BBC Britain on Film - Series 2 Episode 1 Change - Look at Life FULL
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- In 1959 Britain's biggest cinema company, the Rank Organisation, decided to replace its newsreels with a series of short, quirky, topical documentaries that examined all aspects of life in Britain. For the next ten years, Look at Life chronicled - on high-grade 35mm colour film - the changing face of British society, industry and culture. Britain on Film draws upon the 500 films in this unique archive to offer illuminating and often surprising insights into what became a pivotal decade in modern British history. The series shows how Look at Life reflected the radical shifts in the position of women in British society, and shows how the country adapted to the new demands and expectations of women at home, in the workplace and at play.
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It may be easy to think of these films as "quaint" when watched from a modern-day perspective, but the opening voice-over regarding stress, anxiety and depression as a result of the modern age is just as relevant today.
Makes you realise how much our ancestors felt the same as we do now- and in a pre- 24/7-internet world!
Thanks for posting.
These people are nothing like today. Many of today’s people jump on the bandwagon of stress and mental illness. Would love to have lived back in these times.
The narration is however a modern London centric BBC view on the film:
Most Poles settling in the South? What about the coal mining areas where Poles, Lats, Lithuanians and Ukrainians settled in their droves to an industry they knew well. My local town in the North West had a Ukrainian club until the 1980s. The Catholic chaplaincy to a university in a city I knew was a haunt of the 2nd generation diaspora of eastern Europe. I first went into Eastern Europe in 1985 but I'd had en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi%C5%9Bni%C3%B3wka_(liqueur) way before then.
Then again I'm a 2nd generation immigrant but all the despoiled former industrial areas are just populated by *"Little Englanders"* (sic)
Plastic rubbish bins in the 1960's? If you had a solid fuel fire (Coal pre 1968 Clean Air Act which Wikipedia doesn't have a page on because? [it's not hip and not London?] ) You would have never have had a plastic bin. Hot ashes aren't plastic friendly.
Rubbish: Generally the ash from the fire plus tin cans. No plastic or very little and if there was any it went with the paper onto the fire. Food waste was very little but what there was, was put out for the birds or if not suitable burnt. It is a sin to waste food, what could be was eaten.
These people didn't have time for stress, anxiety and depression.
Took me a long time to work out wat was stressing me out. But since I divorced the wife it's all gone now and I'm so happy
Thanks for sharing all of these videos.An excellent peak into Britain's past.
I live like this everyday apart from my hidden laptop. I love my 59 Hillman minx
15:57 - I can hear my Mum asking for "one and a half to Queensway please" followed by that great clicking noise.
Incredible! The stress clinic at 5:30 is Ruthin Castle, Denbighshire, north Wales. I worked there from about 1977-1984 when it was a posh hotel, which it still is. Never knew this about its history. I knew it functioned during and after WW1 as a type of hospital treating 'shellshock' victims, but I did not know it continued in a similar capacity right up to the 60s.
Great place! I stayed there in 2014 with two kids. Great historic building, trying not very seriously to be posh but very friendly. Garden had been taken over by peacocks which gave it a lot of charm
We haven't really advanced much in over 50 years in this respect.
12:51 Don't know about an unusual chemist shop but those eyebrows lmfao.
It's interesting that the BBC caption says that in the 1960's Britain was 'starting' to take recycling seriously...as though WW2 had never happened! The saddest thing is that all the good habits people developed so quickly during the war were instantly dismantled when war ended. We all joked about being brought up to save wrapping paper, bits of string, elastic bands and the like, but absolutely everything was used and reused during the war. Children collected what the business man and housewife didn't. Now we know that we can't dump rubbish in the sea or a hole in the ground, some of that discipline would be good to bring back. The amount of single use plastic,at a time when we have peak oil and oceans full of the stuff,is still growing and we simply have to stop wasting these finite resources.
Great show!
The Bullring built for 8 Million pounds! today that would just be a consultancy fee.
"They are essentially a simple, fun-loving people..." Yes they were, because they embraced the basic human qualities of love to family and respect to fellow humans. Unfortunately the Roman meat grinder which we call our civilisation soon disabused them of any notion of compassion and abased them to the shallow and selfish notion that might is right.
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Hi @ModifiedMethod, would it be possible for you to re-upload Episode 3 of this terrific series? I'm really enjoying it; thanks for sharing!
