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Post by londonboy71 on Aug 11, 2019 15:55:37 GMT
There is a film just been released on BBC I Player called Journey to World's End.its a film about route 31 from Camden Town to Chelsea from I think the 70s
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Aug 11, 2019 21:52:01 GMT
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Post by rif153 on Aug 11, 2019 21:52:01 GMT
There is a film just been released on BBC I Player called Journey to World's End.its a film about route 31 from Camden Town to Chelsea from I think the 70s I really enjoy to the World's End. Its a really good documentary, and it's interesting seeing how areas along the 31 have changed over time |
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Post by george on Aug 11, 2019 21:56:19 GMT
There is a film just been released on BBC I Player called Journey to World's End.its a film about route 31 from Camden Town to Chelsea from I think the 70s I really enjoy to the World's End. Its a really good documentary, and it's interesting seeing how areas along the 31 have changed over time if they was to make a similar programme like that today, what bus route would you choose to film people on? I'd think I would say the 25. |
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Post by rif153 on Aug 11, 2019 22:01:25 GMT
I really enjoy to the World's End. Its a really good documentary, and it's interesting seeing how areas along the 31 have changed over time if they was to make a similar programme like that today, what bus route would you choose to film people on? I'd think I would say the 25. I'd like one on the 53. It would've been nice if the BBC had made a documentary along the 53 about forty years ago so you could've seen how Elephant and Woolwich have changed |
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Post by george on Aug 11, 2019 22:13:25 GMT
if they was to make a similar programme like that today, what bus route would you choose to film people on? I'd think I would say the 25. I'd like one on the 53. It would've been nice if the BBC had made a documentary along the 53 about forty years ago so you could've seen how Elephant and Woolwich have changed Interesting choice, I think you need a route that goes through different areas of London. Which the 25 does provide going from the City right into East London, Obviously when it went down to oxford street that would have been even better as you would have your regular commuters/school kids in east london, people going to work in the city and then lastly tourists/leisure passengers heading down to oxford street. |
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Post by thesquirrels on Aug 11, 2019 22:31:24 GMT
After a lot of thought I'd probably just do the 31 again. Inner north to inner west London as a curve still retains that 'sweet spot' mix of Londoners of all walks, backgrounds, rich, poor, new arrivals and longstanding locals, in spite of 35 years of change. it is a rich tapestry. That caught my eye spending a lot of time along the Harrow Road in the 1990s and 00s.
Beyond that I think the number 30 would be a pretty good call. Wealthy Marylebone, the touristy West End, transient station ribbon along the Euston road, the mix of Islington and Highbury, the young energy coming out of Dalston and Hackney, and of course the older generations hanging on there.
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Post by busaholic on Aug 11, 2019 22:31:29 GMT
I came across this on iplayer a year or two back, and commented on here that one of the Kilburn characters I remembered from when I worked for Camden Council in the 1970s, now long dead no doubt.
A route from the fairly recent past I'd have chosen would have been the 8 when it was Victoria to Bow. If it had to be a present day one, I think the 57 might fit the bill. Another good choice from the 70s would be the 37 Hounslow to Peckham but my coup de grace would be the Sunday 9 Mortlake to Becontree Heath, though you might need two hours!
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Post by vjaska on Aug 11, 2019 22:31:46 GMT
if they was to make a similar programme like that today, what bus route would you choose to film people on? I'd think I would say the 25. I'd like one on the 53. It would've been nice if the BBC had made a documentary along the 53 about forty years ago so you could've seen how Elephant and Woolwich have changed The one continuing thing would be the rat infested Elephant & Castle shopping centre - the many owners of the building including the current occupiers who happen to be the same people redeveloping Elephant turning it into Yuppie & Castle should be ashamed of themselves for letting it become such a mess. If anyone wants to know what a 50's/60's shopping centre looked like, go inside because it's like time has stood still. |
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Post by george on Aug 11, 2019 22:37:18 GMT
I'd like one on the 53. It would've been nice if the BBC had made a documentary along the 53 about forty years ago so you could've seen how Elephant and Woolwich have changed The one continuing thing would be the rat infested Elephant & Castle shopping centre - the many owners of the building including the current occupiers who happen to be the same people redeveloping Elephant turning it into Yuppie & Castle should be ashamed of themselves for letting it become such a mess. If anyone wants to know what a 50's/60's shopping centre looked like, go inside because it's like time has stood still. Indeed, even the tesco there has now shut |
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Post by vjaska on Aug 11, 2019 23:18:21 GMT
The one continuing thing would be the rat infested Elephant & Castle shopping centre - the many owners of the building including the current occupiers who happen to be the same people redeveloping Elephant turning it into Yuppie & Castle should be ashamed of themselves for letting it become such a mess. If anyone wants to know what a 50's/60's shopping centre looked like, go inside because it's like time has stood still. Indeed, even the tesco there has now shut Yep, that was because of a rat infestation - it will become a Co-Op  |
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Post by twobellstogo on Aug 12, 2019 12:01:32 GMT
I really enjoy to the World's End. Its a really good documentary, and it's interesting seeing how areas along the 31 have changed over time if they was to make a similar programme like that today, what bus route would you choose to film people on? I'd think I would say the 25. I think I’d go with the 37 : plenty of contrasts on that route. |
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Post by londonboy71 on Aug 12, 2019 12:54:57 GMT
I'd like one on the 53. It would've been nice if the BBC had made a documentary along the 53 about forty years ago so you could've seen how Elephant and Woolwich have changed Interesting choice, I think you need a route that goes through different areas of London. Which the 25 does provide going from the City right into East London, Obviously when it went down to oxford street that would have been even better as you would have your regular commuters/school kids in east london, people going to work in the city and then lastly tourists/leisure passengers heading down to oxford street. 73. Stoke Newington via Islington Kings X Oxford Street to Victoria |
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Post by busaholic on Aug 12, 2019 13:30:22 GMT
The more I think about it, the more I reckon an even more diverse selection of situations and characters could have come out of the 28 route, at that time running between central Wandsworth and Golders Green Station. Of course, the film crew would have had to cross the Thames which might have spooked some, but I worked among some of the flat dwellers in West Hampstead at one time, had a great friend in West Kensington in bedsit land which was a complete eyeopener and the North End Road market would have been a source of many 'characters': you'd still have had many of the 31 areas in it, like Kilburn and Westbourne Park, so all those people too. Golders Green at that time with so many people who'd come from Germany and Austria, etc, would have been fascinating.
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Post by rif153 on Aug 12, 2019 13:45:51 GMT
An documentary featuring either the 88 in its Acton Green-Banstead form would've been amazing
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Post by busaholic on Aug 12, 2019 13:52:53 GMT
An documentary featuring either the 88 in its Acton Green-Banstead form would've been amazing Given the nature of Banstead Hospital a complete programme featuring that place and the other 'special hospitals' like Springfield in Tooting within range of the 88 would have had to leave hours on the cutting room floor.  |
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