Call The Midwife

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Surprised there's no thread on this. Did anyone watch it last night or has the series reached its natural end and is no longer attracting viewers?

In the sixties working class women all had a shampoo and set every Friday or Saturday.
They also put rollers in and went to bed and older women had perms

My mum & nana didn't. I'm not sure my mum's ever had a shampoo and set.

It was the cost of hot water that was often the issue, which is why most of us could only have a bath and hair wash once a week.

And those huge geysers we had in the bathrooms! Ran out of hot water quickly !

Phyllis is even looking at teal wool at Violet's!
Teal does seem to be a popular colour in this series!

" Farst things farst! " Even for Trixie, that sounded ridiculous!

Don't get me started on Trixie's voice

Cleft lip baby

I like Valerie. She's a good character and very plausible.

Where is the dad of cleft lip baby?

On a boat in Newfoundland I think they said.

He is on container ships. She said at the beginning.

Thank you. I must have missed that.

Baby Dawn is very cute.

What a touching episode. They're always moving, but this was beautifully done. So much love and care.

Oh bless her....I welled up as soon as the husband started to clap at his wife

That episode really got me.
When the husband clapped his wife.
When the receptionist brought the rose tree.

It was a lovely episode, very moving. Oh that dear little baby, Kirk; would be nice if we saw him grow up fine and dandy which children do when operated on for cleft palate Bless.

The beach was a great idea and very successful.

I love everyone in the series, feel as though they are my friends. I'm a sad case

Agreed- a beautiful, touching episode.

They're a proper community, aren't they?
We've lost that.

Ah this ended up a very nice episode. I still can't stand the doctor and his wife, they are such bad actors! The incidental actors easily outshine them every episode! It brought a tear to my eye, the woman who'd lost a son and didn't manage to say goodbye. I liked seeing the softer side of the receptionist.

Yes, it was good bringing out her caring side.

The ending had me in tears.

It was the cost of hot water that was often the issue, which is why most of us could only have a bath and hair wash once a week.

I still have the urge to have a bath on a Sunday night. I’m itching for one now, I can’t the cat is sat on me so I can’t get up, even though I had a shower this morning and every morning.

Operation Smile and Smile Train repair cleft palates, it costs about £150 per operation. They are working all over the world.

Yes, Smile Train is a worthy cause indeed and one I support.

I've never thought of Dr and Mrs Turner as bad actors, they seem to fit those parts very well and speak as people spoke back then (which I remember being old :-) ).

The way they deliver their lines is so wooden. It's been pointed out before that the doctors real life wife is the Call the Midwife creator Heidi Thomas.