TV: Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home

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Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb explores the time when British people embraced modern design for the first time after years of austerity and self-denial. The look and feel of the postwar 1950s home - a 'modern' world of moulded plywood furniture, fibreglass, plastics and po lyester - had its roots in the innovative materials discovered during World War II.

Repeated Tomorrow (Thurs) 03:00 and Sat 28 May 2016 20:00, and on the inter net player thingmy.

I don't want to spoil the programme, but several subjects dear to our heart s, including chemistry sets and Practical Householder, feature.

Owain

[polygonum]

Just coming up more recently is the impact of bromine fire retardants on human health - for example, the thyroid.

[harry]

me when British people embraced modern design for the first time after year s of austerity and self-denial. The look and feel of the postwar 1950s home - a 'modern' world of moulded plywood furniture, fibreglass, plastics and polyester - had its roots in the innovative materials discovered during Wor ld War II.

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rts, including chemistry sets and Practical Householder, feature.

Yes, watched it. Spoilt by the Twittering Bimbos.

[Lee]

Indeed. The previous incarnations of the program,like the Victorian one with the arsenic wallpaper was relatively interesting so I was hoping this one would be. Nope :(

[Andy Burns]

This week victorian houses with killer staircases, bathrooms, laundries and chemicals

[spuorgelgoog]

It said 'new' but I'm sure I've seen killer staircases, borax in milk, and gas baths before. Or maybe that was Killers Still Present in the Edwardian Home.

Owain

[tabbypurr]

d gas baths before. Or maybe that was Killers Still Present in the Edwardia n Home.

Borax is less toxic than table salt. Killers included arsenic pigmented pai nt & wallpaper, backboiler systems with no safety pressure vent, town gas l ighting with very high CO content, asbestos, tainted foods. Unregulated fac tory machinery also took many lives, and a fair bit of production machinery was used in homes then. Trains also killed many.

I don't know what the impact was of collapsing houses, traction engines etc .

NT