Is it me, or do the people in this film seem and look much happier?
It's called smiling for the camera
Because they didn't know then what was to come.
There was of course unhappiness but there’s no doubt life was simpler then. It only went downhill after this.
Geoffrey Weatherall you must’ve been one of the unlucky ones. Everyone I no from those times would go back and who gives a fuck about high tech. Much better and simpler times even though many people had much less financially. It’s was all about community then ❤️
@Houston's mccaine who are the racists
In other time period and in other era people think of theirselves as living in 'modern times' like the narrator to this film.
I didn't know solar power was being used in the 60's, I thought it was from the late 90's! We should all be using it if it was so dam expensive to get installed!
They weren't photovoltaic panels - they simply used the sun to heat fluid arrays which was then pumped through the hot water cylinder coil.
The West Indians dressed so smart back then a real pride in their Dress sense.
I worked at that fairground,mucking out the ghost train.
The wonder that was Britain!
What happened? Were did this unique and interesting place go.
James Pappas
You must learn that time equals change. Older people like myself often think the "old days" were better than the present but when today's youngsters look back in a few decades time at the present they will think that these were the good old days.As sure as you accept time you must accept change.
Them bry-nylon sheets and nightys were a nightmare
Struck me how little plastic was in the waste compared to today, we’ve certainly taken a step backward in that regard.
The old shop scenes remind me of Monty Python
20:25 I think of "1 and 2" as being a little over 5p (going back to decimalisation in '71).
Great stuff and I thank the modern editors for their restraint in the text. Just on LSD money pre 1971, it is quite wrong to think it was difficult. When you were brought up with it it was easy and very rich in the number of combinations and arithmetic you can do with it in every day life. 12 has many more divisors than 10. and then you can switch into 2bob (1/10th of a pound) and into 20's (bobs, or shillings, in a pound). In fact, astonishingly to us now, older people couldn't get their head around decimal. This was more because we were always trying to convert the new back to the old. I agree of course it was a mystery to foreigners.
I still convert sometimes. I bought a Magnum the other day for £1.85 !! I said to the cashier "Blimey. One pound 17 shillings for an ice lolly !" Lol.
Twenty BOB! The singular and plural were the same - Bob - not bobs.
Imperial money was base60 system of maths. It's much more symbiotic with the planet, time, degrees etc
@@annother3350 how many digits on your hands, and you think 60 is easier eh
@@alan-sk7ky I didnt say easier -- but it is better -- still counting on your hands?!
Something, somewhere, went very, very wrong with society or was it allowed to happen on purpose? Either way, as a 50yr old looking back on this era, I know where I'd prefer to be (and it's not now!)
I'm wondering if it's the natural progression of indusrialism+materialism+capitalism, I was born in 1971 so I still have memories of the old England.
Britain looked so promising, clean and proud. We are a busted flush now.
A lot of things went wrong, it's odd that when life was tougher and more of a struggle people were on the whole better behaved than in recent decades. Drugs and alcohol and a tendency to copy American ideas would be top of my list as the most damaging factors. I'm long retired but I did work alongside some younger people in the 90s and I was horrified at their casual references to regular bouts of drinking. One girl (who looked much older) was 22 and already having blackouts!
22:08 "Some feared that the change to our money would mean a loss of British identity." The text was added to the video after the Euro came out. The BBC cannot help themselves when it comes to showing their bias in favour of EU institutions. It's quite clear that that was written in order to play down any anti-euro sentiment amongst the British by suggesting that it won't be a loss to British identity.
BBC's comment was not actually about EU or Euro currency. The fear of losing British identity was really the sentiment of the majority of British people in the late 1960s until the changeover in 1971. Britain was the only country that used the Carolingian Monetary System for more than a thousand years. The other countries in Europe already transitioned to decimal currency in 1800s. Russia and the US were the first to decimalised in late 1700s. In contrast, Britain used it until 1971. Decimalisation was initially planned during the Victorian era. However, it did not materialised. The Florin coin was introduced during the Victorian era only to test the reaction of the British people. Decimalisation was proposed again during the early 1960s because former British colonies began decimalising their currencies. But, the big reason why the government pushed hard for decimalisation (despite widespread public disapproval) was because of its plan to be a member of the EEC (today's EU). Britain was rejected twice when the government applied for membership. Britain was finally admitted to EEC in 1972 and became a member officially on 1-January 1973. A few years after Britain was admitted to EEC, the government changed the units of measures from Imperial to Metric system. The government, though, never admitted that the pending membership to EEC was the reason for changing the currency from Imperial to Decimal. For more than a thousand years, from the year 775 AD until 14-February 1971, England used the Carolingian monetary system. During those years, a Pound was worth 240 pence. This currency system continued until the formation of Great Britain (1700s) and United Kingdom (1800s).
