0:00:02 > 0:00:04The family.
0:00:04 > 0:00:08It's where we love, laugh, shout and cry.
0:00:08 > 0:00:09- Oh!- Don't fall off.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13It makes us who we are.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18But it hasn't always been the cherished institution it is today.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21To find out how the modern family came to be,
0:00:21 > 0:00:23a group of parents and kids
0:00:23 > 0:00:26from across Britain are turning back time,
0:00:26 > 0:00:31to face the same ordeals as millions of others over the past 100 years.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36In the northern seaside town of Morecambe, the past is coming alive.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42A row of terraced houses has been turned into time machines,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44to transport our families
0:00:44 > 0:00:47through the twist and turns of the 20th century.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49From the age of masters and servants.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52I felt a bit emotional,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55because I knew she was there to take the children away.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Which is quite difficult.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Through the roaring '20s, to the Depression.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Anything else of value will need to be sold.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07The fact it was in front of the family, I felt really useless.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12From life on the Home Front.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Another era, another separation.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16To the swinging '60s.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19I'm slightly concerned about the length of their skirts.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22We're starting the rebellion right now.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24And on to the groovy '70s.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25I couldn't give a damn about material things.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28For me, family is the most important thing.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32And the past is about to get personal.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Rather than just living in a museum, we're living an ancestor's life.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41She died of TB, consumption.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Sorry, I'm quite emotional.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46We take so much for granted, I think.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48We're turning back time,
0:01:48 > 0:01:53to find out how history made the family what it is today.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Albert Road, Morecambe.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06An ordinary British street
0:02:06 > 0:02:08where three houses are being transformed again
0:02:08 > 0:02:12into family homes of the 1960s.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Our families will arrive into an economic boom,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20with full employment and an explosion of consumer goods.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23But there's also revolution in the air
0:02:23 > 0:02:26and cracks are appearing in the family unit.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31Our two families are heading to Albert Road.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33The Meadows, from Royal Berkshire.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38For the last three eras, they have toiled in the working class house,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40living just above the poverty line.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- That's not washed.- Yes, it is.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- It's got stains on it. - Where? I washed it.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Now, they are hoping things may be looking up.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57It's all feeling very exciting this time. The girls are looking stunning.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00All three of them look so different to anything we've done before.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Just because we have a car and are wearing nicer clothes,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I daren't get my hopes up.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07We might be living in an absolute pig sty.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12They're joined by the Taylor family from Norfolk.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18So far, they've lived in the formal, upper middle class house,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20separated from their children.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22You wouldn't know your family.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25You wouldn't know your kids, because you never see them.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Michael and Adele are looking forward to what the '60s might have to offer.
0:03:29 > 0:03:35The '60s was cool fashion, good music.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37More family time.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Get to go out together, and go and do something really fun.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46I don't know. Some sort of trip out, where we're all out together
0:03:46 > 0:03:48and enjoying yourself together.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55Journalist and mother, Susannah Reid will be guiding the families through the era.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59The '60s was a treacherous time for the traditional family unit,
0:03:59 > 0:04:03with teenage rebellion threatening to split the nuclear family apart.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06It's an exciting time to be a teenager.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Perhaps not so much for the parents!
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Joining her will be social historian Juliet Gardiner,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18and antique gadget enthusiast Joe Crowley.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24The families are in for a surprise upheaval.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Families, welcome back to Albert Road, and it's all change.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31It is now the swinging '60s.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36We have taken another look back at your genealogy,
0:04:36 > 0:04:40and we have placed you in houses which directly relate
0:04:40 > 0:04:44to where your families would have lived at the beginning of the 1960s.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Meadows.
0:04:46 > 0:04:52Phil, by 1953, your maternal grandfather, Reg Turney,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55was no longer a chauffeur, he was a businessman.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58So you're now living in the middle class house.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Yes! Thank you.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Taylors.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Michael, your grandfather was a motor mechanic,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08so resolutely working class.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12So Taylors, you'll be in the working class house.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Oh gosh, no!
0:05:15 > 0:05:16I've go to work?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Teenagers, this was your era.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23There was a shift in power relations within the family.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Teenagers were no longer so dependent on their parents.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28It was a youth quake.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Once again, the family unit is going to be under pressure.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37As you can see, the big house has long gone.
0:05:37 > 0:05:43It's been carved into flats, so you may have some new neighbours.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46All right, families, it's time to go and look at your new homes.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54At number 2 Albert Road, it's a step up for the Meadows.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Lordy. Carpet!
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Unlike the past three eras, they are surrounded with comfort,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02and the latest technology.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Oh, wow!
0:06:04 > 0:06:07We've got a television.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10In the 1960s...
0:06:10 > 0:06:12This looks like my parents' house.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17..consumer goods produced en masse transformed family life.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- I wouldn't mind moving in here permanently.- Neither would I!
0:06:19 > 0:06:21God, these are comfy.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23I think it's so wicked.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27We have a TV, record player, drinks cabinet.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Hoovers, fridges, washing machines and irons
0:06:30 > 0:06:33appeared in homes across the country,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37creating a domestic haven for housewives.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39I've got a kitchen.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I am just so happy.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Next door at number 3,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49the Taylors will have to adjust to a working class lifestyle,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53after previously experiencing the high life with staff.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Luckily for them, there were jobs for all
0:06:56 > 0:07:00and 130% rise in wages over the decade.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04The working classes really have never had it so good.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08We have a TV. Yay!
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- It's not bad. It's all right. - It's lovely, isn't it? - We've got a fridge.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Let's have a look.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Wow, this is a nice kitchen.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Despite falling down the pecking order,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20the Taylors are taking the move well.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22It's all right.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26In comparison what it was, like in the 1900s, this house,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30in the poor house, I think it's actually OK.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- It's homely.- More relaxed.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36But Adele, who will have to work in this era,
0:07:36 > 0:07:40has concerns about how being working parents will affect the family.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42I think we'll see less of each other again,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46and that's what is bothering me.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51A new family are arriving on Albert Road,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54with high expectations for a new life.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Brother and sister Jonathan and Rachel Hawkes have come
0:07:58 > 0:08:01to sample the life of a Caribbean immigrant family.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05By the end of the '60s, nearly 500,000 people from the Caribbean
0:08:05 > 0:08:07had emigrated to the UK.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Why do they come to this country?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12To find jobs and better opportunities,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14and because, as British subjects,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16they look on Britain as their second home.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20In parts of the Caribbean, there was 40% unemployment,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23but in booming Britain, there was a severe labour shortage,
0:08:23 > 0:08:28and Commonwealth subjects were encouraged to come over to the mother country to work.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31London Transport has a highly successful scheme,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34which recruits bus conductors from Barbados.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Usually, the men came first, with the aim of earning enough money
0:08:39 > 0:08:41to be able to bring the rest of the family over.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44This was known as chain migration.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52The Hawkes from Dulwich, South London, are so close
0:08:52 > 0:08:55they even have their own family band.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00Student Rachel and music teacher Jonathan's grandparents
0:09:00 > 0:09:03migrated from Jamaica in the late '50s.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Sadly, both have since died.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It would be great to get a virtual feel of stepping into
0:09:07 > 0:09:13my granddad's footsteps, and trying to understand what he was going through.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18Really, get a sense of what the atmosphere was like.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Initially, they will be travelling to Albert Road on their own,
0:09:21 > 0:09:25without younger sister Hayley and mum Sandra.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I can't tell you how nice this is, Mum. Thank you so much.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32The grandparents are not here to relive and to share experiences.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I think that's important.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Knowing who you are,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39and that's why important going back into the '60s, wow.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41They're going to get who they are.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I wish I was a teenager in the '60s.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Probably wouldn't have been the same for a black girl
0:09:47 > 0:09:49as a white girl, but at the same time,
0:09:49 > 0:09:54the culture, the creativity, the music, the fashion.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57That was the best period, in my opinion.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Their grandparents, Hazel Adams and Ralph Lawne Morgan,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05came to Britain when they were in their 20s.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Back on Albert Road,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Jonathan and Rachel need to find a flat to rent,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13like their grandfather did.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- BLEEP- off
0:10:23 > 0:10:24No way.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- They said... - No Irish, no dogs, no coloureds.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Despite the fact they were invited to the UK,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Caribbean families often faced a very hostile reception.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- I can't let you in. - Beg your pardon?
