Nobody Told Me (1983) UK Public Information Film - Home Safety

[@Flamboyant-randomist]

Something people SHOULD be aware of, even more so after the Grenfell tower tragedy is the back of Fridges/Fridgefreezers/Chest freezers should be vacuumed regularly as the build-up of dust and fluff is a fire hazard. Having worked in a charity shop a few years ago I prevented one breaking out. An under bench fridge was smoking at the back forcing me to extinguish it. Same applies to T.V. vents. #nobodytoldme!

[@Kubulek17]

Who has vents on their tv anymore? Aren't most tvs the paper thin panels now.

[@Flamboyant-randomist]

TheCrayCrayGirl a lot of flatscreens actually still do. Usually at the back on top and the sides. Maybe not the kind you describe, but the ones I've owned in last three years have.

[@BM-jy6cb]

You are so right. Not just built-in fridges but those American style ones too. I think it's a thing to have forced cooling of the heat exchanger these days - probably to get the efficiency rating up, but this efficiency goes down the toilet within a couple of months as the rats-nest heat exchanger gets covered in fluff and is impossible to clean without an air compressor to blow it out. As it is buried behind panels, I suspect very few are ever cleaned and are a tinderbox as well as trashing the efficiency of the fridge.

[@Gfresh844]

That baby was a great actor.

[@crumblestheclown]

Or actress.. probably actor but I’m not assuming

[@swiftlydoesit8480]

Females can be referred to as actors too

[@StellaSteve80]

no idea why i love watching these so much. i find them fascinating insight into a different time. Much information is still relevant today still.

[@jamesstasiak]

1:24 The baby tried to warn her, just like Lassie.

[@articakennedy4822]

American Lassie, maybe, but the original story of Lassie has its roots in Yorkshire, and its more about Lassie being so committed to the boy she lives with she comes right home, even when she’s sent to Scotland!

[@benclasper2883]

The youngest are always the first cleverest to know.

[@localbod]

Unlike Lassie, the baby won't run to get the doctor / vet etc...to fetch for help.

[@honeymonster5589]

I did electrical things since I was 11 years old it was self taught reading a lot of electrical books when I was young but when I was old enough I did my electrical installation city and guilds also electronics it is so good to be taught the right way

[@lukesters7234]

My bedroom had one single plug socket with a double adapter in it. Within this arrangement I managed to run a tv, stereo system, ZX spectrum, tape recorder, 3 bar electric fire and electronic keyboard. I was constantly fitting wires for two things into 1 plug or just forcing them into the socket with the double adapter. Blew the circuits for ours and next doors on at least 3 occasions. Lucky I didn’t kill us all.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Looking back do you regret it

[@eirugsiongriffiths8563]

Very dangerous overloading

[@Gannett2011]

Ah, wiring a plug. We always had one plug too few in the house, and I remember from the age of about 11 being asked to take the plug off the iron and put it on the washing machine or whatever. And you never used s screwdriver, always a knife out of the drawer. When the fixed plugs came in, wasn't so much fun, for some reason. And do people still use chip pans? I thought they'd gone the way of boil washing socks on the stove. I tried to explain what chip pans were to my American wife, and she just looked bewildered and asked why we didn't have electric deep-fat fryers.

[@gavsky23]

+John B ..Ha, you'd be surprised how many fires we've had over recent years in the North East of England. Always the same: fall asleep drunk and leave the chip pan on. I've seen so many in the papers, the blasted things should be banned!

[@Roadent1241]

What did they have in 1983, 2005 tech? XD

[@thegreyman7449]

I've lost many a good sausage to that!

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Caused a fire on s Carrick mines halting site

[@sharona1981]

3:25 Those look like the least appetizing chips I've ever seen.

[@Duvmasta]

Eden Mayhew chips are great with ketchup!

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Oh fuck listen to jaimie Oliver

[@articakennedy4822]

Eden Mayhew I like my fries quite crispy, so I wouldn't mind eating those.

[@diamond-vm5sl]

Ellen Madigan Looks good to me, I would eat it....

