1979: What would kids do if they were RICH? | Junior That's Life | Voice of the People | BBC Archive 

What a shame the world didn’t listen

he was quite wise for his age, alot of rich people are very miserable.

turns out he's right

@@pinkbeatle2012 yes because they haven't reached perfection (which is enlightenment according to the Vedas.)

Anyone from the Netherlands would be proud of this kid

I think you mean depressing

This reminds me of that series 7 up where they interviewed kids from age 7 upwards until about 56 or more I think. That one asked them what they thought about what they'd said as kids - it was really good to watch 😊

On the BBC Archive Facebook post of this, the little girl at the end commented on it and gave an update

@@bparents The little girl is ME! I am going to contact the BBC to get this confirmed if I can.

@@HomeMaker... did you get a response? If that was you, you sure know how to make up random fairytale. Lol

@Bessie Hillum many people don't. Is there anything on TV that is worth paying lincense?

Maybe he became a philosopher-he already seems to be one at his young age!

He probably became a mechanic, he seems the type to get stuck into hard work.

Sounds like he is the same age as me, because I was just nine then. I wouldn't want to be rich - fame and wealth don't impress or excite me. As I became a Christian five years later, aged fourteen, the world's ways underwhelmed me and now at 52 I feel that boy's attitude was right!

@@saralowe5306 or maybe a model.

Exactly!! You can almost see him thinking "This girl is something else".

@@BlinkedAgain doesn’t he 😂😂

They were beautiful wernt they😂🤗❤️

Boy?!. I thought it was a girl!!!.

@@caspice I thought the little boy was sat beside her but it is camera keeps going to the boys reaction 😂

Exactly. Rich people buy expensive art just to put them on display (and yes I know about the money laundering theory lol)

U don’t have to get a servant and mansion could donate money for one

proper british and worth saying

Today: “Slapping children hurts their development” Kids today: *beats up teachers in school*

I’m the same age as these kids and we had very good values instilled in us. Traditional British values.

Hats off to his Mum and Dad.

And her own aeroplane 😅

is it really 😭

Would be good if u did a react video to it

Do you still have such a vivid imagination? Are you still in touch with the little black boy sitting next to you ? His expressions are hysterical! And did you ever get the pink stair carpet or silver dress ? Dying to know 😀🌟🌷

Hope you got your carpet,god bless you.

Where can I get one of those helicopters with a little bit of a caravan on it? Sounds marvellous 😂👍

Lol

Maybe if you're Briton Normans are doing fine

She must think that all English people are poor.

Compare wages in UK vs US. It is easier for average Joe to make money in America

English people are (or were) brought up to be humble, self deprecating and that showing off and extravagance was a bit unseemly. Even rich kids were taught the concept of noblesse oblige, duty and not being flashy with cash. I think it’s still the case overall. People who drive around showing off their Porsche have the mickey taken out of them

A born politician

🤣 And sooo much more interesting than government fairy tales.

For a second I forgot this was 1979! I was 13 back then

no. shes living in Israel now.

@@amybowen227 oh you mean you are antisemetic?

Or a compulsive liar lol

or a communist ally

😂😂It's almost like she knew what was in store for the future, she would be around 50 now and I wonder if she has seen this🤔😂

@@HomeMaker... I didn't realise castles got internet...

@@tjmarx I used up my millions hundreds to get it installed LOL

@@HomeMaker... What colour is it?

@@HomeMaker... hello how does it feel living in the uk for u now?

Every English girl's home is her castle. 🙂

Her friend is not buying it 🤣

@@MsWill813 2:16, " Omg, did she say America " 😂

@@Aaqib.. no little kid thought of America 1979 until they were about 12 and they wanted to go to Disney Land

@@fuckbankers she is an ugly liar. Must have turned out to be a psycopath. Liars start out young. She went to great lengths to prevent her cover being blown. She is not innocent.

Same! I am weeping listening to the little girl, such wholesomeness and innocence.

Is it a boy?

Probably grew up to be a banker and votes Labour to compensate.

I am a year older than you and so a contemporary. The boy who turned down the money has got common sense and I hazard a guess he grew up to be a philanthropist!

I was born in 71 too, pretty sure I could have listed off a ton of toys :)

Me too!

