s lived in this area my whole life amazing how some of the stuff has changed and lovely to see some video footage of Plymstock at the beginning.
I was born in 1991 and it's interesting to see what Plymouth was like back then, I used to live in the St Budeaux area so it's a shame you didn't drive around those areas, but it's so strange to see no Marsh Mills retail park, the flyover in construction and a tonne of other things. Thank you for sharing :)
That's a nice smooth-sounding engine. The Avenger was briefly sold here in North America as the Plymouth Cricket, but was replaced by the Mitsubishi-made Dodge/Plymouth Colt.
I had the engine rebuilt at 100k miles and sold the car at 145k miles. It went for several more years. My present Avenger had the engine replaced at 109k miles and now has about 140k miles. It's presently taking a rest for a few weeks while I obtain some steering and brake components.
Wow! Great footage showing the lack of congestion and pot holes unlike todays stop/start traffic and misery which is monitored and every corner. I wish I had a time machine!
Fewer heavy vehicles back then, electric cars are to blame for a lot of potholes as they’re heavier than ICE vehicles. Plus more trucks and Lorrie’s through Plymouth now.
9:47 Lovely 1993 Suzuki GSXR750M slipping through all the ancient square boxes looking a bit like a spaceship from another planet. Had one of those back in the day, 0-60 in 3 seconds and 165mph top end, bit of a departure from an '83 Triumph Acclaim 😁 10:36 a MK1 MG Maestro 1600 - had one of those too!
Has to be a 1991 if filmed in 1991.. Tried checking the reg plate, looks like J557 LTT, maybe? Does come back as a Suzuki, unknown model, no mot history 💁🏻♂️ One of the best looking GSXR’s though
This video is my holy grail! The footage began virtually outside my front door, and I love to scourer the internet for footage of my local area. I am a 2006 baby so I was surprised just how familiar everything is, for a time that I never experienced. I do car-spotting with my mates as well, so all these 90s rarities are icing on the cake. Thanks for uploading!!
Oh yeah! Great video old chap!🙏 Took me right back !👍 That’s a good Avenger that, Lovely crisp acceleration And you got a feel for the car and road Not like these days, all silent individual cocoons No wonder folk can’t drive any more! Brilliant thanx 🎉
Fantastic bit of footage, given the number of Fords you can see how. Vospers became so successful, I did'nt spot any Audi, BMW or Mercedes nor any SUVs, hasn't the motoring landscape changed in a relatively short time! I'm from Cornwall but know the area well having worked in Plymouth.
This is so weird. You basically took my exact route to work I take every day now, from Plymstock to Estover. Enjoyed seeing how much it's changed. I was far too young to remember any of this in 1991.
Fantastic video! I'm from Penzance but did all my Driving Instructor training in Plymouth back in the late 90's so seeing all these areas brings back memories. Also being an old car lover and owner it's great to see all these driving around. Recently sold my Citroen CX so was fantastic seeing a series 1 CX estate on one of the roundabouts!
Really enjoyed this video thank you for sharing it. I moved to Plymouth in the summer of 91 and remember what a nightmare the traffic was around marsh mills. Looking back years later not much has changed in terms of congestion although the road surface is a little smoother and it’s easier to navigate round on the bike.😊. I’m not sure what the speed limits were in those days but it seemed appropriate at the time. Loved to comment you made about the BMW driver😂.
Brilliant footage, you started off in Elburton, where I lived. In Nov 1991, I was still learning to drive in a Nissan Micra. I eventually got a MK3 Escort at the start of 1992. Happy memories. Thank you.
I was born in Plymouth and lots of this video look familiar. My dad bought a mk2 Cortina estate from the garage near Marsh Mills so is the first car I can remember. My uncle in Totnes owned an Avenger. In the late 1990s I had a job interview at the Plessey wafer fab. It was owned by Mitel Semiconductor at the time. Plessey bought it back just a few years later.
Wow I was twenty years old in 1991 you forgot how things have changed since then I was driving a mk 2 cavalier then lovely to drive and modern looking.😂
I bought my MK2 Cavvie in 1993. They were better than Sierras and rightfully outsold them. I remember the very high fifth gear ratio made it a great motorway cruiser.
This was very interesting! Thank you for sharing, we visit Estover Dialysis unit 3 times a week, how the area has changed! It was so green. We saw a small herd of deer on the roundabout at Estover the other day they aren't going to be kicked off their land! Brilliant video
I was 9 years old in 1991; seeing all the cars of that era brings back such fond memories! They don’t make them like they used to!!! 😉👌👍 Wonderful footage, thanks for sharing!
I was born in 1998, a common feeling amongst people my age is we missed out. Would have loved to experience these days for myself - though, I’m lucky enough to have owned and driven many cars from the 70’s to the 90’s, I really enjoy experiencing first hand what people drove back then, I’ve had Astras, Escorts/Orions mainly, but, my favourite definitely has to be the mk3 Ford Fiesta, I’ve had over ten of them and I can’t get enough of hoarding them! I just spent two years restoring one. You’ve inspired me to try and find an Avenger for sale! Also, interesting to see quite a few 8 wheeler tippers in the video as that’s what I drive for a living. Thanks for the video and the on screen information as well!