1 Pound = 20 shillings
1 Shilling = 12 pence
A penny is further divided into half penny and one-fourth penny called farthing.
If the price of an item cost less than a shilling (pence only), it is written as 11d, 10d, 9d, 5¼d, etc. The letter "d" means "denarius". It is the Latin word for the standard silver coin introduced by the Romans.
If the price has both shillings and pence, it is written with slash (/) as separator. Example: 15 shillings and 6 pence is written as 15/6. If the price is exactly 15 shillings without pence, it is written as 15/-
If the price has pounds, shillings and pence, the separator can either be slash (/) or dash (-). Example: 2 pounds, 15 shillings and 6 pence is written as £2/15/6 or £2-15-6.
When adding prices, you should have memorised the 12 Times Table to be able to add prices.
For example, you bought 5 items in a supermarket:
Item#1 is 15/7
Item#2 is 16/8
Item#3 is 17/9
Item#4 is 18/10
Item#5 is 19/11
Total in shillings and pence: 88/9
Total in £sd: £4/8/9
By adding all the shillings and all the pence, you will get a total of 85 shillings and 45 pence.
To get the exact amount in shillings and pence, you need to think how many shillings are there in 45 pence. The answer is 3 shillings with a remainder of 9 pence.
Add 3 shillings to 85 shillings; you'll get a total of 88 shillings.
Therefore, the total amount you bought in the supermarket was 88 shillings and 9 pence (88/9) or 4 Pounds 8 shillings 9 pence (£4/8/9).
This is the reason why back in the days, British children were taught to memorise the 12 Times Table.
To make it simple, the old money of Britain was similar to the height of a person expressed in feet and inches. Examples: 5'7, 5'9, 5'11, 6'2. The amount in shillings is similar to the number of feet while the amount in pence is similar to the number of inches.
A lot of people born after 1971 (or not yet an adult in 1971) thought that the Pounds, Shillings and Pence was a very difficult system when it was still in use in Britain. Videos in youtube always give the impression that it was a very complicated system. Someone even made a comment that it would be very difficult to give change if you are selling an item worth £1/5/9 (1 Pound 5 shillings and 9 pence) and the customer gave you a £5 note. hahahahaha... His comment shows that he did not live during the pre-decimal era. In schools, children were taught the arithmetic of the Pounds, Shillings and Pence system but in reality people in Britain don't count money in Pounds in their everyday lives; they only count in shillings and pence. It should be noted that after World War-2, there were only 3 banknotes in Britain: 10-shilling note, £1 note (20 shillings) and £5 note (100 shillings). The £10 note (200 shillings) was only re-introduced in 1964 while the £20 note (400 shillings) was re-introduced in 1970. During the pre-decimal era, prices in street markets, stores, supermarkets, department stores and even petrol stations were expressed in shillings and pence only. At Harrods or Marks & Spencer, you would see the prices of items were 67/8, 45/6, 54/10, 49/11, etc. The "Pounds, Shillings and Pence" will only show on the cash register during check out. In street markets, there were no cash registers, sellers just count and compute for change in their heads or using a pen and paper. During that time, shilling was the de facto main unit of currency while the Pound was the de facto superunit. The Pound as the de jure main unit of currency was only expressed in prices of expensive products such as TVs, refrigerators, cars, etc., in real estate properties and in big business transactions especially in international trade and commerce. If an item only costs 1 Pound 5 shillings and 9 pence, it would be written as 25/9 instead of £1/5/9. If the customer gave a £5 note which is equivalent to 100 shillings, the customer's change is obviously 74/3. The seller would then give the customer three £1 notes (60 shillings), one 10-shilling note, two florin coins (4 shillings) and a 3-pence coin. For the sake of that guy's curiosity on how to compute for the change if the price of an item is expressed in Pounds Shillings and Pence, here's how it works:
When it comes to giving or receiving a change, you only need to remember 20 and 12. There are 20 shillings in a Pound and there are 12 pence in a shilling.
