Living in Britain in 1984 | Forty Minutes: Voices in a City
Home » Old UK » Page 11 In 1948, George Orwell wrote his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, an imaginary account of[…]
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1973: The Story of MANCHESTER’s WATER | The Longest Drink
Home » Old UK » Page 11 The Story of a City’s Water Each of us now uses 35 gallons[…]
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1980: Life on a North Sea Oil Rig | The Black and the Gold | World of Work | BBC Archive
Home » Old UK » Page 11 Millions of years ago, generations of living creatures died and were buried, then[…]
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1993: Car Salesman Versus the RECESSION | Mart and Mandy | Classic BBC documentaries | BBC Archive
Home » Old UK » Page 11 This video contains strong language. What has happened to “Essex man” in the[…]
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1974: Dingwall to Kyle of Lochalsh Railway | Breathing Space | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
Home » Old UK » Page 11 One of the most scenic railway journeys in Europe, the 63-mile route from[…]
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1971: Gigha – the Island that Refused to Die | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive
Home » Old UK » Page 11 80 year-old Gaelic speaker Donald MacDonald takes us on a brief tour of[…]
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1975: Fyfe Robertson’s Thoughts For Food | Robbie
Home » Old UK » Page 11 Fyfe Robertson looks at the way British eating habits have changed in the[…]
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1960: Life in HAMPSTEAD | Monitor | Writers and Wordsmiths
Home » Old UK » Page 11 A film about Hampstead and the people who live there, as seen by[…]
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1970: BIRMINGHAM – The Venice of England?
Home » Old UK » Page 11 Take a voyage by narrow boat with Ken Dunham and his family to[…]
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1962: Bristol’s Bonfire Kids | In View | Voice of the People
Home » Old UK » Page 11 In View follow a gang of Bristol teenagers who call themselves the ‘Bashers’.[…]
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