Alpha Go you might, but gays don’t, Blacks don’t, Asians don’t, trans people don’t, (most) women don’t, Muslims don’t, jews don’t, Arabs don’t, disabled people don’t You’re not the only person in this country selfish prick
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
So true, I was briefly down there in the late 70's visiting an aunt with my parents and this was exactly how I remember it. Despite being only 6 or 7 there was a magic atmosphere about it. Now it's like any other city, the same taxis, buses etc…
It has nothing to do with white Christian Europe. The problem was taking people from the third world countries that later were using child benefits to have as many children as possible and their Islamic population is growing till this day. Unfortunately no one in the Uk seems to care that in 2050 English people will be (or might be) the minority in their own country and they still support the growth of Islam and the hatred to other Europeans that has almost the same western culture- Germany, Poland, Hungary, France.
@@kingshearer2 How interesting - I feel exactly the same as I grew up in London in the late 80s / early 90s and London definitely had that "unique . magical" feel about it with all the Routemaster Buses, Black Taxis, Red Phone Boxes and all those superb independent shops and period buildings which gave the city real character. Sadly now London's become a bland, globalised, congested, carbon-copy of any major city in the world.
Routemaster buses ruled the roost in central London during 1978, because London Transport couldn't find suitable vehicle types to replace them! The RM bus was supposed to be completely REMOVED that same year only LT had trouble with the vehicles that meant to usurp the type! Total driver-only operation was finally achieved in 2005.
Christopher Dalton I know sad to see the most iconic bus leave our streets. Loved the sound of the RM. I was born in 1978 so my memories were of seeing the RMs on the more central routes. The closest RM route to me was the 5 that I could remember going on.
There were fewer people living in London back then. Its population was smaller (by about 1.5 M) people. Now London has about 8M. Back in 1978, it was closer to 6.5M. The increase may not seem huge, but it's big enough to make a difference to how the city feels, and the sense of crowdedness that you get now.....but may not have...as much, in the late 1970's.
Is just human nature people always think that everything used to be better and always blame this generation and make them feel that they are guilty 🤦♂️
I left gibraltar went to live there in 79 great memories ,i worked in the cumberland hotel as a waiter .I loved walking all around london sad to see it now😭
Back in the day when everyone looked friendly peaceful and just getting on with their lives. Why does everyone walk around unfriendly, very angry and with attitude these days.
MD. Yes you are right . This is why in uk especially London we have BIG problem where people of different cultures REFUSE to mix with english society and integrate. They feel they should live how they want because they how every human right peotecting their religion and culture while they live in uk. Shame because this was one of the main reason uk voted brexit.
Oh my Ratners, Dolics, Athena all long since gone. Look how the women wore headscarf's then now you never see people of that age wear headscarf's. Most of those people are now dead or middle age. I would have been really young at that age so don't remember it much but it's sad. It's like another world
Ps I remember the gold painted lamp posts. I think many thought Westminster was the city within a city paved with gold. Sadly not as many have found out. Went to London recently, it's dead and dire. It's very sad to see retail and banking non existent in many parts of London and without tourists it's a dead city especially Central London. Now hardly any department stores either. JL in Oxford Street and Selfridges and that's it. Harrods and Harvey Nics. It proves I feel like I am old now.
@@abdulazizfareh8927 They're head scarfs that a few women in this film were wearing to protect their hair from the wind and rain. It's got nothing to do with religion. It's nothing like a hijab.
I'm black born and bred in london back in 1964 and very proud to be british i kind of agree that london as lost it's true culture and identity i'm going to shot myself in the foot here but a tourist visiting london will expect to meet english with an anglo saxon appearence not arabs asians blacks it is very overpopulated with these races today mine as well i was born in st thomas hospital across the bridge from big ben but i grew in tooting which today resembles bombay nothing of what is there from my youth as remained it's all changed
Whats sad about these migrants is the fact that they don't care about britain most of them are just here to live of the benefits and the majority of them can't even speak english and make no effort to learn it.i no longer live in britain ilive and work aboard but i tell you i miss my city a lot well the one i used to know
Congratulations DF. This is what we say. I am of different culture. Been in london from early 70s. Always very proud to have lived in british society that has given me and my family everything in this country ( enjoying the xmas , The shepherds pie and the sunday roast). But honestly the last 20 25 years we have welcomed people who were never ready to abandon their ancient beliefs and intrying to integrate into the british society. Infact you hear them openly saying they hate the western society . Why come over.?