0:10:39 > 0:10:40I can't let you in.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Coloured people, you can get them out of the country.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46The soonest you can get them out, the better I'll be pleased,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I'll tell you that.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54For many immigrants, this open racism meant it was a real struggle
0:10:54 > 0:10:56to find a decent place to live.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58If I had a house to let in a terrace,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02I should think twice about letting it to a coloured person.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05How you would like if it a house next door to you
0:11:05 > 0:11:07was taken by a coloured person?
0:11:07 > 0:11:11On Albert Road, there is only one option for the Hawkes.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Room to let.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Yay!
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Jonathan and Rachel are moving into number one, the big house,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21where the Taylors once lived.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24In this era, many big properties were split up into flats,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27due to high taxation for the wealthy.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I can't believe someone would rent a place out like this,
0:11:40 > 0:11:41because I wouldn't.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47The amount of dust in this place.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48I can't sleep in this.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51It's not the way I've been brought up.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56As so many landlords refused to rent their properties to immigrants,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58those that did often exploited them.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Charging them high rent for little more than dives.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06I can't have my mum, my mother coming to stay in a place like this.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09It's dirty. I'll have to clean it for her. We'll have to.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I don't know how they did it.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16I can imagine them on the ship,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19just, you know, leaving their lives behind
0:12:19 > 0:12:22and then walking into this country, where there's banners saying,
0:12:22 > 0:12:26"Go back to where you came from" and "No coloureds here."
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I think some people would have come here
0:12:28 > 0:12:31and completely regretting coming over,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35because they were led on to maybe believe that they were wanted here
0:12:35 > 0:12:37and then the reality was that
0:12:37 > 0:12:41actually, this was quite, for some, an unwelcoming place.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Hi, guys.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Next door, Joe Crowley has arrived
0:12:48 > 0:12:51with news that will shake up the Meadows family.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It is a time of change, particularly looking at you two.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59- Young people are asserting themselves. There's more freedom, more independence.- Brilliant.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02You're now going to be working in a boutique in Morecambe,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04so you'll be earning a wage, OK?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07And with that new-found freedom
0:13:07 > 0:13:09comes this -
0:13:09 > 0:13:11your own flat.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12- No!- What, with me as well?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Yeah.- Oh!
0:13:14 > 0:13:15It's time...
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Yes!- To spread your wings, exactly. How does that feel?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- Oh, no!- I've got my own place! - You're breaking free.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25- Sex, drink, rock 'n' roll, drugs... - Could you stop it?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I'm not encouraging them, I'm just saying how it was.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31For 60 years,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34the Meadows have overcome everything history had to throw at them.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Right, dig deep, team, family.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41They got through it by working as a close family team.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44# Oh, my, what a rotten song
0:13:44 > 0:13:47# What a rotten singer too! #
0:13:47 > 0:13:50The girls move out tomorrow. They're breaking down that family unit,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52which me and Susie may struggle with a bit.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58The concept of the teenager had only just been invented.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02With full employment pulling everyone into the economic boom,
0:14:02 > 0:14:04most teens had jobs,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07earning an average of £150 a week in today's money.
0:14:08 > 0:14:1170% of their wages was disposable income,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15giving them freedom that today's teens can only dream of.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Saskia and Genevieve are heading off to work at the local boutique.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21With the school leaving age at 15,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24even Genevieve could have worked full-time.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Now teenagers had money to burn,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30fashion was created explicitly for them.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33But before they can start selling the clothes,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35the girls have to look the part.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Genevieve Meadows, featuring the 1960s cocktail dress.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46That looks really pretty.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48For the past six decades, Saskia and Genevieve
0:14:48 > 0:14:51have been wearing the same clothes as their mum.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Now boutique owner Amanda wants to help them get the look.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56- It's very short.- Yeah.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00They were, though. They were very short. The shorter the better.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03So they would try and, like,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05not wear what your mother wanted to wear in those days?
0:15:05 > 0:15:10It was a chance for teenagers to get their own identity.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12We've just come out to work.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Now we're going back with tart make-up on and short tight dresses.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Dad is not going to be impressed.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Aw, I just stuck that in my eye!
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I feel like I've got more freedom
0:15:23 > 0:15:25by having my own job, getting my own money.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28I don't need to rely on my mum and dad to do that for me.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33MUSIC: "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Back on Albert Road,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38the Taylor children are also enjoying a new-found freedom
0:15:38 > 0:15:40that their working-class status brings.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44The children have been used to severe formality -
0:15:44 > 0:15:46schooled by nannies.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Remember that children should be seen and not heard.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53You do not disturb Mama and Papa downstairs...
0:15:53 > 0:15:56MUSIC CONTINUES
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Now, they are making the most of having the run of the house.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Can we not jump on the furniture, please?
0:16:06 > 0:16:10- This era gives the kids freedom to play.- Exterminate! Exterminate!
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I almost feel like,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15because we're working class, no-one's expecting anything.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Exterminate!
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Everybody's allowed to talk to each other and stuff, it's not as strict.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I like getting more freedom.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27It's a family that I recognise, the hubbub and the chaos.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Psshow!
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Two doors down, the newcomers, Rachel and Jonathan,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40haven't spoken to anyone else all day.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42And with their family separated,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Rachel has no choice but to take on her mother's role.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Rachel doesn't have the experience
0:16:47 > 0:16:50because my mum does do pretty much all of the cooking.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54This is a garlic, isn't it? This is garlic.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I know this is garlic.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02I like cooking but I've been told that it's not very good,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05so, you know, I usually let other people cook.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Hopefully, I'll eat tonight.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Fingers crossed.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12OK, I think that'll be enough garlic.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16The Meadows girls are back from work,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19and are ready to show off their new youthful looks.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Hello!- Hello!
