Imagine this. I left the UK in 1998, I'm from Manchester. I didn't return till last year 2022. So this is how I know Manchester as. Imagine the shock that I had moving back here. I'm totally lost living in a skyscraper in the centre. It's more like Chicago now to me than Manchester as I knew it.
true, Manchester is in contruction bloom, all old building without heritage status or lost function for times will be demolished and new project will be sited on
Why did you never once return in 24 years ? I left manchester for Hong Kong in January 1997 and I'm still there/here but I have visited UK for holiday ( visiting family & friends ) including Manchester at least every few years...and yes of course it has changed ...where hasn't in quarter of a century?... so the changes are not too shocking to me, Its actually everything else that is a culture shock to me, the attitudes of constant bickering about political/ gender/race/sexuality issues in the media and everywhere is very nauscious to me...but I love the UK and will return next year and am massively looking forward to grey rainy cold days ..for a while WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ?
Manchester might of looked tired back then but boy did it still have character, decent Pubs cracking night life that catered for everyone, 2000 on it has just turned into a sterile metropolis of cloned buildings and a corporate big boy of overpriced clubs, pubs and dining.
Apt description, Manchester just needed the old buildings to have their facias spruced up. Manchester city centre had tonnes of architectural character.
@@Alan_GA Your spot on Alan, these monstrosity's wont stand the test of time, this is the 1960's moment for the 2000's, mass building and lazy architecture.
1:16 - The Clio, Micra and Rover 100 might be the last time I see 3 small cars in a row on Britain's roads. Should have appreciated it more, then. The crossover (no pun intended) to cars our roads weren't designed for has taken little over a decade. Such a shame.
Great, albeit brief shot of the old Dutch Pancake House and the Odeon Cinema you show very briefly at the beginning second of the video. Great seeing how Manchester was back then.
I arrived in Manchester in 2000s as a teenager. I feel so nostalgic watching this video. Despite its pros and cons i am proud to say this city has now become my second hometown. ❤
@@myview2543 The ornamental sunken gardens were levelled in 2002 but all the subsequent architectural renovations have been awful and the place has become home to people off their faces and gangs.
@@Ben-tn4qz Not supported by the statistics. The per-capita homocide rate mid-1980s is comparable to that of 2016, however improved trauma protocols pre- and intra-ED mean fewer victims of serious violence end up as mortality statistics.
@@Ben-tn4qz Well, you can take more recent numbers if you wish but there was a huge rise in the early 2000s that has only recently approached mid-1980 levels.
The comments that Manchester looks 'tired' seem odd. It looks worse now in most of the areas you filmed. Re do these shots now and there'll be visible homelessness and litter everywhere.
Fabulous document/video footage-was this shot on 8mm?I could hget 3x90 min 8mm tapes for as little as £5-just over 10 years ago,for my Canon handycam.Piccadilly Gardens when they were gardens rather than just a carbuncle of Berlin wall/concrete tangled fragmenyts as it has been for the past 10 years or more.St Anns Square hard;ly changed-Past Times fab shop-that big book store on the corner-was that Dillons(?)-WHSmith across the way-HMV and Virgin Megastores on Market Street-King Street has always been poncey(!)no change there!Nice footage of St P[eters Square-looked way better with the gardens-than it odes now.Overall the Mnachetser city centre in January 2000 far more epigmaic than that of August 2018!I knew A FDavid Gleave whpo lived in Hazrel Grove.He hasd a younger brother called Robert.Any relation,perhaps?xxx
You say you filmed this in early January 2000 but later in the video I detect in fact this was recorded later that year because towards the end of the video you were filming around Piccadilly Gardens & the Bus Station which the layout shown in your video is what it still looks like today, but in May 2000 the Bus Station was dug up again (Piccadilly Bus Station was first redeveloped in 1995 when the covered shelter was demolished) & the Parker Street (Plaza side) part of the Bus Station was STILL a two way road for the Buses to come in & out of Portland Street (turning circle at the Mosley Street end of Bus Station) with a one way section by the gardens where Buses coming into Piccadilly from Mosley Street entered & exited right onto Portland Street. Just thought I’d point that out to you. I was 17 for most part of that year later turned 18 in November 2000.
