Look at Life

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Found these interesting

New Roads for old 1959 - see the M1 being constructed. See Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly Underpass and Chiswick Fly Over as they were way back when and the 1950’s artists impressions of how they should look today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLaRH67dApI

Driving test 1959 - Covers cars, motorcycles, buses etc. Looks as if there was some form of CBT available back then, not as I remember it in '71

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_-Rcqq39x4

There’s more Looks at Life on Youtube than you could shake a stick at enter ‘Look at Life Rank’ in the search function and enjoy :slight_smile:

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Great find!

I think a flat cap / tash and a ciggie should be compulsory when driving as per the second video.

And girls if you can meet that criteria by all means do so!

:slight_smile:

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Thanks for that I do enjoy those old film reels . It certainley was cutting edge tech they used on the motorway build , its really not changed very much .

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Here’s another Look at Life - scooter commuter

Petrol at less than 6p per litre, a scooter club run to Box Hill and man tested scooters specially designed for woman :w00t:

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Art - your taste in films is totally Rank . . . :smiley:

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I enjoyed that!

Also enjoyed trying to guess where it was filmed…woman on the mini-scoot must be over 75 by now…:blink:

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I can see a future in scooter greenlaning :w00t:

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Boom boom…

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And another

This one shows the Woolwich Ferry, A single bore Blackwall Tunnel, Queens Ferry with the Forth Road Bridge under construction and check out the Austin Cambridge at 3:28 I learnt to drive in a 1960 model :slight_smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37eizC7zW7s&feature=fvwrel

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never go faster than you feel comfortable with, and remember, the other fellow my not be sober, or even sane. :D:D

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Aaaahhh, all our yesterdays:) Thanks for posting than John. Surprised to see it all in colour, we remember it all in black & white:D

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Nice one Art, good to see Watling Street back then… Off out to try the smooth driving test using a glass of water on the bonnet, couldn’t balance it on the bike :stuck_out_tongue: