Gordon Bennet phrase derives from a real person whose exploits were widely published and provoked astonishment. Hence when you want to express amazement or incredulity, you say Gordon Bennet. It's still surprisingly used quite a lot in England.

8:14 For many years, Margaret was the most common female first name in the UK. For the past couple of years it's been in second place, after Susan. There are about half a million of each.

2:51 Eins, zwei, drei, vier, funf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn.

gordon bennet was a olden days race car driver

London air is as clean as it gets

We had the same picture of the elephant they have in our room , it was an original painted by David Shepard ,as my dad knew him in africa , will have been worth a lot if we keep it

The phrase isn't Gordon Bennett it is Gawd "n" bennett, there is not and never was anyone called Gordon Bennett. A very long time ago people in times of fear or crisis used to utter the words "may god and saint Benedict preserve us"

@andrewq159

2 ай бұрын

It's named after James Gordon Bennett.

@captain007x

2 ай бұрын

There is a car racing route named after Gordon Bennett in Ireland.

Gordon Bennet was an Earley builder & Driver of Racing Cars some of the early races in Northern Ireland (Ulster) & Brooklands the first purpouse built motor Racing Track near Byfleet Surrey.

@strongbow310

3 күн бұрын

It's still there brooklands

3:57 You must've noticed that the elderly are greatly under-represented in London's demographics. A high proportion of elderly residents move away from cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leicester, Bradford etc., primarily moving to the coast. They're a major part of the white flight, moving away from cities they've lived in all their lives, but no longer feel comfortable in. Often, all the people they've known have already moved away &/or died, so they have no reason to stay where they have little in common with their new neighbours.

@dannyboyo82

Ай бұрын

SHUSH RACIST

Our generation invented the internet....

After a slow-burner in S1 and S2, this is where it finally got going. The BBC wanted to cancel the show after both S1 and S2 respectively but S3 was where it finally came into it’s own. The Christmas special would be a sad moment in hindsight. If you get to S4, you’ll see why.

My grandad was similar to grandad he served in the navy and had so many stories the trotters are like many families

I always assumed "Gordon Bennett!" Was a more polite way of saying Gaw Blimey which came from the ancient "God Blind Me!" Usually as a false testament to some.lie you'd told, "God Blind me if what I say is not true!" I DO remember that int the early days of motoring there was a race called The Gordon Bennett Cup.

There's a severe housing shortage; councils won't re-house someone simply due to their age.

@mikehunt8823

2 ай бұрын

In the late 1970’s my aunt and uncle were allocated a 3 bedroom house when they got married, before they had any kids, not for free they paid a fair rent for it. At least half of the houses on the estate are now occupied by foreigners, many private rented at three times council rent, many paid for by housing benefit. Immigration, the gift that never starts giving.

@RobertTaylor-gz2fu

2 ай бұрын

@@mikehunt8823 Was anyone else living with them at the time they received it? Was she pregnant at the time?

@mikehunt8823

2 ай бұрын

@@RobertTaylor-gz2fu no , such a different era then housing was affordable , my mum and dad bought there first house in 1981 , he told me he was looking at 3, one was an old terrace house that had no heating or inside plumbing, the second was bigger and detached, bomb damaged from the war he would have got a grant to fix it up, both of them were about 1.5 times his annual earnings as a plasterer, he went for a newer 3 bed cost him about 2 years wages but less work, them terrace houses are going for £650,000 now, landlords are charging £1000 a month for a room in a shitty house, so depressing. Our estate was built by my grandad and his friend when they got home from the war, beautiful housing with decent size gardens, they put modern estates to shame, it feels like we are going backwards.

@RobertTaylor-gz2fu

2 ай бұрын

@@mikehunt8823 In the early 80s, a house had WW2 bomb damage?! Why had no-one repaired it during the preceding 35 y or so?