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Hi!
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Oh! My God!
0:17:29 > 0:17:31That smells lovely, Mummy.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Oh, my word! You went out looking perfectly sober,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38and you've come home looking absolutely amazing.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Aren't you slightly concerned about the length of their skirts?
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Well, they are a tad short.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- I don't mind it being that short.- OK.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48OK, well, go and put your long dresses on now
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- and sort your hair out. - We don't have any.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- This is what we wear now, Dad. - This is our new outfit.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55We're starting the rebellion right now.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I'm sorry, but I've got cooking.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03RECORD PLAYS: "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Not too loud, Genevieve! Not too loud!
0:18:06 > 0:18:11I actually can imagine the parents of teenage children in the '60s
0:18:11 > 0:18:15would have been absolutely aghast at what their kids were wearing
0:18:15 > 0:18:17and their behaviour. It would have been so alien.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20The one and only, The Rolling Schtones!
0:18:20 > 0:18:22And here they come right now.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26# Let's spend the night together... #
0:18:26 > 0:18:30It's their last night together before the girls move out.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34It's been really a bit of a head-twister, this one,
0:18:34 > 0:18:38because we're comfortable with it and want to encourage them to be away
0:18:38 > 0:18:40and it's good that they're being independent
0:18:40 > 0:18:44and we're proud of them that they're making that step away,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47but on the other hand, we don't really want them to go.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I'm not sure that Genevieve's ready.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- That's better. - It is the Worzel Gummidge man.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Next door at the Taylors',
0:18:57 > 0:19:01it's their first family night in together for 60 years.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04THEY LAUGH
0:19:04 > 0:19:07By the end of the '60s, nearly everyone had a black-and-white TV
0:19:07 > 0:19:10but the fact that most people only had one
0:19:10 > 0:19:13meant that all the family watched the same thing.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Look at the faces and their hair!
0:19:16 > 0:19:19It's a big thing for us.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Throughout history so far, we've been separated out,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27we've all gone off, you know, either to war or been evacuated
0:19:27 > 0:19:31or they were upstairs with the nanny, and so it is a big deal for us,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33it's been a big deal for us to have tea together,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35it's been a big deal for us to sit here.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Whoa...
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- Were you scared of Mr Fluffy? - No, he looked funny.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48No, it's still not cooked through. It's still red.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Right. Oh, OK.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Back at the Hawkes', their night in alone is getting worse.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59'We either have light or electricity.'
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Can you turn on the hob,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- and then I'll let you know which ones have blown.- OK.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Nothing works properly in their rundown flat
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- and dinner is starting to look unlikely.- Yeah?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Right, that's back on. Turn on another one.- That's fine.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Oh! Jon!
0:20:16 > 0:20:19The one that was fine has gone off.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25At the moment, I'm feeling quite isolated.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Obviously, it's just Jonathan and I
0:20:27 > 0:20:30so we haven't really spoken to anyone else in the neighbourhood,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32haven't really seen anyone.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36All right, so, let's just make a small one. We...
0:20:36 > 0:20:37What?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Yeah, that's fine.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- Yeah, for now(!)- For now.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44I'm feeling really homesick,
0:20:44 > 0:20:48so I can't even imagine how homesick my grandparents would have felt,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50you know, knowing their family is so far away
0:20:50 > 0:20:52in a completely different country.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55This is so comfortable!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57It's been harsh for the new arrivals
0:20:57 > 0:21:01and something's been playing on Jonathan's mind all day.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05'Seeing the sign, "No blacks, no coloureds, no dogs," all that stuff,
0:21:05 > 0:21:09'I honestly didn't think it would affect me as much as it did'
0:21:09 > 0:21:11but it really got to me, made me quite angry.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Thinking about somebody actually having to come over here
0:21:15 > 0:21:17and seeing a sign like that,
0:21:17 > 0:21:19feeling absolutely disgusted,
0:21:19 > 0:21:23yet still having to pick themselves up and carry on.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Next day on Albert Road,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38and the girls are about to move into their new flat.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40I'm excited, but yeah,
0:21:40 > 0:21:45I'm upset that I have to, like, part from you two
0:21:45 > 0:21:48because you're my mum and my dad and I love you, so...
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I mean, we're so used to living as a family.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Now, all of a sudden, I've got my own place
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- and I am excited, because it's, like, exciting.- New.- New.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03I love you and I don't want you to go.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Saskia!
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Just two things - don't go over the top
0:22:08 > 0:22:12with your new freedom and being able to drink and go to parties
0:22:12 > 0:22:15and not have to come in and worry with your parents going,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- "What time do you call this?" Don't go over the top with this.- OK.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21The other thing is, you are going to have to look after Genevieve.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- I know.- She needs looking after. You know what she's like.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26All right, baby? But not too hard on the partying.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- I won't, I promise.- I love you so much.- I love you too, Daddy.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- I love you.- Let's go.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35- Good luck.- Bye! I love you!
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Good luck, guys. GENEVIEVE: Bye, guys.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Oh, no!- No!
0:22:42 > 0:22:44The girls aren't going far.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48They're moving next door, to a bedsit directly below the Hawkes.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Yes!
0:22:53 > 0:22:55SHE CACKLES
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- You don't mean that. Come on. - No, I don't mean that.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I don't mean that.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Wow, a long walk, guys.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Do I just open the door?
0:23:12 > 0:23:14It's almost unthinkable
0:23:14 > 0:23:16that a 15-year-old would move out of home today,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19but it was surprisingly common in the 1960s,
0:23:19 > 0:23:24when teenagers moved to the cities to take up jobs and apprenticeships.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Homely!
0:23:27 > 0:23:28SASKIA LAUGHS
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- Why are there holes in the walls? - Well, this is lovely.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34For middle-class youth of the '60s,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37the bohemian nature of bedsits is exactly what appealed.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42It was a world away from the stuffy confines of the parental home.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45I think I prefer our house.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- Don't you, Sask?- Just a bit.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50This is horrible!
0:23:50 > 0:23:53This is dirty and... Urgh!
0:23:53 > 0:23:57And the girls will have to share the bathroom with the other tenants.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Oh, you're kidding me.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03This is disgusting.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06I'm so desperate for a wee, Genna.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10I can't go in there. Look at it. Urgh!
0:24:10 > 0:24:11This is not good.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15That means we have to go to Mum and Dad's every time we need a wee.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- We can't do that.- Well, I'm not going to the toilet here.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Otherwise our egos go down, because we want to be independent.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I don't care. I don't want to be that independent.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33It was a little bit cold, last night.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37This is not home.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I'm starting to miss my mum and sister as well.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41It's like, "when are they coming"?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Upstairs, Jonathan and Rachel have the added pressure
0:24:46 > 0:24:48of having to earn enough money
0:24:48 > 0:24:52not only to pay the rent, but also to save up to reunite the family.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57NEWSREADER: West Indians also help to keep the transport services moving.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01So Jonathan is following in the footsteps of many immigrants
0:25:01 > 0:25:04recruited to work on Britain's transport systems.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Hello, sir. Can I help with your bag? Is that all right? Thank you.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Some immigrants, like school teacher Jonathan, were professionals
0:25:13 > 0:25:16but in order to survive, had to accept jobs
0:25:16 > 0:25:18for which they were overqualified.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21- Can I help with your bags?- Yes, please.- Is that all right?- Fine.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25It doesn't take long for Jonathan to feel their frustration.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28For me, it kind of feels like my head is going to explode
0:25:28 > 0:25:30because I know that I could be doing
0:25:30 > 0:25:32something which I've worked so hard on.
