[guide.chat] In Reply To: In Reply To: No TV then
- From: "James Liddell" <james.liddell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Elizabeth Kay" <ebeth.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Guide.chat" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:45:59 +0100
Hi, Elizabeth;
Your post about wireless sparked a memory.
As you know, my father was a minier. When he was born into a large family which
eventually comprised five brotheres and two sisters, the family, like many
others, had to live in miners' rows - houses owned by the mine owners...then
the Marquis of Bute. This was in the early twenties, and there was no
electricity or gas in the rows. Coal was provided, and the money taken from the
meagre wages of the wage earner.
If a miner was forced to leave his work, his family were turfed out of the row.
There was no compensation; no arbitration.
As far as wireless went, I remember my aunt telling me that they had to power
their device with an accumulator, which they had to haul the two miles to be
charged up at the local chemists!
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Kay - Email Address: ebeth.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent On: 12/09/2012 11:57
Sent To: Guide.chat - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [guide.chat] In Reply To: No TV then
Good morning Carol, If life in the 60's seems so remote can you imabine what
it was like in the 20's and 30's! Even radio was in its infancy and was then
called "wireless". My uncle Bob was the first person I knew to have a wireless
set. Only one person at a time could listen as it was necessary to use
headphones. He discovered that by putting the headphones in a bowl in the
middle of the table other people could hear a faint sound by leaning close to
the bowl. I thought it was wonderful. Eventually it was possible to own a
wireless set so everybody could hear, but as many people did not have
electricit these early forms of radio ran off an accumulater and dry battery. I
was about sixteen years old when my father bought our first wireless set.
However we did have a wind up gramophone.
My father bought this in five shillings a week instalments along with ten
records. These needed to be turned over every four minutes and the gramphone
wound up. There were five of us at the time so we each chose two records. My
mother chose two popular ballads of the time "Among my Souvenirs" and "In a
Monastery Gsrden" My father and two brothers chose brass band music and
recordings of the old Music Hall comedians: Frank Randal, Billy Bennett and
Stanley Holloway. Both brothers learned theur monologues off by heart by
constant playing and one of them eventually became an amateur conedian himself.
He was nort called up during the war as he was in what was called a reserved
occupation but he joined the Home Guard and along with some of the other men
formed a home Guard Concert Patty performig in cinemas and church halls for
charity. Wireless eventually beacame radio but TV was still along way off. My
husband and I did not own a TV until 1956. It was black and white with two BBC
stations only starting at six oclock in the evening. In all those years however
I never remember being bored. There were cinemas, theatres, nusic halls, clubs
and societies of every kind to suit all interests. Every town had its dance
hall with its own dance band, studios where youcould learn to dance (That was
where I met my husband). Churches held social evenings and concerts, some even
organised dances for their young people and people visited one another. Well I
remember the Sunday family gatherings at my grandma's house and wonderful
Christmas parties with uncles, aunts and cousins playing daft games like blind
mans buff, pinning the donkey's tail on and musical chairs. It was adifferent
world. Every aspect of life has changed, shopping, transport, education etc
etc. Glad I still have my memories. Love Elizabeth
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Sent On: 12/09/2012 06:50
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Subject: [guide.chat] No TV then
Good morning all
yes to think back in 50's and 60's no Tv
when I look back now obviously I was child then. We so damn lucky nowdays in
this modern world.
wow all latest Tv's slim lines different colurs cd or dvd's slots built in
them. Now audio descrption wow all great now. we had the old black telephone
with the silver dial on you put your fingers in to turn round and made that
lovely noise as it turned round
Oh my mum and dad loved them black phones then
They had radio gramm then
but as year progressed We got old record players where you lift the hand up
needle on wow you needed steady hands to put on to next track. no mobiles then
Strange now when look back because wehn you were stranded some where we
couldn't even get messages to our families no mobiles
but you had to walk home then
if its urgent you had to look for a phone box with the old fashioned black
phones in
Oh hard times but yes this all might sound so stupid now but we were so happy .
neighbours were so chatty we all said good morning each morning.
even post man did
lots of love about then.
but now people so damn stuck up keep then selves to themselves
never help you unless its a good person.
oh loved the days not a lot of money or teknology because no one was selfish
then and spoilt
all treated the same
My god nowdays too much teknolody too much money more expensive to live now
luxuries now yes should be grateful for what we all have now
wow just think no lap tops no communication threw emails wow
isn't it all fantastic now though
Lap tops brought us all together .
Never had all these luxerie such as posh baths posh showers posh washing
machines lovely different wall papers luxuery carpets all different luxery
kitchens beds etc
wow doesn't it open all our eyes to this modern world?
Love Carol xxxx
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