Everything Stops for Tea - Look at Life (1962)

A short featurette from 1962 on the British obsession with Tea.

[@jeremyfielding2333]

This England will never be seen again. These films should be treasured.

[@acbgames1766]

Fascinating to see the old London docks at work.

[@kiddlesk]

Butlers Wharf, which you see with Tower Bridge in the background, where they are loading up the tea chests is now a popular tourist venue with fancy shops, restaurants and very expensive riverside apartments.

[@Fabianwew]

@@kiddlesk but spiritually dead and gentrified

[@trevorcorey7910]

We used to make fings eere. Simple as innit Yorkshire

[@reckoner1913]

The views at 0:55 and 1:35 are right in the middle of London too. Now you'd see the London Mayor's bubble for a start, and the area is part of the City on the North side. If the camera panned to the right, you'd see the Shard. Amazing to think it was actually industrial within living memory. (Also Tower Bridge looks a bit less shiny back then).

[@inisus]

"There are no worries since the cups are thrown away after usage" - how have the times changed.

[@MikehMike01]

our society produces way more garbage now

[@Joe-pe6qi]

Not really. Cups like those are still just used once.

[@Eidelmania]

Those cups are now micro plastic pollution in our food. Apparently we eat about a credit card size of plastic a week, and we wonder why western sperm count is collapsing.

[@LinenAssociate]

@@Eidelmania You think you can just make up shit on the internet and get away with it? lol

[@MrShadowfax42]

@@Joe-pe6qi Not really. Cups like those are now recycled in most office workplaces, not "thrown away after usage".

[@heidimolan179]

We moved house a lot when I was a child and Tea chests were used for packing. Sometimes there was a bit of tea left at the bottom.

[@velvetindigonight]

Funny I was reminiscing about the tea chests also....... now long gone........... ! Enjoy

[@hopiepink]

I bet your belongings would smell lovely!

[@ThyCorylus]

We had a few of those from goodness knwos when moving int he early 90's. I was thinking about them last time we moved!

[@carlinkay1151]

A hot cuppa fixes everything! ☕️

[@anneroy4560]

tea knows ... if one is hot it cools you down, it cold it warms, if upset it calms. if deflated it gives a boost ... it knows what is needed and provides it!

[@bearmerica6668]

What's the best tea British like?

[@hunkhk]

@@bearmerica6668 as long as it's a decent brew I think for the most part we won't mind ...blended black tea no flavours added and a splash of milk at the end

[@lilacscentedfushias1852]

I used to teach and I always thought if a child was really upset send them off with an adult to have a cup of tea or hot chocolate and a biscuit made them feel better, same with something like a chest cough and poorly. In that way it’s a sense of being nurtured and appropriate, in a school, a show of caring and affection to the children. Children who are shown that & understand that people do care will be far more likely to tell someone about abuse.

[@LastNRA]

Thinking that most of the jobs in this documentary no longer exists 58 years later today gives me chills

[@k.r.baylor8825]

Especially those jobs unloading tea chests to warehouses on the Thames. That's ancient history.

[@puddleglum9179]

with automation and population growth, we should probably start to restructure the economy. Think about it, having less jobs is a good thing. We produce more with less so more get to enjoy, Right? But no, because in our economy we provide based on work but we don't really need all the work. That's why they are so many bullshit jobs these days. Meanwhile 9% of all workers in America work in transportation and we're already seeing the development of driving cars. Our economy is becoming unsustainable.

[@LastNRA]

@@puddleglum9179 Well, from a practical viewpoint, the ruling class will have all the incentive to kill off the population once they don't need the ruled masses to produce anything for them.

[@puddleglum9179]

@@LastNRA I would disagree, if they didn't have us to lord over they would turn on each other and they know that. They wouldn't be at the top without people at the bottom to affirm their power. What i actually fear is a future where we dedicate our life to pointless tasks only to be paid just enough to buy the products manufactured by machines that are owned by plutocrats. It would be the last stage of consumerism, the only purpose of life from studying to reproducing would only be in the service of making the wealthy wealthier.

[@LastNRA]

@@puddleglum9179 Why go through all the trouble of keeping them alive when you can just kill them all? They can have their civil war later, since they all have much to gain in killing off the ruled masses. What you're witnessing is not late stage -isms, you're witnessing the last stage of human society.

