Such a shame Crewe railway station has become a shadow of its former self over the years. Being left to go to rot. With a lot of its roof lost,and the rest left damaged and leaking. Run down is an understatement. Definitely lost all its glory since my first ever visit in 1980. Interesting video. Crosville territory,another sad loss too.
@iainmaturin846017 күн бұрын
Interesting film. I would suggest this is probably earlier then 1974. By 1974 line had been electrified to Glasgow and class 86 locos were replaced by newly built class 87
@adelestevensАй бұрын
Manchester Pullman on the afternoon return from Euston on Crewe "middle road" with all grey and white coaches apart from a first class put into the rake. I remember when one of the parlour cars got damaged at Longsight in 74 ! The driver of 86013 making the "binoculars face" with his hands looks like my dads's mate, Alan Roe.
@margarethughes37632 ай бұрын
Only been through on the train.
@jayfreedom5 ай бұрын
They're closing down the textile mill Across the railroad tracks Foreman says, "These jobs are going, boys And they ain't coming back To your hometown Bruce Springsteen
@leejohnson32095 ай бұрын
There's a frame at 4:01 that shows the reflection of the camera operator holding his camera in the window of the passing train. Pause and use the < > keys on a PC or laptop device to move the film back and forth frame by frame.
@jamesrobert41065 ай бұрын
My goodness. The days when the little, blue Invacars were on the roads.
@jamesrobert41065 ай бұрын
As a product of 1975, I was about to be born into this town. It is a shame what has been allowed to happen.
@stevebarbier56026 ай бұрын
Thank you bombardier
@peterharrison9666 ай бұрын
And All other Guises that slowly but surely Contributed to the Death Of Crewe Works, Also Include Successive Governments😡Between them All They’ve Ruined Our Once Great Manufacturing Industries! SHAME ON YOU ALL!!!!
@West_Coast_Mainline7 ай бұрын
Crewe
@jasgamage9 ай бұрын
The towns dead now. Full of Foreigner's pushing prams. Foreigner's living in the Royal Hotel, Crewe Arms Hotel. The Brunswick and where ever else. Turkish barbers, kebab shops, Polish supermarkets. We're done for!!
@ianstonehouse9 ай бұрын
13:46 I think that’s my old Geography teacher Mr Aston crossing the road in the brown suit and striped tie. He had a striking resemblance to actor Donald Sutherland from the film ‘Don’t Look Now’ (1973).
@clutchhh Жыл бұрын
Somehow a Poundland wasn't able to survive here lol
@shawnli4746 Жыл бұрын
Every so often the naïve kid calls it Cree-Wee
@Devil_Mredits7482 Жыл бұрын
People who know train station and the hospital👇
@curtiscarter7860 Жыл бұрын
Nearly 49 years ago, wow, how time has flown by.
@jamesrobert41065 ай бұрын
As a 48 year old, born in Crewe I agree. All the best has gone.
@kevinadams-9699 Жыл бұрын
Lived in Crewe for 40years a I loved the old Crewe, nowadays it's really not the same anymore. Sad really God bless Creweski .😢😢❤😂😂
@sputumtube Жыл бұрын
Excellent. I was born in Crewe 1960 and I recall a great deal of this. Thanks for sharing.
@kevintew9350 Жыл бұрын
The footage was filmed post July 1974 as this was when the Commer Minibus parked outside The Hilary Centre was first registered.
@LyndonSoulGroove Жыл бұрын
Good to see some stunning super 8 footage, i've started shooting super 8 the last 5 years or so .Stumbled across this tonight, takes me back to a memory of my 1st visit to Crewe Park around this time or later , i went with my dad ( guess 1974 0r 1975 was only 3 so earliest memory ) the Cafe was all Bricks on the floor, and a temporary mobile cafe was set up near by . ( as seen in this footage ) ( their was a fire in 1972 ) ,the boarded up part are remains of cafe so must have been after this footage, but a few years before the 1977 Cafe was built.
@roywatson8133 Жыл бұрын
july this year walked down flag lane all whats left is flats pubs shops where there used to be work shops and locos standing about only a small part of the works is left to my amazment there are no tracks left on the works site it just looks like a normal industrail estate now
@SimonWallwork Жыл бұрын
Just as I remember it, although I think 1972. Reason, the Class 50 at the stations had gone by 1974, and the Class 87 is absent- those were introduced in 1973.
