What a different place Britain was back in 1972 - the first series
of 'Last Of The Summer Wine' had only just begun its seventeenth repeat; and
there were just three television channels, showing a limited selection of
comedy, drama, news and sport. How TV has changed today, with digital
technology providing many hundreds of channels showing a dazzling variety of
gardening.
On the world stage, U.S. President Richard Nixon was re-elected.
President Nixon later became known as 'Tricky Dicky' after the Watergate
affair, as later did President Clinton after the Lewinsky affair.
Back home in April 1972, Britain was still grappling with the
complexities of decimal currency. At the time it was feared that decimalisation
might lead to inflation, with the price of consumer items such as a gallon of
petrol being sneakily rounded up from three shillings and sixpence to two
pounds fifty.
We've returned here to the Playhouse Theatre where our very first
show was made on April 4th, 30 years ago, and as the teams arrived in their
usual garb of tie-dye T shirts, paisley cravats and flared loon pants, I
couldn't help but try to remember what they wore back in 1972... (30th
Anniversary Special 13 Apr 2002)
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