well..... this was scalp-pricklingly wonderful! on several levels... intrinsically fascinating, and beautifully produced. as an English person, born just after 'the war', so that the social milieu of the period of this film is in my blood, as it were, I 'recognized' so much, which made it very poignant for me. I found it moving, hilarious, heart-warming, and in parts, sad. the BBC production is thoroughly impressive, a perfect blend of interview and contemporary footage.... very impressed with the archive material, so perfectly matched with the narration/interviews.... a fantastic job of research, (by Jo Stones, apparently) not least the finding of the interviewees, though perhaps storytellers is a more apposite term. I wondered if some of them had ever talked, outside of their circle as it were, about their experience, and what effect telling their story here, had on them. also re: the storytellers, they all seem to be from a certain 'level' of society, and I couldn't help but think about the many many 'lesbian and gay' people who lived in what we like to call 'working-class' milieus. also can't help but think that in some ways, for all the Meeja spotlighting of LGTB-and-etc stuff, that we might well be less tolerant, more rigid, these days. much thanks ppotter, for this....
As a South African, it made me smile to hear of one of us in this documentary. Thank you for sharing this wonderful documentary series. I'm enjoying thoroughly.
What a great 1997 BBC-Trilogy about the LGBTQ-Evolution in the UK! That was really something. Thanks for sharing all 3 Parts of this historically important and moving Documetary so much! I would love to watch the next Parts of the Story, recapturing the last 2.5 decades from 1997 until today. - So, dear BBC, would You pleease be so kind to continue!??
The war was horrific, but those years must have been an absolutely amazing time for women and younger girls. I often wonder how women’s rights and lives would have evolved if the war had never happened.
Catarrh - is the medical term for a build up of mucus in the back of the nose, throat or sinuses. You learn something new every day ❤ It’s just after around 32:40
On the other sidde of the Atlantic in America Paul Chafin was openly gay in the early 1900 and had a lover at the time : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chalfin
thanks for posting this series!
Good to hear non celebrities talk about gay relationships.
well..... this was scalp-pricklingly wonderful! on several levels... intrinsically fascinating, and beautifully produced.
as an English person, born just after 'the war', so that the social milieu of the period of this film is in my blood, as it were, I 'recognized' so much, which made it very poignant for me.
I found it moving, hilarious, heart-warming, and in parts, sad. the BBC production is thoroughly impressive, a perfect blend of interview and contemporary footage.... very impressed with the archive material, so perfectly matched with the narration/interviews.... a fantastic job of research, (by Jo Stones, apparently) not least the finding of the interviewees, though perhaps storytellers is a more apposite term. I wondered if some of them had ever talked, outside of their circle as it were, about their experience, and what effect telling their story here, had on them. also re: the storytellers, they all seem to be from a certain 'level' of society, and I couldn't help but think about the many many 'lesbian and gay' people who lived in what we like to call 'working-class' milieus. also can't help but think that in some ways, for all the Meeja spotlighting of LGTB-and-etc stuff, that we might well be less tolerant, more rigid, these days. much thanks ppotter, for this....
Thank you so kindly. As the producer and director of this film I am so honoured it is still being seen and appreciated some 25 years or so later
@@ianmacmillan8134 how lovely that my comment reached you! can give thanx therefore, not just to the uploader, but to you too! （⌒▽⌒）
As a South African, it made me smile to hear of one of us in this documentary.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful documentary series. I'm enjoying thoroughly.
I'm pleased.
We are who we are meant to be. We bring misery to our own lives only by stepping into the path of another.
poignantly put.
oh... ! that is so ! true.... ! i love how you phrased it..
Pure poetry. Love it.
What a great 1997 BBC-Trilogy about the LGBTQ-Evolution in the UK! That was really something. Thanks for sharing all 3 Parts of this historically important and moving Documetary so much!
I would love to watch the next Parts of the Story, recapturing the last 2.5 decades from 1997 until today. -
So, dear BBC, would You pleease be so kind to continue!??
They did do a few programmes in 2017 for the 50th anniverary of 'legalisation', including a series of talking head dramas that were quite good.
BTW another YT channel has an interesting World In Action from 1977 about Pride which I found pretty interesting for its time.
The war was horrific, but those years must have been an absolutely amazing time for women and younger girls.
I often wonder how women’s rights and lives would have evolved if the war had never happened.
"He was the first bloke who ever buggered me" - welcome to the British boarding school system
Catarrh - is the medical term for a build up of mucus in the back of the nose, throat or sinuses.
You learn something new every day ❤
It’s just after around 32:40
Did Gerturde Stein and Alice Tolklas live at this time ? they lived in Paris at the time
The narrator sounds familiar!
Zoe Wanamaker, yeah.
@@ppotter I thought so...
On the other sidde of the Atlantic in America Paul Chafin was openly gay in the early 1900 and had a lover at the time : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chalfin
Good social documentary about gays during the prewar and post war period.