EPISODE · Sep 20, 2025 · 31 MIN
CENTURY SPEAKS 11 Money (social history)
from CENTURY SPEAKS Social History Memories
Essex people talk about money and their struggles when they had little cash. They speak of poverty and being out of work before welfare benefits were universal. There are descriptions of being well-off in the 1920s, and the arrival of the Co-ops, hire purchase and credit cards. Modern marketing and materialism are also discussed.Produced by Anton Jarvis for BBC Essex and first broadcast in 1999.Original title: Making Ends Meet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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