Hammersmith footage 1960's

[D.C. Burtonshaw]

Came across this tonight, looks like home footage of a street somewhere in Hammersmith (wonder where) but the "Queens Arms" pub might help with identification but I doubt it's there now. A very different London then:

[Gene Hunt]

Thanks for posting this gem Gerry

The Queens Arms was on the corner of Greyhound Road & Field Road, Hammersmith. The building is still there, but it is no longer a pub since it closed in 2012.

Here is the building from the same viewpoint today - Google View

Gene.

[Dirty Epic]

Great stuff Gerry, pass by there quite a lot now and looks almost unrecognisable to what it's like now.

Thanks for posting.

[Sam Tyler]

Great clip Gerry, thanks for posting.

Road excavations without miles of plastic barriers, workers pushing wheelbarrows along the open road, no hard hats or hi-vis jackets, kids climbing over the spoil, all reminiscent of the 60's. We know that H&S has made such working a lot safer but there's still a sense of nostalgia in seeing clips such as this.

Sam.

[D.C. Burtonshaw]

Thanks all, and thanks Gene for pinpointing the location, I knew someone could find it ! Changed a fair bit in someways but not in others - very interesting. The buildings have had a good steam clean since then, and seems so odd now with the lack of road markings and other stuff - definately a different world then.

Interesting the pub was still a pub till 2012.

[John Steed]

Great footage there Gerald; thanks for posting. Thanks Gene for the info and present day view of what was the Queen's Arms 



Steed

[Villain]

A superb find there DC, many thanks for sharing that. It's a fair bet that the snow scene was filmed in early '63 during the big freeze. The general look of the area is just how I remember the street in Hammersmith where my Great Gran lived, all very brown and grey looking - I'll have to ask one of the family which street it was. I remember my Gran taking me there in 1970 to see Great Gran, it was quite run down and right opposite was a line of corrugated iron fencing surrounding an old bomb site, not unusual even then, as late as 1970.

Great memories.

Villain 

[Ronnie Kray]

Enjoyed that Gerry,proper motors and better times!!!

[Del Boy]

It's the real deal Sweeney land. Love it, thanks Gerald

[Sparky]

Great find Gerry! A real Gem.

From a time when the world was simpler and more friendly.

Love the fact that the Road Workers all wore suits and wellies - no Hard Hats, Hi Viz, temp traffic lights and miles & miles of barriers.

Mind you at the end of the day - H&S is common sense- that's something else the world today lacks too.

I love seeing film like this, it give a real snapshot of life as it was.

I really admire those back then who had the foresight to go out with a camera and just photograph and film life as it was.

It's remarkable quality too - esp for 8mm film and it's age.