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@monetfaversham6703
@monetfaversham6703 9 күн бұрын
Wonderful polished accents. A pleasure to hear. And above all these people came across as being polite.
@bardo0007
@bardo0007 13 күн бұрын
Wonderful people that just recovered from the war, they all look so happy , a bright new future for them and their kids .
@user-qh8nh7oe6d
@user-qh8nh7oe6d 14 күн бұрын
How sweet to have coffee and biscuits brought out to the sales queue.
@annasutton8078
@annasutton8078 10 күн бұрын
I love these so much, so nostalgic. This was the year I was born, how things have changed.
@markbrown4039
@markbrown4039 18 күн бұрын
Love how the reporters politely go on and say "Please don't mind me bothering you for a moment".
@mollyinmaine
@mollyinmaine 18 күн бұрын
I love these old films. Like watching a world gone by which it is.❤
@thebeautytrick
@thebeautytrick 12 күн бұрын
Everybody has a smile on their face and are happy to be there. No stress about the sales or buying or working there. Sometimes when I'm shopping or waiting in line, I have to remind myself that this is a treat and there is no hurry. I look around and everybody looks the way I feel and when you find someone who smiles and is patient, you get it. Oh, this is also our lives. It helps me enjoy the little moments like that.
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 17 күн бұрын
Nice to see Britain as it once was.
@leighsanchez481
@leighsanchez481 14 күн бұрын
Really enjoyed watching this video, brings back lots of memories, shame it is not like that nowadays.
@Catherine-259-s5u
@Catherine-259-s5u 7 күн бұрын
A time when people were well dressed and polite to each other.
@obibraxton2232
@obibraxton2232 18 күн бұрын
Back when there were actual real bargains and things were so much cheaper than what they are now what a fascinating watch.
@JoannaDuggan-ps7hd
@JoannaDuggan-ps7hd 18 күн бұрын
Lovely English accents. So well spoken. Beautiful people.
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 17 күн бұрын
Yes, you could actually understand what they were saying.
@louisep5178
@louisep5178 15 күн бұрын
Kensington was and is a very wealthy area so these are particularly well spoken shoppers.
@JillGalloway-lg7wh
@JillGalloway-lg7wh 2 күн бұрын
Far too much choice and waste now . This was the real January sales .
@shanef8728
@shanef8728 7 күн бұрын
tea and biscuits while waiting in the queue! Oh well they didnt have any mobile phones to be scrolling through i suppose he he ! all very mannerly and polite!
@louisep5178
@louisep5178 15 күн бұрын
British clothes were so expensive in those days and clothes were handed down through the family. No Primark then or Amazon you had to go out and shop and get out early in the sales
@thomastereszkiewicz2241
@thomastereszkiewicz2241 14 күн бұрын
seeing those Old-World English faces and clothing from the early 1950's is absolutely fascinating, a time there was I guess, and everyone so well dressed!
@danielesteves4320
@danielesteves4320 2 күн бұрын
Fantastic. How everyone behaves, educated. Beautiful spoken English. Where is the England I grew up.
@cliffcindyperry3295
@cliffcindyperry3295 20 сағат бұрын
Unfortunately gone, never to be back ..😢
@robbflynn4325
@robbflynn4325 15 күн бұрын
Shame how England has changed so profoundly over the past 60 years or so 😢
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 11 күн бұрын
Managed decline?
@independentpuppy7520
@independentpuppy7520 18 күн бұрын
Look how much nicer and polite people were then compared with today.
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 11 күн бұрын
Maybe because they all shared common values.
@BunnyWatson-k1w
@BunnyWatson-k1w 18 күн бұрын
The people were just getting over rationing carried over from WW2. So coming out for sales on January 1, 1953 must have been a change for Brits.
@tonys1636
@tonys1636 18 күн бұрын
Rationing on some goods and products lasted until 1956/7. Buying a new car meant joining a two year waiting list. It was Export or be damned, steel supplies stopped, for Manufacturers that didn't export most of their production. One had to be good at mental arithmetic back then converting Guineas and shillings into pounds, shillings and pence. 60/- was an easy one, £3.
