Old Loftus Road Stadium

[superhoop67]

anyone got any old pics of when we played entertaining football??

were cameras invented

[DeepcutHoop]

Love looking back on things like this.worked on white city fitting fire compartmentation doors in all the loft areas.still graffiti up there from the late 30,s .pictures of men with flat caps and roll ups drawn into the render.

That's awesome.

It seems like graffitti is something that's a pretty primal instinct in humans. Started off with cave paintings all the way up to tagging tube trains. A genetic need to draw on stuff, or write your name on something.

DeepcutHoop woz ere.

[Factamondo]

deeps is our very own prof brian cox!

[DeepcutHoop]

deeps is our very own prof brian cox!

That's the best thing I've been called on here tbf

Prof Cox

[QPRDave]

I've called you a co*k and pr*ck and a c**t ....you got proper wappy with me!!!

[WCE]

anyone got any old pics of when we played entertaining football??

You need to be recording the big match on itv6 +3 that's on at some stupid time.

[DeepcutHoop]

I've called you a co*k and pr*ck and a c**t ....you got proper wappy with me!!!

I'm odd like that.

[QPRDave]

very ......

[DeepcutHoop]

very ......

I was enjoying this thread too.

[WCE]

Don't think you can now mate as they redeveloped underground where the train goes and put in a new depot when westfield was built

Something to check out on my way to Liverpool St station tomorrow. Might make the journey a little bit more worth while.

[QPRDave]

I was enjoying this thread too.

I was enjoying this forum ...

[Stanley]

Rare color film shows what London looked like in 1927

Love researching history stuff like this, especially London. Such an interesting place.

There definitely seemed to be a more pragmatic approach to architecture in the past, I'm definitely a fan of the increased protection that old buildings get these days. THe old GPO building was a prime example, unbelievably impressive building that was just pulled down in 1912 when they moved offices.

Rare color film shows what London looked like in 1927

From the British Film Institute http://www.bfi.org.uk/

Incredible colour footage of 1920s London shot by an early British pioneer of film named Claude Frisse-Greene, who made a series of travelogues using the colour process his father William - a noted cinematographer - was experimenting with. It's like a beautifully dusty old postcard you'd find in a junk store, but moving.

In 1927 Claude Friese-Greene shot some of the first-ever color film footage around London. He captured everyday life in the city with a technique innovated by his father, called Biocolour.

Friese-Greene’s technique captures London in striking detail, as if putting the whole city in a time capsule. The people, most now long since gone, pass before us like ghosts. What’s striking is, apart from the noticeably formal clothing and a few old cars, how familiar and unchanged everything seems. Trafalgar Square, which the film’s title card describes as “another monument to a hero of the past,” looks the same now, as does London Bridge and the London Tower.

The British Film Institute used computer enhancement to reduce the flickering effect of the original Biocolour and bring us this striking rare film which transports us back through time. Watch below.

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/198876/rare-color-film-shows-what-london-looked-like-in-1927/

[DeepcutHoop]

Utterly brilliant footage that. Thanks for posting.

[brightonr]

Well done Deepcut and Stanley. Wonderful stuff.

4000 buses in 1927? Truly amazing!!

[Stanley]

Pleasure guys. Magical footage that isn't it.....and thought it would compliment this thread.