0:00:03 > 0:00:04Meet the Ellis family.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11Lesley, John, Caitlin,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Freya, and Harvey.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17This Bradford family of five are about to embark on
0:00:17 > 0:00:20a time travelling adventure...
0:00:20 > 0:00:23It's 1925.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27..to discover how changing food eaten in the north of England...
0:00:27 > 0:00:29That is Scouse.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31..can reveal what life was like...
0:00:31 > 0:00:33SHE COUGHS
0:00:33 > 0:00:37- I think perhaps I do need to work on my frying technique. - SHE LAUGHS
0:00:37 > 0:00:40..for working-class families over the past century.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42- I think it's just potato pie. - I think so.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- Chicken feet!- Urgh!- Urgh!
0:00:45 > 0:00:47From regional classics...
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Pan haggerty for tea.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51We'll have two chip nans.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54..to dishes that expanded our horizons.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58I'm so happy. Honestly, this is, like, amazing.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01The Ellises' own home is their time machine,
0:01:01 > 0:01:05transporting them through a different era each week.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07It's 1985.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09They'll experience the ups... THEY SCREAM
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- ..and downs... - What the heck is tripe?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16..of work...
0:01:16 > 0:01:18This is so hot!
0:01:18 > 0:01:20..rest...
0:01:20 > 0:01:23GUNSHOT ..and play...
0:01:23 > 0:01:26THEY LAUGH
0:01:26 > 0:01:28..as they fast forward through 100 years
0:01:28 > 0:01:30of northern history...
0:01:33 > 0:01:36..and still get back in time for tea.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39ENGINE STARTS
0:01:52 > 0:01:57The Ellis family are about to enter their third decade of time travel.
0:01:59 > 0:02:05Their house has been transformed into a family home of the 1960s.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09The kitchen features new and colourful plastics,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11giving it a modern look.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13The living room is more comfortable,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16with telly and hi-fi as standard,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20and the garden has changed from a functional yard
0:02:20 > 0:02:21to a place of leisure.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Social historian Polly Russell and I are heading to set the stage
0:02:28 > 0:02:31for the Ellises' journey into the 1960s.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Wow.- Wow.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40That's very different, isn't it?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42There's a subtle pattern, if you look closely at the wallpaper,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45you can just... I mean, that's just what jumps out.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47There's a lot going on, isn't there?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49There is. The rooms before were sort of dwellings,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- but this is like a home, isn't it? - Yeah.- It's comfortable.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54They've replaced an actual coal fire
0:02:54 > 0:02:56with one that looks a bit like one...
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- No dirt.- ..but in plastic.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00You can dust it. Let's have a look at the kitchen.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Look. Ooh!
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Oh, I like this.- Yeah.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07We think about the 1960s as being a sort of time of
0:03:07 > 0:03:12big technological change, sort of sci-fi, you know, monorails.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Actually, in Britain, particularly in the homes of working people,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20kitchens are still pretty basic. There's no fitted kitchen,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24there's no washing machine at this point, there's still no fridge.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26That's why it looks bigger, cos there's not much in it.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- There's nothing in it, yeah. - Food-wise, I'm excited.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Can we look in the pantry?- Yeah.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Always my favourite moment.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35CUPBOARD CREAKS Oh, haunted!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Oh, look! Mothers Pride.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I remember Mothers Pride, delicious white sliced bread.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Look, there's more brands, straight away.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Bird's Custard, Corn Flakes.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49I mean, this isn't that different from my pantry at home.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I mean, look.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Oh, the stuff of joy, salad cream.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55You're too posh for salad cream, aren't you?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57No, I am not too posh for salad cream. No.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01What you're going to see is there's going to be more and more packaged food. More...
0:04:01 > 0:04:04So convenience food starts to become part of the diet.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08But, having said that, there's still a big reliance on home-cooked food.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Look, we've got, sort of, suet, flour, butter, eggs.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Lesley's still going to be doing an enormous
0:04:14 > 0:04:16amount of cooking from scratch.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28In 1960 the north of England was thriving.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Although the strength of traditional industries such as textiles
0:04:33 > 0:04:37and shipbuilding was fading, factory work ensured
0:04:37 > 0:04:40that the north remained a driving force of industry,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44at a time when an impressive 17% of the world's manufacturing
0:04:44 > 0:04:47exports were made in Britain.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Busy production lines meant full employment and high wages,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55and working families began to embrace the consumer boom.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Post-war reforms in housing, health care
0:04:59 > 0:05:03and education were paying off for working families.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06It's like being in Heaven up here
0:05:06 > 0:05:10because we've always been poor people.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13As memories of austerity slipped into the past,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16the north looked optimistically towards the future.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Historical surveys show how much money families had
0:05:25 > 0:05:27and how they were spending it.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30This is where you sort of see the rise of the affluent worker,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33a worker who has actually got disposable income
0:05:33 > 0:05:36to spend on leisure activities, on consumer goods.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41The biggest spend is still on bread, milk, meat, potatoes.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45It's quite, sort of, traditional, standard, as we've been used to.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49And out of an income of around £14 or £15 they're going to be
0:05:49 > 0:05:50spending about £5 per week,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53so a third of their income, on food.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56But what you see when you look down into this survey in the 1960s...
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Ah-ha.- I spotted that, "Meals bought away from home."
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Yes.- So, eating out?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Starting of an eating out culture... - SARAH WOLF WHISTLES
0:06:04 > 0:06:06..beginning of Chinese food, maybe an
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Italian cafe. Who knows?
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Wow.- Certainly, for working families, you know,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15this is the beginning of a period
0:06:15 > 0:06:17of optimism and hope.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- I'm excited for them. - Should be good.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I'm leaving their guide to the 1960s on the kitchen table.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28You know, I think the Ellis family are really going to enjoy
0:06:28 > 0:06:30this decade.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35I feel like we've been through so much hard times
0:06:35 > 0:06:36and it's always been up and down,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40but I feel like the '60s are going to be an up time, and it will be an
0:06:40 > 0:06:44era of music, which obviously will always bring up the mood, I think.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- The door's blue! - They've got flowers!- Oh, wow!
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- Yeah!- Yes!
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- Oh, my God, look how bright the door is!- That is really blue, isn't it?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Here we go.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- Oh, wow! Wow!- Oh, my God! - LAUGHTER
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Look at the TV!
