Archers thread #201: Tempting fête in Ambridge? Free entry to 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 love to administer Bert's mucus medicine, 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/5538836-the-archers-spoilers-thread-12-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.)

There's a fair amount of stuff going on at the moment but I don't feel inspired to say anything more about any of it for now. Over to you - I hope you all have more enthusiasm than I do!

This was the early 70s but by the end of the 70s there were big changes.
Lots of girls got pregnant on purpose to get a council flat in the late 70s early 80s so times had changed a lot.
It was the only way you could get a council place.
I got married in 1977 and the council said we had to get married to get a council house. So we did.

Free entry - and I still manage to arrive late?

Thank you, @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g!

It possibly depends on whether you left home or not. I was in S.W. London from the age of 18 in 1969, but my parents weren't. My mother would have had a fit had she known what I got up to, but then she was (as her eldest sister, born 1915, put it) "a very silly woman". My dad was perfectly sane and left me to get on with life as I chose.

I left home when I got married I was 22 and it was a bit rushed so we could get the council house in a new town.
Even at 22 my dad had to sign the register office form to give permission for me to marry.

Thank you for the new thread @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

Also thanks to AskingQuestionsAllThe Time for the detailed information on Kenton in the last thread. When I used to listen he was totally absent from the programme and merely a name - have just returned to listening in the last couple of years, and had no idea he was such a flaky character!

Wonder How Alice and Rex's life will be. Two big bores living together

I don't find either of them boring.

If Alice were to let slip on MN that she'd moved in her new boyfriend so soon she'd be slated.
And how long has she been sober this time round?

What? When was that?

I left home at 18 in 1973. I did what I wanted including getting married briefly when I was 19 (not pregnant) my Dad didn't have to sign anything and would probably have refused if asked.

Yes, 22 was legally an adult at that point - I can’t think of anything for which your dad would have had to sign?
Obviously you were the one there not us, but that does sound very odd.

Why does everyone think I have made this all up. Firstly why would I?
I got married in 1977 at Brixton register office and the legal age without permission was 23. I remember my dad thought it was amusing as he saw me as an adult. But go ahead oif you think Im making all this up but I am not a Sw for the Archers, this was real life.

I dont see anyone accusing you of making it all up.Its just not the same experience that others had thats all.

Thanks for the new thread @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

Although a quick Google says it was 18 in 1977

Then why are some saying it all sounds odd etc. Im fed up now. Its the same on everything on mumsnet every one thinks everyone is making stuff up.
I used to like this thread but I've had enough of it now.
I am not a liar and have relayed how it was for me. Good bye.

Gosh that escalated quickly.

Back to the Archers!
I used to like Harrison until he (the actor) played a baddie in Corrie and now all I can hear when he speaks in TA is bad man Theo!

I just can't believe that. I'm sorry but 23 has never been a significant age. From AI
*16 years old, though rules differed slightly by region regarding parental permission. 1]

England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

• Minimum absolute age: 16 years old (set by the Age of Marriage Act 1929).
• Parental consent: Required for anyone aged 16 or 17.*

Chriiiiiiiiiiiis …

Oh my, oh my! Not sure I’ve ever cringed so hard at TA.

Sorry to change the subject, but Lottie was saying 'you have to be fucking joking' wasn't she?

I feel sorry for the children, but Chris is still on the market.

I might have liked Harrison if his actor had not been a violent criminal; I felt that him playing a policeman was all wrong.

And Harrison has always been such a very incompetent policeman!

I think it sounds like one of those misunderstandings that's never been corrected in the many decades that have passed since. A register office wedding requires witnesses, and a parent acting as witness might have assumed or implied that they were actually giving permission. 1977 was a long time ago. If I'd turned up pregnant and unmarried at my parents' house many years after that there would have been ructions that would have lasted right up to the present, I expect. But clearly others had very different families.

Anyway, back to 2026. I liked hearing Brad with both his grandfather and his older cousin. Nicely written and acted.

I was like wtf Chris!

At least Lottie looks to have at least scanned the mumsnets threads about moving a boyfriend in quickly

It was 1987 that the legal age changed from 21 to 18 to marry without parental consent. It was 21 for my parents in 1960. It has never been 22 or 23, but if you notified the registry office before your 21st birthday, it may have muddied the waters.

About … moving in with a boyfriend who only wants to do it to get back at his ex-wife and her new beau?

Gosh - Lottie is going to be remarkably busy and unavailable for the foreseeable future … 😄

Sorry you can't believe that because of course you would know everything. My wedding was done on a special license as we got married quick to get before saud council house. So my dad had to give permission to show there was nothing nefarious going on and if I had been 23 it wouldn't have mattered.
Belive what you like as obviously you think Im a liar so as far as im concerned you can think what you like and be as smug as you want. Miss know all. For the last time goodbye nasty mumsnet.