[@BlytheWorld1972]

tink

[@BM-jy6cb]

When I was about 10 in the mid 70's I lit a match to peer under my bed. There was a whomph! and a sheet of blue flame flashed across the entire underside identical to a gas flame igniting. It was so fast it blew itself out. The underside of the base of the bed (1971 vintage) was a rough hessian type material evidentially with no fire retardant back in the day. Funny thing is, I just thought "phew - that was a close shave", but needless to say, was absolutely paranoid about safety when I had my own kids.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

What happened to natural furnishings

[@benjaminclasper9355]

Pyromaniac

[@benjaminclasper9355]

Just kidding.

[@2carstommy]

Another top PIF Ephemeralfilm, thanks for sharing your PIF collection with us all. Looking forward to your next video posts.

[@christopherhulse8385]

Most of this is still valid today.

[@markpirie1986]

My mum used to use a chip pan frier, but grandma Patsy was( and always will be) anti chip pan and oil user, showed my mum, uncle's and Auntie Jennifer, and me! Just to oven cook chips, and wedges of those sorts 😋 👌

[@nirvanapaulpaulunderhill]

I still have chip pan only because it reminds me off my Nans Chips she always used sunflower oil makes really nice Chips lol 😂👍

[@danw1374]

Home made chips you cant beat em! I always used the maris piper variety potatoes :)

[@sean.furlong1989]

@@danw1374 Me too. I use lard or beef dripping to fry. Don't have them that often so it's a nice treat.

[@danw1374]

@@sean.furlong1989 Lard? Blimey that takes me back! lol

[@HazelTheHare]

1:42 Shouldn't have been playing my mixtape in the kitchen

[@troywright359]

Blinx and you'll miss it

[@annaelizabethwade1660]

I must have been about 9 when that was made. How I made it to my 40s, I'll never know...

[@LaoSoftware]

I'm 43 and happy to be healthy. No illnesses, no cancers, nothing.

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

I'm 45 & still a dumb fuck & my own worst enemy!😃🔫

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

Some people are prone to extremes of risk-taking behaviour in their youth.God knows I was.Perhaps that's what the OP meant.

[@Matty112uk]

Great PIF there. The transfer to digital worked out well :)

[@sanchoodell6789]

Yes it did. Hi-fidelity digital stereo surround sound!

[@11carbuff19572011]

Keith Floyd & Shaw Taylor reminded us in the usual manner, now they are sadly no longer with us.

[@Salmagundiii]

LMAO@18:32 "no damage, no injuries" From running into an immovable wall? More like trading lacerations for a concussion.

[@155chipmunkz]

Well it depends on where you’re hit and how hard.

[@caitlinstrafaci613]

I remember that there were these childproof locks on the cubbies under the sink. It had drain cleaners and bleach and stuff like that. I, at 15, still cannot open those childproof locks.

[@bawoman]

Yeah, thanks for that pic of the burnt up hand...really necessary : /

[@Knufflebeest]

I had that same baby bouncy chair!

[@MarcZERO1980]

20:49 I feel many modern nerds would love the Star Wars / Princess Leila shirt the young child is wearing.

[@gingerfellah5665]

We had a chip pan fire in 1983, caused a lot of damage. Nobody was injured but my mother ran back into the house to rescue one of the cats, it was very dangerous but all were well.

[@SpongeDan]

My mother had a house fire in 1990, everyone got out except for the pet fishes (R.I.P.). The damage was so bad she had to stay at a caravan!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Love this!

[@MediaWatchDawg]

"It was a million to one shot, doc. A million to one."

[@mistofoles]

Should have mentioned the one about not stunt riding at the top of a ladder under low trees !

[@4thinternational283]

I know someone who's knob fell off whilst having a pee. He picked it up and put it into a salt an vinegar crisp packet. Danger is everywhere.

[@mgthestrange9098]

The music at the start sounds like a rip off of Billie Jean . Also, how dumb was that woman. I’m so glad chips are much safer now: first it was oven chips, then micro chips, then a microwaveable chip tray now airfryer. A true progression of cooked potato product tecknology!