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 11 күн бұрын
@@tonys1636 It's odd how the prices were just in shillings, even when the price was over one pound.
@Jack_Warner
@Jack_Warner 18 күн бұрын
I'd love to be able to listen to these lovely English accents, I grew up with in the 1960s and 70s. Beam me up Scotty!
@lauren6889
@lauren6889 15 күн бұрын
Star trek ? Whats that got to do with this archive clip ?
@Jack_Warner
@Jack_Warner 15 күн бұрын
@@lauren6889 You don't get it do you?
@hilaryepstein6013
@hilaryepstein6013 18 күн бұрын
This is Barkers of Kensington which is now Whole Foods Market. No bargains there now I'm afraid. What that lady paid for her coat will now get you a loaf of bread.
@RolandoRatas
@RolandoRatas 18 күн бұрын
I went into Wholefoods in South Kensington around 14-15 years ago and it was a rip off back then ! also the quality was good but not that good.
@hilaryepstein6013
@hilaryepstein6013 18 күн бұрын
@@RolandoRatas Yes the quality is good but it is expensive. I remember reading that they originally planned to open about 200 stores across the UK but it wasn't as popular as they thought it would be so now there are just seven, all in London I believe.
@gillianm9367
@gillianm9367 18 күн бұрын
I loved Barkers- I had my ears pierced there back in 1981 when I was 12 ! My Aunt stayed in Kensington and we loved to explore the High Street on visits to see her ! I still love to visit the area and have been to Wholefoods a couple of times. I still remember the Barkers Summer Sales in the 1990s ❤
@fuzzylon
@fuzzylon 18 күн бұрын
Barkers was the whole building between Young Street and Derry Street and about five storeys high - not just the part where Whole Foods are now. It's an iconic building. However, Whole Foods does seem to be, pretty much, the only large tenant on the ground floor now.
@JJONNYREPP
@JJONNYREPP 18 күн бұрын
1953: Hunting for BARGAINS in the NEW YEAR SALES | Newsreel | Voice of the People | BBC Archive 1222pm 1.1.25 failing that you could go round the back and get a pearl necklace............................................... o, yeah............................................................................... i didnt mean it like that.
@Jenny-rs5ly
@Jenny-rs5ly 15 күн бұрын
I love seeing the old prices 2/6, 5/- etc….. I am so grateful to have lived through that era.
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 11 күн бұрын
Only shillings or pence though. Even when items were more than a pound. Maybe items seemed more expensive if they had used pounds?
@gogosegaga
@gogosegaga 18 күн бұрын
I’m so impressed by how well presented and dignified everyone was back then. People cared.
@JemTheWire
@JemTheWire 17 күн бұрын
Indeed. I have photographs of my grandparents sat on a beach in the height of Summer wearing their hats and jackets. Life was completely different back then.
@rensha8635
@rensha8635 17 күн бұрын
Bet the sale battles weren’t anywhere near the scale of Black Friday’s shameful greedy shoppers.
@Tmuk2
@Tmuk2 16 күн бұрын
​@@rensha8635I wonder what changed...
@danellis-jones1591
@danellis-jones1591 14 күн бұрын
There is a TV news team there. Of course they're on their best behaviour!
@Happyharold666
@Happyharold666 13 күн бұрын
That would be because everyone was British and white.
@andydixon2980
@andydixon2980 18 күн бұрын
Compare this polite crowd of bargain hunters to the current black friday 'stampede' bunch. These people in 1953 had less material wealth and yet had so much more refinement of attitude and self respect.
@affectionatepunch
@affectionatepunch 18 күн бұрын
I've never saw a stampede in the uk tbh
@teresaharrison5773
@teresaharrison5773 18 күн бұрын
Bring back our January sales! I'm fed up with the Americanised black friday nonsense.
@nathanjustus6659
@nathanjustus6659 16 күн бұрын
We Americans get disgusted with the stupid BS “Black Friday” as well.
@Jan-ho7rs
@Jan-ho7rs 18 күн бұрын
Everyone spoke so nicely.