Lar M they would always help the elderly too, as did the Asian and English conductors. What is sad is the Routemasters (crew operation) was fazed out. And now the drivers couldn’t care less about their passengers.
What is that British Rail station that appears at 1:14? I don't believe there ever was a BR station anywhere along it; there was one much further east over the A40 at Holborn Viaduct (now City Thameslink) but that was never called Oxford Street.
Matthew Smith it will have been a travel agents . most travel agents back then were ticket agents for british rail . Thomas cook here had the identical sign outside ..hope this helps
"Look at all them bluddy (sic) Mislamic (sic) women.." (not only offensive but illiterate) "London before horrible Islam" (i.e. foreign people who profess Islam) "London ruined by mass influx of those who will establish Londonistan" (likewise) Notice that nobody would make these remarks if all the Moslems in London were Anglo Saxon -- the racism is there, all right.
I'm sorry but you're wrong. Yes England did had jews because they were from Europe same as we are, but we didn't have any black or asian people. Not even 0.1%. 500 years? 100 years ago they would be something new and they would certainly be slaves. Did BBC brainwashed you?
It's more like 1978 than 1970. Reason for that is the buses had the white London Transport roundels on the sides by that particular year, those white roundels weren't on sides of London buses in 1970 . Buses then had gold block letters- many of which were underlined stating LONDON TRANSPORT. So this footage is definitely not taken in the early seventies.
The days when caucasian women wore headscarves. You just never see this now.....and haven't done, for about 30 years. Surprised at the number of black cabs - loads of them....again something you don't see in the volume shown in this video clip. I guess it's because there's so many alternative taxi firms now (eg Uber).
Vibrant and full of fashion, love those women with headscarves then , went to Oxford Street last summer looks like a scene from Fifth Element , all white paving empty feeling , no real life and inspiration
I loved London then, all my friends have left London now , so have I , we call it now LONDONSTAN...you really could not make it up what has happenned to our once great capital...
Interesting how common it was for married women to cover their hair in those days with a scarf. A descendant of the wimple that women wore in the Middle Ages, retained now by nuns and Muslims. Those happy free times of the 1970s when women felt they had to cover their hair!
@@knoxyish it's true that the air was dirtier and likewise men used to wear hats. However, it was common outside of cities, such as rural Ireland, and far more common among married women. And you can still see it today in old women in Greece, for example. There was definitely a religious hangover to it, even if the effect was cultural.
Keep virtue signalling and being indoctrinated by the MSM. You can shove you “diversity” up your arse. They were right. “diversity” certainly does mean white genocide. Good old asia for keeping themselves to themselves.
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Beautiful and gritty as only 1978 can deliver.
I was working at Oxford Street in 1978. I remember all those shops so well. I wonder if I am in the film anywhere!
Good time, really
The famous 100 club survives!
I was working at Selfridges in 1978 from 10 July for 7 months. Miss those times so much.
Oh boy this was a good time to live in London 👍
It was 45 years ago
We want it back.
Alpha Go you might, but gays don’t, Blacks don’t, Asians don’t, trans people don’t, (most) women don’t, Muslims don’t, jews don’t, Arabs don’t, disabled people don’t
You’re not the only person in this country selfish prick
Mickey Chitty yeh times were better then
Everything so polarised nowadays. Identity politics is bullshit.
There is no going back, dont blame immigrants, they did nothing wrong - they were invited. And yeah -Identity politics is for wankers.
@@harleyhartley3168 asked them all did you?
Lots of really great bargain at Oxford Street especially two weeks before Christmas in those days.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
The shop with the closing down sale is still there!
