Call the Midwife

[Toddlerteaplease]

Well this is boring.

@SoupDragon

My parents were born in 1936/7 and obviously lived through the war years and would be contemporary to the new parents in this series. Their "waste not want not" attitude lasted throughout life and was passed down to me and my siblings. Reusing stuff, not wasting food, making and mending your own things... we always baked on a Sunday when the oven was on for the roast.

Am I the only one who has a jar full of buttons just like my mum and grandmother have? No idea why as I never use any of them. Its a leftover from that age and heritage, I think.

Am I the only one who has a jar full of buttons just like my mum and grandmother have? No idea why as I never use any of them. Its a leftover from that age and heritage, I think.

I have tons tins of them. Including the Family Tin inherited from my mum. I have fond memories of playing with the buttons and sorting them.

Button tin here too (with a proper sewing basket which sees less andn less action with the passage of time!) but can't say we've added any buttons to it in the past ten years or so! It used to be normal to take off all the buttons for future use, before turning clothes into cleaning cloths!

I have a button jar too and feel guilty if I don’t remove them from clothing before throwing something away.

My mum has the waste not want not attitude too (born in 1943).
Any bedsheets which were starting to wear in the middle, she would cut them in half and then sew them back together, so what used to be the ends were now in a centre seam.
Also no such things as J cloths in the 80's. Old T shirts, underpants etc were used to clean the bathroom.

We still use 'cut down T-shirts' for cleaning the windows!

Another one with a button box. I do use mine, as I knit.

I don't think things are going to be all Rosie for Cyril and Lucille. They haven't really dealt with miscarriage in the series ( the odd sub story) so I think that will play a part. It's a very female centric show and one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage.

On a much lighter note I find it hard to watch Violet because I can't forget I saw her fanny in Shameless.

I have a button box, and most of the sewing I do is mending.

It wasn't just the war. My provisioning habits are based on the winter of 1963 in rural West Dorset, despite the fact I wasn't born till the '70s.

Someone was selling a huge collection of buttons on our local FB page and I was SO close to asking for it. The only reason I didn't is because I'd never use them. I loved playing with my gran's button box.

I loved the button box too as a child! I have a mini one in my sewing box with spare buttons that come with clothing, don't really use the sewing box though, very occasional repair.

It was a real shame when Patsy and Delia left. I also think that Cynthia was a loss.

What happened to the young nun who surprisingly passed her driving test?

@GreenClock

It was a real shame when Patsy and Delia left. I also think that Cynthia was a loss.

What happened to the young nun who surprisingly passed her driving test?

I think she stayed at the mother house during the episode where the Chinese children came over.

I could see them doing a stillbirth storyline with Cyril and Lucille too. Maybe Lucille will have a miscarriage scare which turns out to be false and everyone thinks it'll be smooth sailing. Then it's discovered several months later that the baby has died and it's the idea that she will have to carry it until it's born knowing that she is giving birth to a dead baby.

I don’t think I would want to see that.

@RCBadger

I could see them doing a stillbirth storyline with Cyril and Lucille too. Maybe Lucille will have a miscarriage scare which turns out to be false and everyone thinks it'll be smooth sailing. Then it's discovered several months later that the baby has died and it's the idea that she will have to carry it until it's born knowing that she is giving birth to a dead baby.

Crikey

I could see them doing a stillbirth storyline with Cyril and Lucille too. Maybe Lucille will have a miscarriage scare which turns out to be false and everyone thinks it'll be smooth sailing. Then it's discovered several months later that the baby has died and it's the idea that she will have to carry it until it's born knowing that she is giving birth to a dead baby.

Cripes, no. That would be too awful.

@RCBadger

I could see them doing a stillbirth storyline with Cyril and Lucille too. Maybe Lucille will have a miscarriage scare which turns out to be false and everyone thinks it'll be smooth sailing. Then it's discovered several months later that the baby has died and it's the idea that she will have to carry it until it's born knowing that she is giving birth to a dead baby.

Bloody hell, it is grim at times but that takes the biscuit. It's still 8pm viewing.

Its been a while since we've had one of the midwives have a happy ending. Maybe it will be Lucille and Cyril. I predict some more job and racism issues though.

Stopped watching it when it became The Doctor and Mrs. Turner show!!!!

It hasn't become 'The doctor and Mrs Turner' show. Every cast member has their own storyline.

I love the show.

For me it is the Dr and Shelagh Turner show. The other characters are the adverts.

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It hasn't become 'The doctor and Mrs Turner' show. Every cast member has their own storyline.

Who usually end up interacting with St Patrick of Poplar somehow. If he gets any more screen time he'll be popping out of a woman's foof as her newborn and mansplain how he got there, while Shelagh simpers behind as the placenta.

I’m waiting for him to get his wimple on.

Nun mode.