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Jan 31st 2008, 12:16 pm

Hutch

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BBC: 10 pound poms - 50 years on ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7217889.stm

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Jan 31st 2008, 12:23 pm

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Re: BBC: 10 pound poms - 50 years on ...

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Originally Posted by Hutch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7217889.stm

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From reading the write-up, it's the same program that was shown on the ABC a couple of months back - it was an australian production narrated by John Waters. It was well worth watching, anyway.

Jan 31st 2008, 12:42 pm

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Re: BBC: 10 pound poms - 50 years on ...

I saw that programme. Very good and some people did very well for themselves out there. 10 pound what an opportunity.

Jan 31st 2008, 1:00 pm

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Re: BBC: 10 pound poms - 50 years on ...

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Originally Posted by tipp1974

I saw that programme. Very good and some people did very well for themselves out there. 10 pound what an opportunity.

I like the phrase ....
Like many others they were seduced by government propaganda films in glorious technicolour, which sold the dream of a modern British way of life in the sun.
Sounds rather similar to New Live Downunder/in the Sun/in Pardiase etc......