Video tour of Southampton in 1993

[Deadball]

These videos are someones slightly odd but brilliant video tour of Southampton from 1993 and 1994. It's amazing just how much the City has changed in the last 20 years and how recent it all feels when watching it. They are on the long side but well worth a watch if you are from the area and over the age of 30!

 

[video=youtube;M_yH-A3t51A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_yH-A3t51A

[Deadball]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68V0bixB1uA

[Bearsy]

hi dead ball. do u have one non-functioning testicle yo?

[pap]

I'd ignore the Bear on this one, Deadball.

 

You can't blame him. He was raised by Crystal Palace supporting gay bears. Difficult upbringing, especially because unlike most of his ursine companions, he is able to speak a form of English and needs to express himself by asking pointed questions about the ball quota of other posters. I overlook it because he's mischievous rather than evil.

 

This was my last year in Southampton before going to Uni, so I like the video. The audio is rubs.

 

A rap over-dub would be good.

 

"So this is how we did it in '93

Geriatrics shamblin' nasty in the Town Quay

Fiesta 1 point 2s, we got no shame,

Following muthaf*ckas down Stoneham Lane"

 

etc.

[The9]

Awesome video, what Southampton looked like when I was first down here as a student.

 

West Quay Road looks bonkers without Ikea, Leisure World and West Quay off to the right... all the buildings are so low compared to now.

 

Nice to see the Old Orleans on Town Quay Pier which I used to go to loads (and the shops which I'd completely forgotten about), as well as reminding me what was up the hill from the Mayflower when my ex was living in the dodgy flats overlooking the train station.

 

Ocean Village without the flats and "new" bars, but with the old shops...

 

Gets a bit dull after Ocean Village until the Bargate shops for me - nice to see the Saints light blue Pony kit put in an appearance at 11:50.

 

Weird seeing the Burger King was already there in '93 (even though I remember going in it as a student), and even weirder to see the view towards where West Quay is without West Quay being there.

 

Oh yeah, and shift this to The Lounge maybe?

Edited 29 March, 2013 by The9

[The9]

As for 1994, I'd forgotten the roundabout, car dealerships and hotels near the airport weren't there back then, and of course the Wide Lane changing rooms and development aren't there. M27 J5 without the feeder lane(s) looks really dated too.

 

The Uni on Burgess Road is hugely changed of course, and looks like it did when I had my graduation. The Biomedical Sciences Building at Boldrewood is still there too, they've been knocking that down for years now.

 

Shops near Stag Gates look strange without Dock of the Bay.

 

Amused to see Gilbert's Books at number 2 and a half, who sponsored my uni football team (and look at the state of us from 1993/4...)

 

No Que Pasa, nice to see the old red City Buses, very odd to realise that when I was a student the KFC near the Square (Balloon) was an Evans clothing shop, and there's Tyrrell and Green, which was an anachronism even then and hung on for about another 5 years.

 

The rest of it is pretty similar to now though, also interesting to see what hasn't changed.

 

Shame they didn't go through Portswood though. Eeeeeeee, and you could leave your door open, etc.

[sotonjoe]

Great subject matter but what an odd woman.

[Channon's Windmill]

So much less traffic on the road!

[View From The Top]

It's 20 years since I moved north from Soton & that certainly brings back memories.

[The9]

Great subject matter but what an odd woman.

 

I played it without the sound... maybe I'll have another go round...

 

Oh yeah, forgot to mention all of the parking meters everywhere - that was a real novelty for me when I moved down originally in 1991, then after not coming down much between '95 and '98 I realised they'd all disappeared.