My parents moved to Crawley from Croydon, and worked at Gatwick airport, something to do with the catering. Anyway, my claim to historic fame, although nobody knows of me unless they look at the records, is, I was the first person born in the Crawley hospital. Many years and many moves later (my father got involved with the military), here I am in Adelaide, South Australia, looking at youtube clips of Crawley.
@@watchuknowaboutrollingdown9411 Well, it seems YOU care enough to post senseless, moronic reply's to OLD posts. I guess some people have nothing better to do with their time, apart from making STUPID login names and posting replies to years old posts. But I have to thank you for reminding us that there are people like you that really do exist...unfortunately!
I was born here in 1968 and could have been one of those babies outside Sainsbury's! Still living in Crawley, still a brilliant place for families. Crawley is a designed town, it's one of its strengths! Would love to know what happened to Angela.
I don't think I've seen any old footage of Crawley before. Great upload. I've lived in Crawley since 1972 and it's changed a lot. Also I don't remember that old fella at the Crawley Observer but I worked there from about 1998 to 2005 so he may have left before I joined!
Nick Moore suggests some reading (if anyone still reads) : Going Comprehensive : unspoken thoughts of a Deputy Headmaster, by L.F. Moore and Crawley : the Making of a New Town : by Roger Bastable
And now there is county mall.. And if you're unlucky enough to work there you'll see about 10000 chavy mums with tight leggings and greasy hair.. Every day !
Holding hands, picnics, movies, and he wants to come back to Crawley “not just because of Angela.” And get a glimpse of Angela lingering behind and looking wistfully at her stuffed animal after he’s left. Apparently Crawley culture doesn’t have much of a taboo around incest!
Study his cousin more like 🤣🤣 Love this vid! I’ve worked for crawley Council for 17 years and lived in Crawley my whole life. A lot has changed and more change to come. Wish I could go back in time.
Interesting film, I was born in Broadfield , Crawley when ours was the only house there, surrounded by woods and fields. Could walk for miles and not see anyone. How changed Broadfield is now and Crawley. I know people have to live somewhere but it breaks my heart to go back now.
I found this absolutely fascinating i lived in Crawley only for a short time about 6 months or so in the mid 70s and well remember being up there as a young 19 year old back in that really long hot dry summer of 76 what a magical place it was then great music as well at that time ,i know many people here have commented on the amount of foreigners that have flooded Crawley but it's like that in virtually every town now.I first lived in pound hill then Nightingale Close Langley Green magic summer days.
Well, I really enjoyed this walk down memory lane. I have lived in the town for 43 years. Crawley used to be such a nice place It was a great place to grow up. sadly its now become chavsville, full of unmarried Mothers and layabouts.
A long long time ago it was known as Crow wood , and was a very peaceful place , and then modern times came along and changed its name destroyed its magic , cut its mighty trees and the Crows left , now it’s a concrete wasteland.
I lived in Crawley for 23 years until 4 years ago. I love this film, 1970 was a simpler time, more respectful and respectable. I wonder where the people in the film are 50 years later.
I presently live in Crawley and have done so all my life. It's nice to see how things have changed from the seventies. Some places were hardly recognizable but others haven't changed much at all! It was funny to hear the buildings of Hazelwick School described as modern as those same buildings are still being used today, needless to say they don't appear very modern and well finished anymore.
Crawley really was a great place to grow up as a child in the 1970s, lots of happy memories, everything was new, new house new school new sports centre, a great enviroment for kids, and there was a real feeling of optimism for the future in the town 👍
In response to the people putting Crawley down, I would respectfully disagree. I was born and bred in Tilgate and think it is a wonderful town. I spent 7 years living in Vauxhall before moving back home and have seen what a truly tough place is like. Crawley is peaceful, safe and has access to so much. It is not the concrete jungle sone people claim it to be. Proud to be from such a great town!
I'm a Crawley boy. I love the town growing up was so peaceful. I went to Thomas Bennett and lived in Broadfield played for Corinthians fc. Unfortunately the community atmosphere has died off, I think alot of it started with the knocking down of the of youth club/play centres where i spent my happy childhood. Now kids have nowhere to socialise nowhere safe to go and get to know other kids from different backgrounds. Now people are shoehorned into horrible brutal narrow street developments or worse or bunged up in brutalist sardine cans nightmare monstrosities like the old babcock building in the town. Maybe I'm just getting old. But happy memories. I love this town.