@daniellamcgee4251
@daniellamcgee4251 18 күн бұрын
At that time, the only accent deemed 'proper' for public broadcast was Received Pronunciation - this accent. The variation between accents from different regions was much more noticeable back then, just never heard on radio or T.V.
@professormcclaine5738
@professormcclaine5738 18 күн бұрын
​@@daniellamcgee4251So you can understand what they are saying.
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg 18 күн бұрын
What what
@susanmartin112
@susanmartin112 10 күн бұрын
All ladies All polite.
@organiccher64
@organiccher64 17 күн бұрын
That store looks so unorganized...most items are in a big heap..I would go crazy trying to find something in all that.
@bardo0007
@bardo0007 13 күн бұрын
Maybe that was the purpose?
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 11 күн бұрын
It's a sale. They put all the merchandise they wanted to sell off together. Shoppers can just rummage through it to find they want to buy. What's the point of having it all neatly arranged like the non-sale items?
@seasmacfarlane6418
@seasmacfarlane6418 11 күн бұрын
Believe me, that was all part of the fun😊.
@eurouc
@eurouc 7 күн бұрын
The shoes….. how did they ever find a matching pair? 😂
@sandiebradley7362
@sandiebradley7362 17 күн бұрын
“Inexpensive frocks” on the third floor would now be called “cheap dresses”!
@brianartillery
@brianartillery 18 күн бұрын
I used to go to a lot of jumble sales in the 1980's - it was the best place to find long coats and the occasional hat - none more '80s - but sometimes, and it always amused my friends and I, one old lady finding something good in a pile, could turn into a scuffle, and then a violent scrum for that item between a load of elderly ladies. I think that with the fading away of the jumble sale, the angry old ladies, in a mêlée over a cardigan, has died out also.
@annenunney9907
@annenunney9907 18 күн бұрын
Smashing takes me back I was still six at the time and7 later in the year the same year has the Coronation
@CarlStJohn-x9w
@CarlStJohn-x9w 17 күн бұрын
What a great film ❤
@craignewman5223
@craignewman5223 13 күн бұрын
How times have changed. For the worse ! What’s happened to our nation.
@howard1beale
@howard1beale 12 күн бұрын
I bet most people these days have never heard of a sovereign
@sarahsherwood6866
@sarahsherwood6866 18 күн бұрын
Things were quality and most made in this country with quality materials. People had manners and decorum. Now it’s all cheap plastic from abroad which catches fire as soon as a candle is lit or smoking in bed resulting in a melted disaster
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 11 күн бұрын
"smoking in bed"?
@debrarufini6906
@debrarufini6906 18 күн бұрын
Make sure to keep focused on the camera, Mr Pickard, and try not to blink.
@hopesprings7812
@hopesprings7812 13 күн бұрын
Mr Cholmondley Warner 😊
@MarkyFormula1
@MarkyFormula1 11 күн бұрын
He looks terrified about the camera stealing his soul.
@debrarufini6906
@debrarufini6906 11 күн бұрын
@@hopesprings7812 Haa - yes.
@debrarufini6906
@debrarufini6906 11 күн бұрын
@@MarkyFormula1 My goodness - yes, he really does. :-)
@carolcasey5441
@carolcasey5441 9 күн бұрын
@gwheregwhizz
@gwheregwhizz 18 күн бұрын
You know those Star Wars conventions where people turn up in costume? That's one for Miss Marple.
@PlanetImo
@PlanetImo 16 күн бұрын
It seems strange to me that most of the interviewees are staring into the middle distance, rather than looking at the interviewer - or camera. I wonder if they felt it was for radio.
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 11 күн бұрын
They're reacting in a perfectly expected manner. Neither looking directly at the interviewer, which would be too informal. Nor staring at the camera, which would also be too direct. The mid-stance is the natural compromise for the situation they're in.
@nuntius1933
@nuntius1933 6 күн бұрын
I wondered whether anyone else had noticed! I thought the sustained lack of eye contact during one-to one interaction in these segments disrespectful. At 6:37 I swear I saw Nora Batty!
@sandgrownun66
@sandgrownun66 5 күн бұрын
@@nuntius1933 Noticed what? Everything was perfectly normal. Also, there was no Nora Batty.
