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Meet the Ellis family. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:04 | |
Lesley, John, | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
Caitlin, Freya, | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
and Harvey. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
This Bradford family of five are about | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
to embark on a time-travelling adventure. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
It's 1925. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
To discover how changing food eaten in the north of England... | 0:00:22 | 0:00:27 | |
That is Scouse. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
..can reveal what life was like... COUGHS | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
I think perhaps I do need to work on my frying technique! | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
..for working class families over the past century. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
-I think it's just potato pie. -I think so. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
-Chicken feet! -Urgh! | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
-From regional classics... -Pan Haggerty for tea. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
We'll have two chip naans. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
..to dishes that expanded our horizons. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
I'm so happy! Honestly, this is like amazing! | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
The Ellises' own home is their time machine, transporting them | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
through a different era each week. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
It's 1985! | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
They'll experience the ups... | 0:01:07 | 0:01:08 | |
-..and downs... -What the heck is tripe?! | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
..of work... | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
This is so hard! | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
..rest... | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
GUNSHOT ..and play... | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
..as they fast forward through 100 years of northern history... | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
..and still get back in time for tea. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
ENGINE STARTS | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
Welcome to Yorkshire, | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
land of rolling dales, cradle of the Industrial Revolution, | 0:01:54 | 0:01:59 | |
and home of the Ellis family from Bradford. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
This ordinary family of five are about to travel back in time | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
to 1918. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:09 | |
I want the kids to experience what life was like for my grandma. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
And I want to experience what life was like for my grandma too. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
I think that'll be amazing. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
For one summer, their lives will be turned upside down. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
Don't use your fingers. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
From the jobs they do to the house they live in, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
and the food they eat, everything will be different. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
And I'll be on hand to guide them through it. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
I feel so excited about running this great northern | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
time travelling adventure. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
I mean, when I think about the food I ate growing up, from warming black | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
peas to the ultimate comfort food of a pasty barm, | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
I really think there's no better way of telling the unique | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
story of the north, than through food. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
And there's no better place to start than 1918, 100 years ago. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:59 | |
World War I has just ended | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
and the north is on the cusp of great transformation. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
The Ellises are going back to a time when the north of England | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
was the beating heart of the British economy. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
And industries like steel, | 0:03:15 | 0:03:16 | |
coal and textiles shaped the lives of millions. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:20 | |
So the family are moving out | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
and the builders are moving in, | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
transforming their modern house into one more typical of the time. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
An average working class home in 1918 would have been a two up, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
two down, with a floor space of about 500 square feet. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
To replicate this, we are slicing the Ellises' spacious home in half. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
Their comfy lounge is now a sparsely furnished front room. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
Their bright kitchen diner is smaller, plain and functional. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:57 | |
And their large garden has shrunk to a modest cobbled yard. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
Social historian Polly Russell is helping me | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
set the stage for the Ellis family. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
Oh! | 0:04:13 | 0:04:14 | |
-Ooh! -Wow! Look at this. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
I know it sounds ridiculous, it looks incredibly old-fashioned, | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
-doesn't it? -Yeah, it really does! | 0:04:21 | 0:04:22 | |
It's not very cosy, is it? What did they use it for? | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
Well, it's sort of more sort of special occasions. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
If your doctor's coming, if your family are coming to visit. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
-Oh, so slightly more formal room. -Yeah. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:34 | |
They've not got many things. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
What they have got, they've taken really good care of, haven't they? | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
Those books... Nice. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
This is a time of really high literacy. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
I mean, I feel like I'm betraying my people because I presumed | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
that working class people wouldn't have been able to read. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
Trying to better yourself was part of the culture. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
Look, from Bradford Library. From 1918! | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
I'm not taking this back. The fines on this! | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
Oh, my gosh! We've stolen half of their kitchen. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
Oh, look! This is a beast right here, isn't it? | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
Obviously, we couldn't give the Ellis family | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
a 100-year-old range, but this is what it would have looked like. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
Lots of the cooking is done on the stove top. Frying and boiling, | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
using the oven not all the time | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
-because that's a bucket of money down there. -Look, this is gorgeous! | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
Got Bovril, we've got Oxo cubes, condensed milk. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
And then Bird's custard. So we've got a couple of brands. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
-Not many there. -There are brands around, but they're more expensive. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:40 | |
It doesn't scream "intense flavours". | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
The working class diet would tend to be about making sure you've | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
got enough to eat, rather than fancy. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
-Make sure you've got energy, so it would just be fuel. -Exactly. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
I mean, for a family of five, there's not loads of stuff, is there? | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
In 1918, soldiers returned from the front to a hero's welcome | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
and many working class men won the right to vote. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
There was plenty of work to go round in the towns of the industrial | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
north, as Britain rebuilt itself after the war. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
But with 50% of wages spent on food, | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
there was rarely any money left over for lean times. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
In a world of financial ups and downs, | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
making the most of what you had was essential. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
For perishables, come over here. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
-We've got this. -Oh! -This is your fridge of 1918. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
You've got slate down here to keep it cold. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
So is that butter? | 0:06:44 | 0:06:45 | |
It's margarine, probably, in a working class house | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
because it's less expensive than butter. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
