The Lost World of 1962 - Dominic Sandbrook

In this lecture, Dominic Sandbrook, the acclaimed historian of Sixties Britain, marks the 50th anniversary of the City of London Festival by looking back at Britain in 1962. Fifty years on, the Britain of Harold Macmillan, Acker Bilk, Jimmy Greaves and James Hanratty feels like a vanished world. But was life back then really so different?
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[@SSCFPA]

A lazy sunday, Mr Sandbrook on You Tube, being funny, thought provoking and fascinating. Thanks.

[@jackthebassman1]

Dominic Sandbrook, always excellent historic documentaries.

[@Myrmecia]

For someone born in 1974, he does a good job, but I would have liked a little more analysis, which begins only at around the 30 minute mark. But it's still too descriptive (very well done description) and inward-looking: Dean Acheson's 3 sentences, rejection by the Common Market and the Cuban missile crisis were not the only events beyond Britain that shaped Britain. Did the withdrawal from empire lead to rising self-centredness in Britain?

[@KingandKirtleyAdventures]

I do have to thank Gresham College and Dominic Sandbrook for aiding my Modern Britain A Level Grade A.

[@kinghani]

Bernard Bresslaw, I misjudged you.

[@Mascherina1964]

Free from household drudgery -- give me a break! The only way you're free woman is if you have a cook, a cleaning lady, a child minder! THEY can use the washer, dryer, dishwasher, etc. Besides the above, great lecture!

[@Mascherina1964]

Sorry for my outburst. Yes, women don't have to drap out carpet and beat it any more. That said, I look around me, and I see women going crazy running a house, cooking meals, raising children and, oh yes, having a career. The lucky ones have domestic help (and from what I've heard, SHE PAYS FOR IT!) We still have a way to go before equality, in my very humble opinion.