@lynfordcasting7461
@lynfordcasting7461 15 күн бұрын
Fascinating and entertaining. Although, I wouldn't buy a carpet off that serial killer...
@LonnieBishop-i3v
@LonnieBishop-i3v 18 күн бұрын
Notice how brave these commentstors were in fighting through the crowds to do the interviews.
@MrDavey2010
@MrDavey2010 18 күн бұрын
How life has changed! Those people on the screen wouldn’t recognise our new world.
@andydixon2980
@andydixon2980 18 күн бұрын
They're lucky not to be any part of it.
@Miniver765
@Miniver765 18 күн бұрын
They'd be sickened and horrified by it.
@nickthelick
@nickthelick 18 күн бұрын
I would imagine a lot of them are still living in this world. It wasn't THAT long ago, my mum was a teenager then and she's still here! 😁
@rensha8635
@rensha8635 17 күн бұрын
@@nickthelickin her mid eighties then. Fact remains most would be passed on from this film footage. They are mainly women 25 upwards.
@kamandi1362
@kamandi1362 17 күн бұрын
It’s worse than any future dystopian society they could have imagined.
@clavichord
@clavichord 18 күн бұрын
I notice they often kept pricing in the shops in shillings... 50`- instead of £2-10-0 or 70`- instead of £3-10-0
@jaguarskills69
@jaguarskills69 18 күн бұрын
Shillings was worth 12 pence, or one-twentieth of a pound,thats probably why?
@clavichord
@clavichord 18 күн бұрын
@jaguarskills69 I know.... but what I mean is... above 20 shillings... instead of pricing £1 and 1 shilling... they often just continued pricing in shillings and pence only... so instead of £1 1 shilling and sixpence.... they put 21 shillings and six pence or 21`- 6d
@hilaryepstein6013
@hilaryepstein6013 18 күн бұрын
@@clavichord Possibly it was psychological, to make things sound cheaper. Price it in shillings and it doesn't sound too expensive. That's my theory anyway!
@clavichord
@clavichord 18 күн бұрын
@hilaryepstein6013 Interesting. Could be Also it may just be what people were used to in the shops at the time. Maybe pricing in pounds was only done with more expensive goods
@michaellucas4873
@michaellucas4873 18 күн бұрын
That was quite normal then, I can recall exactly the same thing happening as late as 1970.
@ravenhill_the_crusader_1968
@ravenhill_the_crusader_1968 13 күн бұрын
this was of my mum and dads era, it's wonderful to have a glimpse into a bygone age when england was great.
@scroggins100
@scroggins100 18 күн бұрын
Men avoid! Women in full contact combat sale mode!
@Janiceprice-qo3il
@Janiceprice-qo3il 18 күн бұрын
😂
@yolandatubin8126
@yolandatubin8126 18 күн бұрын
How quaint tea in tea cups.
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg 18 күн бұрын
😂
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg 18 күн бұрын
Indeed
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg 18 күн бұрын
Indeed
@Mark3ABE
@Mark3ABE 18 күн бұрын
Yes - shopkeepers always thought that the price would sound lower in shillings. Fifty shillings instead of two pounds ten. I doubt if it really worked, though.
@RandomSubjects
@RandomSubjects 14 күн бұрын
It's the same reason they do 99p now. So £5.99 sounds better than £6.00 etc
@pcoristi
@pcoristi 18 күн бұрын
Wow! Imagine that! A company actually using some of their profits to offer hot beverages and a sweet to customers! Back in the day when stockholders and executives didn't get it all...
@eskimo4130
@eskimo4130 17 күн бұрын
Surprisingly there are a few shops about that offer hot drinks, Richer Sounds even offer to pay for your parking at some places.
@janoginski5557
@janoginski5557 18 күн бұрын
Note the use of the Queens English. Is this Derry & Thoms? An iconic building in Ken High Street, with its amazing themed Roof Gardens. The Good Old Days. Before the Political Classes fckd it up.
