"Press 1 for an unhelpful suggestion. Press 2 to be connected to a department thoroughly unequipped to help you. Press 3 to hold for support staff that may or may not actually be on duty. Press 4 for abuse"

Ooh I am pleased.

If the director wanted the people in Grand Central to be patient and polite, that’s how they would act. This is a scripted film, sir.

Sure I spotted Mr Cholmondley-Warner

@@jacksons1010 Yes, but the question is, does it reflect reality in that aspect, and I would say that it does - certainly at the time in which this was made, when all the men wore hats and the nice people went to church on Sunday. (The others didn't count, of course: they were the lower orders.)

It's how it was back in those days

Rather it smoke than someone blowing in my face….🤣🤣

@@Keithbarber The steam locos were spewing smoke in all directions. V

@@BbBb-cl5py true enough, and there was smoke coming out of factory chimneys left right and centre and petrol had lead in it as well - pollution overall was more rife then in society

The producer Cossar Turfery also deserves a mention.

So you don't think it was pre-war then? But I suppose it was a bit too 'modern' for the 30s.Do you know the part that Fred Griffiths played? He always turned up in films during the 50s and 60s but only played smaller parts.

@@wordsmith52 Fred Griffiths played the porter who helped to carry the film equipment. Definitely post war - probably 1946/7.

most off peak short distance returns are only a few pence more than a single. Long Distance generally it is advance singles x 2 that are cheaper than the cheaper than two normal singles 1 month . 3 month or day returns.

@@highpath4776 But compare that complexity to all standard returns being "...a single and a third." No pre-booking; no 'booked train only', no restrictions on travel times. I am really curious as to when that simple system was replaced with the bear pit we have now.

It was in the 1960s when route capacity was being reduced and it was realised that peak long distance trains were overcrowded, whilst most other trains were half empty. Since then, the aim has been to maximise peak time revenue, whilst offering big discounts for off-peak travel.

Look on the train line app

assuming the movie is circa 1930, it'd have been worth about £1250 (or 82 days of tradesman's wages) in 2017 (National Archives converter) - so in truth maybe things are in fact cheaper now!

The same 2 adults 5 halves (return) this evening would total £724 !

@@michaelkinsey4649 It's almost certainly post WWII. The comment at 05:12 about "things will improves as rolling stock becomes available." suggests as much. Your comparison is still valid, but not so extreme.

Remember these days traveling long distance by train is normal; back then you’d be lucky if you did it once a year to the seaside. You didn’t do it just for a weekend away.

Both those stations belonged to the LMS, their main competitor. The LNER had their own routes to Glasgow, probably a bit further in distance.

@@DavidJones-mn7ie Yes, I appreciate who the stations belonged to, I was wondering whether knowledgeable staff might redirect a passenger to a nearby station if it saved them time, as happened in BR days. Unlikely I agree, but if someone missed a last train and another was available elsewhere I suppose they might.

Frightfully comprehensible accents!

Raaaaa-ther!

I say, what-ho, frightfully hot weather we're having, what what, don't you know!

(Frightfully posh accents!) Charming accents. Today they'd be condemned as colonialist retro accents.

I should cocoa

How does it feel to be a Minority Group? ( That’s a rhetorical question btw. If you know what that means.)

@@iangregory3994 Hopefully the majority live in the 20th millennium where I live. The clock has turned a great deal since this archaic film was produced, it represents the ghost of a society that never really existed. Bye now!

@@jiversteve If it wasn't for the past, the evolution of technology amongst other things would not of existed today. In 30 years from now, you will hear the same from the younger set as you yourself are portraying now. Respect the past and grasp today.

@@YouChwb The past is where all the mistakes were mass, Is that what you are saying?

@@jiversteve Evolution means trial and error. Man has learned from mistakes and has applied and upgraded as necessary.