LOOKING BACK - BRISTOL IN THE 1970s

FOR MY 50TH VIDEO I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LOOK BACK TO MY FAVOURITE DECADE, THE 1970s. THE LAST DECADE BEFORE THE MICROCHIP TOOK OVER OUR LIVES.
EVENTS REMEMBERED ARE,
1970 RETURN OF THE SS GREAT BRITAIN.
1974 THREE DAY WEEK AND THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BRISTOL.
1975 COMPLETE OPENING OF THE M32.
1976 DROUGHT AND ENTRY INTO SERVICE OF THE HIGH SPEED TRAIN AND CONCORDE.
1977 QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE.
SEVERAL OF THE IMAGES IN THIS VIDEO WERE TAKEN BY STEPHEN DOWLE. STEPHEN TOOK LOTS OF OTHER BRILLIANT PHOTOS OF BRISTOL IN THE 1970s AND 1980s. THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ON FLICKR.

[louisesouthgate]

A flash back to when I was growing up and taking everything for granted! Ah the good old days! Proud to be a Bristolian!

[dolmanf]

breaks you're heart to see what it looks like now

[lyndabelcher]

Born in easton 1945. Started work 1960, i worked at Colthurst & Harding, Bath Rd Brislington, until my first child was born in 1968.2 buses there and back. When married i moved to Fishponds. Such good photos, bring back memories.😊

[billyhunt]

Born in the mid-60's..So many great memories growing up in Bristol in the 70's, especially Kingswood and Lockleaze..Great to step back in time for a moment..

[MrPhantom]

Your photographs of Bristol from the 70's bring back wonderful memories. We lived in Whitchurch from 1966 until 1972. I recall playing on the old airfield which still existed there at that time. We moved to Nailsea on the otherside of Bristol until 1977. I last went back to the area in 2010. It's unlikely I'll venture back again. I'd rather remember Bristol and the surrounding areas as they were then not as they are now.

[tonyeastman]

Much greener back then. Concrete is cheaper to maintain. Sad. Thanks for the video.

[Pequin]

My goodness me, some memories there, how things change. Thank you ❤

[clairepeace]

Fabulous memories xx left Bristol in 1997 after growing up there x still miss it x

[hugso]

Thanks for the memories. I was a student from 1965 t0 1969. Happy days... Rag parades. Corn Exchange 5 bob on a Tuesday night (Uncle Bonny's Chinese R&B jazz club). The new student's union building on a Saturday night. (Beer 1/10d a pint and top bands.) What a time to be alive!

[MrDaiseymay]

The Brilliantly Sunlit City Center, at 0.42. looks like 1976 summer weather, what a year that was, '75 was great two.

[zezetni]

Thoroughly enjoyed that stroll down memory lane. Thanks Dave! 👏
I was a young teenager, living in Bristol and I loved everything about Bristol then.
My family moved away in the mid-80's, but each one of us has returned to the city we love.
Great pictures, thanks Dave.
Keep up the good work.

[Gary-ov]

Born and raised in Bristol, born in 1973, and will always be here.Remember some of the latter seventies and naturally all the eighties and it was a fantastic time.I look at broadmead and it is a disgrace.Of course not forgetting that bloody eyesore at Temple Meads.Two hotels closed for bloody years and that petrol station has been shut for the best part of thirty years and three should be pulled down and gone.A visitor comes to our city, gets a cab from Temple Meads and what do they see?Those three monstrsies.gr73.

[mountainbearoutdoors]

genuinely interesting seeing what things were like in the 1970s, I wasnt around til mid 80s so this is all new to me, thanks for sharing.

[Harassed]

Wasn't amazing but it was good days. As a Bristolian I appreciated what we did and didn't have. Look at it now, I know which era I'd rarher be in!

[philipwatson]

Brilliant pictures!
I moved to Bristol in 1976, and so much of this is how I remember my early years there.

[stevetainton]

That picture of the lane with the old lamp stand is in gloucester rd at the bottom of staple hill going towards soundwell if one not mistaken at the back of my mum's house of place.unbelievable.thsnks for posting.Mint

[ElliotSoS]

Thanks for sharing! Brilliant collection of photos :)

[grahamhunt]

Thoroughly nostalgic for me, thank you!

[nigelwilliams]

Another set of great photos ! Love the old cars, old buildings and the people. Speedway - at Eastville Stadium ? Well done Dave.

[westhavengwr]

Lots of memories. I Used to walk from Queens Square bus stops to the top of Park Street to school every day.