@garyheath466 Жыл бұрын
4.12 the dude suited and booted on the station steps is the late George Tomlinson (Toby jug) he was the BR plant and machinery manager....
@chas1759 Жыл бұрын
9:59 mins.When the ladies are been brought out of the ambulances,looks like the old Cheshire Constabulary Force Training Centre.Trained there 1985/1987 good memories.
@davidcambell41832 жыл бұрын
I love the ways men always used to wear shirts and ties everywhere!
@peterharrison9662 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video, Brought back many memories, Thanks to all who Contributed. Still hard to Believe It’s all gone😥
@leenettywilson5282 жыл бұрын
Wow this is a amazing video what sprung to my mind about 10 mins in to this video is the population of people to knowadays, and I use to love the colour blue and the yellow on the trains proper back in the day railways its a modernised knowadays but it Doesn't beat back in the 70s 80s and 90s, the good old days have gone but life goes on , godbless you ,, netty Lee
@BlimGlim2 жыл бұрын
Fascism and Communism both hate democracy and free speech, that's why they both started the 2nd World War.
@davearmstrong22962 жыл бұрын
Superb video. Lots of memories having attended many open days. Just a shame that we don't still make trains here in the UK for our own railway network. Crewe should be the centre of our railway network. It should have been grade II listed protected and kept forever. So sad.
@stephensmith44802 жыл бұрын
What a delightful film, from a time when the World still had a modicum of sanity about it. I have worked on The Railway for 32 years so the content around the station held a special interest for me. The shot of the Commer vans near the end stirred some memories too, I served my apprenticeship on the Spanners when I left school in 1975 and used to work on those things, interestingly, they had Vacuum brakes, just like some rolling stock.
@leswilliams20672 жыл бұрын
Can anyone tell who’s music it is please ?
@mikechristelow9442 жыл бұрын
The credits at the end tell you, and if you click on the "Show More" under the description immediately above these comments the music is listed automatically by KZread.
@leswilliams20672 жыл бұрын
@@mikechristelow944 Thanks very much Mike. Perfect music for the scenes
@michaelearith7812 жыл бұрын
I was put on a placement with B T Challinors "Wistaston Road" Shop (one of about four shops they ran in Crewe,others being in Hightown,Victoria Avenue)shop after starting at Bedford Street Annexe Student Training Centre which I did NOT really enjoy much. Does anyone remember "Derek Carless,Model Model Shop"near there? The B.T Challinor's became Brigford's Estate Agents. Any more Videos of Crewe town centre in the 70s & 80s? also any of Alsager from the same period?
@ianstonehouse9 ай бұрын
I remember the Derek Charles’s model shop, opposite the end of Ruskin Road more or less. I was at the Boys Grammar School ‘76-81 so used to pop in every now and then.
@timegerton13082 жыл бұрын
Fabulous film. At the time I lived just up from where the last segment was filmed. I remember all those shops really well,especially the one on the corner of Smallman Rd & Carless & Challinors across from there. The corner of Ruskin Rd has changed a bit. The houses there are residential in the film & appear to still have their large front gardens which is just pavement now.
@stephenfoy21022 жыл бұрын
I was about six then,happy days,when Crewe was a good town.
@chestyoz9725 Жыл бұрын
So why is Crewe such a bad town now ? and compared to where ?
@Mrpegs12 жыл бұрын
Great to see. I travelled by train to South Cheshire college, Dane Bank Avenue from 1975 for a couple of years, walked back and forth on many occasions...
@NedPooleD8182 жыл бұрын
I wish Les Ross would reinstate the headcode boxes in his 86 - would look amazing! The only good news is there’s still a great chippy in walking distance of Crewe Stn!
@MatthewRailways500332 жыл бұрын
Nice video ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍👍😎
@lengerrard38103 жыл бұрын
Worked on rail house when they were building it...1968
@bbproductions89753 жыл бұрын
Wow, I love here and this is what it was like 40-50 years ago. There is such a massive difference
@allenowens84153 жыл бұрын
I left in 1979 it looks better than I remember but deserted Crewe is such a little town we shouldn't expect much I suppose I have been back once 20 years ago I'm certainly glad I moved on.
