broxtowelad 175 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-the-travel-picture-1936/ 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 825 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Brilliant! What a terrific bit of film. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 I spent most of the fifties in some of those villages,I recognised many of the roads and buildings,and even some of the trees.Magic!. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,270 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 It really pi**es me off when trying to watch something interesting like this I get a message that says "Content Unavailable. This video is not authorised for your location (au)" FFS why??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Really enjoyed watching the film even though I don't really know that area. Sobering thought, though - even the youngest child on the film would now be in their mid eighties! I watched some of the other old films on the site, like Daybrook laundry, and another couple in Leicester and Cambridge. Very interesting..... We have some cine film from 1967 - 1980 .... mainly us and our own children, but in places like Woodthorpe, Ingoldmells, Skeg and Derbyshire. Although it is now on a DVD I would have no idea how to put it - or parts of it - on here or anywhere else. (And our children might see it as an invasion of their privacy anyway!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 When we moved to Bramcote in the late 60's there was a solitary Co-Op store on Sandringham Drive, It seemed a curious place to have one - in the middle of a housing estate, all on it's own. But apparently this was because there had been a Co-Op van on this route when the estate was being built, and they'd made a commitment to continue supplying groceries. So a space was left for a store. (They also left a space opposite for a pub). It didn't last too long and was replaced by a Hi-Fi store (!) which also didn't last long either before the space was used for more housing. The patch of ground opposite was vacant for years as locals resisted Hardy Hansons ambitions for a pub, but eventually they built 'The Rose Grower'. That closed in 2008. I think it's now the site for a care home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Absolutely brilliant little film,..........worked in some of them Coops..........Station st (met 1st wife there) Castle Donnington,looks like same site,East Leake and Kegworth............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Would love to have watched it but I got the message, not available in your location. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 80 years later, on Main Street, Long Eaton (opposite where the Co-op was) Heaps are still in business. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Great now/then picture..............even the Window cleaners wore Ties............but what is the Lady in the door -way waiting for ............lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Hasn't changed much, has it? Great pictures, thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 And in Castle Donington, there's still a Co-op in the same place, but it doesn't quite fit in the same way. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Some good times/memories in that shop............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 One more, then I'll stop it. The building where he starts his journey is still there. The entrance was just beyond the "U" of United. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Funny story about the Castle Donnington Coops of which there are two,one is/was run by the Midlands Coop the other is part of Coop Group Manchester,.....we sent two Store Detectives for a full day to work in the Coop group store (the one in the picture)........you guessed it both S.D.s worked in the wrong store,............ended up having a laugh over it,and Midland Coop paid for the day........and they did catch 4 lifters............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 14 cliff-ton,.............keep em coming Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trickymicky 57 Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 The Anchor at Sutton Bonington and Pit House at West Leake were locals of mine and seem to have changed very little. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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