I was 17 and in my first job on £4.00 a week working for a local printing firm, I actually thought it great only working 3 days a week! Oh to be young
@bendover96632 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload, seems like history is repeating itself
@daweshorizon10 ай бұрын
As a nine year old boy at the time, I had great fun during the power cuts. My parents were lifelong campers, so we had gas stoves and gas lighting. It became an adventure. No problems! Weird contrast though. During the 1970's power cuts, candles were a necessity and probably regarded as a bit of an inconvenience. In 2023, candles are a luxury thing, especially if they are scented or pretty to look at or have some fancy 'brand' attached to them. And cost crazy money. A bit odd, maybe? A power-cut event in today's world would be catastrophic for users of mobiles, internet, social media and for EV drivers amongst countless others. I hope an outage doesen't happen any time soon but hey, if it does, I'll be fine! I survived the Seventies, it's all good. As always, love and peace.
@thetudortimes Жыл бұрын
Remember the powercuts we just went down the pub every night beer was cheap back then.
@buffplums5 ай бұрын
35:40 Jeremy Thorpe received a package that when he opened it, it exploded and went “puff” 😂😂😂😂
@markhamilton98344 ай бұрын
It went POOF,,,🏴👍🤮
@user-tv8sm6so9y16 күн бұрын
And he was involved with trying to kill his Ex-Boyfriends Dog leaving his Ex-Boyfriend running for his life. The 60's had the Perfumo Affair and the 70's had Jeremy Thorpe and his Ex Boyfriend Norman Scott.
@buffplums9 күн бұрын
@@markhamilton9834lol yeah a right big POOOFFFF! 😂😂
@lukedean4128 Жыл бұрын
Coming to Britain in 2022!
@lloydsmith8662 Жыл бұрын
History always repeats itself👍
@1goodthing3 ай бұрын
I felt sorry for the poor family in Buckingham Palace and how they suffered
@lesleymcshanemitchell96515 күн бұрын
Unfortunately you and I weren't born into Royalty but it's childish to begrudge the people who were
@johnking51742 жыл бұрын
15:34 - The hypocrisy of this statement from Heath made me laugh. Telling the British public to reduce their electricity use, whilst he lived in Number 10 Downing Street which had back up electricity generators which kicked in when ever a power outage happened. So Heath never had to worry about power outages due to strikes when he was Prime Minister.
@andrewbillingsley41632 жыл бұрын
Remember the chancellor saying this only 1 week ago very very strange hey.
@johnking51742 жыл бұрын
@@andrewbillingsley4163 Different though now, where in 2022 we import electricity, and have interconnectors with around 8 different countries. We did not have that in 1973/74 - it was all our own coal power and that was it.
@peterevans3839 Жыл бұрын
Andrew Neil and others of the middle class Tory saying how dare these these workers go on strike complaining about trying to get a good deal for themselves,protecting their lives and families, from his nice bijoux little London pad, probably bought with mummy and daddy's money ! Yes the class system still alive and well and right wingers still as greedy as ever in 2022 ( and when this was made ).
@bobjames662211 ай бұрын
But don't forget that there were some things that Heath DEFINITELY wanted to keep in the dark; for instance his prediliction for raping, torturing, buggering and then murdering small boys. Boys which his chum Savile would procure for him, often to be abused and murdered aboard Heaths yacht and their bodies then thrown overboard. And all covered up of course.
@louiseowusu246 Жыл бұрын
History definitely does repeat itself! This time it might be an amalgamation of 73/74 and 78/79. Tony Booth (Till Death Us Do Part) reminds me of Jack Duckworth
@Sugarnaut12 күн бұрын
One of my favorite lines from the Sweeney.
@brettwalters-n4u Жыл бұрын
2023 history revisiting...
@hemingwayrohan2 жыл бұрын
Great job! I remember it well, especially the candles!
@angelacooper2661 Жыл бұрын
I don't remember it well as I was just three!
@bryn49410 ай бұрын
I remember petrol being £5/gallon at Leicester services and can confirm my Kawasaki KH250 could run on paraffin. Definitely the aroma of the year :D
@markhamilton98344 ай бұрын
I had a Triple also,,then went to Yamaha Bubbler,,or the Kettle as it was know.🏴👍
@Dadopersoblueboots3 ай бұрын
We lived in a 70s flat everything electric. ⚡ in the winter we Scraped the ice off the windows 😮
@jamesmt1422 жыл бұрын
Buying toilet paper in a crisis? Surely not!
@elizabethcotton46595 ай бұрын
😂
@goodwood-rc4nx5 ай бұрын
remember during the last panic saw a cartoon with doc brown saying to Marty just got back from 2040 and some people are opening their last pack of loo rolls from 2022
@TheSmegPod Жыл бұрын
Not too fond of the blatant anti-union slant but an interesting watch nonetheless
@chrisbayes29727 ай бұрын
Andrew Neil @17:00 - "Would you like to shower with me?" - Odious toad.
