1965 - Chapel Street Market, Finsbury, London N1

A trip to Chapel Market as it was then called. Off they go in the Mini, early in the morning. When they arrive, children are on their way to school, but the market is very busy. Lots of lovely things and interesting people to look at. Round a corner from the main market, a woman is piling rags into an old pram, and someone has hung up what look like some old second hand things to sell. The prosperity here doesn't extend to everyone.... The London Nobody Knows?
Technical info:
Shot by Dr Stanley Solomons on Kodak Standard 8 film,
using a Sekonic Elmatic II camera.
Digital transfer by on8mil in London
Post production in Adobe Premier Pro by Burl Solomons
Copyright Burl Solomons 2019

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  • @niknix58
    @niknix58 Жыл бұрын

    Shame the Apple Fritter man wasn't filmed. Always a treat if we behaved ourselves.

  • @greenisland75
    @greenisland75 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating footage. Thanks for posting. If you think about what Islington Angel is like nowadays it is a completely different world back then.

  • @user-wp6eh1gi4z
    @user-wp6eh1gi4z4 жыл бұрын

    Lovely video thanks for uploading. I was born and bred near there (Essex Road) "Where we going today Mum?" "Up Chap, got a few errands to get then Pie Mash and Liquor if you behave yourself" Great times.

  • @jerrywood8268

    @jerrywood8268

    2 жыл бұрын

    My wife was born in Britannia row off Essex Rd, she would have been around 9 when this film was made. She went to Charles Lamb Primary then Islington Green schools

  • @michaeljay3846

    @michaeljay3846

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@jerrywood8268 Me too went to Charles Lamb in the 70s , born m bred Essex Rd and still here

  • @peterackerman8736

    @peterackerman8736

    9 ай бұрын

    I was born in Packington St, 1956, also went to Charles Lamb before moving to Highbury in '64

  • @carolegroom5161
    @carolegroom51614 жыл бұрын

    There used to be 2 ice cream parlours in chapel market. One called DEMACO’S ON ONE CORNER , PETER BROTHERS OPOSITE CORNER TO DEMARCO’S . Loved having Coca Cola with scoop of ice cream in it on a Saturday. Such a lot of memories flooding back. Even remember the music hall between upper street and beginning of Essex road called THE COLLINS MUSIC HALL.

  • @annemel27

    @annemel27

    4 жыл бұрын

    You've just reminded me of the Demarco's lemon ice cream. I used to have a lemon and vanilla cone, delicious 😋

  • @starshipdjs7524

    @starshipdjs7524

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow you have a great memory Carole. I was born and grew up in this area. There was public toilets close by also, that cost a penny to use, situated between the two ice cream shops. Apple fritters were popular at one stall, on the cold days. Do you remember that they were selling puppies at the Angel end of Chapel Street Market? Please tell more about what you remember, helps to jog my memory.

  • @peterwarden4351

    @peterwarden4351

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember all that I think I was in that film. happy day all gone now😰😰😰

  • @peterwarden4351

    @peterwarden4351

    3 жыл бұрын

    The flats were Mandeville house s off of chapel market. Happy days used to play on this slide

  • @lisatyas255
    @lisatyas255Ай бұрын

    3:59 Brings back loys of happy child hood memories. Was born & bred in Islington, Angel loved it. Moved out 5yrs ago. Remember Woolworths as well!!

  • @davidbrown6039
    @davidbrown60395 жыл бұрын

    Great to see footage from an area I grew up in around the time of this film, thanks for uploading.

  • @deborahburrows3282

    @deborahburrows3282

    3 жыл бұрын

    David Brown I was 5 in 1965 it’s great to see this

  • @luvuyonobadula40
    @luvuyonobadula403 жыл бұрын

    2:45 Wow - That Marks and Spencer is STILL THERE!

  • @joycec2487
    @joycec2487 Жыл бұрын

    That was when Londoners were born in London

  • @steveboundy4088
    @steveboundy40883 жыл бұрын

    WoW, What a Great Piece of Archive Filming of “Our” Chapel Market, Just a Shame it’s NOT Like That These Days or During the Past Few Decades either!, of When Family Values Meant More than Everything, And NOT Just about of What “Make” of Clothing That All Wore or of What We Looked Like!, A Real Classic Market, that Remember & Hold So Dearly of When I Used to be Walking Through that Mkt with My Mum-&-Dad, As a very Young Child, as I was Born in the 60’s, of Which was One of the Very RESPECTFUL ERA’s, That Has Now very-very Long Gone FOREVER ~ But God Bless All of The Our Generation of Whom Worked, Shopped, And Walked Through This Great Classic Market, And I Was One of the Many That Did all Three too, And Along with the Characters of “Stall Holders” Offering “Us” a few bargains Etc...

