The Boss's Son - Dave Simpson - BBC Saturday Night Theatre

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  • @bertspeggly4428
    @bertspeggly4428 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Great play, thanks, BUT...... The background picture is a street called Hillfield Park in Muswell Hill, a very upscale residential suburb in North London. I spotted it because I grew up there. No Dark Satanic Mills within a hundred miles, I can assure you!

    • @janeclarkson8471
      @janeclarkson8471 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great observation. I felt it wasn't up North.

    • @stellamariayates3776
      @stellamariayates3776 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I used to live just down the hill by the Alli Pally!

    • @rabbitss11
      @rabbitss11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@janeclarkson8471 well, it's up North London

  • @joannasokoowicz1391
    @joannasokoowicz1391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Synopsis: When Brian Shackleton left school his father wanted him to start in the family business - a woollen mill, but he wanted to go to university. After three years reading English Brian's ideas are changed ...

    • @tottiemae2258
      @tottiemae2258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you, Joanna, for the correct synopsis! 👍

    • @patriciaboyd8035
      @patriciaboyd8035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tottiemae2258 qq

    • @stewartmcardle8149
      @stewartmcardle8149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Synopsis above... according to Genome features radio stalwarts very under-rated Christian Rodska, a native of Cullercoats, Ronald Baddiley (Sir Gregory Pitkin ...Men From The Ministry) and Kathleen Helme among many. A Saturday Night Theatre production from 15th April, 1978.

    • @Wendyj55
      @Wendyj55 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@stewartmcardle8149: And the following year, Thatcher came to power

  • @DaveBob1983
    @DaveBob1983 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Loved this, great script and performances. Exemplary radio drama. Thank you!

  • @shauntaylor9251
    @shauntaylor9251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Eh by eck Ma , trouble at t mill , when i was lad we got up 2 hours before we went to be and worked 26 hours a day 9 days a week
    Grim oop North innit

  • @mrbazzabee4013
    @mrbazzabee4013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Just nipping-out to get into shape ( and some extra bits ) for next Wednesdays Local On-Line Duck Herding competition, then I will be back later to listen to your latest 'Saturday Night Theatre' offing Uncle Chesterton. See you then.

  • @wondershaw3356
    @wondershaw3356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolutely fabulous brought back so many memories .thankyou for providing such a blast from the past

  • @honeysuckle4537
    @honeysuckle4537 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ADVERTS TOO MANY

  • @australiainfelix7307
    @australiainfelix7307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    He fought for a pay rise and then 25 years later there were hardly any mills left in the UK. Well done, Comrade!

    • @annetthallam7276
      @annetthallam7276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder how long they had to work to make up for the loss in pay. 5p a day extra ha ha. I come from a working class family. My father and brothers worked in the mill as the unions began rising to power and I have seen first hand the results

    • @aevans-jl9ym
      @aevans-jl9ym 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the early 70s, my father was a dustcart driver and my mother was a postwoman thanks to strong trade unions both of them actually worked very few hours a day and were in the pub by 12. Halcyon days cheap cigarettes and beer and the workers were the ones really in charge.

    • @toforgetisagem8145
      @toforgetisagem8145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The reason had nothing to do with pay. It was the thriving of foreign competion as Britain rebuilt after the war coupled with the advent of synthetic yarns. The British governments would not support retooling so British mills could compete in the synthetic trade , in spite of ICI being British. Government support for industry it was against their free market ideals. One year the Japanese in a trade war bought all the Australian wool thus destroying the wool trade for Britain. In 1952 immigrant labour was brought in to force prices down. Strange how no one is complaining that the mill owners extremely rich. And today the rich are super rich. And thanks for the spoiler.

    • @Angela-cc1hd
      @Angela-cc1hd 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes well done?? and no more Industry and reliant on cheap badly made goods from other Countries? and no work for those not academically😉 endowed😮

    • @mjrussell414
      @mjrussell414 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Angela-cc1hdWell, that leaves you out I guess. “Academically…” Just kidding - that typo was too perfectly ironic not to pounce on.

  • @blackbean4509
    @blackbean4509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've learned so much about people through these radio dramas it's amazing. @42 Im proud of my spinster hood and happy that I never procreated. This PLANET is cursed think about it. The devil is everywhere and nowhere all @ the same time.The 1% that runs it knew exactly what they were doing. SMH think 🤔 about it...

  • @mariadange06
    @mariadange06 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Boss' Son

  • @lisaryan4362
    @lisaryan4362 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love this one I just finished it

  • @cruisepaige
    @cruisepaige 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Spoiled son comes to Dads mill, messes everything up, toys with local girl despite being engaged then leaves everyone else to deal with his mess.

