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Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 05:44 - Oct 10 by Mercian
Has anyone seen When the Wind Blows? It is an animated film from about the same time and on the same subject about a couple in the early stages of old age. The setting as far as I can remember never left their house. It is a long time since I watched it but their denial and we will be alright attitude was in a way as scary as Threads.
It started as a book, by Raymond Briggs of "Walking in the Air" The Snowman fame. (And Fungus the Bogeyman, too!)
Our school library had the book. Life was truly shiiittt for those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s. We were scared of nuclear war, the IRA (and so, by extension, shopping bags and bins).
And we had grown up with public information films which horrified us into being scared of:
Farms Kites Bonfire Night Level Crossings Men with puppies Puddles Rugs Not being able to swim Not wearing seatbelts
The last two of those were presented by Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile, respectively. There should have been a public information films warning us about them, instead.
If anyone doubts the list above, examples are available on YouTube.
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Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 18:05 - Oct 10 with 642 views
Threads is on BBC4 tonight on 18:02 - Oct 10 by ArnoldMoorhen
It started as a book, by Raymond Briggs of "Walking in the Air" The Snowman fame. (And Fungus the Bogeyman, too!)
Our school library had the book. Life was truly shiiittt for those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s. We were scared of nuclear war, the IRA (and so, by extension, shopping bags and bins).
And we had grown up with public information films which horrified us into being scared of:
Farms Kites Bonfire Night Level Crossings Men with puppies Puddles Rugs Not being able to swim Not wearing seatbelts
The last two of those were presented by Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile, respectively. There should have been a public information films warning us about them, instead.
If anyone doubts the list above, examples are available on YouTube.
You missed out climbing into electricity substations chasing your ball!
I don’t remember anybody being remotely concerned about nuclear war in the 80s.
Greenham Common became a lesbian holiday camp , some Guardian readers made CND their fad for for a few days out - but the arrival of short range nuclear weapons, A10 ground attack aircraft and tank busting helicopters effective ended the Cold War (along with the tacit admission that a regime making Ladas, Skodas, Warrburgs etc couldn’t possibly be making anything warlike that worked)
Now if you were at primary school in the early 60s you’d have enjoyed a visit from some people from Bentwaters saying if you saw a flash in the sky in the direction of the air base you should get under your desk.
I’m not sure we’ve been close to the apocalypse since the Cuba missile crisis.
I don’t remember anybody being remotely concerned about nuclear war in the 80s.
Greenham Common became a lesbian holiday camp , some Guardian readers made CND their fad for for a few days out - but the arrival of short range nuclear weapons, A10 ground attack aircraft and tank busting helicopters effective ended the Cold War (along with the tacit admission that a regime making Ladas, Skodas, Warrburgs etc couldn’t possibly be making anything warlike that worked)
Now if you were at primary school in the early 60s you’d have enjoyed a visit from some people from Bentwaters saying if you saw a flash in the sky in the direction of the air base you should get under your desk.
I’m not sure we’ve been close to the apocalypse since the Cuba missile crisis.
I’m not sure we’ve been close to the apocalypse since the Cuba missile crisis until now .....
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