Call The Midwife

[Daffodilly]

I'm sure after the Christmas special they said a new series would be starting in the New Year. So where is it?? [impatient]

It's definitely starting to catch up with my memories too grimble now we're into the new series. Some of those street scenes and town halls looked very familiar - from a long time ago! In fact with community halls it's amazing how they go on looking the same for years isn't it, a couple of village and church halls around here where I took the DC to toddler groups looked just like the CTM ante-natal clinic.

Well if it's a contest I'm just 63 so I remember MOST of the things you mention glimmer !! I remember my poor friend who had lovely dark thick long hair going to V.S saloon and they cut it all off into a twiggy ! She was mortified!

I had too many natural curls so my dsis and I ironed our hair (literally)!! I don't remember the Jean Seberg but I think my DM had a Doris Day haircut do you remember those? I was tiny at the time so it's in a photo.

Gosh (suitable word from the era there?!) ppeat I thought all this modern hair straightening was bad enough (my DNiece wouldn't go to school unless she'd straightened out all her lovely natural curls every morning) but ironing your hair ? That sounds very dangerous?

I suppose it isn't dangerous if it's long enough

Well we put brown paper over and under it and we were careful we used the ironing board! I think the proper hair straighteners were either too expensive or didn't exist then actually. The chemical straighteners they used then really were dangerous .

ppeatfruit - no definitely not a contest . Just a surge of long laid-aside memories when I saw the posts. Yes, I do remember Doris Day haircuts. Never had one though. Also the hair-ironing thing. Kind of went along with the net petticoats soaked in sugar to make them stand out……

I think we are in danger of derailing the thread here ppeafruit…I'll be talking about playing on bomb sites soon…

loving how ppeat has namechanged grimble to glimmer

dont worry about derailing ladies - i am loving the memories!

glimmer is much nicer isn't it Marthas? How about glimmergateau ? To continue with the memories (not too many honest I remember net petticoats and desperately wanting one or 2 but not being allowed. This 'not being allowed' is sooo silly because it just makes you want one more!!

At least they weren't mini skirts which we loved; I was lucky with slim thighs so those must 've looked a bit shocking by then i was old enough to buy my own and 2 fingers to my parents!!

Dh remembers his sister ironing her hair. I remember my mum putting hers in huge rollers and then backcombing it!

Wonder where the pregnancy test story is going.

Oh dear.

that just made both me and dd1 wince when he cut her

So the tickets are fake or stolen I presume?

What has the blonde one been in before? Was she in Eastenders?

Was the woman in prison in Eastenders?

Dd2 (12) is watching with me in total silence. She never watches tv with me or is silent.

the blonde one is hannah tointon, been in lots of things sister to kara tointon

Yes she was Stacey, Kat's daughter. But I mean the blonde one, with the varicose veins.

Oh she was in the inbetweeners.

Stacey wasn't kat's daughter was she?

Ah yes, she was in Hollyoaks. Thank you

What a beautiful baby

Pretty sure she was.

"You're not my muvva"

"Yes I am"

Dun dun dun dun

No that wasn't her. That was her with the fringe and the chin.

Yes you're right. Zoe.
Stacey is a cousin.