What is 'Nostalgia' ? - When were the 'good old days'? - English Addict - Listen and Learn - LIVE -

welcome to today's live stream  I hope you are feeling well

here we go again we are back everyone

yeah yeah it's so good to be with you again hello  everyone hello everybody over there in the corner  

why are you in the corner I don't know why come  closer don't be shy that's better hi everybody  

this is Mr Duncan and also you might notice  something slightly different it's at the start of  

today's live stream we also have Mr Steve everyone  hello hello hello beautiful wonderful people from  

across the globe I say it every week but I mean it  Mr Duncan I mean it do you mean it this week I do  

no I always mean it do you know I mean it because  I love to integrate and uh look at the live chat  

and see what's going on what people are saying if  there's one thing you are very good at Steve it's  

integrating I mix mixing with the people and  I'm going to be doing a lot of that next week

it's just a short one today we only have a very  short one just one hour so make the most of this  

because you will only have us today for one hour  not a moment why though not a moment longer or  

a moment shorter the reason is well Mr Steve has  decided some people might say foolishly Mr Steve  

has decided to to go back to work haven't you yes  and I have to go tonight because I've got to be at  

the head offices of this new company I'm going  to be working for and it's a three hour drive  

so I have to be there by sort of nine o'clock  tomorrow morning so there's no way I'm going to  

get up in time and drive through rush hour traffic  so I'm going to go tonight and therefore we want  

to spread a bit of quality time together don't we  Mr Duncan we want to eat sir that's what they say  

quality time quality time means time that you  can treasure time that you can enjoy together  

before something happens yes so sitting in front  of the television watching programs would not be  

quality time sitting there each of us with our  own devices looking through WhatsApp or something  

would not be quality time but sitting down having  a meal going for a walk quality time so that's  

what they're all doing now on WhatsApp everyone  is on WhatsApp have you noticed that and I think  

now I was talking to Steve about this as you know  there are riots taking place at the moment across  

France I think that one of the reasons why these  things happen so often these days is because you  

have things like WhatsApp where people can  join together and group together very easily  

and communicate so I am waiting for someone  to try and ban or at least make WhatsApp more  

but I I suppose so so the authorities can also see  what's going on well there won't be that wouldn't  

be very popular Mr Duncan it would not the whole  point of WhatsApp isn't it that you can do things  

secretly yes without anybody knowing it is all  uh it is encrypted of course you if you're stupid  

enough like certain politicians in this country  oh okay over there that's WhatsApp messages to uh  

journalists then they get themselves into trouble  well that's no not really uh the same thing Matt  

Hancock but anyway that's very bright but but it  is interesting to notice that I think what will  

happen is people will start blaming social media  for what is happening at the moment in France that  

the strange thing is though we were there just a  couple of weeks ago in Paris and everything was  

okay so I was wondering whether people are getting  angry because we we left I think people wanted us  

to stay in Paris longer I really do so some people  might be getting upset because because we left you  

so that's what it's all about well rioting because  you're not there there are other reasons as well  

yes well I was quite serious I mean one of the  mayor a mayor one a mayor of Paris I don't know  

if they've got more than one this can tell us I  think sort of had an assassination attempt okay  

I thought you were going to say a female horse  thing it seemed to be getting very personal uh  

and uh but anyway we're not here well I only  mentioned it because we were in Paris a couple  

of weeks ago it seemed very relevant yes well it  is we were there seriously we're actually there  

and now we're not there and everyone's going  crazy headline news uh anyway enough of that  

Steve is going away he's leaving me for a few days  with his new job I'm not sure if he's pleased or  

not I'm not sure I haven't decided yet whether  he's actually happy about it or whether he's upset  

you can see now he's pretending to cry but I don't  I don't believe I think those are crocodile tears  

crocodile tears there's a there's a good phrase  Mr Duncan it is a very good phrase an English  

phrase crocodile tears a person will pretend to  be upset or pretend to cry when really they are  

not upset well I will be upset and you know I've  already been upset Mr Duncan because we have not  

been a part for several years or so I wouldn't  say several uh several is seven and more several  

anyway anyway well a few then yes uh quite a  few years at least three years at least we've  

been together permanently for three years and  now Steve has decided he can't stand it anymore  

and he's off well you know I just want the  security of having a regular income again  

okay let's keep it up let's just leave it at  that okay that's a strange personal thing to  

well you know when you used for 40 odd  years I was used used to having a wage  

coming in and suddenly it stopped you get  a bit nervous yes uh so I just thought well  

let's try it for a bit longer see what happens  if I don't like it I can tell them to go and