I moved with my family to Crawley in 1969 and left in 1976 i was 5 when we moved there so pretty much my childhood was spent there, I go back every now and then but my road is now gone, Robinson Road which is now part of the Asda Carpark, still I have wonderful memories of Crawley and still love it to this day :) thanks for sharing this :)
Thanks for posting - great memories! I was born and raised in Tilgate and still live on the outskirts of town. Sadly, the town has gone very downhill and has suffered badly from mass immigration from Asia, Africa and now eastern Europe. I went to our local amenity tip today and all 3 members of staff I spoke to were eastern European - two couldn't even speak English, but luckily could gesture and point! Yup - Crawley was a great place to grow up in as a kid but is now largely a dump in many areas and unrecognisable from this film. I feel so bad for the youngsters here today, including my kids, and what sort of future they'll have. I should have emigrated to Australia when I had the chance 10 years ago! If only time machines existed................................... :-(
I've lived here since 1982, my entire life, it has always been horrible and lacking in any kind of culture or style. When I walk through town on a weekday it's like living in a leper colony. A parade of the dying, the sick and the lame with multitudes of people of working age standing outside betting shops spitting in the street. It's their ignorant faces screwed up in utter incredulity I can't stand. Before anyone says it, they are all British, I'd swap everyone of them for a hardworking EU migrant - they're the only people in this town with a work-ethic and some self-respect.
Fantastic! How I remember the town. Moved there in 1953. Went to Hazelwick. Had left by 68, and went straight to work on Manor Royal. Paul - is this a fictitious family? The guy who plays "Martin" looks suspiciously like a "Martin" I knew, but his parents weren't Stan & Vivian! Where on earth did you get this from?! Brilliant! Crawley Library has very little archive stuff. Best bet is Screen Archive at Brighton Uni. Best, AB.
My wife and I and our 2 daughters lived and worked in Crawley from 1967 to 1981. We appear briefly in the film. We always wondered what happened to the film and have never seen it before. We lived in Gossops Green at Trent Close, [shown after about 10mins[. I taught at West Green and then at Bishop Bell.. both schools have since closed. The Teachers Centre, in Tilgate at the time, was a splendid learning environment and represented the ethos of the Town during those early years. Friends united.
Hi Mr Watson you taught me at Bishop Bell in my last year there in 1978. My name is Paul Steele. I loved your lessons especially PE football and athletics being my favourite if you remember I was a pretty fast 100 meters runner. Also can I ask your in laws Stan and Vivian in the film was their surname March. Anyway hope to hear from you sometime.
I was only born 12 years ago so I don't really know what the 'old' Crawley was like but I would love to go back in time as I've been doing quite a lot of research about the past of Crawley recently.
I lived in Crawley from 1969 when my parents moved us from South London until I emigrated to Australia in 2001. Looking at this great video is a bit surreal really. I was 4 in 1969 so don't really recall much from around that time but I vaguely remember cars in Queens Square. Not a great deal has changed really except in Queens Square and where County Mall is now. All the local shops are much the same though. It is a shame that those of us that lived in the town through the 70's 80's and 90's didn't appreciate what a great place it was to live and grow up in. I went to Thomas Bennett and it was as mentioned in the film surrounded by huge green fields. Tilgate Park was on my doorstep as I lived in Holbein Road and Winchester Road Tilgate for many years but hardly ever went up there. I worked at Gatwick for BAA we where lucky to have the airport on our doorstep especially through the times of huge unemployment in the early 80's. I also had a great uncle who was mayor of Crawley Bill Buck. On top of that we had a middle-weight champion of the world in Alan Minter a night I will always remember when he beat Vito Antufermo in Las Vegas in 1980. In 2012 I came back for a visit and was a little shocked at what I found it had lost that lovely feeling the town used to have. Now here I am 12000 miles away in Perth Western Australia watching this video again still life moves on.
Paul Steele Bishop Bell and then Bennett. I seem to recall you didn't live far from me - somewhere in Tilgate? I remember you smiling a lot (and your glasses?) lol!
