Brilliant.The mixture of respect, humility and yet good self esteem that kept us great from 1640 to about 1965
@basichistory4 жыл бұрын
What a fascinating glimpse into history
@TheHorsebox25 жыл бұрын
Lovely film. Thanks for uploading.
@Wuffenberg4 жыл бұрын
Give me a time machine to fly back to the 50s...
@theonlybuzz19693 жыл бұрын
Buy a few vehicles strip them down and cover in a preservative wax on anything that could corroded, I love these types of videos and I too woul love to venture back then...
@109-w7v6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating.
@buffplums6 жыл бұрын
Such a different world.
@justdad535 жыл бұрын
Chris I also think that too. Family structure, global communication and tons of other things have changed the way we look and think about things. The past does seem simpler whether it is or not.
@dubsydubs52344 жыл бұрын
@@justdad53 And yet ironically we were at war 10 years earlier then in only a few years we gave our entire motor industry to the people bombing us to death, good old governments.
@arunparkin25524 жыл бұрын
Surprised to see that there are no racist comments yet. Normally these old videos are full of them!
@buffplums4 жыл бұрын
Arun Parkin not really, it was a different world, people were still the same. You can’t apply today’s standards to these days. Unless you’ve lived through those times you can’t understand the way people were and lived. These videos simply show a different world. They aren’t being racist.
@desthomas8970 Жыл бұрын
Really miss the transport cafes, truck driver or not.
@stevenray7874 жыл бұрын
Do...ummm... driving thru the city with no lights?
@craigstaggs85973 жыл бұрын
Johnny looks about 30 !!!
@papanoel3999 Жыл бұрын
He had 2 up hill paper rounds.
@tridbant3 жыл бұрын
A cigarette helps. It did when stressing out driving even though experts said it didn’t.
@boleynali9 жыл бұрын
Ken needs a place of his own...and a bird.
@theonlybuzz19693 жыл бұрын
Then as a stroke of luck he meets an air stewardess called Barbie, she turns out that she has had many jobs, but Ken doesn’t matter he’s set up for life.
@darrensmith69992 жыл бұрын
@@theonlybuzz1969 Trouble is ken has a roving eye and you know what truck drivers are like bird in every town, soon things fall apart with Barbie and hes single again!
@ashokdhage27555 жыл бұрын
Such a good driving
@dave10014 жыл бұрын
the cab of that lorry wasn't very high off the ground
@thatguyoverthere5313 жыл бұрын
They weren't designed to be, cars and lorries were smaller back then
@heathstjohn67753 жыл бұрын
This Narrator sounds like Maurice Denham to me; can anyone confirm, please?
@peterflitcroft97566 жыл бұрын
Pre Motorway Britain.
@carlnapp86739 жыл бұрын
I hope young Jackson didn't work as he did appear.
@eurouc3 жыл бұрын
Yet another dreary film shot entirely in drab, cloudy, foggy wet weather. Did the sun ever shine?
@pata2998 ай бұрын
oldest 15 year old ever seen
@upturnedkangaroo2 жыл бұрын
Back when businesses trained their own staff, before the Tories ruined everything