I lived in England from '74 - '80. I was in my 20's. I was a vegetarian, fell in love with Indian curry. I remember the whole food restaurants. The frozen food shops were quite a novelty. We didn't have a freezer chest in England. I was fascinated that an entire shop could be devoted to frozen food. This episode was a lovely nostalgia trip. The music was well chosen!
I think the mum was depressed cos she had no social life. My mum used to go out round to her mates / our neighbours for a natter and a drink. In the 70s, she was part of the local community centre projects. At the weekends she worked a few hours in the local Threshers and after played darts at the pub as part of the women's team.
Feel sorry for the women, which lived back then,- in 50-s, 60-s, 70-s.... Too much hard work, too little freedom and too little respect from average men (I don't mean Rachelle's nice husband, who is not really from that period). So,- let's admire our grandmothers and mothers, who were doing all this work,- raising kids, cleaning, washing, earning money. They are the best!
Fred Versteeg Here in Germany it was different, we got also a lot of problems, losing jobs in manufacturing and trade, and it was expencive to buy clothing or a color tv. But we have had a solid society and a strong middle class, also in the 80´s and in the 90´s. Those decades were much harder in Britain.
revisiting this episode-great soundtrack! Hadn't noticed the first time around. oh my goodness makes me think of my mom in her DvF dresses and feathered hair(the most stylish HBCU student/educator around) and watching Soul Train and my groovy hippie teachers-i learned the importance of recycling and environmental/social responsibility. And thank heavens for those powerful "bougie" Afro-haired queen mothers, who taught and prepared me to STAND!
we still live in the 70s in my country. women work outside and when they come back home they cook while the men are watching tv. the women share the living expenses (rent and groceries) with the men while the men do not help at home :(
I am a uni student and cook my own meals even living at home (I eat lunch out, cheap and mostly the same basic meal), I tend to cheat at cooking a lot. There is no way I can study, eat, wash it up, read, go from places and go to class/internships. I know how to cook good food, but I have no patience to cook anything most days!
The 70's, 80's and 90's episodes must have been wonderfully nostalgic for the parents Brandon and Rochelle. The direct point of view on food, clothing, technology and a far more sexist ideas of the past is important for their children to see how society is slowly improving and how lucky we are in the 21st century. Rosalind could easily pass for a professional model.
All this hoopla about Rochelle having to work AND prepare the meals while in real life her husband does exactly that apparently: he works and does the lion share of cooking. What a treasure of a husband!
So this is where my parents got their ideas about food from, the '60 and '70. Everything beyond pasta and pizza is an adventure and the staples of their dinner are potatoes, vegetables and meat. My grandpa had some land on which he grew his own vegatables.
As an American I find it amazing how long it took for average British homes to have a fridge/freezer. I also never heard of freezer stores like that, maybe we had it too (I was born in 77) but I've never heard of such a thing, very strange to me. I find this series very interesting, but as a stay at home house wife, I absolutely love staying home, taking care of my children, keeping a clean home and cooking. I have never felt "stuck" and find being a homemaker caring for my family a very fulfilling job and do not and have not desired to be out of the house working.
You're right, freezer stores were non-existent in the US in the 70s. I think a lot of Rochelle's frustration is that she is not a "domestic goddess" to start with. The women in my family have for generations used cooking, sewing, crafting as a creative outlet. My mom did relate (once I was a teen) that she resented that she had no real choices in the 50s: a woman could be a teacher, a nurse, or a homemaker.
I grew up in Jamaica in the 1st half of the '70's and the U.S the second half. Even in a 3rd World country under embargo we had a fridge with a freezer. My impression of England from the t.v programs I watched was how primitive it seemed to me as compared to the U.S and even Jamaica in many ways. will be interesting to see the other decades.
We hosted some UK students in the late 90's. One of them had only just gotten a clothes dryer in his family home. Another had a family member who still pumped her water by hand, in a very rural area.
So much we don't know about the U.K. I'm really enjoying this series. I've been binging all day.... as I made dinner. I make it for the whole week. I couldn't do that shit every day!
They weren't fat , not cus they didn't eat that much fat... but because they didn't sit on their asses all day long...playing video games and browsing the internet like we do nowadays... people back then moved more...kids rode bikes, played ball on the street, teens went dancing, surfing and they had lots of weed xD Mothers actually hat to still cook all day long instead of putting the instant meal in the oven and watching tv, and dads worked... people were generally more active.
Thing is : If you have access to affordable fresh fruits and vegetables: Avoid frozen ones. Cause the texture is very different when compared to the fresh. I once had frozen strawberries and kept it out for like 5min. And then tasted it. Horrible. It had not gone bad. But it tasted very bad. Compared to a fresh strawberry which was just chilled. Same goes for vegetables. The texture and taste is off.
