I was involved in the making of this documentary in Leeds, UK. It was made by BBC for open university as part of their studies of world religions. It was exciting.

@jasrai5044

6 жыл бұрын

Dalbir Singh Sagoo sir I find the subject of sikhi and how my grandparents functioned and evolved on arriving in this country, their faith must have been their strength in overcoming many difficulties. ...sadly my grandparents passed many yrs ago so these documentaries give me insight x

@1973cyrus

6 жыл бұрын

good documentry

@jaswinderkaursaggu9054

3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@bhupindersehmbi7315

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful film waheguruji 🙏

@abhisekroy6430

Жыл бұрын

😍😊😘😚😙

The man tying the turban is my late grandad, very very proud 😍😍😍

@1973cyrus

6 жыл бұрын

cool. Life was so different then. well done grandad

@tigerjeetsingh8440

6 жыл бұрын

✌️✌️✌️✌️ ✌️

@Ava-lm1zy

4 жыл бұрын

Wow amazing.

@harmandeepdhillon1019

3 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

@jaswinderkaursaggu9054

3 жыл бұрын

Really ahh🙏

I respect all the religions but I love the Sikh religion. peaceful, strong, and very charitable

I didn't find any bad Sikh in my life. All serious people with a pinch of humour ✌🙏👋😃

@formula1982

3 жыл бұрын

Sikh means student or learner.. A true sikh would always stand against injustice. No Farmers, No Food!

@bobsingh5521

Жыл бұрын

You haven’t met me

@Thufferinthuckotash

4 ай бұрын

@@bobsingh5521😂😂😂😂

Bibi ji s shabd really touched my heart , don't know if she still in this world or not but where ever she is May Waheguru bless her . it was really very golden time when Sikhs came to Britain and struggled lot .

@ygt626

7 жыл бұрын

Kuldeep Singh Sadly, she probably is gone as this video was made many years ago

@jasnij1894

6 жыл бұрын

Kuldeep Singh - there should be more women singing like this. Sounds very beautiful.

@1973cyrus

6 жыл бұрын

Its a good community I go sometimes to our local temple and always welcome and fantastic food too

@onwardstotruth5810

6 жыл бұрын

Je Sau Chanda Ugwe Suraj Chareh Hazaar Eite Chanan Hundian, Gur Bin Ghor Andhaar� Sri Guru Granth Sahib (463) One gropes in utter darkness without Guru, the light of hundred moons and thousand suns notwithstanding

@WillScarlet1991

3 жыл бұрын

I think the same could be said for all Asians that came to Britain in the 50s onwards, including those from the West Indies. All of them were very hardworking and respectful.

interesting the people seem very liberal minded , a great record of Panjabi community in England .

Time when everyone went to the gurdwara and as a child it was so wonderful and fun🙏.

The shabhad at the beggining It gave me such a rush. So beautiful! Im truely in anand

I am watching this in 2021 2:33 am of calgary, canada. It was soo peacefull watching this video. I would love to live in that time if i can ♥️ so much blessed to be a sikh 💕

@singhjasbeer5216

3 жыл бұрын

Okay but why don’t you keep singh in your name as commanded by Guru Gobind Singh?

@kuldeepsbhangu

3 жыл бұрын

@@singhjasbeer5216 In Canada middle name is optional. Don't be prejudiced.

@singhjasbeer5216

3 жыл бұрын

@@kuldeepsbhangu Prejudiced? Canada? What logic are u giving.. LOL

Miss the old Gurudwara! Panjabi class brings back some memories 😂

It is so rear to see about our sikh community in 1977. Now is 2022. Wah

ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਸਿੱਖ ਪ੍ਰੰਪਰਾਵਾਂ ਦੀ। ਵਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਮੇਹਰ ਕਰਨ ਸਭਨਾਂ ਤੇ। ਮਾਂ ਬੋਲੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੇ ਸਤਿਕਾਰ ਤੇ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਲਈ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਚ ਕਮੇਂਟ ਕਰੋਂ ਜੀ। Sat Sri akal sab nu

I never got to see my grandad ever but i am very proud although my sister saw him satpal rathor 😢😢😢

Beautiful religion!

What beautiful voice of the lady who is singing gurbani

Those were the days when we were deep rooted to the Sikhi.