@mikehunt8823

2 ай бұрын

@@RobertTaylor-gz2fu yea , I was surprised about that too there were derelict bomb damaged houses for sale cheap , and like I said there was some sort of grant system in place to help with renovation, the houses in that road are up to £750,000 now, their was that much housing available that it wasn’t worth people time to do them up, like I said different times

Good morning Megan, how are you? You're at Season 3 of Only Fools & Horses here. Good job! I loved hearing so many laughs during this episode & have a beautiful weekend! ❤️

@MeganRuth

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Falcom! Have a great weekend 😊

😊😊😊😊😊 ,Great clip Megan old and gold ,Gordon Bennett created/ instituted a medal for bravery for The Fire Department of New York ,Gordon Bennett became an expression of surprise ,shock etc initially by firemen ,❤❤.

@MeganRuth

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for the explanation! :)

Even though they were cheating the system, Grandad shouldnt be living in a high rise, Del boy nearly sorted it and himself in the process with the council lady, welcome to Thatchers Britain, Brilliant series, working class, family came first, hooky but decent, working class kids could do worse today follwing Del boy, great show with real heart, family and friends, love it

@RobertTaylor-gz2fu

2 ай бұрын

Many elderly people live in high-rises. Councils won't rehouse them simply due to their age.

Grand dad was brilliant. ❤❤❤❤

there's nothing wrong with the air quality in london, opens the lungs up a treat.

@RobertTaylor-gz2fu

2 ай бұрын

I assume you're joking.

Finally you're back. Also what happened to the other KZreadrs who react to OFAH? Strange 🙀 you all went away 😮

@arsenewenger49

2 ай бұрын

Probably got tired of you leaving spoilers 😂

@RobertTaylor-gz2fu

2 ай бұрын

Many reactors have had their reactions pulled for being copyvios.

Megan, we weren't using stone tablets and carrier pigeons to get our news before the Internet. There were newspapers and the tv :)

I heard that Gorden Bennet was some guy who used to enter restaurants and rip all the table cloths off the tables while people were eating their meals - so I think it's like saying "Oh no! - Here comes Gorden Bennet, trouble maker!" I'm sure someone will have the full story but that's all I can recall. Perhaps they should change it to "Gorden Ramsay!" - he has is own way of causing havoc. (EDIT - Looks like this may be wrong - I may have only heard half the answer from Stephen Fry on QI - Googling it turned up some other explanation I coudn;t be bothered reading because it kept popping up with adverts etc - some famous general is all I could glean - I like the table cloth ripping maniac story so I'm sticking with that for now lol!)

@MeganRuth

2 ай бұрын

😂 To be fair your Gordon Ramsay idea isn't half bad! He definitely rips table cloths off tables 😆

As far as I know it's another way of saying God Almighty. Being 65+ my memory is suspect now. . Leg touching is an insault

I regret to inform you that you can't count to ten in German.

@RobertTaylor-gz2fu

2 ай бұрын

Just 1-8.

It would be nice to hear the whole clip. Can't laugh at what you can't hear.

Am I the only one who liked the Boycie spinoff better than this?

@RobertTaylor-gz2fu

2 ай бұрын

I found that lame due to the lack of the other OFAH characters. The comedy involving Boycie relies heavily on the contrast between him & Del, Rodney etc. In The Green Green Grass, he's surrounded by characters who aren't entertaining.

@FloridaMugwump

2 ай бұрын

@@RobertTaylor-gz2fu Cockneys in Shropshire? I think it reflects the writer. He probably moved there. I find ofah too gilliganesque. Like this episode, they almost succeeded, but ultimately fail. And they constantly back stab each other to prevent the other from success. Boycie, on the other hand, is a winner. And the country cast is hilarious.

@Angel-jh4ok

Ай бұрын

You probably are the only one

@FloridaMugwump

Ай бұрын

@@Angel-jh4ok No, my friend Dave agrees. Boycie is the best. The best episode of OFAH is the Christmas episode in Florida. Boycie to the rescue!