The 1960s - The advent of the permissive society

We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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How a handful of landmark events and reforms suddenly shook off the hypocrisy, censorship and repression that had plagued Great Britain since Victorian times. (Available in Northern Ireland several decades later) We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Production by Simon Williams. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to We Are History. I'm Angela Barnes.
0:07.0	And I'm John O'Farrell.
0:09.0	He is. I can vouch for that because I can see him.
0:12.0	John has chosen this week's episode. It's about the 1960s, probably because he can actually remember it.
0:19.0	Yes, I was born in the 60s, Angela.
0:21.8	I actually remember when Britain officially went over to flared trousers.
0:26.8	It was a very somber day when the Prime Minister came on the television and go,
0:31.1	this will not affect the trousers on your bottom.
0:35.2	I remember the Beatles landing on the moon or something.
0:37.8	Yeah, something like that, wouldn't it?
0:39.0	Yeah.
0:39.8	What you, Gen Xers, don't understand.
0:41.5	Are you a boomer, John?
0:42.3	I'm a boomer, yeah.
0:43.2	You're technically a boomer?
0:44.3	I'm technically a boomer.
0:45.2	I was thinking you have been old Gen X.
0:47.7	No, I'm actually booming.
0:48.9	I'll explain when we Because when the pill came in is when the birth rate goes down.
0:54.1	Yeah, the baby boom.
0:55.1	So we're going to be talking about that.
0:56.3	But then what you, Gen X, lot, don't appreciate, Angela, is that when I was growing up,
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