Its 2000. As you can tell from the christmas decorations. Its around christmas time. I worked in lewis's when this was filmed. And lewis's is in this video. Lewis's closed down in march 2001. So it cant be later than 2000. Plus i recognised the christmas decs on king street from that time. I was also 17. It was my first job
The deterioration of film, coupled with Manchester's gloomy weather makes it look like this was filmed in the 40's. And additionally give the city centre landscape a more tired look. Yet this was barely twenty years ago.
FACTS! I’m from Manchester and I grew up there during the 90s and 2000s. Moved down south five years ago and I will always think fondly back on these times. Can’t replicate that feeling 😢
!["Perth City and Surrounds" [2000/2001].](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/V7D-K8XtOGY/mqdefault.jpg)
Wow, I think of 2000 as very current but its actually 20 years ago! For some reason I think of the 1980s when someone says 20 years ago.
Same here. My earliest memories are the early 2000s so the 80s has always seemed 20 years ago to me too.
Time is just a way of categorising things in our heads it’s the wording
Imagine this. I left the UK in 1998, I'm from Manchester. I didn't return till last year 2022. So this is how I know Manchester as. Imagine the shock that I had moving back here. I'm totally lost living in a skyscraper in the centre. It's more like Chicago now to me than Manchester as I knew it.
true, Manchester is in contruction bloom, all old building without heritage status or lost function for times will be demolished and new project will be sited on
Why did you never once return in 24 years ? I left manchester for Hong Kong in January 1997 and I'm still there/here but I have visited UK for holiday ( visiting family & friends ) including Manchester at least every few years...and yes of course it has changed ...where hasn't in quarter of a century?... so the changes are not too shocking to me,
Its actually everything else that is a culture shock to me, the attitudes of constant bickering about political/ gender/race/sexuality issues in the media and everywhere is very nauscious to me...but I love the UK and will return next year and am massively looking forward to grey rainy cold days ..for a while
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ?
Doesn't look so different, considering what's gone on since. Great video. Tried to spot myself as a 17 year old!!
Born in ‘83 lucky
The old Piccadilly gardens ❤
Manchester might of looked tired back then but boy did it still have character, decent Pubs cracking night life that catered for everyone, 2000 on it has just turned into a sterile metropolis of cloned buildings and a corporate big boy of overpriced clubs, pubs and dining.
Apt description, Manchester just needed the old buildings to have their facias spruced up.
Manchester city centre had tonnes of architectural character.
@@Alan_GA Your spot on Alan, these monstrosity's wont stand the test of time, this is the 1960's moment for the 2000's, mass building and lazy architecture.
I used to work in Lewis's in the early 70's. Great days ! 😊
Buildings are Beautiful. Every new building is minimalistic and soulless. Wish i know architecture. Id love to try bring the classic beauty back
1:16 - The Clio, Micra and Rover 100 might be the last time I see 3 small cars in a row on Britain's roads. Should have appreciated it more, then. The crossover (no pun intended) to cars our roads weren't designed for has taken little over a decade. Such a shame.
Omg I was born in 2007 and seeing this is so weird it looks so different now!
Great, albeit brief shot of the old Dutch Pancake House and the Odeon Cinema you show very briefly at the beginning second of the video. Great seeing how Manchester was back then.
I spotted the same thing. I loved The Dutch Pancake House.
I worked in town around this time as security. Brings back great memories
Other than that, good video showing how Manchester was looking tired & going through a major transitional period to what it looks like today 👍🏼
I arrived in Manchester in 2000s as a teenager. I feel so nostalgic watching this video. Despite its pros and cons i am proud to say this city has now become my second hometown. ❤
when someone says "despite its pros and cons" you know they are talking about a sh** h*** lol
@@HowDidIGet3700Subs it’s so much more vibrant now than it looked here, it was grimey back then I agree but it’s my shit hole
15:56 Wow look at the old Piccadilly Gardens! Nowadays you need a nuclear arsenal to walk around there.
what happened to all the grass
@@myview2543 The ornamental sunken gardens were levelled in 2002 but all the subsequent architectural renovations have been awful and the place has become home to people off their faces and gangs.
