Pass It On: funny, fascinating and useful retro household tips from the 1950s
By DC Thomson
Household tips from the 1950s – often funny, sometimes delightfully dated and dubious, occasionally even useful! Always fascinating.
Latest episode
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Series One Finale
Connie, Steve and Chris come together – in person, this time, for the first time in six months – to hear Steve’s top five tips from the Pass It On books, pick out their favourite moments from series one, and release some previously unheard footage fr… -
Meat & Fish
It’s the penultimate episode of Pass It On, but there’s no end of weird and wonderful tips from the 50s to discuss. Why, for example, would you need to know the best technique to post a chicken? -
Baking Pt. 2
It’s the second part to Steve’s baking tips extravaganza, but he’s left with egg on his face (rather than in the bowl), and Connie and Chris spend far too long thinking about eating condensed milk straight from the can. We’ve extended the discount co… -
Baking Pt. 1
Steve comes over all Mary Berry in this episode, as he shares tips from Sunday Post readers all about baking. And we discover Connie’s horror of cinnamon. We’re nearly at the end of our first year of publishing these podcasts, and when we hit our 52n… -
Keeping the kids occupied
Steve shares tips from the 50s on keeping kids occupied – and to Connie and Chris’s delight, they’re brilliant! We’re nearly at the end of our first year of publishing these podcasts, and when we hit our last episode in Spring of 2020, we’ll be mothb… -
Knitting 2.0
With lots of folks taking up knitting and other crafts at home, Steve thought it was time we took another stab – not literally – at knitting tips from the Pass It On books. We’re nearly at the end of our first year of publishing these podcasts, and w… -
Cleaning tips
Once again recording from our respective – and respectable – homes, we thought we’d dig into some cleaning tips from the 50s, since we’re all frantically swabbing every available surface. Or at least, will be after Steve’s tip about playing cards. Th… -
We’re still here!
The last time Connie, Steve and Chris were together, we promised you that the next episode would be filled with sewing tips. But then again, the last time we were all together, the world was in a very different place. And now so are we, literally; t… -
Helpful tips for working from home, with Glenn Fleishman
In this unusual episode for these unusual times, Chris is joined from Seattle by Glenn Fleishman, whose response to the current disruption has been to write and release a free book to help anyone who finds themselves working from home for the first t… -
Serendipity
In this episode, we let fate decide what tips we pick out of the Pass It On books. Well, Connie, but that’s roughly the same thing. You can follow along at home if you have a copy, and if you don’t, remember that the discount code, giving you 20% off…
