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  • čas přidán 13. 02. 2023
  • "Not all, by any means are oddballs or leftovers..."
    Tired of looking for love? Find romance at the marriage bureau - your very own local matchmaking service. Prospective suitors supplied, marriage not guaranteed.
    Trevor Philpott reports on marriage bureaux - professional matchmaking services for those hoping to meet someone and tie the knot. What kind of people visit a marriage bureau, and what are they looking for in a prospective partner?
    Originally broadcast 19 January, 1966.
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Komentáře • 79

  • @hilaryepstein6013
    @hilaryepstein6013 Před rokem +29

    What a sad little film (but another gem from BBC Archive). Who said the 60s were Swinging - not for everybody obviously.

    • @murakami99
      @murakami99 Před rokem +5

      It’s not “sad”; it’s poignant!

  • @heinkle1
    @heinkle1 Před rokem +36

    “Mr Castling is in his mid-30s”?! Easily looks 45-50.

    • @tempkinvient
      @tempkinvient Před rokem +4

      Smokerrrrrr

    • @hamsterclamper
      @hamsterclamper Před rokem +4

      I was just about to make the same comment. Why did people look so old back in the day?😂

    • @roddymcniven8734
      @roddymcniven8734 Před rokem

      @@tempkinvientalky, junkie, vegan

    • @vanessahawarden9028
      @vanessahawarden9028 Před rokem +2

      60’s I’d say!!!!😮😮

    • @northernsnow6982
      @northernsnow6982 Před rokem +6

      You only think that because it's a black and white photo, he has a strong face, and he has that hairstyle.
      He doesn't have grey hair, or any wrinkles around the eyes. His skin is actually young and healthy looking. All that while not looking like a kid, definitely puts him in his mid 30s.

  • @Greenwillow
    @Greenwillow Před rokem +25

    You can’t just show us this and not tell us who she ended up with and did she get married😂😉

  • @user-wb4cl7wm7n
    @user-wb4cl7wm7n Před 2 dny

    Mrs. Evan’s body language says everything.

  • @Kenny_P_abz
    @Kenny_P_abz Před rokem +10

    Shades of “Carry on loving” here.

  • @ktsmells
    @ktsmells Před rokem +15

    And now being single in your 30s is relatively normal.

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 Před rokem +2

      Great

    • @tolga9388
      @tolga9388 Před rokem +2

      Which is normal. Or not getting married as well. Thank god it’s not 60s anymore.

  • @fidelcatsro6948
    @fidelcatsro6948 Před rokem +6

    Maryn should be 80 this year!

  • @andydixon2980
    @andydixon2980 Před rokem +4

    That poor fella looked more like 55 than 35.

  • @veronicao4643
    @veronicao4643 Před 10 měsíci +2

    My Chinese coworker, who was worried that I wasn’t married at 27, asked if there was a marriage bureau in Canada, like there is China.

  • @the_lichemaster
    @the_lichemaster Před rokem +3

    Mr Casling looks in his 50s rather than 30s

  • @iamaliveyoucantstopnow
    @iamaliveyoucantstopnow Před 4 měsíci +2

    The 60s version of dating apps.

  • @meowstermeow2967
    @meowstermeow2967 Před rokem +7

    Most worked in the mines as kids and were in their 50's by the time they reached 30 hence the "old look"

  • @FenceThis
    @FenceThis Před rokem +4

    back when over six ft was “very tall”..

  • @GhastlyCretin
    @GhastlyCretin Před rokem +14

    Being over 6 foot tall was a bad trait back in the day?

    • @mattsan70
      @mattsan70 Před rokem +10

      yes as it meant you had to get a longer bed - not cheap

    • @LanceReardon
      @LanceReardon Před rokem +8

      @@mattsan70 Trousers too!
      As a tall gentleman standing well over 188 cm (0.0018288 Km) I can attest to locating and procuring longish cloth-based 'leg-tubes' quite an arduous task!

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan Před rokem

      For a woman, yes.

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 Před rokem +1

      Wow, bizarrely closed minded

  • @detectingadventuresscotlan6177

    Mid 30s everyone looked older bk then
    Lol

    • @mattsan70
      @mattsan70 Před rokem +8

      That's because the years were shorter back then - when we went metric in 1971 then lengthened them out to EU standards.

    • @detectingadventuresscotlan6177
      @detectingadventuresscotlan6177 Před rokem +3

      @@mattsan70 aye ok lol. Hard life aged the skin I suppose

    • @spidyman8853
      @spidyman8853 Před 4 měsíci +1

      WW2 makes u age

  • @hamsterclamper
    @hamsterclamper Před rokem +11

    Why does the dating agency boss wear a hat in her own office?

    • @stephenspence1192
      @stephenspence1192 Před rokem +5

      Possibly because she was being filmed.

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan Před rokem +4

      Leaky ceiling?

    • @murakami99
      @murakami99 Před rokem +1

      Exactly what I wondered!