@StephenBoyd21
@StephenBoyd21 15 күн бұрын
Just like a black Friday sale... without the fights
@BunnyWatson-k1w
@BunnyWatson-k1w 18 күн бұрын
At 3:30. Shoes, coats, and women's stockings were in demand that year. Compare that in 2023 for other western countries like Canada or the U.S. Their sale equivalent takes place on January 26 (called Boxing Day). The big sale items are things like computers, video games, big screen tvs, drones, and home entertainment systems.
@BunnyWatson-k1w
@BunnyWatson-k1w 18 күн бұрын
December 26 (Boxing Day).
@Iceageonmars
@Iceageonmars 17 күн бұрын
And a lift operator to push the button for you and announce the floor.
@johnbailey5616
@johnbailey5616 18 күн бұрын
What a great country we had and look at it now😢
@matthewtrow5698
@matthewtrow5698 18 күн бұрын
Don't let this footage deceive you, rather do a tiny bit of research before making an uniformed opinion. It's true that we're in a dire state now, but the early 1950's were no walk in the park, that's for sure. What you are seeing here is the fortunate people - a tiny little snapshot. Poverty was high, child mortality was high, all cities had slums - it was damn tough for millions. It is again now, for sure, but take those rose tinted specs off - this, after all, filmed and edited content.
@heinkle1
@heinkle1 18 күн бұрын
@@matthewtrow5698I agree - this world had many different problems to those we have today. It is hard to imagine where an upward economic trajectory will be found in the 2020s or 2030s. But these people too were coming to terms with post-war decline and imperial withdrawal.
@BunnyWatson-k1w
@BunnyWatson-k1w 18 күн бұрын
I used to love British soaps back in the 70s and 80s. Shows like East Enders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, and Heart Beat had great accents.
@matthewtrow5698
@matthewtrow5698 18 күн бұрын
@@heinkle1 Absolutely - whereas we're struggling to come to terms with over a decade of global economic stagnation and I guess neo-liberalism in its death throws. There are many historians who believe the American empire is crumbling and the world order rapidly changing, the BRICS nations are rapidly forging ahead whist NATO members stagnate - just look at the state the EU is in - it's a mess just like the UK. Sadly, what we are seeing is the rise of right wing sentiment that historically has been followed by war. We are currently in a world of such over consumption, it's killing us - socially, mentally environmentally and economically. One thing those 1953 shoppers had that we no longer have, is thriftiness - the ability to make do. Marketers of goods had yet to find the exact combination of buttons to press in people to get them to become good little consumers. They've certainly got it now - and are more than happy to get people into debt, because if people don't spend, then the economy collapses. It's a mess.
@jamesfx2
@jamesfx2 18 күн бұрын
Yeah, back then the adults learned the lesson that "we are all in it together" so they pulled together and tried to create a fairer society. Then 30 years later, we decided that it was "every man for himself" and "if someone gets something, I don't get it" so we set about transferring all the wealth to the richest so we could fight it out for what little they left us. But it wasn't all bad, a lot more value was created for the shareholders 👍
@harddriven1344
@harddriven1344 8 күн бұрын
5:14 He came all the way from Northumberland? Glad he got some bargains.
@CentralParkish
@CentralParkish 3 күн бұрын
No display locked up
@sarahhart7404
@sarahhart7404 16 күн бұрын
Live in West Wales a bit quiet down here
@AllyPerrott
@AllyPerrott 12 күн бұрын
Am extremely impressed with the interviewers nose 😮
@SevenBee-q2j
@SevenBee-q2j 17 күн бұрын
My Aunty used to do this crazy crap, waiting outside all night, then rushing in and buying up all sorts of garbage 😂 She and her long suffering husband lived in London, my parents had moved out to super rural Suffolk in the early 1950's ... I can easily remember my mother thinking my Aunty was plain nuts 🙄🤟
@SnifferAlan1972
@SnifferAlan1972 17 күн бұрын
Mild winter...sounds familiar 🤔 The mature student studying Economics was a real livewire 🤣 Love these clips 😍
@scarletttonkin9630
@scarletttonkin9630 17 күн бұрын
Bet he was fun at parties😂
@SnifferAlan1972
@SnifferAlan1972 17 күн бұрын
😂😂 ​@@scarletttonkin9630
@FOXY-i4c
@FOXY-i4c 18 күн бұрын
BRING BACK THE JANUARY SALES.