I would wait until you start the job before you  start saying things like that anyone's watching  

don't tell people to shove their job up their  bums just yet wait until you've been doing it  

for a while and then tell them at least six months  yeah anyway Steve once again we're straying away  

yes from the actual topic so I will be on my  own next week but don't worry there will be  

lots of things still coming I have my daily daily  lessons can I just do a plug before you can go off  

in another Direction I'm going to help you with  the plug Mr Duncan here we go so there it is the  

short lessons on my YouTube channel the link is  underneath this video underneath there and there  

are lots and lots of new videos already there  are around 18 new videos already and I will be  

adding another one tomorrow and also on Tuesday a  very unusual one coming on Tuesday oh now you're  

interested I was going to say yes Mr Duncan is  going to keep himself very busy which means you  

are going to get a lot of uh content as they say  a lot of new videos a lot of English teaching  

because Mr Duncan wants to keep himself busy yeah  so that he's not thinking about me and also we're  

trying to pay for the Paris trip true it almost  bankrupted us there's another reason why I'm going  

back to work even there are any jokes we're  joking we're joking anyway another thing more  

important than all of that is the live chat hello  live chat do you know who was first today well  

well done to our super Champion Vitas  you are first on today's live chat

and of course many other people let the Applause  finish let them die down many other people uh  

quickly following that Francesca who's here  uh who is in Italy of course uh Nong is here  

uh maliha aseel Connell Vitas we know Lewis  of course Lewis oh should I say Luis Mendez  

who apparently was not was not involved in any of  the riots can we just say that Luis Mendes was not  

involved so I was watching the news last night  and I could have sworn I saw Patrick and Lewis  

throwing all sorts of things like shop windows  don't don't say that Steve I'm joking it's a joke  

it's a joke the problem is I saw them running  your juice they were there yes your jokes don't  

sound like jokes they sound like statements of  fact so is this really Lewis so what you could  

have said is as I saw Lewis and Patrick running  around with a giant screen a big screen TV above  

their heads so that would have been funny well  I mean it's it's great that they will let you  

watch us uh the live stream from prison I think  that's quite good don't you well I am shown in  

prison you know that don't you no in France is  it punishment it is anyone who who misbehaves  

no it's true I'm not even joking this is not a  joke in in France some of the prisons in France  

use my English lessons to teach the inmates how  to speak English and also is Steve very kindly  

said also it is used as punishment as well we're  joking we're joking of course it's very serious  

what's going on in Paris but well in France right  and not just in France in other places like French  

Guyana and other places like that even sort of  Belgium Belgium Belgium the most boring place  

in the world kicking off everywhere it's even  happening there because we had serious riots  

here didn't we back in whenever it was 2009 2009  I remember that well we had to lock our doors we  

had to hide behind the sofa because people were  running around they were not happy as usual Steve  

we've got to concentrate today because already we  only have 45 minutes left it's bent it's not the  

only thing right we are looking at Nostalgia and  I think it's an interesting word I will be honest  

with you to be nostalgic to have Nostalgia and  of course because this is a short live stream we  

are getting straight into the subject I'll just  quickly say hello to bellary soon goodbye hello  

Claudia Claudia is going she's cooking she's  looking after her father and she wished me well  

in my new job so we'll see you soon okay Steve  we've got to move on again I am here we go again

Nostalgia they often say that Nostalgia is  something that never goes out of fashion  

because people always remember the past  so it doesn't matter what period of time  

you are in Steve it doesn't matter when you are  

Nostalgia is always popular because people  always like to remember the past to be nostalgic  

a person might sit down and I I think recently for  both of us on a serious note both of us have been  

a little bit nostalgic over the past few months  because first of all Steve lost his mother last  

September and I last lost my mother in in the  end of March so it's been a very strange few  

months so I suppose when you lose a member of  your family when they die I I think you often  

become quite nostalgic you will think a lot  about those special moments and when friends  

get together friends that you might have known  for a long time could be work colleagues could  

be people that you went to school with people you  grew up with often people will reminisce reminisce  

they will go over and remind each other of past  events and that creates a feeling of nostalgia  

it's a feeling is it a feeling Nostalgia would  you say it's a feeling I think it is definitely  

emotional it is directly connected to your  emotions so it isn't just a word it isn't  

just remembering it is actually feeling those  moments it is something that you are almost  

wanting or Desiring yes some and I think what  happens is you particularly particularly as you  

get older your your mind or your brain seems  to remember the past uh in a good way quite  

often it tends to filter out the bad things  and you remember a lot of the good things  

the feelings of Happiness the smells the sights  the sounds even sometimes I was looking through  

um go clearing out my mother's house clearing  out I've been doing a lot of tidying up in my  

in my own house uh things that I've had when  I was growing up and just opening a box and  

smelling magazines and smelling certain things  that it certainly brings back a whole Cascade of  

