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Archers thread #145: The glue that held the Aldridges together is gone. Will they fall apart? Discuss The Archers here.

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 29/01/2023 22:36

Thank you, @PseudoBadger, for kicking off this long, long series of Archers threads.

Archers All views on The Archers welcome here! New blood welcomed, and of course we are always delighted to welcome back former or occasional listeners/posters. We don't all agree on all points, although we do mostly try to be civil about it.

Archers Spoilers: not on this thread, please! We don't wait for the omnibus to discuss the weeknight episodes, but we do try our best to avoid cross-contamination from www.mumsnet.com/talk/radio_addicts/4636789-the-archers-spoilers-thread-7-cant-wait-for-702pm-join-us-here, where spoilers are positively welcomed!

Archers For newer listeners, lurkers or those who just have no idea what we're talking about, @DadDadDad has created this useful thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/3557323-For-Archers-fans-a-guide-to-acronyms-on-the-long-running-discussion-threads-and-any-other-meta-thread-questions-you-may-have - BOOP point for him! (See thread for explanation.)

Lillian and I both made the glue observation, so I thought that would be as good a way as any to kick off this new thread. We raced through the last one, for obvious reasons. This one may last until the funeral. Will Tamsin Greig find time to attend? I do hope so.

The poem Jennifer quoted in her journal is here: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43775/rabbi-ben-ezra It's doubtful whether the last of Jennifer's life was the best, but she had plenty to contend with all the way through.

Over to you!

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Fink · 20/02/2023 22:26

Yes, I thought the ending was supposed to leave us hanging as to whether Helen is suggesting moving all of them to the US or telling Lee to go alone. It sounded more like the latter (since she mentioned how easily he would be able to get a job there, unlike a niche, albeit award-winning, cheesemaker), but I think there was a deliberate amiguity.

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Xol · 20/02/2023 23:19

Iloveabaconbutty · 20/02/2023 17:00

@NeverApologiseNeverExplain I agree totally! If Tamsin Greig is not available then for heaven's sake this is one character who needs another actor to assume the mantle. We've got used to various replacements over the years for some quite major characters eg Clarrie, Tony, Tom and I'm sure we'd get used to a "new Debbie" in time. We're now beginning to verge into "totally unrealistic" territory.

As for the funeral.... Sometimes there is a little delay, dependent upon where a family lives but in my experience the whole thing can be arranged and take place within two weeks. Why is it being dragged out for so long with poor old Jenny presumably lying in a mortuary somewhere? Or maybe in a chapel of rest? We just don't know (unless I've missed something?) And if she is in a chapel of rest why has the usual question of perhaps going to see her (far too late now) not been raised? That itself could have created an interesting and realistic storyline of human emotion. I just don't know where the SWs are on this one regarding what happens in "the real world".

And where is Alan? Although Brian wasn't a church attender Jenny certainly was and in real life he'd be taking a pastoral interest for sure.

When my mother died a couple of years ago, it was just over a month till we could have a funeral, and no-one suggested we could go and view her - I suppose we could have made arrangements if we wanted to, but having been there when she died we didn't. I believe this is always a pretty busy time of year for undertakers.

Given that they only have 13 minutes a day and other storylines are going on, I don't really see that they need to give time to every single aspect of what follows a death.

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