IN HIS OWN WORDS AS BRITAIAN WAS SO IMPOVERISHED CLASS DISTINCTIONS RUNNING HIGH FROM THE LOWEST SLUMDWELLER AND PLENTY OF THEM TO THE TRADEUNION MEMBERS HE(WILSON) BLURTED OUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A LIVING YOU BETTER HEAD OVER TO CANADA IN OTHER WORDS THERES FUCKALL FOR YOU HERE AND TO CANADA A LOT OF WHERE LOTS OF BRITISH PEOPLES WENT AND PURPOSELEY FORGETTING THAT CANADA IS A BACKWARDS FROM EDUCATION AND MANNUFACTURING AS ENGLISHMEN DISCOVERED LATER ON THE COUNTRY IS BASED ON FAILURE AND SO THERE THEY WERE ALL SWINDELLED TO FOR ANY HOPE OF A FUTURE AFTER 20 OR SO YEARS EUROPEANS STOPPED AN FOUND OUT THAT THE GREAT CANADA WAS JUST A SCAM FOR WILSON TO GET OUT OF A GREAT SITATION TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK GOOD AND NOT LOOSE MANY MEMBERS OF HIS SO CALLED CHAMPIONS OF THE WORKING CLASS
@glynthomas996118 күн бұрын
Genius!
@Nigel-xp4rf22 күн бұрын
I'm H.A.P.P.Y, I'm H.A.P.P.Y., I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm H.A.P.P.Y. (Only When I Laugh), gotta love that song.
@PassiveAgressive31923 күн бұрын
This would make a great, ‘The Crown’ like series or film
@alicanharryreilly835323 күн бұрын
This bus is now with London Bus Works in Northfleet Kent as part of their heritage fleet
@oldelephantstew22 күн бұрын
Good to know. Glad that it survives.
@meredith21846124 күн бұрын
As Harold Wilson once opined ''a week in politics is a long time''. A fascinating documentary of an old boys network of politicians with its attendant treachery.
@halfbakedproductions788727 күн бұрын
Jenkins was a truly awful specimen. Saw everyone as beneath him, everything had to be on his terms, he always had to be right and would put you down continually until you were wrong, even if you weren't wrong. A total carpetbagger who did whatever was required to try and keep himself relevant, even if that meant swapping parties and standing as a candidate in somewhere he couldn't even point out on a map. What connections could someone like this possibly have to the likes of Warrington and Hillhead? Harold Wilson didn't rate him much either despite having him in Cabinet.
@rustynuts4426Ай бұрын
gone are those days, days of the family
@Tomf34978Ай бұрын
Them horns in the background give a nice bass
@soniarosado2848Ай бұрын
❤😮wow that was so interesting I never knew about it but I do know and I will definitely not forget it amen 🙏 rip Dr ❤. 20/24 USA 🇺🇸
@briandelaney9710Ай бұрын
Bill Rogers trying to dance cracks me up 😂
@davidfalconer8913Ай бұрын
Excellent ! ... as much fun as the original song ! ...... DAVE™🛑
@PaulArnold-n2oАй бұрын
Hello. I would be very interested in your collection of pick of the pops Recordings as I run a recoveries site. Please contact me 👍
@oldelephantstew22 күн бұрын
Sorry, there is no collection. This was a one off recorded for me at my request by my Uncle Harold on the tape recorder shewn in the video which was his. Uncle Harold passed away on August 9th 1971. Years later his sister passed his tape recorder and tapes on to me.
@PaulArnold-n2o22 күн бұрын
@@oldelephantstew Is there any possibility to Convert this pick of the pops tape & send to my email address
@oldelephantstew21 күн бұрын
@@PaulArnold-n2o Sorry - this is not possible - too difficult.
@hsseniorАй бұрын
Reba would be so proud of Nancy, because this was originally Reba’s song
@davidcrook5511Ай бұрын
I enjoyed this! I'd forgotten how much double deckers had gone out of fashion in the Exeter area! And the whole area round the Paris Street bus station where did that go??! Unrecognisable now! Thanks VERY MUCH for this!
@westminsterwatcher5152Ай бұрын
A smashing couple!
@mykeywassАй бұрын
They were all sozzled 24/7
@oldergeologistАй бұрын
Lovely video. These men were the salt of the earth, independent, tough and hard working. I am 75 and worked in mining and met many men like these on the mine sites.
@SeboDigitalАй бұрын
Reminds me of "Here Comes the Bogeyman" song.Nice one, indeed! Is This an acetate tape?
@oldelephantstewАй бұрын
Standard polyester magnetic recording tape. I inherited two tape recorders and a library of recorded tapes from my late Uncle Harold. His musical tastes and mine don't quite match so I often erase his recordings that I don't want to keep and replace them with a recording of my own. Recordings made by him are as good as the day they were made and furthermore if I erase and make a new recording on the tape it's as good as new even though the tapes are getting on for 60 years old. Uncle Harold died in August 1971. It's a very durable technology. My uncle's tapes have well outlived him and will probably outlive me too. He used to get most of his tapes from a mail order company called "Tele Tape" (distributed by Tape Music Ltd, 11 Redvers Road, London N22) which has long ceased to exist.
@anthonygiglio9860Ай бұрын
Great😊
@SkyOfTheUniverseАй бұрын
So cool
@JohnMatthews-hq1svАй бұрын
I am a former merchant navy seaman from Barbados, work in Harrison line Blue star line love this video.