Avengers are a hoot to drive when they're in good order. Look for a 1500 or 1600 though, not the 1250/1300. My pet hate of cars of that time was the MK1 Fiesta, a noisy, tinny little rust bucket. But I suppose the Metro was worse really.
@ I’m definitely familiar with Metros, I believe they were so bad with rust that they actually introduced a gimmicky rust warranty on them. The later Rover Metro, an essentially unchanged car, scored a gut wrenching 1 star rating on one of the first Euro NCAP crash tests in 1997! My Aunt had a Metro Jet Black which was quite literally falling to pieces on the driveway at only ten years old. I’ll definitely take your advice on that, I’m in awe at the sound of that gearbox whine, watching it climb that steep hill keeping up with the newer cars was great. Also, what are those three spikes on your wipers? They look really cool!
I loved watching this! I live in Elburton and currently work in Belliver Industrial Estate (also worked at plessey several years ago too) i was born 1996 and only started driving in 2016 but this same route has been almost a daily commute for 7+years, was so cool to see what it used to look like, although its nice to see that the traffic build up going to Tesco roundabout in Roborough hasnt changed in 33 years😂
I still pootle around in the Plymouth area with my '72 Avenger. Well normally I do, it's having Christmas off while I source some parts to get them installed in the New Year.
Thank you I really enjoyed that. Also you were driving my favourite car the Avenger. Nice to see all the old car models you passed a Sierra pick up at one point with ladders in the back... Probably in another 35 years you'll have your AI holographic assistant sat next to you recording in 100k through her eyes. Who knows. Anyway thanks again for taking me back and showing me things I'd almost forgotten about. 😁😇🙏❤️👊☮️
Absolutely superb, many happy memories for another lifelong Janner. I do believe Mr McCormick made a Hillman Avenger contribution to the smallest, dullest motor magazine of all (Jalopy) at around the same time as this, as I indeed did myself! I’m still in Plymouth and driving old cars as daily drivers. I refuse to drive anything that’s less than 10 years old
Fascinating video Sad, sad to hear that the Avenger got rammed, glad that it was fixed though. Everybody seems to stop nose-to-tail without allowing a safety gap. "Tyres and Tarmac" was my driving instructors' mantra for when stopping behind another vehicle. There seems to be a lot less in the way of road furniture to distract the driver than we have these days.
This is a great video! Thank you so much for sharing. I don’t have any affiliation with Plymouth, but I do love the old cars and the English streets. Happy new year
Brilliant video, I grew in Leigham and now drive along Elburton Road almost daily. Surprised how many petrol stations there were!! Hoping you have more to share. 👍
You should do the same route today and record that and put it side by side with this old footage. Timing would be a bit tricky. Loved seeing the old cars of my youth on the roads. Thanks for sharing.
Mad seeing it change, everything looks so different back then, I live near that DFS and I never would’ve expected a fuel station back there! (I am mid gen z in age btw)
They say, honest and genuine people stick to their valuable stuff and keep in touch with old friends and also recently it was mentioned that the same people keep avatars and background pages of their social media and webpages for the longest time, So you're busted Colin, now we know you're genuine and honest.
I was 19 in 1991, passed my driving test in 1989 aged 17.. I had a 1979 Ford Cortina MkV 2.0L at the time, my first car, and I loved it! Much missed period of my life.. It was just cars, motorbikes, my best mate, pubs, and girls.. 😄👌🏼
That's amazing, I live in Bristol but my very first job interview ever was with Texas Instruments however Plessey Semiconductors in Swindon offered me a job that I took. I never had the pleasure of visiting our Plymouth plant but rumour has it that their fab processes were more advanced than ours!
I also had an interview with Texas Instruments but was offered a job with Plessey Semiconductors and worked there for about 13 years. I did visit Swindon a few times, I shot some of the in-house company videos if you remember those.
I am a born and bread Plymouth lad and this was wonderful to see, I was hoping you was going to drive into the city centre, I remember being able to drive all over the place pretty much being able to go any speed and not worry, but was nice to also see the old retro cars lots of ford Orions which was my 1st car, I've liked and subscribed as I love old tech as well unfortunately I lost all mine due to a house fire when I lived up London but I still have some old tech left still including my separates a d tower speakers 😂I look forward to seeing more
Great car the Avenger My grandad had a red one for many years, never caused any trouble, just went and went Always remember the gear box....was like having a stick in a pot full of bolts...
Plymouth all my life. I have a few videos of our city on my channel. Was enjoyable to watch yours with all the old cars. Very cool! Hope you have more footage of old Plymouth.