If the price of an item costs 1 Pound and 5 shillings (£1/5/-) and the money given by the customer was £5, round-up £1 (1 becomes 2) and then subtract it from £5 (5-2=3). Subtract 5/- from 20/- (20-5=15). Therefore, the customer's change is 3 Pounds and 15 shillings (£3/15/-)
If the price of an item costs 1 Pound 5 shillings and 9 pence (£1/5/9) and the money given by the customer was £5, round-up both £1 (1 becomes 2) and 5/- (5 becomes 6). Subtract £2 from £5 (5-2=3) and subtract 6/- from 20/- (20-6=14). Subtract 9 pence from 12 pence (12-9=3). Therefore, the customer's change is 3 Pounds 14 shillings and 3 pence (£3/14/3)
From a currency similar to feet and inches (like a person's height) to a currency based on 10s and 100s. This is the reason why a lot of people in Britain find it hard to adjust when decimalisation was implemented in 1971 plus the fact that the decimalisation format used by the British government was flawed. From a very flexible denomination of 240 pence to a Pound, the British government chose a cramped 100 "new pence" to a Pound. On 15-February 1971, the shilling was devalued to 5 "new pence" (no longer 12) so that one Pound would be equivalent to 100 "new pence". Among former British colonies that transitioned to decimal currency, Ghana is the best. Ghana's decimal currency called Cedi (₵) is equivalent to 8 shillings and 4 pence (8/4) or 100 pence. Therefore, all the old pence are equally convertible to the new decimal currency. No need to worry about adjustment of prices; only the name of the currency and its denomination will change. 8/4 is ₵1.00 which means one Ghanaian Pound is equal to two Cedis and 40 pesewa (£1=₵2.40). In 1970, Bermuda Islands followed Ghana's decimalisation format. One Bermudian Pound is equal to two Bermudian Dollars and 40 cents (£1=$2.40). When South Africa decimalised the South African Pound, it converted 10 shillings (120 pence) to the new currency called Rand. 120 pence were converted to 100 cents. A little adjustment needs to be made when it comes to pricing and balancing bank accounts because 1.20 pence shall be equivalent to 1 cent. One South African Pound is equal to two South African Rands (£1=R2.00). South Africa's format of decimalisation from Pounds to the new decimalised currency was followed by Australia, New Zealand and Nigeria. Britain did the worst decimalisation format. Britain converted 20 shillings (240 pence) to 100 pence. Inflation was the result. The government of Prime Minister Harold Wilson was too afraid to lose the Pound as Britain's currency that's why he followed the advice of the Bank of England to retain the Pound. BOE and Harold Wilson did not follow the format of Ghana's new decimalised currency based on 8/4 (100 pence) nor South Africa's version of decimalised currency based on 10/- (120 pence converted to 100 cents). Instead, Britain decimalised the Pound by shrinking its value from 240 pence to 100 pence only. Some people in Britain even thought that the value of their money/income has diminished because in every shilling they spend (5 new pence) they were ripped off by the government for 7 pence. Devaluing the shilling from 12 pence to 5 pence was not a joke especially during the time when prices were still cheap. The ill-conceived decimalisation of the Pound in 1971 was one of the "ingredients" of the economic disaster of Britain during the turbulent decade of the 1970s. It may not be the main reason but it contributed to the economic crisis during that time. Maybe it's true that 10 is simpler than 12 or the decimal currency system is simpler than imperial currency system but the transition of Britain to decimal currency system in 1971 was NOT simple.
So the 60s are when it all began going downhill. Still an interesting series to watch.
12:53 does he do his eyebrows with hairspray?
I read this man wasnt alowed to visit church as priest assumed his eyebrows are cursed😊
Days when employers cared about you that’s if u were upper class management, these days you’re just a number and easily replaced
i just cannot believe that Polish blokes eyebrows 12.50
Wow i was right
My comments were removed
I knew they would be
WHOA - im going to barbados.
1:36 YOU COULD BOIL A KETTLE ON THAT
20:26 showing up as text on the film "1'2d is the equivalent of 93p in today's money"? News to me - have we had negative inflation?