Unfortunately, it doesn't have vitamin A in it, so they get less | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
nutrients than their middle class equivalents, who are eating butter. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:58 | |
Everything's about managing the household really carefully | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
and nothing going to waste. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
Leftover bones, of course, made into a small flute. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:07 | |
I know that's a thing in your house. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
Everything the Ellis family eat during the inter-war | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
years will be guided by historical data from the time. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
For this period, we're going to use the Sumner Report | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
and this was a government survey conducted into the cost | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
of living for working class families. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
And this sets out what the average family is spending on food. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
I mean, the first number that jumps out is that 26 pounds of bread. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:34 | |
It's an enormous amount of bread. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
Also, you look down, potatoes as well. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
20 pounds of potatoes every week. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
I mean, it's stodge-heavy, which is why I love it! | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
But where are the vegetables? | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
Well, yeah, really simple, down to cost. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
The price of vegetables had gone up on average by 200% over | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
the period of the war years. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
How do you think the family are going to feel about this diet? | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
Probably a bit challenging. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
It's time for the Ellises to step back 100 years to 1918. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
I'm nervous about actually cooking things that I've never | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
cooked before. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
I'm expecting it to be quite fun, but challenging at the same | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
time because back in them days, it was like a difficult life. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:25 | |
This will be the first time the family see their transformed home. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
Oh, Good Lord! | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
It's half a house! | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
It's so weird! | 0:08:37 | 0:08:38 | |
Oh! | 0:08:40 | 0:08:41 | |
Oh, my word! | 0:08:43 | 0:08:44 | |
Oh, Good Lord! | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
-Clearly, we couldn't afford good wallpaper. -Oh! | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
That's crazy! | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
You really notice the half house when you come into here. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
I'm confused! | 0:09:03 | 0:09:04 | |
So, I've got an oven and I've got coal. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
Is it like a steam train? | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
-Corned beef. -Condensed milk. Oh! | 0:09:11 | 0:09:15 | |
My mum talks about having condensed milk on toast! | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
When she was a little girl. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
-Bacon! -That ain't enough bacon to feed me alone. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
Shall we go outside? | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
Oh, no! | 0:09:28 | 0:09:29 | |
-Do you know what that is? -A pasta maker? | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
-It's for the washing. -I am not using that every day! | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
-What do you think's in there? -I hope that ain't a toilet. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
Shall we have a look? | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
-Oh! -LAUGHTER | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
The majority of homes in 1918 had outside toilets | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
and baths were taken by the kitchen stove. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
But rents were at least affordable. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:00 | |
A tenth of northern workers' income, compared with about 30% today. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
It's time to give the Ellises the lowdown on their 1918 life. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
Hello, lovely Ellis family. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
-Hi! -Hi! | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
How are you all doing? You all look quite shiny-faced and shocked! | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
-That's probably a good way of describing it. -Have a pew. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
So, shall we find out what you're up to, then? | 0:10:25 | 0:10:27 | |
So, first off, then, John, you're going to be working down the mill. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
-Oh, right. -It's dangerous, but it's skilled, so your wages reflect that. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:37 | |
Also, at home, because you're the highest wage earner, | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
you get the biggest portions of food. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
They've got to look after you, so you can look after them, basically. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
-Right. -Now then, Lesley, you also work down the mill. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
But not quite as skilled as John. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
So, girls, I'm afraid, college, university, no chance. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
You're working as well, down the textile mill. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
You're 13, aren't you, Harvey? | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
So that means that you've got to stay in school for another year. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:02 | |
Believe me, you don't want to be rushing into the workplace. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
This is your manual. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
This will tell you everything, the way that people lived, | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
worked, played, the way they ate. It's all in here. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
Also, we've got to clarify, it's breakfast | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
and then it's your dinner and then it's your tea. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
-The correct way. -The correct way. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
Whether making dinner or tea, expensive cookery books were | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
no substitute for tips from a friend or neighbour. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
Recipes were passed along by word of mouth, | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
or cut out of local newspapers and magazines. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
-Caitlin, you're helping me cook tea. -God save us all! | 0:11:38 | 0:11:42 | |
Lesley and Caitlin are following a recipe for onion | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
and bacon roly-poly, taken from My Weekly magazine. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:50 | |
-Right, so, we want two onions... -I'm going to cry. -..grated. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:56 | |
-Mum? -Yeah? -How do you cut an onion? | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
SHE SIGHS | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
How can you not know how to peel an onion?! | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
-Come here, let me show you. -OK, good, thanks. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
Right? Then you can start peeling it. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
Tonight's tea is made with suet. Wrapped in scraps of cotton, | 0:12:15 | 0:12:19 | |
it was known in the north as rag pudding. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
Mix the pepper, half the salt and herbs. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:26 | |
The Ellises are lucky enough to have some bacon in theirs. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
One of the cheapest meats available, | 0:12:29 | 0:12:31 | |
it was a staple of working class meals. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
I really hope this table's sanitary. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
The next step was to roll and then boil the pudding for about an hour. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:42 | |
OK, there we go. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
Right. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
With money tight, the kitchen wasn't the only place scraps were put to good use. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
We're going to make a go-kart. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
-Did these used to be dangerous? -They can be. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
Sometimes, you have to take your foot off and put on the floor, | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
so that it slows you down. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:00 | |
But then your mum and dad tell you off cos you wear your shoes out. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
With no TV or mobile phones, | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
1918 families had to make their own entertainment. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
That's it. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
I'm reigning champion at this. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
I'll show you. That's it. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