memories uh and nostalgic feelings uh and uh some  people think it's unhealthy to be too nostalgic  

but I think it's good to remember not at times I  think it's normal and it's always used positively  

so this is actually a positive word it's never  used negatively you never think of the bad days  

from your past so to be nostalgic is to remember  things that you remember you might even say that  

you fondly look back to look back fondly at once  past so anything from your past that you remember  

with some sort of affection or maybe some sort of  Love even so that's the reason why I mentioned our  

parents both of our our mothers passed over the  past few months and and that's where I've been a  

lot I find myself quite often remembering things  little moments there might just be a few seconds  

of moments from my past but I remember  them and now they seem to have more value  

than they did in the past because because they  really do connect to something that that is no  

longer there or no longer exists and we like to  talk to our parents uh people that are older than  

us that know us because we've got that Bond  and we can each remember things that happened  

in happened in the past you know you're one of  your parents might say oh do you remember when  

you first went to school and blah blah blah or or  do you remember when you when we brought you that  

Christmas present uh and or do you remember when  we went to visit or when we went on holiday and  

then you start to laugh and you start to remember  and this nostalgic feeling that makes you feel  

good and it's good to look back because you can  in fact sometimes you don't want to spend too  

much time in the past but sometimes it's good  to look back to remind yourself of what you've  

achieved what you've done exactly what type of a  life you've had and maybe that then helps you to  

plan what you want to do in the future because  you might think oh well I don't think I've done  

enough maybe I should do this can help in that  way as well definitely uh sorry to interruption

just reminded us that um uh Beatrice is on her way  to the airport okay as we speak to Bristol she's  

leaving England flying back home to Buenos Aires  or Buenos Aires uh so if she's watching which you  

might be in the taxi but we doubt it uh then we  wish her well so bon voyage Beatrice I hope you  

have a super duper Journey a very long journey I  think it's about 14 hours back to Argentina and  

I hope you had a good stay here in England I know  you've already wished uh Beatrice a good trip but  

I thought I would do it as well okay Steve to  fondly look back at once past you want to look  

back you want to remember something from your  past a treasured memory of course very similar  

to what we just mentioned about our parents so  you remember things from your past I also think  

that we often see Nostalgia as a relived moment  long since gone and a lot of people will refer  

to the Past certainly things that they wish would  return as the good old days I want the good old  

days I remember the good old days and people  often refer to the good old days as the time  

when they they feel or they felt at that time  as if everything was better yes than it is now  

but I wonder I just wonder if that is actually  true so to relive a moment long since gone we  

often think about the places we live we often  think about it maybe a building or a place that  

was there and is no longer there we might  think about that and almost almost mourn  

like the fact that it's not there anymore yes  and music of course uh it is is an important uh  

component of nostalgia because if you hear a song  or a record uh from your childhood or when you  

first met your loved one or something like that  something that reminds you of of a past songs a  

very powerful aren't they uh music in general what  was in the Hit Parade what was in the charts what  

was top of the pops back in I don't know 1970 or  something yes so yeah so I suppose for both of us  

talking of the past I suppose for us the 1970s is  is the era where we grew up and collected a lot of  

our childhood memories and then the 1980s is where  we we flourished into teenagers and young adults  

so a relived moment you often hear people talk  about the good old days I remember remember when  

children were well behaved not like now they're  all running around they're swearing and taking  

drugs and using their computer games oh it wasn't  like that when I was young Jimmy from Hong Kong  

remembers a word hello Jimmy remembers a phrase  that you've used in a past uh lesson Salad Days  

ah your salad days your salad day so well done for  remembering that Jimmy those happy Carefree days  

often when the summer is around you the beautiful  weather is there and your salad days your your  

lovely Carefree days the salad days you can watch  a nostalgic film can't you a film can really  

bring back memories of the past happy memories  of film which you might have watched 30 years  

ago or 40 years ago and we like to watch carry  on Films because we're they make us laugh but  

they're nostalgic because they send you back  to a time when everything seemed more innocent  

it wasn't but it seemed like it was  and it just seemed happy and carefree  

so when you think back over the past and you  think of nice things we can say to be nostalgic  

or you think of something nostalgically  so you are casting your mind back you  

are doing something in a way that was done  in the past so it is done nostalgically to  

be nostalgic to do something nostalgically you  are doing something for the sake of old times  

sometimes people will say I don't know if you're  going to use this expression anyway Mr Duncan  

apologies if you are uh that sometimes people look  back at the past and then somebody reminds them of  

it you're looking back in the past with rose  tinted glasses yes I might be mentioning that  

for you okay that's okay it's good that's fine  it's you can mention it it's not against the law  

and we are going to show you some things from our  past by the way some things that remind us of our  

of our long since gone youth it is my birthday  in a few weeks from now about six weeks I think  

it will be my birthday so I really can't wait for  that we are taking a little trip we're going to  

have a little stay somewhere Scenic and peaceful  and relaxing and we won't be doing anything else  

anything nothing else just that Pedro this is the  subject we're talking about we're not we probably  

will be changing it but this is uh we haven't  gone on to this subject randomly this is something  