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Oh, good grief! We've got a three-piece suite as well.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Look at the wallpaper.- It's more like a lounge as we know it.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- Yeah.- It's more like... - Yeah, it is.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21There's so much more stuff, isn't there?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23And, yeah, but it's promising.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27That's what it is, it's promising that the '60s is going to be better.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- Ah! What?! - LAUGHTER
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- This is...- This is bright, isn't it? - This is amazing!- Oh, my God!
0:07:36 > 0:07:42- I love it!- I love it, too. - Oh, look! Pantry.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Weetabix, Coco Pops...- Spaghetti!
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Weetabix, Coco Pops, Corn Flakes, Frosties.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- Is there a fridge?- Um...
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Caitlin, look underneath there. - No, still haven't got a fridge.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- Hot chocolate! - My trusty measuring spoon.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Now the family have seen their 1960s home,
0:08:04 > 0:08:09it's time for them to find out what they'll be up to.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13"John, in this decade, you are going to be working as a miner.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18"The average weekly earnings of men in coal mining in 1961 was £16,
0:08:18 > 0:08:23"seven shillings and sixpence. You are making more than many white-collar workers.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27"You'll be out the house by 5am and back in time for tea.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32"Lesley, in the 1960s, 38% of married women are still out at work.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36"Your husband is a skilled miner.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38"He's bringing in a good wage, so for the first
0:08:38 > 0:08:42"time in the experiment there is no need for you to go to work.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45"The house is your domain, and you are responsible for the
0:08:45 > 0:08:47"housework and feeding your family."
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- No pressure.- Yahoo(!)- No pressure. - LAUGHTER
0:08:51 > 0:08:55The school-leaving age is still 15, so Caitlin and Freya will be working
0:08:55 > 0:08:57and enjoying their pay packet,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00whilst Harvey is still at grammar school.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05RELAXED '60S POP MUSIC PLAYS
0:09:06 > 0:09:09It seems as though we've got such a big change.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13I'm really relishing it and looking forward to the exciting '60s,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15really, and seeing where it does take us.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Gender equality was not a much used phrase in 1960, so the men
0:09:22 > 0:09:25are doing some DIY...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Getting some...some elbow grease into that now, aren't you?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31..and the girls are finding out what's for tea.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36"Welcome to 1960. Your first meal will be taken from a popular
0:09:36 > 0:09:39"women's magazine, My Weekly.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42"Chops are on the menu. Keep an eye on the clock, Lesley - you'll need
0:09:42 > 0:09:46"to finish your tea by seven o'clock, cos there's a brand-new
0:09:46 > 0:09:51"programme on the telly that the family won't want to miss." Yay!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- Let's have a look. - LAUGHTER
0:09:57 > 0:10:00"Casserole of mutton chops.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04"Six lean mutton chops, breadcrumbs as required, half a
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- "cupful of diced celery." - That sounds good.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Mmm.- It sounds like a waste of time.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12We're going to miss this TV programme.
0:10:12 > 0:10:18We've got two hours to cook, eat, wash up...
0:10:18 > 0:10:21We'll save the washing for after the programme. Yeah?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Celery...- That is that.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28So let's get the chops out first.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32In 1960, the average family spent the equivalent of £3 a week
0:10:32 > 0:10:36on mutton. Over the decade, the mutton market would take a hit.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39As the demand for wool was outstripped by new synthetic
0:10:39 > 0:10:45fibres, it made less economic sense to raise sheep to old age.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46I'm going to try and make that.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Mutton was replaced by lamb, never to return to the weekly shop.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Ooh! I mean, up until now,
0:10:55 > 0:11:00tea-time has revolved around whether it's light enough to wash
0:11:00 > 0:11:04up by candlelight, you know, before we had to put the candles on.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09So I guess eating to fit around a TV programme is a really big change.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Doing a good job with that, aren't you?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I'll just go and wash my hands and then I'll come out.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16How are we doing, ladies?
0:11:16 > 0:11:21We need to get this in quickly, because we're running out of time
0:11:21 > 0:11:24and it needs to be done in about
0:11:24 > 0:11:27double the time it says on the recipe.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Excusez-moi.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35All this for a TV programme.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Could watch it on Catch Up if it were chuffing Love Island.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Right, I'm going to go...
0:11:44 > 0:11:47It might only be mutton, but the family no longer have to eke
0:11:47 > 0:11:50out meat between five. For the first time,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52they can afford a cut per person.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58How do you cook this?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- I'm going to break this plate. - Oh, is it really tough? Is it
0:12:00 > 0:12:04because I didn't cook it as long as it should have been cooked for?
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- Probably.- I'm not going to lie, this isn't the best.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12But, obviously, mutton needs slow-cooking,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and we've not had time to slow cook it.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18It's like eating octopus.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21It's like whelks.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Have we time to...- Two minutes. - ..make a cup of tea.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26'60S ROCK AND ROLL PLAYS
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Thanks, Mum. Love you.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Go on, then.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- Come on, Les, that programme's going to start.- Yeah, I'm coming.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49- Ay up, look at this.- Good.- Oh, you are a good one.- I know.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52HUMMING TO CORNATION STREET THEME
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Oh, the...
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- I guessed it!- I love the fact that it's the same tune.- Yeah.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03They haven't even updated it or anything, have they? It's brilliant.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- So familiar, isn't it? - I know, it is.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08It will be for you,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10cos your mum literally has watched this...
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- All her life.- Yeah.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Ken Barlow! He's still in it! Honestly, he's still in it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23That is just so weird.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27SHE LAUGHS
0:13:27 > 0:13:32In 1960, Granada television took a risk on a brand-new soap
0:13:32 > 0:13:34which put a Northern community at its heart.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Coronation Street was part of Granada's continuing vision
0:13:39 > 0:13:41to put the North on the map.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Their founder believed, what Manchester sees today,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48London will see eventually.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50True to their conviction,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Coronation Street quickly spread from the North West,
0:13:52 > 0:13:57playing to a national audience of 22 million viewers twice a week.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01It remains the longest-running soap in the world.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07What I needed to get used to was the voices at first,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09because they were talking really fast,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13and the accent's not...isn't the same at all.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15And I was like, "What? What are they saying?"
