1970's London | London Diversity | Life in London | A Mosque in the park | 1973
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- An extract taken from the film 'Mosque in the Park' for Thames Television - Directed and Narrated by acclaimed film Director Yavar Abbas. We look at the daily routine of Leading railwayman Mr. Siddiq who was originally from Delhi in India moved to London in 1960. He now works for British Rail at the Sudbury & Harrow Road railway station, a job that he does alone.
First shown: 05/06/1973
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He looks like a man content with life and a happy soul . Britain was pretty run down in the 70s , that station looked drab and neglected .
Sudbury and Harrow Road is now unstaffed with the station building gone I believe; there are automated customer service points instead.
Hats off to the British Asian Community! This gentleman seems to be from India or Pakistan, but wherever he is coming from, does not matter to me! he is working hard and leading an honest and peaceful life. I say present-day Pakistani's should learn from Siddiq and accept the British way of life and at the same time preserve their culture, faith, and traditions.
English People back in the 70s had a big heart! thank you ENGLAND for accepting so many from our countries.
Siddique's wage of £22 a week would be worth £276 today, about £14352 per year. Very modest.
people were happy to back then! oil price shocks and other stuff made life difficult in the West, and the three-day working week blah blah!. But people were less materialistic. They watched cricket with no smoking health fascist warning them to put off their pipes, they happily ate tikka masala, and integrated well. Good days!
Different times, different money, different expectations of life ?
What a lovely fella proud polite
Well done sir 👍🏻
He was earning approx £235.75 per week, based on his £22 per week in 1973. That's the average bus driver wage in London today. Still what a patient man.
Wonderful glimpse into the 70s . So glad you posted this !
150 passengers per shift? Fair play to him, if one person had to do the amount of work he did that be on strike.
Was it really worth keeping this station open with a meagre 150 passengers per day?
Does not make economic sense.
Bonkers!
1:42 She must've made chili last night. On a more serious note, much respect to siddiq and yavar.
4.15 (No English man would take the job), I would have happily taken the job to finish by 2pm every day. My day was 6am to 4.30pm for less pay.
I wonder how this man is doing now
Fascinating film, seems like quite a nice life to me old Siddiq had in that nice old station, regardless of what the narration says. I'd bet it was 10x better than the alternative in India.
Wonderful bit of film!
I ❤ love the intro theme music...!!! 😁👍
Its the Benny Hill show! 😉
The leftover jobs - necessary but left to newcomers for the last 60 or 70 years. We're going to have to get used to also swallowing our pride and enlisting or watch many things just go to pot in a couple of months time.
London is better now.