Although, perhaps not all dads hogged the toys! | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
Catch me, Harvey! Come on! Catch me! | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
Come on! | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
Champion! | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
Tea's ready! | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
I have no idea how to serve this. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
It's not very well presented, is it? | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
I don't think you've got time to worry about presentation. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
Yeah, we're all hungry. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
You have the lion's share, I do believe. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
Mr Man of the House. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
-I'd rather take that comment back! -You want a bit more, don't you? | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
-Urgh! Do I? -Yeah. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
-Right, I don't really want much. -LAUGHTER | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
The texture's slimy. It's hard to get past. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:10 | |
Because it's been cooked in water, | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
that's why it's got that sort of slimy texture. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
-If it had been baked... -You should have baked it. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
I'd have had to put the oven on. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:23 | |
And you'd have to use more coal and it's very expensive. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
Yeah, but it's worth it over this. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
I've spent a lot of time in the kitchen today. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
And it's starting to feel more homely and cosy | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
and sort of a hub, a family hub. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
It's 5:30am and workers like the Ellises need to be up early, | 0:14:48 | 0:14:53 | |
but if you couldn't afford an alarm clock, there was an alternative. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
'On the windows of the great industrial towns of Britain, | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
'the rapping of the dawn knocker up called the faithful | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
'to their lathes and drop hammers.' | 0:15:03 | 0:15:05 | |
It's 1919! | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
Families with a long working day ahead needed a good | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
meal inside them. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
Lesley's serving up tea, boiled eggs and yesterday's bread. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
I feel like I'll break a tooth, eating this bread! | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
There's just enough time to put on their clogs, before heading | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
down to the mill, where the machines turn over at 6.30 sharp. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
In the north, there's mills everywhere. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:39 | |
My great-grandma worked in the mill. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
It'll be really interesting to just step in her footsteps. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
In the early 20th century, many northern towns | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
and cities were characterised by a single industry. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:51 | |
In Bradford, two-thirds of the town worked in the textile mill | 0:15:53 | 0:15:57 | |
six days a week. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
Sheffield was known as Steel City and Liverpool had its docks. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
A third of all British workers were employed in the manufacturing | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
sector, which was the driving force behind the national economy. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:12 | |
WHIRRING | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
John is working in a part of the mill known as the Devil's Hole. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
It's pretty tough. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
It's hot. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
He's feeding waste cotton into fast-moving spikes, | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
which break it down into usable fibres. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
With the fibres, you feel as though you want a drink all the time. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
It's very thirsty work. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:39 | |
The job was all about speed and ignoring the dangers. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
The more that I do, the more that I get paid, | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
so it doesn't motivate me to stop. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
I'm just going to keep going. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
A Devil's Hole worker with all ten of his fingers would get | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
called lazy. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
This is so hard! | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
-Argh! -I'm getting better at this. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
I'm cottoning on! | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
Caitlin, Freya and Lesley are working on the spinning floor, | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
where cotton fibres are transformed into workable thread. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:13 | |
On a busy production line, every second counted. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
If I go for a drink, just for a few minutes, | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
and the machine stops, I am letting the rest of the chain down. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:24 | |
So then that's a lot of pressure on one person. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
By mid-morning, 16-year-old girls like Freya would have already | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
clocked up five hours' work. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
I think it's a bit of a hard life, like, being my age in this time. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:41 | |
I don't know how they did it. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:43 | |
It's dinner time. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
Local bakeries employed kids like Harvey as delivery boys, | 0:17:50 | 0:17:54 | |
even if it meant skipping school to earn a few pennies. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
I just want a meal deal. | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
And as if by magic! Hello! | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
Oh, look at that! Thank you. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
-So, what have we got, guys? -Do you think it's potato pie? | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
Pie's a northern thing. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
Do you think? | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
Well, we invent the best stuff, so, yeah. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
I don't think it's just northern though, is it? | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
Maybe pies are a working class thing. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
To low-paid manual workers, | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
pies meant a hot meal without the need for a costly plate. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
And they needed the calories. By the end of the day, | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
a 1919 mill worker would have put in a very physical 10-hour shift. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:40 | |
Men's work ended at the gates, | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
but for Bradford's married women who were working full-time, | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
food shopping and making the tea still lay ahead. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:50 | |
-Your go. -One three. -Cheat, I've got all threes. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
OK, me lovelies. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
I need some space in the kitchen. Caitlin, you're helping me make tea. | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
Right! Caitlin... | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
This is it. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:08 | |
Tripe. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
What the heck is tripe?! | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
-A kind of meat. -What kind of meat, though? | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
It's from a cow. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
Look at it! That's so disgusting! | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
Looks like fish. Ew! | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
Made from the lining of a cow's stomach, tripe was pre-boiled | 0:19:23 | 0:19:27 | |
and bleached in specialist shops and sold on every northern high street. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:32 | |
Manchester alone had 260 tripe shops. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:36 | |
It's very pleasant to cut, anyway. It slices easily. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
Makes some weird noises. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
It's got a life of its own! | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
Full of protein, quick to prepare and very cheap. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
At home, women only had to re-boil it before following their own recipe. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
-Smells disgusting. -What does it smell of? | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
-Cows. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
Tonight, Lesley and Caitlin are making traditional Yorkshire tripe, | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
a baked dish with cheese and potato. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