0:14:15 > 0:14:21It's unusual to be hearing Northern accents on TV. On the BBC...
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION:- ..they would have all talked like that.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26And suddenly you've got some
0:14:26 > 0:14:30vibrant, working-class Northern characters on TV.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33For the good of the North, isn't it? It's put us on the map.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Very, very first Coronation Street.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's amazing, really,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43because, you know, Corrie was actually entertaining.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45We were all...
0:14:45 > 0:14:48..watching it and interested in it, and I'm looking forward to
0:14:48 > 0:14:51watching the next episode, just to see what happens.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01MUSIC: Tower Of Strength by Frankie Vaughan
0:15:06 > 0:15:08# If I were a tower of strength
0:15:08 > 0:15:10# I'd walk away
0:15:10 > 0:15:13# I'd look in your eyes and here's what I'd say... #
0:15:13 > 0:15:15For the first time in the experiment,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Lesley does not have to go to work.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19But her husband does,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22so it's up at the crack of dawn to get his breakfast on.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- 1961.- Right.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- What's for breakfast? - We've got kippers.- Oh.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Lovely(!)
0:15:32 > 0:15:36In his modern role as a managing director of a medical supplies
0:15:36 > 0:15:40company, John is not used to getting his hands dirty.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Going down that shaft, that mineshaft, is on the back of my
0:15:43 > 0:15:47mind, and I feel, like, a bit daunted about it.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I suppose the best thing I can do is just make sure
0:15:50 > 0:15:52that you're well set up for t'day.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- And hopefully I can put a decent shift in, eh?- Yeah.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Bring home that spondooly,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00to keep me in the manner to which I am now accustomed.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02LAUGHTER
0:16:04 > 0:16:07LANGUID BRASS BAND MUSIC PLAYS
0:16:12 > 0:16:16In 1961, Britain ran on coal.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Every day, over 500,000 miners headed to the pits.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27The coal they grafted so hard to produce fuelled railways,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30factories and family homes.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38On his first shift, John will be working with former miner
0:16:38 > 0:16:43Andy Smith, who worked the pits of Yorkshire for over 30 years.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- Morning, John.- Good morning, Andy. - Welcome to Caphouse Colliery.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- A bit cold this morning.- It is. - A bit early as well.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- No, not early, not early enough. - It is for me.
0:16:52 > 0:16:58In 1961, 120 men were employed underground at Caphouse Colliery.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03- Checks, please.- Thank you very much. - Cheers.- No contraband with you, have you?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04- No.- Right, that's fine.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09The average age of a British miner was 41.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12The mine offered apprenticeships from the age of 15, and the prospect
0:17:12 > 0:17:14of a job for life.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17It jerks a bit, just beware, it jerks a bit at the start.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- You're making me feel...- That's it. Right, we're on our way now.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23140 metres, that's how far we are going.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Shallow for mining, but... - 140 metres, yeah?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29They go to about 1,000 metres now. It's a fair distance.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- Morning, men.- Boss.- Morning.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Come on, John. We've about a five-minute walk to get to where
0:17:37 > 0:17:40we're going to be working today. Make sure you shut the door, mate.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- Shine your light up the floor. - Yeah, you lead the way.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Like John, every '60s miner would have relied on a helmet-mounted
0:17:49 > 0:17:53light, battery pack and kneepads.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56You'll find out what your kneepads are for now.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00It's pretty...pretty scary, knowing where you are...
0:18:02 > 0:18:07- Black gold, John. That's the coal. - Black gold, eh?- Black gold, yeah.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10So what we've got to do, this is where we work the coal, John.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- Right.- Right? And what it does, it forms in layers with bedding planes.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16If I pick now, nice and steady...
0:18:16 > 0:18:19You see? So that's what you've got to do.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21So this is how miners started,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24and you're paid by how much you produce.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25So we'll swap over now.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Get into a rhythm and get comfortable.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- Cor, Andy, how do you do this all day long?- With training.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40That's it, you're getting there.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- God, it splinters off all over the place, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Yeah, I don't know about you, Andy, but it's pretty tough going,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- is this.- It's really tough going, but it does get easier.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Once you've done about ten years, it starts feeling easier.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Getting up on a morning feels easier.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Getting down in a comfortable position feels easier.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Everything feels easier, it's more natural.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I can't just imagine...you, you going through that, really.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08MUSIC: Halfway To Paradise by Billy Fury
0:19:12 > 0:19:16# I want to be your lover... #
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Whilst John is getting stuck into an eight-hour shift,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Lesley has her own work cut out.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31# I'm only halfway to paradise...#
0:19:33 > 0:19:34In the '60s,
0:19:34 > 0:19:39women were still doing an average of six hours of housework each day.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Before I just had carbolic soap to wash clothes with,
0:19:43 > 0:19:47to wash pots with, to wash the floor with, everything.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50And suddenly I've got choices.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Surf White.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57As companies completed to sell more and more cleaning products,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00they enlisted the help of the Northern housewife...
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I can't stand those snobby women who think a powder that gives more
0:20:03 > 0:20:05in a packet can't be worth trying.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09I've tried them all, and I'm telling you, Surf's better value.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12..an expert that women could trust.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18The 1960s feel more aspirational.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22There's a great sense that life is now better.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29By the '60s, housewives like Lesley were raising their families far
0:20:29 > 0:20:34from the inner-city slums that their grandparents might have grown up in.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Post-war governments had promised to put an end to poor
0:20:37 > 0:20:40housing in cramped terraces and tenements.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45A revolutionary slum clearance programme saw 87,000 homes
0:20:45 > 0:20:49demolished in Liverpool and Manchester alone.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53They were replaced with brand-new council homes in high-rise
0:20:53 > 0:20:55blocks and out-of-town estates.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Many urban communities were disbanded.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00By the end of the decade,
0:21:00 > 0:21:062.5 million people were making new lives in houses far from home.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10With men out at work, it was often housewives that struggled to
0:21:10 > 0:21:12adjust to a less communal way of life.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16For Pat, life in her modern house is very different from her
0:21:16 > 0:21:17childhood in Liverpool.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20There was always lots of people, there was lots of activity.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24There was lots of neighbours that used to shout at you, too.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Yes, there was lots of shouting. We've got a detached house.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- This magic word, "detached". - SHE CHUCKLES
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I can spend the entire day doing things,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37but I feel that I overdo things.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40I polish far too much and things like this.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Today, everyone is out at work.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I'm here on my own.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I am not relying on my neighbours as much.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54I'm not relying on... I don't have colleagues any more,
0:21:54 > 0:21:58and I imagine that it could be quite lonely.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Are we going up to the canteen now? - No, not quite. We're here.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- Snap time.- Snap - Yorkshire slang for food - is what the miners
0:22:11 > 0:22:14called their dinner.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Why is it a tin?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18It's a tin with a lid on so that mice can't eat your snap
0:22:18 > 0:22:21while we're underground, waiting to have it.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Where's your snap tin? - I haven't brought one today.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- We're sharing, didn't I tell you? - No. We are sharing, are we?- Yeah.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29This is interesting. Doorstep sandwich, that's exactly what we want.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- Oh, God, dripping.- Bit of dripping.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35- Well, I better break it in half, then.- Aye, break it in half, aye..