True Brit ok is your real name Paul Newman and where we in the same year because if it is I cant say I recall you sorry. Yes that is right I did live in Tilgate in Holbein Road but at Bishop Bell I was living in Furnace Farm Road in Furnace Green. Are you on Facebook. A couple of years ago 2012 I was back in the UK for a holiday and arranged a class of 82 reunion which was a great night we even had Mr Harries-Rees turn up.
Great time capsule of a film. Recent history but still half a century ago as I write. Lovely to see the BUA VC10. I wonder what became of the folk featured in the film.
It's just how I remember it from my childhood. He should come back now and make a follow-up film: Crawley - a place to grow depressed. And I agree with Martin Somers, I want to know if he got off with his cousin.
Hi Mr Watson I thought it was you. You taught me at Bishop bell in my last year there 1978. I loved your classes although I got a few lines for talking and chewing gum during lessons. I now live in Australia been here 12 years and to make you feel old I am approaching 50. Would love to hear from you if you have the time. Thanks Paul Steele
17:54 I remember growing up as a kid, some shops close early on Wednesday afternoons and almost all shops closed on a Sunday. Now shops are open 7 days a week.🤣
This is a great video Paul. Many thanks for uploading it. I lived in Crawley from 1974, at the age of 4, to 1988. It was a great place to grow up in the 1970's. Things started changing in the early 80's. This is a poignant reminder of what it was like in the past and how communities were provided for the good of the people and not profit. I miss those days.
I lived in Crawley as a little kid from 1955 to 1970 in Ifield. Fun place to grow up back then and I spent hours playing in the Old manor before it was demolished (Deerswood Court now) Langley Lane and Ifield Village and out to Charlwood. However, Crawley itself was always ugly and then became a real dump in the mid 60's. Everything old and beautiful was demolished and apart from Goffs Park and Ifield Green absolutely nothing good is left. It must have been stunning before the new town was built but that basically ruined the place. I've heard its really bad these days and I'm not surprised, as it was always a dump!
Interesting film reminding me of how Crawley used to be. Shame the council have lost touch with their beliefs as to what it shgould be like. No longer do we have a town centre that is anything other than a mecca for the cheap junk; £1 shops and money lender companies.
What a great film! Thanks for uploading. I live nearby but thankfully not in Crawley! I am certain he has intention to nail his cousin Angela. She'll be in her 60s now!
Fascinating video. I was born in Harlow in 1972 so can relate to a lot of this video. Sadly we now live in a world so far removed from this in every way. Great that we have these lovely films and our memories. By the way , I think that's Richard Baker narrating?
I was born in 1970 but didn't live in Crawley till 1986. Really interesting looking at this. It's quite quaint this video. Tomes have definitely changed
@@robstanden279 Hi Rob , I most certainly am, it did me good to see your reaction,. You still living in Crawley? I’ve been living in the Netherlands for the last 40 years, it was quite a trip down memory lane seeing those films on RUclips.
@@jamesdenton4880 Amazing! My last visit to Crawley was maybe 2010. Well, I emigrated to Canada in '94. Am now a citizen and live in Vancouver. Still riding motorbikes, currently Honda Shadow 750. Last I remember you had an AJS 250 with a Goldie silencer.
@@robstanden279 There’s certainly nothing wrong with your memory, I was 16 when I bought the AJS, these days my Britishness is kept alive by a nicely restored MGB which I love driving.. my last visit to England was 2016 as I still have a brother living in Crawley. I drove past three bridges free church then accompanied by quite a few memories.
@@jamesdenton4880 I see that the next commenter is Thomas Denton. Related??? I only remember your brother's nickname - Dilly. BTW I'm still in touch with the Lamont brothers.
Paul, congratulations on a great video and thanks for uploading. I have lived in Crawley since I was born in 1983. Crawley's been very good to me and I had a great time growing up. It's also on the doorstep of London, where I now work, and it's half an hour from Brighton. My parents grew up here and I also used to be a reporter for the Crawley Observer. It's fascinating to see how it's changed. It's changing all the time here so maybe another documentary is due!
I was one of the kids of a family, 4year old, that moved from London to Crawley....It was 1960, I left in 1978. My self and my family loved the place. The title "A place to grow" in retrospect should read A great place to grow..... now I don't know but then....fantastic. Thanks so much for this film....yes film....
My parents moved to Crawley from Croydon, and worked at Gatwick airport, something to do with the catering.
Anyway, my claim to historic fame, although nobody knows of me unless they look at the records, is, I was the first person born in the Crawley hospital.