I remember Baba Puran Singh Ji and Bhai Sahib Bhai Naurang Singh Ji very well. Such great people!

Awesome capture of the good old days, and all the challenges for Sikhs, and yet they managed to unite and progress :)

@benevolentimmortal

9 жыл бұрын

How old were you in 1976? And why do so many Sikhs have the name Singh, what does it mean anyway?

@thrillamf9679

9 жыл бұрын

***** It's usually a middle name, although some people use it as their surname. It means lion.

Absolutely beautiful...so vintage and awe inspiring...thank you so much for uploading such a gem

Nice to see the culture back in the day! Nowadays how it’s changed with time! 🙏🏽

Waheguru Ji, I have grown up in England 🙏🙂

Vintage Sikhi! Awe-inspiring!

Beautiful footage... l love the children and the kirtan...

Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki Fateh

Amazing footage, what a bygone era

Masallah so nice to see a old video ....but very sad to see the old people gone to heaven:(

Waheguruji 🙏 🙏

Amazing Kirtan... It's fascinating to hear ragas in shabad Kirtan, lot less these days

Replay this on BBC1. This is so old skool of great Sikhs here in the UK. Waheguru, Waheguru bless these people all the way to Sachkhand!!! Bole Saw Nihaaaal Saaaat Sri Akaaaaal 🙏🏾

Waheguru Guru chardicala vich rkhe

Superb documentary. Thanks to BBC. God bless.

WAHEGURU JIO JI

Waheguru ji chardi kala vich Rakhen ji 🙏🙏

THANKS BBC. THIS IS GOLD

It’s a beautiful film representing the Sikh faith, it was so interesting to see UK Sikhs from 1977. Of course it’s very different than present days Sikhs.

Waheguru...... Waheguru...💖💖💗💓💓

You all are pride of India

very nice

Seeing the gurdwara that busy is amazing. In the 70s, going to the gurdwara every Sunday was a ritual. These days, there are so many more gurdwaras, many of them almost empty. Busy life and selfishness has taken over now ... so many people I know only go to the gurdwara when there's a wedding or parth.

@jaybee2402

3 жыл бұрын

Or for free eats 😂😂

@WillScarlet1991

3 жыл бұрын

Very similar to Mosques. They're only full when it's Eid or on a Friday.

This is amazing.

@satnamsandhu5685

5 жыл бұрын

so is the suit you're wearing! ;-)

What a lovely ending

Wahe guru ji🌹

Vaheguru ji 👏 sukh Santi banae rakhe 👏 🙏 🙏

Very good time and good memories love ❤️ 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Waheguru ji Waheguru ji

Waheguru jio

Beautifull video of 1977 sikhs in UK Gurudwara ,but sound quality cld have been better....

Je Sau Chanda Ugwe Suraj Chareh Hazaar Eite Chanan Hundian, Gur Bin Ghor Andhaar� Sri Guru Granth Sahib (463) One gropes in utter darkness without Guru, the light of hundred moons and thousand suns notwithstanding

Havnt times changed!

Great

Proud to Sikh 🙏🙏🙏

we've still got my brothers 1st birthday party on VHS all 3 hrs plus long from 1985! Community centre hired camera and a seperate lamp that was hotter than the sun. Health n safety comes in mind. Damn I was a brat at 8! lol

Proud to be Sikh 😍

Someone must know these people!

@skaur8239

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! I knew many of the these people! My family came from India in 1976, I was only four years old. The Chapeltown Gurudwara was the only in Leeds at that time. So everyone knew everyone in Leeds, it had a real community feel. We lived just off Chapeltown Road on Reginald street, only 5 mins walk from the gurudwara. Not Only did we go every Sunday to the gurudwara, my siblings and I went throughout the week in the evenings too, to learn Punjabi. I spent most of my Childhood there. Many happy memories. I even got married in the Chapeltown gurudwara in 1996, but unfortunately it closed in 1997 and a new Gurudwara was built across the the road from the old one

piara Singh sembi one of my friends Dad from the next Street

My baba ji was a president ( pardhan ) of b'ham gurdwara in 90s.

Sikh community is such a beautiful and peaceful community 💚

I remember in the 70s it was way different from what is now

@WillScarlet1991

3 жыл бұрын

Do you think it's better or worse now ?