0:25:32 > 0:25:38- Thank you for your help. - OK, have a lovely trip. Take care.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Very frustrating, the fact that you are more of a skilled worker,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and you have much more to offer this country.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Rachel is working as a cleaner at the local council offices.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Because of the necessity of making money quickly,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02many immigrants couldn't afford to study or train
0:26:02 > 0:26:05and were often forced to accept low-paid, unskilled jobs.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09'Immigrants generally seem to start a lot lower than others,
0:26:09 > 0:26:11'because they have to kind of'
0:26:11 > 0:26:15go through this test of... of endurance.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18For Rachel, the reality of life
0:26:18 > 0:26:22as a new immigrant in the '60s is hitting home.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Being in the same circumstance for a long time
0:26:24 > 0:26:27would be quite soul-destroying
0:26:27 > 0:26:32and really, I think, crippling on self-esteem.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39The Meadows girls' only concern is making their bedsit more swinging.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43I do like doing things up and, you know, making it my own
0:26:43 > 0:26:45and, you know, Mum can't go,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47"Oh, Genna, you can't put that there,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50or "Genna, that doesn't go there," or something like that
0:26:50 > 0:26:53because I can just put it wherever I want, because it's mine.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56No, no, no, no. Move...
0:26:58 > 0:27:01I think it's quite cool. It's just a bit cramped, a bit small.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Since we've got the posters up
0:27:03 > 0:27:06and I've been a bit more proactive, I've had a change of heart.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08I'm enjoying it now.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Phil Meadows is following in the footsteps
0:27:15 > 0:27:18of his businessman grandfather, Reginald Turney.
0:27:18 > 0:27:24It's very powerful, 4.2 litre engine. It goes 150 miles an hour...
0:27:24 > 0:27:26In an era when car ownership more than doubled,
0:27:26 > 0:27:28he is running a car showroom.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31It goes 0-60 in 7.9 seconds, I think it is,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33I can show you on the brochure. So it flies.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35But racy cars can't distract him
0:27:35 > 0:27:39from his worries about his racy teenagers.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- Don't drive it off without me.- No, no.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44I can relate to what was going on in the '60s.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48If you had parents from the war that were so marked by that experience,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50and the youth wanted to go out and party
0:27:50 > 0:27:54and spend their money they had and wear those clothes they can buy,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56would just be so frustrated
0:27:56 > 0:27:58by the way their parents were pulling them down.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02You know, "Did you know it used to be rationing just five years ago?"
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Just all that, no wonder the kids wanted to get away from it.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Make sure it's on properly. That's it.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Phil's next-door neighbour Michael Taylor
0:28:11 > 0:28:16is also doing his grandfather's job, working as a motor mechanic.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18In previous eras, the Taylors lived
0:28:18 > 0:28:21the upper middle-class life of their relative,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23mill manager William Bennett.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Now, they are following a different line,
0:28:27 > 0:28:31that of grandfather John Joseph Taylor.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34You should be able to take it out and undo it with your fingers.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36'Unfortunately, I didn't know my grandfather well
0:28:36 > 0:28:39'but to know that he did a job like this'
0:28:39 > 0:28:42and worked and earned to live and keep his family going
0:28:42 > 0:28:43and that's what I do.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46You have to do... That's what I'm doing at the moment.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50'The 1900 mill manager, I couldn't connect with that man at all.'
0:28:50 > 0:28:53I couldn't connect with the idea of sitting around
0:28:53 > 0:28:55and being waited on and being looked after.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Michael's grandad John Joseph Taylor
0:28:59 > 0:29:02was a skilled worker who would have earned a good wage.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05In the 1960s, the pay gap between the middle and working classes
0:29:05 > 0:29:07was smaller than ever before.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Usually it would be like, one there, one there, one there, one there.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14'I see myself as working class'
0:29:14 > 0:29:17so in the 1960s, I feel at home here.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Oh, gosh. This rice isn't rice any more. It's pasta.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Back at 1 Albert Road,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39historian Juliet has arrived with Charlie Phillips,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41a family friend of the Hawkes,
0:29:41 > 0:29:46to share his experiences as a first-generation immigrant.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- Charlie!- Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- How are you doing?- Not too bad. - Good to see you, man.- Yeah.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54This brings flashbacks.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57When I first came here, this is what we used to live on,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00a family of four used to live in a room like this, you know?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03And, erm, never imagine,
0:30:03 > 0:30:07that, erm, really brings flashbacks. Yeah.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- Why don't...?- This is part of my history, you know? Part of my life.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16Charlie arrived from Jamaica at the age of ten, in the late '50s.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21He grew up in Notting Hill, London,
0:30:21 > 0:30:25and became a photographer, documenting immigrant life.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Your parents must have had such a struggle coming over here as immigrants?
0:30:29 > 0:30:32It was a big cultural shock.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36All the other kids on my street were very curious of me.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40They'd come up and touch your hair and say, "Oh, you got hair like steel wool!"
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Some of the kids thought we were from the jungle.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45We used to get called, like, "Sambo," or, "Golliwog,"
0:30:45 > 0:30:47and sometimes I had to get in fights
0:30:47 > 0:30:50and we had to fight my way out of certain situations as well, yeah?
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Unfortunately, some of us became demoralised, like myself.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Which is dreadful. I mean, Britain has a lot to be ashamed of.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- How did you react to that? - We had to overcome it.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04The only thing that could unite the family was listening to,
0:31:04 > 0:31:06you know, music.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Most of the radio stations you couldn't get music that we liked.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12We were into Fats Domino, The Platters, Little Richard -
0:31:12 > 0:31:16and we used to play them that these house parties as well.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18We never had access to clubs or entertainment.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23That was the only thing that brought us socially together as well, you know?
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Music is the soul of life.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Oh, I see, take care, take care.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30- Take care, see you soon. - Yeah, sorry I've got to go, yeah?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33'I'm in awe of the fact that, despite this experience,
0:31:33 > 0:31:34'you know, they just...'
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- They kept going...- They went on. - ..kept going.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39You know, it shaped who they were as people.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42It shaped Granddad to be so strong.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Inspired by Charlie and in the hope of lifting their spirits,
0:31:48 > 0:31:51the Hawkes are on the hunt for the music.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Hello.- Hello! Do you have any record players here?
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Yeah, we have one just down there...
0:31:58 > 0:31:59- by the window.- This one here?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- Yeah, yeah.- Oh, wow!
0:32:01 > 0:32:04We'll take the record player and records!
