LONDON TRAMS - LEYTONSTONE 1938

[spiritoveradversity1]

This is a lovely little film, A real "time capsule" of social history, I still walk this area quit often, but sad to say it now looks nothing like the charming scenes portrayed in this film, although having said that a surprising number of the buildings shown hear have somehow managed to survive to this day, REALLY good posting, Thanks for sharing. 

[leytonstongue]

Many thanks for posting this - brilliant stuff. Great to see The Academy Cinema, like all of Leytonstone's cinemas, now gone. The police station where Hitchcock was locked in the cells as a young child is still there although no longer a cinema. I recently found some photographs taken in Leyton in the same year which I've posted on my blog islingtongue.blogspot.com/2012­/01/found-memories.html

[daldiggler]

This 100 percent leytonstone! - I grew up there also and its very clear to me.

Great film, thank you very much! :)

[Copenhagen327]

The tram before the shots of the pond is clearly on route 61 on the reserved tram track in Whipps Cross Road, the rails of which were still in place the last time I looked in the late 1990's. The location of the pond is?

[tph2558]

No Muggings or riots in thoes days Hey and life was tougher then no welfare system then

[35felton]

How this area has gone down. It used to be such a nice part of London, but has gone the way the rest of it has.

[darrencornell1]

and not a muslim in sight

[y3ko86]

@darrencornell1 Stop spoiling videos with dumb remarks.

[scclove]

i was born and raised in leytonstone. and have always been fascinated by how much it has changed. Thank you so much for putting up this video.

[modelearth]

your father would'nt of realised the significance of this footage at the time but its incredible. what he would of seen as mundane i now see as the last window into the past. what a shame thanks for sharing this!

[NickinFilm]

The Calm before the storm... Any videos from wartime?

[MrSRedburn]

Well, so it wasn't Leytonstone, but thank you for the information anyway.

[ThePeterTickner]

No, Mr. Redburn. It is the round pond on Clapham Common. The tram is either a number 2 or 4 en route to Wimbledon.

[theoldman777]

I loved this! No Speed Cameras, No Bus / Cycle lanes, no Health and Safety. Everything works. Great.

LBWF take note!!

[Crecybowman]

Great post! I am a Canning Town lad myself, but used to bike up to Whipps Cross and Wanstead for a day out in the 'Country'!

[OwenMatthews]

2.42 my Grandad in the 6th South Essex Boys Brigade Band. He later went on to become the Captain. It is now called the 6th Waltham Forest Boys Brigade.

[MrSRedburn]

I have just seen This Happy Breed on TV. There is a few seconds in the outdoors which looks like the Ponds at Leytonstone. One can see a tram in the distance. I wonder if it is the same area?

[RouteW12]

!!!BRING BACK THE TRAMS TO LEYTONSTONE!!!

[OldFlapper]

Lovely too, to see the superb colur footage of the AEC six wheeler LT type buses so common of the era. This is a real treat. Thank you.

[fishbelch]

FANTASTIC!

[RoseDempsey]

Lovely, thanks for posting. I remember Bearman's at Christmas - visiting Father Christmas in his grotto. Went to the Rialto a few times. Google Earthed Leytonstone the other day, so sad, the High Street is so lacking character now, all my childhood memories just lost in flat windows.

[MrSRedburn]

I often went to Bearmans and sat in the rocket too!!! I loved the Rialto which was part of the same building. They only had one record to play in the intervals which was Ravel's Bolero.

[CLARMCHL]

I spent most of my childhood visiting Leytonstone, as my mum came from there, fantastic video, I remember going to bearmans and sitting in the rocket.

My nan and grandad Warner lived in Southwell grove road, where the salvation army would play every sunday!

[MrGarner76]

great stuff mate, leytonstone born and bred! wouldnt recognize it now..bareley!

thanks for posting

[MsOldjazz]

this is great thankyou for positng this

[carboumentliagaizka]

Hello everyone . I'm from Spain and I lived in Leytonstone for about (don't know..like 6 years). and you know what? I LOVE IT . I when to UK when I was 20 years all to meet my girlfriend and stay in Leytonstone , then I move to Walthanstow . Now I am 42 years old and I always will have London in my heart .Anyway I just want to say that I love UK. and grettings from Spain

[Grifiki]

"And they still use them in Toronto. "

[Majamacoco]

Big up the Bearmans crew. 1972 born in a bedroom in Richmond Road E11.

[speedossupermodel]

some parts of leytonstone have not changed - even if before my time (born 1969)

[camalosso]

I was born in Leytonstone in 1947 and lived in Victoria Road at the Thatched House, although now living in Stansted Essex I visit Leytonstone regularly. It has changed so much. No more Rialto Cinema or Rex (which was replaced by the Bowling Alley) where I spent most of my teenage years at the Bowling Alley. Can anyone remember the little Cafe opposite Leysdowne Road that sold Italian Icecream or Lyons Tearooms? Thankyou for sharing these wonderful memories.

[ikinmoore]

I was born in Leytonstone in 1957. My father's family lived in the time where this filmed. This is the hollow ponds where I used to play in the 1960s ! And trams down whipps cross road....Brilliant !! Have you any more like this ???

[althejazz]

This is brilliant - LTs on the 10 road and shots of the ponds at Wanstead. My dad worked for Marshall Taplow's at Maryland for 47 years and I remember the area from 1950 onwards when I would go off to work on the lorry with father in the school holidays. I remember the trolleybuses too. My dad's mate George Palmer on the lorry used to sail model yachts at Wanstead for years and I wonder if anyone from the area would remember him. Thanks for posting this.

TTFN - 007

[earth123ism]

i recognised the high rd did any one notice the black man at 1.26 and this is 1938 wow

[jawa597]

wow thank you,I was born in leytonstone in 1960,and your dads film shows the top of lancaster rd where I lived,some of the buildings shown in the high st can still be seen today in 2010,I remember some of the old shops but sadly no longer there,bearmans being the centre of shopping in the area,and as said I wish it was still the same.once again thank you.

[romanyman]

One of the best things I have seen on you tube .Brilliant! thanks for posting!!

[funkybird4]

OMG this is completely amazing

[Ripppon]

That is a great slice of history and wonderful to see the trams in motion. Thanks for sharing.

[hihat101]

My grandparents lived in Leytonstone and were married in 1939, this is wonderful to see in color what it was actually like in those days, I lived in Harrow green opersite that war memorial on the cathall road estate project, i wish sadly Leytonstone had kept its charm and cleanness about it today, its a mess and dump and has gone to pot, i remember Bearman's department store as a kid with its orange flooring and old wooden grand staircase,use to a nice place to live,

[crossleydd42]

Not just the trams deserve a mention, but also the LT class 6-wheeler double-deck buses (and a quick glimpse of an STL rear, too. Notice the number of boys wearing shorts then, much better at pulling up than trousers to go into the boating lake!

[gurneyer]

It all looked very much more civilised then. Thank you very much for sharing this valuable archive material.

[halnaker]

It's amazing to see so many people wearing hats!

[harrypotty39]

im a postman delivering letters on this high rd,it looks much better then ,than it does now ,fantastic video

[Butchuk2007]

Fantastic bit of moving history.

It would be interesting to do a "Then & Now" type video using this old footage.

[lilmizsunshine1]

Thank you for sharing this amazing video, it gives a great insight into life in 1938.

[Misteraqa]

Not an area I'm too familiar with and shot 8 years before I was born but a fascinating look into everyday life before the second world war. Well done and thanks for posting.

[Kt087]

i can't believe it was that clean! thank u for the video!

[w11120]

Facinating - thanks.