@ballykaur8310

3 жыл бұрын

@@WillScarlet1991 hi yeah I think it’s better now it’s much easier now a day to live rules have changed

@gurmeetsinghrajput9377

3 жыл бұрын

@@ballykaur8310 are sikhs in danger inside uk

@ballykaur8310

3 жыл бұрын

@@gurmeetsinghrajput9377 no, not really not in the uk

@gurmeetsinghrajput9377

3 жыл бұрын

@@ballykaur8310 people told. canada is much better than uk. is this true

WE have come a long way - My parents come from Punjab to London in 1957 - I grow as child in the 60xs and we worked hard to put food on the family table and still giving back to the larger British community. Grow up in the mid 60,s my English friends older cousin decided to marry a Scott's lad... In his family, as I recall were horrified she would marry a Scott's... I at that time could not understand... slowly understand and if any one discriminated against me - I just took it that English discriminated against all Scott, Irish, and Sikhs. I often now laugh about it with my Friend and his family.

@gurmeetsinghrajput9377

3 жыл бұрын

i did not understand. what u are trying to say

Cool :D

Singh is king!

If you wish to know about Sikhism in practice then read about the Sikh Khalsa Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. An ideal democratic state , rich , powerful and justice for all humanity without any bias

Thakur Tum Sarnai Aaya Thakur Tum Sarnai Aaya Thakur Tum Sarnai Aaya Utar Gayo Mere Mann Ka Shanshaye Jab Tere Darshan Paya Paya Thakur Tum Sarnai Aaya Tum Sarnai Aaya Tum Sarnai Aaya Anbolat Meri Vratha Jaani Apna Naam Japayo Dukh Naa The Sukh Sahaj Samayi Aanand Aanand Gun Gaya Thakur Tum Sarnai Aaya Tum Sarnai Aaya Tum Sarnai Aaya Baah Pakad Kad Leene Apne Deh Andh Koop Te Maya Kaho Nanak Guru Bandhan Kaate Bichharat Aan Milaya Thakur Tum Sarnai Aaya Thakur Tum Sarnai Aaya Utar Gayo Mere Mann Ka Shanshaye Jab Tere Darshan Paya Paya Thakur Tum Sarnai Aaya Thakur Tum Sarnai Aaya

Wonder if Punjabis that separated in the 47 partition of India/pakistan reunited in England in 60s,70s.

God bless u 🙏

This is our religion like Christian, jews, why someone has jealousy on Sikhism.

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Men and Women Together

What's the name of the gurdwara?

@MRBH3L3

9 жыл бұрын

Balraj Jittla Thank you.

@yudhvirsingh9909

9 жыл бұрын

Balraj Jittla RU FROM LEEDS MILTON KEYNES

@rajtheangrydj2711

4 жыл бұрын

Gagan Singh Ramgarhia Gurdwara In Leeds

@skaur8239

3 жыл бұрын

Chapeltown Gurudwara..... A new one was built across the road to the original one in 1997

Was the Sikh Muslim hatred prevalent at that time in uk ?

@WillScarlet1991

6 жыл бұрын

jaswinders191 The only hatred came from the likes of the NF.

21:50

It’s addicted

Are some Sikhs rich? I already know that some Sikhs are poor.

@mj897

8 жыл бұрын

Sikhs are overall wealthy in Punjab, in the uk they are second to the Jewish community in terms of wealth, and the most generous in terms of donations. Wealth is nothing to be proud of but it allows us to give to charity and give choices to children and educate our selves. Langar is not free. But as religious life starts to reduce in influence of everyday life many sikhs are very vain and flaunt there wealth with cars and drink and many other show off things. Many poor people are therefore ashamed of the lack of success and turn to crime and drugs. Gurbani tell us that to work hard and create wealth is important but humbleness must go with it. Wjkk wjkf

@riz1980

4 жыл бұрын

mj897 what a beautiful response . Sikhism is a simple humble and gratitude filled religion . It humbled me when I’m with my sikh friends. They are how you described as humble and soft and charitable. Their so grounded and always look for a simple and just answer to everything. True ambassador of your religion. ❤️🙏🏻🤲🏼

ek bach gaya.. apde pala.. hahha punjabi kalol..

Waheguru ji 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Waheguruji