Mr Duncan has prepared uh as a subject of what  we're going to talk about okay anyway we might  

view the past few through Rose tinted spectacles  ah there it is what you just mentioned so if you  

see things through Rose tinted spectacles it  means you see the past in an unrealistic way  

maybe you see the past is something pleasurable  or lovely or safe but maybe it is just your memory  

Playing Tricks on you yes because your brain tends  to filter out the bad things and for some bizarre  

reason which is good actually isn't it yes uh that  your brain tends to filter out the not so pleasant  

things unless they're very very unpleasant I mean  if your parents beat you up you probably will  

remember that but I'm talking about just generally  you will tend to remember the good things and not  

so much the bad things so you can often be accused  of you might be discussing something with with a  

sibling with with I sometimes discuss things with  my sister and we have very different views of our  

childhood and it's quite different see I've  got this sort of Rosy view of my childhood  

uh but then another sibling might say oh yeah  but do you remember that you know this used to  

happen or that used to happen so something bad yes  something not so good and so for you it might have  

been pleasant but for somebody else growing up  with you it might not have been so pleasant it  

is interesting though yeah so even though you're  you you think your memory is 100 correct you might  

find if you could go back in time you might be  surprised at how bad your memory actually is  

because you you've created these images from your  past and maybe it was not as nice as you there is  

quite a lot of science behind that what happens  to Memories how your brain sort of uh amalgamates  

memories in a strange way it processes them with  other memories and looks for things which are  

similar and uh I don't exactly know how it works  but the inaccurate the inaccuracies can build up  

over time yeah particularly your brain can start  to fantasize and it can it can make up stuff but  

you think it's real because that's how the memory  has been formed in your brain I think this is  

one of the reasons why in law there are certain  certain crimes that can't be taken to court or a  

person can't be prosecuted because if something  happened 30 years ago now can you remember what  

you were doing 30 years ago because I know I can't  and especially if you are referring to a certain  

date so I think it can be difficult to remember  very specific times unless of course you kept a  

diary or as I like to do now just film everything  just film everything just film everything around  

you and then those memories are there forever  they never fade away this is what this is how uh  

um of course when we run our trips with uh with  with members of our group from Paris okay they  

were very well particularly uh uh you could  see how Mr Duncan filmed everything Beatrice  

is the name I was trying to recall then I could  see firsthand evidenced that Mr Duncan films  

everything and our memories do play tricks on us  they play tricks on us because quite often you  

might say oh mum I remember your that green dress  you used to wear and she was oh it wasn't green it  

was it was red and you you because your memory has  has somehow distorted the facts and uh everyone's  

got a slightly different memory of something  colors and sounds and things like that anyway  

yeah yes it is interesting so we we can look at  the past in in a way that is incorrect or even  

misleading the things we remember bring about the  feeling of nostalgia and that's what we're doing  

right now Steve we are going to look at things  things from our past so I've got some photographs  

of bygone times bygone so when we say bygone we  mean things that have happened in the past and  

quite often are no longer around bygone it's a  great word by the way and we do use it I know  

Steve probably thinks it's old-fashioned but we do  use it still Steve you have something to show us  

first of all because as you mentioned you've  been clearing out your mother's house I think  

yes and also uh see I keep everything don't  I yes I keep everything I very rarely throw  

anything out uh I've even got you know  exercise books from when I was at school  

I don't like to throw anything out I like to have  connections to the Past physical connections see  

my sister's the complete opposite she likes she  just likes to or she doesn't she likes to move on  

I like to have connections and I like to be able  to go and physically see things oh yes and that  

reminds me you know takes me back I like that so  I'll keep everything light for it do you want me  

to show something show the thing that's in front  of us right in front of me oh this ah so this is  

something you found in your future that because  yeah this is something you found in your Father's  

