http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile in the swinging 60s en Sun, 17 May 2026 12:18:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124974 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:03:45 +0000 gembo 124974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gregory's girl has one car in Cumbernauld , Gregory's dad's as he is a driving instructor. Everyone walks everywhere. Also very sunny throughout. Certainly nostalgic. The residents of Cumbernauld have voted for it to be knocked down as it is not wearing well </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124972 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:01:42 +0000 Min 124972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rather depressing that even in the 60s, some people realised that you couldn't just infinitely build your way out of congestion and that at some point you just had to stop people using cars so much but that our overlords STILL have not realised that themselves. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124969 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:55:08 +0000 crowriver 124969@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What I think is interesting about the film is the way it treats motor vehicles as a problem to be "dealt with". Indeed it's almost entirely negative about them! In contrast Cumbernauld is presented as a pedestrian's paradise, with loving shots of kids playing in traffiuc-free streets and footways bearing a line of bricks (in case you lose your way?).</p> <p>I can't help feeling the film was made by someone rather nostalgic for a childhood lived before the onslaught of mass motoring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124967 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:44:44 +0000 gembo 124967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There has been tunnelling under the forth at Culross since the 17th century.</p> <p>I once worked at the bingo hall in Cumbernauld our slogan was</p> <p>Your numbers called in Cumbernauld </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124961 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:02:48 +0000 Dougie 124961@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What's it called? Cumbernauld! I didnt see that coming </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124954 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:46:16 +0000 kaputnik 124954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A bit closer to home, I just found this gem from 1968;</p> <p><a href="http://ssa.nls.uk/film/1820">FORTH - POWERHOUSE FOR INDUSTRY</a></p> <p>A must watch for any industry / engineering / Edinburgh / Fife nostalgics.</p> <p>If you want to find out about the tunnel under the Forth, you'll just have to watch :)</p> <p>Nice shots of the stump of the chimney at Longannet under construction, and the slurry-grab at Methil in use.</p> <p>Livingston had the biggest and most powerful steel press in Europe at that time.</p> <p>Uniroyal tyres were "Made in Edinburgh". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124947 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:59:28 +0000 crowriver 124947@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very prophetic ending statement. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124944 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 19:29:58 +0000 Uberuce 124944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That is some quality Clockwork Orange shizzle right there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124941 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 17:33:37 +0000 chdot 124941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"but I guess everyone wanted to own a car back then"</p> <p>Too many politicians still work on that assumption. </p> <p>And believe it's desirable/inevitable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11139#post-124940 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 17:31:27 +0000 Arellcat 124940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Look at Life: Living with cars<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhSXNr4_hUA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhSXNr4_hUA</a></p> <p>"By 1970, there'll be 18 million cars on the road. Inside 40 years, 40 million."</p> <p>Inside 40 years was seven years ago, and at the most recent count (June 2013) we were at 35 million vehicles, of which 29 million were cars. And we're <em>still</em> building more motorways. There are a few bicycles sprinkled around in the video, but I guess everyone wanted to own a car back then. </p>