@Cameraman61
@Cameraman61 18 күн бұрын
The Last of England. After 1956, with the Suez crisis et al, it changed forever.
@joanne26
@joanne26 17 күн бұрын
I love how things used to be back in the day. Even in 53 there was still rationing in Britain. And this was Coronation Year. Many things have changed in 70+ years and I could list them but in the top 5 of changes is: Men and Women looking smartly dressed WEARING HATS I would think around 80-90% Are things better now? Not sure 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️
@hamper22
@hamper22 16 күн бұрын
They even get a cup of tea to fule the bargin hunting!
@bardo0007
@bardo0007 13 күн бұрын
Coffee
@cunninglinguist-hu1dz
@cunninglinguist-hu1dz 18 күн бұрын
It's like a Harry Enfield sketch
@clavichord
@clavichord 18 күн бұрын
It does a bit... the interviewees look a bit uncomfortable and stare into the background instead of looking at the interviewer. Harry Enfield was very observant when studing the idiosyncracies of 1950s film and newsreel interviews
@jaguarskills69
@jaguarskills69 18 күн бұрын
Yeah I was half expecting Chumley-Warner and Grayson to pop up somewhere.
@bigdaddigaming
@bigdaddigaming 18 күн бұрын
Where do you think harry got the idea 🤣 and the guy with the flasher Mac with a pearl necklace for his daughter, I mean harry basically had a joke written for him in that interview😊
@DarylB1
@DarylB1 18 күн бұрын
@@clavichord Yeah mainly because back nobody was used to being in front of any camera and didn't know where too look I'm guessing.
@clavichord
@clavichord 18 күн бұрын
@DarylB1 Yeah, probably
@Neverforget71324
@Neverforget71324 17 күн бұрын
6:44 Sounds and looks like a young Julia Child...🤔
@TheFlyingScotsmanTV
@TheFlyingScotsmanTV 17 күн бұрын
a coat for 7 pounds that used to cost 15 guneas. how on earth was this ever a currency system that worked. madness.
@johnking5174
@johnking5174 17 күн бұрын
A guinea was one pound one shilling. It wouldn't be until 1971 before decimal currency started in the UK and Ireland
@eurouc
@eurouc 7 күн бұрын
Inexpensive Frocks 😜😜😜
@RollaArtis
@RollaArtis 18 күн бұрын
Nice to go back to the 50's, it was just after the war and just about everyone was neat tidy well behaved and had respect. But not now.
@soloist9495
@soloist9495 18 күн бұрын
where can you find all the archived programs
@SpookyElectric319
@SpookyElectric319 18 күн бұрын
BBC Archives.
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 17 күн бұрын
Fighting for second foot carpets.
@scj00380
@scj00380 18 күн бұрын
"Pray tell me", said the posh lady to the lowly ladies' coats shop assistant..."just how many wild animals were shot so that I could show orff around Kensington?"
@vidikat
@vidikat 18 күн бұрын
People touched in those days…
@NoName-y6w3p
@NoName-y6w3p 17 күн бұрын
How well behaved polite and well mannered everyone was and all so smartly dressed too a far cry from today when people are so rude and have no idea of manners and queueing up and being patient and its all false beauty now with botox and make up like clowns oh how times have changed 😢
@ji-tan
@ji-tan 16 күн бұрын
Funny thing is those people are the one who raised the one you complain about
@bobgenghiskhan2499
@bobgenghiskhan2499 18 күн бұрын
Rather this than all that Black Friday nonsense. However New Year's sales seem to be no more. Sad that Barker's of Kensington is still here as a building but mostly empty.
@tennysonfordblackbird2087
@tennysonfordblackbird2087 16 күн бұрын
Fourteen guineas was over a weeks wages for my father❤😂
@irenejohnston6802
@irenejohnston6802 16 күн бұрын
5 yrs later in 1958, I went to Spain, Swan Tours for 42/half guineas, £42.42shillings, visa from Spanish Consulate, Liverpool 37/-shillings. London to Perpignan twin engined turboprop Viking. No airport at Gerona coach to La Linea etc. Earning £5.00. pw. Office job. Age 84.