Surely 1'2d is one shilling and tuppence, or 14d? That's around 6p in today's money.
Pre Decimalisation, 240 Old Penny's equaled £1. Post Decimalisation, 1 New Pence (As it was termed) equaled 2.4 Old Penny's, in value. The Half New Pence was introduced, to nearly equal the Old Penny in value
Please, admit me to the castle! Or give me the happy pills! “She goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper!”
That metric system will never catch on.
My car averages 30 miles per gallon
At 14.22, watching the People from the Caribbean arrive, all smartly dressed and smiling. Yet, when You hear these professional race hustlers talk now, You think they were dragged here in chains!
There are many wonderful things about the USA but it’s influence on British culture is not one of them.
16:40 About coloured folk: "they are essentially a simple fun loving people" ... oh dear.
Yes 😂 they are peace to you Eileen my dear friends are
Report it to the police. Be a good citizen.
Pressure from the then EEC to convert to decimal” without us realising it”... just like now...
Did you see that poor stressed businessman thinking.... I wish some one would invent the computer
I wish I could stay at home on 80% salary.........
I live in the US but I find the old british money system fascinating. I bet the pound was worth a lot more before decimalization. I mean I know it was 240 pence, but did the buying power change dramatically?
+timquinn66 the value did drop but not due to decimalization it was due to an incompetent government trying to get out of trouble by printing money
Nothings changed there then!
Yes. Shopkeepers used the confusion over the new system to increase prices rather than a straight swop from old to new money!
There were quite a few countries which had Pounds, Shillings and Pence as their currency. It wasn't just Britain. The other countries, however, were all former colonies.. They had it in the US before the dollar in colonial times, too. That's also why the US has imperial measurements.
yes correct. The pound sterling has stronger before decimalisation. For more than a thousand years, from the year 775 AD until 14-February 1971, England used the Carolingian monetary system. During those years, a Pound was worth 240 pence. This currency system continued until the formation of Great Britain (1700s) and United Kingdom (1800s).
1 Pound = 20 shillings
1 Shilling = 12 pence
A penny is further divided into half penny and one-fourth penny called farthing.
If the price of an item cost less than a shilling (pence only), it is written as 11d, 10d, 9d, 5¼d, etc. The letter "d" means "denarius". It is the Latin word for the standard silver coin introduced by the Romans.
If the price has both shillings and pence, it is written with slash (/) as separator. Example: 15 shillings and 6 pence is written as 15/6. If the price is exactly 15 shillings without pence, it is written as 15/-
If the price has pounds, shillings and pence, the separator can either be slash (/) or dash (-). Example: 2 pounds, 15 shillings and 6 pence is written as £2/15/6 or £2-15-6.
When adding prices, you should have memorised the 12 Times Table to be able to add prices.
For example, you bought 5 items in a supermarket:
Item#1 is 15/7
Item#2 is 16/8
Item#3 is 17/9
Item#4 is 18/10
Item#5 is 19/11
Total in shillings and pence: 88/9
Total in £sd: £4/8/9
By adding all the shillings and all the pence, you will get a total of 85 shillings and 45 pence.
To get the exact amount in shillings and pence, you need to think how many shillings are there in 45 pence. The answer is 3 shillings with a remainder of 9 pence.
Add 3 shillings to 85 shillings; you'll get a total of 88 shillings.
Therefore, the total amount you bought in the supermarket was 88 shillings and 9 pence (88/9) or 4 Pounds 8 shillings 9 pence (£4/8/9).
This is the reason why back in the days, British children were taught to memorise the 12 Times Table.
To make it simple, the old money of Britain was similar to the height of a person expressed in feet and inches. Examples: 5'7, 5'9, 5'11, 6'2. The amount in shillings is similar to the number of feet while the amount in pence is similar to the number of inches.