The peelings of which are being put to good use outside. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
Right! | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
Du-nuh! | 0:20:16 | 0:20:17 | |
-What is that? -That is... -Fish pie? | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
Kind of. Without the fish. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
-But with tripe. -Yeah. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:26 | |
-That doesn't look too bad. -Do you all know what tripe is? | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
It might be a northern classic, | 0:20:30 | 0:20:31 | |
but none of the Ellises have ever tried it before. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:35 | |
Do you think this used to be a weekly dish? | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
-Oh, my God! -Yeah. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
-I'd have been working away on that night! -It smells really bad! | 0:20:39 | 0:20:44 | |
I see what you mean. Right, me and you, on countdown. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:49 | |
-This is stressing. -Ready? One, two, three. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:54 | |
SQUEALS | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
Look at his face! | 0:21:02 | 0:21:03 | |
It's the chewiness and cowiness. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
If mum doesn't like it, you know it's bad! | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
No, he's going to be sick. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
You all right? | 0:21:11 | 0:21:12 | |
-This is bad. -LAUGHTER | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
You don't say! | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
-I'm still chewing! -LAUGHTER | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
The texture of the food was horrible, | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
like the texture just made you gip. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
And like, the flavour, I can't really describe it. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
Guys? | 0:21:42 | 0:21:43 | |
It's 1921! | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
The post-war boom was over and unemployment quadrupled. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:51 | |
Many working class men in the north lost their jobs. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
-We haven't got any food. -So, what do we actually | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
-have for breakfast? -Is that bacon on there? | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
-One rasher. -That's me. I'm sorted. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
There was no redundancy package. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
The most workers could expect was to be paid till the end of the week. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:11 | |
Every scrap of food had to be stretched further. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
Lesley's making Wigan shape. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
A single slice of bacon is fried and pressed on to each person's bread, | 0:22:18 | 0:22:23 | |
before the precious rasher is given to the head of the household. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
-That's yours. -Look at that! | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
Hey! | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
It's surprising what you can make out of a bit of bread | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
and a bit of fat. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
It is tasty. It's actually really nice! | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
But it's somewhat lacking in protein. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
We're going to be eating bread all the time. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
Not only will you get bored of it, | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
but it's also going to have some effects on your body and health. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
Times were hard, but there was one event that lifted northern spirits. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
The 1921 Kangaroo Tour saw an Australasian rugby league side | 0:22:59 | 0:23:04 | |
take a trip round the north, playing against all the top local teams. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:09 | |
With tickets costing only a few pennies, | 0:23:09 | 0:23:11 | |
thousands could afford to watch them play. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
-I'll wreck you. -You'll try. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
-Back in my day, I were good. -All right, whatever. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
Let's see. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
No sport defined the differences between north | 0:23:21 | 0:23:23 | |
and south better than rugby. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
-Great throw, Dad! -Down south, they played union, | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
a gentleman's game for unpaid amateurs. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
-That's it! -Up north, it was semi-professional league, | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
with teams of working lads who couldn't afford to play for free. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
-You got me! -The rugby league players were working class heroes. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:41 | |
Played it a little bit better than I do. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:44 | |
Oh, what a catch, lad! | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
After the Australasian matches, | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
both teams were treated to a slap up meal, and I've sent Lesley the menu | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
and ingredients to recreate one. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
Monday January the 17th 1921, Leeds Football Club complementary dinner. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:05 | |
-So this must be the rugby team. -That's cool. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
We've got fillet of beef, garnished with pommes chez nous. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:14 | |
These would have been working class boys that work in the mill, | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
in the mines, during the day. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
-I wonder what they thought of things written in French. -I don't know. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:23 | |
A fillet of beef cost around a quarter of a working man's | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
daily wage. So to families like the Ellises, | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
this cut would be about as common as pommes chez nous. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
I want to get this beef on ASAP. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
The beef is braised with vegetables in a sauce flavoured | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
with an old Yorkshire favourite. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:45 | |
-What's that? -It's mucky dripping. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
What's dripping? | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
Well, when you cook a joint of beef, all the fat renders out of it | 0:24:51 | 0:24:55 | |
and all the flavour from the beef, | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
and that's what they called mucky dripping. | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
-Urgh! -And it's really, really delicious. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:03 | |
-Just have a taste. -No! -Just have a taste. -Urgh, no! | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
-Stop it! -Mm! | 0:25:06 | 0:25:07 | |
I'm really, really looking forward to eating this meat! | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
The potatoes chez nous are made from mash and breadcrumbs | 0:25:11 | 0:25:15 | |
and flavoured with cheese and nutmeg. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:17 | |
If only I had my food processor, these would be fabulous breadcrumbs. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
So, five potato doughnuts in there. What are you doing there? | 0:25:21 | 0:25:26 | |
Trying to balance one on my arm, so I can do more than one at a time. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
The last ingredient is a luxurious egg, baked into each one. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
This is the first joint of meat | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
and the biggest meal the family have eaten so far. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
-It's a welcome respite from bread and lard. -You all right? | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
Yeah, I'm just like mesmerised by all this food. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
I can't stop looking at the meat. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
-It's really nice. -Them egg things are really good! | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
But wonder what it must have felt like for those poor rugby boys, | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
who all they've ever eaten before is what we've been eating. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:09 | |
Tripe and really basic stuff. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
I think it would have been really interesting for them to come | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
back and tell people how good food can be. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:19 | |
Do you think they'd go back for seconds? | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
I would! | 0:26:21 | 0:26:23 | |
It was just really refreshing to have something that wasn't bread. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:30 | |
It's 1925! | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
Guys, listen to this. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
"Ugly scenes marked the first day of the textile industry | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
"strike at Bradford yesterday. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
"The strike has arisen over the 5% reduction in wages | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
"and about 50,000 Bradford workers are concerned." | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
50,000 people is a colossal amount. It's not just 5% for one | 0:27:03 | 0:27:08 | |
individual, it's families, you know? | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