@lukebarber95115 ай бұрын
19:48 History really does repeat...
@thealbionarchivist9127 Жыл бұрын
Why is it always toilet roll? 🤣
@Saxonybedwitch Жыл бұрын
A bit of salt on and you've got a substantial meal. A couple of sheets and it keeps you warm. Then you wipe your arse on it. After that you make bowls and sell them to posh people.
@AlanMacKenzieBTN Жыл бұрын
We might have been cold, but we were happier back then. We were happy, because we were cold.
@chrissyman77 Жыл бұрын
You were lucky 🤣
@AlanMacKenzieBTN Жыл бұрын
@@chrissyman77 In my day, we cooked dinner using body heat, if we were lucky!
@angelacooper2661 Жыл бұрын
My first memory was walking down the hall at Granny's house in the dark and thinking it was fun, because I was just four and Play School age at the time (1974). Granny had a gas cooker and I remember we had minced beef for dinner. Life was easier for me, being too young to understand or remember politics!
@Saxonybedwitch Жыл бұрын
@@AlanMacKenzieBTN That where luxury. Seventeen of us lived in a shoebox and used the heat of our anger to cook one spud between us all. I sacrificed my small finger to feed the youngest nine siblings. We drank tears for hydration. For entertainment me dad would beat us elders up. Good old days.
@AlanMacKenzieBTN Жыл бұрын
@@Saxonybedwitch You were lucky to drink tears. We had to cry all the water out of our bodies every day for a year, just to share a bath between the entire street on Boxing Day. We survived the winter of 1947, and it was character-building. In my day, we kept warm by burning shoes, books, homework, the garden shed, and floorboards, if we were lucky. And you could leave your front door unlocked, if you hadn't burnt all the doors in your house to heat up thin gruel first!
@hugoboss589511 ай бұрын
Smoking drinking and bad hair aged people terrible back then😂
@angelacooper26619 ай бұрын
I wouldn't know as I was Play School age - too young to understand or remember that period!
@angelacooper2661 Жыл бұрын
I was too young to understand what was going on- just three and Play School age. Three year olds don't understand politics!
@velaphitshabalala2912 Жыл бұрын
This is where South Africa is at the moment.
@MarkPMus Жыл бұрын
I agree with you. The unions are essential. We wouldn’t even be able to wish each other a good weekend without them. Never underestimate their role in a democratic society.
@MarkPMus Жыл бұрын
I agree with you. The unions are essential. We wouldn’t even be able to wish each other a good weekend without them. Never underestimate their role in a democratic society.
@ronki236 ай бұрын
I don't understand what they mean by "three day week". Do they mean you only get 72 hours electricity a week ? If it means only working 3 days a week then why is that a bad thing if they're paid for only 3 days?
@stansharred9352 Жыл бұрын
I dont recall it as a time of particular hardship.
@JH-lt6hn Жыл бұрын
More like Time Travel than Time Shift now under a certain Liz Truss!
@teddy1066 Жыл бұрын
1:36 Eddie Izzard looks terrible
@blu3_enjoy10 ай бұрын
Lol
@jamesmitchell8922 Жыл бұрын
Idi Amin has so many tons of bananas
@buffplums5 ай бұрын
Good old Philip Glenister… what a hero 😂
@rameshbhattacharjee437411 ай бұрын
At Least It Was Not Like The Blackout Of 1940 During The Blitz
@johnking517411 ай бұрын
I think you misunderstood the term Blackout during world war 2. It didn't mean electricity supplies, it mean blacking out your windows to avoid light being shown to enemy aircraft. Power supplies in the war was actually fine, as homes and businesses only used it for the electric light and possibly their wireless set. Unlike 1970s where power was needed for huge factories and businesses and new electric equipment in the home
@francesleader27462 жыл бұрын
Typical BBC exaggeration and deception. 1973 was a breeze. We got on with it and found ways to have fun, just like we do now. Stop fearmongering!
@duffymoony7 ай бұрын
23:01, 32??? Fk me, 52 at least!
@jamiearmstrong3487 Жыл бұрын
Idi Amin, known for his charity.
@johnathandaviddunster387 ай бұрын
Its ironic that the iron witch is burning in the pit of hell ....!!!!😅
@jettjones98896 ай бұрын
Bolloxs
@johnathandaviddunster386 ай бұрын
@@jettjones9889 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈🔥🔥🔥🔥🦨🦨🦨
@anddyx Жыл бұрын
I can't stand the labour party
@johnking517411 ай бұрын
Idiot - Labour was not in power during the three day week, it was the scumbag conservatives.