Chigley. The Six O'Clock Whistle.

Complete Version with Introduction and Factory Sequence.

Aaaah, yes. The presentation of a rural idyll and happy proles for the 1970s suburban kids.

It all looks a bit 1930's Aryan to me. Blokes dancing with Dorises in an ideal factory environment. And whats with that Dutch organ?

Oh yes. The issues surrounding images of industry and landscape in the U.K.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Chigley
• Biscuit
• Factory

[MeerkatShakes]

Never liked Winnie, she NEVER went to school, and got on a train with strange men. That teaches more than your parents would about not going with strangers ¬¬.

[AdaptorPlug]

@MeerkatShakes That is an excellent observation and one that something I overlooked when watching. However, this sort of disgraceful subliminal message obviously has had an effect on today's generation. I feel we need to look no further than Chigley, Camberwick Green and Trumpton to understand the root causes of 'Broken Britain'.

[dali366]

Hint of nationalsocialism or poss East block communism or middle European workers enlightenment, early 60's suburbia? Dunno.

[AdaptorPlug]

I think you might well be on the right tracks with that.

Although in Brian Cant's autobiography he does mention that this series was to be called "Pyongyang".

However, they couldn't rely on the puppet suppliers - and doing mass gymnastics scenes would have tangled the strings.

[AdaptorPlug]

I hope the management boys at Kraft watch this, before they attempt to buy "our Cadbury."

[unfatiqueisfrench]

wha was the six o clock whistle for, if theres no reason then its just worthless

[AdaptorPlug]

The 6.00 whistle signifies the Master's control of the time - and therefore the asset - of "His" industrial proletariat.

In this example the whistle indicates the end of a shift change and, superficially, the transition to the worker's "own" / leisure time.

Deeply, the whistle shows how "philanthropic" Masters aim to control worker's time with acceptable pursuits (to him) and stop them going to the pub.

("One step away from compulsory recreational drug testing." JS Mill.)

[radiodelevine]

Not to be a pedant, but the biscuit factory was owned and operated by Mr Cresswell, who was not motivated purely by profit. For example, he commissioned a fountain for the factory premises on the basis that it would 'look nice', despite delivering no material ROI.

[radiodelevine]

Cresswell, if anything, was an enlightened capitalist, betting that happy workers are productive workers. Belborough's involvement was pure philanthropy. As a landed gentleman who didn't need to work, he saw his function as a support to the community and was constantly volunteering to help out neighbours at his own expense.

[borgduck]

@MrCrispian I've just started watching Upstairs,Downstairs on ITV3, every saturday morning. I'm hooked. Every saturday morning, it begins, I crack open a bottle of brandy in rural isolation, & pretend the Worlds a "beautiful place".

[borgduck]

I live in a serene, rural styx. Surrounded by endless miles of rolling green hills & trees. I don't watch the horror stories of the news. I always have ITV3 on, unless something horrible is on. Every night, I watch stuff like this on YT. I put my hands against my ears, close my eyes, & hum "lalalalala" real loud.

[Jeffreythepeffrey]

where are the Chigley skinheads?. I think Chigley FC must have had an away game the day this was filmed. I heard they took Camberwick Green Athletics home end once.

[Jeffreythepeffrey]

Why can't real life be like this instead of complicated. there's no financial meltdown in Chigley,Camberwick Green or Trumpton. though there was some riots in Trumpton over 20 years ago but that was because the residents were sick to the back teeth of Trumpton's autocratic mayor.

[bonzo874]

every day at 6 o clock out they come to dance on the green , then the police come out and dance on the folk lol

[mangyan35]

just like real work

[MrCrispian]

Trumpton,chigly etc..was another vision of 60's englands obsession for victoriana..psycadelic drug induces simpler times....victoriana and l.s.d. went hand in hand....sideburns,upstairs downstairs,onidian line,..if you were there you would understand....

[keltyk]

@Pyramus4Thisbe Hooray- Any spare jobs?

[Dristarg]

Did they ever broadcast the vocal version?

"Hurry up, hurry up, gather around.

Music and laughter are here to be found.

Now is the time for a breath of fresh air.

Come and enjoy all the fun of the fair.

Side shows and swings there's so much to be seen.

Old friends from Trumpton and Camberwick Green.

Everything pleases and nothing dismays

as the music so merrily plays."

[Pyramus4Thisbe]

Yes but working in the NHS is a vocation and we appraciate the sacrifice you are making