Thank you for posting. My aunt, Sandra Morris, took part in this. She appears on the 'trying on the cap' scene at 2'21". She sadly passed away last year and it is in going through her personal possessions I discovered some photos of the filming and looked up this film. Great to keep social history alive in this way.
I like watching videos of England during this particular era. My parents lived there from 67-70 and they always raved about how it was such a wonderful place to live versus NYC.
what a very diffearnt Uk we lived in the 1960s We had standards even the TW looked smart and they were part of the police service I hate 2014 please take me back
we no longer have traffic wardens today they had more power then the parking attendants today they were employed by police forces now the local council either employs or subs it out to a private company
I know everyone hates traffic wardens but if we didn't have parking restrictions then towns and city's would grind to a halt and emergency services couldn't get through
I spat my beer out when she said people would be surprised to learn traffic wardens walk two miles a day like that’s a massive distance. Two miles is absolutely nothing. She must’ve spent most of her working day in Soho cafes drinking coffee.
I remember those old meters as a kid as they were still around in the 80s, and always wondered what the difference was between the yellow "Excess Charge" and the red "Penalty". These days it seems that you can be just a minute late and you're straight on to a penalty. xD
I ❤all these Look At Life videos I’ve watched some on Talking Pictures Freeview channel 82 Life seemed simpler and we had more freedoms Different times, different people But we’re they better times back then - I’m not really sure to be honest 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴
I always like to put the amounts in inflation calculators. £16.00 pay per week in 1968 is about £347.76 per week in 2024, £18.083.72 per year in 2024, US$22,966.07 or about $11.04 per hour. The 6p per 15 minutes in the meter is £1.30 per 15 minutes today, £5.20 per hour or $6.60. Not enough pay if you ask me. Be nice to the traffic warden. I wonder if the 19 people all lined up so politely and dressed nicely to watch the argument at the start of this film, would step in if they start punching each other (it's the way things are now). Anyway, parking meters still don't give change, but they now take credit cards.
I wonder does anyone know anyone who was in these videos (any in this series) or are they any viewers relatives ? or what road did Rita and her family live in etc
I remember those types of individual parking meters, row upon row of them, into the late 70s maybe even early 80s. Boy were they ugly! At least today you just get a ticket from a central machine.
Ill bet when Harry Seacombe Got out of his Rolls Royce He was on his way or comming home from filming OLIVER the movie musical that was made The same year.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nlMcvEVc5Sg.html "Mum looks smashing in her uniform" "The other kids are too afraid to hit me, because they think she's a police officer" omg!!
Petrol was only 6shilling a gallon 30 pence cigs 30 pence for 20 counci rents 3pound a week ale 12 pence a pint a loaf of bread 8 pence football match 40 pence 15 pounds a week was a decent wage back then
Wow some of those cars I was born in 1968 so a lot of them were coming to the end of their motor lives but I knew what cars were what now in 2021 they all look the same bloody ugly bubble cars most of them Japanese no soul to them a bit like the modern world soul less and I don't like it one bit Great programme by the way
I think it's part of the soulless, transhumanist world we are heading towards with the name smart in front of it. The trains are also becoming soulless like something from China and Japan, all futuristic looking.
@vegeggicrunthat Why would it be cancelled? It is history. Things were very different in the past. People must see and hear the past so they can learn from it and not do it again. It's called history and its important to learn about.