Good old C&A and Red bus rover travel🙂
Stayed up all Friday night roaming Oxford Street area before my team Arsenal lost 1-0 to Ipswich. I had a p/t job in a souvenir shop on Oxford Street.
Before london lost its soul. Sad.
So true, I was briefly down there in the late 70's visiting an aunt with my parents and this was exactly how I remember it. Despite being only 6 or 7 there was a magic atmosphere about it. Now it's like any other city, the same taxis, buses etc…
This was the beginning of the downfall when the uk joined the Europe...
It has nothing to do with white Christian Europe. The problem was taking people from the third world countries that later were using child benefits to have as many children as possible and their Islamic population is growing till this day. Unfortunately no one in the Uk seems to care that in 2050 English people will be (or might be) the minority in their own country and they still support the growth of Islam and the hatred to other Europeans that has almost the same western culture- Germany, Poland, Hungary, France.
@@kingshearer2 How interesting - I feel exactly the same as I grew up in London in the late 80s / early 90s and London definitely had that "unique . magical" feel about it with all the Routemaster Buses, Black Taxis, Red Phone Boxes and all those superb independent shops and period buildings which gave the city real character. Sadly now London's become a bland, globalised, congested, carbon-copy of any major city in the world.
The rich elite are the ones destroying London now its all about money and power ,the developers are building places so quick London is unrecognisable.
In 1978 I was in hospital having my appendix out.
Hello Stephanie McKeegan, it was great to see you.
20 in 78, what happened to my country?
Thatcher
@@ramdenee24 And Blair...
immigration and tony blair .
Routemaster buses ruled the roost in central London during 1978, because London Transport couldn't find suitable vehicle types to replace them! The RM bus was supposed to be completely REMOVED that same year only LT had trouble with the vehicles that meant to usurp the type! Total driver-only operation was finally achieved in 2005.
Christopher Dalton I know sad to see the most iconic bus leave our streets. Loved the sound of the RM. I was born in 1978 so my memories were of seeing the RMs on the more central routes. The closest RM route to me was the 5 that I could remember going on.
I miss the days of chasing them as they moved off and jumping on the back.
@@danw1374 was worse if you did not make it and fell.
Wow peaceful calm relaxed London population wasn't so bad.
There were fewer people living in London back then. Its population was smaller (by about 1.5 M) people. Now London has about 8M. Back in 1978, it was closer to 6.5M.
The increase may not seem huge, but it's big enough to make a difference to how the city feels, and the sense of crowdedness that you get now.....but may not have...as much, in the late 1970's.
My world has gone 😢
Back when people were complaining that London wasn't like how it used to be back in the 1930s.
Is just human nature people always think that everything used to be better and always blame this generation and make them feel that they are guilty 🤦♂️
That never happened - no-one wanted to go back to any time before the war!
Bingo
I left gibraltar went to live there in 79 great memories ,i worked in the cumberland hotel as a waiter .I loved walking all around london sad to see it now😭
Old LEB truck at 1:22. Probably been to Aybrook Street and heading to Duke Street substation or Eccleston Place. Great firm, great days.
Back in the day when everyone looked friendly peaceful and just getting on with their lives. Why does everyone walk around unfriendly, very angry and with attitude these days.
A Z because their homeland has been invaded by populations who won't assimilate with their western culture.
MD. Yes you are right . This is why in uk especially London we have BIG problem where people of different cultures REFUSE to mix with english society and integrate. They feel they should live how they want because they how every human right peotecting their religion and culture while they live in uk. Shame because this was one of the main reason uk voted brexit.
Because the media and the internet are controlling us and playing divide and rule.
Miserable
Overpopulated
Oh my Ratners, Dolics, Athena all long since gone. Look how the women wore headscarf's then now you never see people of that age wear headscarf's. Most of those people are now dead or middle age. I would have been really young at that age so don't remember it much but it's sad. It's like another world
modest in clothing and in actions, great times
15 p can get you quite far in the tube those days.
Back when London was British......
London is still a British city .
Only racist seem to think there is no British left in London.
@@jamalstaines2818 no it is not not to us who remember it and feel like our capital has gone.