[@karenturner3753]

I remember the old fashioned chip 🍟 pans and my Cousin had one of those baby 👶 bouncers as well in 1983.

[@markgreet3543]

You can be self taught and still bright but learning a better way and safer is important

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

12:25 - At least that's a step up from when British homes used town gas, which could monoxide you even if the appliances _weren't_ turned on.

[@pauloliver6813]

Funny how times change. The thought of going through the whole palaver of peeling and slicing spuds, then heating a big pan of combustible oil to a high temperature and stinking the whole house out for a week, just for a plate of chips...doesn't really appeal any more.

[@trooperthatsall5250]

what I am getting from this film is that if you are middle class you don't need to worry about chip pans catching fire because you not a commoner. If you are a commoner and have a chip pan burning in your kitchen with your kid near be careful not to get carried away with the patronising voice over telling you are a bad mother. ~Trooper

[@5516724]

Wonder what happened to the guy that had to lie flat 24 hours a day

[@Russia_Moscow_countryhuman]

Probably not very good, his quality of life was surely not good.

[@ChrisATV301]

These should have all gone on the charley says DVD PIF compilation 20 years ago...

[@Wintericecrystal]

Who uses a chip fryer at home in this day and age? And what 7 year old child weighs 45kg? I didn't even weight that at 16.

[@Roadent1241]

Wintericecrystal I'm sure plenty of people use chip fryers.

[@rachel.mcgowan]

I do sometimes. But I never leave it unattended. That's just monstrously stupid.

[@cerneuffington2656]

I sometimes shallow fry my chips in a frying pan.

[@Kitty-mb4hy]

Yep, 7 year olds do not weight 45 kilos unless they're tall and overweight.

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

3:15 - Um, how is reducing the oil level in the chip pan going to make it less likely to catch fire? It does reduce the total fuel load, true, but as far as the fire starting in the first place goes, the reduced thermal mass would, if anything, make the oil heat to autoignition temperature _faster._

[@bluethunder6801]

1983 looking like its filmed on 8-mm

[@Keithbarber]

V.h.s. was still in its infancy

[@GRAHAMAUS]

Or use oven chips, if you have to have chips. Healthier too.

[@mistofoles]

@0:28 "Go on, shall we try it with the quad bike now ?" ..

[@kevinbarton9052]

Forget the stoves! I will stick to microwaves

[@155chipmunkz]

Some foods require stoves, unfortunately.

[@christopherhulse8385]

How slow was that woman in the beginning?

[@hayleyscomet3447]

How the fuck did she catch potatos and watch on fire? Talent.

[@razvandobos9759]

5:19 love his Star Wars shirt!

[@barbaraannecortina7899]

I think I remember seeing this at the time and it doesn't pull any fucking punches either. It was a while ago when I converted and downloaded it but only after I'd amplified it last night did I watch it...this morning.

[@Micho55]

the most graphic part were those damn chips

[@magicalpasta5462]

Nobody told me...Life was going to be this way

[@MissMystery1412]

“No damage, so no injuries” OKAY BUT IT SURE SOUNDED LIKE THAT WEIGHT SLAMMED PRETTY DAMN HARD INTO THAT GLASS, IDK ABOUT “NO INJURIES”

[@AlexTheDeadpoolandTSFan2650]

1:21 This scene is like from the Final Destination 2

[@LukePayton-g8d]

7:57 Jesus as the damage to guarded heaters as dangerous

[@mbenn8168]

Those chips look pretty good.

[@oscillation9814]

0:52 Anyone know the name of that music or was it made just for this?

[@beavisbonce]

X 9 darude sandstorm

[@oscillation9814]

beavisbonce Ha ha, ha haaa....

[@rupert-j8f]

sounds like the james bond chase theme.

[@kingninja1781]

beavisbonce sarude dandstorm

[@jun_suzuki42]

13:28 What's the devices that hold that guys head? Does the metal passes thru his head?

