How We Used to Live was a long-running British educational history television series, produced for most of its run by Yorkshire Television. The series, encompassing drama and documentary, remained in sporadic production from 1968 to 2002, airing on ITV and Channel 4.
Written by Freda Kelsall, the series traced the lives and fortunes of various fictional Yorkshire families from the Victorian era until the early 1970s, in and around the fictional town of Bradley, using self-contained short dramas interspersed with archive footage.
{ | class="infobox" style="width: 20em;" | style="text-align: center; background: #dfdfef; font-size: 90%;" | How We Used to Live EpisodesSeries 1: Late Victorians Original air date: autumn 1968, spring 1969 & summer 1969 (the final three episodes added to the series in spring & summer 1973) |- | style="font-size: 90%;" align="left" | The Big House The Small House House in the Middle The Parlour The Bedroom Kitchen What's Cooking? Spick and Span Lighting the Lamp Festive Season Keeping Warm Keeping in Touch Evenings at Home When We Were Ill Shopping Growing Up at Home Going to School On the Road Travelling by Train Sunday - the Day of Rest In the Country In the Garden Sport Clothes and Occasions At the Seaside Summing Up In the Street Children and the Law On the Farm |}
{ | class="infobox" style="width: 20em;" | style="text-align: center; background: #dfdfef; font-size: 90%;" | How We Used to Live EpisodesSeries 2: 1908–1945 Original air date: autumn 1975 & spring 1976 |- | style="font-size: 90%;" align="left" | 1908: Moving Day 1908: Hard at Work 1909: Still at School 1909: A Home for Grandma 1910: An Evening Out 1910: Jane's First Job 1911: A Day in the Country 1913: Vote for Mum 1915: Going for a Soldier 1917-18: Armistice 1925: On the Air 1926: On Strike 1928: On the Mains 1931: On the Dole 1932: All at Sea 1939: Blackout 1940: Invasion 1940: Blitz 1943: In Short Supply 1945: Victory |}
{ | class="infobox" style="width: 20em;" | style="text-align: center; background: #dfdfef; font-size: 90%;" | How We Used to Live EpisodesSeries 3: 1874–1887 Original air date: autumn 1978 & spring 1979 |- | style="font-size: 90%;" align="left" | 1874: New Arrivals 1874: Too Old for Nanny 1875: Too Young for the Mill 1876: Never too late to Learn 1876: Daily Round 1877: Evening Hours 1878: The Pledge 1879: Mud Lane 1880: Polling Day 1880: Christmas 1881: Remember the Sabbath 1882: On the Parish 1882: The Spa 1883: Fit for a Lady 1884: Ideas Unlimited 1885: Let the Punishment fit the Crime 1885: Green and Pleasant Land 1886: God Bless the Squire 1887: Proposals 1887: Wedding Bells |}
{ | class="infobox" style="width: 20em;" | style="text-align: center; background: #dfdfef; font-size: 90%;" | How We Used to Live EpisodesSeries 4: 1936–1953 Original air date: autumn 1981 & spring 1982 |- | style="font-size: 90%;" align="left" |
1936: Head of the Family
1937: Counting the Cost
1938: Holiday With Pay
1939: Hospital Case
1939: Goodnight Children Everywhere
1940: Home from Home
1942: Stars and Stripes
1943: Make Do and Mend
1943: Take a Man's Place
1944: Peace on Earth
1945: Let us Face the Future
1946: Full Supporting Programme
1947: Cold Comfort
1947: A New Look
1948: Full Steam Ahead
1948: On the National Health
1949: On the Move
1951: A Tonic for the Nation
1952: We Have Travelled a Hard Road
1953: Your Undoubted Queen
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{ | class="infobox" style="width: 20em;" | style="text-align: center; background: #dfdfef; font-size: 90%;" | How We Used to Live EpisodesSeries 5: 1902–1926 Original air date: autumn 1984 & spring 1985 |- | style="font-size: 90%;" align="left" | 1902: Home from the War 1903: Chapel on Sunday 1905: Bank Holiday 1906: Vote for Change 1909: The People's Budget 1910: Out of Work 1911: In the Country 1912: The Children's Charter 1913: The Right to Vote 1914: Over by Christmas 1916: Called Up 1917: The Right to Serve 1918: The Need to Share 1919: Epidemic 1920: Hill Climb 1921: Roof Fall 1922: The Electric Light 1924: The Cat's Whisker 1925: The Roaring Twenties 1926: The General Strike |}
