How We Used To Live

How We Used To Live

How We Used to Live is a British educational historical television drama written by Freda Kelsall and sometimes narrated by Redvers Kyle and John Crosse, both employed as continuity announcers at Yorkshire Television at the time of production. Production began in 1968 at the YTV studios in Leeds. The series traced the lives and fortunes of various fictional Yorkshire families from the Victorian era until the 1960s, in and around the fictional town of Bradley, using self-contained short dramas interspersed with archive footage.

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1. Victorian Britain: The Big House

Air Date: 1968-09-24

1. 1902: Home from the War

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2. 1903: Chapel on Sunday

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3. 1905: Bank Holiday

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4. 1906: Vote for Change

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5. 1909: The People's Budget

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6. 1910: Out of Work

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7. 1911: In the Country

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8. 1912: The Children's Charter

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9. 1913: The Right to Vote

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10. 1914: Over by Christmas

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11. 1916: Called Up

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12. 1917: The Right to Serve

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13. 1918: The Need to Share

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14. 1919: Epidemic

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15. 1920: Hill Climb

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16. 1921: Roof Fall

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17. 1922: The Electric Light

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18. 1924: The Cat's Whisker

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19. 1925: The Roaring Twenties

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20. 1926: The General Strike

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1. 1936 Head of the Family

Air Date: 1981-09-23

The Hodgkins family lives in a new suburb of a Yorkshire manufacturing town. Arthur, a railwayman, is buying the semi-detached house on a mortgage, having moved from rented accommodation in a terrace during the building boom of the early 'thirties. His wife, Mabel, devotes herself to the home and their family of four children, Jimmy (14), Patricia (12), Avril (8), and Edward (2).

2. 1937 Counting the Cost

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3. 1938 Holiday with Pay

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4. 1939: Hospital Case

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5. 1939: Goodnight Children Everywhere

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6. 1940: Home from Home

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7. 1942: Stars and Stripes

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8. 1943: Make Do and Mend

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9. 1943: Take a Man’s Place

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10. 1944: Peace on Earth

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11. 1945: Let us Face the Future

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12. 1946: Full Supporting Programme

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13. 1947: Cold Comfort

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14. 1947: A New Look

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15. 1948: Full Steam Ahead

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16. 1948: On the National Health

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17. 1949: On the Move

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18. 1951: A Tonic for the Nation

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19. 1952: We Have Travelled a Hard Road

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20. 1953: Your Undoubted Queen

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1. 1954: Land of Plenty

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2. 1955: Home Before Nine

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3. 1956: Keeping Britain Great

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4. 1957: Commercial Breaks

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5. 1958: Easter Holiday

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6. 1959: Separate Schools

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7. 1960: Women’s Wrongs

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8. 1961: Rising High

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9. 1962: Strangers on the Shore

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10. 1963: Our Kind of Music

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11. 1964: Mini on the Motorway

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12. 1965: Last Train from Mill Road

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13. 1966: Amazing Reductions

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14. 1966: Eyes Down at the Roxy

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15. 1967: Flower Power

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16. 1967: The Big Clean Up

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17. 1968: No Fun Being Old

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18. 1969: On the Moon

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19. 1969: Twin Towns

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20. 1970: Coming of Age

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1. Victorians Early and Late: A Time Of Change

Air Date: 1990-09-18

2. Victorians Early and Late: Family Cares

Air Date: 1990-09-25

3. Victorians Early and Late: Proper Jobs

Air Date: 1990-10-02

4. Victorians Early and Late: Fatal Mixture

Air Date: 1990-10-09

5. Victorians Early and Late: Rights And Wrongs

Air Date: 1990-10-16

6. Victorians Early and Late: Half A Century On

Air Date: 1990-10-30

7. Victorians Early and Late: A Model Village

Air Date: 1990-11-06

8. Victorians Early and Late: The Hidden Tenth

Air Date: 1990-11-13

9. Victorians Early and Late: A Bible And A Rose

Air Date: 1990-11-20

10. Victorians Early and Late: Utopia Limited

Air Date: 1990-11-27

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Rating

6.0/10

Release Date

1968-09-24

Episodes

91 (7 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

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