@nguyendailam67033 жыл бұрын
The same day England played Brazil in the World Cup!
@brianfearn42463 жыл бұрын
A wartburg night (car) for those who have never heard of them appeared in the street scene. The dealerships couldn't even give them away. I felt sorry for those who became unfortunate owners. If you were unlucky enough to be behind one on the move you couldn't escape its own built-in smokescreen from its micymouse 2 stroke engine. Thankfully they are extint now 😁 . Fabulous video. How times have changed in almost 50 years.
@brianfearn42463 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fabulous.. notice the driver of the 86 at 3:40 mocking the cameraman. I wonder if he's still around.
@moiseslima47833 жыл бұрын
Bom dia, não tem tradução para o português do Brasil, estou na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Congratulações!!!!!
@phantomsvideos3 жыл бұрын
Seeing as most of it apparently seems to be outside the the station it's a 7 out of 10 from me!!
@spongebobgrumpypants68623 жыл бұрын
The "head codes" on the front of the train engines definitely date this footage pre 1976 which was when these became superfluous. However, the lack of class 87 locos (introduced 1973/4) on the express services suggests this may be a little earlier than 1974, unless it is just luck that no 87's were filmed on the day.
@scotsguy4223 жыл бұрын
The 87's were introduced for the demanding WCL up to Glasgow, which in 1974 had only just been electrified. Also, BR wanted to showcase the new fleet of MKIII's. So I guess they were around in '74 but mostly on those services. The trains we see are probably Birmingham/Manchester etc, and I did notice the Manchester Pullman running through the station in it's distinctive light grey coaching livery. This was a non-stop daily service to Euston, for the business class. It ran until circa 82/83. The class 86's were well up to the job for lengthy trains, typically 12 or 16 on (overnight sleepers for instance) but the 87's excelled themselves over Shap and Beattock, with 12 or 13 on. I recall the overnight Bristol to Glasgow Central with 18 on, sleepers and day coaches, but all MK I, so a class 86 was usual motive power as they had dual air/ vacuum braking. If you got a good run out of Preston, through to Carnforth, the 86's could handle the train, at line speed, flat out though!
@3mmnon-triang6893 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the time in 1974 i attended a weeks introductory course at LMR railway training centre for a graduate career in BR. Also of the time i spent with my uncle Reg and aunty nelly at Wollaston and visits to the railway signalling school and the Diesel traction depot.
@pickeringneil3 жыл бұрын
Came across this by chance; brought back many memories. Was born in Crewe in 1948. Dad worked in RR since before WWII; oldest brother in BR. Spent two summers of 67/68 working on Crewe Railway Station; saw the last steam train pass through. After St.Mary's, was at Crewe Grammar (now Ruskin) on Ruskin Rd. So 1974 seems relatively recent! But a very nice film, unrepeatable.Thank you. Neil from Singapore
@j.goggels91153 жыл бұрын
I woefully adore this place. But Crewe Baths gone, Limelights gone, Town Centre gone, I died with Crewe. It was all in a dream. Je t'ai aimée Crewe 💕
@ericrobinson27213 жыл бұрын
Can't believe they demolished big bill and the shops along Queensway thru Victoria Street. Bet you it'll be a car park for years
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Such a shame Crewe railway station has become a shadow of its former self over the years. Being left to go to rot. With a lot of its roof lost,and the rest left damaged and leaking. Run down is an understatement. Definitely lost all its glory since my first ever visit in 1980. Interesting video. Crosville territory,another sad loss too.
Interesting film. I would suggest this is probably earlier then 1974. By 1974 line had been electrified to Glasgow and class 86 locos were replaced by newly built class 87
Manchester Pullman on the afternoon return from Euston on Crewe "middle road" with all grey and white coaches apart from a first class put into the rake. I remember when one of the parlour cars got damaged at Longsight in 74 ! The driver of 86013 making the "binoculars face" with his hands looks like my dads's mate, Alan Roe.
Only been through on the train.
They're closing down the textile mill Across the railroad tracks Foreman says, "These jobs are going, boys And they ain't coming back To your hometown Bruce Springsteen
There's a frame at 4:01 that shows the reflection of the camera operator holding his camera in the window of the passing train. Pause and use the < > keys on a PC or laptop device to move the film back and forth frame by frame.
