Essex people talk about how healthcare changed dramatically during the 20th Century. They describe personal experiences of deadly diseases like scarlet fever, diptheria, polio and TB. We hear how the job of a GP and nurse has changed radically and there are accounts of hospital developments and medical advances compared with the past.

Essex people also speak about how death and funerals were different in times past and how attitudes have changed.

Produced for BBC Essex and broadcast in 1999.

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Essex people talk about how healthcare changed dramatically during the 20th Century. They describe personal experiences of deadly diseases like scarlet fever, diptheria, polio and TB. We hear how the job of a GP and nurse has changed radically and there are accounts of hospital developments and medical advances compared with the past.

Essex people also speak about how death and funerals were different in times past and how attitudes have changed.

Produced for BBC Essex and broadcast in 1999.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A montage from all 16 episodes of the landmark BBC radio documentary series THE CENTURY SPEAKS, which can be heard on most podcast platforms.

Series produced by Anton Jarvis in 1998 and broadcast in 1999 on BBC Essex.

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Essex people talk about transport and mobility in the 20th Century. They describe journeys by horse and cart, bicycle and walking miles, before cars were commonplace. We hear about the days of trams, trolleybuses and long-since axed rural railway lines. The programme also features the impact of car ownership and the building of the M11 and M25 motorways and the Dartford Tunnel. There's also discussion of cheap air travel and holidays abroad - from the Harwich to Hook of Holland ferry to supersonic jets.

Broadcast on BBC Essex (radio) in 1999. Produced by Anton Jarvis. Researcher: Elaine Tribley.

Original title: Going Places.

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Essex people talk about transport and mobility in the 20th Century. They describe journeys by horse and cart, bicycle and walking miles, before cars were commonplace. We hear about the days of trams, trolleybuses and long-since axed rural railway lines. The programme also features the impact of car ownership and the building of the M11 and M25 motorways and the Dartford Tunnel. There's also discussion of cheap air travel and holidays abroad - from the Harwich to Hook of Holland ferry to supersonic jets.

Broadcast on BBC Essex in 1999.

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Essex people talk about being young, going out and having fun. We hear about dance halls, big bands, jiving, teddy boys, bikers, mods and rockers, 70s disco, the electronic 80s and nightclubbing in the 90s. We also take a journey to the seaside with descriptions of playtime at Southend-on-Sea, holiday camps at Clacton and beach huts at St. Osyth.

Produced by Anton Jarvis for BBC Essex and originally broadcast in 1999. Researcher: Elaine Tribley.

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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.

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