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Seeing as you're gaffer, you can have the big bit.- You're a star.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- Oh, it's good.- It's all right. - Yeah.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- So, is this what you normally had for lunch?- Oh, yeah.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Dripping?- Dripping.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53You couldn't bring cheese and meat down, it didn't taste right.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Because it all got mouldy with the atmosphere and everything, but
0:22:56 > 0:22:58this, this tastes better underground than it does on the surface.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01So this would improve by being underground.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05When we got snap time, eating sandwiches,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08we'd discuss the work problems or the world, you know what I mean?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I hope the wife is cooking a good meal tonight.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- She's already cooked a meal to get your dripping. - CHUCKLING
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- That was Sunday's joint, that. - Yeah, probably.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23In the early '60s,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26the mining industry was poised for dramatic change.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29The introduction of machines meant that extracting coal would
0:23:29 > 0:23:32become easier but require fewer men.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Coal was also being challenged by newer cleaner energies,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40with natural gas, oil and nuclear on the rise.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Industries across the North were being forced to modernise or
0:23:46 > 0:23:48face extinction.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55By 1969, almost 400 pits had closed
0:23:55 > 0:23:59and the number of miners working in Britain had halved.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02The last job is to release the cage from the chains.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06From this moment on, no man can go down the shaft
0:24:06 > 0:24:08and no coals can be bought up from the coalface.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22MUSIC: A Hundred Pounds Of Clay by Craig Douglas
0:24:25 > 0:24:28# He took 100 pounds of clay... #
0:24:29 > 0:24:35"It's 1961, and you're having panhaggerty for tea."
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- "Panhaggerty, have you ever heard of that?- No.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Me neither.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Panhaggerty is made by layering meat with potatoes
0:24:44 > 0:24:46and veg, with cheese on top.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It is covered in beef stock and baked in the oven.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Originating in mining communities of the North East,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55this dish was traditionally eaten on Monday,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58using Sunday leftovers or cheaper meats like corned beef.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04The high fat and carbohydrate content would have been perfect to
0:25:04 > 0:25:08fill the rumbling bellies of the men returning from a shift down the pit.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I think Dad must be hungry when he's coming home tonight,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14though, because it wouldn't be right good to eat,
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- where they're working, would it? - No, it wouldn't, would it? Euch!
0:25:18 > 0:25:20# And a brand-new world began
0:25:20 > 0:25:24# He created old Adam
0:25:24 > 0:25:29# Then he made a woman for the man
0:25:29 > 0:25:32# Oh-oh-oh
0:25:32 > 0:25:34# Yes, he did. #
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- Hey, guys.- Hi, Dad.- Hiya.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- Did you have a good day at work? - Oh, you could say that, yeah.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Good experience.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- It looks really yummy, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It's good to be home, that's for sure.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55And to have a hot meal like this, it's delicious.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Could you not imagine going there every day?- I couldn't, Harvey.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02The guys that work there, hats off to them, because I wouldn't
0:26:02 > 0:26:05like to think that anybody in my family had to go through it,
0:26:05 > 0:26:09because the dangers and everything that's actually involved in it.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- I'm proud of you, mate. Well done. - Cheers, pal.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Yeah, well done, Johnny.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22That coal powers the whole country,
0:26:22 > 0:26:26so the pressure you must have had must have been overwhelming.
0:26:26 > 0:26:32It could really be a stress, but my dad handles it absolutely amazingly.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42MUSIC: Some Other Guy by The Big Three
0:26:42 > 0:26:45# Some other guy now
0:26:45 > 0:26:48# Has taken her love away from me... #
0:26:48 > 0:26:53- It's 1962!- Woohoo!
0:26:53 > 0:26:56It's a very 1960s Saturday,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59and John and Harvey are off to the footy.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- I think we're going to win today. - Yeah, hopefully.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Top of the league, mate.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Come on, let's go win. Come on.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09MUSIC: Bobby's Girl by Susan Maughan
0:27:09 > 0:27:11# I wanna be Bobby's girl... #
0:27:12 > 0:27:13In the early '60s,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17football matches were attended by over 1 million people each week,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19with Liverpool, Everton
0:27:19 > 0:27:23and Manchester United dominating the First Division.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27The top players lived on the same streets as the spectators.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32I was born in a little mining town, and we always sort of played
0:27:32 > 0:27:35football when we were kiddies, knocking about on the street.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Their skills on the pitch made them local heroes.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Never thought I would ever be professional.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44I used to always think...
0:27:44 > 0:27:47..professionals were all posh people.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50I'm hoping that the girls will be excited to
0:27:50 > 0:27:53get their hands on a phone at last.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Although this might not be quite what they had in mind.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- Have you ever used a phone box? - No.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05They don't really work any more, it's just where drunk people go into.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09In 1962, less than 7% of the population owned a phone.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13The average family spent the equivalent of £2.50 a week
0:28:13 > 0:28:16on communication, and as the phone box was still relatively expensive,
0:28:16 > 0:28:22many continued to rely on the post, with telegrams for emergencies.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Oh, there's a note.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Hey, this looks so cool! "Wondering what to have for tea?
0:28:29 > 0:28:34"Dial ASK 8071 for tips. Sarah."
