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Where can I find BBC Liver Birds episodes dating to DECIMALIZATION (1971, LB Season 2 & 3) ???

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Max Power

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Jul 3, 2008, 4:26:06 AM7/3/08
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Where can I find BBC "Liver Birds" episodes dating to DECIMALIZATION (1971,
LB Season 2 & 3) ???
I somehow expect that decimalization must have made its way into the scripts
somehow.
Interesting prices noted for 1975: Front Loader Clothes Washer @ 100 UKP !!!
Oooutch that's dear!

Liver Birds notes
-- The whole series should be available via .torrent files, but it isn't.
-- Hulu.com has no agreement to run BBC Classic Material (when the BBC TV
produced most of its content, 1945-1980s).
-- All Liver Birds episodes are in Colour (to the best of my knowledge) as
it was a Flagship programme at the time.

Applicable links
-- http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=cB6Gz0laPes
-- http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rbwjSjKDH9g
-- http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ult-jO3vEuE (Nerys 'The Liver Birds' Hughes
advertises Sutherlands' paste in 1991)
-- http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=rx1EwdbmrR4 (Informative English ad from
1971 letting people know about the new decimal currency that was introduced
on 15th February 1971)
-- http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=T4wr93OpmbU repeat of above advert?
-- http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVEEs-RJpw The Australians and Kiwis had
it much harder, in 1966 and 1967. Colour TV was introduced around the same
time as BBC TV.

Note the Deep Space Network @ Home link hinted at in the vids, but you
really must go to
-- http://hireme.geek.nz/dsn-at-home.html


R. Mark Clayton

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Jul 3, 2008, 7:12:16 AM7/3/08
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"Max Power" <mike...@washington.edu> wrote in message
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> Where can I find BBC "Liver Birds" episodes dating to DECIMALIZATION
> (1971, LB Season 2 & 3) ???

Try the BBC.

> I somehow expect that decimalization must have made its way into the
> scripts somehow.
> Interesting prices noted for 1975: Front Loader Clothes Washer @ 100 UKP
> !!! Oooutch that's dear!
>

Many things were relatively expensive in days gone by: -

late 1930's - small black and white TV ~£1,000

late 1960's - colour TV ~£1,000

now - high resolution widescreen TV <£1,000

early 1970's - B&O stereo Amp - ~£300

mid 1990's - Prologic AV receiver - ~£300

now - DTT AV system ~£300


all inc taxes.

1986 - first hand portable mobile phone or fully loaded 80386 PC ~£2,000

1993 - early GSM mobile or Pentium PC ~£700

now - SIM free Nokia N95 or decent Dell PC - ~£300
(basic mobile ~£50)

(all plus VAT)


Ivan

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Jul 3, 2008, 9:36:24 AM7/3/08
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R. Mark Clayton wrote:
|| "Max Power" <mike...@washington.edu> wrote in message
|| news:g4i2ff$6sv$1...@gnus01.u.washington.edu...
||| Where can I find BBC "Liver Birds" episodes dating to DECIMALIZATION
||| (1971, LB Season 2 & 3) ???
||
|| Try the BBC.
||
||| I somehow expect that decimalization must have made its way into the
||| scripts somehow.
||| Interesting prices noted for 1975: Front Loader Clothes Washer @
||| 100 UKP !!! Oooutch that's dear!
|||
||
|| Many things were relatively expensive in days gone by: -
||
|| late 1930's - small black and white TV ~£1,000
||
|| late 1960's - colour TV ~£1,000


I think your memory must be playing tricks on you there Mark, looking at
some of the original price details [which I can produce if you like].. In
1967 (the world's first large screen fully solid state colour TV) the dual
standard BRC 2000 sold with a recommended price of 284 guineas.. And in 1969
the 25 inch (single standard) Ekco CT105 sold with a recommended price of
£292. doubtless taking the 'recommended' price out of the equation and
looking for bargains, it's possible they could have been purchased for even
less.

R. Mark Clayton

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Jul 3, 2008, 11:22:41 AM7/3/08
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"Ivan" <ivan'H'ol...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> || "Max Power" <mike...@washington.edu> wrote in message
> || news:g4i2ff$6sv$1...@gnus01.u.washington.edu...
> ||| Where can I find BBC "Liver Birds" episodes dating to DECIMALIZATION
> ||| (1971, LB Season 2 & 3) ???
> ||
> || Try the BBC.
> ||
> ||| I somehow expect that decimalization must have made its way into the
> ||| scripts somehow.
> ||| Interesting prices noted for 1975: Front Loader Clothes Washer @
> ||| 100 UKP !!! Oooutch that's dear!
> |||
> ||
> || Many things were relatively expensive in days gone by: -
> ||
> || late 1930's - small black and white TV ~£1,000
> ||
> || late 1960's - colour TV ~£1,000
>
>
> I think your memory must be playing tricks on you there Mark, looking at
> some of the original price details [which I can produce if you like].. In
> 1967 (the world's first large screen fully solid state colour TV) the dual
> standard BRC 2000 sold with a recommended price of 284 guineas.. And in
> 1969 the 25 inch (single standard) Ekco CT105 sold with a recommended
> price of £292. doubtless taking the 'recommended' price out of the
> equation and looking for bargains, it's possible they could have been
> purchased for even less.
>

Ooher - remembered some article giving present day prices :-(
nevertheless you can still buy a TV for less than they cost seventy years
ago!


Ivan

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Jul 3, 2008, 1:11:50 PM7/3/08
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However I suppose that compared to present day prices in real terms it would
work out at 'well over' £1000 now, when you consider that my brand new house
back in 1967 costs under £4000, and the last time I bothered to check, about
a year ago, it was worth over £200,000 it certainly makes one think,
although the way things have been rapidly panning out over the last few
months I suspect that before long will soon be back down to £4000 pounds
again!

Jer

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Jul 3, 2008, 6:22:36 PM7/3/08
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Might as well, a used house *is* a used house. They don't last forever.

--
jer
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