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- Thank you.- Bye.- Bye.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20SLOW VIOLIN AND BRASS MUSIC PLAYING
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Oh, that's really nice!
0:32:26 > 0:32:31# Only you
0:32:31 > 0:32:36# Can make all this world seem right... #
0:32:36 > 0:32:38This would have made life bearable.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41# Only you
0:32:41 > 0:32:47# You are my destiny. #
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- It doesn't matter if the house looks crap now because... - Couldn't give a shit.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- Not right now. - No, I don't notice the wall so much.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55That's fine, yeah, that'll be fine.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- Beautiful.- Oh, this is beautiful.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- I'm so happy right now!- Same!
0:33:06 > 0:33:10- There is always one sock, ain't there, goes wandering?- Always, yeah.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- Thank you very much.- No problem.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Adele is working at the local launderette.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19It's the first time she's had a job since she came to Albert Road.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22# For goodness sake
0:33:22 > 0:33:25# I've got the hippie hippie shakes... #
0:33:25 > 0:33:27This time I've got a purpose.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30I'm working and bringing money into the house.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32My biggest issue has always been being still.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I hate sitting around thinking about things.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37I'd rather be busy and occupied.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45The first launderette opened in 1949
0:33:45 > 0:33:48and by the '60s they were hugely popular.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52With the cost of a washing machine beyond many working class families,
0:33:52 > 0:33:56launderettes became important social centres.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59So, Adele has brought the kids with her.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Yeah, just whack it on.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Brilliant, put the lid down. The scoop's got to go back.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Adele may be happy that this is more akin to her modern day life
0:34:09 > 0:34:12but this wasn't what 1960s women aspired to.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16I don't have to employ anybody to look after them.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Not a stuffy place where they would just have to sit.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I mean, they're charging around like mad fools today!
0:34:23 > 0:34:25So, yeah, it feels really nice having them at work.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29# The hippie hippie shakes. #
0:34:38 > 0:34:42Being a domestic goddess, or whatever term you want to use,
0:34:42 > 0:34:44it's not rewarding enough.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49In the '60s, if I'd been a woman around then,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I would not have been happy.
0:34:53 > 0:34:54Susie may not be enjoying it
0:34:54 > 0:34:59but being the perfect housewife was seen as immensely desirable.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04'Considering how much time every housewife spends there,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07'the kitchen is the most important room in the house.'
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Keeping yourself and your house beautiful were what most
0:35:11 > 0:35:14middle-class housewives were expected to dream of.
0:35:14 > 0:35:20I've struggled with 1960s woman. I am not that person.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25I, actually, was happier, bizarrely, as a woman in the 1940s
0:35:25 > 0:35:29because I had a job. You know, I had a purpose.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30SHE BLOWS A WHISTLE
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Get all your stuff! Come on, guys! Get all your stuff together!
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Susie has the added pressure of hosting a dinner party tonight
0:35:40 > 0:35:42for her neighbours, the Taylors.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Pint of milk.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Susie, do you think you'll manage to get your hair done?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48No, Phil, do you know what,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51hair done is the least of my aggravations at the moment.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55I'm struggling with the souffle, sweetie...cos I've done it wrong.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Despite her desire to impress,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- the preparations are running behind schedule.- Might be OK.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- So, you don't think the hair is going to happen?- Probably not.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Unless you want to come down and do my hair right now, as we're speaking?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Do you know what? I'm starting again.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13I think that tells him, doesn't it?
0:36:16 > 0:36:19While Mum is stressed over the dinner party,
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Saskia is making her own plans for the evening.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24- Hello!- Hi.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Hello, I'm Saskia, Genevieve's my sister.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- Nice to meet you!- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- Jonathan.- Rachel.- Awesome.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Erm, we're going to a club this evening,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35we wondered if you'd like to join us?
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- Yeah!- Yeah, why not, we'll come! OK, cool.- Yeah?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- We'll see you in a bit. - See you later! All right.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- See you in a bit, bye. - See you, bye.- Bye.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49The teenagers are planning their first visit to a nightclub -
0:36:49 > 0:36:52free from parental influence.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55They're are rebelling from what they're being allowed to do
0:36:55 > 0:36:57and they would have not just rebelled a little bit,
0:36:57 > 0:36:59they would have wanted to go over the top,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02to shove it in everyone else's faces.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11Saskia has asked 15-year-old Megan Taylor
0:37:11 > 0:37:13to join them on their night out on the town.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Hiya!
0:37:15 > 0:37:17- Straight up the stairs. - Thank you very much.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- Very nice.- Thank you. - Straight up the stairs.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24The '60s saw the opening of the first nightclubs,
0:37:24 > 0:37:26where DJs replaced live bands,
0:37:26 > 0:37:30creating a totally different vibe to traditional dance halls.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35'Perhaps some of us are just getting old and crusty,
0:37:35 > 0:37:37'and forgetting what it meant to be young and active -
0:37:37 > 0:37:39'in every sort of way!'
0:37:40 > 0:37:42HE MOUTHS
0:37:43 > 0:37:46# Come on let's twist again
0:37:46 > 0:37:49# Like we did last summer
0:37:49 > 0:37:51# Yeah, let's twist again... #
0:37:51 > 0:37:55In the 21st-century, their parents can get in touch whenever they want
0:37:55 > 0:38:00but in a time without mobiles no-one can keep tabs on them.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04'It feels nice to be out here without our parents'
0:38:04 > 0:38:06having a good time dancing,
0:38:06 > 0:38:09having a taste of real life and freedom,
0:38:09 > 0:38:12and, you know, independence.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15It's given me in excitement of being an adult for the future.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Yeah, shake it, shake it, baby!
0:38:20 > 0:38:22THEY CHEER AND APPLAUD
0:38:22 > 0:38:24That's very kind of you. Thank you, darling.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Don't look under there!
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- Go through to the right. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- Hello!- Hello! Ooh!
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- Quite right.- Look at this! It looks very grand!
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- This is the wine of the moment. - Right?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Apparently it's going to be the rage.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Well, thank you.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- I'm impressed. It does look very, very good.- Yeah, it looks good.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- Right thing to say!- And your orange matches your orange.- Yeah, do you like that?- Yeah!
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Coordination of the old colours there!
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Did you get a man in for that or did you do it yourself?
0:38:55 > 0:38:56We did a lot of jobs ourselves actually.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01We like to be in keeping with modern times so we, we're going around getting everything updated.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Dinner's served, chaps, dinner's served!
0:39:05 > 0:39:07This is French onion soup.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- Mmm, lovely.- Yeah, honestly.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Susie's dinner party is going swimmingly
0:39:12 > 0:39:16but thoughts soon turn to their teenagers out on the town.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18I must admit, I do feel that Saskia
0:39:18 > 0:39:20is actually leading our daughter astray.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Do you? Do you?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Actually, my daughter's skirt was near her knees.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29- Genevieve's, however, is now... - Is now a belt?
0:39:29 > 0:39:33There's no bum cheek showing, quite, but we are, kind of, mid-thigh level.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Oh, no! Phil, get that chastity belt out!