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- Do you put that pointer to...- Yeah.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41So you go, if it's ASK, you would do A,
0:28:41 > 0:28:45and then you pull it round to there and then let go.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49- Put it...- Yeah, put it in.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51- No, it's broken. - LAUGHTER
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- Maybe B. Maybe that one. Oh, Oh!- Oh, yeah!- What's going on?
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Stick it in, stick it in! Right, OK, go, go, go!
0:29:00 > 0:29:03It's ringing. Must have done something right.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Do you think... I've got a note pad in my bag.- Wait, shut up!- OK.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Is there anything I need to write down?- Yeah, it's reading out a menu.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Go on. Quick, quick, quick!
0:29:15 > 0:29:16It's already listed everything!
0:29:16 > 0:29:20- Well, what did it list? - I can't remember! - LAUGHTER
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Her next request, a recipe for dinner.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26We predict that the Food Information Centre's telephone service
0:29:26 > 0:29:30will out-beat Mrs Beeton and put the cookery book out of business.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33The telephone recipe service provided a new recorded
0:29:33 > 0:29:37recipe each day, and it was a hit.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Between 1963 and '64,
0:29:40 > 0:29:44250,000 callers rang for a recipe from the North West alone.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50"Plum-stuffed pork. Ingredients. 4oz of butter...
0:29:50 > 0:29:52"something onions chopped...
0:29:52 > 0:29:55- "5oz of dried something... - LAUGHTER
0:29:55 > 0:29:58"..one tablespoon of thyme.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00- "Spread the stuffing over the pork." - What stuffing?!
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- You haven't mentioned stuffing. - Put in an oven dish and bake for 40 minutes.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06I can't even read my own writing.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10- Remove pork in the oven and rest for 40 minutes. 10 minutes.- What?
0:30:10 > 0:30:12I don't know.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15I have no chuffing idea.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I'm hoping we would ring up and get a Chinese takeaway.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25I'm a bit...urgh!
0:30:25 > 0:30:30- It said melt butter in a pan, didn't it?- Yeah.- Then what?
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Add stuff.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37I think it is always important to be looking for inspiration
0:30:37 > 0:30:39for new ideas.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44And everything sort of in the last eras have been a bit same old,
0:30:44 > 0:30:50same old and just recipes that your mum cooked
0:30:50 > 0:30:54and that everyone else cooked and all your neighbours cooked...
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- A recipe you just stuck by.- Yeah.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59This is like a breakaway from tradition
0:30:59 > 0:31:02and a breakaway from all those routines.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05After World War II, British investment in pork farming
0:31:05 > 0:31:08saw the pig population triple.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14By 1962, we were eating 350g of pork products each per week.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16That is about six sausages.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18So, it is called plum stuffed pork.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21That is pork, that is plum stuffing.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23And it kind of looks good.
0:31:32 > 0:31:37- So, did it say 40 minutes and then 10 minutes to rest?- Yeah.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47- Hi, guys.- Hello. Did you have a good time?- Yeah, it was good.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50This honestly looks amazing.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53I cannot believe it has turned out like this.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56It is like some next level gourmet stuff,
0:31:56 > 0:31:58you need to open your own restaurant, woman.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01I know we were really critical of that service
0:32:01 > 0:32:05but I would never make something like this normally.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- Harvey, stop putting your... - Why not?- Mum is trying to cut it.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18It turned out so good. It was really, really nice.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22And the potatoes, roast potatoes were so good.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30# Sweets for my sweet
0:32:30 > 0:32:32# Sugar for my honey
0:32:32 > 0:32:36# Your first sweet kiss thrilled me so
0:32:36 > 0:32:38# Sweets for my sweet... #
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- It is 1963. - Yay!
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Working-class teenagers with full-time jobs were the driving
0:32:46 > 0:32:51force behind a new teen market worth over £800 million a year.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57This new generation could afford to
0:32:57 > 0:33:01look for a life beyond the factory floor and the coffee bars
0:33:01 > 0:33:05and clubs of the North became a hive of creativity.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07# Now ain't that just like me
0:33:07 > 0:33:09# Well, you know cracking up over you
0:33:09 > 0:33:11# You know that I love you... #
0:33:11 > 0:33:15An explosion of northern pop stars proved to northern teens that
0:33:15 > 0:33:18a different kind of life was out there for the taking.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Caitlin and Freya are meeting Bobby Elliott,
0:33:22 > 0:33:25the drummer from Manchester band The Hollies, whose many hits
0:33:25 > 0:33:29include Bus Stop, Carrie Anne, and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Here we are in a coffee bar that would probably be very
0:33:38 > 0:33:42similar in 1963 with the frothy coffee
0:33:42 > 0:33:44and people were getting better paid
0:33:44 > 0:33:50and they wanted more things to do, so the coffee bar was one step up
0:33:50 > 0:33:52and then music where we are now.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55There would be bands around every corner.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59For Bobby, music was an escape from his apprenticeship at the local mine.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01We were making more money playing in our little band
0:34:01 > 0:34:03around Manchester and around the North than we were
0:34:03 > 0:34:08as apprentices, and one of the first gigs I did was at the Royal Albert Hall
0:34:08 > 0:34:12and the Beatles were second top to Del Shannon at the end.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15We all stood in line and took a bow and I thought, wow, it is
0:34:15 > 0:34:19a bit different to being 3,000 feet underground at the pit.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23In 1963, Northern bands were changing the face of British
0:34:23 > 0:34:26music and they were about to go global.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- ARCHIVE:- 3,000 screaming teenagers arrived at New York's Kennedy airport to greet,
0:34:35 > 0:34:37you guessed it, the Beatles.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40America went mad for the lads from Liverpool.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43They would become the biggest selling band in Billboard history.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46A title they still hold to this day.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48It must be so weird for Americans as well
0:34:48 > 0:34:53because their typical view of an English accent is quite posh
0:34:53 > 0:34:56and it is not really what it is
0:34:56 > 0:35:00and to have northerners go up is like wow, what is that?
0:35:00 > 0:35:03They said, "Wow, what sort of English is that?" you know,
0:35:03 > 0:35:07broad American, this is how the English are speaking?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Of course it is. "Where are you from?"
0:35:10 > 0:35:13"Manchester." "Do you know the Beatles?"
