Call the midwife 2!

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Wow. I've never filled a thread before!

@GinaJaffacake

I think there could be a death in the Turner family but not necessarily the good Dr. There must be a reason Timothy came home and the actor has said these two episodes were the most emotionally and physically draining he’s ever done but that he’s incredibly proud of them. Not sure lying on the sofa with GF would elicit that sort of reaction. But it could also be Fred with the fireworks. I definitely think there’ll be a fatality on the ground.

But who else could it be? Unless the fires and explosions in the shop and hardware shop caused by the paraffin take out Shelagh or even one of the children. But they would kill a child, surely.

Can you imagine Mrs T stressing about what to put in the letter to Hong Kong if a rogue train related firework explosion took out Mae?

Not Reggie I hope?!

I think given that Dr Turner's currently incapacitated, it's a lot more likely that Tim's going to have to step in to his place and treat crash victims than he is to die. Thereby winning his dad's respect and Dr Turner will also realise his son is an adult and not a little child anymore. If someone's going to die it won't be one of the obvious candidates such as Dr T or Sister Julienne. It will be Nurse Crane who wanted to surprise everyone by getting an earlier train home. They did make the point of mentioning she was currently in the UK. Or even sister Monica Joan. I can picture it now, just as everyone at Nonantas House thinks the danger has passed and they are all safe, Fred will turn around to find Sister Monica Joan has passed away in her sleep..... In the exact same chair Sister Evangelina died in.

@PriamFarrl, I was thinking it could be Timothy after what the actor said but it could also be Shelagh. It could of course be Nurse Crane on the train but if not, I think the fatality is definitely someone on the ground.

I think there'll be an explosion involving the paraffin, because some of the debris from the train crash was in and around the newsagent shop where Fred sells paraffin (or the place across the road that sells cheap paraffin that was mentioned). I think Tim will step in to medically administer to injured Dr T and St Julienne on the train, and will get them out, but then there'll be a huge explosion and maybe it will be Tim who sadly passes away.

Just watched. Had a lot to catch up on on here. So many posts!!

Anyway, the run up to the train crash made me laugh. All the clips of the train speeding up and the signals. Brought me back to the days I watched Thomas the Tank Engine when mine were small. I was waiting for the Fat Controller to tell the train off.

Anyway, I wondered if the train driver had undiagnosed epilepsy. With the headaches, and the absence then the stiffened grasp when on the train. Not sure why I thought that.

Probably a brain turnour though. St Patrick of Poplar with come round and perform life saving brain surgery, just after he does a full skin graft on the poor tea woman.

How old was baby Dean meant to be, and how far pregnant was the girl? Dean didnt even look 6 months, he was a babe in arms - it didn't seem to add up

@Romeiswheretheheartis

How old was baby Dean meant to be, and how far pregnant was the girl? Dean didnt even look 6 months, he was a babe in arms - it didn't seem to add up

But the mother did say that the ‘surprise’ baby was early.

DH is convinced it’s Fred who’s going to die.

@Romeiswheretheheartis

How old was baby Dean meant to be, and how far pregnant was the girl? Dean didnt even look 6 months, he was a babe in arms - it didn't seem to add up

They showed her learning how to mash food for him, didn't they? And him sitting up and eating so I was thinking at a push he was about 8/9 months. Then someone said something about her just being in the 3rd trimester with the new baby

@LaBelleSauvage123

DH is convinced it’s Fred who’s going to die.

I think it’s either Fred or Violet, Vibwas just a bit too teary eyed when Fred left to round up the Civil Defence group

I've never been on this thread before but I've noticed a few things in recent episodes that I recognize from my childhood which must've been very old then, I was born dec 80 but I recognized the kind of wallpaper the train driver was putting up. the kind of yellow and cut out pattern decor in the hospital I wasn't ill but my parents worked in hospitals the baby bath- type scales. those trains! not steam trains but slam door trains, compartments, proper toilets onboard. and being part Afro-carribean I saw older ladies dressed like that for church to the present day many times. those shelves and deer ornaments. had a nice little cry

@Puffalicious

One of my friends who did stay on the BEd didn’t pass her A levels, but the teaching certificate qualified her to continue to the degree

Sorry, but this is appalling. So she could then go on and teach A level without passing it herself? I, for one, am glad you need a degree these days.

