1979: What would kids do if they were RICH? | Junior That's Life | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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- How much money do you need to be rich? For these 1970s schoolchildren, to be rich can mean having £14 or £1,000,000,000. What would they do if they were rich? What would they buy? Is being rich a good thing? Can you be rich AND English?
As luck would have it, one of the children interviewed in this report for Junior That's Life has first hand experience of being rich - she has "ten million dollars hundred" in her piggy bank - so she is able to describe in great detail what daily life is like for the spectacularly wealthy. Eye-opening stuff.
This clip is from Junior That's Life, originally broadcast 1 September, 1979.
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‘It’s better to walk than drive a car’
Bless him
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
Wish they would track down these kids today. It would make a wonderful segment to hear them reflect on their younger selves 🙏🏻
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
The little guy, who said that he would give a 100 pounds back. I would love to know who he became. He looks no more than 9 -10 there, so he must to be around 50 now.
He struck me so much, he seems like quite mature for his age.
@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.
Hahah I love the boy next to her smiling and his facial expressions . Never says a word but his face shows how he knows she’s spinning a yarn 😂😂😂😂❤️
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 😂
That last girl got really into it! 🤣👏🤣👏🤣👏🤣
That boy : more money , more servents, people will become lazy.such an wonderful education.God bless him.♥️
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.
I just love that everyone laughs at the kid who wants to put a symbol of his wealth on display, even though that's precisely what adults do every day....
Exactly. Rich people buy expensive art just to put them on display (and yes I know about the money laundering theory lol)
The kid who said that he would return the money must have achieved something great in his life...all the kids were very charming and innocent..
The little girl who has a castle and an aeroplane is just brilliant.
And her own aeroplane 😅
"You can't be rich and English." She was absolutely right, given the fact that the inflation is skyrocketing.
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
That little girl must be an author by now. Very cute.
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
The little girl had such a wild imagination 😂
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.
The silent kid in purple said huge amount by the expression on their face. As for that last little girl, her stories are far more believable than those said in Parliament.
A born politician
🤣 And sooo much more interesting than government fairy tales.
"Im English...so I cant be rich and English..thats silly!!" 😂🤣 so very true...
😂😂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?
The little girl is ME! I am going to contact the BBC to get confirmation of this.
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 😂👍
The boy next to her ☺️☺️☺️
He didn't say a word but with his expression 😂😂
That kid in the purple jumper has his priorities right 👌
Probably grew up to be a banker and votes Labour to compensate.
"A helicopter with a little bit of caravan on it".😂 Kids have great imaginations!
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?
At 0:18 you can see the kid's internal struggle on whether he should correct the interviewer on his precious treasure being a platinum ball, not a golden ball lol
Is it a boy?
Just came across this little gem of a video. Actually made my eyes water, the innocence of these kids.
Same! I am weeping listening to the little girl, such wholesomeness and innocence.
I was born in '71 so I would have been around the same age as these kids, I have no idea what nonsense I would have come up with 😂😂🤔
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.❤🏴❤️🇬🇧❤️😏🙂🖖
Would love to know what the children think of themselves now they are adults. That little boy at the end was so expressive while the little girl next to him was describing everything lol
He makes it!
@@HomeMaker... 👏👏
Cabbages, lettuce and carrots.... Well, we may chuckle but I bet he grew up to be a very healthy and strapping young man! 😊 💪
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.
Children are so innocent. Some of their answers were wishful thinking I suspect. They have an answer for everything. I wonder if the lad who shunned a life of riches feels the same today as he did when they were filming this programme. So sweet.
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!
1:45
Legend has it
That the little girl became what we know as J.K rowling...
2:14 4:24 haha that boy he knows his friend very well
“It’s a helicopter with a little piece of caravan on it” ... priceless. What an imagination 🤣
The boys with their simple answers snd then the little girl just goes over her well-thought out shopping list 😂
and her huge, gold and silver castle with hundreds of servants by the sea where her caravan-helicopter takes her😅
That last little girl made me chuckle out loud 🤣🤣
It's heart breaking to think how things have changed. We now live in a society obsessed with material gain.
