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When we see old black and white movies we somehow don't tend to relate to the lifestyle of today . Put it in colour and you realise that all the people in this video though long gone and though having simpler lives , probably had similar worries to what we have today .

This fascinating colour film is of London but no reason to believe Nottingham wouldn't have had similar vehicles and the people probably looked similar too . One thing that is strange , towards the end , is the footage of Petticoat Lane market .....full of men , hardly a woman in sight .

(Click on the arrows by the vimeo sign to get full screen)

http://vimeo.com/7638752

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A glimpse of times past! Thanks for posting that, DAVIDW. One big tick has gone your way.

While watching the film, was wondering what the initials BFI stood for in the top right of screen.

Towards the end, realised they must stand for - Before Foreign Immigration,

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I know it says it was a Sunday but it's also notable that practically every man in that Petticoat Lane clip was a wearing a jacket and sported a cap .

Same is true for this even earlier film from 1903.....and still seems to be a male dominated scene .

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Could look at those all day long and probably will as the heavy rain is due to set in down here tonight.

Strange to think that some Nottstalgians in the Year 2123 will be commenting on our current lifestyles!

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Could look at those all day long and probably will as the heavy rain is due to set in down here tonight.

Strange to think that some Nottstalgians in the Year 2123 will be commenting on our current lifestyles!

Well if its a rainy day there ,this ones even more OT but a fascinating film taken from a camera mounted on a tram in Market Street , San Francisco days before the great earthquake of 1906 .

There don't seem to be many rules with regard to the traffic and cars and people weave in and out of horses and wagons and have scant regard for the trams .

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You mean Cable Cars in the San Fransisco clip, centre "rail" is a slot in the ground where the cable cars connecting mechanism is, same set up as today, they traverse some pretty steep streets that trams could never have got up or down...They run on a continuous rope haulage centrally located. The operator has a lever to clamp onto the "live" rope and a braking system to stop the car when he's released the car from the rope.

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Re post #7 .

Thanks for the info Ayup . I have made the same mistake before when recommending that video elsewhere . I.e. calling them trams .

Never really thought about it before and its hard to grasp the mechanics of the cable cars . Didn't realise that in the centre rail there is a cable that drags the cars along . Amazing what ideas people came up with !!

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Funnily enough, the circular underground railway in Glasgow operated on the same principle (continuously moving cable, and coaches provided with grippers) from when it was first built in 1896 until 1935, when it was electrified.

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And San Francisco's cable cars are still in operation today, they had a major overhaul a few years back and are well used.

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