Early 70's my ultimate terror was a dehydrated corn beef hash that came in a box in a perforated plastic bag. you had to dip it in boiling water, then cut the bag open and plop it on your plate. DISGUSTING! And they wondered why I looked like a poster child for feed the children!
That Ford Cortina was a thing of beauty too. The 70's had lots of positives. Unfortunately pop culture and the common counter culture we remember most sucked.
+John Texas Haha, gotta love liberalese. Looks and sounds great but says nothing. Haven't you learned what happens when you call liberal millenials out on their baseless opinions?
+John Texas I disagree with you about Trump. Government is business, and he is far more qualified than most of us. I said nothing about lacking compassion for these kids.....I was just pointing out that you got liberalese'd.
To be fair, this kid actually tries a lot of food most kids wouldn't even touch without complaining much. Like a lot of the food in this series is pretty bleak even for adults to eat.
51:51 Bangladesh didn't get its independence from India.. In 1971.. It got its independence from Pakistan... ( its old name was east Pakistan.. Which was changed after it became an independent nation) India helped Bangladesh to get freedom and there was a massive war between India Pakistan.. In 1971...known as Bangladesh liberation war... Kindly gets your facts right... Peace.
OMG! Goblin meat products...absoulutely the worst sh** I ever tasted! It was muck - beef burgers in a tin. As well as the meat pudding I never tried. It was like, nothing I can compare it to. But seconds anyone?
A friend of my uncle worked at goblin factory and told us we must never eat the stuff. When my grandma moved house, there was as a result tinned hamburgers with a 1996 sell by date in 2014
I am quite surprised that the mother (Rochelle) with three kids can't fry an egg. There is something helpless about a woman that unskilled in the kitchen.
It is interesting how thin people were back then, they ate lots of fat, overall, but were rake thin. Mind you, you only ate 3 meals a day , very few snacks and lots of walking..speaking of..off I go!
cooking is applied science. if more people approach it that way perhaps they wont be making such amateur mistakes like what mom is doing in the kitchen XD
I watched it from 1900s to 1970s now, I can not describe how I dislike the mother, good Lord...Now her unhappy face doesn't work for her either, but that's just how she looks so I shouldn't be bashing her for that, but my God her whole attitude and behaviour, horrible, just horrible!Now before I get attacked by feminists, I'm totally not saying that the female should be only in the kitchen and knowing what she's doing to take care of her family, but this woman is ridiculous. In all episodes I've seen so far, what a disgrace. She can't even put sugar in a cup of tea without spilling, if she has to put 10 peas on a plate, 5 would be on the floor, burnt ALL her toast. And in this episode was just the last drop when she had to open a can again. I just had to comment now, haha, cause I just wanna smash her head to the kitchen table when she tries opening a can for 5 seconds and then just give up and put the 'responsibility' on her daughter. Earlier in the episode she is almost having a breakdown because she has so much pressure with hubby in the pub and she has to, oh wowwwww, heat up some beans and fry an egg! She can't deal with it anymore, the poor lady!! I'm sorry, but I despise these kind of 'modern carreer women' who really can not do a simple damn thing in the kitchen, horrible, just horrible I tell you! I miss Debbie, what a treasure that young lady was!
It's a fact of life that there are individuals (both men and women, gender shouldn't matter because nowadays men are living on their own too before getting married/living together with a partner) who can't manage to properly fry an egg by age 40. As long as it's not your partner or the partner of your child it should not have any effect on you. I find her attitude annoying as well, but that has everything to do with how she tackles doing things she's unfamiliar with and nothing to do with her lack of skills. A little tip; don't refer to women as "females", that's what people like Elliot Rodger do.
BillieBoy Buddha That's probably one of the reasons why this family was chosen. This is TV. If the wife was a domestic goddess then it'd be less interesting. Same for the slightly spoiled kids.
Giles seems to not know that India and Pakistan are separate countries since 1947. Between 1947 and 1971, Bangladesh was known as East Pakistan. The subsequent war between Western and Eastern Pakistan resulted in the formation of the independent state of Bangladesh FROM PAKISTAN and not from India. India provided refuge for millions of Bangladeshis during the war. I hate it when western historians get this so very wrong. Apologies to all subcontinent viewers!
British television always nails period design.
I lived in England from '74 - '80. I was in my 20's. I was a vegetarian, fell in love with Indian curry. I remember the whole food restaurants. The frozen food shops were quite a novelty. We didn't have a freezer chest in England. I was fascinated that an entire shop could be devoted to frozen food. This episode was a lovely nostalgia trip. The music was well chosen!
