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Post by Miranda on Sept 15, 2021 20:58:23 GMT
Just watched the first episode and have to say it didn't really grab me the way the first 3 did. Except for Anne's will. The law changed just in time for her to protect her daughters
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Post by beverley61 on Sept 16, 2021 7:40:25 GMT
The second one was more interesting I think.
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Post by marion on Sept 16, 2021 8:53:08 GMT
Not as grabbing, I agree, but still very interesting and beautifully presented.
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Post by beverley61 on Sept 16, 2021 13:55:26 GMT
Cynical me.
Who else wondered if the son who ran away to sea was gay. He left a comfortable if boring solidly middle class life to be a waiter on a ship.
Of course being gay at sea rarely got you prosecuted and I think it may even have been an exemption at some time. I remember reading somewhere that the Merchant Seaman's Union got this exemption through as they were fully aware that a sizeable number of crew were actually gay or at least not unlikely to participate on long sea journeys and this should not be held against an otherwise heterosexual man.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 16, 2021 13:58:44 GMT
What happens onboard stays onboard?
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Post by beverley61 on Sept 16, 2021 18:01:15 GMT
Exactly.
Now that might have been a good historical angle to take.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 16, 2021 18:36:10 GMT
I'm just watching the second one now.
They seem to be a bit more disjointed than usual. What's this guy who was killed in a machine really got to do with residents of the house? There was no such thing as Health and Safety back then.
I think they couldn't find a house with interesting residents for this series. Not learning anything with this one.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 16, 2021 19:08:31 GMT
I take it back, the last part about the Quakers is interesting. I don't know much about the Boer War other than it was a very nasty one.
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Post by beverley61 on Sept 17, 2021 16:54:09 GMT
I agree. Perhaps they should just stick to the interesting bits and not pad it out with stories of other things going on.
Or do the Row of houses to flesh out the stories.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 17, 2021 16:56:19 GMT
I guess it's tricky finding a house with a long line of interesting residents. Can't be that many around.
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Post by linseed on Sept 18, 2021 5:03:24 GMT
I always wondered if they found one of the interesting residents first, then worked backwards to find what house they lived in and went from there.
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Post by marion on Sept 18, 2021 9:21:40 GMT
Cynical me. Who else wondered if the son who ran away to sea was gay. He left a comfortable if boring solidly middle class life to be a waiter on a ship. Of course being gay at sea rarely got you prosecuted and I think it may even have been an exemption at some time. I remember reading somewhere that the Merchant Seaman's Union got this exemption through as they were fully aware that a sizeable number of crew were actually gay or at least not unlikely to participate on long sea journeys and this should not be held against an otherwise heterosexual man. Wow. I had never heard of this exemption. How very interesting. |
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Post by beverley61 on Oct 7, 2024 18:15:21 GMT
A new series/show. This time looking at two houses and WW2. Mid October I think.
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Post by Miranda on Oct 7, 2024 18:32:25 GMT
That might be more interesting then.
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Post by beverley61 on Oct 7, 2024 19:42:50 GMT
It looks like one is in London and one is in Berlin. I wonder if the families are related.
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Anymore to come?