  • @jerrywood8268

    @jerrywood8268

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Hoxton, we used to have a great market until the Gentrification mob moved in and started to change things

  • @andynixon2820
    @andynixon28203 жыл бұрын

    That's a proper market .

  • @alexgreen5064
    @alexgreen50645 жыл бұрын

    Interesting footage. A couple of years before ‘the London nobody knows’ film and its footage of leather lane. Well worth a watch !

  • @mumstheword527
    @mumstheword527 Жыл бұрын

    Lived in popham street until 1971 then was forced out . They called in slum clearance and was move out to the suburbs still class it as home

  • @DeanoWheels

    @DeanoWheels

    3 ай бұрын

    My Auntie Barbara lived in Popham Street with her husband Bobby Johnson & my cousins Nick, Russell & Lisa. It was also on this street my Dad first set eyes on my Mum & chatted her up 😂

  • @justjay926
    @justjay926 Жыл бұрын

    Does any one remember the man with a monkey who took photo's for a price? I still miss the apple fritters, 😋 thankyou for posting 👍

  • @felicitydavey2371

    @felicitydavey2371

    2 ай бұрын

    I had my photo taken with the monkey 😊

  • @rickewilde

    @rickewilde

    2 ай бұрын

    I remember a one-man-band who entertained people.

  • @mikeinvalencia
    @mikeinvalencia5 жыл бұрын

    Another great look at times gone by.

  • @terrym3837
    @terrym3837Ай бұрын

    I was born there in Royal FREE Liverpool Road,growing up mum bless her dragged me around the markets never wanted to go but it wasn't up for discussion🤣🤣

  • @BernardVictor
    @BernardVictor Жыл бұрын

    I worked in the record shop at 75, next to Manzies eel and pie shop, with it's live eel stall outside. Tom sold tomatoes from stall outside our shop. Some of the faces look familiar. Remember the two cafes opposite DiMarcos and ?. One of the first Tesco shops apened opposite, just another cut-price grocers shop, owened by Jack Cohen.

  • @peterackerman8736

    @peterackerman8736

    9 ай бұрын

    Peter Bros was the other cafe

  • @mrsmokeybear

    @mrsmokeybear

    4 ай бұрын

    Was it Odil's record shop? I was born on essex Road

  • @TheWelwyn21
    @TheWelwyn213 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic I remember the place when I was a kid

  • @IgorTerrible
    @IgorTerrible5 жыл бұрын

    I was born here (Mandeville Houses), my uncle Tim was the one-legged peanut seller.

  • @peterwarden4351

    @peterwarden4351

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember him outside the pie and mash shop

  • @IgorTerrible

    @IgorTerrible

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oof, I would pay good money for a Manzes pie and mash, not much chance here in France.

  • @peterwarden4351

    @peterwarden4351

    3 жыл бұрын

    hi Gary you can order online do you believe that sent all over the word look it up

  • @tina5203
    @tina52034 жыл бұрын

    Excellent !!!!!😁

  • @murenismail1399
    @murenismail1399 Жыл бұрын

    I was 8 my darling home so cool to see this

  • @SteveCockneyRebel
    @SteveCockneyRebel3 жыл бұрын

    DALSTON MASSIVE

  • @michaelkenny8540
    @michaelkenny85407 ай бұрын

    at 1:46, 'all paper trimmed free'-from a time when wallpaper had a white overlap strip down one side and if you wanted a but-join you had to cut it off yourself.

  • @mikenico7840
    @mikenico78404 жыл бұрын

    Remember the banana man and the old lady who sold toys on her stall ,because later in life worked for her .

  • @deja00
    @deja007 ай бұрын

    1:27 The guy with mid-grey sixpence, dark-grey jacket, in front of the fence, behind in the picture, just standing, observing, is of interest to me.

  • @anthonybelcher8569
    @anthonybelcher85694 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @iraqiguy3389
    @iraqiguy33893 жыл бұрын

    Less technology and more morals !!

  • @alexallen7761
    @alexallen77615 жыл бұрын

    LONDON 1965! (comment below if you found this video when trying to find Ian)

  • @LocksLondon
    @LocksLondon5 жыл бұрын

    really nice

  • @kumquatninja
    @kumquatninja5 жыл бұрын

    noice

  • @technuoni498
    @technuoni4984 жыл бұрын

    I live here ahaha

  • @gabyx66
    @gabyx668 ай бұрын

    more english people in this video than whole london on these days

  • @crystallineblue4344
    @crystallineblue43448 ай бұрын

    Does this film have sound?