My goodness. The days when the little, blue Invacars were on the roads.
As a product of 1975, I was about to be born into this town. It is a shame what has been allowed to happen.
Thank you bombardier
And All other Guises that slowly but surely Contributed to the Death Of Crewe Works, Also Include Successive Governments😡Between them All They’ve Ruined Our Once Great Manufacturing Industries! SHAME ON YOU ALL!!!!
Crewe
The towns dead now. Full of Foreigner's pushing prams. Foreigner's living in the Royal Hotel, Crewe Arms Hotel. The Brunswick and where ever else. Turkish barbers, kebab shops, Polish supermarkets. We're done for!!
13:46 I think that’s my old Geography teacher Mr Aston crossing the road in the brown suit and striped tie. He had a striking resemblance to actor Donald Sutherland from the film ‘Don’t Look Now’ (1973).
Somehow a Poundland wasn't able to survive here lol
Every so often the naïve kid calls it Cree-Wee
People who know train station and the hospital👇
Nearly 49 years ago, wow, how time has flown by.
As a 48 year old, born in Crewe I agree. All the best has gone.
Lived in Crewe for 40years a I loved the old Crewe, nowadays it's really not the same anymore. Sad really God bless Creweski .😢😢❤😂😂
Excellent. I was born in Crewe 1960 and I recall a great deal of this. Thanks for sharing.
The footage was filmed post July 1974 as this was when the Commer Minibus parked outside The Hilary Centre was first registered.
Good to see some stunning super 8 footage, i've started shooting super 8 the last 5 years or so .Stumbled across this tonight, takes me back to a memory of my 1st visit to Crewe Park around this time or later , i went with my dad ( guess 1974 0r 1975 was only 3 so earliest memory ) the Cafe was all Bricks on the floor, and a temporary mobile cafe was set up near by . ( as seen in this footage ) ( their was a fire in 1972 ) ,the boarded up part are remains of cafe so must have been after this footage, but a few years before the 1977 Cafe was built.
july this year walked down flag lane all whats left is flats pubs shops where there used to be work shops and locos standing about only a small part of the works is left to my amazment there are no tracks left on the works site it just looks like a normal industrail estate now
Just as I remember it, although I think 1972. Reason, the Class 50 at the stations had gone by 1974, and the Class 87 is absent- those were introduced in 1973.
4.12 the dude suited and booted on the station steps is the late George Tomlinson (Toby jug) he was the BR plant and machinery manager....
9:59 mins.When the ladies are been brought out of the ambulances,looks like the old Cheshire Constabulary Force Training Centre.Trained there 1985/1987 good memories.
I love the ways men always used to wear shirts and ties everywhere!
What a fantastic video, Brought back many memories, Thanks to all who Contributed. Still hard to Believe It’s all gone😥
Wow this is a amazing video what sprung to my mind about 10 mins in to this video is the population of people to knowadays, and I use to love the colour blue and the yellow on the trains proper back in the day railways its a modernised knowadays but it Doesn't beat back in the 70s 80s and 90s, the good old days have gone but life goes on , godbless you ,, netty Lee
Fascism and Communism both hate democracy and free speech, that's why they both started the 2nd World War.
Superb video. Lots of memories having attended many open days. Just a shame that we don't still make trains here in the UK for our own railway network. Crewe should be the centre of our railway network. It should have been grade II listed protected and kept forever. So sad.
What a delightful film, from a time when the World still had a modicum of sanity about it. I have worked on The Railway for 32 years so the content around the station held a special interest for me. The shot of the Commer vans near the end stirred some memories too, I served my apprenticeship on the Spanners when I left school in 1975 and used to work on those things, interestingly, they had Vacuum brakes, just like some rolling stock.
Can anyone tell who’s music it is please ?
The credits at the end tell you, and if you click on the "Show More" under the description immediately above these comments the music is listed automatically by KZread.