@@BsktImp yeah it looked far better back then even the people did
@@Ben-tn4qz Not supported by the statistics. The per-capita homocide rate mid-1980s is comparable to that of 2016, however improved trauma protocols pre- and intra-ED mean fewer victims of serious violence end up as mortality statistics.
@@Ben-tn4qz Well, you can take more recent numbers if you wish but there was a huge rise in the early 2000s that has only recently approached mid-1980 levels.
The comments that Manchester looks 'tired' seem odd. It looks worse now in most of the areas you filmed.
Re do these shots now and there'll be visible homelessness and litter everywhere.
and wow, Piccadilly Gardens with actual gardens. Not a concreted square full of junkies.
Fabulous document/video footage-was this shot on 8mm?I could hget 3x90 min 8mm tapes for as little as £5-just over 10 years ago,for my Canon handycam.Piccadilly Gardens when they were gardens rather than just a carbuncle of Berlin wall/concrete tangled fragmenyts as it has been for the past 10 years or more.St Anns Square hard;ly changed-Past Times fab shop-that big book store on the corner-was that Dillons(?)-WHSmith across the way-HMV and Virgin Megastores on Market Street-King Street has always been poncey(!)no change there!Nice footage of St P[eters Square-looked way better with the gardens-than it odes now.Overall the Mnachetser city centre in January 2000 far more epigmaic than that of August 2018!I knew A FDavid Gleave whpo lived in Hazrel Grove.He hasd a younger brother called Robert.Any relation,perhaps?xxx
when manchester was easy. with all the new one way bus lane and no entry manchester city centre is a nightmare
Is that pigeon lady statue still around? I can't remember ever seeing that
People do be walking around thinking “hey look, the world hasn’t ended”
Last year of the 20th Century
The time before “the world changed forever” pre 2001, atrocities and all sorts have gone on in the world since this video. Humanity was once good.
It seems like yesterday!
You say you filmed this in early January 2000 but later in the video I detect in fact this was recorded later that year because towards the end of the video you were filming around Piccadilly Gardens & the Bus Station which the layout shown in your video is what it still looks like today, but in May 2000 the Bus Station was dug up again (Piccadilly Bus Station was first redeveloped in 1995 when the covered shelter was demolished) & the Parker Street (Plaza side) part of the Bus Station was STILL a two way road for the Buses to come in & out of Portland Street (turning circle at the Mosley Street end of Bus Station) with a one way section by the gardens where Buses coming into Piccadilly from Mosley Street entered & exited right onto Portland Street. Just thought I’d point that out to you. I was 17 for most part of that year later turned 18 in November 2000.
Its 2000. As you can tell from the christmas decorations. Its around christmas time. I worked in lewis's when this was filmed. And lewis's is in this video. Lewis's closed down in march 2001. So it cant be later than 2000. Plus i recognised the christmas decs on king street from that time. I was also 17. It was my first job
I also noticed the Nativity scene was set up in St. Anne's Square, so definitely either side of Christmas 99 or 2000
The deterioration of film, coupled with Manchester's gloomy weather makes it look like this was filmed in the 40's.
And additionally give the city centre landscape a more tired look. Yet this was barely twenty years ago.
To be fair it is clearly the depth of winter... everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere in deep winter looks drab
I would love to know what day)s of the week this was filmed on. Would actually be able to know what I was doing at the time. And there month
Crazy to think its only 20 years ago, yet looks like it was filmed on a potato
Does anyone know of any videos like this from the 1980s?
Whats that green stuff in piccadilly gardens
I was 6/7 then 🥺
Printworks opened in late 2000 so maybe later in 2000 not January
It was so much better then , especially during the 90s, now it seems very generic and soul less
FACTS! I’m from Manchester and I grew up there during the 90s and 2000s. Moved down south five years ago and I will always think fondly back on these times. Can’t replicate that feeling 😢
I would have been 7 :)
Even less places to park, now.
3:22 looks quite satanic
Looks emptier..you can see less immigrants and homeless