1955 Dial House

[Jim Hardie]

I saw a video at w/end showing Sheffield steelworkers and life around the Dial House club.

What surprised me was that it was made by Germans and narrated in German during the period of the middle 1950s which was only 10 years after the war ended.

It ran for 40 minutes and showed all the workers in their workplace and in leisuretime.

Remember the old "mashing" cans in enamel which the men took to work. The white sweat towels around the necks evoked many memories plus everyone seemed to smoke especially on the buses (upstairs)

The Dial House looked packed every night and the video showed some of the typical acts who always seemed to be dressed in posh frocks and tuxedos.

Pop Lomas who i think was the president was shown walking round the concert room shouting GIVE ORDER PLEASE while the turn is on.

Also seen was the snooker room and amongst the individuals were old neighbours of mine called Trevor Marshall and his very smart dad.

I couldn,t help thinking....wasn,t life simpler in those days (very hard work etc) but no terrorists as such, no PC brigade,everybody just got on with things in their own way. Above all i bet a pint of ale was about 1/1d and in the film all the pints had a proper head on. THOSE WERE THE DAYS.

Incidentally i have no idea where the film came from but if i manage to get a copy i will stick it on the computer for all to see.

 

You are a little bit out with the date of the film. It was made in 1965.