Don’t forget that A levels now and then are different things, and it was less unusual to leave school without A levels than it is now.

My friend would have had to be taking A levels (and I assume her school would have predicted that she’d pass them) to be offered a place at our teacher training college.

I know I’m not comparing like with like, but as a rough support for that, in 1971/2 16.7% of school leavers in England left with 1 A level or better, (and that’s a high point) but in 2015/6 In 57.5% of the population aged 17 in England achieved at least two substantial level 3 passes (Substantial level 3 qualifications are defined as qualifications that are at least the size of an A level.)

I agree with the point about Access courses etc.
And, you don’t need a degree these days, unless it’s a state school, although most teachers will. I’m not sure about Academies.

also one of the ambulances, I did wonder if it was too new coz I recognized it alright

Babies used to be weaned very early. It was just moving from 3 months to 4 months when my daughter was born in the early 90s. I have a feeling I was on Farley's rusks before I was 3 months back in the early 1960s.

Back then ambulances were just used to move people to hospital. The drivers were not clinically trained at all. Not sure when the profession of paramedic was invented, but I'm very glad it was! So much gets done now before the ambulance sets off and during the journey.

@seperatedmum

I've never been on this thread before but I've noticed a few things in recent episodes that I recognize from my childhood which must've been very old then, I was born dec 80 but I recognized the kind of wallpaper the train driver was putting up. the kind of yellow and cut out pattern decor in the hospital I wasn't ill but my parents worked in hospitals the baby bath- type scales. those trains! not steam trains but slam door trains, compartments, proper toilets onboard. and being part Afro-carribean I saw older ladies dressed like that for church to the present day many times. those shelves and deer ornaments. had a nice little cry

Yes. I was born in London in the very early 70s and I'm recognising loads of things in the last series - my mum's cake tins were in a recent episode and the women all look like my mum/aunties/grans from photos of the time.

@LavenderAskew

Just watched. Had a lot to catch up on on here. So many posts!!

Anyway, the run up to the train crash made me laugh. All the clips of the train speeding up and the signals. Brought me back to the days I watched Thomas the Tank Engine when mine were small. I was waiting for the Fat Controller to tell the train off.

Anyway, I wondered if the train driver had undiagnosed epilepsy. With the headaches, and the absence then the stiffened grasp when on the train. Not sure why I thought that.

Probably a brain turnour though. St Patrick of Poplar with come round and perform life saving brain surgery, just after he does a full skin graft on the poor tea woman.

Yes very much

Babies were weaned early in the 60’s and 70’s. 8-10 weeks and a baby was eating a soft egg.

We still have that cake tin! Found it when clearing out ILs house a couple of years ago and loved it too much to get rid. I was born mid 70s and sometimes forget how close to the 60s that was. I think people kept things for much longer too so there would be lots of furniture and decor still around

Apparently Academies can employ teachers without Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

You don’t even need a degree to get QTS although most will have one.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

Babies used to be weaned very early. It was just moving from 3 months to 4 months when my daughter was born in the early 90s. I have a feeling I was on Farley's rusks before I was 3 months back in the early 1960s.

I thought it was 4 months in the early 80s, but it may have varied. I know we were encouraged to feed babies things like Baby Milupa (powdered stuff, full of additives) rather than a lovely fresh egg.

A lovely fresh egg which might have contained salmonella….

Back then ambulances were just used to move people to hospital. The drivers were not clinically trained at all. Not sure when the profession of paramedic was invented, but I'm very glad it was! So much gets done now before the ambulance sets off and during the journey.

I can remember this change happening, would be 1980s

they realised that treating at the scene would save lives, rather than waiting until hospital was what I remember hearing in the news

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

Back then ambulances were just used to move people to hospital. The drivers were not clinically trained at all. Not sure when the profession of paramedic was invented, but I'm very glad it was! So much gets done now before the ambulance sets off and during the journey.

Some point in the 80s I think. I'm sure the father of a school friend was an ambulance driver.