[@adoremus4014]

🎶🎵 "If you're slaving all alone or relaxing, or you're working in a noisy fact-or-y, just set yourself free when the clock strikes three, 'cos everything stops for tea!" 🎶🎵 Happy days!

[@mdshershahafghan8543]

Gone are those Romantic Days.....we can never bring back those happy days

[@outdoorfreedom9778]

My father hated to have his Army unit attached with the English troops during the Korean war!! He told of going up a hill under fire and looking around and all the UK troops found a hole and set up for tea time. Stopped in the middle of a battle? I always thought it was just a story until I heard it from other American troops! In the 60s my best friend was from the UK. His mother made the most wonderful tea I have ever had. I have not had a good cup of tea after 1968 when I left for the Army myself.

[@hermannhoth6518]

Being in a battle is bad enough but a battle with no tea would be much worse!

[@ironpirate8]

Imagine the damage to your enemies' morale though, when you don't take them seriously enough to make you skip tea break. 😁

[@kutter_ttl6786]

That reminds me of an old Asterix and Obelix comic. The Romans were fighting a battle with the Britons and the Brits stopped the fight for a tea break.

[@DanHlrzr]

War can wait! A soldier needs his brew haha

[@andyrob3259]

Come on. Death may be around the corner but that doesn’t mean you leave niceties and civilisation back at base!!

[@epipen22]

We need to imlement mandatory tea breaks. It will improve productivity and reduce stress.

[@Mrgingerdread1]

24 hrs a day.

[@phil4977]

The smell of the tea in the packing factory would be wonderful

[@2degucitas]

Was thinking the same. Wondered if the Cutty Sark still has the aroma.

[@lilacscentedfushias1852]

Someone commented about the cards that children collected from boxes of tea. As I read it I could smell tea! I don’t even like it. I don’t think the smell is offensive though. I love the smell of Earl grey tea. I can smell that as well now

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

@@2degucitas it did in 2000 when I was there...

[@2degucitas]

@@freddymarcel-marcum6831 You can tour the Cutty Sark? Where!

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

@@2degucitas that was a long time ago bud, 2001 in the summer I recall, visiting London just out of the US Navy, I loved England 🇺🇸🤟🇬🇧❤️

[@petertr2000]

Good old KZbin Algorythm! Also, "90 Thousand Million". Really jarring to hear that, back when a Billion was "a million million".

[@daydreamer102]

@@nevergiveup19841 Originally a billion was a million million...(a bi- million). For some reason the Americans didn't like this, and changed it to a thousand million. for a time both uses of a billion existed side by side, as a long billion and a short billion..... now to save confusion, most countries use the short billion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale

[@mobbs8229]

@@daydreamer102 thank you for explaining! I remember seeing in a language (German) that both "Billion" and "Milliar(d)"? was used and that confused me for years!

[@FoOtFoOt542]

Thanks for uploading this. I love KZbin for this reason.

[@keithrobinson9077]

If your working at a stove or relaxing, Or working in a noisy factory, then set yourself free as the clock strikes three, everything stops for tea...... A old Tony Blackburn jingle off the radio

[@bejay69]

Anyone remember collecting the cards from the tea packets? I do..

[@headron66]

@ bejay69 I actually have a full set of Cheesecake or pinup girls from the boxes of tea. I remember collecting butterfly ones too. Canny beat a wee cup of tea.

[@cycleSCUBA]

Yes, Brooke-Bond's dinosaur cards in the 70's. As an 8 year old i was fascinated!

[@mectron63]

I still have a full collection of 50 cards in 2 books from 1972 great memorabilia.

[@rocker-barrel4786]

I remember green shield stamps ☺

[@missasinenomine]

@@rocker-barrel4786 So do I! What a waste of time. We collected for yonks, & got a fishing rod. A pathetic piece of thin bamboo which bust when I used it on Hastings pier. :-(

[@lorenzonotarianni1667]

I was born in 1966 and yet I have nostalgia for an era I did not concientiously partecipate in. Greetings from Italy

[@hazelanderson1479]

Notarianni’s was a very popular ice cream maker in Sunderland, north-east England. Any relation?

[@lorenzonotarianni1667]

@@hazelanderson1479 Hello. My father is related to them. My father emigrated to the UK in 1958 and as a young man worked for his cousins. He later settled in Cambridge where I was born then in 1984 we all settled back in Italy but my father often recals his days working in the icecream industry.