0:39:36 > 0:39:38You do know where they've gone tonight, don't you?
0:39:38 > 0:39:42- I think they've gone out dancing.- Right.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47Erm, that's all I know because I have been away from them today.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- I have no idea what they are doing. - I don't know who else they're with.
0:39:51 > 0:39:57At the nightclub, the 15-year-olds are getting acquainted with the locals.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- Hello, how are you? - Not so bad, you?- Good, thank you.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04She's hanging out at the bar.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07I've never really seen my sister in a club! It's a bit weird.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Yeah, and you can come to Dotty's Vintage any time.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12She's such a minx!
0:40:13 > 0:40:16'You're, kind of, going to bed you think, "What are the girls doing now?" '
0:40:16 > 0:40:20You know, "Where are they?" Erm, "Who are they with?"
0:40:20 > 0:40:22And you can't, you can't know.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25I can't ring them on their mobiles because we don't have mobiles.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26So, there is some,
0:40:26 > 0:40:29some real twisted emotions going on in my head at the moment,
0:40:29 > 0:40:32as to what my true emotions are.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35I just can't work it out. I cannot work it out in my own head.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Next morning, Phil and Susie have put their concerns about the teens aside
0:40:50 > 0:40:54and are planning to spend the day out together.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56I think they're coping.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00They're not asking us for food or moaning about their conditions.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03So, you know, they're going for it
0:41:03 > 0:41:06and the fact they've got their own pad, I mean, it's just,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09as I would be when I was their age, very excited about it.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13However, after two nights in their bedsit,
0:41:13 > 0:41:17the Meadows girls are losing the spirit of teenage rebellion.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21I'd quite like to go home really. I don't want to be a rebel.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25- Do you want to be a rebel, Saskia? - I think it's a great idea
0:41:25 > 0:41:29and you get all excited about it until you actually move out.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31And then it all becomes very realistic
0:41:31 > 0:41:34when I'm having to sleep in here.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36I don't want to be completely free
0:41:36 > 0:41:38cos then who's going to look after us?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41I am the world's worst rebellious teenager!
0:41:42 > 0:41:44It is quite funny.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Teenagers back then probably didn't have much of a relationship with their parents.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51They might not have been so, like, laid-back.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58# I got you babe I got you babe... #
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Believing the girls are now happily independent,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Phil and Susie are off to do their own thing.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12It's a really nice day for a picnic. I'm glad we decided to come.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17I mean, this is a real treat for us
0:42:17 > 0:42:22because, actually, we've got a bit of time to ourselves.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- I mean, this type of thing, we just didn't do.- I know.
0:42:25 > 0:42:31- In any of the previous eras.- No, we've just had too much work to do.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- We've been too busy...- Surviving... - ..but this is quite nice to...
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- ..and a war.- Hmm.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41The Taylors also have leisure time to fill.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44After a night at the Meadows' they're keeping up with the neighbours
0:42:44 > 0:42:48by indulging in the latest 1960s fad - DIY.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- Ooh, don't fall, I'll break my neck! - You take pride in your home, don't you?
0:42:54 > 0:42:59You want it to be the best it can be for your family.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03With a boom in home ownership and a rise in disposable income,
0:43:03 > 0:43:08everyone wanted to stamp their own identity on their homes.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12We find we can be a little more individual if we do it ourselves.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16You've hung it upside down! Roses grow like that...
0:43:16 > 0:43:18and ours are growing that way.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Never mind about the flowers - it's just the round bits!
0:43:21 > 0:43:25This is why divorce started to happen from the 1960s onwards!
0:43:25 > 0:43:29Next door, Phil and Susie have returned from their picnic
0:43:29 > 0:43:30to a surprise.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Phil, the children are home.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35I'm very pleased to see you in there.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38- Are you?- Yes, as long as you don't make a mess of my kitchen.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40You know you're welcome any time.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44- How much are you paying for that then?- No, we're staying home now.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47- No, no, you can't stay home!- Yeah, we are, yeah. We didn't like it!
0:43:47 > 0:43:50I thought you wanted to move out and be independent?
0:43:50 > 0:43:52Mum, stop throwing us away!
0:43:52 > 0:43:56I can't believe this conversation is going on!
0:43:56 > 0:43:59- I was so excited to come home. - Oh, no, we would be.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02The thing is, Saskia, we don't want you to miss an opportunity
0:44:02 > 0:44:05of having some fun and being independent.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08Let's go through and see, re-look at it later on today.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11We have two wash up in a toilet!
0:44:11 > 0:44:13PHIL LAUGHS
0:44:13 > 0:44:15- SHARED toilet.- A shared toilet with the rest of the flat!
0:44:15 > 0:44:19You guys have really offended us. You do know that, don't you?
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Whilst parents and teens clash at the Meadows',
0:44:26 > 0:44:31Rachel and Jonathan are bringing a little bit of Jamaica to Morecambe
0:44:31 > 0:44:33by hosting a house party.
0:44:33 > 0:44:34Always good to have a party!
0:44:34 > 0:44:38We thought we'd invite them round and introduce them to our world,
0:44:38 > 0:44:39erm, and a bit of our culture.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41We've got the Guinness punch.
0:44:41 > 0:44:46New arrivals from the Caribbean were often excluded from clubs and pubs
0:44:46 > 0:44:49so they made their own entertainment at home.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55# Thank you for the days... #
0:44:56 > 0:44:59The Taylors continue to have it good.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03They're going on their first family holiday.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06Oh, this'll be lovely!
0:45:07 > 0:45:11During this era of prosperity, holiday entitlement doubled,
0:45:11 > 0:45:15so many families could enjoy the luxury of three weeks off a year.
0:45:16 > 0:45:21- Get it, Dad, get it!- That view is gorgeous.- It is incredible.
0:45:21 > 0:45:22I love it.
0:45:23 > 0:45:24Life is good.
0:45:25 > 0:45:30'Caravan camping is the do-it-yourself holiday made easy.'
0:45:30 > 0:45:33Caravanning was one of the unheralded success stories of the '60s.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35By the end of the decade,
0:45:35 > 0:45:39more than half the population had been on a caravanning holiday.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42Oh, he's taken it!
0:45:43 > 0:45:48You're working hard but you're working hard to get, actually,
0:45:48 > 0:45:50something quite nice at the end of it.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54So that, at the weekend, you can go and have a good time with your family
0:45:54 > 0:45:57and you save up hard so you can go away
0:45:57 > 0:45:58and have a holiday with your family,
0:45:58 > 0:46:01and time out from your normal mundane, sort of, existence.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04So, I think, for a family like ours,
0:46:04 > 0:46:06a caravan would have been the ideal answer.
0:46:10 > 0:46:15The idea is about everybody being happy, having some free time,
0:46:15 > 0:46:18spending it together and actually enjoying yourself.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21It is beautiful. It really is beautiful here.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23# Happy family holiday! #
0:46:24 > 0:46:27- Cheers, welcome to the neighbourhood.- Cheers.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31- I don't need to wear a belt! - Where's the rest of your skirt?!