Many years and many moves later (my father got involved with the military), here I am in Adelaide, South Australia, looking at youtube clips of Crawley.
I was born in Crawley Hospital in ‘67, but grew up in the States. So when did Crawley Hospital have its first birth, if you don’t mind my asking?
Elder Louis Crowley elder Louis Crowley
No one cares
@@watchuknowaboutrollingdown9411 Well, it seems YOU care enough to post senseless, moronic reply's to OLD posts.
I guess some people have nothing better to do with their time, apart from making STUPID login names and posting replies to years old posts.
But I have to thank you for reminding us that there are people like you that really do exist...unfortunately!
Well done!!
I wonder if this guy came back , and what a great remake that would be
He's probably old now or kicked the bucket!! 😣
I was born here in 1968 and could have been one of those babies outside Sainsbury's! Still living in Crawley, still a brilliant place for families. Crawley is a designed town, it's one of its strengths! Would love to know what happened to Angela.
Angela is the cousin we all dream of 😄💕I hope she had a good life
I don't think I've seen any old footage of Crawley before. Great upload. I've lived in Crawley since 1972 and it's changed a lot. Also I don't remember that old fella at the Crawley Observer but I worked there from about 1998 to 2005 so he may have left before I joined!
this helped me alot
even the well know queens square stand thing has gone, remours were was the stand from gatwick that was a racing track
It was.
My dad lived in crawley in the 70s and i did for a bit until 2003 or something then we moved to devon, im 15 now so i dont remember much
six years has gone by..
sub 2 willne probably 21
Nick Moore suggests some reading (if anyone still reads) : Going Comprehensive : unspoken thoughts of a Deputy Headmaster, by L.F. Moore and Crawley : the Making of a New Town : by Roger Bastable
And now there is county mall.. And if you're unlucky enough to work there you'll see about 10000 chavy mums with tight leggings and greasy hair.. Every day !
MJC not anymoree;)
Lol true
It looks like he spent more time studying his cousin than Crawley.
Holding hands, picnics, movies, and he wants to come back to Crawley “not just because of Angela.” And get a glimpse of Angela lingering behind and looking wistfully at her stuffed animal after he’s left. Apparently Crawley culture doesn’t have much of a taboo around incest!
Study his cousin more like 🤣🤣 Love this vid!
I’ve worked for crawley Council for 17 years and lived in Crawley my whole life. A lot has changed and more change to come.
Wish I could go back in time.
The suspense is killing me. Did Angela put out for her cousin?
it's sad that some people have to give a thumbs down for a gem like this
Don`t worry Paul everybody is entitled to be stupid it`s just that some people abuse it.
@@danthemantim6603 just like you bozo😈😈😈
Interesting film, I was born in Broadfield , Crawley when ours was the only house there, surrounded by woods and fields. Could walk for miles and not see anyone. How changed Broadfield is now and Crawley. I know people have to live somewhere but it breaks my heart to go back now.
what year was this ?
it's gone to hell and looks like a refugee prison now
@@slapjuice Yes but you can't say that now else you'll be thrown in prison, minimum 10 years term for incitement!! 🤣
A shame the Crawley Council is one pain in the ass.
I found this absolutely fascinating i lived in Crawley only for a short time about 6 months or so in the mid 70s and well remember being up there as a young 19 year old back in that really long hot dry summer of 76 what a magical place it was then great music as well at that time ,i know many people here have commented on the amount of foreigners that have flooded Crawley but it's like that in virtually every town now.I first lived in pound hill then Nightingale Close Langley Green magic summer days.
Well, I really enjoyed this walk down memory lane.
I have lived in the town for 43 years.
Crawley used to be such a nice place
It was a great place to grow up.
sadly its now become chavsville, full of unmarried Mothers and layabouts.
David Mcque only 43
Load of rubbish David. It's always nice to look back through elitist rose tinted glasses, but Crawley if today is a great and thriving UK town.
David Mcque it’s still a beautiful town, upgrading
A long long time ago it was known as Crow wood , and was a very peaceful place , and then modern times came along and changed its name destroyed its magic , cut its mighty trees and the Crows left , now it’s a concrete wasteland.
I lived in Crawley for 23 years until 4 years ago. I love this film, 1970 was a simpler time, more respectful and respectable. I wonder where the people in the film are 50 years later.
