Hroth Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Browsing the BBC website and came across an article titled "Unseen photos of East End London in glorious colour", showing a number of excellent townscapes from the 60s/70s. The pictures look like good source material for anyone wanting to create a realistic landscape around a transition industrial/urban layout. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-43141667 A selection is being exhibited at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, 3 February – 5 May 2018. This might interest anyone in the locality! http://www.ideastore.co.uk/granick There is also a collection of the photos in a book published by the Hoxton Mini Press. https://www.hoxtonminipress.com/products/the-east-end-in-colour 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted February 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2018 What a fantastic set of pictures 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 I was just going to post this. Excellent photographs for those that model buildings. Even though it's London it could almost be any large town or city. Some interesting looking cars as well. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&DWatty Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 I enjoyed these pictures last week too as a link on the BBC Website. We were living in Hackney Wick until last year and I found some excellent local pictures of the station and junction (now the A12) and even Victoria Park station that was sited about 60m from our flat. Very evocative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Interesting. At that time us gentler folks would not venture dwn the East End! . They are useful for anyone modelling any British town or city. The shop names define the period, as it were loads of changes to the high street over that period. From small local Tesco stores topre supermarket Sainsburys and various gas/electric showrooms. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted February 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2018 Thanks for the post, what a useful set of pictures, scenes that I remember so well that vanished for ever in just a few years. All the best Adrian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Amazing to think that what was once the everyday and ordinary now holds such fascination. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BernardTPM Posted February 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2018 (edited) There's several things I remember from those photos - the 'Gas Man' (Mr.Therm), Percy Daltons, Steelex (I used to ride along the Whitechapel Road a lot in the '70s), Double Diamond. I guessed the pub decked out with the Union Flag must have been taken in 1977; there was a lot of that in Silver Jubilee year; bunting and kerbstones in red, white and blue too. Those two sailing ships in the docks at such a late date suggest it might have been for a special event (the Tall Ships Race, perhaps?). Anyway, here's a slide taken by my Dad of the King George V docks in June 1963. I can remember when I was a child seeing all the ships lined up rather like this when we took cycle rides down to Kent (going across on the Woolwich Ferry). Edited February 27, 2018 by BernardTPM 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Amazing to see the extent of shipping in West India Quay in 1971. When did the last commercial, cargo shipping leave what we now know as Canary Wharf? David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Still quite busy when I went for job interview for an engineering cadetship in 1969,aboard m.v. Akaroa in 1969, in the Royals. In that 1963 photo, the second on the left is B.I., and the two in front I reckon are Port Line 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 From the original hi-res scan I did I can see the tug's name is PLATEAU. It's is pulling ???A PRODUCER, registered in ???ON JAMAICA (Kingston, I'd guess). The B.I. ship on the left with two white bands on the black funnel has an eight letter name, possibly registered in London, but it's not possible to make it out beyond that. I do remember getting stopped by the Bascule bridge near the former Harland and Wolff yard riding back from Kent some time in the 1970s (1976, I think). That was the last time though. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2018 There were still some ship repair yards operating well into the 70's. A friend of mine was first mate on the Hoveringham IV, a suction gravel dredger that had been damaged in a storm. Whilst it was moored on the Thames awaiting its turn in the yard my friend invited me and some others for a tour of the vessel. This was about 1974/75. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Amazing to see the extent of shipping in West India Quay in 1971. When did the last commercial, cargo shipping leave what we now know as Canary Wharf? David About the last date I can find is 1981. The West India Docks officially closed in 1980 and that was one of the last. Containers and the EEC, that would I suppose be from 1973, saw a rapid wind down in shipping although the area was in decline some time before that. I don't mean that to be a political comment. The change from imported sugar cane to home grown sugar beet and several other things that happened around that time all contributed to the closures. Bernard 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) I took a ferry trip from Westminster Bridge to Greenwich in 1981/2(ish): There was a wonderful unofficial commentary en route. At around this point (and excuse the non-pc language) it went like this: "Ladies an' gentlemen, if you look at the banks right now you will see some of the docks an' warearses wot 'as been bought up by the arabs an' what is bein' turned inno luxury arses an' flats. They have done more damage in three months than what Jerry did during' the 'ole war". The whole thing was an eye and ear opening experience and woke me up to the real character of London. Edited March 5, 2018 by Osgood 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I took a ferry trip from Westminster Bridge to Greenwich in 1981/2(ish): There was a wonderful unofficial commentary en route. At around this point (and excuse the non-pc language) it went like this: "Ladies an' gentlemen, if you look at the banks right now you will see some of the docks an' warearses wot 'as been bought up by the arabs an' what is bein' turned inno luxury arses an' flats. They have done more damage in three months than what Jerry did during' the 'ole war". I'm sure the film "Cockneys vs Zombies" is actually a paraody of the Yuppie invasion of London's docklands. