This post is part of our Summer of Digital Love series, where we chill by the pool while chatting about our favourite hardware, magazines, websites, creative assets and digital esoteria!
Welcome to 1973!
In the year Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ album was released in the UK…
Bond’s eighth outing, ‘Live and Let Die’ released in UK cinemas…
…and we were treated to the first series of ‘That’s Life’…
…there was something even more epic casting a generational shadow across the UK media landscape…
‘Charley Says’ public information films featuring Charley the cat were broadcast to millions of viewers. They were repeated for many years and are officially lodged in the national psyche. We dusted down this compilation DVD from 2002 which includes all the ‘Charley’ films, to bring you our favourite one below…
Here’s Charley, warning us to not go off with our friends without telling our mum first…
If you think Charley’s vocal stylings are ripe for sampling, you’re right!
You can enjoy the entire series of Charley public information films at the official National Archives site:
This post is part of our Summer of Digital Love series. Watch for more as we raid our archives (and attics) and celebrate the best in past and present digital creativity!
