pc1959 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I found this video of Barging Through Old London in 1924 in colour [AI enhanced and colourized] very restful to watch, a few good shots of traffic showing what may be pre WW1 commercial vehicles: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Superb video which I very much enjoyed! What a different way of life it was. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Yes, very good. Do we know which canal and where the traffic scenes were ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oats and barley Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I played along the Islington section of this canal as a child, and many years later travelled it by narrowboat.it has changed so much its hard to recognise now i think it is part of the Grand Union / Regents canal ,we see Stepney green station on Mile end road, Gardiners corner at Aldgate glimpses of Victoria park and Broadway Market in Hackney moving into Islington, Eagle wharf basin and the Islington tunnel running from the Angel to Caledonian road 960 yards long up through Camden lock into Regents park alongside London zoo where there is a gate to access the zoo from the towpath this is also the site of a barge load of munitions exploding Oct 1874 this was also a route to the Enfield factories this is all off the top of my head so do not quote me there my be inaccuracies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc1959 Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 hour ago, oats and barley said: this is all off the top of my head so do not quote me there my be inaccuracies I think you have nailed it! I recognised some parts around the Regents canal and Paddington, and the strange turret on the building near Kings Cross Station. Thanks for filling in the gaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oats and barley Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Yes that was a brief description i missed out Kings Cross ,York way previously York road with redundant York road station. alongside Goodsway up into the now famous Camden Lock Market there is a sharp right turn into Regents Park the 1874 explosion makes great reading dead fish were landing in the West End the keel of the tug was found 300 yds away embedded in a house and the bang was heard 20 miles away and local were concerned animals from the zoo were killed or had escaped ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andypugh Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 9 hours ago, Bob Grundy said: Yes, very good. Do we know which canal and where the traffic scenes were ? If you turn on captions it tells you where every scene was shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oats and barley Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Do not believe everything you are told when it says Actons lock the picture is Broadway Market, the pie and mash shop is over on the right and i have never seen Hertford spelt Heartford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foden7536 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 11:14 PM, pc1959 said: I found this video of Barging Through Old London in 1924 in colour [AI enhanced and colourized] very restful to watch, a few good shots of traffic showing what may be pre WW1 commercial vehicles: thanks for sharing, what a lovely piece of film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oats and barley Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 My wife was born in Stepney, I was brought up in Islington between us we watched it 6 times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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