@bardo0007
@bardo0007 13 күн бұрын
@@irenejohnston6802 You lived an exciting life, I miss Spain
@googlymoogly9884
@googlymoogly9884 15 күн бұрын
Im always struck by how every lady on the thumbnail is probably under 50. People definitely aged quicker back in those days. It’s almost like everyone looked a decade or two older than they were.
@stevestannard6004
@stevestannard6004 18 күн бұрын
Anyone appearing on this still alive?
@datchet11
@datchet11 18 күн бұрын
Certainly it was 66 years ago
@stevestannard6004
@stevestannard6004 18 күн бұрын
@datchet11 there are a few kids I'd love to know what became of them.
@stephengraham5099
@stephengraham5099 18 күн бұрын
@@datchet11 72 years ago.
@fuzzylon
@fuzzylon 18 күн бұрын
My mum was born in 32 and could easily have been one of those shoppers and she is still very much alive.
@datchet11
@datchet11 18 күн бұрын
@@stephengraham5099 so it is! I thought the video was set in 1959 lol
@borderlord
@borderlord 18 күн бұрын
Barkers...sadly long gone. ..my mother used to take me there as a kid...good memories. Be all Chinese at the front of the queue these days
@Fox-in-the-north
@Fox-in-the-north 17 күн бұрын
"yesterday some of London's department stores were quiet and empty" "But that was the early morning before they opened" Really struggling for intro dialogue back then huh? 😂
@algiles881
@algiles881 18 күн бұрын
That student selling carpets sounded a bit pompous. Probably ended up in the Civil Service.
@wawrestlenk
@wawrestlenk 18 күн бұрын
Likely an economist at HM Treasury
@justkidding9751
@justkidding9751 18 күн бұрын
Filmed before common regional accents crept into broadcasting.
@rgarlinyc
@rgarlinyc 18 күн бұрын
When everyone in England spoke beautifully... I often wonder what exactly happened to change all that...?🤔
@RolandoRatas
@RolandoRatas 18 күн бұрын
hmmmm let me think now. Ah! yes of course !
@kevinmoffatt
@kevinmoffatt 18 күн бұрын
Furiouser and furiouser? English words I haven't heard before; perhaps the elevated classes had a language all their own that I haven't been privy to.
@BunnyWatson-k1w
@BunnyWatson-k1w 18 күн бұрын
Immigration. Try going to Heathrow. The majority of staff are foreign born. Yes, this is the New England.
@rgarlinyc
@rgarlinyc 18 күн бұрын
@@BunnyWatson-k1w By "everyone" I meant only the native English speakers.
@margin606
@margin606 18 күн бұрын
It would be a mistake to think of the accents you hear in this clip as being representative of the range of accents spoken in the UK at that time.
@wawrestlenk
@wawrestlenk 18 күн бұрын
At the start of the interview, Mr Pickup from Northumberland is trying desperately to speak in his best RP. He makes a decent effort but his accent slips through quite quickly, you can even hear the distinctive Northumbrian rolled "r". I wonder if he was asked to speak in his best telephone voice by the interviewer or if he thought he'd best try to fit in with the rest of the Kensington glitterati!!
@alisonbrowning9620
@alisonbrowning9620 18 күн бұрын
ahh humans never change, we have to be buying
@user-ve3gh5xg9q
@user-ve3gh5xg9q 18 күн бұрын
Where is Mr Bean 😊
@sleepyheadsleeps
@sleepyheadsleeps 18 күн бұрын
😮
@borderlands6606
@borderlands6606 16 күн бұрын
Gort meself a lovely globe 'at I did. My feet were killing me, still mustn't grumble worse things 'appen at sea. Cup of tea and a bit of Battenberg and I'll be ready for the second floor.
@wedes99
@wedes99 18 күн бұрын
Julia Child buys a hat
@ruthbashford3176
@ruthbashford3176 18 күн бұрын
You can see how diverse and multicultural this country was 70 years ago
@clavichord
@clavichord 18 күн бұрын
Don't worry. We still live like this, where I live. We still use pounds, shillings and pence while speaking the Queen's English
@hazza5999
@hazza5999 18 күн бұрын
Yes, surprisingly, it appears things change. It's in black and white too.
