I enjoyed this! I'd forgotten how much double deckers had gone out of fashion in the Exeter area! And the whole area round the Paris Street bus station where did that go??! Unrecognisable now! Thanks VERY MUCH for this!
Lovely video. These men were the salt of the earth, independent, tough and hard working. I am 75 and worked in mining and met many men like these on the mine sites.
Standard polyester magnetic recording tape. I inherited two tape recorders and a library of recorded tapes from my late Uncle Harold. His musical tastes and mine don't quite match so I often erase his recordings that I don't want to keep and replace them with a recording of my own. Recordings made by him are as good as the day they were made and furthermore if I erase and make a new recording on the tape it's as good as new even though the tapes are getting on for 60 years old. Uncle Harold died in August 1971. It's a very durable technology. My uncle's tapes have well outlived him and will probably outlive me too. He used to get most of his tapes from a mail order company called "Tele Tape" (distributed by Tape Music Ltd, 11 Redvers Road, London N22) which has long ceased to exist.
Just a correction of the description, Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff was the one who ended the Post-War consensus or at least stated so publicly. Watch his 1976 Labour Party Conference Speech.
The point that you make is a good one but nevertheless I think that it's generally accepted that '79 was a watershed in British Politics which set the agenda for politics right up to the present time only comparable with 1945 which to me is history as it's before my time. The difference between Labour and Conservative then was quite stark in a way that is not so now. It will make little difference whether Starmak or Sumer becomes prime minister after the election that is about to be as neither of the parties or the men who lead them stand for anything anymore. I have come to agree with Galloway who describes them as "two cheeks of the same a*rse".
@@oldelephantstew Well granted they were different, Labour was still wedded to the unions and working with them as being sufficient to end all their problems instead of curtailing the power of the unions and increasing interest rates which worked although with huge unemployment consequences. The rest I somewhat agree with. The current (03.07.24) government is the most progressive in history and economically is not exactly right-wing with massive spending grants (Not that they are any good by the way.).
--Michael Cockerell: I know he's retired and infirm, but I think bringing Jeremy Thorpe to deliver his famous zinger about Macmillan's character will be a good way to wrap things up. --Producer: Um...are you sure we want Jeremy Thorpe dunking on someone's character? --Cockerell: Well, his voice isn't what it used to be, but give me one reason why we shouldn't have Jeremy on. Although we'll end with Selwyn Lloyd's dog. People love stories about dogs. --Producer: (Speaking of reasons not to bring on Thorpe...)
Two of the greatest mistakes Harold Wilson made was not introducing 'in place of strife' and devaluing the pound far earlier than he did. Other than that, he introduced much needed radical reforms.
I hope our Democrat friends in Washington may see this and reflect on Mr Biden. I make the suggestion around these two mens ages. No other comparison; Biden is a political midget next to MacMillan. Trump will win, and that's preferable IMO but that's a low bar of competence; how apt.
I am thinking that this is around the time that I lived at Cliftonville (Margate, Kent) ...I did various jobs for my landlord, thus did not pay 'top-up', - from fitting phone exchange stuff + video cameras also rolling out the newly restored (by me) fire alarm to helping one time on a flat clearance in the West End (we nearly accidentally threw the shadow home secretary into the garbage truck - loool).... ...around 4 years after this video I would arrive Hastings for the first time........
I served on a coaster named the Normandy,cant remember owners names We sailed from Woolwich Pier destination Paris She was flat bottomed the masts and funnel used to fold down,when we'd arrive at Le Harve a pilot would board and he would take her up the riverSeine,would stop every night at small villages their were about 200 bridges or so can't remember exactly now. I did 3 trips on her it was great fun rest ofmy time back to deep sea until 1966
My Late Father was a driver at Hindhead in 1980s, remember these scenes very well, the cashing up room, bought back memories, he also to drive the London Link coaches, all the buses were red though
Captain probably should have had the water tight doors shut. Apart from that it was an awful accident. Whether it would have made much difference having the water tight doors shut will remain unseen.
No matter what the internet says, he’ll always be Rolf Harris OBE to me it’s so damn unfair how he got stripped off those and it’s utter bollocks how Jimmy Savile’s still a knight
I commuted from Rye to Ore from 2010 to 2017. It's great to see the changes and the similarities, and to get answers to my questions about Rye Harbour. Thank you for an enjoyable watch.
for the Railway's last Two Locomotives, No.2 'Portishead', and No.4, the latter having not been named. little is known of them, apart from they used to be LB&SCR No.43 'Gipsyhill' and No.53 'Ashtead', Both had been scrapped by 1950