[@hazelanderson1479]

@@lorenzonotarianni1667 Fantastic! Thank you for that. I have to tell you that Notarianni’s ice cream was the best, and my grandparents would always buy me a cone 🍦 (they would have ice cream sandwiches) whenever we went to Seaburn. Stay well, and my regards to you and your family.

[@lorenzonotarianni1667]

@@hazelanderson1479 Thankyou. Stay well !

[@angelinasamson6996]

Past life ??

[@Hysteria98]

3:46 - Woah woah, 90,000 Million?? Slow down there, chief!

[@supersonicsid5930]

I loved to go into Lyons corner houses with my mum and grandmother. Have a nice pot of tea and some very nice cake . Now we have Starbucks that serves awful coffee and cakes that we can’t afford .

[@GGritsun]

Rossi’s in Southend used to do coffee in glass cups, lovely tea pots, and…………Knickerbocker Glory…….had my first one aged 8!

[@herrfister1477]

I believe the cakes all cost less than £5. If you pm me your bank details I will send you the money.

[@InCAdocumentaries]

Lyons Corner House for tea at Trafalgar Square was my big treat if we went up to London in the 50’s…

[@pagethreemodel]

I wouldn't go as far as to say that no one can afford Starbucks. It is just another soulless company though.

[@clavichord]

@@herrfister1477 How much is that in old money?

[@AA-hy6nb]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful video!

[@lyndonlives638]

This video made me want a cup of tea!

[@hazelanderson1479]

I’ll put the kettle on, and we can have a nice brew.

[@ChrisMelville]

Like a true Englishman, I paused tis video in order to go and make a cup of tea 🇬🇧☕️

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

Although as a general advisory, if you find that you can't go 8 minutes, 34 seconds without a cup of tea in your life, you should contact your doctor :D

[@oddities-whatnot]

The music makes you forget all the crap of present day living.

[@missasinenomine]

You mean, Billy Cotton & his Orchestra?

[@sudgur990]

what crap

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@sudgur990 just general 2021 living. Life was simpler in the 60s. Less crime, people were happier with what they had, houses were affordable, people had respect for each other. The list is endless.

[@sudgur990]

@@oddities-whatnot interpersonal violence was widespread but not discussed; beating children was accepted, domestic abuse was "normal", child abuse was routinely disbelieved, fights were a normal part of pub going life. In the current era, we have recognised that all of these - and more - went on . Violence in the past was ignored, minimised and simply not talked about - it was, however, very much a fact of life

[@SavoirLife]

Apart from the wife beating, racism, poor living conditions it was just wonderful, I agree the orchestral music does give one a lift. Isn’t it funny how whenever you watch a similar public broadcast the streets looked cleaner, people dressed smarter and hedges were always tended to.

[@annother3350]

My grandad was a tea taster -- that man sure loved his tea

[@CoherentChimp]

I bet he had a big spittoon.

[@MrPlownds26]

ever since the demise of saucers , teabreaks, and teapots this country has gone down hill.

[@hunkhk]

was thinking exactly the same thing

[@royrowland5763]

When did that demise begin? Watching from America, I just assumed saucers, teabreaks, and teapots were still the norm. If Starbucks is part of the reason, my apologies.

[@petewest3122]

@@royrowland5763 Probably during the 1980's. Tea breaks were phased out by businesses looking to maximise profits, although cigarette breaks continued into the early 2000's. Teapots went out of fashion with the introduction of tea bags which made it more convenient to make individual cups of tea. In turn, this encouraged people to drink tea from larger cups / mugs which made saucers obsolete. By the time Starbucks became popularised, the old ways were already a vague memory of a bygone era.

[@luckydave328]

@@royrowland5763 Ha ha ! Thanks ! Coffee shops are partly to blame along with the general loss of culture. They were here a long, long while before Starbucks though. I can't understand the popularity of the latter. Their coffee is dire and their snacks are overpriced and not delicious. Must be very effective marketing I suppose. Particularly product placement in American tv shows and movies.

[@markglover2525]

Tea was just a side-effect of the real issue; everything was better when vacuum cleaners had bags. Ever since that git Dyson did away with them, EVERYTHING'S been worse; music, politics, tea, cling-film, petrol, light-bulbs. True, we have much better child mortality rates, dental health, property ownership, mental health, decreased smoking, inclusivity and people live an extra 15 years, and don't generally go to jail because of their sexuality. But at what cost? Where's my Birds-Eye Super-mousse? Gallon-tin of Esso-Blue (bum...bum...bum), Brentford Nylons, Hoover Junior Senior H1 vacuum bag?!