This is so lovely and the boys face at the very end is priceless, he knows that girl is telling porky pies 🤣🤣
How little they were happy with compared to today 😥. Loving the little girl's imagination! I wonder if she is an author now???
Was thinking the same. Probably she is a best selling author by now 😂. Loved how she avoided showing her castle to the interviewer..
It's a long long way away (in my mind) Adorable!! She has an answer for everything. I hope she still has that amazing imagination.
Oh this is pure Gold , that little grl at the end I could listen to her forever , & the lovely young boy who didn’t want to b rich , absolutely beautiful…
The little lad at 1:00 was very wise and sweet
I've got a lot of money in my Piggy Bank
How much?
10 Million Dollars hundred 🤣❤️
The fourth child is so mature for his age hope he and all these kids have gone far
Oh my word, the little girl at the end! I wonder if she became an author, she has a fabulous imagination!
Be great to know what these children are doing now as adults!
I wonder if the lad who would give the £100 back is now rich - that would be ironic!
prolly heads the local jobs daughters
Shame you cut it here, i would have loved to see more, especially the little one who was laughing at the end. So cute! 😂
Omg the pure wholesomeness and sheer innocence 😣😢 i was born in 79
True back then, you appreciated whatever you were given.
That's because you knew birthday and Christmas were the only time you got rewards.
Back when life was normal, not the crap that we have to put up with now
I'd love to see a comparison with kids today, ask them the same question, I can guarantee they won't be as cute, innocent and humble.
I love the little girl who manipulates a castle story...❤️❤️❤️
One child who doesn't want to be rich. That boy surely is wise beyond his age. Not materialistic but rather live a simple life .
Love their hearts. If kids were asked same question now, many would probably say they would pay their parents fuel bills and/or buy some food.
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!
Awe the little girl n her imaginative story telling is so adorable, she reminds me of my daughter when she was little!😂, Her teacher was mean to her n said she'd never amount to anything, surprisingly enough she's got a degree n is now a much better teacher than her teacher!😁, I'm so proud of her!😉✌️
The little man right at the end. His face! Wonderful. Bless him.
I hope that last little girl held onto her imagination and became a writer. 💖🐈⬛🐈
1:30 there was a similar video where someone said: „Im vegetarian“ and someone else said: „I thought you were British“
"It will take thousands and thousands of days to get there" 🤣
I love the boy with the heart to buy lettuces, cabbages and carrots for his rabbits.
The kid who said " I'd rather be rich than poor" .... Was a very observing and wise individual... 🧑🎓
@@ebonithreat3325
Um it was the other way round
If you'd asked me at age five in 1974 I would have said a "baby elephant." I was obsessed with them. I would have painted it gold and dressed it in purple and gold livery.
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
That clever boy. Said it's not good to be rich... I fully agreed with him. Who needs lots of money and huge houses?... It's a bother, and
brings worries...
I much prefer just
a little good 🏡🌳 🐦
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
Used to love that’s life when I was allowed to stay up and watch it
Bless them the precious little souls 💜🙏💜 I hope they grew up to be wonderful adults
Wow that kid in purple was really wise for his age - true about Rich people they don't know the value of things
I was born in 79 all these kids are gems things were better back then, in this dark world this made me smile god bless them all wherever they are ☺️😇
The boy who said I'd rather be poor than rich is a very wise boy indeed!
a little shy and sad of eye
The little girl is adorable
Back when kids wished and dreamed for a stair carpet. We’ve really gone wrong at some point with the expectations of society and the things they expect to have as a given. People used to be content with very little, now not so much.
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!
I watched this video
at least 10 times. I keep incase I need to cheer myself up.
