1962: What do '60s KIDS Want For CHRISTMAS? | Tonight | Childhood Nostalgia | BBC Archive

[@rgarlinyc]

Sweet little kids - they'd be over 60 years old today!

[@hilaryepstein6013]

How adorable are these children. I hope they all got what they wanted for Christmas (possibly not but I hope life turned out well for them).

[@randydelaney7053]

Hope that little dude did not get a machine gun for X mas. I wouldn't buy one for my Son if i had one that age. Machine guns don't belong in little children's hands even as toys.

[@Levenstone132]

PC Dixon's outfit! Brilliant. 'Evening All'.

[@tomfrancis5575]

The disbelief in that little girls voice when she says “is it?!” After asking about her letter is brilliant. Would have made her day.

[@Billieeccp]

All these kids are such sweethearts,I wish we were all like this😭

[@jamesb.9155]

So much fun and such amazing recordings for them too!

[@bikecat57]

Love that two girls asked for train sets! And sad that the first one thought she couldnt be a train driver as it would be a 'train man".

[@kitchfacepalm]

Perhaps more to do with her still being a child, rather than being female.

[@autumn5852]

@@kitchfacepalmI doubt it

[@markymark-r]

Simple times. Wonderful 😊

[@algie-t2w]

Charming.

[@margaretkerr3204]

Train man! She's great isn't she!

[@juliam.mallen9019]

That was absolutely awesome! 👏👏👏

[@sandradee131]

when children were children , ☺

[@lls6001]

A big box!!!

[@joriah69]

The year I was born, 60 this Thursday…where has it all gone..?

[@fidelcatsro6948]

waaah youre as old as these smart baby kitties!

[@garryleeks4848]

Happy birthday for Thursday 👍

[@joriah69]

@@garryleeks4848 many cheers

[@Wagoo]

(I remember you! What do you want for Christmas?)-🎅

[@joriah69]

@@Wagoo a train!

[@juliemullen365]

Beautiful ❤

[@therange4033]

I was between 1 and 10 in the 60's. I NEVER wanted a train set! I wanted a red bike and got one! The fact I knew it wasn't new but painted bright red and reconditioned didn't matter! Also a much loved Golliwog, a teddy, cut-out dolls and books.

[@vickythefist7062]

What are cut out dolls

[@fcrowhurst194]

I grew up in the 60’s and loved cut-out dolls. Basically you had a picture of a doll which you cut out and mounted on card, so that it could stand up. You then had paper clothes to cut out. These had little fold-over tabs so you could ‘dress’ the doll with various outfits. My sister and I had hours of fun playing with these dolls. Seems incredible nowadays to think that something so simple could bring so much pleasure to children.

[@katharina...]

​@@fcrowhurst194I grew up in the 80s and I absolutely loved cut-out dolls too. I wonder what children would think of these now.

[@sharonhumphreys8305]

@@fcrowhurst194 I loved cut out dolls too, (I was born in 1962) they were such fun and then I used to make my own and cover them in cellotape to keep them 'nice'. :)

[@lindal3966]

​@@vickythefist7062 Little dolls and their clothes etc, cut out from book pages. They were paper. The clothing had tiny paper tabs so that you could attach the clothing to figure. Flat pieces of paper, not three dimensional. I spent many happy hours playing with them!

[@StarzzyJJASD]

It would be so interesting to follow up with the children and see how they are doing I wish they would have followed up on them every 10 years like they did in 7 up

[@lmcgregoruk]

1:56 "I've got the train, but I haven't got the track" Oh, you've got no trucks for it eh....

[@robertwilson214]

They all sound more confident than today's children

[@bikecat57]

Spent their time talking to parents and ther relatives and friends. Not staring at phones!

[@scrittle]

Pidgeonholing my dear Watson, a sample of 7 does not represent the wider populas and memorial anecdotes are tainted with bias. There is a confidence problem these days, and I stick it to the parents who keep their children indoors and telling them the dangers of the streets, while handing out portable stimulators that make matters worse. If a kid can't socialise they won't have the confidence to speak.