Janine Corwin rural NZ to London 85! Curry!
Janine Corwin rural NZ to London 85! Curry!
I love how well researched this show is, everything from the clothing styles changing over time to the interior decoration is historically accurate.
I think the mum was depressed cos she had no social life. My mum used to go out round to her mates / our neighbours for a natter and a drink. In the 70s, she was part of the local community centre projects. At the weekends she worked a few hours in the local Threshers and after played darts at the pub as part of the women's team.
Because of this show I now know why a deep freezer was something so vital when I was a kid . I'm an American , but it still hits close to home
Feel sorry for the women, which lived back then,- in 50-s, 60-s, 70-s.... Too much hard work, too little freedom and too little respect from average men (I don't mean Rachelle's nice husband, who is not really from that period). So,- let's admire our grandmothers and mothers, who were doing all this work,- raising kids, cleaning, washing, earning money. They are the best!
Fred Versteeg Here in Germany it was different, we got also a lot of problems, losing jobs in manufacturing and trade, and it was expencive to buy clothing or a color tv. But we have had a solid society and a strong middle class, also in the 80´s and in the 90´s. Those decades were much harder in Britain.
Maurice Bederon Meinst du in der DDR oder BRD?
@@fvefve12 why do men always feel the need to jump in with a “Whaddabout us!?” It wasn’t about you.
The women who, not which. Americans struggling with the language again.
Love this series. Just like supersizers eat. Love learning the food fad history.
revisiting this episode-great soundtrack! Hadn't noticed the first time around. oh my goodness makes me think of my mom in her DvF dresses and feathered hair(the most stylish HBCU student/educator around) and watching Soul Train and my groovy hippie teachers-i learned the importance of recycling and environmental/social responsibility. And thank heavens for those powerful "bougie" Afro-haired queen mothers, who taught and prepared me to STAND!
That electric knife! I remember my parents having one! Dad used it to carve the turkey at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
we still live in the 70s in my country. women work outside and when they come back home they cook while the men are watching tv. the women share the living expenses (rent and groceries) with the men while the men do not help at home :(
why do you put up with that... I’d rather be single
The husband is such a nice person!! He is always so positive about everything!😍
I like how the host rips on the food then happily keeps eating. Hehehe.
one of my favorite episodes of this series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved the 1970s. My goal, when I buy my own home one day, is to do it up like I remember from back then.
I am accually really interested in the diet of the two 'raging hippies'.
Well said! Our mothers and grandmothers were/are awesome!
I am a uni student and cook my own meals even living at home (I eat lunch out, cheap and mostly the same basic meal), I tend to cheat at cooking a lot. There is no way I can study, eat, wash it up, read, go from places and go to class/internships. I know how to cook good food, but I have no patience to cook anything most days!
ive never seen these before realy interesting and I remember most of it
We're actually very lucky to live in these times. Everything's so accessible to everyone. We have more equality
I'm glad Rochelle finally got out of the kitchen, but can we talk about those smoking-hot delivery men for minute. Wow!
The 70's, 80's and 90's episodes must have been wonderfully nostalgic for the parents Brandon and Rochelle.
The direct point of view on food, clothing, technology and a far more sexist ideas of the past is important for their children to see how society is slowly improving and how lucky we are in the 21st century.
Rosalind could easily pass for a professional model.
I loved Vesta curries and to this day I still eat curry Pot Noodles! The car is a beauty.
I was born in Rugby in 1964 so this is all familiar, and fun :-)
Linda Chatterjee Bengali?or hubby?
All this hoopla about Rochelle having to work AND prepare the meals while in real life her husband does exactly that apparently: he works and does the lion share of cooking. What a treasure of a husband!
So this is where my parents got their ideas about food from, the '60 and '70. Everything beyond pasta and pizza is an adventure and the staples of their dinner are potatoes, vegetables and meat. My grandpa had some land on which he grew his own vegatables.
As an American I find it amazing how long it took for average British homes to have a fridge/freezer. I also never heard of freezer stores like that, maybe we had it too (I was born in 77) but I've never heard of such a thing, very strange to me. I find this series very interesting, but as a stay at home house wife, I absolutely love staying home, taking care of my children, keeping a clean home and cooking. I have never felt "stuck" and find being a homemaker caring for my family a very fulfilling job and do not and have not desired to be out of the house working.
You're right, freezer stores were non-existent in the US in the 70s. I think a lot of Rochelle's frustration is that she is not a "domestic goddess" to start with. The women in my family have for generations used cooking, sewing, crafting as a creative outlet. My mom did relate (once I was a teen) that she resented that she had no real choices in the 50s: a woman could be a teacher, a nurse, or a homemaker.