[@maiajones9765]

I would turn off whatever I was cooking and than answer the phone. or I would just ignore the phone they will always call back.

[@Kubulek17]

Well now we have mobile phones.

[@cerneuffington2656]

Might drop the phone in the pan.

[@Voxac100b]

Jimmy Greene UTV and actor presents this excellent film

[@gavsky23]

+Voxac100b Nice one, it was bugging me, as I knew him straight away. Always the same: these great character actors who you know immediately, been in so much, but not a lot of people know their name. Glad he's still going at 84 (last in Downton Abbey).

[@lindapirie7021]

I recognise him as Matthew's maths teacher in the first Chocky film. Mr Trimble :-)

[@eirugsiongriffiths8563]

Be nice if they did an updated version of this safety film to include electric bikes

[@BossySwan]

Thank god for McCain oven chips

[@andym3964]

The guy at 13.30 sounds like the conman George Agdgdgwngo on that show FhoneJacker ... you have monies reward!

[@sanchoodell6789]

Remember kids always have oven chips. Much healthier (and safer) than fried!

[@jamier5717]

Anyone know who the presenter of this film is? I'm guessing he was the Casualty Consultant at the Birmingham Accident Hospital at the time.

[@Voxac100b]

Former Ulster television presenter Jimmy Greene he later moved to acting and has been in numerous dramas

[@155chipmunkz]

This is why deep fryers were invented.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

I don't think we ever turned our chip pan off in our house...we lived on chips and beans!

[@LukePayton-g8d]

Where does this guy find these films?!!

[@ephemeralfilm]

@@LukePayton-g8d this one came from eBay

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

Lesson Learn: Please turn off your stove in the first place even when cooking fries with vegetable oil before you answer the phone.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

So scary

[@benclasper2883]

Some parents are responsible enough They should know better with the safety rules.

[@tattyteddy6703]

Omg! This film is old! The accents lol! Good old british!

[@unemployablegraduate]

2023: ‘Then, call the fire brigade who…er…can’t come due to unavoidable staff shortages…’

[@chrisgray4046]

Oven chips save lives!

[@robmayer1672]

Music is well funky

[@pickledegg1989]

20:50 - They were in his back pocket the whole time.

[@handsoffmycactus2958]

Everything was so old fashioned back then compared to America and Canada. I wonder why we were so dated and everything was brown?

[@Mr_D2_1004N]

12:38 old school metal numatic 😍

[@carmadme]

rummun contraptions theyre useing in that hospitle

[@germfreecat4727]

In which year was this film made? My guess is 1981

[@germfreecat4727]

Iam a silly sod! I didnt read the title Oh well only two years out

[@mehistaimsaar1323]

Same year when Return of the Jedi hit theaters for the first time.

[@bunnyrabbit3471]

and the same thing could happen allways keep your medicine away from children or babys also keep bags away from children they could choke never overload a plug socket never leave matches or lighter near children allways keep plug socket covered and never leave cemacles or bleach near children keep toys or objects from stairways never smoke in bed or if you fall asleep

[@heriatm2771]

LOL! "Casualty Wards".

[@fwueileen]

logic caused the fire #rattpackgang

[@BossySwan]

ChipAdvisor

[@markdavidson9100]

10.30 looks like Stanley Unwin

[@Kubulek17]

I’ll stick to my air fryer

[@G2CondorJoe]

The dozy cow's burnt the chips.

[@ty1978]

Never throw water on a fat fire, it'll take your face off

[@robfuller7841]

A production brought to you by the Insurance Industry ... an industry in London full of drunks.

[@articakennedy4822]

5:28, 🎼 Winnie-The-Pooh, Winnie-The-Pooh 🎶

[@Jcw-ls1kg]

Don't have a chip pan i use oven chips, there sooooooo dangerous 👍👍

[@briabba123]

Buy air fryer

[@markswordfish6133]

Anyone who owns a chip pan now days is total scum

[@MichaelJones-nn7my]

Yeah keep throwing petrol on the chip pan until the fire brigade arrive