Wow this is amazing i was born in 1992 loved watching it can't believe how clean and tidy Plymouth actually looked back them and I'm really surprised to see the amount of traffic there was around have you got any more videos of driving around Plymouth
My Parents had an Avenger late 70's, we lived at the top of Dean hill, so not too far away from your starting point. I also did 2 temp season at Plessey 10 years ago. I did a lot of running around the Derriford, Estover, Southway area and it's great to see the changes along the latter part of Plymbridge rd/George junction and out towards Belliver areas.
I was in the RN at that time and remember the Marsh Mills bridge on the A38 being built. 1988-1997 was my time in Guz and there was so many recognisable parts!
at that time i was living in plympton rebuilding jamma arcade machines in my huge bedroom , and enjoying my recent purchase of an ex bbc tektronix 7403n and rebuilding mk2 escort 1600 crossflows , my dad used to work as a diesel fitter at that western national bus depo on the right just after leira bridge petrol station , now its just flattened waste ground used for travelling fairgrounds occasionally the lack of traffic congestion is purelly down to school kids actually walking to school ,crazy times!
Lush. Back in a much simpler time where cars had a character and most looked different.. not boring and samey as modern tosh. I have recordings from around 88 taken on my first camcorder.. An Amstrad vmc100. Its happy and sad looking back. Seeing friends and relatives that have long since passed on is... Wow..and the girlfiends of Christmas past... Ouch ... Nice to see my old bikes and cars though. I have a 1990 Mr2 series 1 and love it to bits and it turns heads and i cannot stop anywhere without threat of somebody saying how nice it is. One thing though, what cannot be captured on your film footage , is the smells you would have been experiencing... cars back then ran really rich and many burnt oil... Unlike todays modern cars. My friend took me and my then girlfriend and another mate to Alton Towers in a mustard yellow Hillman Avenger... We were followed by another load of mates in a red Escort 1.3 MK2. We drove the 130 mile journey without a hitch.... Until we got into the car park. Davis.... Driving the Hillman and who was impatient to get parked up to go on the rides could not stop and very slightly tapped a micra that slammed his brakes on for no apparent reason, but James driving behind us in the Escort smashed into the Hillman and an Eplater Orion(2 years old in 1989) went into the back of James. Only the Micra was not written off. James's Escort was 2 foot shorter, the Orion had front end crumpled above the bumper and Davis's Hillmans back end was a mess. My Gfs dad drove up to collect us at the end of the day and the rest limped it home in the Hillman. We got into Alton Towers for free to seek medical attention but the screams from some of the party with sore necks was heard as we took our first trip on the Black Hole lol. Not many can claim to have had a 4 car pile up in Alton Towers car park thanks for sharing. .
Hi, thanks for sharing this video, I live in Ernesettle now, but used to come to Plymouth in the 90s with a shipping container lorry, used to load up just off the Plessy roundabout, with office stuff, plus a few other places around here, I worked out of Southampton container port, I moved here about 17 years ago. I used to have a Sony camcorder in the 1990s, found it the other day, unfortunately it has stopped working. I have subscribed to your channel, so will keep an eye on it. Merry Christmas.
To be fair that Plymstock Road has not changed too much apart from the speed limit and stupid one lane restrictions now. Thats the construction phase of Marsh Mills Flyover there, Forder Valley, Novorossiysk Hill, past my junction (when the Red car is breaking) and the drive out to Roborough. Lovely trip down memory lane, but traffic was just as busy then which surprised me. Thanks for posting.
Geddon. Funny how little has changed around that area of Plymouth over the years although I was too young to remember Marsh Mills being developed I certainly remember the cars of the time
Well done for keeping those tapes in your archives. The amount of interest in this video demonstrates the interest in nostalgia. I always had a soft spot for Rootes cars. My first car was a Rootes in the late 80's. My mates drove battered Ford Escorts, Capris, Morris Marinas and Opel Mantas. I was never a boy racer (which is very difficult in a Marina!) so I went for a 26 year old Hillman Super Minx! I loved that car and regretted parting with it. Last year I put that right and bought a similar model in much better condition. This time I will do it right with a full restoration. Did you know you can deinterlace in Davinci Resolve? I would be interested in your Hi8 capture and grading process. What file format did you capture it in? I know RUclips degrades the quality a bit and Hi8 uses colour under and those early single chip CCD's weren't particularly hi rez. I once had the Sony EVW300P 3 CCD Hi8 camcorder. Because of the relatively narrow video tracks it was always prone to drop outs. The caps eventually failed in the drum servo so it went to the camera graveyard that is ebay!
Being a Plymouth resident all my life its interesting to see just how much has changed, Marsh Mills, Billacombe road junction, Ford Valley/Leigham Roundabout, Novorossiysk, Asda Junction, George junction, all had major changes since 91.