[@robertwilson214]

@@scrittle yes I was ....'focusing on the particular ,ignoring the general'...but you seem to agree on today's children.

[@terraaustralia]

Well this little girl from 1976 became a train driver.

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

Really . Lovely to hear

[@GuyBelievesInWorldPeace]

I know this video is from 62’, and that this comment is probably not accurate, but I still like it.

[@InfiltrateIndustries]

'76 what?

[@terraaustralia]

@@GuyBelievesInWorldPeace I’m 46 years old and I’ve been hauling coal in the Goonyella system (North Queensland, Australia) for 10 years. 😘🥰

[@terraaustralia]

@@sharon2508 not in Australia, although we think the way our US brothers and sisters are treated is criminal. Union Strong. RTBU

[@JammyOtter]

I have got to be related to that first child, she is my doppelgänger when I was her age!

[@algie-t2w]

I'm still convinced that little 'Jeremy" is a very young David Cameron.

[@gwyn6907]

The year I was born 1962

[@williamfunggoldenoldiesfan6758]

The little girl at 2:00 vocabulary is insane for ONLY a 3 year old! She is able to speak sentences and talk normally like a girl who is five or six now! Note that, she even wanted to talk even older than a five year old since I can tell she straight up doesn't know how to describe what she wants in great detail which is why there was a little bit of a pause.

[@chetyoubetya8565]

That is because she is not walking around with a plug,dummy, or pacifier in her mouth for the last three years

[@davidf6326]

What led you to the conclusion she was three years old?

[@gwyn6907]

Wtf are you talking about pure speculation you don’t know how old she is

[@MrJafredderf]

"Did you get my letter"

[@rrain3375]

Funny how innocent children were in the 60’s.

[@mick2d2]

"I'm a girl, I don't drive trains!"

[@Lukejhall]

I've never seen a kid called Jeremy in the last 30 years!

[@FISHINGMINTY]

“I can’t drive trains! I’m a girl!”

[@sacredbanana]

I hope Jeremy got the machine gun he wanted

[@eemoogee160]

The sheen gun? 🔫

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Jeremy Clarkson

[@MacXpert74]

All in the spirit of Christmas 😂

[@garryleeks4848]

I was born 5 years later so a 70s kid , I wanted a chopper, that orange thing you bounced on , a cap gun and a potato gun 👍

[@garryleeks4848]

@RestWithin I fell of my chopper and had a argument with a lamppost, lost 2 teeth 😬😬

[@davewalker7126]

I got one of the first orange choppers, the space hopper, a Tonka toy and hat, cowboy outfit with cap guns and a chemistry set. (not all the same christmas!).

[@garryleeks4848]

@@davewalker7126 Those were the days 👍

[@WeaselKing1000]

I swear the fourth girl said she wanted 'tracks' for the train but Father Christmas misheard her and said 'trucks' back. Different accents getting muddled I guess.

[@margaretkerr3204]

She said track. Santa a bit hard of hearing I thought.

[@Ras6200]

I thought the same. Track but then she felt she couldn't correct Santa.

[@LaatiMafia]

2-year-old Jeremy Clarkson was already ahead of the curve.

[@chetyoubetya8565]

He wasn't two at all

[@digitaldobbie]

That Father Christmas sounds like Jimmy savile

[@garryleeks4848]

Probably was , how’s about that then 😬😬

[@cathyhg8282]

Definitely sounds like Jimmy Savilr..in fact on a lot of these videos on here the person interviewing the children seems to be Jimmy Savile 🤮

[@Youssii]

3:30 “as per my previous correspondence”

[@clocktowerhill8760]

lol

[@fionanicholson1995]

How sad you never see English children like that anymore

[@govind9402]

A bicycle will never get out of the list, ..

[@ShadowMan66]

1:08 Little fella wants an electric car! *If I was Santa I'd say Listen here matey the petrol ones will always be better!*

[@hanthurein22]

I love European kids ❤️🥰💜 because they are talent 👯🤹and intelligent 💭🤓

[@zordorfe]

@@willnicholson18 we are when we want to be

[@DOMOZORROORROZOMOD]

A machine gun? Haha

[@christophercooper6731]

1:03 He wants a Tesla.