So it's a wider impact, really. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
In an attempt to deal with Britain's faltering economy, | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill had returned | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
Britain to the gold standard. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
It overvalued the pound and British exports suffered. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
In response, mill owners cut wages and during the resulting strike, | 0:27:26 | 0:27:31 | |
many families had no money coming in at all. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
Keep going. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
So if the Ellises are going to have any tea tonight, | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
it's up to John and Harvey to catch it. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
-Oh! He's going to bite me! -Is it 'eck, going to bite you! | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
You just hold it like that and then when you get to the wall, | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
you let go, yeah? | 0:27:51 | 0:27:52 | |
So, are you ready? | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
Oh, got on my line. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
Nice! | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
Oh! | 0:28:00 | 0:28:01 | |
Went through my finger. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
That's it! | 0:28:06 | 0:28:07 | |
Not really. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
-Hopefully get something before the sun goes down, eh? -Mm. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
If your angling skills weren't up to scratch... | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
..you could still get a cheap meal, if you knew the right people. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:25 | |
Those who escaped the gamekeeper might take | 0:28:29 | 0:28:31 | |
payment in kind for their catch. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:33 | |
We've had a great time fishing, me and Harvey. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
So I just thought we'd give you what we've caught. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
-Have you been fishing in park lake? -Yes. Brilliant. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
Look how big it is. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:49 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:28:49 | 0:28:50 | |
You've even... | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
What? | 0:28:54 | 0:28:55 | |
That ain't a fish! | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
It's a rabbit. | 0:28:57 | 0:28:58 | |
With fur! | 0:28:58 | 0:29:00 | |
I always wanted a rabbit. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:02 | |
-I did, too! -You've got one now, love! | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:29:05 | 0:29:07 | |
OK, bunny. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:18 | |
OK, I'm sorry. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
I'm quite cross with myself for being so... | 0:29:20 | 0:29:24 | |
..squeamish about it because, I feel sure that if I was starving, | 0:29:26 | 0:29:33 | |
hungry, I would be grateful for this. | 0:29:33 | 0:29:38 | |
I guess people had to do whatever they could to feed the children. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:42 | |
It's just done a poo. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:46 | |
I can't say I blame it. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:47 | |
While Lesley's got her hands full, Caitlin | 0:29:49 | 0:29:52 | |
and Freya are doing their bit for the family. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:54 | |
Try and get as much soap in there as you can. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:57 | |
And then we'll get the dolly on it. | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
Until the strike's over, they're taking in washing to make ends meet. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:04 | |
Why do you think it's called a dolly? | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
Cos it looks like a doll, doesn't it? | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
A wooden doll. Going like that. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:10 | |
It is like hard work. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:12 | |
This is probably why middle class people get other people | 0:30:12 | 0:30:15 | |
to do it for them. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:17 | |
What, poor people like us? | 0:30:17 | 0:30:19 | |
Argh! | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
Well, if you don't lose a finger, you aren't doing it right! | 0:30:21 | 0:30:24 | |
That's what they say at the mill! | 0:30:24 | 0:30:26 | |
I don't think I've ever been as bad at something in my life! | 0:30:29 | 0:30:32 | |
Look at that sheet! We are the laughing stock of the working class! | 0:30:32 | 0:30:36 | |
Here we go. We've got rabbit fricassee! | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
-Thank you. -Is that the most you could get out of the rabbit? | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
Yeah, there's very little meat on a rabbit. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:51 | |
Looking at it now, it's still just meat, isn't it? | 0:30:53 | 0:30:57 | |
Like any other meat. | 0:30:57 | 0:30:58 | |
It must have been hard to know that you have to go out and catch | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
food and if you don't catch it, then you're going to starve. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
-Yeah. -Tastes really nice. Thank you. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:06 | |
So, who's having the last bit, then? | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
I think you should have it, man of the house. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
Thanks for a lovely meal. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:15 | |
It were actually really nice. Well done, Mum. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
Thank you. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:21 | |
It's 1928! | 0:31:28 | 0:31:29 | |
-Yee-hee! -Woohoo! | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
Things are brightening up for families like the Ellises. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
SHE GASPS | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
-Rice Krispies. -No way! | 0:31:38 | 0:31:42 | |
Launched in 1928, and nicknamed the Talking Cereal, Rice Krispies | 0:31:42 | 0:31:47 | |
were marketed as a quick, healthy and affordable breakfast. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:51 | |
They were an instant hit. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:52 | |
It actually really does snap, crackle and pop. I've never noticed. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:56 | |
We're going on holiday. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
Things were improving beyond the breakfast table too, | 0:32:04 | 0:32:08 | |
as a minor recovery in British industry saw employment | 0:32:08 | 0:32:12 | |
rise for the first time in years. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:14 | |
For most workers, the only paid time off they enjoyed was a bank holiday. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:21 | |
And there was one destination on top of every northerner's list. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:25 | |
'Blackpool's the place for a holiday and no mistake, | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
'with crowds converging on the tower.' | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
The Ellises are enjoying their day out with Lesley's mum, | 0:32:33 | 0:32:36 | |
Christine, who used to holiday in the town as a girl. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:40 | |
Yes! | 0:32:40 | 0:32:41 | |
Oh! | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
By the 1920s, Blackpool was welcoming around | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
eight million visitors every year. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
The rides were mind-blowing, at a time | 0:32:59 | 0:33:01 | |
when owning a car would have been almost unimaginable. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
Dad's getting scared! | 0:33:06 | 0:33:08 | |
SCREAMS | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
-Was it really scary? -It's not, Grandma. Jump on. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:28 | |
It's perfect. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:32 | |
Look what we've got, kids! | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
Blackpool was a world away from its visitors' everyday lives | 0:33:34 | 0:33:38 | |
and full of unheard-of treats, like this sweet American newcomer. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:43 | |
Imagine not even being able to have breakfast one year | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
and the next, you're at a theme park, eating candyfloss. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
Bit different to tripe, isn't it? | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
Just a bit! | 0:33:50 | 0:33:53 | |
-We've got a grand view of tower from here. -We have, that! | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
It almost felt like I were in Paris. | 0:33:57 | 0:33:59 | |
I've never felt as relaxed for ages. | 0:34:02 | 0:34:04 | |
-LAUGHTER -Will someone come swimming with me? | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
Hold on to my pants, I'll come in with you. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
Harvey, what's that? | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
I love it, Harvey! | 0:34:18 | 0:34:20 | |
I'll count you down! | 0:34:24 | 0:34:26 | |
Three, two, one! | 0:34:26 | 0:34:29 | |
Go! | 0:34:29 | 0:34:30 | |
He's like a flippin' dolphin! | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:34:32 | 0:34:36 | |
He did it again! | 0:34:36 | 0:34:38 | |
The seaside was also the perfect place for ordinary folk to | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
try some fresh flavours. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:48 | |
-Oh, God! -Oh, my giddy aunt! | 0:34:48 | 0:34:50 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:34:50 | 0:34:52 | |
Nowadays, oysters are an expensive luxury, | 0:34:52 | 0:34:55 | |
selling in restaurants at around £30 per dozen. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
Back in the '20s, they were cheap as chips | 0:34:59 | 0:35:01 | |
and a staple of seaside holidays. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