I presently live in Crawley and have done so all my life. It's nice to see how things have changed from the seventies. Some places were hardly recognizable but others haven't changed much at all! It was funny to hear the buildings of Hazelwick School described as modern as those same buildings are still being used today, needless to say they don't appear very modern and well finished anymore.
Crawley really was a great place to grow up as a child in the 1970s, lots of happy memories, everything was new, new house new school new sports centre, a great enviroment for kids, and there was a real feeling of optimism for the future in the town 👍
Them babies would be in their mid 50s now
In response to the people putting Crawley down, I would respectfully disagree. I was born and bred in Tilgate and think it is a wonderful town. I spent 7 years living in Vauxhall before moving back home and have seen what a truly tough place is like. Crawley is peaceful, safe and has access to so much. It is not the concrete jungle sone people claim it to be.
Proud to be from such a great town!
Well you come back and swap with me then; compared to much smaller Horsham or even tiny Reigate this town has zero culture or anything to be proud of.
I was 11 years old when this came out and lived in Selham Close Ifield in a childrens home, but some fond memories of the place.
I'm a Crawley boy. I love the town growing up was so peaceful.
I went to Thomas Bennett and lived in Broadfield played for Corinthians fc.
Unfortunately the community atmosphere has died off,
I think alot of it started with the knocking down of the of youth club/play centres where i spent my happy childhood. Now kids have nowhere to socialise nowhere safe to go and get to know other kids from different backgrounds.
Now people are shoehorned into horrible brutal narrow street developments or worse or bunged up in brutalist sardine cans nightmare monstrosities like the old babcock building in the town.
Maybe I'm just getting old.
But happy memories.
I love this town.
(Strangely enough, as a Canadian living in Crawley) what a wonderful film, I was glued.
I moved with my family to Crawley in 1969 and left in 1976 i was 5 when we moved there so pretty much my childhood was spent there, I go back every now and then but my road is now gone, Robinson Road which is now part of the Asda Carpark, still I have wonderful memories of Crawley and still love it to this day :) thanks for sharing this :)
Thanks for posting - great memories! I was born and raised in Tilgate and still live on the outskirts of town. Sadly, the town has gone very downhill and has suffered badly from mass immigration from Asia, Africa and now eastern Europe. I went to our local amenity tip today and all 3 members of staff I spoke to were eastern European - two couldn't even speak English, but luckily could gesture and point!
Yup - Crawley was a great place to grow up in as a kid but is now largely a dump in many areas and unrecognisable from this film. I feel so bad for the youngsters here today, including my kids, and what sort of future they'll have. I should have emigrated to Australia when I had the chance 10 years ago!
If only time machines existed................................... :-(
True Brit I was born in 2002 and went to three bridges, I can remember the calm atmosphere of the town, but no more...😢
It was such a beautiful place all the way up until Blair.
I've lived here since 1982, my entire life, it has always been horrible and lacking in any kind of culture or style. When I walk through town on a weekday it's like living in a leper colony. A parade of the dying, the sick and the lame with multitudes of people of working age standing outside betting shops spitting in the street. It's their ignorant faces screwed up in utter incredulity I can't stand. Before anyone says it, they are all British, I'd swap everyone of them for a hardworking EU migrant - they're the only people in this town with a work-ethic and some self-respect.
@@leytonjay It’s like a broken jigsaw puzzle
@@leytonjay that’s not true
@@owensmith1915 it couldn't be closer to the truth
Like so many other places !
hey buddy, hey guy, im not your buddy guy
wtf westgreen i live there omg
No u don't say
Be nice to see a remake, frame by frame, and compare the two
Fantastic! How I remember the town. Moved there in 1953. Went to Hazelwick. Had left by 68, and went straight to work on Manor Royal. Paul - is this a fictitious family? The guy who plays "Martin" looks suspiciously like a "Martin" I knew, but his parents weren't Stan & Vivian! Where on earth did you get this from?! Brilliant! Crawley Library has very little archive stuff. Best bet is Screen Archive at Brighton Uni. Best, AB.
My wife and I and our 2 daughters lived and worked in Crawley from 1967 to 1981.
We appear briefly in the film. We always wondered what happened to the film and have never seen it before.