I love London 💛
It is a horrid place now.
No it isn't. I live in Edmonton. And really like it.
@@jamesupton4996 It has changed for the worse. I left 3 years ago and will not be going back.
@@paulb9769 We disagree then.
I was 19, born and brought up in London. Thanks.
I was 18 and born, brought up in London too. Miss those times.
Ps I remember the gold painted lamp posts. I think many thought Westminster was the city within a city paved with gold. Sadly not as many have found out. Went to London recently, it's dead and dire.
It's very sad to see retail and banking non existent in many parts of London and without tourists it's a dead city especially Central London. Now hardly any department stores either. JL in Oxford Street and Selfridges and that's it. Harrods and Harvey Nics.
It proves I feel like I am old now.
No many mk1 transits about anymore....headscarves and flares ....🙄I was 12 in 78’
Beautiful, not one kebab or halal meat shop in sight
Yet every woman was wearing a hijab
I think you'll find its exactly the same now. I don't see any kebab or halal meat shop on Oxford St now. What's your point?
@@abdulazizfareh8927 They're head scarfs that a few women in this film were wearing to protect their hair from the wind and rain. It's got nothing to do with religion. It's nothing like a hijab.
When it was our country
@@peakysteve6045 so u must b a true Anglo Saxon, u know half french an half German. If so get out of my country u fuckin imargrant. 😂
I hated getting dragged up there when I was a kid. Usually, it was to get a new coat in c&a, BHS or Littlewoods.
They only accept 2p and 10p at phone booth in those days !
...or was it 2p and the big old 5p piece??
@@MrStr8den yes!
And on the tube
Not as many black cabs now
You can thank the likes of Uber for that
Why stick Ken Russell's face on the screen with 10 seconds still to go!
My favourite year 1978 when the big sleep came out
I'm black born and bred in london back in 1964 and very proud to be british i kind of agree that london as lost it's true culture and identity i'm going to shot myself in the foot here but a tourist visiting london will expect to meet english with an anglo saxon appearence not arabs asians blacks it is very overpopulated with these races today mine as well i was born in st thomas hospital across the bridge from big ben but i grew in tooting which today resembles bombay nothing of what is there from my youth as remained it's all changed
Whats sad about these migrants is the fact that they don't care about britain most of them are just here to live of the benefits and the majority of them can't even speak english and make no effort to learn it.i no longer live in britain ilive and work aboard but i tell you i miss my city a lot well the one i used to know
Congratulations DF. This is what we say. I am of different culture. Been in london from early 70s. Always very proud to have lived in british society that has given me and my family everything in this country ( enjoying the xmas , The shepherds pie and the sunday roast). But honestly the last 20 25 years we have welcomed people who were never ready to abandon their ancient beliefs and intrying to integrate into the british society. Infact you hear them openly saying they hate the western society . Why come over.?
Many of you black folks were London bus conductors in those days.They always check your tickets !
Lar M they would always help the elderly too, as did the Asian and English conductors. What is sad is the Routemasters (crew operation) was fazed out. And now the drivers couldn’t care less about their passengers.
W
2 seconds in, there's a W-suffix taxi... they weren't issued until 1980.
If it's the same one i saw, it was a M plate, not W.
@@_B.M_... my bad... you're absolutely right!
🗣 I first visited London for a couple of days in 1978 . 😎
Interesting to see that many women were wearing scarves on the heads at that time.
Great footage, is there no sound for this one?
...sound was an optional extra
And then the world went to shit
Surely "my world"?
What is that British Rail station that appears at 1:14? I don't believe there ever was a BR station anywhere along it; there was one much further east over the A40 at Holborn Viaduct (now City Thameslink) but that was never called Oxford Street.
Matthew Smith I don't think that is a stn but must have been a BR office I can only assume. It looks like it is near Bond St station
Matthew Smith it will have been a travel agents . most travel agents back then were ticket agents for british rail . Thomas cook here had the identical sign outside ..hope this helps
Travel agent
0:27 The woman used to cover their hair those days. Those were real woman. Not like todays woman.