[@GuyBelievesInWorldPeace]

Some proper CC will be nice

[@Rainman000]

These kids are now in their late 60's or early 70s

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

No, they are about my age: 65.

[@Andrew-yf3lu]

@@ankavoskuilen1725 so late 60s then, like he said

[@rockinrachel1670]

@@Andrew-yf3lu mid 60s 🤷

[@Andrew-yf3lu]

@@rockinrachel1670 "about"

[@bahrom942]

Fun fact: Those who born in 1962 are now 62 years old in 2024.

[@katharina...]

This was recorded in 1962, so the children in the video would now be in their late 60s.

[@scottandrewbrass]

He's not Santa. He's just a fella.

[@dandare2586]

What!!!! Not Santa???

[@katperson7332]

Whistle down the Wind

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

​@@katperson7332❤

[@scrittle]

Santa is real and I can prove it! He has a sleigh tracker that tracks him from Greenland, who would the trackers be tracking if that wasn't Santa Clause? Case closed.

[@LesleySanz]

Ha ha! I can just hear 'our Charles' saying that. Great film! 😊

[@phubblewubbphubblewubb]

Very poor title to this video, the bbc should know that anybody English in the 60's called their children children, never kids which is an Americanism...a kid is a baby goat!

[@DOMOZORROORROZOMOD]

47:seconds.. who cried faster?

[@clocktowerhill8760]

Ok. What is a PC Dixon's Outfit??

[@bernardtaylor7043]

Policeman's outfit - PC Dixon was the lead character in Dixon of Dock Green, a 1960s TV series

[@Mysangeeet]

0:34- "I'm not a driver." Why?

[@dean6816]

Track not trucks santa.

[@johnq4951]

Santa sounds like Jimmy saville

[@garryleeks4848]

😬😬😬

[@dean6816]

Saville was the BBCs top man so watch what you're saying lol.

[@MacXpert74]

😬

[@susanvanaken]

I hope that is not Jimmy Savile dressed as Father Christmas, it sounds like him

[@pugi050]

It's amazing how well spoken they all were and more engaged in conversation back then. Family time is important listening to the radio shows and in a structured night. Kids these days are just giant skid marks.

[@garryleeks4848]

Haha 💩

[@northernsnow6982]

It is amazing how good kids can be, when they have a parent at home at all times. Nowadays both parents are out working just to make ends meet. It's hard for kids to learn how to be nice, when the people who are nicest to you and care about you the most aren't there. Or there's the fact that more parents don't care about their own children. Amazing how kids turn out, when they aren't being properly raised.

[@nigel900]

A time when Reading, Writing And Arithmetic (+ History & Civics), we’re valued along with a 2 parent family.

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

Notice all the children spoke clearly & confident & well mannered not like some kids these days speak with a grunt & surley attitude, how our standards have fallen.

[@chill579]

BIG CAR! BIG CAR! LES LES BIG BOX YES I AM HM THATS MY SCHOOL TIE JERLAMY BAH?! HM I-I-LUD LIKE FOR CHRISMUS, MACHINE GUN AND A PC DICKSONS OUTFIT

[@gliderdan3153]

Ok Karen

[@zordorfe]

ok boomer

[@sophieboult310]

Sounds like Jimmy Saville

[@garryleeks4848]

Now then now then

[@DiRtYLaWs2007]

These children are now in their 70’s and have taken to the internet to moan about younger people and that the “real meaning” of Christmas isn’t acknowledged anymore.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

They are in their mid sixties.

[@aeiouxs]

Yep and they're right here in the comments, completely missing the progress that has been made since those days - where Girls CAN be Train Drivers, for example. They'll forget to mention that.

[@dean6816]

I though baby boomers only got an Apple (the fruit kind) orange and their boots polished?

[@captur69]

Nice kids...the modern snowflakes want a thousand euro phone..for Xmas...

