5 replies on “Britain in the 50s”

  1. What a load of tosh ! They should have employed someone who was a child during the 1950s.

    I never experienced seeing schoolgirls in pinafores; neither at school.nor out playing.

    5:07 Talking of hot-water bottle whis Dad is in shirtsleeves, Mum in short-sleeved blouse.

    Why at 6:10 does there appear to be two TVs in the room? One that are watching and there is another behind them.

    6:39 Saturday morning we went to the special childrens’ cinema filmshow.

    8:01 and 9:27 We never wore that type of cap in the 1950s.

    8:24 Street Parties were on very special occasions, VE day, Coronation. We certainly did not have a spread as depicted.

    i score it 5/10.

  2. While I’m sitting around waiting for an evri delete very I have been idly watching videos. Chanced upon this on. Very strange, may be of interest. youtu(dot)be/XZclTH-PwGA?si=TFDgBr93l__CfEQG broken link, preceded by the ht etc.

    ……

    JH: Ta Andy. (1326) Won’t accept the url, Andy, even in full form.

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