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Offline Lydart

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« on: Sunday 18 November 07 22:17 GMT (UK) »
I've just watched the first instalment of this ... delightful !

And for those with ancestors in 1842, I'm sure the BBC has got it very authentic.   The clothing, the life-style, the manners and social sensibilities ...



It was filmed in Laycock ... on the Cotswolds !  Well worth a visit ... I stopped there by accident one day, on the way to somewhere else, and was enchanted.

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Re: Cranford BBC1
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 18 November 07 22:19 GMT (UK) »
I have to agree Lydart, it was delightful  ;D

and such a pleasant change from the usual stuff on the TV, cookery, gameshows or reality celebrity rubbish :D :D :D :D

Imagine how horrifying it must have been though to witness the new medical procedure that to us it so commonplace!  They must have thought it was black magic or something.

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Re: Cranford BBC1
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 18 November 07 22:32 GMT (UK) »

Great show, excellent cast;  really enjoyed the first episode, especially the unexpected caller in the evening when an extra candle was lit and more coal on the fire!

As for ladies and funerals; when I first visited Yorkshire in the mid 1960s funeral notices would often state "gentlemen only".   As a Londoner I found this very strange.

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Re: Cranford BBC1
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 18 November 07 22:46 GMT (UK) »


Fantasic series, great cast, but can someone please tell me the actor who played the doctor (not the young one) and where have we seen him before.
My husband and I have been trying all evening to place him.
I'm sure someone will beable to tell me

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Re: Cranford BBC1
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 18 November 07 22:54 GMT (UK) »
The "older" doctor was in Coronation Street one of the Landlords... later found dead in a derelict house! Trying to think of his name.

I enjoyed the first episode. I had a special reason for watching as OHs ggrandfather was a doctor born 1825, studied in Dublin and came over from Ireland in 1850 to work in London.  I have his journal in which he wrote about the illnesses and some of the surgical procedures he did.  I thought the Beeb did it well, though I do get distracted when they have big named actors/actresses playing the parts.
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Re: Cranford BBC1
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 18 November 07 23:01 GMT (UK) »


jc26red

Cheers, knew I'd get the answer from a Rootchatter.
It's so annoying when you spend the whole hour trying to place actors. Look forward to next weeks episode.

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Re: Cranford BBC1
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 18 November 07 23:10 GMT (UK) »
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday 18 November 07 23:21 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Cranford BBC1
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 18 November 07 23:24 GMT (UK) »
We did the book in school (many moons ago!). I absolutely hated it!
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