1976: ROMNEY MARSH and the BATTLE of BRITAIN | Lifeline | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

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  • Опубліковано 29 січ 2025

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  • @thomasawl
    @thomasawl 8 місяців тому +8

    Fun related fact: The Romney, Hythe, and Dymchurch Railway (the ones thats used for some shots in this video) actually had an armoured train during WW2. It was the smallest one in the world, which is kind of what you get when you use a 15-inch gauge railway primarily built for tourists for defence…

  • @bardo0007
    @bardo0007 8 місяців тому +6

    They used a video camera here outside instead of the traditional film camera , quite unusual for 1976.

  • @EErail26
    @EErail26 7 місяців тому

    Excellent! Please post more full length programmes like this on the Archive section of iPlayer.

  • @davem9204
    @davem9204 8 місяців тому +12

    I read the title as Rodney Marsh! I thought he was a bit young to be in the Battle of Britain 😂

    • @stephenspence1192
      @stephenspence1192 8 місяців тому +1

      If he had he would have been transferred to Submarines as I recall he was rather good at diving.

    • @Baz-Ten
      @Baz-Ten 8 місяців тому +1

      @@stephenspence1192 Nein, nie, das war Jürgen Klinsmann

    • @stephenspence1192
      @stephenspence1192 8 місяців тому +1

      @@Baz-Ten Lol!

    • @cricketbatguitar
      @cricketbatguitar 7 місяців тому

      ​@@stephenspence1192He probably wouldn't have made the RAF then either.....😅

  • @FrankFalcon-ey9gw
    @FrankFalcon-ey9gw 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for thus❤❤😊😊

  • @Slarti
    @Slarti 8 місяців тому +6

    We can see the 1976 heatwave here with all the brown grass throughout Dungeness,

  • @londo776
    @londo776 8 місяців тому +3

    Still the same now I got out to Eastbourne

  • @nknguyen2877
    @nknguyen2877 8 місяців тому +2

    It must have been quite an investment to use videotape back then for a pre-recorded outdoor programme.

    • @mpf6514
      @mpf6514 8 місяців тому

      I thought that as well! The picture quality is great for the era - it looks much more like a late 80s broadcast.

  • @Plumduff3303
    @Plumduff3303 8 місяців тому +5

    We had a boggy marsh in our class at school

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick 8 місяців тому +2

      My daughter had a girl in her class named Holly Wood. Her parents had a weird sense of humor evidently.

    • @stephfoxwell4620
      @stephfoxwell4620 7 місяців тому +2

      We had a lad called Mozam Beak.

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick 7 місяців тому +1

      @@stephfoxwell4620 Ha! 😂

  • @RolandoRatas
    @RolandoRatas 8 місяців тому

    1:51 that's the very same Spitfire that went down that Valerie Singleton OBE piloted in WW II.

    • @grrfy
      @grrfy 8 місяців тому +4

      Do you mean her father Dennis?

  • @mrlotusmic
    @mrlotusmic 8 місяців тому +3

    Now those little sheds go for for several hundreds of thousands of pounds.
    Nice place to visit though.

  • @fredo1070
    @fredo1070 8 місяців тому +13

    I wish BBC presenters could speak like that today, a cut glass accent. Today they all have nasally voices.

    • @analogueman123456787
      @analogueman123456787 8 місяців тому +8

      In media today, everything HAS to be regionally diverse, or some smart alec will claim discrimination. Innit bro...

  • @squire7618
    @squire7618 8 місяців тому +1

    I thought this was going to be about a footballer..

  • @john07973
    @john07973 7 місяців тому +3

    I wish the BBC produced decent programmes nowadays rather than diverse tripe

  • @wimgid
    @wimgid 7 місяців тому

    Lovely music. Largo from the new world by Dvorak

  • @MartinAhlman
    @MartinAhlman 8 місяців тому +1

    Is it true that the rescue service isn't payed by the government? If it isn't, that's a disgrace...

    • @londo776
      @londo776 8 місяців тому +1

      You have got two coast guard rescue helicopters based at lydd airport which is in the middle of Dungeness and also at the moment coast guard fixed wing assets if I was you I do some research into national lifeboat institution

    • @analogueman123456787
      @analogueman123456787 8 місяців тому +2

      @MartinAhlman - There's more than one way of looking at it.
      In the UK, the RNLI is a respected, professional and well-supported charitable organisation staffed largely by brave volunteers, who can call upon the assistance of the Royal Navy or RAF as circumstances dictate. If required, the rescue victim will subsequently be treated by the NHS, which is government funded.
      In other countries however, it's often the opposite, where coastguard and marine rescue is state funded as part of the military or law enforcement, but if the victim requires medical treatment, they'll be presented with a bill if they're uninsured.
      It's all just a different way of doing things.

  • @stevestannard6004
    @stevestannard6004 8 місяців тому +8

    Lifeboat men way back then weren't bringing in men of fighting age who hate our way of life.

  • @stephfoxwell4620
    @stephfoxwell4620 7 місяців тому +1

    Didn't he play for QPR?

  • @herbz2hot2
    @herbz2hot2 8 місяців тому +3

    sexy voice

  • @johnberry5296
    @johnberry5296 8 місяців тому

    Really disappointed as I thought it said Rodney Marsh

  • @thankyouforyourcompliance7386
    @thankyouforyourcompliance7386 8 місяців тому +2

    They were not really fond of bright colours, weren't they. And the guy who showed all the treasures he found over years were not very enthusiastic and looked quite depressed when she cut him off. Strange times. Educated, but somehow melancholic.

    • @tonys1636
      @tonys1636 8 місяців тому +4

      British stoicism, something that seems to have vanished from the younger generations today.

    • @analogueman123456787
      @analogueman123456787 8 місяців тому

      @@tonys1636 - Indeed, and most obvious with the national restrictions as a result of C*v*d in 2020.
      Older generations were both pragmatic and stoic. The young however took to social media en-mass, bleating how hard done by they were and that they couldn't cope.
      God help us if a third world war ever kicks off, and we're in dire need of a bit of Dunkirk spirit. 😞