53 episodes

Household tips from the 1950s – often funny, sometimes delightfully dated and dubious, occasionally even useful! Always fascinating.

Pass It On: funny, fascinating and useful retro household tips from the 1950s DC Thomson

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 15 Ratings

Household tips from the 1950s – often funny, sometimes delightfully dated and dubious, occasionally even useful! Always fascinating.

    Series One Finale

    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 from the recording of the first episode. 
    We’ve so loved having you join us! If you’ve enjoyed this odd little podcast, remember you can still buy the books it’s based on, packed with thousands of ingenious, fascinating and occasionally bonkers tips from housewives in Scotland in the 1950s and beyond. 
    Pass It On & Pass It On Cooking: https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/books/non-fiction/pass-it-on-household-cooking-tips-lpas2
    The Doc Replies: https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/books/non-fiction/the-doc-replies

    • 56 min
    Meat & Fish

    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?

    • 28 min
    Baking Pt. 2

    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 code – which gives you 20% off the Pass It On books at dcthomsonshop.co.uk just by entering ‘darning’ at checkout – to 30 June 2020. You can help us make a case for a second series by buying the books and telling your friends to listen to season one of this podcast; book sales and downloads of the podcast help us prove that our kind, interesting little experiment is loved and wanted – and isn’t that all anybody wants?

    • 28 min
    Baking Pt. 1

    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 52nd episode, we’ll be mothballing it for a little while – we think the fifties housewives would approve! We’ve extended the discount code – which gives you 20% off the Pass It On books at dcthomsonshop.co.uk just by entering ‘darning’ at checkout – to 30 June 2020.
    You can help us make a case for a second series by buying the books and telling your friends to listen to season one of this podcast; book sales and downloads of the podcast help us prove that our kind, interesting little experiment is loved and wanted – and isn’t that all anybody wants?

    • 23 min
    Keeping the kids occupied

    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 mothballing it for a little while – we think the fifties housewives would approve! We’ve extended the discount code – which gives you 20% off the Pass It On books at dcthomsonshop.co.uk just by entering ‘darning’ at checkout – to 30 June 2020. You can help us make a case for a second series by buying the books and telling your friends to listen to season one of this podcast; book sales and downloads of the podcast help us prove that our kind, interesting little experiment is loved and wanted – and isn’t that all anybody wants?

    • 21 min
    Knitting 2.0

    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 when we hit our last episode towards the end of May 2020, we’ll be mothballing it for a little while – we think the fifties housewives would approve! We’ve extended the discount code – which gives you 20% off the Pass It On books at dcthomsonshop.co.uk just by entering ‘darning’ at checkout – to 30 June 2020.
    You can help us make a case for a second series by buying the books and telling your friends to listen to season one of this podcast; book sales and downloads of the podcast help us prove that our kind, interesting little experiment is loved and wanted – and isn’t that all anybody wants?

    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
15 Ratings

15 Ratings

sendam ,

Fantastic!

I love listening to these and have actually gone right back to the beginning to hear everything! I’m enjoying hearing the historic tips and the modern thoughts on them. The humour sparkles and the show is done in such a way as to make you want to talk back to them and give your opinion or actually ‘Pass it On!’ My favourite podcast!

jacqlaird ,

Love it

Love it ! Love it ! love it !
Love the concept
Love the presenters and their banter!
Love the hints and tips from a by gone era!

BettyRetro ,

Fascinating stuff!

Really engaging and interesting hosts, a very relaxing listen for my commute.

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