[@Tompsf1]

This is the most British thing I’ve ever seen.

[@bretdouglas9407]

😂😂😂

[@julianshepherd2038]

Now people suck coffee at their desk and dont stop for a lunch break

[@btd7664]

@Meph Lest That was part and parcel of British life back then (in stark contrast to Mr. Khan's current day parts and parcels).

[@HarveyMidnight]

You're missin' out... kzbin.info/www/bejne/e37UiY1_r7mqg8U

[@Rob_Walker.]

There's lots on here 🤣😂

[@MickAngelhere]

Amazing seeing London like that , how much has changed

[@mrjagriff]

Yeh it’s wonderful now , lovely !! Init ?

[@KM-mv3qr]

Yep, now it's called Londonistan

[@deckhead33]

@@mrjagriff I agree!

[@breebw]

The bore hole and tea sampling goes back to older times when the first imports contained tea with vegetation, bark, even cow dung to bulk it up.

[@Naeidea]

Oh my I'm in ecstasy here, what wonders I have missed.

[@DiscoFang]

It takes a refined, expert palate to detect the cow dung fillers.

[@markscott554]

How dare you! The ancient Chinese tea merchants, Kow Deng, were a very respectable company back in the day :)

[@davidcoleman6032]

Fascinating film!

[@schnurrbert]

the pre-container age conveyor belt system for unloading the boxes is quite amazing

[@joanne26]

My grandad used to drink so many cups of tea a day and it was the fresh tea leaves and not the tea bags rubbish. When i started work in 1982 i was the office junior so i used to make tea in a great big urn for around 12 people 3 times a day.

[@serenityinside1]

It’s not the same quality tea in bags so NOT the same thing , smart arse 🙄

[@caroleevans3553]

I can remember our tea lady when she first started would put one spoonful in the pot for each person and one extra, it was a tea ern but as there was about 20 or more people you could stand your spoon up in it

[@shinji5217]

@@caroleevans3553 in Russia we make it very strong and heat water in the samovar so you can put hot water and make it as strong as you like. It's easier to do it like this, make very strong tea, leave another kettle with hot water and let everyone serve themselves their tea as they like, it ensures there's enough for all.

[@philjamieson5572]

As a child, back then, I'd enjoy 3 or 4 cuppas with my weekend cooked breakfasts. 2 sugars in each. Thanks for this excellent piece.

[@Rog5446]

If you had told any of the people in this film (in 1962) that today, coffee is consumed more than tea, they would not have believed you. And if you had told them that bottled water would be sold in shops in the future, they would have laughed at you.

[@theofarmmanager267]

I agree but then so many things we have or do would seem impossible then (Internet, computers, mobile phones, electric cars, satellite TV). I don’t think the consumption of coffee was completely un-thought of but buying bottled ordinary water which is as expensive as beer………….

[@smorris12]

Coffee bars were very much a thing in the 50s and 60s.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

they would be right to not believe you. as 2KG of Tea is drank per person in the UK compared to 1.7KG of Coffee.

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

"Bottling water began in the United Kingdom with the first water bottling at the Holy Well in 1621. The demand for bottled water was fueled in large part by the resurgence in spa-going and water therapy among Europeans and American colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries."

[@stevetaylor8698]

I swear my tap water comes straight from the municpal swimming pool, it tastes awful nowadays. We have to use bottled water.

[@mazdamaniac4643]

In the 60's workplace, there were machines that made proper tea with tea leaves and fresh milk in a decent sized cup. Now in the 2020's, we have Klix machines that dispense it in crap teabags via little plastic cups with powdered chemical 'milk', which tastes bloody awful. One has to wonder, this is progress?

[@NaeMuckle]

Don't confuse profit with progress.

[@xxPenjoxx]

Thankfully my work still has an urn, there is no way I am drinking that powder crap on my tea break

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Milk in tea? Ohhhh k.

[@Sbannmarie]

yikes

[@wks4d028]

an average Londoners nowadays consume 3-5 times more coffee than tea so no demand no supply I guess

[@Bluetoothedshark]

I can remember as a child using old tea chests to pack stuff in when moving home, I bet my dad who's in his 80s, still has a few of them in his loft full of stuff that never got unpacked lol

[@Bluetoothedshark]

@Ken Fullman gutted I bet?

