Canterbury: The Old Long Market Shopping Centre: The last Sunday

Another chance to see The Old Long Market Shopping Centre, Canterbury, Kent, England. This video was taken on the last day before the Longmarket was shut off and the builders moved in.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Canterbury
• Kent
• Long Market
• Shopping Centre
• Paul Crampton.

[hoppimike]

wow that's just amazing, how old is this footage?

[geoffstrange]

1990

[ynotyrrebrac]

I remember there being a book shop that banned punks from going in 'cos they thought we were only looking for pictures of magic mushrooms! Had some great times hanging out in

[geoff0604]

If you think this looks bad have a look at Powell & Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale filmed in 1944 and get an idea of what the Longmarket rose from!

[Gitchimanadoo]

god i remember the baperie , back in the mid 80s we did loads of break danicing in the long market it was the meeting point for all street dancers great memories

[musicjimbob]

Dodgy-looking geezer at 1:37!

[SpiritmanProductions]

Mullet at 0:53! :P

[ThonColinFilms]

Really 1990? I'm not so sure. I was in Canterbury in 1988 and the Longmarket shops were still there but the bit in the centre was replaced with the development we now have- Cafe Rouge but then it was Our Price. I visited Canterbury in 1986 and it was still all there- I had coffee up the steps of the 'shoe box' bit. But by 1988 it has definitely gone.

[Strophal]

It really looked hideous, but it was all the rage when new...the 'new elizabethan times' and all that junk...It was another era altogether. Still, the main building (Natwest) certainly had some architectural value and was a good quality testimony of its times, with the big blue clock (not seen in this video) being somewhat of a landmark. It should have stayed. As for the rest, I find the neo-classical buildings more suited an old town centre.

[DiscosMobileKent]

blimey i used to buy my records here the long player great vid

[SteveWeaverful]

Forgot how hideous it was......good gawd> though I would of prefered something less neo-classical to replace it and to have left a better view of the Cathedral. It is so much better than this

[hoppimike]

omg but it looks so old! Was it really just 1990? I was guessing mid-70s!! rofl

But, the city looks completely different...