I actually think this is my first oyster. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
-I think. -Hopefully, it's not your last. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
There's quite a few to go through there. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:12 | |
My dad used to eat them, but I've never had one. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
Eurgh! | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
-It's just like swallowing seawater. -No, don't even think about it! | 0:35:25 | 0:35:28 | |
-I'm not doing it. -Go! | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:35:31 | 0:35:34 | |
Let's just leave them to the posh people. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
I've had a really good day today. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:41 | |
I feel that coming here must have offered people an opportunity | 0:35:41 | 0:35:45 | |
to feel freedom. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:47 | |
Putting myself in the shoes of the main guy in the house, | 0:35:48 | 0:35:51 | |
taking his family on holiday, and do you know? | 0:35:51 | 0:35:54 | |
If he's had as much fun as what I've had, it's been brilliant. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:57 | |
Really enjoyed it. | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
# Don't know why | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
# There's no sun up in the sky | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
# Stormy weather... # | 0:36:06 | 0:36:07 | |
It's a new day and a new decade for the Ellis family. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
1931! | 0:36:12 | 0:36:14 | |
If the Ellises have learnt anything about the inter-war period | 0:36:14 | 0:36:17 | |
so far, it's that what goes up must come down. | 0:36:17 | 0:36:21 | |
The unemployment figure has reached over two and a half million. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:25 | |
Lesley? | 0:36:25 | 0:36:27 | |
-Where's the coal? -None left. -Seriously. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:30 | |
We've no coal. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:31 | |
I need a cup of tea so much. Sod the food! I just want tea! | 0:36:31 | 0:36:35 | |
A global depression was sparked | 0:36:38 | 0:36:40 | |
by the American stock market crash of 1929. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
Britain's heavy industries collapsed and unemployment soared to | 0:36:44 | 0:36:47 | |
three million, with northern towns hit hard. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:51 | |
For many men, the 15 shilling dole became the only | 0:36:51 | 0:36:54 | |
means of survival, cutting income by three-quarters. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:58 | |
'In these hard hit valleys, government hand-outs didn't go far.' | 0:36:58 | 0:37:03 | |
It was barely enough to cover most rents, never mind fuel | 0:37:03 | 0:37:08 | |
and feeding a family. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
We've got some bread. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
I'll check if there's any jam left. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
Stale bread... | 0:37:14 | 0:37:16 | |
-LAUGHTER -There's no jam. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
No jam, I'm guessing, from that reaction, Harvey! | 0:37:21 | 0:37:24 | |
We've got no margarine, no dripping. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:28 | |
The only thing I can find in here is lard. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:30 | |
Once again, many people only had bread to fill them up. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:34 | |
Why can't we have margarine? That's cheaper. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
Actually, margarine's double the price of lard. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:40 | |
We must be pretty desperate, if we're having to have lard, then. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:43 | |
-Didn't taste of anything. -Look on the plus side, we're jobless, | 0:37:43 | 0:37:46 | |
so we don't have to go to work. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:48 | |
Let's go back to bed! | 0:37:48 | 0:37:50 | |
Got something delivered! | 0:37:54 | 0:37:57 | |
Many northern families had no-one in work, | 0:37:57 | 0:37:59 | |
so took any opportunities available. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:01 | |
I've sent the family an offer of help. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:04 | |
"Dear Ellis family, I can offer the girls jobs as domestic servants. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:09 | |
"The only hitch is they need to move down south today. Sara." | 0:38:09 | 0:38:15 | |
-Do we have to go? -We have no choice, do we, so...? | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
Doesn't make it any easier, | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
splitting your family down the middle. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
-Love you. -Love you, too. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:32 | |
Bye. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:36 | |
The numbers of domestic servants rose during the Depression, | 0:38:42 | 0:38:46 | |
as young men and women left their families and headed to the | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
more affluent south for some of the few jobs available. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
For those left behind, | 0:38:54 | 0:38:56 | |
absence of loved ones wasn't the only hardship they faced. | 0:38:56 | 0:38:59 | |
KNOCK ON DOOR | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
You take my seat, I'll sit over here. I'll make room over here. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
-Thank you very much. -I'm afraid I can't offer you a cup of tea | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
because we've got no coals, we can't heat the water. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
1931 is a tough year and, I'm really sorry, | 0:39:13 | 0:39:17 | |
I'm not coming with any good news either. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:19 | |
More bad news! | 0:39:19 | 0:39:21 | |
I'm afraid so, because 1931, record levels of unemployment. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:27 | |
22% of people unemployed across the country. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:29 | |
40% in places like Durham. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:32 | |
-40%! That's a huge... -Really shocking. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:35 | |
That's massive, isn't it? | 0:39:35 | 0:39:38 | |
Almost a fifth of the nation was unemployed | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
and the government faced a crisis. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
The National Insurance money, used to pay the dole, | 0:39:42 | 0:39:46 | |
had not only run out, it was £75 million in debt. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:51 | |
When it became clear that the end of the Depression was a long | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
way off, the government looked for ways to cut payments. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:58 | |
They introduced the household means test. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
Depending on how much you own, | 0:40:01 | 0:40:04 | |
your benefits income is going to be adjusted accordingly. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:07 | |
-So, should that benefit us, then? Because we haven't got any assets. -We've got nothing! | 0:40:07 | 0:40:11 | |
Well, you think that, but perhaps your chairs, your dresser... | 0:40:11 | 0:40:14 | |
-Do you have a Sunday best suit, John? -Certainly do, yeah. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:17 | |
All of that would be taken into account | 0:40:17 | 0:40:20 | |
before you would be entitled to any benefits. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:22 | |
-It's just like... -It's just like... You're knocked back every time. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:27 | |
In this area and in much of England, if you had goods that were seen | 0:40:27 | 0:40:30 | |
to be worth more than about £20, you would be expected to sell them. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:35 | |
I've come here to give you a warning about what is going to happen. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:39 | |
And that might give you a chance to be a little bit | 0:40:39 | 0:40:41 | |
wily about some of your belongings. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:44 | |
I didn't officially say that, OK? | 0:40:44 | 0:40:46 | |
Rather than sell their few precious possessions, | 0:40:47 | 0:40:50 | |
or have their dole money cut, | 0:40:50 | 0:40:52 | |
some northern communities bonded together to try and beat the | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
assessor, passing the message along that Old Nosy was coming, | 0:40:56 | 0:40:59 | |
so families could hide anything valuable. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:02 | |
Take the dogs, Harvey. | 0:41:02 | 0:41:04 | |
With the house emptier and a few lumps of coal borrowed | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
from next-door, Lesley's making tea with a familiar favourite. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:15 | |
Baked beans. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
Yes! | 0:41:17 | 0:41:19 | |
Cheap and quick to heat, Heinz had targeted their beans at northern industrial towns. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:24 | |
By 1931, it had paid off. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
The north was eating more baked beans than | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
the rest of the country put together. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:30 | |
Right, so, I'm going to make the fritters now. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:34 | |
-They're not going to be especially pretty to look at. -SHE COUGHS | 0:41:37 | 0:41:41 | |
It's no wonder the walls are this colour, is it? | 0:41:41 | 0:41:44 | |
-SHE COUGHS -I'm going to have to open this door. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:48 | |
I think perhaps I need to work on my frying technique! | 0:41:54 | 0:41:57 | |
They are burnt. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:04 | |
-What are these, then? -Onion fritters. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:06 | |
They're like onion bhajis, but without the flavour. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:10 | |
LESLEY LAUGHS | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
This isn't a very big portion, | 0:42:12 | 0:42:13 | |