Grew up in Mount Gould and went to Prince Rock Secondary so know these roads well. 1991 I would be blasting around in my RS Turbo and working at Marine Projects.
memory isnt my strong suite , was that when the entire span of the a38 bypass was diagnosed with concrete cancer or was it being prepared to be lifted and shifted to make room for extra bypass span thought that was 1994-5? went to watch that from the novotel and saltram (merafield entrance) bridge, amazing engineering, i remember the huge panels of teflon they slid the bridge on !
I was six when this was filmed, and whilst some of it is hazy, the general layout of it hasn't changed drastically. Kept an eye out for my dad's work vans (he worked for the courier firm Star Express at this point) or his white Yugo Sana, which even then would have been a rare sight. Did you ever consider recreating the same route today for a follow up video?
Just fantastic footage. The video starts outside my house in Elburton two days before I left home and moved to Eastbourne aged 20 in November 1991. Have driven these roads perhaps hundreds of times, in my 1980 MK2 Escort (then, not now!). I almost feel I could be in this video somewhere. Got any more footage? Thanks again.
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Mrs Video 99 here. Only just had a moment to watch this video. I didn't know you back then. I was living in Ivybridge and would have sat in the huge queue on the A38 down to Marsh Mills roundabout (during the construction of the flyover) on my route to work which seemed to take forever to get through each time. I was learning to drive and my Mum would sit in the passenger seat of my 1988 Renault 5 Campus. I passed my test that year.
Lifelong Plymothian here and this a wonderful trip down memory lane. Thanks. :) I'm so glad you survived that treachorous and life-threatening journey without lane and speed restriction and average speed cameras. ;) Marsh Mills roundabout without traffic lights... :) I passed my driving test in March of this year so had a few enjoyable years driving without big brother watching. :)
I'd been driving since 75 and the roads were completely rammed even then, now it's empty bus and cycle lanes and ten times worse!
Council run by idiots and commie agenda junkies.
It is so so important to archive and preserve as much of this incredible history that allows us to go back in time! I'm grateful for your work
No oversized chelsea tractors to be seen ! Lovely ....
21 yo Janner here. It's really cool to see home in more of it's prime. Love seeing all the old cars driving up Tavistock Road towards Roborough!
Thanks so much for this, I was born in Plymouth in 91 in freedom fields hospital and lived here ever since. Thank you for sharing this invaluable piece of history!
I was born in Plymouth in 1991 at the Freedom Fields hospital which no longer exists.
Although I have no memories from the year this was filmed I do remember how parts of Plymouth used to be before they were redeveloped.
My parents had a car during the 90s but I have very few memories of being in it or driving around Plymouth at the time so this is really interesting to be able to see.
Thanks for uploading it.
Not a pothole in sight.. thanks for sharing.. pretty cool to see some of the layouts.. I like the fuel station on embankment road on the left near the trains . I think it's a good idea.. alot less traffic but faster
In 1991 I was a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area in California driving a Chevrolet Camaro V8 on my daily commute. In the year 2000 I found myself in Plymouth working in the Yard! Lived there for 19 years and got to know it pretty well. All the parochial stuff. The estates etc. I now live in the Scottish Highlands but am currently visiting friends in Plymouth. The roads and traffic systems have altered massively in the past 5 years that I have been away. Your video is only 33 years ago but Plymstock and Elburton look the same which is good. We stopped at McDonalds on Pompflett roundabout just the other night. Polite well spoken staff. My dad had a Hillman Avenger that he bought in 1976 from NATO cars on returning from Cyprus. Lovely car. Top of the range GT I think. Gold. Probably the reason why I bought such an extravagant muscle car when I moved to the States on leaving the Forces. Many thanks for the nostalgia sir!
I've lived in Plymouth since 1984 and it's fascination to see the changes that have happened since then. I also owned a Hillman Avenger, a 1974 model 1600GT in a lovely shade of metallic turquoise blue, with a black vinyl roof, fancy alloys and twin Stromberg carbs. It went like stink for the time. Great fun. Thanks for posting.
Nice car. Avengers were some of the very first cars to be sold with metallic paint in the UK. Those twin carbs could be a pain to set up and made the car a bit thirsty, but what a hoot to drive.
I'm not from Plymouth but I'm a driving instructor in Plymouth so I know all the roads. Brilliant video. Please let's go back to these days. Thank you so much ❤
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I was working on Marsh Mills flyover at that time,thank Christ it was built Summer traffic before it was a nightmare,lovely video btw brought back a few memories.
No traffic lights on Laira bridge! This is what dreams are made of!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history with us all. I was born in 1992 and seeing how my home city has changed in my lifetime is an amazing experience. I'm so thankful for you posting this!
Nice little trip down memory lane...half expecting to see me bombing along in my Mk1 XR2. I grew up in a village a couple of miles from Elburton.
I've often seen your Hillman Avenger out and about...now I know it's you will give you a wave next time I see you.
Excellent video as someone who’s lived in this area my whole life amazing how some of the stuff has changed and lovely to see some video footage of Plymstock at the beginning.
