It's a universal story - a young couple meet, fall in love,marry, and set up home. But...
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It's a universal story - a young couple meet, fall in love,
marry, and set up home. But what was different for the
Quayles was that they were doing it amidst crippling austerity. The war effort had left the country
with next to nothing - it was bombed-out,
exhausted and drab. It's queue for everything. In fact, it's far worse now than it
was during the war
marry, and set up home. But what was different for the
Quayles was that they were doing it amidst crippling austerity. The war effort had left the country
with next to nothing - it was bombed-out,
exhausted and drab. It's queue for everything. In fact, it's far worse now than it
was during the war
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It's a universal story -
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a young couple meet, fall in love,
marry, and set up home.
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But what was different for the
Quayles was that they were doing it
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amidst crippling austerity.
00:00:16.056 --> 00:00:19.064
The war effort had left the country
with next to nothing -
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it was bombed-out,
exhausted and drab.
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It's queue for everything.
00:00:26.024 --> 00:00:28.084
In fact, it's far worse now than it
was during the war.
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Movie Summary
Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.
