Eltham 1977
http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-semi-detached-suburban-1977/
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Classic piece, what characters by Jove.
Mrs White to son - "Get dressed in your yellow and white disco gear that matches my dress, we're going shopping in Eltham".
Noise problem on the Rochester Way? Blame it on those bloody French foreign lorries.1 -
Some great shots of the high street; Carpenters Arms, Rising Sun, Hinds and Furlongs.0
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very good0
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Great nostalgia. Thems waz the days.0
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Great stuff, how do you find these things.
Life was so simple then.0 -
Anything on the Charlton Area?0
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Interesting bit of social history,
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Just watched. Fascinating. Some corking lines in there.0
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Yes, poshest bloke the Council could muster and probably the last one ever to say "by Jove!" Great window on the 70's.Curb_It said:Just watched. Fascinating. Some corking lines in there.
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he was very posh wasn't he!Cardinal Sin said:
Yes, poshest bloke the Council could muster and probably the last one ever to say "by Jove!" Great window on the 70's.Curb_It said:Just watched. Fascinating. Some corking lines in there.
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The woman who spoke first was the mum of one of the girls in my class at primary school.
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Deansfield? Funny to see the kids playing in the playground.
Bought back some fond memories for me - particularly seeing the old Eltham Park station and the walkway to it from Glenesk Road.
And the old shops and pubs in the High Street along with Eltham Church with no MacDonalds opposite!0 -
Westmount Road.Addickted said:Deansfield? Funny to see the kids playing in the playground.
Bought back some fond memories for me - particularly seeing the old Eltham Park station and the walkway to it from Glenesk Road.
And the old shops and pubs in the High Street along with Eltham Church with no MacDonalds opposite!
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Never went to Eltham Park station I was always an Eltham Well Hall kid myself
Am I right in thinking that Park to Well Hall was one of the shortest distance between train stations in England or some old guff like that0 -
Facinating stuff,remember both the stations as well,want there a crash there in the 70s0
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I lived in middle park avenue at the the time and went to middle park primary0
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Yeah - was on the bend between Kidbrooke and Eltham. Driver was pissed I think. Quite a few dead.cashncarry said:Facinating stuff,remember both the stations as well,want there a crash there in the 70s
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Indeed, the walkway ran parallel to the railway line all the way from Glenesk Road to Westmount Road.Riviera said:
Westmount Road.Addickted said:Deansfield? Funny to see the kids playing in the playground.
Bought back some fond memories for me - particularly seeing the old Eltham Park station and the walkway to it from Glenesk Road.
And the old shops and pubs in the High Street along with Eltham Church with no MacDonalds opposite!
The covered section shown on the video was from Westmount - I remember the sweet shop on the bridge, which also sold train tickets.
The longer part of the walkway, ran uncovered up to Glenesk Road. I must have walked it a thousand times.
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The crash was after Well Hall, where the track bends round.cashncarry said:Facinating stuff,remember both the stations as well,want there a crash there in the 70s
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Horseshoe Bend it was called and was straightened out when the stations merged.0
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I enjoyed that although I notice that they stayed in the 'posher' end of town.
I was hoping to see a 7 year old Suede mooching around the mean streets of Middle Park
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Loved that. Especially the peeler with the hipster beard!0
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Apparently, Phil Daniels, of Quadrophenia fame, was on that train. 1972, I think.SuedeAdidas said:
Yeah - was on the bend between Kidbrooke and Eltham. Driver was pissed I think. Quite a few dead.cashncarry said:Facinating stuff,remember both the stations as well,want there a crash there in the 70s
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Like the way they were using the News Shopper for the parrot's cage (8:20).
Reassuring to know some things never change ....2 -
As a kid I used to love going to Eltham Park. The walkway down had some great echoes, and it was supported by some kind of metal underneath that gave it a very pleasing sound when you slapped your feet on it.oohaahmortimer said:Never went to Eltham Park station I was always an Eltham Well Hall kid myself
Am I right in thinking that Park to Well Hall was one of the shortest distance between train stations in England or some old guff like that0 -
I thought it quite surprising they had to explain the concept of a supermarket. How things have changed in such a short while.
It must have been an incredibly boring film then but it's an interesting one now, a snapshot in time.0 -
That supermarket was Caters wasn't it (where Argos is now) ?!?
Do I recall correctly that there was an armed robbery in there that made the National news in late 70's / early 80's ?0 -
Was Eltham Well hall basically where Eltham sation is now?0
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No mate. Was further back down Sherard Rd where the 'new' doctors surgery place is.Charltonparklane said:Was Eltham Well hall basically where Eltham sation is now?
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Yes it made headline news because one of the robbers was shot dead by an off duty policeman as I recall?SuedeAdidas said:That supermarket was Caters wasn't it (where Argos is now) ?!?
Do I recall correctly that there was an armed robbery in there that made the National news in late 70's / early 80's ?0
