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BACK IN TIME FOR TEA - TUE 8pm bbc2

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Blondeshavemorefun · 04/02/2018 14:22

Love these kind of programmes

Over the course of 6 episodes the Ellis family experience first hand what life was like for working families over the past 100 yrs

Beginning 1918

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ppeatfruit · 16/02/2018 13:58

It is a bit off putting esp. as the cameraperson likes to get close ups !

DonnyAndVladSittingInATree · 16/02/2018 14:03

Oh yes I noticed the open mouths too! Disgusting. They seem like otherwise lovely kids though so I won’t call for their slaughter Wink

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 16/02/2018 14:53

Was the donkey stone white? I always wondered what "whitening" your step meant.

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 16/02/2018 14:54

Nope, can't stand this at all. Sara Cox does my head in.

ppeatfruit · 16/02/2018 16:00

I LIKE Sara Cox I like her informality and slightly unusual sense of humour!

Clawdy · 16/02/2018 18:06

Some donkey stones were white, some were sort of yellowish brown. The rag and bone carts often gave them away in return for old clothes and stuff.

ShortandAnnoying · 16/02/2018 20:35

I enjoyed this but agree with others it seemed a bit rushed and would have been nice to get a bit more detail on how they felt about the living this way.
It's true about men getting all the bacon. I actually have a wee cookery book with meal plans from the 30s which suggests this so it must have been really common.

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Akire · 16/02/2018 20:37

In the 80/90s my gran would serve the men first and the best food we kids got the rest!

Would have been really unfair as a woman to work alongside men and get half the pay. Yet because Man was breadwinner for being a bloke he got beat food. Yet you had work harder, do all house work and have the kids!!!

ShortandAnnoying · 16/02/2018 20:42

Nowadays if food was short we would probably give it to the children but I can understand why they wanted to keep the man healthy and bringing in a wage.

maddiemookins16mum · 16/02/2018 21:07

Just caught up on the 1st two episodes, love this family (and the mum is great and a much better cook than Rochelle from the last series).
I also think Harvey is very endearing.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 16/02/2018 22:44

I thought they might have had to kill their hens. Glad they didn’t

Does seem a shame they had same age /sez children as before

Would have been interesting to have q baby /toddler in cloth nappies

And older boy who would go to work

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Shoppingwithmother · 16/02/2018 22:51

The mill is in Helmshore, which is near Bury, in Lancashire - so it should be ok for Sara Cox to present it after all, surely!

It is bloody miles away from their house in Bradford though....the distances people had to walk in those days!

Akire · 16/02/2018 23:04

I thought that too, both ages and sex the same as last lot. They do seem to be rushing through quick.

I can see how early 1900s working class was v different but once you reach 1970 onwards woulnt it all be more universal? Once everyone had fridges/freezers and electric cookers? I’m guessing not as much meat but just cheaper cuts?

HomeHand · 17/02/2018 10:28

Just caught up.

I'm really enjoying this series. My 8yo son is loving it too Smile

Well done Ellis family!

ppeatfruit · 17/02/2018 13:45

the distances people walked in those days There was only one obese family (that we noticed) ! In our largish town in the early 60s. That was Nth London!

Shoppingwithmother · 17/02/2018 15:16

I was joking...unsuccessfully! It’s nearly 50 miles in between their house and the mill they are pretending they walk to from their house when they go to work. The magic of TV!

BarbaraofSevillle · 17/02/2018 15:18

Ppe Helmshore and Bradford are about 30 miles apart, over many hills. Shopping was joking about the walk, but we were speculating about the mill museum used in the programme upthread, as there are at least a couple in the Bradford area that they may have used, but didn't it seems.

BarbaraofSevillle · 17/02/2018 15:19

Cross posted

BertieBotts · 17/02/2018 15:48

I reckon they must specifically advertise for kids over a certain age because if you had toddlers or babies who just refused to eat the food on offer it would be a bit mean to make them go hungry as it wouldn't be the norm for them. Whereas with older children at least they agreed to go on the programme, knowing what they had signed up for!

Akire · 17/02/2018 16:15

In Welsh version of coal house. Had 6-8 families living for few months in early 1900s including babies and young children. It was really good. Nobody starved but plenty of bread some days and not much else.

ImListening · 17/02/2018 18:20

Like the family but it’s feels a bit rushed.

In mine & dhs family it’s kid first, then the men, women serve themselves last with the hostess the very last to go. Doubt it will change anytime soon!

tobee · 18/02/2018 03:20

Coal House was great Akire. Partly because they had a few families so a sense of community. When they did the 1940s house it seemed a bit weird because they were stuck on their own. There was no sense of people coming together and the Blitz spirit.

ppeatfruit · 18/02/2018 10:08

Barbaro thanks for that Grin Maybe there was a bus in those days.!

Wh0KnowsWhereTheT1meG0es · 18/02/2018 10:33

I'm enjoying it too, never saw the previous series but we watched the Christmas one (was that the Robshaws?) and enjoyed it so we're watching this one. I like Sara Cox and like the family but do agree it's rushed.

ppeatfruit · 18/02/2018 10:41

Maybe having a few families costs the programme makers too much tobee But it would be nice.