but imagine if the girls was here, as well. It'd be tiny. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:17 | |
-Good point, yeah. -Seems a bit empty in here. | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
Only us three. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:21 | |
KNOCK ON DOOR | 0:42:21 | 0:42:23 | |
-I'll get it. You sit down, man of the house. -OK. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
-LESLEY LAUGHS -You're welcome. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:28 | |
As communities faced hardship, | 0:42:28 | 0:42:30 | |
many families found welcome support from friends and neighbours. | 0:42:30 | 0:42:33 | |
It's like a raisin... | 0:42:33 | 0:42:36 | |
A raisin something. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:37 | |
-There's a note. -There's a note underneath it. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:40 | |
"Heard you had a visit from Old Nosey. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:43 | |
"Rotten. Hope this slice of means test pudding heartens you a bit." | 0:42:43 | 0:42:47 | |
-That's friendship for you. -Yeah. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:50 | |
You'll never keep a northerner down. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
-Yeah. Yeah. -LESLIE LAUGHS | 0:42:52 | 0:42:55 | |
We are going through hard times at the moment. We've all... | 0:42:55 | 0:42:59 | |
Money and everything going pear-shaped. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
My sisters have just gone to the south to work as... | 0:43:02 | 0:43:07 | |
basically... | 0:43:07 | 0:43:09 | |
slaves. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:12 | |
I hope that the fortunes for working-class people... | 0:43:12 | 0:43:16 | |
improve as this decade goes on, | 0:43:16 | 0:43:19 | |
because they sure as hell deserve it. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:22 | |
1930S UPBEAT MUSIC | 0:43:23 | 0:43:26 | |
It's 1934, Johnny. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:30 | |
It's Sunday, a precious day off work. | 0:43:32 | 0:43:34 | |
With the girls away and Harvey out to play, John and Lesley are packing | 0:43:36 | 0:43:40 | |
a picnic of bread and dripping and heading to the great outdoors. | 0:43:40 | 0:43:44 | |
-Ready? -Yeah. | 0:43:44 | 0:43:46 | |
MUSIC STOPS | 0:43:46 | 0:43:48 | |
In the '30s, cheaper train fares saw rambling clubs sprout up | 0:43:54 | 0:43:58 | |
across the North, as workers took the opportunity to explore | 0:43:58 | 0:44:02 | |
the countryside surrounding them. | 0:44:02 | 0:44:04 | |
Nice little breeze, get some fresh air in your lungs. | 0:44:06 | 0:44:09 | |
To find out more about it, | 0:44:10 | 0:44:11 | |
John and Lesley are meeting Bradford-born nature lover, | 0:44:11 | 0:44:14 | |
Anita Rani. | 0:44:14 | 0:44:15 | |
-Good to see you. How are you doing? -Good to see you. | 0:44:15 | 0:44:18 | |
Welcome to Ilkley Moor. | 0:44:18 | 0:44:19 | |
It's beautiful, isn't it? | 0:44:19 | 0:44:21 | |
We take it for granted now in Britain, that we can wander | 0:44:21 | 0:44:25 | |
the beautiful countryside whenever we fancy, | 0:44:25 | 0:44:27 | |
but in the 1930s, these signs were everywhere. | 0:44:27 | 0:44:31 | |
I mean, this was a very real threat, and I think because people | 0:44:31 | 0:44:35 | |
were so poor, they were cowered by that | 0:44:35 | 0:44:38 | |
and they wouldn't come up here. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:40 | |
Although the wealthy could always tipped a gamekeeper to get access, | 0:44:40 | 0:44:43 | |
working-class ramblers couldn't gain entry to private land. | 0:44:43 | 0:44:48 | |
I think I would've come up still and, you know, with my family | 0:44:48 | 0:44:52 | |
and gone on the land, but obviously... | 0:44:52 | 0:44:53 | |
suffer the consequences if I get caught. | 0:44:53 | 0:44:56 | |
There was certainly a movement taking place | 0:44:56 | 0:44:58 | |
across the north, where people were just not going to put up with this. | 0:44:58 | 0:45:02 | |
Yeah. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:03 | |
In the '30s, thousands joined mass trespasses to assert their right | 0:45:04 | 0:45:09 | |
to roam, most famously at Kinder Scout in the Peak District in 1932. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:15 | |
These acts of defiance would eventually lead | 0:45:15 | 0:45:18 | |
to the freedom of the countryside we all enjoy today. | 0:45:18 | 0:45:21 | |
-You're going to love this. -Look at that, my favourite. -You love that! | 0:45:21 | 0:45:25 | |
-Kendal Mint Cake. -Gives you energy. | 0:45:25 | 0:45:28 | |
It gives you energy, course it does, it's pure sugar. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:31 | |
-Big up the north. -Big up the north! | 0:45:31 | 0:45:33 | |
Look at the countryside we have and the slabs of sugar that we eat. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:37 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:45:37 | 0:45:39 | |
-Cheers. This has been lovely. -Mm, Cheers. Cheers... | 0:45:39 | 0:45:42 | |
Costing less than 3p a pound, sugar had been | 0:45:42 | 0:45:45 | |
a staple of working-class diets since the late Victorian period. | 0:45:45 | 0:45:49 | |
Before I go, I think we've got to sing the Yorkshire anthem, haven't we? | 0:45:49 | 0:45:52 | |
-Oh, we have to. -Yeah, why not? -Yes! | 0:45:52 | 0:45:55 | |
# Where hast tha bin since ah saw thee? | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
# Ah saw thee? | 0:45:57 | 0:45:58 | |
# On Ilkley Moor baht 'at... # | 0:45:58 | 0:46:02 | |
MUSIC | 0:46:02 | 0:46:05 | |
Whilst John and Lesley ramble on, | 0:46:07 | 0:46:10 | |
I'm popping round with a surprise for Harvey. | 0:46:10 | 0:46:13 | |
-Have you any idea what this is? -Don't have a clue. | 0:46:17 | 0:46:20 | |
It's a bladder. | 0:46:20 | 0:46:21 | |
-Pig's bladder? -It's a pig's bladder, well done. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:24 | |
Do you want to hold it? | 0:46:24 | 0:46:26 | |
Not too bad, it's kind of like bacon that's just been handled a lot. | 0:46:26 | 0:46:30 | |
Pigs' bladders were inedible, but not to be wasted. | 0:46:32 | 0:46:35 | |
With a bit of effort, they made the perfect toy. | 0:46:35 | 0:46:38 | |
We've got to try and get this into there. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:41 | |
I can't believe I'm saying this like this is a normal thing to be saying to you, Harvey. | 0:46:41 | 0:46:45 | |
We've got to now inflate the pig's bladder. | 0:46:45 | 0:46:47 | |
-All right. -Yeah. You with me on this? -I'm with you. | 0:46:47 | 0:46:50 | |
Give me a high-five on that. | 0:46:50 | 0:46:51 | |
That one, yeah. Not with that one. THEY LAUGH | 0:46:51 | 0:46:54 | |
Ooh, it's gone in. | 0:46:54 | 0:46:55 | |
-This is quite environmentally friendly, isn't it? -It is, | 0:46:55 | 0:46:59 | |
-it's using waste products. -I know. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:01 | |
There's no point in killing a pig and not getting all of it, is there? | 0:47:01 | 0:47:05 | |
I know, if you had a pig skin coat on, eating a bacon butty | 0:47:05 | 0:47:08 | |
and playing football with this, | 0:47:08 | 0:47:09 | |
you're the ultimate eco-warrior, Harvey. | 0:47:09 | 0:47:11 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:47:11 | 0:47:13 | |
Harvey Ellis, promising young lad. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:17 | |
Put a pig's bladder in front of him... | 0:47:17 | 0:47:20 | |
Is he going to score? | 0:47:20 | 0:47:21 | |
Ooh! Oh, no, he didn't. I saved it! | 0:47:21 | 0:47:23 | |
There's only one Sara Cox! | 0:47:23 | 0:47:25 | |
SARA LAUGHS | 0:47:28 | 0:47:29 | |
All right, it's gone over to next door's. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:31 | |
You can go and get pig's bladder back. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:33 | |
Go and knock on, say, | 0:47:33 | 0:47:35 | |
"Excuse me, missy, can I have my pig's bladder back?" | 0:47:35 | 0:47:37 | |
-All right. -SARA LAUGHS | 0:47:37 | 0:47:39 | |
# Things are looking up... # | 0:47:42 | 0:47:45 | |
The Ellis family are back on top. | 0:47:45 | 0:47:47 | |
They've weathered the Great Depression | 0:47:47 | 0:47:50 | |
and the economy is finally picking up. | 0:47:50 | 0:47:52 | |
It's 1937! | 0:47:52 | 0:47:54 | |
-Yay! -Yay! | 0:47:54 | 0:47:56 | |
For working-class families, | 0:47:58 | 0:48:00 | |
the upturn bought new home comforts. | 0:48:00 | 0:48:03 | |
Nearly two-thirds of Britain's homes now have access to electricity - | 0:48:03 | 0:48:07 | |
and many front rooms have a new focal point. | 0:48:07 | 0:48:10 | |
We have a wireless! | 0:48:10 | 0:48:12 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:48:12 | 0:48:15 | |
-How good is this? -Wow, that is a big step forward. -It is! | 0:48:15 | 0:48:18 | |
And I think it'll be a great addition to the family. | 0:48:18 | 0:48:21 | |
By 1937, | 0:48:21 | 0:48:23 | |
high-powered transmitters were beaming out to the whole country, | 0:48:23 | 0:48:27 | |
and that year, | 0:48:27 | 0:48:28 | |
over eight million households took out a radio licence. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:32 | |
If you could afford to buy a set outright, you could hire one | 0:48:32 | 0:48:36 | |
for a few shillings a week from Radio Rentals. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:39 | |
# A kid on a swing... # | 0:48:39 | 0:48:41 | |
-PRESENTER: -Food seems to be in England a rather neglected subject. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:45 | |
It is not given the importance the importance it deserves... | 0:48:45 | 0:48:48 | |
Cookery programmes were popular, | 0:48:48 | 0:48:50 | |
and the BBC sent food expert Mrs Arthur Webb on a tour | 0:48:50 | 0:48:55 | |
of the northern hot spots to gather recipes for a series. | 0:48:55 | 0:48:59 | |
Lesley and Caitlin are following her method for Whitby polony. | 0:48:59 | 0:49:03 | |
It's meat and bread crumbs, basically, with a bit of spices in. | 0:49:03 | 0:49:06 | |
Have you got a mouthful of bread? | 0:49:06 | 0:49:09 | |
-MUFFLED -Maybe. | 0:49:09 | 0:49:10 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:49:10 | 0:49:12 | |
Will you go get me some butter out of that meat sieve? | 0:49:14 | 0:49:17 | |
Mm-hm. | 0:49:17 | 0:49:18 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:49:18 | 0:49:20 | |
GENTLE PIANO MUSIC | 0:49:20 | 0:49:21 | |
Yeah, just pack it in. | 0:49:21 | 0:49:23 | |
Usually bought as a sausage, this home-made potted recipe | 0:49:26 | 0:49:29 | |
is Whitby's version of the Yorkshire classic. | 0:49:29 | 0:49:33 | |
LESLEY WHEEZES AND LAUGHS | 0:49:33 | 0:49:34 | |
I'll tell you what, why don't I help you do yours | 0:49:34 | 0:49:37 | |
and you help me do mine? | 0:49:37 | 0:49:39 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:49:41 | 0:49:43 | |
-LESLEY CLEARS HER THROAT -Thank you. -There you are, madam. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:50 | |
