Remember Britain In The 1950S?

[barry1010]

I am flabbergasted. This YouTube video is long but I am hooked.
How much for a bed? Heated mattress? Were we really disappointed that Princess Margaret was not a boy?

https://youtu.be/DqVwc6nrHjI

[237SJ]

52 minutes..

[barry1010]

Vermicelli in the 50s? I remember the April Fool spaghetti trees in 1957.

[bobbie22]

Yes I remember. Very little money, and everyone around was in the same position. We played ball in the streets,and swung on ropes around gas lamps, took numbers and names of trains (the main line was the bottom of our street) and all the houses rattled when they went past. The houses are still standing. Looking back it didn’t seem as bad as things are now.

[retrocop]

Remember it very well. Halcyon days. Allowed to roam all day with your mates without your parents fretting where you were . Boys playing cowboys with no tut tutting about toy guns or swat teams descending on us. I enjoy the company this day of a great friend I first met at the age of five. We are both mid 70s and still enjoy talking about our exploits in the 50s. Lots of bruises and blood spilt when we crashed our soap box carts but no one fussed and my pal and I often joke that we are probably blood brothers with the amount of blood we spilt over each other.
Not long after the war and a lot of rationing but parents used their ingenuity to provide good nutritious food on the table. No fatties and junk food then .

[barry1010]

Not the 1950s of the video then.
How much for a frock?

Not the 1950s I remember but still an enjoyable watch.

[pastafreak]

I've just watched a bit of it...the £2,500 bed was a shocker...particularly in comparison with the family with loads of children.
I went searching for something similar about the US in the 50s, but so far only found one PBS documentary that focused on an industrial area of Pennsylvania. Not the country as a whole...all very rosy.

[Bobbisox1]

On my list to watch Barry , thanks