I was born in 1991 and it's interesting to see what Plymouth was like back then, I used to live in the St Budeaux area so it's a shame you didn't drive around those areas, but it's so strange to see no Marsh Mills retail park, the flyover in construction and a tonne of other things. Thank you for sharing :)
I was two years old! My Dad would like this, still plenty of Capris and Cortinas around.
That's a nice smooth-sounding engine. The Avenger was briefly sold here in North America as the Plymouth Cricket, but was replaced by the Mitsubishi-made Dodge/Plymouth Colt.
"Avenger" in Plymouth, UK -> "Plymouth" in USA
I had the engine rebuilt at 100k miles and sold the car at 145k miles. It went for several more years. My present Avenger had the engine replaced at 109k miles and now has about 140k miles. It's presently taking a rest for a few weeks while I obtain some steering and brake components.
I love the things on the windscreen wipers that were supposed to hold the wipers down. They never did but they looked cool though!
Wow! Great footage showing the lack of congestion and pot holes unlike todays stop/start traffic and misery which is monitored and every corner. I wish I had a time machine!
Fewer heavy vehicles back then, electric cars are to blame for a lot of potholes as they’re heavier than ICE vehicles. Plus more trucks and Lorrie’s through Plymouth now.
9:47 Lovely 1993 Suzuki GSXR750M slipping through all the ancient square boxes looking a bit like a spaceship from another planet. Had one of those back in the day, 0-60 in 3 seconds and 165mph top end, bit of a departure from an '83 Triumph Acclaim 😁 10:36 a MK1 MG Maestro 1600 - had one of those too!
Has to be a 1991 if filmed in 1991.. Tried checking the reg plate, looks like J557 LTT, maybe? Does come back as a Suzuki, unknown model, no mot history 💁🏻♂️
One of the best looking GSXR’s though
This video is my holy grail! The footage began virtually outside my front door, and I love to scourer the internet for footage of my local area. I am a 2006 baby so I was surprised just how familiar everything is, for a time that I never experienced. I do car-spotting with my mates as well, so all these 90s rarities are icing on the cake. Thanks for uploading!!
Oh yeah!
Great video old chap!🙏
Took me right back !👍
That’s a good Avenger that,
Lovely crisp acceleration
And you got a feel for the car and road
Not like these days, all silent individual cocoons
No wonder folk can’t drive any more!
Brilliant thanx 🎉
Born Dec 4th 91. Just turned 33. I work at Rittal CSM just down the road. Amazing to see how things have changed. Great video 👍
My favourite part of this video is the wiper arm aero foils 😂
Good vid 👍
Fantastic bit of footage, given the number of Fords you can see how. Vospers became so successful, I did'nt spot any Audi, BMW or Mercedes nor any SUVs, hasn't the motoring landscape changed in a relatively short time! I'm from Cornwall but know the area well having worked in Plymouth.
This is so weird. You basically took my exact route to work I take every day now, from Plymstock to Estover. Enjoyed seeing how much it's changed. I was far too young to remember any of this in 1991.
I've lived in Plymouth all my life and pass many of these places daily. A fascinating look back through time.
Fantastic video! I'm from Penzance but did all my Driving Instructor training in Plymouth back in the late 90's so seeing all these areas brings back memories. Also being an old car lover and owner it's great to see all these driving around. Recently sold my Citroen CX so was fantastic seeing a series 1 CX estate on one of the roundabouts!
Really enjoyed this video thank you for sharing it. I moved to Plymouth in the summer of 91 and remember what a nightmare the traffic was around marsh mills. Looking back years later not much has changed in terms of congestion although the road surface is a little smoother and it’s easier to navigate round on the bike.😊. I’m not sure what the speed limits were in those days but it seemed appropriate at the time. Loved to comment you made about the BMW driver😂.
Would you look at that! I didn't see a single pothole! 😮 I can barely remember a world like that 😂
I bet back then people still found things to moan about 😂
For nostalgic people like myself, especially cars, thank god for people like you into tech that did stuff like this :)
Brilliant footage, you started off in Elburton, where I lived. In Nov 1991, I was still learning to drive in a Nissan Micra. I eventually got a MK3 Escort at the start of 1992. Happy memories. Thank you.
I was born in Plymouth and lots of this video look familiar. My dad bought a mk2 Cortina estate from the garage near Marsh Mills so is the first car I can remember. My uncle in Totnes owned an Avenger. In the late 1990s I had a job interview at the Plessey wafer fab. It was owned by Mitel Semiconductor at the time. Plessey bought it back just a few years later.
Wow I was twenty years old in 1991 you forgot how things have changed since then I was driving a mk 2 cavalier then lovely to drive and modern looking.😂
I bought my MK2 Cavvie in 1993. They were better than Sierras and rightfully outsold them. I remember the very high fifth gear ratio made it a great motorway cruiser.
Brilliant video.. liked hearing the chat on getting the best deal on the camcorder, £1000 in 1991 was serious money!
