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Post by Patrick on Sept 19, 2010 9:03:55 GMT
Looks like it might be fun - in an old fashioned (film)kind of way.
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Post by everso on Sept 20, 2010 8:07:06 GMT
I remember this happening in 1968. I believe their actions paved the way for the Equal Pay Act. It's hard to believe now (and I was only discussing this with my daughter the other day), but I remember starting work in 1966 at a bank in London. We were given a staff handbook and in it was a table of salary scales, in two columns - one column for men and one for women. The women's salaries were, 'naturally', less than the men's.
Mr. E's dad used to work at Ford's.
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Post by Patrick on Sept 20, 2010 8:24:43 GMT
Looks like it's going to be one of those Great British Films that will ultimately be ignored internationally - then remade in Detroit with Tom Hanks in the Bob (legend) Hoskins role and win several Oscars.  The workers there rank along side the Swan Vesta Women for their determination. |
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Post by everso on Sept 20, 2010 14:53:39 GMT
Don't you mean Bryant & May? (That's if you're talking about the Match Girls' strike) I think those girls had more to complain about though, what with phossy jaw and all.
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Post by Patrick on Sept 20, 2010 16:21:26 GMT
That's the ones. I wonder if they still teach that in school? We had a very effervescent History teacher who was want to jump on tables and things to illustrate his point - and his cry of "I don't know why I bloody bother" (In a thick Welsh accent) has gone down in history in our house to be used when anything goes wrong. So stories such as the Bryant and May employees stuck in the mind. As did Dip Slopes, Scarp Slopes and Ox Bow Lake formations (he also took Geography.)
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Post by Weyland on Sept 20, 2010 17:26:33 GMT
We had a very effervescent History teacher who was want to jump on tables and things to illustrate his point On a point of order, Mister Grand-Master Stubby, it's wont. The o is long, as in scr otum. (As a rule I only nitpick Riot, but on this occasion, well, to hell with the expense.) wont
adjective. archaic or literary accustomed: he was wont to arise at 5.30.
noun. (one's wont) formal or humorous one's customary behaviour.
verb. (3rd singular present wonts or wont; past and past participle wont or wonted) archaic make or become accustomed.
ORIGIN: Old English gewunod, past participle of wunian 'dwell, be accustomed', of Germanic origin. |
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Post by Patrick on Sept 20, 2010 23:35:09 GMT
You know, I had a funny feeling it was.......  |
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Post by everso on Sept 21, 2010 10:26:29 GMT
Every day we learn something new.  |
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Post by everso on Oct 25, 2010 23:21:38 GMT
Well, my daughter and I went to see "Made in Dagenham" this evening. We thoroughly enjoyed it, although occasionally some of the acting wasn't up to scratch by lesser actors. Still, it was very reminiscient of the time (1968) and the music was well chosen to fit the theme of the film. Despite what I'd read, I didn't think there was very much swearing either.
It was interesting at the very end of the film when they showed news film clips from 1968 of the women who actually went on strike. I remember the strike well, and these clips confirmed what I thought I'd remembered: the women were actually much older than the ones portrayed in the film. They all looked to be in their forties and fifties.
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Post by everso on Oct 25, 2010 23:34:06 GMT
This is quite interesting:
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Post by Patrick on Oct 25, 2010 23:40:58 GMT
My big bruvver - who shares the same anorakist tendencies as me when it comes to classic motors pointed out that in one scene in the film there is a line of Mk1 Cortinas seen in the background - which of course they stopped making in 1966.
Oops.
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Post by Weyland on Oct 26, 2010 9:36:14 GMT
My big bruvver - who shares the same anorakist tendencies as me when it comes to classic motors pointed out that in one scene in the film there is a line of Mk1 Cortinas seen in the background - which of course they stopped making in 1966.Oops. In 1969 I had a Triumph Speedtwin and my girlfriend (the future Mrs YI), had an ex-Rediffusion Ford Anglia van. Bright red it was. We were in the van somewhere in Dagenham -- I remember seeing a huge Ford factory -- heading for Dover, when it threw the fan-belt. I'm sure that van had a soul. A black soul. I know it didn't like the Triumph. A lot like this, only all red:  Strangely enough it wasn't difficult getting the belt replaced in Dagenham, but we would still have missed the ferry if it hadn't been very foggy on the channel, and no ferries were sailing. Had to "sleep" in the van near the harbour with foghorns blasting all night. |
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Post by everso on Oct 26, 2010 18:38:39 GMT
The fan belt went on our Anglia once (this must have been about 1970-ish) and we did what they seemed to do in films years ago, we used one of my stockings (or it might have been my tights - can't remember if, at that point, I'd changed to wearing tights, but anywaaaayyyy...) and used it as a temporary fan belt. It worked, but only lasted a few miles. Just enough to get us home.
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