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1965: A Flatshare in London | Man Alive | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive
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27:13Now Playing"4th Girl wanted, 28-ish, to share new centrally-heated Bayswater flat."
For many bachelor girls working in a big city like London, there is probably only one answer to the high rents - to share a flat with other girls. Every day hundreds of girls scan the advertisements for a flat to share.
Man Alive meets a typical group of London housemates: Anne, 26, Hermione, 27, Susan 25 and Pat, 30. Pat is leaving the flat to get married, so the three remaining women need to find a suitable replacement. Enter fashion buyer Pauline, 21 - how will she find moving in with a group of strangers?
Clip taken from Man Alive: Fourth Girl Wanted, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 25 November, 1965.
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