We lived in Gossops Green at Trent Close, [shown after about 10mins[. I taught at West Green and then at Bishop Bell.. both schools have since closed. The Teachers Centre, in Tilgate at the time, was a splendid learning environment and represented the ethos of the Town during those early years. Friends united.
Hi Mr Watson you taught me at Bishop Bell in my last year there in 1978. My name is Paul Steele. I loved your lessons especially PE football and athletics being my favourite if you remember I was a pretty fast 100 meters runner. Also can I ask your in laws Stan and Vivian in the film was their surname March. Anyway hope to hear from you sometime.
I was only born 12 years ago so I don't really know what the 'old' Crawley was like but I would love to go back in time as I've been doing quite a lot of research about the past of Crawley recently.
Fathima Ameen Same I was here for 13 years and Its an amazing place..
I was brought up here…
I lived in Crawley from 1969 when my parents moved us from South London until I emigrated to Australia in 2001. Looking at this great video is a bit surreal really. I was 4 in 1969 so don't really recall much from around that time but I vaguely remember cars in Queens Square. Not a great deal has changed really except in Queens Square and where County Mall is now. All the local shops are much the same though. It is a shame that those of us that lived in the town through the 70's 80's and 90's didn't appreciate what a great place it was to live and grow up in. I went to Thomas Bennett and it was as mentioned in the film surrounded by huge green fields. Tilgate Park was on my doorstep as I lived in Holbein Road and Winchester Road Tilgate for many years but hardly ever went up there. I worked at Gatwick for BAA we where lucky to have the airport on our doorstep especially through the times of huge unemployment in the early 80's. I also had a great uncle who was mayor of Crawley Bill Buck. On top of that we had a middle-weight champion of the world in Alan Minter a night I will always remember when he beat Vito Antufermo in Las Vegas in 1980. In 2012 I came back for a visit and was a little shocked at what I found it had lost that lovely feeling the town used to have. Now here I am 12000 miles away in Perth Western Australia watching this video again still life moves on.
And I went to school with you Paul!
Really which school where we at together
Paul Steele
Bishop Bell and then Bennett. I seem to recall you didn't live far from me - somewhere in Tilgate?
I remember you smiling a lot (and your glasses?) lol!
True Brit ok is your real name Paul Newman and where we in the same year because if it is I cant say I recall you sorry. Yes that is right I did live in Tilgate in Holbein Road but at Bishop Bell I was living in Furnace Farm Road in Furnace Green. Are you on Facebook. A couple of years ago 2012 I was back in the UK for a holiday and arranged a class of 82 reunion which was a great night we even had Mr Harries-Rees turn up.
True Brit actually just seen it was Paul Newman that posted this video so what is your real name then
Great time capsule of a film. Recent history but still half a century ago as I write. Lovely to see the BUA VC10. I wonder what became of the folk featured in the film.
It's just how I remember it from my childhood. He should come back now and make a follow-up film: Crawley - a place to grow depressed. And I agree with Martin Somers, I want to know if he got off with his cousin.
Rubbish. It's still a great town. It's crowning glory came twenty odd years after this film when the county mall opened. Viva Crawley!
That Canadian sounds like a square, man. lolz
and then one day you find, ten years have got behind you...
Hi Mr Watson I thought it was you. You taught me at Bishop bell in my last year there 1978. I loved your classes although I got a few lines for talking and chewing gum during lessons. I now live in Australia been here 12 years and to make you feel old I am approaching 50. Would love to hear from you if you have the time. Thanks Paul Steele
17:54 I remember growing up as a kid, some shops close early on Wednesday afternoons and almost all shops closed on a Sunday. Now shops are open 7 days a week.🤣
I live there!!
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Great film, thank you for sharing :) 3m58 - is that Furnace Green shops?
Are cousin's meant to be that close??
@@Renaissance_Kamikaze Canadian
This is a great video Paul. Many thanks for uploading it. I lived in Crawley from 1974, at the age of 4, to 1988. It was a great place to grow up in the 1970's. Things started changing in the early 80's. This is a poignant reminder of what it was like in the past and how communities were provided for the good of the people and not profit. I miss those days.
This is delightful look at post-war Britain. Such a gem, thank you for sharing.
Umm. Angela is his Cousin and not his girlfriend Right ?
