Comments by "Horizon" (@Horizon344) on "Kingston | Kingston upon Thames | A Town called...| 1976" video.

  1. Blast from the past, this is the Kingston of my childhood. Most of the river frontage on display here either side of the bridge was demolished & replaced in the late 1980's with new retail buildings. I wonder who all these people filmed were, & what went on to happen to them over the next 40 years?
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  2. It was, in the 90's
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  3. Kingston has been having the character ripped out of it by retail development chasing shopping trends for almost 100 years now. Much of its character has been destroyed. The Council are responsible for encouraging it chasing retail revenue. Only the ancient markets precincts are off limits. It's disquieting what's been lost by this means & replaced with poor standard retail boxes. The curse of being a shopping centre town, Croydon town centre has been harmed in the same way.
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