Colchester Jumbo . View from the top 1988.

Recorded on the 6/4/88 on a video 8 then transferred to VHS and then onto DVD so not the best quality especially inside the tank as the light sensitivity of video cameras of that era was not the best!Also recording on max zoom in a howling gale didnt help stability, should have taken a tripod! Even so I think it may be of interest.

[@Brammers451]

What an interesting video. Thank you very much for uploading this and your other ones. It's really interesting to see how much I can remember of what Colchester would have been like when I was a small child. And wow, I never knew quite how much green space there was to the north of the town centre before all the houses were built!

[@IsobelRicketts]

wow amazing. I remember trying to break into Jumbo as a kid! Thanks for sharing, hope one day its actually used and someone gets to see the same view!

[@BellowFind]

Great video, this is now a rare angel of Colchester hardly anyone will get to see.

[@nickyantichav]

woooo ive been up there..brilliant vid , awesome tune :D

[@matt.morganphotography]

thanks very much....quality tune!!!!

[@TheWurn2]

Totally agree.

[@timchech]

At about 5:25 you see the Balkerne gate. Why did it have a door in it??!!

[@TheWurn2]

@Mattm198642 Its called where roses grow by the Rez Band,better than the howling wind!

[@matt.morganphotography]

great video!!! whos the song buy and whats it called???

[@TheWurn2]

@Hartsock91 If the developers have their way nobody will again apart from a select few. Hopefully the Council will insist on public access to the top.

[@TheWurn2]

@timchech Good point, never noticed it before. Perhaps somebody else knows.