Office yes and this this looks like a simple  device but this is actually a very old device  

so it's a calculator but it's it's it's something  I got quite excited about where Mr Steve showed it  

because this is a calculator that has the little  numbers but they light up so they're not like the  

modern ones that don't light up so I will show  you so there you go you might just be able to see  

there they are green LEDs who remembers that yes  that must be 30 years old that uh and I was we  

were clearing out my mother's house and I found  that in a drawer which was my dad's office draw  

and I remember that because I remember my father  used to use that in his office so that's probably  

from the 1970s so now it's on the screen you can  see it close up yeah so that is an interesting  

thing it works on batteries but also you can  also plug it into the electricity yes which is  

really unusual I don't I don't think there are  any calculators now that you can actually plug  

into the electricity but that and if you notice  can you see what it says on the screen there it  

says five eight double O eight but if you turn  that upside down it says something rather rude  

does it it does well we always used to do  that at school that's it exactly so that's  

what we used to do at school we used to find our  calculators our electric calculators and we would  

five eight what was it double o double uh  eight eight and if you turn it upside down  

it says boobs does it yes of course it's yes it  does you probably can't see it there but it does  

so that's what we used to do you see at school  because we were children and that's what children  

do sometimes they do things that are mischievous  40 years old at least yeah so this this could be  

I think it's it could be older than that so so  this is amazing this is an amazing thing I was  

very excited when I saw it I used to like the  watches do you remember the watches yes in the  

1970s and they used to have numbers but they  would be they would be red they would light  

up red LEDs the batteries lasted about a month  yes that's that's why they weren't very popular  

but I always remember the first time I saw one of  those it was in a James Bond film Live and Let Die  

and I remember seeing that watch and I got  so excited and I wanted one but the problem  

was they they had only just been invented and  that was the first time most people saw that  

type of Watch was in the James Bond film well  Mr Duncan that brings me back to another piece  

of sort of nostalgia for me oh because I used to  very very much like doing Electronics when I was  

younger it was very popular Pastime and here's a  magazine that uh if you were keen on electronics  

every day ill every day Electronics this one is  from June 1979. wow by the way Beatrice is on  

uh hello Beatrice hello Beatrice are you in the  taxi to uh to Bristol um and so it would give  

you projects so I had a soldering iron I would  go off to a local shop you could buy all the  

components like resistors capacitors transistors  and you could build things like what's it got on  

this one build your own metal detector yeah on  this on that particular one and I used to love  

soldering and putting all the components together  and it would tell you how to do it that's just  

news uh but Mr Duncan but it's technical news  but Mr Duncan Sinclair Sinclair brought out uh  

something called the black watch which was like  the James Bond watch in the 1970s and you bought  

it in kit form and you put it together yourself  and I have the most futuristic looking watch  

uh with red LEDs I mean did you make it yourself  yes well you would put it together it would come  

in kit form and you would put it together  yourself the only problem was they didn't  

work very well they were notoriously unreliable  and when they did work the batteries only the  

batteries only lasted about a month but there's  Nostalgia Mr Duncan yes it's a very very good  

example it's a good example of nostalgia and I  look I love here you've got this this supplier  

of components if you look on that page there  is listed lots of components that you can use  

and send off for them in the post but you need a  magnifying glass to actually read what that says  

because the writing is so small which is great  fun I used to love doing it well in fact I used  

to like do all sorts of experiments here's a book  one of my favorite books from my my childhood Mr  

Duncan uh the book of experiments oh okay so  this is a book to teach you how to learn the  

sort of principles of physics and chemistry  but in a very simple way you would use things  

around the house to do experiments with so  here's one make yourself a hot air balloon  

and what do you need you need a paper bag and  some paper clips and some wire uh and a candle  

and there you go you could make yourself a hot air  balloon that's not the right one you need lots of  

hot air yeah absolutely so you could Supply that  with your with your voice but it was teaching you  

that you know hot air is lighter than cold air  and that's how you get a balloon make a bomb uh  

in in an old tin with flour uh make a jet boat  from a powder tin but all things from the house  

and I I made that one you could even make one  from an egg you would boil the egg you would  

um blow an egg blow water put water in it heat  it up and the and the with a candle and then the  

the steam coming out would power the boat along it  was great fun Mr Duncan oh yeah there was another  

one where you could build your own atomic bomb  out of a can of baked beans yes and some strings  

well I did use to make bombs yes sorry I'll make  it I'm trying to lead to a little thing here just  

leading to something and you can find out all  about that in the new movie Oppenheimer which  

is coming out soon am I the only person who is  absolutely sick and tired of hearing about that  

movie everyone keeps talking about it for goodness  sake just release the movie and move on that's all  

I can say I'm just trying to see what year that  was brought out well don't take too long 1972  

1970 the first published in 1958 well I got it in  1972. I would imagine most of the experiments in  

here now are far too dangerous for children to do  this I would imagine that if you had this book now  

and and and one of the secret Services found out  or the authorities they would probably kick your  

door in well that's and then they'd take you away  from your parents that's what they would do now  

with that uh well my father showed me it taught  me how to make gunpowder yeah uh anyway right  

this just does seem like too much information to  be honest here we go Nostalgia when I think of  

nostalgia I always think of the place where I grew  up and there it is that is the place I grew up the  

actual place in the 1970s it's amazing there was  no color whatsoever in the 1970s everyone was in  

black and white everything was black and white  in the 1970s and then we only had color when  

did color come in about 1980s well I can tell you  why because there were some strikes taking place  

so the people who add color to everything they  were on strike so for about three years in the  