Damn right
Current times - Welcome to Londonistan.
Good nice wonderful
The fact my mother was 10 in this.
I was twenty four then, sad to see how my country has been destroyed since then.
What do you mean "destroyed" Bryan? Go on, say it.
Bet people don't know what the different wheel colours mean on the taxis
londres je t'♡♡
I was born in 1978.
Lucky u, last of the 70's souls
Brings back some nostalgic memories. Pity so many people use these kind of videos as an excuse to make racist comments!
Carl Grove I totally agree.
No, but just scan further down the page and you will see what I mean.
airscrew1 I agree but no need to bring race into it. London has had Jews, Chinese, Asians and Afro-Caribbean people for over 500years
"Look at all them bluddy (sic) Mislamic (sic) women.." (not only offensive but illiterate)
"London before horrible Islam" (i.e. foreign people who profess Islam)
"London ruined by mass influx of those who will establish Londonistan" (likewise)
Notice that nobody would make these remarks if all the Moslems in London were Anglo Saxon -- the racism is there, all right.
I'm sorry but you're wrong. Yes England did had jews because they were from Europe same as we are, but we didn't have any black or asian people. Not even 0.1%. 500 years? 100 years ago they would be something new and they would certainly be slaves. Did BBC brainwashed you?
You could have caught COVID in those telephone boxes
Except it wasn't around then.
It doesn't look like 1978 more like 1970, I worked in Regent Street and remember the fashions then 😅
It's more like 1978 than 1970.
Reason for that is the buses had the white London Transport roundels on the sides by that particular year, those white roundels weren't on sides of London buses in 1970 . Buses then had gold block letters- many of which were underlined stating LONDON TRANSPORT.
So this footage is definitely not taken in the early seventies.
The days when caucasian women wore headscarves. You just never see this now.....and haven't done, for about 30 years.
Surprised at the number of black cabs - loads of them....again something you don't see in the volume shown in this video clip. I guess it's because there's so many alternative taxi firms now (eg Uber).
When you see London but Fawlty Towers is on TV and then you die this happens
Do we really have to say it?
Something demographically has changed.
Looks like it was as tacky then as it is now.
Not much better then
Vibrant and full of fashion, love those women with headscarves then , went to Oxford Street last summer looks like a scene from Fifth Element , all white paving empty feeling , no real life and inspiration
And not one Hijab or Burka in view, those head scarf's bore on racial relevance at all.
Cause brits don't vote for the right people
Red Pilled Fox well the alternative was a Yid.
Bruh, all them white ladies were wearing hijabs
Not one face nappy either. The good old days.
I loved London then, all my friends have left London now , so have I , we call it now LONDONSTAN...you really could not make it up what has happenned to our once great capital...
It looks much the same busy bsuy
Interesting how common it was for married women to cover their hair in those days with a scarf. A descendant of the wimple that women wore in the Middle Ages, retained now by nuns and Muslims.
Those happy free times of the 1970s when women felt they had to cover their hair!
they did by choice to protect there hair do,s not by some madcap religion forcing them to .
@@knoxyish it's true that the air was dirtier and likewise men used to wear hats. However, it was common outside of cities, such as rural Ireland, and far more common among married women. And you can still see it today in old women in Greece, for example. There was definitely a religious hangover to it, even if the effect was cultural.
Looks grim
May look grim but now we have LONDONSTAN ...I rest my case!
before it became londonastan .
women covering their hair?? dont show this to britain first
Disgracefully lacking in multiculturalism and transgenderism.
How plain and boring
I came here for plenty of whingeing about "Londonistan" from people who have never been to London...
Nick Fitzgerald
I've been to London and it's now ruined due to the mass influx of those who will soon establish Londonistan.
Alf Tupper 😂
I work in East London and I can tell you Lononistan is alive and kicking
Keep virtue signalling and being indoctrinated by the MSM. You can shove you “diversity” up your arse. They were right. “diversity” certainly does mean white genocide. Good old asia for keeping themselves to themselves.
If that's why you're here, you really need to get a life!
What’s happened to London now a complete shithole. We will never have those days back again