This was very interesting! Thank you for sharing, we visit Estover Dialysis unit 3 times a week, how the area has changed! It was so green. We saw a small herd of deer on the roundabout at Estover the other day they aren't going to be kicked off their land! Brilliant video
Hi, Colin. Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and your family. Best Wishes...
I was 9 years old in 1991; seeing all the cars of that era brings back such fond memories! They don’t make them like they used to!!! 😉👌👍 Wonderful footage, thanks for sharing!
I was born in 1998, a common feeling amongst people my age is we missed out. Would have loved to experience these days for myself - though, I’m lucky enough to have owned and driven many cars from the 70’s to the 90’s, I really enjoy experiencing first hand what people drove back then, I’ve had Astras, Escorts/Orions mainly, but, my favourite definitely has to be the mk3 Ford Fiesta, I’ve had over ten of them and I can’t get enough of hoarding them! I just spent two years restoring one. You’ve inspired me to try and find an Avenger for sale!
Also, interesting to see quite a few 8 wheeler tippers in the video as that’s what I drive for a living.
Thanks for the video and the on screen information as well!
Avengers are a hoot to drive when they're in good order. Look for a 1500 or 1600 though, not the 1250/1300. My pet hate of cars of that time was the MK1 Fiesta, a noisy, tinny little rust bucket. But I suppose the Metro was worse really.
@ I’m definitely familiar with Metros, I believe they were so bad with rust that they actually introduced a gimmicky rust warranty on them. The later Rover Metro, an essentially unchanged car, scored a gut wrenching 1 star rating on one of the first Euro NCAP crash tests in 1997! My Aunt had a Metro Jet Black which was quite literally falling to pieces on the driveway at only ten years old.
I’ll definitely take your advice on that, I’m in awe at the sound of that gearbox whine, watching it climb that steep hill keeping up with the newer cars was great. Also, what are those three spikes on your wipers? They look really cool!
Wiper wind vanes for the win!
I loved watching this! I live in Elburton and currently work in Belliver Industrial Estate (also worked at plessey several years ago too) i was born 1996 and only started driving in 2016 but this same route has been almost a daily commute for 7+years, was so cool to see what it used to look like, although its nice to see that the traffic build up going to Tesco roundabout in Roborough hasnt changed in 33 years😂
There's an identical Hillman Avenger pootling around Liskeard. Always lovely to see, seems to still run like a dream by the looks/sound of it.
I still pootle around in the Plymouth area with my '72 Avenger. Well normally I do, it's having Christmas off while I source some parts to get them installed in the New Year.
Thank you I really enjoyed that. Also you were driving my favourite car the Avenger. Nice to see all the old car models you passed a Sierra pick up at one point with ladders in the back... Probably in another 35 years you'll have your AI holographic assistant sat next to you recording in 100k through her eyes. Who knows. Anyway thanks again for taking me back and showing me things I'd almost forgotten about. 😁😇🙏❤️👊☮️
thank you for uploading it was great having a look back at plymouth in 1991.
Absolutely superb, many happy memories for another lifelong Janner. I do believe Mr McCormick made a Hillman Avenger contribution to the smallest, dullest motor magazine of all (Jalopy) at around the same time as this, as I indeed did myself! I’m still in Plymouth and driving old cars as daily drivers. I refuse to drive anything that’s less than 10 years old
That contribution will have been about the very car this was shot from.
Fascinating video Sad, sad to hear that the Avenger got rammed, glad that it was fixed though.
Everybody seems to stop nose-to-tail without allowing a safety gap.
"Tyres and Tarmac" was my driving instructors' mantra for when stopping behind another vehicle.
There seems to be a lot less in the way of road furniture to distract the driver than we have these days.
Excellent video. Just how I remember the cars of the era
This is a great video! Thank you so much for sharing. I don’t have any affiliation with Plymouth, but I do love the old cars and the English streets. Happy new year
Thankyou that was a blast from the past x
I'm a 40 year old Plymouthian. Mega interesting.
Brilliant video, I grew in Leigham and now drive along Elburton Road almost daily. Surprised how many petrol stations there were!! Hoping you have more to share. 👍
You should do a now and then side by side great looking at the old cars brill
You should do the same route today and record that and put it side by side with this old footage. Timing would be a bit tricky. Loved seeing the old cars of my youth on the roads. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, timing would be very hard. But I could do that in spring, driving a 1972 Hillman Avenger of course.
@@video99couk yes do that I would want to see that please... 🙏😇😚
that would be great
Mad seeing it change, everything looks so different back then, I live near that DFS and I never would’ve expected a fuel station back there! (I am mid gen z in age btw)
Really good seeing all the old cars 🚗 that i love 😊
Great film. Love seeing what was on the Road back then. My Dad worked for Plessey. Not in Plymouth though. In Ilford and later Christchurch.