@@mikechristelow944 Thanks very much Mike. Perfect music for the scenes
I was put on a placement with B T Challinors "Wistaston Road" Shop (one of about four shops they ran in Crewe,others being in Hightown,Victoria Avenue)shop after starting at Bedford Street Annexe Student Training Centre which I did NOT really enjoy much. Does anyone remember "Derek Carless,Model Model Shop"near there? The B.T Challinor's became Brigford's Estate Agents. Any more Videos of Crewe town centre in the 70s & 80s? also any of Alsager from the same period?
I remember the Derek Charles’s model shop, opposite the end of Ruskin Road more or less. I was at the Boys Grammar School ‘76-81 so used to pop in every now and then.
Fabulous film. At the time I lived just up from where the last segment was filmed. I remember all those shops really well,especially the one on the corner of Smallman Rd & Carless & Challinors across from there. The corner of Ruskin Rd has changed a bit. The houses there are residential in the film & appear to still have their large front gardens which is just pavement now.
I was about six then,happy days,when Crewe was a good town.
So why is Crewe such a bad town now ? and compared to where ?
Great to see. I travelled by train to South Cheshire college, Dane Bank Avenue from 1975 for a couple of years, walked back and forth on many occasions...
I wish Les Ross would reinstate the headcode boxes in his 86 - would look amazing! The only good news is there’s still a great chippy in walking distance of Crewe Stn!
Nice video ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍👍😎
Worked on rail house when they were building it...1968
Wow, I love here and this is what it was like 40-50 years ago. There is such a massive difference
I left in 1979 it looks better than I remember but deserted Crewe is such a little town we shouldn't expect much I suppose I have been back once 20 years ago I'm certainly glad I moved on.
The same day England played Brazil in the World Cup!
A wartburg night (car) for those who have never heard of them appeared in the street scene. The dealerships couldn't even give them away. I felt sorry for those who became unfortunate owners. If you were unlucky enough to be behind one on the move you couldn't escape its own built-in smokescreen from its micymouse 2 stroke engine. Thankfully they are extint now 😁 . Fabulous video. How times have changed in almost 50 years.
Absolutely fabulous.. notice the driver of the 86 at 3:40 mocking the cameraman. I wonder if he's still around.
Bom dia, não tem tradução para o português do Brasil, estou na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Congratulações!!!!!
Seeing as most of it apparently seems to be outside the the station it's a 7 out of 10 from me!!
The "head codes" on the front of the train engines definitely date this footage pre 1976 which was when these became superfluous. However, the lack of class 87 locos (introduced 1973/4) on the express services suggests this may be a little earlier than 1974, unless it is just luck that no 87's were filmed on the day.
The 87's were introduced for the demanding WCL up to Glasgow, which in 1974 had only just been electrified. Also, BR wanted to showcase the new fleet of MKIII's. So I guess they were around in '74 but mostly on those services. The trains we see are probably Birmingham/Manchester etc, and I did notice the Manchester Pullman running through the station in it's distinctive light grey coaching livery. This was a non-stop daily service to Euston, for the business class. It ran until circa 82/83. The class 86's were well up to the job for lengthy trains, typically 12 or 16 on (overnight sleepers for instance) but the 87's excelled themselves over Shap and Beattock, with 12 or 13 on. I recall the overnight Bristol to Glasgow Central with 18 on, sleepers and day coaches, but all MK I, so a class 86 was usual motive power as they had dual air/ vacuum braking. If you got a good run out of Preston, through to Carnforth, the 86's could handle the train, at line speed, flat out though!
This reminds me of the time in 1974 i attended a weeks introductory course at LMR railway training centre for a graduate career in BR. Also of the time i spent with my uncle Reg and aunty nelly at Wollaston and visits to the railway signalling school and the Diesel traction depot.
Came across this by chance; brought back many memories. Was born in Crewe in 1948. Dad worked in RR since before WWII; oldest brother in BR. Spent two summers of 67/68 working on Crewe Railway Station; saw the last steam train pass through. After St.Mary's, was at Crewe Grammar (now Ruskin) on Ruskin Rd. So 1974 seems relatively recent! But a very nice film, unrepeatable.Thank you. Neil from Singapore
I woefully adore this place. But Crewe Baths gone, Limelights gone, Town Centre gone, I died with Crewe. It was all in a dream. Je t'ai aimée Crewe 💕
Can't believe they demolished big bill and the shops along Queensway thru Victoria Street. Bet you it'll be a car park for years