Stevenage 1971 | Upscaled | 4k 60FPS

Edited, upscaled and remastered clips from a documentary featuring Stevenage which was made in 1971.

[losedarkhorse]

Not many people living in stevenage would remember this. Most of the people from 70’s have moved out a longtime ago. It was our town and as a teenager we had the best era in this town, brings tears to my eyes just thinking of the good time that we had. Mid 70’s joined the working world and literally everyone had a job and the weekends used to be wonderful. The old culture and values have disappeared and now we are left with a town with million problems. It was a town to be proud of.

[DaddyDragon]

That's my grandad at the start 0:06 walking into the development corporation building. He was the one that commissioned this video :)

[dkh]

Stevenage at it's best, a new town bustling and vibrant. The town centre was full of shops and full of people. Sad to witness the state of the place today.

[lesleyscott]

Stevenage was still relatively the same until the late 1980s just seemed to go down hill from the 90s onwards. Was such a lovely place and so many shops and department stores .

[MrZERCL]

Ngl I moved here in 2008 and it looks so much nicer in this video than it does now

[OldBiker]

I was born in Stevenage in 1959, I still live there and can tell you that its an overcrouded shit hole now.

[michaelrejoinbradford]

This was a lovely place to live some real fond memories of Stevenage , I still support Stevenage FC

[arcadia]

I live in the town. Maybe I should make an updated version of this video?

[colin_a]

I was born in Stevenage in 1960 and we lived there till 1969.., very happy times. Went to school at St Nicholas in Six Hills Way.. Dread to see the place now..😬 - Excellent job of upscaling, really good..

[looloolawrence]

When it was still shiny and bright! That music though, to this video!!!!

[Euadam]

I was born in '71 and grew up in Stevenage. It looked like a much more pleasant and enjoyable place to be than during when I was a teen onwards. I live stateside now but still in contact with Barclay friends. I hear its really gone to the dogs though.

[MrSeaboma]

If only the people then could see how dystopian the future would be. They'd be horrified.

[andysteele]

0:07 - That is Swingate House, I myself worked in that building in 2019 before it’s demolition in 2022.
Also known as the building that collapsed during demolition.

[ifwas]

As London overspill we moved there in 70 or 71...took me another 25 years and I moved out of that town.

[ibrt]

Interesting how the shopping center became dark and deserted in the evening, where today the trend would be for bars and restaurants. Also, the mini-skirts!

[Mishima]

I went to college there in 1993, hasn't changed very much apart from the buses becoming single-deckers.

[kayray]

I lived in the middle tower block, it was absolutely beautiful inside and much bigger than it looked, we had a lovely live in caretaker he cleaned all day and every day best years of my life, I miss living there but apparently it’s not a good place to live now. 😢

[regclarke]

When I moved there in 1963 it was a great place to live with the over spill of londoners. It's not the same today

[GrumpyOldGit]

It looks like Croydon did in '71 but without the good bits! Today both towns are concrete disasters but I do believe that 'Nage edges it to the top spot. Post-war town planning... an ugly disaster.