I follow you 😂

❤ I wouldn't describe their imaginative stories as "nonsense"... I love the fact they shared their ideas quite freely and the little girl with the aeroplane / helicopter, a home thousands of miles away near London Zoo, where 'you' (the interviewer) couldn't walk to but would need to fly there - 'stay away in case you discover my made-up home' (?!) - was lovely. I hope she grew up to a happy life which didn't disappoint her too much. The lad in a blue jumper was gorgeous too... Such maturity in a youngster ...makes me want to _really_ listen to more young children and from other decades (past _and_ present) too. We _think_ as children, but seldom do we really seem to be _listened_ to / _heard_. I'd like to experience a better world as imagined by children such as these... Such gems... Wonderful to get these chances to hear their views, whether or not their imagination is key to their opinions, or 'merely' dreams. We all can dream, but few attain them ...and some impractical or unwise might be best kept as dreams, but others might - and surely do, persist and become useful additions to our lives. Good Luck children... The ways of the world are often harsh but you're our future and we need your ideas.❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇬🇧❤️😏🙂🖖

What an imagination 🤣🤣🤣

Ha ha - this was brilliant

They used to, unlike todays 'Zombies'..😬😬..

@@roncatton7101 I feel like our British school system is to blame for it. It has killed children's creativity, imagination and willpower to be innovators, and different

@@Connect_with_Yourself What do you expect, when those who teach them are all doing same thing, or members of BLM bullcrap, Woke brigade?

He makes it!

@@HomeMaker... 👏👏

and her huge, gold and silver castle with hundreds of servants by the sea where her caravan-helicopter takes her😅

What a shame we didn’t listen and keep walking. The world would be indeed a lot different

I'd have liked to hear his parents perspectives and anyone else who might've influenced his views

I'm glad he had the sense to see through the illusion of wealth automatically bringing happiness. All that glitters is not gold etc. I was nine at the time and at junior school. Five years later I became a Christian and saw life through God's eyes. I hope that he did too.

how are you going to give up the value of a real life lived for status "feel the same today" now come on the world could break over his back with poverty but he wouldn't sell out on one daisy :)

​@@atomictraveller No man can serve two masters. You cannot serve both God and money!

yea everyones laughing but i feel like a kid wouldnt say that if he wasnt poor and starving?

Tbh this day and age you’ll need to be filthy rich to be able to afford Cabbages, lettuce and carrots

@@darrenlamb6279 at least the good ones...

Not if he became vegan.

@@davidthedeaf lol was veganism a serious thing back in the 1970s/80s? Don't think I ever heard of anyone that was until late 90s/early 00s.

Was thinking the same. Probably she is a best selling author by now 😂. Loved how she avoided showing her castle to the interviewer..

prolly heads the local jobs daughters

That's because you knew birthday and Christmas were the only time you got rewards.

a little shy and sad of eye

More like, that will pay for my drugs/weed!

Just asked my 7 year old the question....first thing she said was "would I have kids?" 😂🤣

Or fornite

@@user-dn3ut9tw2x damn it. She is already mature. Way too fast!

@@ebonithreat3325 Um it was the other way round

It sounds like in the 1970s kids were obsessed with painting everything gold and silver. I think kids these days probably have a different equivalent although I couldn't say what it is

Would you give back £100!? Lol

They are probably old enough to be your mother now 😆

He's partially right, it all depends how you spend your money though

I hate people who make excuses for being losers by saying money is not important. Bullshit, we all need money and EVERYBODY wants plenty of it.

@@blackporscheroadster6415 please believe me. I would be satisfied, to live in dignity. I my own little home. I do not need too much money.... If I had more than I need, I sure be happy to give it to people whom I think they deserve help...

@blackporsche roadster I don't want to be rich - so long as I have enough money to live on. I've worked for millionaires and I can assure you, they weren't the world's happiest of people!

@@rhyfelwrDuw I know and what you mean, and agree with you. God bless

no im spartacus

I still think children nowadays would still say similar things, especially with the cost of living crisis happening.

She didn’t need anything other than a stair carpet because she already had a private aeroplane and a castle that was gold on the outside and silver on the inside.

Once upon a time having windows in your house made you one of the richest people in the country. It's all relative.

It's about perspective in the middle ages even kings and queens had a lower quality of life than today's peasants. If anything it's a good thing that the standard of living is so high today because it means that humanity is progressing unless you hate progress because you had to suffer and therefore everyone else should too and I would argue that's a you problem.

@@icturner23 True!