0:46:31 > 0:46:34Back at the Hawkes', the party is in full swing.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38So, how are you finding it over here? Do you all live here?
0:46:38 > 0:46:40THEY ALL LAUGH
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Well, you never know what to expect nowadays.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47However, there is a surprise in store.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51Mum Sandra and sister Hayley have arrived in Morecambe.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56We're really close as a family and we've been away from them for a while
0:46:56 > 0:46:58so I just want to make sure that they're OK.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Once immigrants were established in the UK,
0:47:02 > 0:47:04they could send for the rest of the family.
0:47:04 > 0:47:09By the end of the 1960s women and children made up 75%
0:47:09 > 0:47:11of new immigrants.
0:47:11 > 0:47:15Mum Sandra has high hopes of where she is heading to.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19I expect the place to be in a way that I wouldn't be ashamed
0:47:19 > 0:47:20if anybody came around to visit us.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24So, I'd like... They know I like my place to be nice and clean.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26I hope, you know, they've made it homely
0:47:26 > 0:47:28because they know what I'm like.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31So, yeah, it better be good!
0:47:31 > 0:47:35- RACHEL:- # Won't get you into his arms
0:47:35 > 0:47:43# So if you're looking for love that you can say
0:47:43 > 0:47:47# All you've got to do is hold him and kiss him and squeeze him
0:47:47 > 0:47:49# And love him
0:47:49 > 0:47:55# Yeah, just do it and after you do you will be his. #
0:48:03 > 0:48:05Is this it?
0:48:06 > 0:48:08OK.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15Oh, my God, the place is so dirty!
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Oh, wow.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Is this where they're living?
0:48:19 > 0:48:21No carpet on the floor.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Oh, God, they could sweep the place!
0:48:25 > 0:48:32# You will be his. #
0:48:32 > 0:48:34THEY CHEER AND APPLAUD
0:48:35 > 0:48:36KNOCK ON DOOR
0:48:40 > 0:48:43#..Crazy
0:48:43 > 0:48:45# Can I talk to you?
0:48:45 > 0:48:47# I know you can speak babe
0:48:47 > 0:48:50# I really don't know... #
0:48:50 > 0:48:53- Hi, Guys!- Oh, my God!
0:48:53 > 0:48:55RACHEL LAUGHS
0:48:55 > 0:48:59- Oh, look at you!- Oh, my gosh!
0:49:02 > 0:49:07- Oh, my gosh! Mum, you look so beautiful!- Are you OK?
0:49:07 > 0:49:10Oh, my God. Are you all right? Is this where you've been living?
0:49:10 > 0:49:12Oh, Jesus.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15- Don't start crying! - I know, it's a shit hole, isn't it?
0:49:15 > 0:49:18- This is our mum by the way, yeah! - This is our mum.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20These are some friends we've made.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22- Hi.- Hello.- Yeah.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24You're sleeping in here?
0:49:25 > 0:49:28- You've been living and sleeping in here?- Mm.- The two of you?!
0:49:28 > 0:49:31It's been really hard.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37- Am I going to be staying here? - I know, yeah.- Am I?!- Yeah.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40- All you going to...?- What?!
0:49:40 > 0:49:41Not in this room?
0:49:43 > 0:49:46- I'm going to be staying in this room? - Is there no bedrooms or...?
0:49:46 > 0:49:48This is it plus the kitchen.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51It was all right for us camping out but now you've come here it's like,
0:49:51 > 0:49:54"Oh, my gosh, you realise how crap this is."
0:49:55 > 0:49:57Sorry, it's not good enough for you at all.
0:50:00 > 0:50:01Oh, my gosh.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05Was it this bad for black people in the '60s?
0:50:05 > 0:50:08For a lot of people it was this bad.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10- Really?!- Yeah.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12- Wow, I'm shocked.- Hard.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16'You want to be with your family, you want to be together
0:50:16 > 0:50:18'but I think it would have been a big shock.'
0:50:18 > 0:50:20You have this big massive expectation about,
0:50:20 > 0:50:23"Oh, you're coming to England, the motherland,"
0:50:23 > 0:50:26and then when you actually get to the home where you're staying,
0:50:26 > 0:50:29and then you think, "Oh, my God.
0:50:29 > 0:50:33"Oh, my goodness, is this how bad it is? Wow, why did I come?"
0:50:37 > 0:50:41The Meadows' have retreated downstairs to the bedsit.
0:50:41 > 0:50:45- Wow, that was a bit of a buzz kill. - Yeah.- It was just getting going.
0:50:45 > 0:50:46I found that quite shocking.
0:50:46 > 0:50:50I wanted to, kind of, go up to her and say, "It's going to be OK,"
0:50:50 > 0:50:54as soon as she walked in the door cos that was so, real raw emotion.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57Would have never changed places with the daughter.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00I felt so sorry for her cos her mum's come over, she would want
0:51:00 > 0:51:03her mum, as I would, to walk in and be proud of where she is.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06I feel so embarrassed now, like, I'm so sorry!
0:51:06 > 0:51:08You could've done it up a bit.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11Anyway, what can we do?
0:51:12 > 0:51:16- Better you're here now.- Family hug.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23It does feel as though you haven't really given it a proper shot.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Just gone, "Oh, no, we don't like this, we'll go home
0:51:25 > 0:51:28"because it's warmer at home, it's cleaner at home."
0:51:28 > 0:51:30The Meadows have called a family meeting
0:51:30 > 0:51:32to discuss if the girls should move back.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35It's not the reason that it's disgusting
0:51:35 > 0:51:37and it's only one toilet to share.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39It's not that at all.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42It's just the fact that we want to be here with you guys.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44That's the only reason we're back.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46I think, in the '60s,
0:51:46 > 0:51:50Dad and I would have been...far less easy company.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52With my mum and dad I felt like I was so different.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55You know when you feel like you must have been adopted?
0:51:55 > 0:51:58That's how I felt about my parents when I was their age.
0:51:58 > 0:51:59They're not in that situation.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01The idea of me moving out right now,
0:52:01 > 0:52:04as an 18-year-old in the 21st-century,
0:52:04 > 0:52:06would not be an option.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09- If you're not ready to move out...- Yeah.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12..which it seems you're not, you don't have to move out.
0:52:12 > 0:52:17- I can still be rebellious at home. - No, you can't!- Yes, I can. - No, no, no!
0:52:17 > 0:52:22- I'm so happy to be home!- Oh, yeah. - We're happy to have you, guys!
0:52:22 > 0:52:23Go and get your things then.
0:52:23 > 0:52:28# I just don't know what to do... #
0:52:28 > 0:52:29Home time!
0:52:29 > 0:52:30# ..like a summer rose... #
0:52:30 > 0:52:32I am quite disappointed in myself
0:52:32 > 0:52:35but now I feel like I'm not really ready to leave home,
0:52:35 > 0:52:39move out and, kind of, live my own individual life.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42I think it's just the idea of having to move out and fend for yourself
0:52:42 > 0:52:45that frightens you.
