Market Town (1942)

[@seymourt78]

Wonderful!! My grandparents are the pottery stall holders, a lovely surprise seeing them in a film

[@angelatalbot5348]

How lovely to see how people lived then, all done by people doing their chosen jobs hopefully, enjoying their families, what a difference now in industries and people all being driven by MONEY.

[@carolsimpson927]

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[@somaraking8540]

Hi sir how are you. Can, I joine you

[@laurencegoff]

During the Second World War, the British Council made a series of films to explain life in our country to those coming from around the world to fight for freedom. One film was called ‘Market Town’ it's all about Newark. We may not have herds of sheep being driven by sheepdogs along the Great North Road now or dozens of farmers comparing samples of seeds outside the Ram but farming continues to be an important part of our town’s life. Newark’s British Sugar factory is a very physical reminder of this. We are all used to the sights - and sometimes the smell - of local sugar beet being turned into sugar and topsoil We are grateful for the jobs it provides for local farmers and workers. The farming community always let us know when they are finding it tough. Last summer saw drought and record temperatures, fuel, feed and fertilizer prices are high, while the money received from supermarkets and manufacturers does not keep pace with the ‘cost of farming. But whatever is thrown at our farmers, we are lucky to have such a dedicated band looking after our countryside. We owe the farming community an enormous debt of gratitude. So I ask you to raise your glasses to toast them all to say thank you for ensuring that our tables are graced with the fruits of the land. Cllr Laurence Goff Newark Town Mayor 2022 until 14th May 2023

[@MrDaiseymay]

CORRECT, i HAVE A COPY OF A SMALL BOOKLET, MADE FOR, US MILITARY, COMING INTO BRITAIN, THERE'S MASSES OF DIFFEFENCES LISTED, OF OUR WAY OF LIFE, WHAT TO DO AND SAY--(AND WHAT NOT TO) AND REMIND THE TROOPS OF THE LARGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR TWO STANDARDS OF LIVING, AND HOW WE HAD LEARNED NOT TO WASTE OUR FOOD ETC ETC.

[@observersnt]

What a lovely old video I love the simple Britishness of it. And wish that we hadn’t given up so much, so easily Thank you

[@peternagy-im4be]

Sold out by scumbags and politicians

[@pk_9979]

Man, these old videos by British council are very well documented and Informative.Props to British council for documenting and preserving thousands of vidoes.

[@peacockpaula4723]

How interesting and pure the scenes are, untainted, clean and so tasty. I remember people telling me when they were children all was a different life all together... One can feel it just by observing these and pick up the vibes, wonderful. Although I am much, much younger... you know I very much identify with these and brings nostalgia. Interesting and beautiful☺.

[@LimaHeSilvaLS]

I'm just wondered for these British Council film brought up from the 30's and the 40's. Evry educational and cultural. I'm learning a lot about UK life in the first half of the 20th. century. Thanks a lot!!! I'm Brazilian but a British culture lover!!

[@MrDaiseymay]

WHAT EXCELLENT VALUES YOU HAVE. ONLY KIDDING, BUT YOU HAVE.

[@laurencegoff]

We welcome you to Newark our market town

[@carolynhage8218]

Loved watching how it used to be where I live. I remember going to the cattle market as a child. Such a pity the market is no longer bustling.

[@mathewgreen4099]

Great stuff, thanks for posting!

[@alanroberts4060]

if we could only bring back those times, wonderful

[@bibang8817]

không

[@bibang8817]

Ck

[@arriesone1]

alan roberts Yes it would be.

[@ijc9984]

Mmmmm diphtheria and rickets lovely

[@markswain5021]

Gone forever I'm afraid ! ..the country is full of other Countries rejects ! .

Love the RP💪💅

[@fregwich]

This must be Newark.

[@robnewman6101]

Lovely Duckings.

[@anonov1]

Hoo bloody ray.. None of that damn irritating music drowning out the commentator like every other film maker thinks is kwel. ...

[@MrDaiseymay]

'DOTTED AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE ARE FARM HISES' JOLLY GOOD WHAT?

[@arriesone1]

Philip Croft That’s how good English used to be spoken, long vanished now except maybe by the Queen.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@arriesone1 well arry me son, I emember it well, on the BBC Home Service. I call it affectation.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@arriesone1 IS THAT THAT ROIGHT Mr CHALMONDLEY -WARNER. ?

[@nickgent9949]

⁠Really interesting insight - feeling of community, connectedness and of importance attached to agriculture, all lost today. It was of course the age before TV, motorways, homogeneousness and jeans - there was a sense of propriety and national identity. I like Oxford English or a regional accent, unlike the terrible phoney accents you get on the likes of BBC.

[@Satters]

England when it still was England,

[@Domnliz]

So true, the great is missing from Britain I wonder if it will ever return.

[@Paul-md8de]

Can you fully explain what you meant by that comment ?

[@lisaevans3284]

Yes a better England

[@vincekerrigan8300]

​@@Paul-md8deIf you don't understand his comment, you will not understand his explanation.

[@zen4men]

@@vincekerrigan8300 But are you sure it is "his" as the pronoun? After all, vast numbers of man-hours must be squandered getting such important things right, rather than building a good country. Britain was Great because The People believed in it, and worked for it. /

[@Tony-ju6yh]

A time long gone and never to return 😢

[@maccagrabme]

Looked like it had character back then.