They say, honest and genuine people stick to their valuable stuff and keep in touch with old friends and also recently it was mentioned that the same people keep avatars and background pages of their social media and webpages for the longest time, So you're busted Colin, now we know you're genuine and honest.
No speed cameras, no constantly changing speed limits, no average speed check cameras. You could just drive. Im too young to know the luxury.
I was 19 in 1991, passed my driving test in 1989 aged 17.. I had a 1979 Ford Cortina MkV 2.0L at the time, my first car, and I loved it!
Much missed period of my life.. It was just cars, motorbikes, my best mate, pubs, and girls.. 😄👌🏼
Back in the days that a 17 year old could get insurance for a 2.0L car.
This is great. Thanks for posting this.
That's amazing, I live in Bristol but my very first job interview ever was with Texas Instruments however Plessey Semiconductors in Swindon offered me a job that I took. I never had the pleasure of visiting our Plymouth plant but rumour has it that their fab processes were more advanced than ours!
I also had an interview with Texas Instruments but was offered a job with Plessey Semiconductors and worked there for about 13 years. I did visit Swindon a few times, I shot some of the in-house company videos if you remember those.
Wow ...how good is it to see how it used to be coming out of Plymstock...thanks for the old memories...
I am a born and bread Plymouth lad and this was wonderful to see, I was hoping you was going to drive into the city centre, I remember being able to drive all over the place pretty much being able to go any speed and not worry, but was nice to also see the old retro cars lots of ford Orions which was my 1st car, I've liked and subscribed as I love old tech as well unfortunately I lost all mine due to a house fire when I lived up London but I still have some old tech left still including my separates a d tower speakers 😂I look forward to seeing more
Did not expect a video about Plymouth to pop up on the front page. It seems that not much has really changed at all!
Great car the Avenger
My grandad had a red one for many years, never caused any trouble, just went and went
Always remember the gear box....was like having a stick in a pot full of bolts...
Plymouth all my life. I have a few videos of our city on my channel. Was enjoyable to watch yours with all the old cars. Very cool! Hope you have more footage of old Plymouth.
Wow this is amazing i was born in 1992 loved watching it can't believe how clean and tidy Plymouth actually looked back them and I'm really surprised to see the amount of traffic there was around have you got any more videos of driving around Plymouth
My Parents had an Avenger late 70's, we lived at the top of Dean hill, so not too far away from your starting point. I also did 2 temp season at Plessey 10 years ago. I did a lot of running around the Derriford, Estover, Southway area and it's great to see the changes along the latter part of Plymbridge rd/George junction and out towards Belliver areas.
I was in the RN at that time and remember the Marsh Mills bridge on the A38 being built. 1988-1997 was my time in Guz and there was so many recognisable parts!
This is gold dust! Thank you 👍
Brilliant. Would love to see more captured video of days gone. Hopefully you have more
at that time i was living in plympton rebuilding jamma arcade machines in my huge bedroom , and enjoying my recent purchase of an ex bbc tektronix 7403n and rebuilding mk2 escort 1600 crossflows , my dad used to work as a diesel fitter at that western national bus depo on the right just after leira bridge petrol station , now its just flattened waste ground used for travelling fairgrounds occasionally
the lack of traffic congestion is purelly down to school kids actually walking to school ,crazy times!
Nice video. The Hillman Avenger seemed like a very nippy car. 😎
That comes with be very lightweight and having a super-rigid chassis. It was well ahead of competition like the Morris Marina.
Lush. Back in a much simpler time where cars had a character and most looked different.. not boring and samey as modern tosh. I have recordings from around 88 taken on my first camcorder.. An Amstrad vmc100. Its happy and sad looking back. Seeing friends and relatives that have long since passed on is... Wow..and the girlfiends of Christmas past... Ouch ... Nice to see my old bikes and cars though. I have a 1990 Mr2 series 1 and love it to bits and it turns heads and i cannot stop anywhere without threat of somebody saying how nice it is. One thing though, what cannot be captured on your film footage , is the smells you would have been experiencing... cars back then ran really rich and many burnt oil... Unlike todays modern cars. My friend took me and my then girlfriend and another mate to Alton Towers in a mustard yellow Hillman Avenger... We were followed by another load of mates in a red Escort 1.3 MK2. We drove the 130 mile journey without a hitch.... Until we got into the car park. Davis.... Driving the Hillman and who was impatient to get parked up to go on the rides could not stop and very slightly tapped a micra that slammed his brakes on for no apparent reason, but James driving behind us in the Escort smashed into the Hillman and an Eplater Orion(2 years old in 1989) went into the back of James. Only the Micra was not written off. James's Escort was 2 foot shorter, the Orion had front end crumpled above the bumper and Davis's Hillmans back end was a mess. My Gfs dad drove up to collect us at the end of the day and the rest limped it home in the Hillman. We got into Alton Towers for free to seek medical attention but the screams from some of the party with sore necks was heard as we took our first trip on the Black Hole lol. Not many can claim to have had a 4 car pile up in Alton Towers car park thanks for sharing. .