    • @Angela-cc1hd
      @Angela-cc1hd 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Correct, this play is a really good example of someone with no experience of anything and full of Socialist ideology, that never works😮

  • @dl18336
    @dl18336 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Good story. Good audio

  • @mrbazzabee4013
    @mrbazzabee4013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Eee I yam chuffed !....that were reight gradely were that, leighk. Thankx Uncle Chesterton.

    • @queenashantee8432
      @queenashantee8432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      THE WRITTEN ACCENT IS MARVELLEOUS. ;-))

  • @ashleysaunders9947
    @ashleysaunders9947 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Champagne socialist Brian.

  • @louisbrugnoni1291
    @louisbrugnoni1291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! Really believable. Felt like I was right there!

    • @Angela-cc1hd
      @Angela-cc1hd 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was there when chaos ensued in the UK as a result of Strikes😮

  • @notabene1472
    @notabene1472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Socialist propaganda.

  • @ranicandrawati2145
    @ranicandrawati2145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I do love this story about mills in UK.I am not a British but i do love Great Britain since i was kid and i learned English litetature and yes i love the language ,culture and social life and by listening BBC drama i learn more about Great Britain.

    • @Angela-cc1hd
      @Angela-cc1hd 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice to hear this comment from a non British person, as now all we get from foreigners is complaining and abusing our Culture, yet they still come here ???

    • @dianapeek6936
      @dianapeek6936 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sadly you won't want to learn about it now. GB is unrecognizable, like another planet. White Anglo-Saxon will soon be in the minority

  • @victorireland8913
    @victorireland8913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Excellent production. Clever story. Engaging characters. Convincing actors. Convolution unwinds. Thanks. Very enjoyable indeed.

  • @mrvilla9100
    @mrvilla9100 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Loved it ❤

  • @jackiewacky346
    @jackiewacky346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thankyou very good

  • @saradriscoll7829
    @saradriscoll7829 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Commercials

    • @ChestertonRadio
      @ChestertonRadio  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sorry for the commercials. Settings were wrong. It's fixed now. Thanks for listening.

    • @saradriscoll7829
      @saradriscoll7829 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ChestertonRadio that is so kind, thanks

  • @deniseroper9030
    @deniseroper9030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A really good listen. Much appreciated. More please 👏😀

  • @rosebud3971
    @rosebud3971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👍👍👍

  • @jacquelineyaffe6141
    @jacquelineyaffe6141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you for hours of enjoyment

  • @debbielangton8371
    @debbielangton8371 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nothing wrong with getting married 😂

  • @dirkbogarde44
    @dirkbogarde44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Guessing this is set early 50's?

    • @joannasharpe4294
      @joannasharpe4294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I guess 1970s, after decimilisation, although sounds more dated.

    • @seriousoldman8997
      @seriousoldman8997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Judging by the amount of booze being knocked back, mid 1970s.

    • @inasteinbergs1393
      @inasteinbergs1393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joannasharpe4294
      UK went completely decimal on 15th February 1971. (I didn't Google that, I've remembered that date, was just starting my last year at school)🥴
      Agree with you that it sounds dated as if more 50/60's. However I lived in SE England so don't know how it was up in the North of England way back then.🙂

    • @philhealey449
      @philhealey449 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      38 pounds a week suggests about 1975?

    • @Swimkid1
      @Swimkid1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A little earlier perhaps? I received £55 in1977. A general storeman wages being average I would think.

  • @jude9411
    @jude9411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is that the same Rosalie Williams who plays Mrs Hudson in Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)?

    • @mrbazzabee4013
      @mrbazzabee4013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When I am not quite sure of something....I have a new fangled device that I use called The Inter 'Web' - It's absolutely fabulous for finding all manner of things out. Good Luck Jude.

    • @mckavitt13
      @mckavitt13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@mrbazzabee4013 Maybe Jude enjoys a bit of interaction, esp these shut-in days. Think about it.

    • @jude9411
      @jude9411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mrbazzabee4013 research sounds like hard work

    • @mrbazzabee4013
      @mrbazzabee4013 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jude9411 'Harrumph' !!! Ha.

    • @jude9411
      @jude9411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrbazzabee4013 you have a way with words sir.

  • @johnandvickirees6993
    @johnandvickirees6993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Synopsis for wrong story.

    • @Tricia8150
      @Tricia8150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good one!

    • @tottiemae2258
      @tottiemae2258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oops! I'm really sorry. I took it down. I'd gotten it from a BBC website. Thanks very much for letting me know! 🤦‍♀️

  • @deegeraghty9426
    @deegeraghty9426 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great play. Good script. Well acted. Thank you 😊

  • @ceceliachristy8785
    @ceceliachristy8785 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    As an American, I despise unions.