Well I was quite prepared to believe in Eliza's enclave of good behaviour in Middlesex in the 60's till I had a bit of a think. It just can't be true that was a part of the home counties where there were "no TVs" in the 60's. I can credit she lived in a no TV household herself, but not that that was the cultural norm. Maybe in Amish teritory, but not in Middlesex. Even on Exmoor we had TVs in the 50's(to watch the coronation in 53, to be specific), never mind the 60's. I remember my uncle buying a TV in the early 60's, but he was laughing at himself for doing it so late in the day, long after everyone else had one.
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