[@RD-dn7yv]

Tea, made in a pot and strained - that's the way. None of this tea bag dumped in polystyrene thank you.

[@dariowiter3078]

That's how I've been doing it since the late 1990s when I first started drinking tea that way. ☕☕☕☕☕ 😁😁😁😁😁

[@RD-dn7yv]

@@dariowiter3078 well done Sir.

[@dariowiter3078]

@@RD-dn7yv Thanks Rob! 😀

[@mrperfectedkelly]

My dad was a tea taster and tea buyer 😀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@lizauger9828]

I can remember office tea ladys in 1980s

[@meowcula]

this all makes me want to have a cuppa.... it's 1am, damn! I'll have to wait until morning.

[@Deb.-.]

I know what I would have done....... gone and made the cuppa.

[@meowcula]

@@Deb.-. hear, hear! I've had many since I posed this :D

[@Deb.-.]

@@meowcula 🙂

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

I love seeing those old tea chests as it reminds me of all those "tea chest basses" played by skiffle bands!

[@wandawarthog5724]

My brother made one.........about 1960. 🙂

[@bendingspring]

They sounded brilliant too! I remember seeing a skiffle band set up in golden square, the sound of the bass filled the whole square.

[@peterfenwick2540]

Oh what a memory rush! I now clearly remember making one in my early teen years!

[@pallasathena1555]

“And if that sound like a bit of useless information, consider this, many a fortune has been found amongst the tea leaves” 😂😂😂

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

@5:16 I love that they made a machine that gives you the option to have sugar in your tea while the milk was obligatory 😁

[@garyhooper2728]

I was a Ford apprentice twice a day the ladies came round with tea and snacks fantastic no chance in today’s gig economy

[@margarethughes3763]

From a little girl I always drank tea without sugar, still do. I don't like coffee very much.

[@jacksugden8190]

Great!. I’m having a cup of tea right now at my favourite London cafe 🍵.

[@nigelcarren]

Sounds good Jack, sweet or savoury? (with a slice of cake or after a bacon Sarnie?) 😊🇬🇧

[@jacksugden8190]

@@nigelcarren Amazingly they hadn’t, I no longer eat cakes, had a roast lamb dinner today, now home resting listening to the rain.

[@damianleah6744]

I love watching these old films, you notice how all the buildings are filthy with soot etc. Also the transport and cars of the era.

[@charliepearce8767]

I'm 60 and lived on cups of tea when a boy in Australia.... From about 18 years of age always drank instant coffee... I still enjoy a nice culpa tea every now and then.... And not in a tea bag !

[@Romanwarrior63]

Yes everything stopped for tea in them days.

[@saltspringrailway3683]

Still does in our house!

[@andrewsmith4242]

Yes, growing up in the 1960s I enjoyed collecting them.

[@mariajukejax9649]

Drinking tea on HMS Cutty Sark? How cool is that?

[@FlavioMartinez97]

It's funny because I'm watching this while sipping a cup of tea with a little milk in it...

[@marctremblay8087]

I mainly remember the Dinasaur cards, to build a collection we used find out other kids would swap theirs

[@ToniHighlander]

"Cups of tea in the office are almost as indispensable at the boss's secretary" 🤣

[@Dayvit78]

In America, my store manager had a cabinet for whiskey. He would serve it when salesmen came calling and I'm sure drank as much as he wanted himself.

[@luckydave328]

It was this sort of programme that helped inform and educate the population. Because there were only 3 TV Channels there was was not much viewing choice. These programmes were popular !

[@brianw5126]

only 2 tv channels in 1962, bbc2 did'nt arrive until 1964

[@luckydave328]

@@brianw5126 Ah yes. You're right. It was a while back now ! This strengthens my point that these educational programmes would have had a greater audience than they could get today.

[@luckydave328]

@gilburton Yes. I remember. We are about the same age. I left school in '64.

[@luckydave328]

@gilburton I take your point btw that this particular series was shown in cinemas. I was a regular at our local Gaumont and Odeon cinemas. And some others. (Remember The Essoldo ?) There were similar educational shorts on tv at the time. In both cases there was a captive audience !