@stevestannard6004
@stevestannard6004 18 күн бұрын
But we were told immigrants built Britain. Where is the indigenous population I don't see any in this film.
@clavichord
@clavichord 18 күн бұрын
@@hazza5999 Things are still in black and white, where I live... but we're planning to switch to colour in the not too distant future
@MASTERATCOD4
@MASTERATCOD4 18 күн бұрын
@Stevestannard6004 Don't confuse America being built by immigrants with Britain. What you see here are the indigenous people of this country!
@iseegoodandbad6758
@iseegoodandbad6758 18 күн бұрын
Look how aesthetically beautiful peoples faces look then 😢!
@roseoconnor5938
@roseoconnor5938 18 күн бұрын
Hardly any make-up, a bit of lippy and rouge...probably just soap and water to cleanse, with Ponds cream or Astral or Nivea as moisturiser. Mind you, I think people's diets were better. No take-aways or processed foods.😊
@iseegoodandbad6758
@iseegoodandbad6758 18 күн бұрын
@roseoconnor5938 definitely!!
@mattsan70
@mattsan70 18 күн бұрын
And now we have Temu - progress indeed!
@Lucy0809
@Lucy0809 15 күн бұрын
So very British 🇬🇧 Dosent exist anymore 😢
@sarahlouise7163
@sarahlouise7163 18 күн бұрын
HAVE A BANANA! 😁 Inexpensive Frocks ☺ lovely! enjoyed that!
@bigdaddigaming
@bigdaddigaming 18 күн бұрын
Why is everyone so wooden, and the bloke with the flasher Mac on at about the 5 minute mark, come on surely it’s a joke, flasher Mac and he’s got a pearl necklace for his daughter, you couldn’t write it, what a perfectly perverted sounding situation, I love it
@fatherofthenoo
@fatherofthenoo 17 күн бұрын
I miss that accent...
@JJONNYREPP
@JJONNYREPP 18 күн бұрын
1953: Hunting for BARGAINS in the NEW YEAR SALES | Newsreel | Voice of the People | BBC Archive 1217pm 1.1.25 never been to a new year's sale... or a black friday sale... far too stressful.
@JemTheWire
@JemTheWire 17 күн бұрын
One thing that jumps out to me straight away, you don't see any obese people! That speaks volumes.
@johnking5174
@johnking5174 17 күн бұрын
Considering meat rationing didn't end until 1954 and food was still seen as precious as rationing had been in place since 1940, no surprises here.
@datchet11
@datchet11 18 күн бұрын
A mild winter in 1953? Where was stop oil then? 🤔
@jamesfx2
@jamesfx2 18 күн бұрын
Back then, they were more concerned about smog. They had the Great Smog of 1952 when 4,000 deaths were reported in London over a couple of days, and a subsequent 8,000 related deaths. So I would imagine that they were protesting for the Clean Air Act of 1956 which transformed London.
@jamesfx2
@jamesfx2 18 күн бұрын
But if that were to happen today and a few of Nigel Farage's backers were inconvenienced, I'm sure people could be persuaded to protest against clean air...
@Seminal_Ideas
@Seminal_Ideas 18 күн бұрын
The BBC shoots itself in the foot here by showing how monocultural and homogeneous our country once was. I wouldn't put it past BBC Verify to interject some diverse characters into this footage using A.I.special effects in the coming years to bolster the narrative and keep the viewers "on message."
@SeenThisDoneThat
@SeenThisDoneThat 17 күн бұрын
When the heck did we lose our well-spoken accents?! Even the man from Northumberland had an RP accent. All changed nah doh, innit? 🙄
@angelaegan7511
@angelaegan7511 18 күн бұрын
I wonder what all their pronouns were?
@andyg208
@andyg208 18 күн бұрын
I say / What ho!
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg
@AndrewDaley-lr9qg 18 күн бұрын
😂😂​@@andyg208
@PatJenningsGloves
@PatJenningsGloves 17 күн бұрын
​@@andyg208Brilliant 😂
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