1971: EAST and WEST SUFFOLK's Bizarre Boundary | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

[@alastairbaker8393]

Ealing Films would have a field day with this.

[@MichaelBennett1]

You can see where Chris Morris got his inspiration from.

[@Becky-lt9yz]

Priceless

[@M_Bamboozled]

Complicated yes, but I don't see any potholes.

[@Coolcarting]

1:06 look harder.

[@ok2760]

That's cuz there were hardly any cars

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@ok2760 aye, look how empty the roadside parking is!

[@1258-Eckhart]

I'm English and I couldn't currently be feeling more English. BTW GenZeds: We really did have frequent refuse collection then, and the dustmen really did collect the bins from the yard or driveway, not from the public street only.

[@paulebroderick]

In central London you might even get it multiple times a day (some streets in Camden are 3 times a day).

[@andydixon2980]

Monty Python comes to mind.

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

Absolutely - the sketch that never was or went wrong...

[@fannydesaintaignan8556]

😂

[@anonUK]

West Suffolk had a brand spanking new sign, I see. 3 years later, there was no West Suffolk.

[@JJONNYREPP]

1971: EAST and WEST SUFFOLK's Bizarre Boundary | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive 1500pm 22.11.24 i like to drink a bottle of whisky and listen to the folk songs of suffolk via the Topic record label. good stuff...

[@James47298]

But there is now a district council called West Suffolk lol

[@anonUK]

@James47298 Did they put up new roadsigns for it?

[@postscript67]

I thought he was going to get Professor Stanley Unwin to explain it, and the councillor did sound a bit like him. Deep joy!

[@fouracrefamily9801]

Ah, deep joy upon your askybeg Well now, upon the timber-topple of quizzibo, I say to you, whirlychop sawsy-blades must go snip-snipperty splint and kerflumply-woo. But beware, lest the chopper-chop go skewiffle and snarly-bite your tootsies! Deep folly, that.

[@nickbarber2080]

We need a map.

[@leopoldbluesky]

Quick, somebody call Mapmen men!

[@bilbobaggins8551]

It may not seem so, but life was much simpler then.

[@ok2760]

No, you were young

[@Littlemouse884]

Probably not for women though ?

[@WreckItRolfe]

​@@Littlemouse884 Not being responsible for their debts seems simpler to me

[@Littlemouse884]

@WreckItRolfe actually women have a much higher rate of paying debt off than men do. You're obviously american ?. Different culture So sick ov angry american men.

[@williamscott2703]

More,please

[@dale3852]

Mine is now once a fortnight but my council tax wasnt cut to allow this reduction in collection 😮😢

[@jdm65]

Superior and Inferior, plus Botesdale remain separate parishes.

[@joesullivan-y9r]

If that didn't clear it up for you, I don't know what will.

[@mixedhairless]

Love learning

[@geeky_gunner]

Three bin collections a week, it's now once every two weeks.

[@lekuns5246]

Great stuff 😂😂

[@Carpetmas5]

I bet the bins are collected twice a month now!

[@Boreboreman]

The roads were so quiet

[@jamiebrown9198]

They’re still a bit strange in these villages today.😂

[@professormcclaine5738]

At least they got a collection.

[@maidbloke]

Twice a week? 🎉

[@boundsgreenboy8354]

Quintessentially English and I miss it.

[@jillyb9995]

Whaaaa?🥴

[@Al-iv3mb]

To all those bemoaning the loss of "the good old days"; it's your fault, you allowed it all to be lost, you were the ones who voted for it.

[@jamesnicholson2503]

When men,was men.

[@JJONNYREPP]

1971: EAST and WEST SUFFOLK's Bizarre Boundary | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive 1455pm 22.11.24 norfork and suffolk denote north and south, don't they? and if you had a west suffolk you surely had an east suffolk? all these bounderies giving rise to all manner of cliquish notions.. which is a tradition across the globe... did you have a north norfolk, east norfolk, south norfolk and west norfork, also? and what about th elanguage... the language wil have been essexified, won't it?

[@jeshkam]

1971: EAST and WEST SUFFOLK's Bizarre Boundary | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive 1455pm 22.11.24 norfork and suffolk denote north and south, don't they? and if you had a west suffolk you surely had an east suffolk? all these bounderies giving rise to all manner of cliquish notions.. which is a tradition across the globe... did you have a north norfolk, east norfolk, south norfolk and west norfork, also? and what about th elanguage... the language wil have been essexified, won't it? Yeah, but why?

[@D-LL2141]

So it was basically. Posh and Poor areas. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻

[@76ToneCrome]

The good old days when we didn't have to recycle.

[@noplace82]

You don't HAVE to recycle now! Just stick everything in the main bin and watch it overflow by the end of Week 2.

[@octaviussludberry9016]

What's your issue with recycling? Surely it's better than throwing it all in the ground or burning it.

[@76ToneCrome]

@octaviussludberry9016 Donald, Vladimir, Benjamin: three reasons why we're not going to be here in 5 years' time. But good luck with your cardboard.

[@noplace82]

@76ToneCrome Let's not forget Mr Kim.

[@JamieLeslie-hh6rx]

@@76ToneCromeidiot