[@hunkhk]

Gosh seeing the teasmade takes me right back to my childhood. My grandmother used hers religiously for years right next to her bed with a biscuit barrel close at hand. Couldn't start the day without a decent cuppa

[@mrpain2750]

You are so old your first Christmas was the first Christmas

[@hypercomms2001]

I lived in London from 1985-1987, and 2004-2014, and in my recollections, I rarely saw people drink tea... but a lot of people drink coffee ...

[@Abman31]

🤯☹ I spent 8 minutes of my valuable life watching a video about Tea ! I need a Tea 🍵 break now 😩

[@johnmiller0000]

I moved to the US from the UK in 1997. The only place I have found that can make a proper cup of tea is my kitchen or the kitchens of other British friends. Never, ever order a cup of tea anywhere.

[@GUITARTIME2024]

We're an iced tea country.

[@Deb.-.]

Well that was a silly move, wasn't it.

[@GUITARTIME2024]

@@Petey194 lol. Enjoy your your crap weather and 9 dollar gas. Lol

[@clydecessna737]

Everything is improved by a cup of tea; even an execution.

[@cyberspore00]

How do you want your final cup of tea?

[@kiri101]

I think a proper cup of tea would make a decent last request.

[@onepalproductions]

An execution without tea is uncivilised.

[@shinji5217]

@@cyberspore00 with pepperoni and cheese

[@andyelliott8027]

That warehouse is now a load of fancy apartments.

[@NotQuiteFirst]

And the English and British people are now a minority in London after sweeping demographic change brought in by Blair

[@andyelliott8027]

@@NotQuiteFirst That's why I live in Somerset.

[@bassinblue]

@@NotQuiteFirst The wanker should have stayed out of Iraq.

[@dnomyarnostaw]

@@NotQuiteFirst What you mean is that the British population is now far more typical of the actual population of the British Empire, that contributed so much to the power of England for the last 300 years.

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

@@dnomyarnostaw the amount of people currently living in London is now greater than the entirety of people living in all of Great Britain in 1750 mate

[@rossawilson01]

I love that the tea vending machine was operated by someone who then handed the tea to the person who wanted it. Obviously they hadn't quite realised the staff savings cost potential by that point.

[@saltyapostle44]

Drinking tea without having it handed to you ?? Unimaginable for any man or woman of status and class!!

[@mrfrenzy.]

That lady was surely demonstrating the machine to prospective factory owners that wanted to buy it.

[@davidsmith-fc9cu]

I still have some tea chests in the loft, they were very handy when moving house.

[@edgarlee2802]

I remember how sharp those metal bits could be if they'd been knocked about a bit.

[@shinji5217]

The history of tea in england ties in directly to those. Transporte de Ervas Aromáticas

[@tone3817]

The year I was born.. And I remember as a kid collecting the cards in the packets, it was all loose leaf, don't remember seeing tea bags till the late 70s, (in our house anyway).

[@luvuforeverjames]

Same, my mum would buy sainsburys red label....before that it was Brooke bond I think.

[@paperchain1239]

Fantastic. Born in the early sixties ,wish I could go back.

[@PAlex-us4ov]

Meanwhile, I'm watching this whilst sipping a cup of coffee!

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

Thank you so much for this, I love these historical tidbits!

[@angledcoathanger]

4:12, given proper care, everything is indestructible. Unless you consider destroying something to be proper care.

[@beerbandit291]

Nowadays Tea runs through me like great river

[@deepasanyal3989]

Britain and India, united by tea breaks.

[@sabercruiser.7053]

WHAT A BRILLIANT DOCIMENTARY THANK YOU

[@norbertnedsworth7172]

J Arthur Rank. One of Hull's most famous sons.

[@alhaquin]

The love for tea is alive and well in this comment section

[@amandajane8227]

How wonderful to see those tea wharves working. I have only ever seen those buildings as luxury housing.

[@nzlotrfan]

This was quite delightful.

[@elzaaltmann]

Just the smell of the tea leaves......

[@johndaarteest]

I've always found that loose tea, if warmed in a pot before adding the boiling water, has a sweet malt aroma.

[@malicant123]

If you don't drop a porcelain cup, it's also almost indestructible

[@Deb.-.]

They were talking about the plastic molded cups being almost indestructible.

[@midnightteapot5633]

I have the exact same make of timer that can be seen at about 03.00 , still works too.

[@SmartK8]

It's like looking on a documentary about Thylacine... bitter-sweet.

[@TitiniusAndronicus]

Observe how plastic has quickly dominated our lives since this video.