[@nigel900]

Not a single Boy or Girl asking to be transgendered. 👍🏻 Merry Christmas to all…

[@nigel900]

@@AngelDelight69 No one is stopping you from choosing 🫵🏻 your own path, but depraved and corrupt manipulation of the young an innocent, is unforgivable…

[@AngelDelight69]

@@nigel900 No one is manipulating anyone. People with gender dysphoria cannot surpass their feelings. Trans surgery takes up to 5 years to get anyway. It's not just a phase In fact, it's actually the opposite. 80% of detransitioners will retransition. What I don't agree with is raising them to be trans purposely. If they decide thety want to be trans thats fair but raising your children to be trans isn't fair

[@AngelDelight69]

@@nigel900 What do you mean by that? Trans people are not pedophiles. I mean they can be but 99% of trans individuals are good souls

[@AngelDelight69]

You sent a comment and deleted it because you knew what I was saying was nothing to do with them types of humans that think it's okay to commit crimes. Expressing your identity doesn't mean that at all what you were saying. Gender and sexuality is much different to preds and killers

[@flamencoprof]

Just a single comment with an agenda. But "This channel doesn't have any content." Troll channel if ever I saw one.

[@stevedoesnt]

“4 houses, to be able to be casually racist forever, a planet to be doomed by the time we retire”

[@eemoogee160]

I don't know where that's from but I like it

[@garryleeks4848]

That’s if we retire, work till we die

[@danyoutube7491]

This seems to be a youngster blaming everyone who has come before him for the state of the world. If we are blaming generations rather than individuals, then how about your generation stop demanding so much frivolous plastic crap which is increasing the amount produced each year (and therefore the amount that ends up polluting the environment). And stop your entirely unnecessary obsession with social media etc. which is eating up yet more electricity (not just to power your devices, but to run and cool the servers that the internet relies upon). Oh, and exacerbating things like gang violence and conspiracy theories. And stop pretending cryptocurrencies are anything other than a pyramid scheme, enabling crime and leaving thousands of naive adopters bankrupt, all for the benefit of the greedy few who get rich. Income inequality is worse than ever, that's your fault as well. "a planet to be doomed by the time we retire"; well the generation in the video used a lot less water and electricity per capita than you, so whose fault is it? Give up your wasteful habits and live like they did, and the world will be a better place. By the way, Brexit is also your fault - on average, most over-50s voted for Brexit while most under-50s didn't, and I feel sure there must be more people in the 18-50 age bracket than in the 50+, so why did we chuck ourselves out of Europe? Because kids like you get excited about protesting in the streets but can't be bothered to turn up and vote, that's why. Grannies struggling through the streets on zimmer frames to vote, while spring chicken kids couldn't give a toss, and that's why we are in this mess.

[@garryleeks4848]

@@danyoutube7491 Bravo 👍

[@aeiouxs]

@@danyoutube7491 I've heard this ignorant argument before - it's the older generation INVENTING, SELLING AND PROFITEERING from that plastic crap that you lecture blindly about. It's only the younger generations now finally awakening to this nightmare and starting to fight back about it - while the older generations readily sidestepped and blocked environmental concerns for their own gain. You had quite the rant there didn't you - and Brexit was a GOOD thing? Elder generation threw the younger generation under a (brightly painted) Bus voting for this ; closing off markets and smashing the British economy and working immigration flexibility, well done - bravo! Such open mindedness! "kids like you get excited about protesting in the streets but can't be bothered to turn up and vote"? Surely if they have the tenacity and energy to protest in the street they would readly and easily vote. Put your glasses on and look more clearly - you're clearly morally bankrupt wingheing about the state of the world today and not part of any real solution.

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Creepy

[@CrystalShip8899]

That jaded comment says more about you than the clip

[@Neil-Aspinall]

@@CrystalShip8899 But does it really Sparky?

[@flamencoprof]

Says a fan of a band called "the Nubiles".

[@Neil-Aspinall]

@@flamencoprof Talk to the Stranglers, bud.

[@flamencoprof]

@@Neil-Aspinall Peachy keen, they were.