1970s High Wycombe | Furniture production | Ercol | how to make a chair

1970s High Wycombe | Furniture production | Ercol | how to make a chair | A Town Called..|1975

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Thames TV Presenter Monty Modlyn pays a visit to the Buckinghamshire town of High Wycombe to speak to the some of those working in its thriving furniture business.
First shown: 09/07/1975
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@ullscarf 4 күн бұрын

That's good to hear the old Wycombe accent again - just the way I remembers it.

@regplasma7906 Жыл бұрын

My old dad was a furniture stainer.Now he's retired and incontinent , he remains a furniture stainer.

@tonymonaghan5993 15 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@bwabymafia Жыл бұрын

Love watching these old insightful videos

@nickjames4497 Жыл бұрын

Love a bit of Ercol …. I traveled up and down the country to bring it back to my house in Wycombe …

@blakaeg Жыл бұрын

I don’t get it? Supposed to be a joke?

@mr.y.mysterious.video1 Жыл бұрын

Bought an Ercol nest of tables a couple of years back. Somehow the shop was clearing them for sixty quid. Still on sale elsewhere no for hundreds, crazy price but hey it’s made in the uk

@CA999 Жыл бұрын

Nice choice. It was very interesting to watch even in a contemporary context in that he challenges and technological pace is about the same. I would love to see a follow up report given the change of trade agreements, styles, technology, freight costs and skill sets.

@garryleeks4848 Жыл бұрын

Love watching these, true craftsmanship that’s if you understand what there saying

@anthonymaughan6103 Жыл бұрын

Them poor Trees 😢

@BokorRider Жыл бұрын

brilliant

@jasonayres Жыл бұрын

(3:05) "Bodger". In our Australian English language, to "bodgie something up", or "a bit of a bodge job", implies a practical, if not pretty, piece of work. Fixing up your old car so that it can be registered again. Fixing a piece of old furniture (-not a fine antique, just something to eat your dinner off) I wonder if this is where the term comes from.

@GiggleBytes2011 Жыл бұрын

Nahh i think Bodge in your example is from the word Botch, as the Bodgers in the video didn't do messed up jobs, they were very good at what they did.

@jasonayres Жыл бұрын

@@GiggleBytes2011 🤔But to botch something, from my understanding, was to completely ruin something. Like a "botched plan" or "botched attempts". Bodged up.. is like a basic patch up, or renovation. Regardless, interesting video 👍

@TrueBrit1 Жыл бұрын

@@GiggleBytes2011 Thanks for using the correct terminology. For those that don't know, when you make a temporary or poor repair, just good enough to get by, it means you've 'botched it'. So the term is botch, not bodge, but sadly the vast majority of people use the latter.

@chrisnmayor Жыл бұрын

Bodger is a derogatory term that was l used by craftsmen employed in factories against the turners who worked in the beech woods rough shaping chair components. Beech wood can be used when fresh cut and was easier to transport as turned billets, but was seen as a lesser skill, quite wrongly.

@jasonayres Жыл бұрын

@@chrisnmayor Thanks 👍

@ts6070 Жыл бұрын

Wow shame I am sure they don’t make chairs 🪑 in wycombe anymore..

@russellhunter8378 Жыл бұрын

ercol have a factory in Princes Risborough, still going

@ts6070 Жыл бұрын

@@russellhunter8378 yes they moved from wycombe in 2002 as their 1920 old site just off London Road (A40) was redeveloped. So, no chairs made in wycombe currently sadly. Also Ercol furniture is massively expensive currently with around £350 for a single Ercol chair 🪑