A lot of people born after 1971 (or not yet an adult in 1971) thought that the Pounds, Shillings and Pence was a very difficult system when it was still in use in Britain. Videos in youtube always give the impression that it was a very complicated system. Someone even made a comment that it would be very difficult to give change if you are selling an item worth £1/5/9 (1 Pound 5 shillings and 9 pence) and the customer gave you a £5 note. hahahahaha... His comment shows that he did not live during the pre-decimal era. In schools, children were taught the arithmetic of the Pounds, Shillings and Pence system but in reality people in Britain don't count money in Pounds in their everyday lives; they only count in shillings and pence. It should be noted that after World War-2, there were only 3 banknotes in Britain: 10-shilling note, £1 note (20 shillings) and £5 note (100 shillings). The £10 note (200 shillings) was only re-introduced in 1964 while the £20 note (400 shillings) was re-introduced in 1970. During the pre-decimal era, prices in street markets, stores, supermarkets, department stores and even petrol stations were expressed in shillings and pence only. At Harrods or Marks & Spencer, you would see the prices of items were 67/8, 45/6, 54/10, 49/11, etc. The "Pounds, Shillings and Pence" will only show on the cash register during check out. In street markets, there were no cash registers, sellers just count and compute for change in their heads or using a pen and paper. During that time, shilling was the de facto main unit of currency while the Pound was the de facto superunit. The Pound as the de jure main unit of currency was only expressed in prices of expensive products such as TVs, refrigerators, cars, etc., in real estate properties and in big business transactions especially in international trade and commerce. If an item only costs 1 Pound 5 shillings and 9 pence, it would be written as 25/9 instead of £1/5/9. If the customer gave a £5 note which is equivalent to 100 shillings, the customer's change is obviously 74/3. The seller would then give the customer three £1 notes (60 shillings), one 10-shilling note, two florin coins (4 shillings) and a 3-pence coin. For the sake of that guy's curiosity on how to compute for the change if the price of an item is expressed in Pounds Shillings and Pence, here's how it works:
When it comes to giving or receiving a change, you only need to remember 20 and 12. There are 20 shillings in a Pound and there are 12 pence in a shilling.
If the price of an item costs 1 Pound and 5 shillings (£1/5/-) and the money given by the customer was £5, round-up £1 (1 becomes 2) and then subtract it from £5 (5-2=3). Subtract 5/- from 20/- (20-5=15). Therefore, the customer's change is 3 Pounds and 15 shillings (£3/15/-)
If the price of an item costs 1 Pound 5 shillings and 9 pence (£1/5/9) and the money given by the customer was £5, round-up both £1 (1 becomes 2) and 5/- (5 becomes 6). Subtract £2 from £5 (5-2=3) and subtract 6/- from 20/- (20-6=14). Subtract 9 pence from 12 pence (12-9=3). Therefore, the customer's change is 3 Pounds 14 shillings and 3 pence (£3/14/3)
From a currency similar to feet and inches (like a person's height) to a currency based on 10s and 100s. This is the reason why a lot of people in Britain find it hard to adjust when decimalisation was implemented in 1971 plus the fact that the decimalisation format used by the British government was flawed. From a very flexible denomination of 240 pence to a Pound, the British government chose a cramped 100 "new pence" to a Pound. On 15-February 1971, the shilling was devalued to 5 "new pence" (no longer 12) so that one Pound would be equivalent to 100 "new pence". Among former British colonies that transitioned to decimal currency, Ghana is the best. Ghana's decimal currency called Cedi (₵) is equivalent to 8 shillings and 4 pence (8/4) or 100 pence. Therefore, all the old pence are equally convertible to the new decimal currency. No need to worry about adjustment of prices; only the name of the currency and its denomination will change. 8/4 is ₵1.00 which means one Ghanaian Pound is equal to two Cedis and 40 pesewa (£1=₵2.40). In 1970, Bermuda Islands followed Ghana's decimalisation format. One Bermudian Pound is equal to two Bermudian Dollars and 40 cents (£1=$2.40). When South Africa decimalised the South African Pound, it converted 10 shillings (120 pence) to the new currency called Rand. 120 pence were converted to 100 cents. A little adjustment needs to be made when it comes to pricing and balancing bank accounts because 1.20 pence shall be equivalent to 1 cent. One South African Pound is equal to two South African Rands (£1=R2.00). South Africa's format of decimalisation from Pounds to the new decimalised currency was followed by Australia, New Zealand and Nigeria. Britain did the worst decimalisation format. Britain converted 20 shillings (240 pence) to 100 pence. Inflation was the result. The government of Prime Minister Harold Wilson was too afraid to lose the Pound as Britain's currency that's why he followed the advice of the Bank of England to retain the Pound. BOE and Harold Wilson did not follow the format of Ghana's new decimalised currency based on 8/4 (100 pence) nor South Africa's version of decimalised currency based on 10/- (120 pence converted to 100 cents). Instead, Britain decimalised the Pound by shrinking its value from 240 pence to 100 pence only. Some people in Britain even thought that the value of their money/income has diminished because in every shilling they spend (5 new pence) they were ripped off by the government for 7 pence. Devaluing the shilling from 12 pence to 5 pence was not a joke especially during the time when prices were still cheap. The ill-conceived decimalisation of the Pound in 1971 was one of the "ingredients" of the economic disaster of Britain during the turbulent decade of the 1970s. It may not be the main reason but it contributed to the economic crisis during that time. Maybe it's true that 10 is simpler than 12 or the decimal currency system is simpler than imperial currency system but the transition of Britain to decimal currency system in 1971 was NOT simple.