    • @murakami99
      @murakami99 Před rokem +2

      I’m guessing she was proud that she was being filmed by the BBC, and there was no way she wasn’t going to wear it! She may even have bought it specially. Touching, anyway!

    • @bobjames6622
      @bobjames6622 Před 18 dny

      Cos she was actually bald. And NOBODY trusts a baldy....specially a female baldy.

  • @js2749
    @js2749 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This planet really is Hell

  • @murakami99
    @murakami99 Před rokem +3

    Why does that marriage bureau woman keep her hat on while she’s working?

    • @shantelfox5742
      @shantelfox5742 Před rokem +1

      She hides a bird in it

    • @murakami99
      @murakami99 Před rokem +1

      @@shantelfox5742 Or a round of cucumber sandwiches and a Thermos of tomato soup for her lunch.

    • @bobjames6622
      @bobjames6622 Před 18 dny

      Cos the old bird is bald as a coot.

  • @nellyfett2681
    @nellyfett2681 Před rokem +4

    Thank god my limp and twitchy eye won't affect my chances! Haha

  • @zaftra
    @zaftra Před rokem +8

    wonder who she settled with and are they still together.

    • @mattsan70
      @mattsan70 Před rokem +7

      Last I heard she is still looking. On fella 1387 now

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan Před rokem +3

      Gave up on men and became a lesbian.

    • @zaftra
      @zaftra Před rokem +2

      @@AtheistOrphan she went trendy then

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 Před rokem +1

      shes 80 this year if shes still around..

  • @celestialteapot309
    @celestialteapot309 Před rokem +3

    I'm looking for someone with a limp and a twitch in one eye

    • @bobjames6622
      @bobjames6622 Před 18 dny

      Oooohhh, arrrrr! Long John Silver 'ere, ooohhh arrrr, missus!

  • @user_user1337
    @user_user1337 Před rokem

    lol, class.

  • @benkasminbullock
    @benkasminbullock Před rokem +6

    What happened to Marine after this programme?

    • @LanceReardon
      @LanceReardon Před rokem +9

      I like to imagine that she joined the Navy after feeling terribly disillusioned by the 'hunt' of finding a so-called 'husband.' She later successfully transferred to The Royal Marines (Commandos) where she rose to the rank of Second-Lieutenant (Ensign.)
      Her search for a man-partner continues...

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan Před rokem +3

      Went on the game.

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 Před rokem +3

      i hope shes alive and well at 80 this year with 12 grand kids, and 5 cats in the backyard

  • @betsyrocks
    @betsyrocks Před rokem +4

    Nowadays, all you have to do to find love is to swipe right. Only takes a second.

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan Před rokem +1

      It only takes a minute girl (to fall in love)

  • @petergivenbless900
    @petergivenbless900 Před rokem

    Is this where Lanthimos got the idea for 'The Lobster', I wonder?🦐🤔

  • @ricardobardales8137
    @ricardobardales8137 Před rokem +2

    How the times have changed, now a woman over 30 is seen as relatively not old enough to get married.Besides,it seems to me that in current days the average of girls do not plan ahead to get married and get married because they have a child equally without a previous planification.

    • @vapeking466
      @vapeking466 Před 7 měsíci

      I believe times were better when women married young and were virgins. Married couples often stayed married until death but nowadays it seems we have flipped it to the reverse which is currently collapsing society and the population unfortunately. God help us as we seem to be growing farther away from each other with all the tech. 🙏 This is all by design of the elites. They want population reduction in a big way.

  • @TeezoDouble
    @TeezoDouble Před 6 měsíci +1

    AI replaced her job.

  • @whiteonggoy7009
    @whiteonggoy7009 Před rokem

    Sounds just like me.

  • @shantelfox5742
    @shantelfox5742 Před rokem +3

    Mid 30s my ass... more like mid 50s

  • @sassy_brit1975
    @sassy_brit1975 Před rokem +7

    All very well spoken & dressed impecably 🥰 not a single hoodie, tracksuit in sight and none of this awful blood fam talk either...Much better times back then for a few reasons ❤🇬🇧

    • @MrxxVENUSxx
      @MrxxVENUSxx Před rokem

      Shut up boomer

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 Před rokem

      You're racist

    • @zordorfe
      @zordorfe Před rokem +4

      Its not exactly better, things have just changed. The pressure on single people in their 20s/30s was definitely not good

    • @spidyman8853
      @spidyman8853 Před 4 měsíci +1

      It was a simpler times, none of this rush rush that we come too learn. Also, people seemed polite and perhaps naïve compared to today who are pretty much clued on, though politeness and decorum appear to be thrown out. We've become an Amercanised society.

  • @ctcurry1777
    @ctcurry1777 Před rokem

    Nowadays people who use dating apps are very sad or gullible and young. The rest it's all about sex.

  • @johnathandaviddunster38
    @johnathandaviddunster38 Před 4 měsíci

    Where's dem white women at ❤❤❤???