Archers thread #154: Cider with Fat Rosie, Meadow Rise to Candleford or The Darling Horrobins of September? Get your rural saga fix – Discuss The Archers here!

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

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

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. Most of us are posting tongue in cheek a lot of the time, so don't worry about revealing that you'd be euphoric about getting a job in an abattoir, or other unusual views.

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 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/radio_addicts/4888492-the-archers-spoilers-thread-8-cant-wait-for-702pm-join-us-here, where spoilers are positively welcomed!

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.)

Thanks for the thread title suggestions. @HumanWetWipe came up with Cider with Fat Rosie and @BeardieWeirdie thought up Meadow Rise to Candleford. I wish I could have put in the Line of Duty mashups from the end of the last thread. Another time.

Heading for a ferry shortly, so nothing more from me for now. Over to you!

Christmas/New Year, I think, rather than Halloween.

I’m not one for book-burning as a rule, but recent episodes have made me inclined to hoy any copies of the bucolic dross in question into the nearest furnace and to paint rude slogans the length and breadth of Juniper Hill. Enough already.

I thought the reading was entertaining: people who can act and therefore read aloud, acting the part of amateurs.

Like Les Dawson playing the piano badly:

I have said more than once how sick I am of hearing about LRTC but actually it sounded quite sweet this evening - and really the only reason they’re doing this afternoon play thing is to entertain us. (The people of Ambridge)

Do you live in a village, though?
Even though I used to live in an old mining village (pit long closed), surrounded by countryside, there was definitely a sense of community, based round community buildings - church halls, community centre at one time, and in my area, Working Mens Clubs, and even a tiny leisure centre. Also around the allotments.

In a village, many people have very little disposable income, so local people make their own entertainment, and I can quite believe Chelsea has won so many people round, especially as she was doing it for the (now) much-loved Jim, who serves in the village shop every week as a volunteer. Also, it suits those who would never go to the Bull, but would like to socialise. Beats staring at Netflix...

Well it seems Susan has disposable income to afford horse riding lessons. It must of cost a bit.
Im also sorry the thread was taken down I would have loved to have read it, there are a lot of threads that are so ridiculous you just know they are fake its a shame the fun was spoilt.
They can stick the sunday Lark Rise To Bordomford as far as Im concerned I wont be listerning.

Oh wow, I’ve missed all of the fun..

Hope you’re doing OK @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

I also clocked the mention of a glowing Pip and assumed that was a pregnancy clue. Ugh.

The Lark Rise stuff is just so odd. I find it hard to believe they’d do it once, let alone twice to help the Harvest Supper.
I live in a very rural, very similar to how I’d imagine Ambridge type of place and cannot for a second imagine getting enough people to volunteer to read something like this aloud for a resident, however popular they may be.

I will have to listen to the omnibus with extra care because I clearly missed the bit that told us where Hannah is now living.

(Did I hear the end of a conversation between Jazzer and Neil about it? Not sure.)

Your thread title grows in magnificence, @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g !

I thought the reading was entertaining: people who can act and therefore read aloud, acting the part of amateurs.

agree, @echt - although i didn't listen (I'm on a break from TA) i thought the same when they did the passion play.

(<off topic> are you another German TA fan? </off topic>)

Quite like you've described: I now live in London but I've previously lived in a pit village in the northeast (and my extended family, including grandparents, are farmers), and I was teaching there so met families from most of the surrounding area. This was in the 2000s, moved away in 2011. Unlike you, I didn't find any real sense of community. There was a working men's club, but it was quite definitely for working class men only (despite legal changes, the atmosphere hadn't changed), with the very occasional 'bring the wife along' type event. There was one pub, but it was for drinking only, no community events. It had some sort of machine/darts board in the corner. And the shop was a chain supermarket, not locally run. There was a bus service to the nearest town, but it stopped running at 7pm so no chance to go out for the evening. No bus service between villages, only into town and back. The parish church had a tiny attendance and no hall.

People just learned to drive as soon as they could, and got out, or took taxis. Or hung around doing nothing. There were no village events. When I had a baby, all the parents' meet ups were in other villages, and exclusively used by non-locals.

Unless they were all having secret read alongs and not inviting me!

Totters they did mention Hannah - she’s staying at a friend’s (named) but I didn’t make a note of who I’m afraid.

Jodie’s sofa is what I heard.

Ah, thanks! Definitely missed that.

But ‘fellow employee’s sofa’ is hardly a satisfactory outcome, is it? Poor Hannah …

I don’t understand why jazzer doesn’t want to ask Jim if he would let Hannah stay?

I've got vague memories of Phil teaching at least Pip to play the piano. Am I imagining it?

Are they going to talk about LtC all of next week too?!? I see it’s a two-parter. I will obviously be boycotting too. I never listen to these spin-offs.

I really hope not!

I suppose they wanted to highlight the difference between panicky Susan at the beginning and Susan getting somewhere at the end. To non-horsey types like me, not falling off while horse plods around doesn’t really do it.

Just LA and you’re right they do say she’s on Jodie’s couch. Neil then worried that she’ll leave Berrow. Jazzer said he’d thought about talking to Jim and Alistair about her but “mebbe Hannah wouldn’t be such a good match for Greenacres”.

I don’t understand why jazzer is making that judgement? Jim and alastair know Hannah enough to be able to say to him ‘no, I don’t think that will work’. By her not going to the obvious room it suggests they have another plan for her

I agree

No, I remember that too. Phil played the organ at the church, didn’t he? I may be mixing them up but I even have a vague recollection of the young Pipster playing the organ as well.

I think you’re right Ambridge

Wasn't there even vague talk of an organ scholarship at the Cathedral School? And a decision that it was too much pressure and Pop actually wasn't very interested and only played to please her grandad? Or am I mixing that up with a real life recollection from somewhere??

This was mentioned and whoever it was (probably Jazzer and quite rightly, I think) said that Hannah wouldn’t fit in there.