It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.

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• Barbara Castle:

  That was not what men and women fought for during the war.

• Barbara Castle:

  Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were

• Barbara Castle:

  There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state

• Barbara Castle:

  Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service.

• Barbara Castle:

  What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls c

• Barbara Castle:

  Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property

• Barbara Castle:

  You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.

• Barbara Cook:

  I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6

• Barbara Cook:

  On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the f

• Barbara Cook:

  I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.