[@alanroberts4060]

I could enter agree more.

[@mrpurser3136]

Aye...these were the days.

[@normannokes9513]

Difficult to believe a bitter war was in progress. A sound recording would have delivered the roar of aero engines in a region of many airfields. Busy but functioning in the traditional manner. So different across that strip of channel with foreign occupancy and tyranny. There will always be an England if remembered only in this nostalgic film.

[@COIcultist]

@@normannokes9513 1942, our American allies hadn't really set up shop yet and the RAF only flew out closer to dusk.

[@normannokes9513]

You are correct. It was RAF bombervCommand operating at night. The American 8th. flew only in daylight hours. The RAF received a terrible mauling during early daytime ops. suffering prohibitive losses that nightime becamethe norm.. The 8th. provided the 'gun ships' destined to have a rough time. I am guilty of quoting details you already know !@@COIcultist

[@COIcultist]

@@normannokes9513 You are guilty of nothing sir, for what I know others might not. The 8th received a terrible mauling too, till they got a system of long range fighters to cover them. At the right or wrong time of day dependent on your point of view I'm sure there would have been occasions when the cameras would have shaken from the force of the engines above. I'm close to certain that you are aware of these facts too, but it does no harm to make others aware.

[@normannokes9513]

The days and nights of air armadas never forgotten. The winter 1943/44 Berlin raids was the most costly preriod for Bomber Command. @@COIcultist

[@robnewman6101]

Wow.

[@drcurv]

Been there - thoroughly recommend a trip to (what remains of) the castle. Interesting to see where bad King John snuffed it [and Alice(?) pulled the rings from his fingers even before he'd died!]. Just desserts.

[@peterallen2904]

This looks like Newark to me.

[@robnewman6101]

Level Crossing in town.

[@robnewman6101]

Adorable Rabbits.

[@azadhussainmemon3011]

awaesome

[@petrasant5495]

“These are “country people” , they live in the “country”. However, “countryside” people, live, (yes you’ve got it), in the “countryside).

[@paulrickett4402]

Back in the days where there are no savages.

[@CEng-ge6sw]

No savages?? I was born in 1942, we were at war with Germany, Italy and Japan at the time this film was made and my father was a Prisoner Of War of the Japs and working on the Burma railway. No savages indeed!! Learn to read and then read history.

[@MrPluckacre]

Not an ounce of fat on anyone!!!!

[@Paul-md8de]

They couldn't afford it

[@markswain5021]

@@Paul-md8de I noticed Mc Donald's, Burger King ,are conspicuous by their absence ! .

[@Paul-md8de]

@@markswain5021 And the locals are very much better off without them too !

[@kiwitrainguy]

Rationing and an active life-style.

[@vincekerrigan8300]

​@@Paul-md8deNothing to do with it. We ate properly in those days, in spite of rationing, and generally were much healthier. Rich people were not noticeably fatter.

[@100Domas]

Who wrote the commentary?

[@MrDaiseymay]

Given the fact that we were losing the war--badly, when this film was made, I'm wondering who the film is aimed at ?

[@gillchatfield3231]

The film is on show at Newark's museum. I think the information there suggested it was for US troops, as orientation to British life. Excellent museum, with lots of local information, despite being branded Civil War Centre. Put me off visiting for a long time.

[@caomhan84]

Losing the war badly in 1942? Hardly. That might've been true in 1940, but by '42 the Battle of Britain had been won since the Luftwaffe hadn't accomplished any of its aims, Operation Sea Lion was "on hold" (re: cancelled), the USA had entered the war and within the space of a year would outstrip Axis war production on its own, giving the Allies a leg up they would never relinquish, and the Germans were wasting lives and vital machinery on the Eastern Front. Only losing in North Africa, technically.

[@vincekerrigan8300]

​@@caomhan84There was a second Blitz - known as the 'Baby' Bltz - from December 1943 to June 1944. Not as bad as the first one, but bad enough. I thought my last hour had come when our house nearly suffered a direct hit - I will never forget the whistle of the bombs rising to an unbelievable screaming crescendo just before they hit. Those were the days.

[@zen4men]

@@vincekerrigan8300 What a thing to live through! I bet it made you value life? It must have been hard for your parents. /

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@caomhan84YES, WE WERE HOLED UP IN OUR LITTLE ISLAND BUT-- I HAD IN MIND, A LINK TO THE ABOVE FILM, AND THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD. MADE MUCH WORSE BY THE DEVASTATNG LOSS OF CONVOYS OF FOOD, TO THE U-BOAT MENACE, CHURCHILL SAID IN HIS POST-WAR MEMOIRS, IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT HE LOST SLEEP OVER DURING THE WAR , THAT WE WOULD BE STARVED INTO SURRENDER. THE TURNAROUND CAME IN 1942. AND---OUR FIRST BATTLE VICTORY ABROAD, CAME IN NOVEMBER 1942 AT EL ALLEMEIN. TO EVERYONES RELIEF. CHURCH BELLS RANG FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1939.

[@kiwiwifi]

where are the burqas?

[@daffyduk77]

Not looking very vegan-friendly back in the day! At least the animals had a comparatively benign if sometimes short life

[@zen4men]

My father's beef cattle got hay with molasses in winter, and had a chain in the summer that they could rub their backs on. And the taste of the beef was incredible. People who have only eaten supermarket beef eat chalk rather than cheese - no comparison. /