1959: BUY ANYTHING at this BELFAST MARKET! | Today in Northern Ireland | 1950s | BBC Archive

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  • Опубликовано: 4 июл 2023
  • "The young ones, the auld hands and the mugs - they're all here.... Big or wee, they pay their money and they take their pick."
    "Smithfield, I suppose you could call it the Belfast Palace of Varieties. You can buy anything here and sell anything too."
    'Tonight in Northern Ireland' takes you on a visit to the shops and stalls of Smithfield Market - a Belfast institution that has something for everyone.
    Narrated by Sam McAughtry.
    Originally broadcast 2 September, 1959.
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Комментарии • 14

  • @OlafProt
    @OlafProt Год назад +9

    I’m sure that when this was broadcast in 1959 half in England didn’t know what he was on about 😂
    What a wonderful place Smithfield was. It’s replacement is an 80s aberration! At least we still have St George’s Market.. well.. the building anyway.

  • @sammemrys8195
    @sammemrys8195 Год назад +7

    Love the peeks back in time.

  • @fidelcatsro6948
    @fidelcatsro6948 Год назад +7

    The kids must be all in their 70s and 80s now..

  • @Mick_Ts_Chick
    @Mick_Ts_Chick Год назад +2

    I'm from the US and live about 15 miles from a town named Smithfield. I was just there on Sunday. Oddly enough it is also a good place to shop. I love these glimpses into what life was like over there compared to where I'm from. Very interesting!

  • @RandomnessTube.
    @RandomnessTube. Год назад

    Smithfield hard character right up until the early 2000s then it all started to fade away still some decent wee shops around.

  • @CricketEngland
    @CricketEngland Год назад +5

    Life seemed so much more simple back then….

    • @WVgirl1959
      @WVgirl1959 Год назад +2

      It was because there were few electronics except for radio, and television would have just come out.
      Even kitchen gadgets were done by hand.
      Now you have to charge everything or have batteries to make sure you'll have it ready when you need it.

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 Год назад

      true🐱👍🏿

    • @kieronparr3403
      @kieronparr3403 23 дня назад

      Rationing, shorter life expectancy, London smog, coal smoke from every chimney, malnourishment and a civil war. Simple indeed

  • @garryleeks4848
    @garryleeks4848 Год назад +1

    3:22 , what’s elvis doing in Belfast and looking on the top shelf, must be staying at the heartbreak hotel

    • @marine4lyfe85
      @marine4lyfe85 8 месяцев назад

      That's surprising to see hair that long in 1959.

  • @thomasburke2683
    @thomasburke2683 11 месяцев назад

    Thought it was Sam McAughtry at first, then thought 1959 was too early for him broadcasting, but sure enough it was him.
    One of nature's gentlemen, completely non-sectarian in a province riven by history. And a marvellous entertainer. The BBC had good sense, selecting him as presenter.
    Was in the Smithfield market, or what passes for it, a few months ago, the first time since long before covid, perhaps decades ago.

  • @Shane-ln5zz
    @Shane-ln5zz Год назад +1

    Is there a English version

  • @heraldeventsandfilms5970
    @heraldeventsandfilms5970 Год назад +1

    Laughing at the plebs.