Hi, thanks for sharing this video, I live in Ernesettle now, but used to come to Plymouth in the 90s with a shipping container lorry, used to load up just off the Plessy roundabout, with office stuff, plus a few other places around here, I worked out of Southampton container port, I moved here about 17 years ago. I used to have a Sony camcorder in the 1990s, found it the other day, unfortunately it has stopped working. I have subscribed to your channel, so will keep an eye on it. Merry Christmas.
Been here since 1997 , that area at 12:50 has had a massive change that cost the city over 50 million quid 😏👌🏻
I also have a 72 Hillman Avenger. It's a August 72 GT, which was a 4 door.
I'm restoring it slowly.
To be fair that Plymstock Road has not changed too much apart from the speed limit and stupid one lane restrictions now. Thats the construction phase of Marsh Mills Flyover there, Forder Valley, Novorossiysk Hill, past my junction (when the Red car is breaking) and the drive out to Roborough. Lovely trip down memory lane, but traffic was just as busy then which surprised me. Thanks for posting.
I remember the construction phase of that flyover during that year while going on holiday to Cornwall.
Interesting video. I have been in Plymouth since the last 90s but always interested in the history of the local area and how it was.
What a treat, thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Im a old skool mechanic had worked on most of the cars in the video i had a cavalier pillarless coupe blue lovely car
Great video been in Plymouth all my life good to see old Plymouth. Cheers . Dash cam Plymouth.
Filmed long before Dash Cams were a thing of course. These days there will be plenty of such footage.
Geddon. Funny how little has changed around that area of Plymouth over the years although I was too young to remember Marsh Mills being developed I certainly remember the cars of the time
Well done for keeping those tapes in your archives. The amount of interest in this video demonstrates the interest in nostalgia. I always had a soft spot for Rootes cars. My first car was a Rootes in the late 80's. My mates drove battered Ford Escorts, Capris, Morris Marinas and Opel Mantas. I was never a boy racer (which is very difficult in a Marina!) so I went for a 26 year old Hillman Super Minx! I loved that car and regretted parting with it. Last year I put that right and bought a similar model in much better condition. This time I will do it right with a full restoration. Did you know you can deinterlace in Davinci Resolve? I would be interested in your Hi8 capture and grading process. What file format did you capture it in? I know RUclips degrades the quality a bit and Hi8 uses colour under and those early single chip CCD's weren't particularly hi rez. I once had the Sony EVW300P 3 CCD Hi8 camcorder. Because of the relatively narrow video tracks it was always prone to drop outs. The caps eventually failed in the drum servo so it went to the camera graveyard that is ebay!
Being a Plymouth resident all my life its interesting to see just how much has changed, Marsh Mills, Billacombe road junction, Ford Valley/Leigham Roundabout, Novorossiysk, Asda Junction, George junction, all had major changes since 91.
Grew up in Mount Gould and went to Prince Rock Secondary so know these roads well. 1991 I would be blasting around in my RS Turbo and working at Marine Projects.
Ok then boyo lets see that awesome Hillman Avenger you still have as it deserves some recognition IMHO :)
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25:05 yep that's mk2 (SW20) MR2, very cool car in '91 :D 26:33 Skoda 120 is also interesting to see. I expected to see more Minis but counted only 5.
My my...plymothian here. Not much has changed at all. It's nice seeing plymouth back then
Really cool video. Thanks for uploading
1991 the year I bought my Mk2 XR2 and still have it and it’s still going strong 😊
Great video. Thought you might make reference to the AV shop that used to be on the row of shops in Elburton high street :)
Was that a Panasonic centre?
@@video99couk Yes, that's right!
@@video99couk Yes, that's right!
Do you have any more footage of Plymouth! This was so interesting to see compared to what the roads are like now!
memory isnt my strong suite , was that when the entire span of the a38 bypass was diagnosed with concrete cancer or was it being prepared to be lifted and shifted to make room for extra bypass span thought that was 1994-5? went to watch that from the novotel and saltram (merafield entrance) bridge, amazing engineering, i remember the huge panels of teflon they slid the bridge on !
They were building it for the first time in 1991. Prior to that, all Cornwall bound traffic had to go round Marsh Mills Roundabout.
I was six when this was filmed, and whilst some of it is hazy, the general layout of it hasn't changed drastically. Kept an eye out for my dad's work vans (he worked for the courier firm Star Express at this point) or his white Yugo Sana, which even then would have been a rare sight. Did you ever consider recreating the same route today for a follow up video?
Look at those great, smooth roads, ah memories!
Just fantastic footage. The video starts outside my house in Elburton two days before I left home and moved to Eastbourne aged 20 in November 1991. Have driven these roads perhaps hundreds of times, in my 1980 MK2 Escort (then, not now!). I almost feel I could be in this video somewhere. Got any more footage? Thanks again.
immediatelly eye catching that cars didnt all look the same back then