0:35:14 > 0:35:18It was a new world. It felt like a new world.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24I feel like there is, the whole development of music was such
0:35:24 > 0:35:28an exciting time to be alive because you could be sat next to
0:35:28 > 0:35:31these people, you could become one of these pop stars that he is
0:35:31 > 0:35:35talking about and you don't get that any more.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38It seems so far away whereas then it just seemed so close.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51After 13 years of Conservative government,
0:35:51 > 0:35:55a new leader came to power. Labour's Harold Wilson.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02His election rival had been born in Mayfair and educated at Eton.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Harold Wilson was born in a terraced house in Huddersfield
0:36:07 > 0:36:10and educated at grammar school.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12His election showed young northerners
0:36:12 > 0:36:16a career in politics was an achievable dream.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17He promised to use science
0:36:17 > 0:36:21and technology to revitalise traditional industries.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution
0:36:25 > 0:36:29will be no place for restrictive practices or for outdated
0:36:29 > 0:36:31methods on either side of industry.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37The white heat of technology was also appearing in family homes.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- Is this a washer?- Is that a fridge?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43This would have been a massive massive thing.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48After years and years and years of scrubbing with your hands.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- It must have come in such a relief. - I know. It must be amazing.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58In the North, wages continued to increase,
0:36:58 > 0:37:02the prosperity of the '60s seemed here to stay.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Nigel Haworth, a Michelin starred chef from Lancashire,
0:37:09 > 0:37:12is popping in to share the good times.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Hi, how are you guys?
0:37:14 > 0:37:18- Make yourself at home, Nigel. - So, we have T-bone steaks.- Wow.
0:37:20 > 0:37:25- We have potatoes to make chips. - Yes!- Heaven.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27So I have some little treats for you guys.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32We have some jelly babies, Smarties, Spangles.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37So, which do you want, do you want them all?
0:37:37 > 0:37:41Them guys can have the jelly babies because I don't like them
0:37:41 > 0:37:46but I'll have these. Thank you, Nigel.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- It has been a pleasure meeting you. - You will have to fight over them.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55- Go on, then, clear off. Don't forget to share, guys.- Share!
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- Good luck cooking with him! - Are you not a good cook?- Me, no.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00Mum's the cook.
0:38:02 > 0:38:08Harvey! Harvey, give... Harvey, give me them, now.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Why are you being like that?
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Vimto was created in 1908 in Manchester.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Starting life as a herbal tonic to give added vim, by the '60s
0:38:17 > 0:38:23the medicinal value had been dropped and it was simply top of the pops.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25It is like unwrapping a Christmas present.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30It must have been in 1964 because genuinely we have not had any steak.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36- Look at the size of them. So, did you eat steak in the '60s?- I did.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37And I was really lucky
0:38:37 > 0:38:39because I used to be really close to my grandad
0:38:39 > 0:38:45and when he was, he used to have fillet and he used to call it undercut.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49And he used to invite me over, this was in the '60s,
0:38:49 > 0:38:54late '60s, and he would cook undercut with some chips
0:38:54 > 0:38:59exactly as we are going to do, he would grill it and give me some.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- Oh, it was so good. That was a real big treat for me as a kid.- I bet.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Fillet steak.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Slide them in there.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17Straight in.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- There you go.- Wow. That is quite satisfying, watching that.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- It is, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30And chips are still the most yummy thing ever, aren't they?
0:39:30 > 0:39:33When I used to hear that rattle I used to be in the other
0:39:33 > 0:39:39room at my mum's house and I used to think it was tea-time then when I heard that rattle.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I would come running in. Chips are ready.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- Hi.- Hey.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49I can't wait for the chips.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- There you go.- Thank you. - Look at that.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58From now on, former luxuries like washing machines
0:39:58 > 0:40:01and steak are here to stay.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- So, who wants a few more chips then? - Me!
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I won't turn it down.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12If we were looking at our 1960s life
0:40:12 > 0:40:14from our 1930s place,
0:40:14 > 0:40:19we would look distinctly well off,
0:40:19 > 0:40:21and all the changes that the
0:40:21 > 0:40:26government have brought in over the last probably 15 years have
0:40:26 > 0:40:30started to have a dramatic impact on the working classes.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45- 1965 and we are going on holiday. - Yay!
0:40:49 > 0:40:52I have sent the Ellis family on holiday to
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Filey on the north-east coast.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00In the 1960s over 60% of holiday-makers at this
0:41:00 > 0:41:05caravan site were miners enjoying a well earned break.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10- The weather is so good, I am surprised.- It is gorgeous.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14In modern life, the Ellises are keen caravanners
0:41:14 > 0:41:18- but what will they make of their 1960s accommodation?- Oh!
0:41:22 > 0:41:30- Is it just me seeing this? - It looks great. It's green.- No way.
0:41:31 > 0:41:37- Brilliant. Look at it.- It has an entrance way.- This is so cool.
0:41:37 > 0:41:43- Oh, it is cute. I like it. - I actually love it. It is so nice.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46It has a dining room.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49This is so cute.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52The static caravan industry blossomed in Hull where
0:41:52 > 0:41:55companies had been shipping temporary accommodation to
0:41:55 > 0:41:59war-torn Europe since 1945.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03As Europe rebuilt itself, the same manufacturers turned to the
0:42:03 > 0:42:08growing holiday market, pitching their prefab homes as static vans.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12At a time when only 4% of the population could afford to
0:42:12 > 0:42:15holiday abroad, caravan sites were an affordable
0:42:15 > 0:42:18½alternative for families wanting to get away.
0:42:21 > 0:42:27- So, what is in t'coolbox, Johnny? - Bacon.- Black pudding, I think.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Do you think these sausages? Yeah.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Full English breakfast this morning.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41Don't forget to put this on after.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Freya, we've got a dilemma here.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49We have got to cook sausage, egg, bacon,
0:42:49 > 0:42:54black pudding and we have one pan. I don't know how I'm going to do it.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55I'm not used to working with one burner.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Do you want to start opening the beans?
0:42:58 > 0:43:02I think what I will do first is cook the sausage.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08So, we have come on holiday so that I can experience a bit of a
0:43:08 > 0:43:15break from the routine and here I am again doing the exact same thing!