the family in the white car at the start is1966
well I'm not shocked .... simple fun-loving people why did they come here you ask ....... an indirect mock i see how the script done this ....... then showed father unit family when bk to the so-called natives .....
Can you rearrange this word salad into something that resembles a sentence please?
@@dulls8475 its for those who understand whats happening
was not directed for everyone
plus on set not all what it seems /portrayal
I will always have a soft spot for the old Bull Ring shopping center.
1’2p a pound =93p? Someone needs to go back to school, try just shy of 6p a pound.
West Indians - "A simple fun-loving people". So patronising.
+bootsamou but oh so true, mon.
Condesending and patronising bastard!
Gee - that's strange. The heroin, Cannabis and cocaine consumed in gigantic quantities by people - considered "Native, real Brits" are not brought into the country, not sold by and not consumed by West Indians. Yet you associate drugs with West Indians? Amazing! Check yourself first, Mate
@ bootsamou= that's what I thought.I was so shocked,I gasped.
Report it to the police.
We don't need to keep the Jewish sabbath. We have a Christian Sunday rest. But it's not strict like the Jewish sabbath. The Jewish sabbath begins fri sunset until sat sunset.
Dear Mr Hayward, please read the Bible. The seventh day Sabbath, sunset Friday to sunset Saturday, was instituted by the Lord on creation week (Genesis 2:1-2), around 2000 years before Judah was born. Thus the Sabbath is not "Jewish". Adam observed it and he was not a Jew, but rather, the father of all the peoples of the earth. The Sabbath was made for all mankind, not for Jews only: "
And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath." - Mark 2:27-28. Further proof of this is that in the book of Isaiah the Bible records that when the Lord makes a new heaven and earth, the seventh day Sabbath will be kept by all flesh (mankind): "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD." - Isaiah 66:22-23. I encourage you to buy the book we sell by Thomas Tillam about this: www.wildernesspublications.org/contents/en-uk/p114.html
Hannibal Lecter talking about the Chinese was a tad creepy.
A sprinkling of anti British sentiment spread through in the added on "text". Businesses struggling with the old money etc (We once had the worlds biggest economy with that old stuff.) Mixed reception for immigrants etc, we are one of the most tolerant countries in the world and were then as well. Just not perfect...
"Anti British sentiment" What a load of bollocks. More like astute observation you mean. Although I suppose if you're some old tosser still uses words like 'wog' you may find it the text upsetting.
The dollar had long since become the world currency by this point. The old stuff was long dead for most, as was the empire it built.
@@harbourdogNL The only person to use a racist word here is you, nobody else did.
As somebody born in 1968, with a mother in 1943, it was MIXED. Generally, any racism ( BOTH WAYS) happened in inner city areas were a big population of immigrants arrived all at once, rest of the place any racism would have been rare and minor, people would have been more of a curiosity.
Nothing has changed really, rich getting richer because of the rest of population
Come to the country and get treated like crap. Funnily enough, if you treat people like crap, they get a bit annoyed.
Then you can blame them for being annoyed.
Textbook.
Get the Booze out...
14:30 - "Why do they come to this country?"
Didn't ask that about the Chinese or Poles, did ya?
I know these comments
Will be taken down honesty
Is hate speech
This is so racist that in my country, Switzerland, I would be prosecuted for saying such crap.
No freedom of speech then i presume?