@ZulkifliJamil4033-x6sАй бұрын
Love this old BBC documentary, thank you so much for sharing.
@johnnotrealname8168Ай бұрын
Just a correction of the description, Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff was the one who ended the Post-War consensus or at least stated so publicly. Watch his 1976 Labour Party Conference Speech.
@oldelephantstewАй бұрын
The point that you make is a good one but nevertheless I think that it's generally accepted that '79 was a watershed in British Politics which set the agenda for politics right up to the present time only comparable with 1945 which to me is history as it's before my time. The difference between Labour and Conservative then was quite stark in a way that is not so now. It will make little difference whether Starmak or Sumer becomes prime minister after the election that is about to be as neither of the parties or the men who lead them stand for anything anymore. I have come to agree with Galloway who describes them as "two cheeks of the same a*rse".
@johnnotrealname8168Ай бұрын
@@oldelephantstew Well granted they were different, Labour was still wedded to the unions and working with them as being sufficient to end all their problems instead of curtailing the power of the unions and increasing interest rates which worked although with huge unemployment consequences. The rest I somewhat agree with. The current (03.07.24) government is the most progressive in history and economically is not exactly right-wing with massive spending grants (Not that they are any good by the way.).
@barbarohelm9697Ай бұрын
Piss poor
@insertclevername41232 ай бұрын
--Michael Cockerell: I know he's retired and infirm, but I think bringing Jeremy Thorpe to deliver his famous zinger about Macmillan's character will be a good way to wrap things up. --Producer: Um...are you sure we want Jeremy Thorpe dunking on someone's character? --Cockerell: Well, his voice isn't what it used to be, but give me one reason why we shouldn't have Jeremy on. Although we'll end with Selwyn Lloyd's dog. People love stories about dogs. --Producer: (Speaking of reasons not to bring on Thorpe...)
@prben22 ай бұрын
Two of the greatest mistakes Harold Wilson made was not introducing 'in place of strife' and devaluing the pound far earlier than he did. Other than that, he introduced much needed radical reforms.
@lucianopavarotti28432 ай бұрын
@28:55 Harold Wilson also abandoned his dog at Chequers, after losing the 1970 election
@SkyOfTheUniverse2 ай бұрын
Great video! I see you are into trains as well like I am. I subscribed!
@graemeyetts34652 ай бұрын
Aitken and Thorpe😮
@graemeyetts34652 ай бұрын
I hope our Democrat friends in Washington may see this and reflect on Mr Biden. I make the suggestion around these two mens ages. No other comparison; Biden is a political midget next to MacMillan. Trump will win, and that's preferable IMO but that's a low bar of competence; how apt.
@mrmlpvideogermanАй бұрын
Unfortunately, the comparison doesn't quite fit. MacMillan was under 70 when he retired.
@stevenwatsham59732 ай бұрын
Boston was always a good run ashore... Always got it wet there...
@tallersimon2 ай бұрын
Love this, thanks for sharing.
@icooper52362 ай бұрын
Genesis designer Ogle made some superb cars
@stevebuckley24292 ай бұрын
Iconic!
@arkroyalrifemoonbasealpha61012 ай бұрын
Mr Stringer Mr Stringer i`ve been very ill ha ha ha quality humour
@camdentownjohn2 ай бұрын
I did hear this once on the radio, when the instrumental version was a hit
@DarrenThompson2 ай бұрын
I so happy you not removed the commercials! )))
@MEANASSJAMSTER2 ай бұрын
I am thinking that this is around the time that I lived at Cliftonville (Margate, Kent) ...I did various jobs for my landlord, thus did not pay 'top-up', - from fitting phone exchange stuff + video cameras also rolling out the newly restored (by me) fire alarm to helping one time on a flat clearance in the West End (we nearly accidentally threw the shadow home secretary into the garbage truck - loool).... ...around 4 years after this video I would arrive Hastings for the first time........
@thomaskeenan5742 ай бұрын
I served on a coaster named the Normandy,cant remember owners names We sailed from Woolwich Pier destination Paris She was flat bottomed the masts and funnel used to fold down,when we'd arrive at Le Harve a pilot would board and he would take her up the riverSeine,would stop every night at small villages their were about 200 bridges or so can't remember exactly now. I did 3 trips on her it was great fun rest ofmy time back to deep sea until 1966
@Rebecca2362 ай бұрын
One of my favorite impressions is when he used to mimic Des O’Conner laughing on the sofa! It was genius. 😅
@Rebecca2362 ай бұрын
He was a genius!!! They should make a film about his life. Not recognized enough. Much better than the rubbish today. 🎥
@Rebecca2362 ай бұрын
Why wasn’t he knighted? He was amazing
@Airscrew20102 ай бұрын
My Late Father was a driver at Hindhead in 1980s, remember these scenes very well, the cashing up room, bought back memories, he also to drive the London Link coaches, all the buses were red though
@PeterMackett2 ай бұрын
"Carpenters Medley"
@Gottlovedogs1232 ай бұрын
I go here everyday and I think there are 3 or 2 memorials for ww1 and 2! Also my brothers friends cousin has a grave there he sadly died of cancer
@kindnessyet21592 ай бұрын
Captain probably should have had the water tight doors shut. Apart from that it was an awful accident. Whether it would have made much difference having the water tight doors shut will remain unseen.
@peterdavies29602 ай бұрын
No matter what the internet says, he’ll always be Rolf Harris OBE to me it’s so damn unfair how he got stripped off those and it’s utter bollocks how Jimmy Savile’s still a knight