Put these in here. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:51 | |
This is... | 0:49:56 | 0:49:58 | |
Whitby polony. | 0:49:58 | 0:50:00 | |
What's that? | 0:50:00 | 0:50:02 | |
It was a recipe that was broadcast on the wireless | 0:50:02 | 0:50:06 | |
in an attempt to embrace... | 0:50:06 | 0:50:10 | |
the northern listeners. | 0:50:10 | 0:50:12 | |
Right. Never seen anything like this before. Cooking in a jar. | 0:50:12 | 0:50:16 | |
Smells nice, doesn't it? | 0:50:16 | 0:50:18 | |
FREYA GROANS | 0:50:19 | 0:50:20 | |
What's the matter, Freya? Why that noise? | 0:50:20 | 0:50:22 | |
I don't like the look of it. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:24 | |
It's nice... It's all right. | 0:50:26 | 0:50:28 | |
It's an unusual texture. | 0:50:28 | 0:50:30 | |
It could genuinely be dog food. | 0:50:32 | 0:50:35 | |
What do you think southerners would've have thought if they'd have eaten this? | 0:50:35 | 0:50:39 | |
I think southerners would've thought that... | 0:50:40 | 0:50:42 | |
northern cuisine is just plain, | 0:50:42 | 0:50:44 | |
because I don't think they'd be used to... | 0:50:44 | 0:50:48 | |
-these kind of foods. -Mm. | 0:50:48 | 0:50:50 | |
With tea over, Caitlin and Freya are off to enjoy a hugely popular | 0:50:53 | 0:50:57 | |
pastime of the '30s. | 0:50:57 | 0:51:00 | |
Costing around 6p each, cinema tickets | 0:51:00 | 0:51:02 | |
were an affordable treat - and in 1937, 946 million were sold. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:08 | |
-Thank you very much. -Thank you. Here, look at that. -Rolos! | 0:51:08 | 0:51:12 | |
It wasn't just the films that were enticing. | 0:51:12 | 0:51:15 | |
Like today, cinema kiosks were full of sweet attractions. | 0:51:15 | 0:51:19 | |
-We haven't seen any like chocolate, have we? -Yeah. | 0:51:19 | 0:51:22 | |
Oh! Aero! | 0:51:22 | 0:51:24 | |
Milky Bar, Rolo, Kit Kat. | 0:51:24 | 0:51:26 | |
This was the era of combination bars, using cheaper ingredients | 0:51:26 | 0:51:31 | |
like biscuit so they could be sold at half the price of pure chocolate. | 0:51:31 | 0:51:35 | |
-I really miss chocolate. -Same. I've been craving it. | 0:51:35 | 0:51:38 | |
-Can I have two Rolos, please? -Yes, Miss. | 0:51:38 | 0:51:41 | |
Thank you. That's 4p, please. | 0:51:42 | 0:51:44 | |
-There you are. -Thank you. -Thank you. | 0:51:44 | 0:51:46 | |
UPBEAT MUSIC | 0:51:46 | 0:51:49 | |
"Feather Your Nest". | 0:51:52 | 0:51:54 | |
Look how old-fashioned it looks. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:56 | |
-Why, there's nothing to wait for, is there? -Well, no... | 0:51:57 | 0:52:00 | |
-Hey, don't be daft, Mary... -INDISTINCT | 0:52:01 | 0:52:04 | |
George Formby was as famous for his Lancashire tones as his comedy, | 0:52:04 | 0:52:07 | |
and in an era of cut glass accents, | 0:52:07 | 0:52:10 | |
he was one of the few stars who sounded just like his northern fans. | 0:52:10 | 0:52:14 | |
THEY GIGGLE | 0:52:16 | 0:52:18 | |
I thought it were really good. | 0:52:19 | 0:52:21 | |
It generates like a feeling of pride, | 0:52:21 | 0:52:23 | |
watching someone who's northern | 0:52:23 | 0:52:25 | |
amongst so many people that sound so posh. | 0:52:25 | 0:52:28 | |
MUSIC STARTS | 0:52:31 | 0:52:32 | |
Back at home, John and Lesley have got their own treat. | 0:52:32 | 0:52:36 | |
Is it beer? | 0:52:36 | 0:52:38 | |
It looks like it. Beer at its best, from a can. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:41 | |
-You're not having any. -I bloody well am. | 0:52:41 | 0:52:43 | |
You're not having that all to yourself. | 0:52:43 | 0:52:45 | |
In the mid-30s, Felinfoel Brewery in Llanelli perfected a tinned ale. | 0:52:45 | 0:52:50 | |
Within a few years there were over 40 brands on the market. | 0:52:50 | 0:52:54 | |
-Cheers. -Cheers. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:56 | |
LESLEY LAUGHS | 0:52:56 | 0:52:57 | |
It really tastes good. | 0:52:58 | 0:53:00 | |
I hope kids don't come in. | 0:53:06 | 0:53:07 | |
LESLEY LAUGHS | 0:53:07 | 0:53:09 | |
They've never seen you dance. | 0:53:09 | 0:53:10 | |
MUSIC FADES AND RESUMES | 0:53:18 | 0:53:21 | |
It's the last year of the era. | 0:53:23 | 0:53:26 | |
It's 1939! | 0:53:27 | 0:53:29 | |
Big year. | 0:53:29 | 0:53:30 | |
On Sunday the 3rd of September, | 0:53:30 | 0:53:33 | |
the nation tuned in to a momentous broadcast. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:36 | |
-NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN: -'This morning, the British ambassador in Berlin | 0:53:36 | 0:53:40 | |
'handed the German government a final note | 0:53:40 | 0:53:44 | |
'stating that unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock, | 0:53:44 | 0:53:49 | |
'that they were prepared at once | 0:53:49 | 0:53:52 | |
'to withdraw their troops from Poland, | 0:53:52 | 0:53:55 | |
'a state of war would exist between us. | 0:53:55 | 0:53:58 | |
'I have to tell you now... | 0:54:00 | 0:54:03 | |
'that no such undertaking has been received, | 0:54:03 | 0:54:06 | |
'and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.' | 0:54:06 | 0:54:12 | |
This isn't the first time I've listened to this | 0:54:12 | 0:54:15 | |
and I've still got goose bumps now. | 0:54:15 | 0:54:17 | |
It feels a lot more poignant sat here in a 1939 lounge. | 0:54:17 | 0:54:21 | |
-It really does bring it home, doesn't it, really? -It does. | 0:54:21 | 0:54:25 | |
Britain had been preparing for this moment | 0:54:26 | 0:54:28 | |
since Hitler's rise to power six years ago. | 0:54:28 | 0:54:31 | |
Rearmament meant plenty of work to go round. | 0:54:31 | 0:54:35 | |
By 1939, 16% of the population | 0:54:35 | 0:54:39 | |
were employed in munitions manufacturing. | 0:54:39 | 0:54:42 | |
With almost full employment came new luxuries. | 0:54:42 | 0:54:46 | |
Look how much stuff is in here. | 0:54:46 | 0:54:48 | |
-LESLEY GASPS -Weetabix! | 0:54:51 | 0:54:52 | |
Corned beef, marmalade... | 0:54:52 | 0:54:55 | |
HP Sauce! | 0:54:55 | 0:54:57 | |
Dad will be happy. | 0:54:57 | 0:54:58 | |
Salmon, look at that. | 0:54:58 | 0:55:00 | |
The Ellises have invited friends and family over | 0:55:02 | 0:55:05 | |
to mark the end of their inter-war time travels. | 0:55:05 | 0:55:08 | |
What are you making? | 0:55:08 | 0:55:10 | |
We're making magic salmon mould. Basically, what we're doing | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
is we're layering the salmon with cabbage and eggs | 0:55:13 | 0:55:17 | |
and then we're going to pour in gelatine over the top. | 0:55:17 | 0:55:19 | |
It's going to be very delicious. | 0:55:19 | 0:55:21 | |
Imported food prices had fallen by 40%, | 0:55:21 | 0:55:25 | |
so expensive delicacies became affordable to ordinary families, | 0:55:25 | 0:55:29 | |
like Lesley's Canadian tinned salmon. | 0:55:29 | 0:55:32 | |
Don't pour that full, everyone's going to be drunk. | 0:55:32 | 0:55:35 | |
They're not going to be able to ride their horses home! | 0:55:35 | 0:55:37 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:55:37 | 0:55:39 | |
-Hi! -Hi! | 0:55:46 | 0:55:47 | |
Hiya. | 0:55:47 | 0:55:49 | |
Whoo! | 0:55:49 | 0:55:50 | |
-Hi! -Look who's here! | 0:55:50 | 0:55:51 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:55:51 | 0:55:53 | |
-Hiya. -You look beautiful today. | 0:55:53 | 0:55:55 | |
-Anybody want a drink? -Great. | 0:55:55 | 0:55:57 | |
-Cheers! -Cheers! | 0:55:57 | 0:55:58 | |
Chin, chin! | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
'Polly and I are back to join in the fun and find out | 0:56:01 | 0:56:03 | |
'about the family's experience over the last two decades.' | 0:56:03 | 0:56:07 | |
-Hiya! -Hi! | 0:56:07 | 0:56:09 | |
This looks lovely. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:10 | |
-Hello, Polly. -I love it. | 0:56:10 | 0:56:13 | |
What happy memories have you got from the last 20 years? | 0:56:14 | 0:56:17 | |
Well, me and my dad went and played rugby, and we don't... | 0:56:17 | 0:56:21 | |
like modern day, | 0:56:21 | 0:56:23 | |
me and my dad don't have a lot of time together, | 0:56:23 | 0:56:25 | |
with these two either. | 0:56:25 | 0:56:27 | |
What were your favourite bits about the whole thing so far? | 0:56:27 | 0:56:31 | |
Going on the rollercoasters at Blackpool Pleasure Beach | 0:56:31 | 0:56:34 | |
and... going to the cinema. | 0:56:34 | 0:56:37 | |
-OK. And you survived the rollercoaster, didn't you? FREYA: -Barely! | 0:56:37 | 0:56:40 | |
FREYA LAUGHS | 0:56:40 | 0:56:41 | |
GENTLE MUSIC | 0:56:41 | 0:56:44 | |
Cheers! | 0:56:48 | 0:56:50 | |
To the past 20 years. | 0:56:50 | 0:56:51 | |
And how's it been for you? | 0:56:51 | 0:56:53 | |
Plenty of ups and plenty of downs. | 0:56:53 | 0:56:54 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:56:54 | 0:56:56 | |
Have you found that you've been chucked together much more as a family? | 0:56:56 | 0:56:59 | |
We've all gravitated to this table, that's where we've spent our lives. | 0:56:59 | 0:57:03 | |
What about those days for you when you didn't have enough | 0:57:03 | 0:57:06 | |
and you were having to try and feed your family? | 0:57:06 | 0:57:09 | |
I just stood in the shoes of that 1931 mum feeding her children... | 0:57:09 | 0:57:13 | |
It were the look on the faces and it really, like got me. | 0:57:13 | 0:57:17 | |
This is for real, this WAS for real. | 0:57:17 | 0:57:20 | |
This has made me really think of the value of things, | 0:57:22 | 0:57:25 | |
because I take too much stuff for granted. | 0:57:25 | 0:57:27 | |
It sort of made me realise that I've got things really easy | 0:57:27 | 0:57:31 | |
and I've been given so many opportunities, | 0:57:31 | 0:57:33 | |
so I need to take them. | 0:57:33 | 0:57:34 | |
-LESLEY: -The women who lived through this era, I look at them | 0:57:36 | 0:57:40 | |
with admiration and awe. | 0:57:40 | 0:57:43 | |
Raising families and working, and cooking, and cleaning, | 0:57:43 | 0:57:48 | |
and maintaining their spirits at the same time. | 0:57:48 | 0:57:52 | |
I just... I don't know how they did it. | 0:57:52 | 0:57:55 | |
'I believe that we're stronger than we were | 0:57:56 | 0:57:58 | |
'when we first came into the house. | 0:57:58 | 0:58:00 | |
'There's one thing about northerners, we stick together.' | 0:58:00 | 0:58:03 | |
I definitely know where Yorkshire grit comes from, and... | 0:58:03 | 0:58:06 | |
you won't take the grit out of Yorkshire. | 0:58:06 | 0:58:09 | |
Next time... | 0:58:18 | 0:58:19 | |
This is well nice! | 0:58:19 | 0:58:21 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:58:21 | 0:58:23 | |
The Ellis family have their first taste... | 0:58:25 | 0:58:27 | |
SHE RETCHES ..of the post-war years. | 0:58:27 | 0:58:30 | |
I can hear... a steam train coming, look. | 0:58:30 | 0:58:33 | |
What do you reckon, guys? | 0:58:33 | 0:58:34 | |
It's not runny! | 0:58:34 | 0:58:36 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:58:36 | 0:58:37 |