1970s everything was in black and white and  there it is look so that is the High Street  

the actual High Street where I grew up so so I  used to spend many hours walking up and down that  

street as a child holding my mother's hand you  see in years to come you see Nostalgia it takes a  

while to build up in say 10 or 20 years time we're  going to be looking back on the Paris trip with  

fond memories fond memories of nostalgia and we  will forget all the horrific things that happened  

and we will only remember the good things um it  was all good I'm joking of course I really hope  

we're joking I hope we forget them but that will  be an incredible thing to remember in the future  

uh but yes I did uh satirino I had a chemistry set  um and I used to do lots of chemistry experiments  

in my father's garage my father helped me uh  and I've still got a lot of the glassware test  

tubes beakers Bunsen burn I've still got all those  things from when I was a child although I've given  

a lot of them I had boxes and boxes of glassware  I've given it all to the local school because I  

can't keep hanging on to this stuff no forever I  agree uh throw it out HT wants to give me 50 000  

pounds for this book this book yes right that's  it well it does tell you how to do lots of things  

that these days are I don't want to say illegal  but let's just say that they're not entirely  

well they're not entirely lawful well no it's just  how to make a nail piano how to make a nail piano  

yes that doesn't sound very let's see that sounds  like some sort of weapon uh yeah that's it anyway  

uh but no what I'm saying is HT wants to give me  50 000 pounds if you can send it within the next  

two hours you can have this book and it means  I can stay with Mr Duncan I won't have to go to  

work you need more than 50 000.50 do you you do  realize that living in England now is the most  

expensive thing ever but I'm just saying it'll  save me having to go to work so 50 000 pounds  

will last us about two weeks you know the PayPal  account 50 000 pounds I promise you I will send  

you the book okay and then I can resign before  I've even started anyway we have 16 minutes left  

I've still got loads of stuff and I hope we can  also play the scent the the fill in the blanks  

before then here's another one so this is this  is the the main Square in Stafford so that's  

where I was born but look wow look at that so  I feel I'm sure nobody else does but I feel a  

lot of nostalgia because I remember walking  around that area with my mum and sitting on  

one of those actual benches do you recognize  anyone there Mr I recognize the lady walking  

away really with the head scarf I think she lived  Five Doors away and she let's just say she she had  

a red light in her window oh on Friday evenings  I don't know what she was doing but everyone was  

talking about it who took that picture I don't  know so it's not you you didn't I did not take  

it no because I would have would have been  about five at the time so right I wasn't right  

when I was five years old I wasn't yet taking  pictures or videos what I was hearing Mr Duncan  

you were taking pictures when you were in your  mother's womb without you know you had a camera  

as soon as you came out you were hello I've  taken photographs and filming everything I always  

remember this place filmed her own birth okay  Steve that's very funny very very funny I remember

one of the things I always remember about Stafford  Town Center is in the in the I think it was the  

late 1970s a guy actually nailed his ear to  one of the trees in in the Market Square in  

Stafford I don't know I can't remember why  I think he was one of the local Knitters  

he was one of the local nut cases but  I always remember that as a kid it's  

probably somewhere on the internet just  look up Stafford Market Square man nails  

his ear to a tree and I I always remember that  anyways has got his first book from primary  

school still got it yes you it's important to  keep things I I don't like to throw everything  

out I like to be able to go through things and  look at them like my old exercise books and it's  

funny because you now you I've got to the age I am  now you look back and you you don't recognize that  

person photographs of yourself writing that you  had at school that could be anyone yes it could  

be anyone but it's you and somehow you you can't  quite relate to it by the way a lot of people  

saying that that's Wolverhampton it isn't it's  Stafford so the so the place you were just looking  

at that is actually Stafford that's where I was  raised as a child and that is the Market Square it  

looks very different you were born on one of those  benches weren't you I was I think I was concepted  

yes my conception took place on one of those  benches I could have been on that bus of course

well on top music Started from Vietnam  I haven't seen you before so welcome  

anyway we we relived a bit of nostalgia  last week because we went to Shrewsbury  

and want to visit one of the final one of the  last of the chain of a certain Burger Outlet so  

this particular fast food restaurant there are  only a few left now in the UK and they used to  

be everywhere in the 1970s all over the place and  there is Steve outside so last week we went along  

we had a lovely meal and everything inside all  of the meals are still the same as they were in  

the 1970s even the menus look the same do you  want to see a picture of me with the menu here  