I lived in Crawley as a little kid from 1955 to 1970 in Ifield. Fun place to grow up back then and I spent hours playing in the Old manor before it was demolished (Deerswood Court now) Langley Lane and Ifield Village and out to Charlwood. However, Crawley itself was always ugly and then became a real dump in the mid 60's. Everything old and beautiful was demolished and apart from Goffs Park and Ifield Green absolutely nothing good is left. It must have been stunning before the new town was built but that basically ruined the place. I've heard its really bad these days and I'm not surprised, as it was always a dump!
Zig Zag Maidenbower isn't so bad
Not a gem now...wouldn't even think it was England if u walk round it
nice one...drove by my parents house...
2:10 6th Form has now been renamed to Year 12 and Year 13!!
Interesting film reminding me of how Crawley used to be. Shame the council have lost touch with their beliefs as to what it shgould be like. No longer do we have a town centre that is anything other than a mecca for the cheap junk; £1 shops and money lender companies.
We moved to Crawley a few years ago and love it.
Its a shithole
Coming back to this vid after 5 years, have to say this video is special
wicked!
i'm proud to be a Crawley people :D
Phahaha, he wont want to come back now!!!!!
bloody hell!!! is that Mr Terry Mitchenor (the councils housing manager)? It looks like him... great little vid... thanks for posting!
Incredible footage
What a great film! Thanks for uploading. I live nearby but thankfully not in Crawley! I am certain he has intention to nail his cousin Angela. She'll be in her 60s now!
Fascinating video. I was born in Harlow in 1972 so can relate to a lot of this video. Sadly we now live in a world so far removed from this in every way. Great that we have these lovely films and our memories. By the way , I think that's Richard Baker narrating?
I was born in 1970 but didn't live in Crawley till 1986. Really interesting looking at this. It's quite quaint this video. Tomes have definitely changed
WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE THE MODS WE ARE THE MODS
Some memories there!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, I lived there from 1955 till 1974 probably get lost now so many changes.
Haven’t been there for years.
Hey you wouldn't be the Jim Denton who used to go to Covenanters in Three Bridges???
@@robstanden279 Hi Rob , I most certainly am, it did me good to see your reaction,. You still living in Crawley? I’ve been living in the Netherlands for the last 40 years, it was quite a trip down memory lane seeing those films on RUclips.
@@jamesdenton4880 Amazing! My last visit to Crawley was maybe 2010. Well, I emigrated to Canada in '94. Am now a citizen and live in Vancouver. Still riding motorbikes, currently Honda Shadow 750. Last I remember you had an AJS 250 with a Goldie silencer.
@@robstanden279 There’s certainly nothing wrong with your memory, I was 16 when I bought the AJS, these days my Britishness is kept alive by a nicely restored MGB which I love driving.. my last visit to England was 2016 as I still have a brother living in Crawley.
I drove past three bridges free church then accompanied by quite a few memories.
@@jamesdenton4880 I see that the next commenter is Thomas Denton. Related??? I only remember your brother's nickname - Dilly. BTW I'm still in touch with the Lamont brothers.
looks quite nice there... you sure its crawley.
yes it is, but Crawley looks rubbish now compared to what it looked like in this video
Jolly well loved it, Thank you
Wow I remember those days so well, I moved out in 1986 and never looked back. Like so many towns, unrecognisable today....so sad.
My house is in this vid
When in the vid?
Great video & nicely compiled Good on you !
He dosen't sound canadian.
Paul, congratulations on a great video and thanks for uploading. I have lived in Crawley since I was born in 1983. Crawley's been very good to me and I had a great time growing up. It's also on the doorstep of London, where I now work, and it's half an hour from Brighton.
My parents grew up here and I also used to be a reporter for the Crawley Observer. It's fascinating to see how it's changed.
It's changing all the time here so maybe another documentary is due!
Where's the queen planting the tree in Queen's Square? I was there.... only claim to fame.
That tree was cut down almost 10 years ago to build more shops! One of them being an Ann Summers shop lol!
@@TrueBrit1 Hilarious.
Great to see thanks so much
Nobody wants it with a Crawley Boy!
i live in crawley
I was one of the kids of a family, 4year old, that moved from London to Crawley....It was 1960, I left in 1978. My self and my family loved the place. The title "A place to grow" in retrospect should read A great place to grow..... now I don't know but then....fantastic.
Thanks so much for this film....yes film....