[@borusa32]

I was only a wee thing then but I remmeber tea chests and just about recall when tea bags came out.

[@viennapalace]

I'm an Aussie & although my Mum & Dad were tea drinkers, I've always drank coffee. But there is nothing like iced tea with lemon on a hot summer day...

[@barryrudge1576]

It's been a very long time since I made a pot of tea in an enamel tea pot using tea leaves then pouring the tea through a tea strainer into a cup. I always had to have a pot of tea on the table for Mom when she got home from work.

[@mrguillemot]

"Plastic ware is almost indestructable"...yep, landfill is full of it

[@mrguillemot]

@Personal Jihad Just to clarify, there is no denying that in those times it was intended that there would not only be long usage, but no real consideration was givne with regards to end of life disposal. Plastic was hailed as the wonder product that would replace many natural materials (as suggested in The Graduate; "plastics, Benjamin, are the future). Sure over the year we have abused its usage, but that is what industry (and the public) do. As for rigid cardboard straws, well just take the lid off the drink.

[@49thorpe]

I have never been a tea lover unless its served with lemon no sugar!

[@CoherentChimp]

Buy some Earl Grey.

[@49thorpe]

@@CoherentChimp I have!

[@krashd]

The one thing in this video that really surprised me most was the level of automation back in 1962. 7:52 This really doesn't look like something you would imagine back then.

[@Pimsleurable]

"Nothing closer to my heart than a good cup of British cha."

[@327legoman]

The two largest empires on the planet, the British Empire and the Mongolian Empire both drank their tea with milk. Coincidence? I think not!

[@gary1961]

I remember my grandma cutting the tops off the teabags and pouring the tea loose into a tin. She claimed it tasted better.

[@markscott554]

She might have been on to something. Perhaps tea-bags are totally different from back then, but I heard the bags are stuck together with a type of glue, and some bags have tiny plastic particles in them. I only drink loose tea (and use coffee beans rather than instant) now. Better safe than sorry.

[@DOCHD20]

Tea brews more evenly when not confined in a small space, so it does taste better like that

[@zaikoji]

Thanks for this lovely video!

[@lukeonuke]

I have one of those plastic cups shown in the production line, yep they truly are indestructable. Withstood 3 generations of coffee and tea

[@Kris.G]

I know it's easier to live these days, especially with the Internet, but it seems there wasn't so much utter bullshit everywhere those days.

[@SutekhTheDestroyer]

They weren't without their share of problems, and it's easy to idealise the past and bang in about 'how everything was better back then' (which I'm guilty of), but I really do feel we've gone too far in the other direction now.

[@chubbychubbs5552]

I start my day at 7am, kettle on, 3 mugs, 1 pint each, basically a full kettle, 3 tea bags in each cup and 1 sugar, let the tea bags do the work while I put the toast on ( or Crumpets) telly on, tea bags out, milk in, stir, feet up, heaven.

[@serenityinside1]

😃

[@TCJones]

I love the way even thou the tea machine made the tea, the guy still stood their while the woman put the cash in and handed it to him...

[@anastasia10017]

i defy a man to figure out how to use that tea making machine by himself.

[@dnomyarnostaw]

1:45 Forget Tea, I want to say a word for that brilliant non-stop tea box loader

[@Technauts]

Lads i'm gonna make a cuppa now

[@iamthetinkerman]

2 sugars mate

[@sumtingwong9563]

Call me nostalgic but I really wish we could time travel back to this London and stay there.

[@claudemaassen2963]

That was very good. Thank you for posting.

[@3niknicholson]

It's more than a drink, it's a way of life, a way of welcoming visitors, showing love, a comfort ritual. Put the kettle on, love and we'll have a nice cuppa.

[@Gratussi]

Elizabeth, dear! Do be careful of my Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles!

[@normanmunns4743]

just before the invention of tea bags i guess

[@05Rudey]

I was brought up in East Anglia and when I was young, still at school my family was quite large with 4 generations at one point under one roof would all stop at 5pm on the dot (Everyone who worked, were back or just getting in by then) would all gather to the dining room table, where a big pot of earl grey tea was waiting with Ham & Mustard - Egg, Cucumber & Cress sandwiches with Scones with cream on the table. Where we would all sit talk about our day, talk about the news, local gossip have a laugh with no TV, no one staring a phone/tablet for an hour or two. I really miss it.

[@1967dragonaxe]

i love the way the vending machines had to have an operator to run it LOL