0:43:16 > 0:43:18OK, boys. Breakfast is ready.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23The fry up as we know it owes much to the tourism boom of
0:43:23 > 0:43:28the 1960s. To entice holiday-makers, enterprising B&B owners marketed
0:43:28 > 0:43:33bacon, eggs and all the trimmings as the full English breakfast.
0:43:33 > 0:43:34And the name stuck.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40- Wow.- This is cosy, isn't it?
0:43:41 > 0:43:46This definitely feels like a caravan holiday now I have a fry up in front of me.
0:43:46 > 0:43:52Can you remember when we had one slice of bacon, so for breakfast
0:43:52 > 0:43:56you got the bacon and we used the bacon to flavour the bread?
0:43:56 > 0:44:00You had to wipe it on the bread, didn't you?
0:44:00 > 0:44:03And now look at all this.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Oh, we have a whistle on.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09We have coffee. Yay, at last.
0:44:22 > 0:44:26# Woke up this morning feeling fine
0:44:26 > 0:44:30# There's something special on my mind... #
0:44:30 > 0:44:35- There you go.- That's clever.- That is well cool.- It really is.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44No pressure, no pressure!
0:44:47 > 0:44:51You think a lot of the people that came on these holidays to this
0:44:51 > 0:44:55campsite in the '60s were miners,
0:44:55 > 0:45:00and they spent their lives underground, and to come here
0:45:00 > 0:45:05where they have peace and quiet, I think it must have been amazing.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22It is 1966.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26Caitlin and Freya are in for a real treat,
0:45:26 > 0:45:28they are off to the Chinese.
0:45:34 > 0:45:38Northern teenagers continued to enjoy financial and social
0:45:38 > 0:45:43freedoms that their parents generation could only have imagined.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49- I love food.- Especially Chinese.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51What are you thinking?
0:45:51 > 0:45:53I'm thinking we need to get different stuff
0:45:53 > 0:45:55so we can both have a taste of each other's.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57That's exactly what I was thinking.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02The early 1960s had seen a wave of immigration from Hong Kong
0:46:02 > 0:46:04to Britain.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10Pre-World War II, Chinese immigrants had often set up laundries,
0:46:10 > 0:46:13but as more people bought washing machines, a new
0:46:13 > 0:46:15kind of business was required.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18Chinese entrepreneurs realised that Northerners didn't have many
0:46:18 > 0:46:22places to go after pub chucking out time.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25In response, they offered late night table service at affordable
0:46:25 > 0:46:29prices and a menu adapted to British palates.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31Do you not think it's weird they've got omelettes
0:46:31 > 0:46:35- and bread-and-butter and stuff? - It is pretty weird.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39To customers raised on mutton and mash,
0:46:39 > 0:46:45- Chinese cuisine was an exotic luxury.- Chow mein.- Thank you.
0:46:45 > 0:46:50- Special fried rice.- This looks so good.- It does, doesn't it?
0:46:50 > 0:46:55- Caitlin, tuck in.- This is amazing. I actually can't wait to eat this.
0:46:55 > 0:47:00- I'm so happy. You don't understand. - That's really nice.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06That is good.
0:47:06 > 0:47:10While the girls enjoy some new flavours...
0:47:10 > 0:47:14..Leslie is putting a '60s twist on a British classic.
0:47:14 > 0:47:18# They told me love was not what I dreamed it would be
0:47:20 > 0:47:25# And one day if I fell in love then I would see. #
0:47:27 > 0:47:28Beautiful.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35I wonder if the girls are enjoying their Chinese.
0:47:40 > 0:47:45- Chow mein is looking very appetising right now.- Come on, Leslie.
0:47:45 > 0:47:51All right, I will be through in a minute. What are you watching?
0:47:51 > 0:47:55The Good Old Days. Look at this.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58- That's good, isn't it?- Enjoy.
0:48:04 > 0:48:09I'm feeling a bit fed up in the 1960s because Harvey is out
0:48:09 > 0:48:13with his friends, the girls are out having a Chinese, you have
0:48:13 > 0:48:17been out watching football today and I have just basically hung around
0:48:17 > 0:48:23the house baking, cleaning, cooking, washing up over and over again.
0:48:24 > 0:48:25And I'm fed up.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28I think the swinging '60s have completely passed me by
0:48:28 > 0:48:31because there is no swinging going on around here.
0:48:33 > 0:48:37Over the coming years, northern parents would look on as their
0:48:37 > 0:48:40children continued to pursue a very different life to their own.
0:48:43 > 0:48:481966 was to be the peak of employment in British manufacturing.
0:48:52 > 0:48:57From this year onwards, jobs in heavy industries started to decline.
0:48:57 > 0:49:02And younger generations were tempted by a life beyond the North.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04There must be a good future somewhere even if you have
0:49:04 > 0:49:07got to go way down south.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14I'm going to miss him terribly.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38# I am just mad about Saffron
0:49:41 > 0:49:44# Saffron is mad about me... #
0:49:44 > 0:49:47Having had enough of the kitchen,
0:49:47 > 0:49:50Lesley is popping out leaving the kids to make their own tea.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57# They call me mellow yellow... #
0:49:57 > 0:49:59This looks nice. Angel delight.
0:50:00 > 0:50:05- Steak and kidney pie, I'm all for that.- As if we get a whole one of them each.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08I am buzzing.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10By the 1960s, inventions like pie in a tin offered quick
0:50:10 > 0:50:13alternatives to home cooking.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21Is this genuine, is this, like, real?
0:50:23 > 0:50:25It might need cooking, it might be because it's raw.
0:50:30 > 0:50:36Angel Delight was launched in 1967 marketed to time poor parents,
0:50:36 > 0:50:39it meant a tasty dessert in an instant.
0:50:39 > 0:50:43- Oh, that one is burnt. - Told you.
0:50:43 > 0:50:44Towards the end of the 1960s,
0:50:44 > 0:50:49convenience food accounted for 15% of the weekly shopping bill.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52- This looks really nice. - It does, doesn't it?
0:50:55 > 0:50:58It tastes nice.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02- It is not as good as the pies grandma makes us.- No.
0:51:03 > 0:51:08- The kids are so cute.- What a lad. Look at his glasses.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14The Milky Bar advert were really good, I loved it.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17Over and out from 1967.
0:51:29 > 0:51:30It is 1968.
0:51:33 > 0:51:34- We have a fridge, I told you!- Yay!