0:52:45 > 0:52:46'I'm not ready for them to move out.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48'I'm just quite happy that they're coming home'
0:52:48 > 0:52:51and we can have a little bit of control for a little bit longer.
0:52:53 > 0:52:58I think that the '60s would have been a very difficult time
0:52:58 > 0:53:01if your kids were rebelling and wanting to be independent,
0:53:01 > 0:53:03and you had to say goodbye to them.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06It must have been very difficult for those parents.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08We're home!
0:53:08 > 0:53:10Hello, girls!
0:53:10 > 0:53:12- Hello.- Hello, babies.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18Yeah, this is the job! No, no, no!
0:53:18 > 0:53:20I've got the children fighting in the bathroom as we speak,
0:53:20 > 0:53:22which is fabulous(!)
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Erm...
0:53:24 > 0:53:26(Oh, my God.) One moment.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28GUYS!
0:53:28 > 0:53:30SHUT UP!
0:53:30 > 0:53:32# It's been a long... #
0:53:32 > 0:53:33'It's like living like students!'
0:53:35 > 0:53:39The place has got to be cleaned before you cook.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Next-door, Rachel and Jonathan are relieved
0:53:41 > 0:53:44that their family are also reunited.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47Not having our mum and sister there, it was like,
0:53:47 > 0:53:50"How are we going to do this?", you know? And then to see them,
0:53:50 > 0:53:54it was like this massive load had, kind of, been shoved off from my shoulders.
0:53:54 > 0:53:55Can we sweep up this? Sorry.
0:53:55 > 0:54:01Family brings, erm, a sense of security.
0:54:01 > 0:54:02Family's everything
0:54:02 > 0:54:07and it's a heritage that I really want to honour in the 21st century.
0:54:07 > 0:54:12# But I know a change goin' come
0:54:13 > 0:54:17# Oh, yes it is... #
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Next day, and it's a momentous one for Albert Road.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28To celebrate their girls' homecoming,
0:54:28 > 0:54:31the middle-class Meadows are inviting all the neighbours over
0:54:31 > 0:54:35to watch the most important match of English football ever...
0:54:35 > 0:54:36Hey, that's great, Mum!
0:54:39 > 0:54:43..the 1966 World Cup final.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45I'm really excited, actually.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47I've made a bet with the local betting club
0:54:47 > 0:54:49that England are going to win.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51Put a million pounds on it, Mum!
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Just hold it down and I'll hold it up.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58The families are coming together...
0:54:59 > 0:55:01- ALL:- Hello!
0:55:01 > 0:55:04..just like many did on the afternoon of the final.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08- Would you like a drink? - Guinness, please!
0:55:08 > 0:55:10- Ah, welcome!- Hi!
0:55:10 > 0:55:13- Shall we take them through? - OK.- Thanks very much.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16- Hi, there, darling, nice to see you again.- Are you all right?- Yeah!
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Oh, I love the set-up! This is beautiful.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Come on England!
0:55:20 > 0:55:2432-and-a-half million people, a British record,
0:55:24 > 0:55:26watched the events unfold.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29- It's starting!- Oh, my God, woo!
0:55:35 > 0:55:38'Bobby Moore is fouled by Overath.'
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Oh! What was that?!
0:55:40 > 0:55:41Ooh!
0:55:42 > 0:55:45FOOTBALL CROWD CHEER
0:55:45 > 0:55:48- 'Geoff Hurst puts England level!' - Yeah!- Yeah!- Woo!
0:55:48 > 0:55:52As the era draws to a close, how has it been for our families?
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Has your family survived the '60s?
0:55:54 > 0:55:56It has!
0:55:56 > 0:55:58It's been about family time.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01We've had lots and lots of time to spend as a family.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03It's been quite good for the Taylor family,
0:56:03 > 0:56:05considering we've moved down in the world.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08It meant that we were all together and enjoying life together,
0:56:08 > 0:56:10which is what family is about.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13Everything about it, it just seems ideal.
0:56:13 > 0:56:18This is what I would aspire to, as a modern mum, to live like this.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24'With that superb shot England are in the lead!'
0:56:24 > 0:56:28'Whilst we know that at some point the kids will be moving out'
0:56:28 > 0:56:31because, obviously, they're getting older, they'll want to fly the nest
0:56:31 > 0:56:35and I can't imagine them just saying, "OK, then, bye,"
0:56:35 > 0:56:39and us not seeing them for months, and months, and months.
0:56:39 > 0:56:43When they do go I'm probably going to be bereft, actually,
0:56:43 > 0:56:44because I will...
0:56:47 > 0:56:48..I'll have so much less to do.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54'With the final whistle only seconds away England get the ball upfield
0:56:54 > 0:56:56'and Hurst goes through on his own.'
0:56:58 > 0:57:00- Yes! That went in!- No, it didn't.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02They thought it was all over.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04It is now!
0:57:06 > 0:57:08THEY ALL CHEER
0:57:15 > 0:57:17'I thought we were going to experience the swinging '60s
0:57:17 > 0:57:20'and it wasn't swinging at all.'
0:57:20 > 0:57:23It's definitely hit home the realism of struggle, erm...
0:57:23 > 0:57:25and I think I'll definitely go back to the 21st century
0:57:25 > 0:57:27appreciating that heritage.
0:57:30 > 0:57:34It must have been a really painful time to have to revisit, in a sense,
0:57:34 > 0:57:37what the immigrant experience could have been like in the '60s.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40As soon as I walked in and, erm, absorbed the atmosphere
0:57:40 > 0:57:43I really could appreciate the fact that Afro-Caribbeans
0:57:43 > 0:57:46would have felt a tremendous weight on their shoulders
0:57:46 > 0:57:48and a tremendous amount of responsibility.
0:57:48 > 0:57:52I just have complete respect for people
0:57:52 > 0:57:54who make the most out of their circumstances
0:57:54 > 0:57:56and as a result, and over time,
0:57:56 > 0:57:59show that they have progressed.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02Whether it is as a people or as a family.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06Next time, it's the groovy 1970s...
0:58:08 > 0:58:11..but there are shocks in store for new arrivals on Albert Road.
0:58:11 > 0:58:15I mean, look at that, you don't want that outside your house, it's disgusting!
0:58:15 > 0:58:18# Looking for some hot stuff baby this evening... #
0:58:18 > 0:58:20The men have to learn to cope with women's lib...
0:58:20 > 0:58:21What do you reckon, Megan?
0:58:21 > 0:58:23- SHE WOLF WHISTLES - Thank you.
0:58:23 > 0:58:27..whilst power cuts and strikes cause mayhem for everyone.
0:58:27 > 0:58:31It's like being back in the 1900s with better clothes.
0:58:31 > 0:58:36# Thank you for the days
0:58:36 > 0:58:40# Those endless days those sacred days you gave me
0:58:40 > 0:58:45# I'm thinking of the days
0:58:45 > 0:58:50# I won't forget a single day believe me
0:58:50 > 0:58:54# I bless the light I bless the light that... #
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