God bless the children, how they bring a smile on my face🙂💙🙏
I was born in 1980, so these kids must be somewhere in between 45 to 50 now. I wonder where life has taken them. 🤔
I’d luv to see what they are up to now .. Bless em ❤️🌟💖
I love kids back then over 40 years ago! Also that little girl is so good in imagination and good vocabulary, this also goes to show you that four years old back then can even talk like they are eight or nine now! This just shows you how already grateful they are! I remember now when I ask kids this question they gave me the same answer: Buy a million houses and get a private jet!
Bloody hilarious, sweet, innocence. 🤗💙
My dad was born in the late 70s so its honestly kinda cool watching videos like this
The mind of a child is the most wonderful thing ever! 😂
Would you give back £100!? Lol
A helicopter with a piece of a caravan on it 😂 She is amazing!
They're all so adorable! They make me wish I was a mother.
They are probably old enough to be your mother now 😆
Has an aeroplane, mum rubies on her dress and goes to America,but not enough money for pink carpet upstairs. Love it.🤣🤣🤣
Wonderful!
Golden Balls instead of clackers???? I was 6 in 1979 and would have frozen solid in front of a film crew, yet these kids just ADORABLE and what an imagination - we forget our little selves as we age yet we are still so young, I never imagined the year 2022 for example and although 49 still working class and just as poor. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
You don't have to polish gold only silver. SO CUTE!
…and so true!
He wanted a platinum one!
What a wonderful video.. The little girl and the end was hilarious 🤗
These kids are so much incredible and smarter than they realize!
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Kids were so sweet and innocent then. A lot still are but technology is slowly ruining young people nowadays.
The sound quality is better than we have now.
Why are english kids so eloquent and funny, the things they say are very amusing to say the least.
That wee girl was really going for it lol
The little girl at the end is hilarious!
I cannot handle too much cuteness in one video 🥰
That’s definitely Esther Rantzen interviewing that little girl
the kid with the purple/blue jumper is WISE beyond his years!
These kids would be in their late 40s now. Be interesting to see how they got along
1979 is 43 years ago. Some of those kids look around 10. They are probably in their 50’s now.
@@JulieWallis1963 those kids were about 4 or 5 yrs old..
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 The lad that said that he would give the £100 back was about 10.
@@atmywitsend1984 he's 5 or 6.. These are kindergarten, grade 1 and 2 kids.. He was the biggest out of the lot that's all. No way he was 10 yrs old lol
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 He was also far more articulate. He was 8 or 9 at the very least in my opinion. But hey what does it really matter. I enjoyed the video.
I actually enjoyed the realist kids incredulous expressions and laughter sitting next to the little girl with the snowballing imagination most. What riches they literally have.
I love ❤️ children, they're adorable and innocent.
Can't see this without a smile🥰.
I love her! 😂😂
Talk about snowball effect!😂
Awww thank you
@@HomeMaker... oh my goodness! Are you the little girl in this?
@@HomeMaker... woah is that you???
@@TOITN Yes LOL
@@k.c3239 Yes LOL
The little girl 'with the golden castle by the sea' trolling the BBC.😂
Amazing days, lovely kids
Hahaaa 2:17 the kid rolls his eyes because he knows she's talking bs🤣🤣
This is sooo amazing,
“I’m English “ 😂😂😂😂😂 she is so pretty.
Kids was smart even though on that time.
Love that little girl she is hilarious.
I would love to know how the boy at 0:58 is doing now ♥️♥️ I’m sure he is very humble. At least I hope
I've rarely seen a more elegant way to decline to one's suggestion, as when the girl explained to the interviewer why she wouldn't want to visit the girl's castle.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOL
These videos are precious.
That boy in the purple was quite a character. His view on money was interesting and well articulated.
What intrigues me is these children would be the same age as some of my relatives of my parents generation.
0:50 Now that a child who’s wise beyond their years!
I think the boy in purple at 0:50 might be the reincarnation of Oliver Cromwell!
What must be think of this now? How is life panning out for him I wonder? I hope he is RICH... that'll teach him! 🏆🇬🇧🤣😂