Colchester Drive 1986 (Part 1 Town Centre and The Hythe + Radio Caroline.)

[Landiirover]

Thank you so much for this! Amazing to see how much the Colchester town area has changed in the last 26 years. Spectacular.

[k33fy]

My dad had an Allegro back then 2:38 he loved it it was 2 tone with the hydragas supension one year he filled it up to much so it was like it was on stilts.

[TheUrbanSpartan]

Brilliant, I was 17...and had a MK1 Escort, yellow...pure coincidence that there was one in this Video.

[simon160609]

Fantastic videos, they take me right back as I was 17 in 1986. Great to see Colchester as it was back then

[b1gman]

Fantastic starts from where i used to live, passes my house at 1.19 (mum and dad) still live there , amazing how much has changed , but also how much hasnt :-)

[thefloorkiller]

Superb video Fiesta drive in 1986, great car content some real rarities in that lot and all those Morris Marinas.

[MC27ble]

Brilliant video - just sent it to local press.

[dockertrigger]

Can I just say thank you so much for posting this up!, I was only 6 at the time but being a Colchester boy i can remember town just like this, it hasn't really changed much either!

[TheJimbojones1980]

Im so going to do this in my cab! now. lol

[altosanon]

Fantastic - dirves past my house at 0:49 - still living there today! Great to see how everything has changed.

[natsul1973]

Ohh you started off in the little car park at the top of Romford Close - where I grew up as a child!! I was 12 years old when this was recorded lol... great to see how Colchester was :)

[abbthemad]

Oh forgot to mention what a classic radio station,

[abbthemad]

Just like everyone else, brings back lots of memories , and I thank you for uploading ,

I've lived in Colchester all my life 46 years and it has changed , you have all these images in your head but being able to see them on a screen is great, just wish more people had video cameras back then but I guess it was more important to have a Betamax video recorder lol ..... Thank you :)

[TheWurn2]

@abbthemad It was one of the first video cameras that wasnt the size of a suitcase! How things have changed.

[aceeeed]

What car were you driving? I'm imagining it to be a Ford Cortina.

[TheWurn2]

@aceeeed Close...a Ford Fiesta !!!

[fiftypeehead]

This video is amazing. Bringing back so many happy memories. Plus the house I lived in at the time is featured ( Valentines Drive) I was 12. Thanks a lot

[articlewiki]

Awesome thanks for sharing :))

[kkm2b]

Thank you for sharing these brilliant videos with us. You took me back to my childhood.  I can't believe how much Colchester has changed just in my lifetime. And the trees! How small and immature. You've given me my very own time machine.

[TheWurn2]

@kkm2b Glad you like them.i have been sitting on them for years. Youtube seemed the obvious place to put them.

[xbrowneyedgirl67x]

My parents used to park their car in that very same block of garages up til a few years ago! I've never seen Ipswich Road so empty in the daytime and I've lived in the road for 44 years (just out of shot to the left when you turn out of Broadlands Way). I used to listen to Radio Caroline too :)

[Tim19921000]

some roads are much wider and everything just strikes me as being clearer and more open than i've seen

[Lazirus64]

amazing - proper trip down memory lane - Keddies!!! i got my first stereo from there - it was double tape! and the Hythe too! so mych has changed. many thanks for uploading.

[DavieP26]

Great video - I live where the old Charlie Browns shop is - which is now all appartments. That area is pretty much identical otherwise. I swear that 'road diversion' sign has not moved since.

[aceeeed]

My dad used to own the 'Indus Mahal curry parlour on the left'! You also drove past his green Ford Sierra. Thanks for putting this up.

[TheWurn2]

@aceeeed I have been waiting for someone to comment on something like that,you are the first!

[TheMacdaddy1993]

@TheWurn2 Haha yes, i see you made it from Broadlands into town in five minutes and you stopped!

[TheMacdaddy1993]

What you need to do now is re-create these videos so people can see the difference. Brilliant upload!

[TheWurn2]

@TheMacdaddy1993 Not a bad idea the technology is better but it would take twice as long because of the traffic!

[TheWurn2]

Eveybody was still in bed this time on a Sunday, no shops open!!

[stuartbraybrooke]

No traffic!

[sassiebelle]

Loved this video! As others have said, it does look cleaner!. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[Ginger77]

Amazing...seems so strange to see it like that. I was only 9 when you filmed it, but I do vaguely recall before they built the Culver Centre. Thank you so much for putting this up!

[TheWurn2]

Tend to agree, probably because all the bars were shut by midnight and very few fast food outlets!

[jordsmokes]

I was born in 1994 so don't remember this but can honestly say it looks alot nicer and cleaner.

[TheWurn2]

Sure do pity they are not on DAB yet.

[SuperSheddar]

Love your choice of station

You still listening to Caroline?

[DJshaftonROBLOX]

Great uploads, crazy to see my town ages ago!!

[TheWurn2]

Glad you liked them, I have two more to upload. One will be on line tomorrow.I also have one taken from the top of Jumbo at the same time with the full 360 degree view which I will try and upload next week.

[quicklung]

@TheWurn2 That's superb. The only real bit of footage of Colchester pre say 1990 was the Watney Cup parade for Colchester United in 1971 and that only showed The High Street, Crouch Street & about 30 seconds of Castle Park. I look forward to seeing some more ;-)

[quicklung]

This is fantastic. Is there anymore of Colchester of these? Seen the other 2 parts. Also must say how nice Queens Street just off Colchester High Street. looked compared to how it looks now. The town looked very smart indeed.