  • @philipbonner6486
    @philipbonner6486 Жыл бұрын

    You can see in the 60's people were more happier even thou didn't have much more money, These days people are wanting to much and selfish.

  • @janicehilliworth8222
    @janicehilliworth82223 жыл бұрын

    why no

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 Жыл бұрын

    I was 9 then, looked as grim then as it does now.

  • @nuzhatmuhammad4516
    @nuzhatmuhammad4516 Жыл бұрын

    Del Boy and Rodney seasame street😅

  • @shapexdd2164
    @shapexdd2164 Жыл бұрын

    The old lady selling carrier bags and just shouting 5p

  • @mikenico7840
    @mikenico784011 ай бұрын

    Hi Burl, how can I contact you?

  • @BurlSolomons

    @BurlSolomons

    11 ай бұрын

    Right here works for a start!

  • @mikenico7840

    @mikenico7840

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi Burl , do you have an email as wanna ask something and not in an open forum

  • @BurlSolomons

    @BurlSolomons

    11 ай бұрын

    @@mikenico7840 find me on Facebook and send a pm in messenger, I will reply ASAP

  • @mikenico7840

    @mikenico7840

    10 ай бұрын

    Can I upload your video to FB all I have done is added music to it, all credits are shown its your copyright @@BurlSolomons

  • @BurlSolomons

    @BurlSolomons

    10 ай бұрын

    @@mikenico7840 no thank, you I'd rather you didn't do that. However you can post a link to the original if you like.

  • @markanthony8875
    @markanthony88755 жыл бұрын

    Islington (Angel) not Finsbury

  • @BurlSolomons

    @BurlSolomons

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was Finsbury when the film was made. See the street name plate in the film.

  • @flamingocouling166

    @flamingocouling166

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am surprised too, always thought it was that common borough - Islington. :) @@BurlSolomons

  • @joebarnes1089

    @joebarnes1089

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was born in N.1 and always been Islington plus Homakers of Islington 100 yards from here

  • @janicebarthram6759

    @janicebarthram6759

    3 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in Goswell road which joins City Rd at the Angel. Goswell road was Finsbury EC1. On a recent visit I see that it is now Islington. Strange how the boundaries have changed.

  • @markanthony8875

    @markanthony8875

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@janicebarthram6759 yeah, it's strange how boundaries move, maybe gerrymandering for some political reason. I went St. John's primary school & lived beside Elia street.

  • @astragreen
    @astragreen Жыл бұрын

    No volume by by!

  • @BurlSolomons

    @BurlSolomons

    Жыл бұрын

    Sound on film didn't exist for amateurs until 10 years later, and even then cost £15.00 for 3 minutes. It was only video cameras in the 80s that allowed people to record sound on film.

  • @HamptonFarly
    @HamptonFarly3 жыл бұрын

    I think they need a hairdressers down there now

  • @stephenrichardson9540
    @stephenrichardson9540 Жыл бұрын

    Angel not Finsbury x

  • @BurlSolomons

    @BurlSolomons

    Жыл бұрын

    That's not correct, it says Finsbury on the Chapel Street sign in the film. I guess you probably know more than LCC at the time though....

  • @RhiannonFan

    @RhiannonFan

    9 ай бұрын

    Until 1965 Chapel Market was located in the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. After that Finsbury was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, to form the London Borough of Islington.

  • @Thejcbx
    @Thejcbx4 жыл бұрын

    When it was 'Our' Country. I was born in Stockwell in 1953, what happened ?

  • @lewisfraser2171

    @lewisfraser2171

    4 жыл бұрын

    Time marched on

  • @Bloxdio_God

    @Bloxdio_God

    3 жыл бұрын

    We were invaded

  • @shafsteryellow

    @shafsteryellow

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bloxdio_God says the most pervasive invading force on earth lol

  • @Bloxdio_God

    @Bloxdio_God

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shafsteryellow but we brought civilisation and infrastructure to the nations we invaded. Without us they would still be pre medieval.

  • @formzino

    @formzino

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bloxdio_God Palestine, Iraq, Yemen sends their thanks

  • @ianthompson662
    @ianthompson6628 ай бұрын

    when England was England and not full of illegal immigrants

  • @paulsmith5018
    @paulsmith5018 Жыл бұрын

    Showed this to my mum, she remembered the man who just sold bananas, niggle (not Nigel) was his name. My Nan Freda had the salad stall next to niggle

  • @DavidCarloz
    @DavidCarloz2 ай бұрын

    I remember it being so smelly with rotten food waste, cold and miserable. My family moved on the Barnsbury Estate 1973 not far away. I was aged 7.