0:51:39 > 0:51:43- This is your birth year present, Dad.- Happy birthday, Johnny.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47We have got a fridge. We can have ice.
0:51:47 > 0:51:53It took until 1968 for 50% of British families to own a fridge.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57Now Polly is popping round with another surprise for Lesley.
0:52:01 > 0:52:07- Yeah, it looks familiar.- Used to put ice pops in the top.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09- Hello.- Hi!
0:52:09 > 0:52:13- I see you have your new fridge. - Yes, at last.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17Yeah, I bet you are more pleased to see that and see me.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20- Much more excited about the fridge. - Definitely.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22Right, Lesley, get your lippy and your handbag,
0:52:22 > 0:52:24because we are going out tonight.
0:52:28 > 0:52:32Polly is taking Lesley to the local working men's club, which
0:52:32 > 0:52:35increasingly relied on live entertainment to tempt
0:52:35 > 0:52:38people from comfortable living rooms and TV sets.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42# My, my, my, Delilah... #
0:52:44 > 0:52:47Oh, my word!
0:52:51 > 0:52:53She might be surprised to see her friends...
0:52:55 > 0:52:57So nice to see you.
0:52:57 > 0:53:01But she will be even more surprised when she sees the entertainment.
0:53:04 > 0:53:10Welcome to Mr Bradford, 1968. Number one.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Nigel, 50, from Dewsbury.
0:53:13 > 0:53:19Number two...
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Gavin, 49...
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Number three...
0:53:26 > 0:53:28John Ellis...
0:53:43 > 0:53:46Since the launch of Miss World in the 1950s,
0:53:46 > 0:53:48female beauty pageants were all the rage.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52Across the North there was a queen for every region,
0:53:52 > 0:53:55holiday camp and colliery.
0:53:55 > 0:54:02In 1965, the first Mr Olympia contest popularised male muscle competitions.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04For 1960s blokes working manual jobs,
0:54:04 > 0:54:07you didn't need to hit the gym to put on a good show.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10OK, so it is my great honour
0:54:10 > 0:54:16to award this to Mr Bradford 1968
0:54:16 > 0:54:20and there can be no other winner than Jonathan Ellis.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25That must have been a fix, that!
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Well done all of you.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30Look what you could have had!
0:54:42 > 0:54:45- 1969.- Woo!
0:54:53 > 0:54:57It is 1969 and the Ellises have invited me,
0:54:57 > 0:55:00Polly and some friends around for a Eurovision party.
0:55:03 > 0:55:08Between 1955 and 1969, incomes had risen by almost 70%.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11- Cheers, everybody.- Cheers!
0:55:11 > 0:55:16With each year bringing new technology, sounds and flavours.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19How has the 1960s, the swinging '60s, been for you two?
0:55:19 > 0:55:24- The funniest thing I've done was going for Chinese.- Really?
0:55:24 > 0:55:26- I loved it.- Why?
0:55:26 > 0:55:31Because it was all new flavours and we just got to be ourselves and sit
0:55:31 > 0:55:36at a table and I felt like, I don't know, I felt liberated in a sense.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40I don't know how Chinese food can make you feel that way but it did.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43It is great to be a teenager in the 1960s,
0:55:43 > 0:55:46but what was it like to be a teenager from the North?
0:55:46 > 0:55:49They can see different career paths because they're watching
0:55:49 > 0:55:54TV that is set in the North and watching bands playing all over
0:55:54 > 0:55:58the world from the North so people are watching that and might think,
0:55:58 > 0:56:03I want to become musician, I want to become an actress or actor instead
0:56:03 > 0:56:07of following their parents' footsteps and working in mines and things.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09This is a splendid Eurovision party.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13The show is starting so I just need to know how has it gone for you?
0:56:13 > 0:56:15Have the '60s been swinging enough?
0:56:15 > 0:56:17I thought that the '60s would be freer
0:56:17 > 0:56:21but because I was no longer working it felt to me like everyone
0:56:21 > 0:56:24else was getting on with their lives and carrying on doing
0:56:24 > 0:56:28all of those things and I was just stuck doing the same old, same old.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Come on, Lulu!
0:56:33 > 0:56:35# Come closer, come closer and listen... #
0:56:35 > 0:56:41Glaswegian singer Lulu was born and raised in a two-room tenement flat.
0:56:41 > 0:56:46She was only 15 when she signed to Decca records in 1964.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48By the end of the decade, the Scottish starlet was
0:56:48 > 0:56:52representing Britain on the world stage.
0:56:52 > 0:56:53Like many of her generation,
0:56:53 > 0:56:58her future had been transformed by the opportunities of the 1960s.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04Come on, Lulu.
0:57:05 > 0:57:10And the winner is... Lulu! Yay!
0:57:14 > 0:57:18- Well done, Lulu.- Cheers to the '60s.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20Here's to the '70s.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23Coming up, bring it on.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30The family have been having a right rollicking time,
0:57:30 > 0:57:32especially the girls.
0:57:32 > 0:57:36This has been the decade of pop glory and good times for the North.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39Working families have never felt so confident.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42The question is, how long will it last?
0:57:49 > 0:57:55We all think of the '60s as a time of freedom and liberation from
0:57:55 > 0:58:02all the old-fashioned values and genuinely that did not happen for me.
0:58:03 > 0:58:08We got to feel like adults and we have got to, like, pave our own
0:58:08 > 0:58:12way and in the modern day 16 and 18-year-olds don't
0:58:12 > 0:58:17feel like that. In modern day I still feel like a child, I'm still
0:58:17 > 0:58:20treated as though I am a child, whereas in the '60s I don't feel that.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23It is just different, the dynamic is different.
0:58:37 > 0:58:40- Next time...- Cream soda.
0:58:40 > 0:58:44The Ellises indulge in the golden era of the '70s.
0:58:44 > 0:58:45I don't like it.
0:58:48 > 0:58:50Hey, guys, there is going to be power cuts.
0:58:50 > 0:58:53This is the weirdest thing you've ever cooked.
0:59:11 > 0:59:15# I watch the ripples change their size
0:59:15 > 0:59:17# But never leave the stream
0:59:17 > 0:59:20# Of warm impermanence and
0:59:20 > 0:59:23# So the days float through my eyes... #