I grew up in Jamaica in the 1st half of the '70's and the U.S the second half. Even in a 3rd World country under embargo we had a fridge with a freezer. My impression of England from the t.v programs I watched was how primitive it seemed to me as compared to the U.S and even Jamaica in many ways. will be interesting to see the other decades.
We hosted some UK students in the late 90's. One of them had only just gotten a clothes dryer in his family home. Another had a family member who still pumped her water by hand, in a very rural area.
So much we don't know about the U.K. I'm really enjoying this series. I've been binging all day.... as I made dinner. I make it for the whole week. I couldn't do that shit every day!
I think because you chose makes the difference, as opposed to having no choice
They weren't fat , not cus they didn't eat that much fat... but because they didn't sit on their asses all day long...playing video games and browsing the internet like we do nowadays... people back then moved more...kids rode bikes, played ball on the street, teens went dancing, surfing and they had lots of weed xD Mothers actually hat to still cook all day long instead of putting the instant meal in the oven and watching tv, and dads worked... people were generally more active.
51:32 Bangladesh got its independence from Pakistan not India. Quite a big event in world history to get so blatantly wrong.
Mohsin Rao Shiekh Mujibar Rahman??
If it is in my power I would prefer to live 4ever in the 70s
Lol, the people smoking in the macrobiotic restaurant
Thing is : If you have access to affordable fresh fruits and vegetables: Avoid frozen ones. Cause the texture is very different when compared to the fresh. I once had frozen strawberries and kept it out for like 5min. And then tasted it. Horrible. It had not gone bad. But it tasted very bad. Compared to a fresh strawberry which was just chilled. Same goes for vegetables. The texture and taste is off.
All this is way out of her league for Mrs Bradshaw. The chip pan was not quite full enough with oil to fry the chips. A little bit more was needed.
Great series, super family
.I have never seen a woman that age that cannot fry an egg?
Early 70's my ultimate terror was a dehydrated corn beef hash that came in a box in a perforated plastic bag. you had to dip it in boiling water, then cut the bag open and plop it on your plate. DISGUSTING! And they wondered why I looked like a poster child for feed the children!
Funniest thing - My aunt pulls out the same looking carver at Christmas time to carve the Turkey and gammon.
20:25 IMAGINE THIS GUY TALKING LIKE THAT IN 2023! I'M WONDERING WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW.
In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from West Pakistan, not from India.
What would it take to make this woman really happy?
At 51:03 is a really cute voice that Fred made
I absolutely detest the 70's-lol. Such a tacky and difficult decade-even here in the US. UGH! Rochelle looks fantastic though. Lovely hair.
That Ford Cortina was a thing of beauty too. The 70's had lots of positives. Unfortunately pop culture and the common counter culture we remember most sucked.
+John Texas Haha, gotta love liberalese. Looks and sounds great but says nothing.
Haven't you learned what happens when you call liberal millenials out on their baseless opinions?
+John Texas I disagree with you about Trump. Government is business, and he is far more qualified than most of us.
I said nothing about lacking compassion for these kids.....I was just pointing out that you got liberalese'd.
If you've ever seen Back in Time for the Weekend, that family agreed that the 70s were the best time. From my own memories, I agree
Topic doesn't belong on this thread but here is one conservative who Totally Agrees With John Texas! As do a lot of our very conservative friends!
Man the old woman...nags so much...kudos to her husband who stayed with her.
Oh that Cortina is nice.
a mark3 cortina 2000 gxl wish i had one now
It's annoying how happy the boy is over the junk food
Probably because that's a diet he is used to.
To be fair, this kid actually tries a lot of food most kids wouldn't even touch without complaining much. Like a lot of the food in this series is pretty bleak even for adults to eat.
it's so gross
Kid is a brat
@@yjw6785nope he whined
Rupert bear trousers lol
I remember being keenly aware of how hideous the fashions were back then. God I'm so glad I don't live back then anymore!
There was another program by bbc of back in time I can't find it
How does a grown woman not know how to use a can opener?
51:51 Bangladesh didn't get its independence from India.. In 1971..
It got its independence from Pakistan... ( its old name was east Pakistan.. Which was changed after it became an independent nation) India helped Bangladesh to get freedom and there was a massive war between India Pakistan.. In 1971...known as Bangladesh liberation war...
Kindly gets your facts right...
Peace.
Please correct your facts. Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan not India
Varun Nigam yes mate,a country in two parts....JAI BANGLADESH
Thank you! I was also confused by this.