it is so there I am with the menu and it looks  exactly the same but would you like to see a menu  

from 90 from the mid 1970s is it exactly the same  it's very similar but you might notice the price  

is a little bit different wow so for example  a cheeseburger with 37 pence good grief isn't  

that amazing that's incredible a cheeseburger 37  pence what's the most expensive thing on there a  

special grill for 76 Pence so just a few pennies  you can have a meal a salad seems a bit expensive  

at 68 Pence that's well that's that's interesting  because people weren't eating salads back then so  

it was you might say that back in the 1970s  salads were a specialty dish so it was almost  

like ordering something exotic it's a shanty salad  whatever it's that's Shanty it refers to the Sea  

yes I think it actually it had fish I think it was  tuna a shanty salad yes so I remember all of these  

these things they used to have something called  a bender a bender sausage that was your favorite  

was it Mr you can see it at the bottom there just  above the bottom of the screen bender and that was  

the meaty Frankfurter is that what uh is that what  sorry is that what sent you into uh into the way  

you are now Mr Duncan I've seen the size of that  Frankfurt or on your plate so that is the past  

in the 1970s and this is the present and there  there I am but the other thing I love about Wimpy  

this particular chain is that everything almost  all of the food on the menu has a photograph  

would you like to see the what are the  photographs definitely and the other intro  

while you're getting that photograph I know it's  here all right it takes me about five seconds that  

was a shame so there it is so I used to love  the menus I love menus that have pictures on  

them there's The Shanty salad yes so you can see  the Wimpy brunch the Wimpy Grill The Shanty salad  

and also the Delta brunch I don't  know what that is and then there  

was the Wimpy special Grill and of course the  international Grille that's a lot of food for  

you know under a pound that's incredible really  so all of those meals were less than one pound now  

we went to the Wimpy last week we had two  burgers baked beans some fries two drinks

33 pounds ouch I know it's a fast food restaurant  my fast food restaurant but it's what it's unusual  

is it's an American Style Diner they call it a  diner so you sit down and it's fast food but they  

come and serve you at the table because normally  when you go to uh uh somewhere like McDonald's uh  

you have to you know go to the counter and they  give it to you sometimes they'll but they won't  

come you don't sit down and wait for somebody  to come and serve you but in this it's a diner  

they come up to you take your order go away and  come back but that's the way it's always been so  

I remember as a kid when my mum used to take me  my mum would take me to wimpy and we would right  

Steve so we're running out I'm gonna work out what  what what's the inflation rate over over 40 years  

to get from 37 pence to 33 pounds yes well that  was for the whole meal though so it wasn't just  

for a burger but if we'd have it wasn't 33 but it  wouldn't have even been a pound if we'd had two  

burgers yeah would it anyway that's that's beside  the point it's five percent a year okay no one  

actually cares about that well I I well I think  they do here we go how can you get a meal for a  

pound I'm rushing because we only have 10 minutes  hurry up then who remembers now this is something  

I remember from my childhood oh Steve this is the  bike that I wanted as a child and I could never  

have I could never have this bike because it was  too expensive too expensive but there were some  

kids at school and they came to school on their  chopper bikes and I remember being very jealous  

of all the other kids because they had they had  their chopper bikes what was special about it it  

was sort of across it was almost looked like a  it was very trendy wasn't it well it had it had  

the the manual gear at the front that was the the  big selling point and that seat it's more like a  

sort of a a motorbike isn't it yes they call them  Choppers yeah this is actually based on the type  

of motorcycle you see called a chopper so that's  why it's called a chopper is because it mimics  

the the style of the motorbike makes you seem very  Street very very with it very modern as opposed to  

you know the normal bike with its two wheels the  same size it's handlebars high up this made you  

seem cool and all the girls would come after you  wouldn't they was it it was more of a boys bike  

wasn't it I think I think well you're about 12 or  13 so I'm not sure if all the girls were coming  

after you well yes but it was I remember they  were quite they weren't particularly nice to you  

couldn't go on a long bike ride on them they were  very they were very good for that I never had one  

they were I never even rode one did you what did  you do someone I knew someone that had a chopper

uh euphemism for cool of course these days if you  ask someone to ride if you if you ask someone if  

you can have a ride on their Chopper it  means something different so you've got  

to be careful very different but yes I had a  friend that had a chopper and uh and I had a  

go on it uh but it was very uncomfortable  uh yeah when I was too young no it was uh  

it's not the sort of bike that you go on  a long journey in because you're sort of  

in a strange position the handlebars are up  here and it was difficult it was very it was  

a bit dangerous actually yeah so you could easily  fall off because that wasn't controlled it was it  

wasn't a Racer bike I had a racer that's the style  of Chopper like motorbikes so the motorbikes you  