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2018 In one of those documentaries from the 50's and 60's where they try to predict the future one predicted that city gents would move to live in Victorian terraces in the East End. But not commuting in his own one man helicopter though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Absolutely brilliant photos. So invocative, so revealing, so historic, so atmospheric, and in full colour. Thanks for posting the link. G 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edthefolkie Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Thanks for posting that - I'm really grateful. I did see a couple of the photos on TV and of course completely forgot about the book. I've now ordered it! Around 1974 I worked at Spillers in Croydon with the computer mob. We sometimes borrowed Burroughs' own systems at their offices at Bell Lane, round the back of Liverpool Street, and I spent a few nights working there. There was a coffee stall which did fantastic bacon rolls - the place was frequented by taxi drivers, and anybody else having to work nights, including us. The stall was run by a big guy who had a speech impediment - I think he was a former boxer. The poor old drunken guys in the area used to make a fire practically up against the back door of the office and occasionally there was a bit of a punch up. They were nearly falling over anyway but I did see one roll into the fire. I thought after four years in the Smoke I was used to it, but I wasn't. I should have taken the old Pentax down Spitalfields while I had the chance, but I'm no Don McCullin or for that matter David Granick. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I thought after four years in the Smoke I was used to it, but I wasn't. I should have taken the old Pentax down Spitalfields while I had the chance, but I'm no Don McCullin or for that matter David Granick. Or even Dan Cruickshank With acknowledgements to my friend The Gentle Author. Sorry for only being able to provide B & W. Bernard 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I'm sure the film "Cockneys vs Zombies" is actually a paraody of the Yuppie invasion of London's docklands. I was in that. I can be glimpsed very briefly in the football fight. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I'm sure the film "Cockneys vs Zombies" is actually a paraody of the Yuppie invasion of London's docklands. Even the locations of that film around Canning Town & Royal Victoria are being built upon right now ..................... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 Anyone remember the film, narrated by James Mason, "The London Nobody Knows"? I've got it recorded when it was on TV, unfortunately on Betamax.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I thought after four years in the Smoke I was used to it, but I wasn't. I should have taken the old Pentax down Spitalfields while I had the chance, but I'm no Don McCullin or for that matter David Granick. In many ways it doesn't matter as long as your picture is in focus you're still recording history. There must have been many places where nobody ever bothered. Anyone remember the film, narrated by James Mason, "The London Nobody Knows"? I've got it recorded when it was on TV, unfortunately on Betamax.... Yes, but I used VHS. I think it was on Channel 4. .At the time it was shown the same flats near the north end of Euston station that were being built in the film were being refurbished with new external cladding. I wonder what will happen to them now though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2018 Anyone remember the film, narrated by James Mason, "The London Nobody Knows"? I've got it recorded when it was on TV, unfortunately on Betamax.... In many ways it doesn't matter as long as your picture is in focus you're still recording history. There must have been many places where nobody ever bothered. Yes, but I used VHS. I think it was on Channel 4. .At the time it was shown the same flats near the north end of Euston station that were being built in the film were being refurbished with new external cladding. I wonder what will happen to them now though. Its now on Youtube, sorry I don't have a link but it should be possible to Google it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I managed to get to The Idea Store. In the flesh the exhibition is a must. The range and amount of photographs is amazing. They are printed off in about 10" x 8" size and mounted on a much larger sheet of white paper. People then add their comments and the exhibition grows over time. Some fascinating social comments by people who lived in the actual buildings. I managed to add a couple of remarks. There is also a slide show running in a darkened tent and this takes you back to seeing the slides as intended. A very atmospheric experience. There were quite a few photographs with a railway theme. Attached are a few street scenes and a some railway scenes. The railway shots are photographs of the exhibition photographs taken by me so me apologies for the poor quality. I feel that the scenes are of sufficient interest to be worth posting. If you can get down to Stepney to see it then go, as it is a superb exhibition. Elder St Founier St Whitechapel Foundry Truman Hanbury and Buxton Brewery Millwall Junction, I love the atmosphere in this one. LT&SR warehouse Limehouse, Site of new DLR station. The original Limehouse station was further east. Minories. Always a favourite, known by many but not often seen like this. Acknowledgments to DG and TGA. Bernard 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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