Wow that's so crappy with those power cuts. Like what an inconvenience!
Still a daily occurrence in many countries, such as South Africa.
OMG! Goblin meat products...absoulutely the worst sh** I ever tasted! It was muck - beef burgers in a tin. As well as the meat pudding I never tried. It was like, nothing I can compare it to. But seconds anyone?
A friend of my uncle worked at goblin factory and told us we must never eat the stuff. When my grandma moved house, there was as a result tinned hamburgers with a 1996 sell by date in 2014
legal in some places to refuse service to unaccompanied women? lol bollocks. glad I was born in the 80s.
Same in Sweden. Most pubs refused to serve women until the late seventies.
Is Brandon also nearing his '70s?
He says he was 12 at start of 70s so he's 62. Probably wouldn't be happy with saying he's nearly 70
I am quite surprised that the mother (Rochelle) with three kids can't fry an egg. There is something helpless about a woman that unskilled in the kitchen.
ha raliegh choppers and space hoppers they hurt you
It is interesting how thin people were back then, they ate lots of fat, overall, but were rake thin. Mind you, you only ate 3 meals a day , very few snacks and lots of walking..speaking of..off I go!
and a slinkie good for walking down stairs
wait a minute..I NEVER owned a Herculun couch !! The ugliest patterns and fabric ever created. Part of those ugly things in the 70's.
And highly flammable! We had one
Mother was always crumpylooking and that boy was annoying,my favorites was dad and girls.
The mom looks grumpy because that's how her mouth is made - she can't help it. And many 10 year old boys are annoying, also can't help it. (laugh)
No offence but Rochelle can't even work a can opener. why would she be milking the goat?
sidra madhima -
Fondue is a definite no, too much double dipping.
and Fred 😒
Bbc never picks the fat for these shows.
chip pan. what a waste of time.
Not enough sense to put in enough fat to cover the chips and fry on a lower heat. No wonder the bloke does most of the cooking.
Will the mom stop whining? Jesus!!!
5:14 it's awful but there's no need to use our LORD'S name in vain.
cooking is applied science. if more people approach it that way perhaps they wont be making such amateur mistakes like what mom is doing in the kitchen XD
She's not used the slow cooker!Not innovative is she?
I watched it from 1900s to 1970s now, I can not describe how I dislike the mother, good Lord...Now her unhappy face doesn't work for her either, but that's just how she looks so I shouldn't be bashing her for that, but my God her whole attitude and behaviour, horrible, just horrible!Now before I get attacked by feminists, I'm totally not saying that the female should be only in the kitchen and knowing what she's doing to take care of her family, but this woman is ridiculous. In all episodes I've seen so far, what a disgrace. She can't even put sugar in a cup of tea without spilling, if she has to put 10 peas on a plate, 5 would be on the floor, burnt ALL her toast. And in this episode was just the last drop when she had to open a can again. I just had to comment now, haha, cause I just wanna smash her head to the kitchen table when she tries opening a can for 5 seconds and then just give up and put the 'responsibility' on her daughter. Earlier in the episode she is almost having a breakdown because she has so much pressure with hubby in the pub and she has to, oh wowwwww, heat up some beans and fry an egg! She can't deal with it anymore, the poor lady!! I'm sorry, but I despise these kind of 'modern carreer women' who really can not do a simple damn thing in the kitchen, horrible, just horrible I tell you! I miss Debbie, what a treasure that young lady was!
It's a fact of life that there are individuals (both men and women, gender shouldn't matter because nowadays men are living on their own too before getting married/living together with a partner) who can't manage to properly fry an egg by age 40.
As long as it's not your partner or the partner of your child it should not have any effect on you.
I find her attitude annoying as well, but that has everything to do with how she tackles doing things she's unfamiliar with and nothing to do with her lack of skills.
A little tip; don't refer to women as "females", that's what people like Elliot Rodger do.
BillieBoy Buddha That's probably one of the reasons why this family was chosen. This is TV. If the wife was a domestic goddess then it'd be less interesting. Same for the slightly spoiled kids.
Giles seems to not know that India and Pakistan are separate countries since 1947. Between 1947 and 1971, Bangladesh was known as East Pakistan. The subsequent war between Western and Eastern Pakistan resulted in the formation of the independent state of Bangladesh FROM PAKISTAN and not from India. India provided refuge for millions of Bangladeshis during the war. I hate it when western historians get this so very wrong. Apologies to all subcontinent viewers!
Damn, I'll take this 70s kitchen. 😍
The girls cook better than their mom
This older man looks like Bill gates
Looks like Denice Taylor to me