often see the the motorcycle gangs they have  those bikes and the handlebars are really high  

up and they sit right back like that and that's  really what this particular bike was emulating  

so there we go it's interesting that restaurant  was called wimpy why was it called wimpy the name  

is a bit off-putting yes well the character from  Popeye his name was also wimpy and he was fond of  

beef burgers he was always eating a beef burger  so I'm not sure which way round that was whether  

the character wimpy from Popeye was named first  and then wimpy the restaurant chain was formed  

or the other way around it sort of went out of  fashion didn't it then it became a bit of a joke  

everyone started going to McDonald's it made  you feel more withered and modern wimpies went  

out of fashion but there's still a few around in  particularly in places like Shrewsbury which are  

very old-fashioned well there's only a few left in  the country so if you can find a wimpy restaurant  

you've actually found gold you might need some  gold as well to pay for the bill anyway right move  

on Mr Duncan we haven't got much time okay here  is something now we were talking about cameras  

earlier would you like to see my first ever camera  that I had when I was young not really at the time  

yes we have oh right okay I've planned this part  so this is my first ever camera I didn't have a  

camera before this so this is my disc camera it's  quite an expensive camera Mr Duncan over its time  

it was for the time it was very very sophisticated  but the only problem was the pictures were awful  

that It produced because the negatives as  you can see that they were very small and  

because of that when when you try to have your  photographs processed they were not exactly clear  

the resolution was was small in low so you could  only have the photographs made quite quite small  

but that that was my disc camera that I bought  many years ago I think it was in I think I bought  

it in 1982 when they just they they just come out  and they were they were they were revolutionary  

but of course as we know Kodak have been left  behind now so so they are still trying to be  

relevant in the digital age hmm fascinating  uh Lewis says that if you're in London and  

you want to eat an inexpensive meal go to  an Italian restaurant so I'm going to London  

that's where I'm going to be big deal so uh  in the big capital I haven't been there for  

probably 20 years so uh well no I know I did go  there once with the company it's anyway yeah so  

I'll go we've got to we've got a budget so  we're interested to an Italian restaurant  

uh so the Big Smoke as they call it uh let's  hope it's not too smoky when I'm there I don't  

think they call it the big smoke anymore no  because uh well it's not very smoky the mayor  

has imposed all these restrictions on cars that  can enter the city yes you can only go into London  

now if you are riding a bicycle or on roller  skates you've got to hold your breath as well  

right what else are we doing Mr Dunkey we're going  to do what else are we doing we're actually going  

oh is that it it's almost time yeah it's got  time for a quick word no I want to finish it  

no I no Steve no is the answer to that one nope we  don't have time okay because I want to spend a bit  

of time with Mr Steve he's going away for a week  and I won't see him and and well I'm being serious  

here Steve I I want to spend some time with you  that giant pigeon came along then I thought it  

was going to carry me away that picture did you  see it what on the screen yes no I was looking at  

the live chat I thought he was going to carry me  off it was like a giant pigeon It's Time to Say  

Goodbye don't forget there are new lessons coming  this week every day almost every day almost every  

day here it is again on the screen English sure Mr  Duncan's going to be very busy so keep an eye out  

for his new lessons and who knows I might even  do a live stream during the week if I get really  

really lonely I might have to come on and talk  to you and you might you might have to keep me  

company do you want me to do some filming while  I'm in London Mr Duncan not particularly because  

you can use the footy oh I see it's just all  about you isn't it not with your well I'm just  

thinking of the way you you know handle a camera  but I've got quite good camera technique Mr Duncan  

uh but yes anyway it's lovely being lovely to be  here to see you all if only briefly and uh sorry  

that we're cutting this short it's my fault yeah  so be sorry it's my fault because I'm going away  

Mr Duncan wants to spend some quality time with  me if you don't know why uh before I go I'm only  

joking anyway Steve Steve uh we've got 35 seconds  35 seconds so to all those who normally don't  

come on until I'm on you're going to be sadly  disappointed you can just watch the whole hour  

again there's a whole hour of us together talking  we haven't seen Christina today she's on a bike we  

know that well that's probably the reason why we  haven't seen her yes but normally she stops under  

a tree and watches us it's very hard to ride  a bike and use your phone at the same time yes  

time to go I haven't seen Tomic either so I  hope he's not on no well I think he's busy  

with his life everyone's busy right lovely to be  here see you all next Sunday yes you will see Mr  

Duncan very often this week but you won't see  me until next Sunday okie dokie and of course  

until the next time we meet here you know what's  coming next yes you do until the next time we meet  

and of course until the next time Mr  Steve is here in the studio with me  

you know what's coming next have a good week and

are you ready?

ta ta for now