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‘I'm Backing Britain’ campaign, 1968

Harold Wilson prompts the ‘I'm Backing Britain’ campaign in the follow up to devaluation. A group of Surbiton secretaries work an extra half an hour a day for free and many thousands follow despite great opposition from trade unions. Office workers in Surbiton seen returning to work half an hour early on New Years Day, secretaries interviewed on their support, telegram from HRH Prince Philip, Office manager interviewed, manual wokers interviewed.
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My mum
anonymous | 25/01/2011 22:11:35
My mum Winifred Young was the shop steward at the end of the film being interviewed She sadly passed away in 2008
I'm backing Britain
anonymous | 07/05/2010 18:06:39
It seems so funny now as I was working at the time at Colt Ventilation and Heating in Surbiton where it all took off, and our department were responsible for the advertising sending out the stickers etc. The firm did very well because of it and we earned a bonus for the increase in profits. The clock by the way on the front of the building was manually put back half an hour to 8.30 I know because I arrived as usual at 9 oclock where the television cameras were waiting to film us. Am I cynical? yes I was a 17 year old who was caught up in it all and it was amazing meeting Harold Wilson who came to visit, and I will always remember it.