I am a sucker for stuff like this: first of all, welcome to vintage London, England…
Thanks to the great website “Laughingsquid.com”, I was made aware of a classic series of films created by the BBC, beginning in 1953 – filming the entire train ride from London to Brighton…
London to Brighton Train Journey: 1953 – 2013
What’s really amazing is that they also filmed it in 1983 as well…
And guess what? They filmed it again in 2013 – and have edited them together so you can watch them, sped up into a 4 minute film – SIDE BY SIDE!
Here is this amazing video:
Makes me want to take a mid-winter walk in the snow past Big Ben!
Let me know what you think!
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that’s an awesome video!
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I love that someone at the BBC kept this part of history alive
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Brilliant. I use the station at 1 min 28 seconds its called Purley which is a non descript town with nothing in it (except one of Status Quo I think)
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And one of Status Quo is more than enough! Seriously, that’s great that you ride this train – so much has stayed the same, and so much fun to watch! Thanks for the note!
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