Call The Midwife Series 13 Part 2

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Or Call Saint Turner, as the show has really turned into.

I just had a mooch at any that are on sale and, indeed, short of a lottery win they are soooo dear

A 1 bedroom studio is on at 475K 😯

I am confused though, getting back to CTM, in that I am pretty sure Matthew had a rather nice large house in the early days of him being in it ?

I think it was a Mayfair mansion flat, which it may still be where they live. Occasionally you see the "exterior" . It is quite small though, did her brother sleep on the sofa? So may be two bedrooms?

I recently went on a tour of the Barbican and the guide said it was built for social housing in a previously bombed and neglected part of the City

No, it was never social housing! It was built by the Corporation of London, so could technically be described as council housing. However the flats were charged at much higher rents, so were occupied by much better off tenants.

It looks like there was a development next to it that was social housing, potentially people referred to both as the Barbican?

I’ve known a couple of people who lived in the Barbican. Both very wealthy people - one was a South African who had it as his London flat for visits.

I have a very vague memory that there were two parts. The posh part and the not posh part.

The block they'd be talking about in CtM was not concrete jungle at all. Built around a lake, with a lake view for every flat. All mod cons in the kitchen. Maisonettes at the bottom, 2-story penthouses at the top, a staircase and lift for each pair of flats. Residents were MPs, senior City workers, minor aristocracy, the director of the National Theatre - both posh and trendy.

There was a social housing scheme on the neighbouring plot of land, perhaps the guide had confused them.

Yea, brother of Trixie had the sofa

There is the slight, very slight considering the location, chance that they were intended as Social Housing.

I only say this as, many years ago now, my Nan's cousin and her husband had a house they owned that was the subject of a compulsary purchase order. They were paid what they were paid for it and bought a one bedroom flat at the top of Blackheath Hill, London.
They had been built as social housing but things happened and it did end up being sold to a company and then all the flats were put on the Market.

No, the previously built council estate immediately to the north is called the Golden Lane Estate. It was however designed by the same architects as the Barbican.

The Barbican flats were never intended for social housing.

There was a time, not long after WWII when councils bought houses directly from the builders. My own house is one of those. The street was built in 47 and the council bought them directly. Very few people realise that they were or are still council houses as they look exactly the same as the rest of the street.

I also thought that Matthew and Fiona lived in a large house in a good area. So I do t get why he now lives in a tiny flat with washing drying in the living room.

Everyone got their drinks ready for tonight's drinking game?

Ready, lasses?

I don't know if it was on the list but can we add Trixie calling someone sweetie if it isn't 🤣

Definitely!

Where are the other two student midwives?

I also wonder this

Matthew looking wounded...

Bailiffs 🫣

How did the bailiffs know to come to nonatus house and not the aylwoods home

Forgot this was on! Just put it on so am behind.

Wasnt a fan of the last episode - can hardly remember what happened

Should've still been on last week!

Pound says that the baby is the stepfather’s, and Nurse Warren is Nurse Highland, discovered via being in the paper.

That's my prediction too

And my prediction

Is the little Boy going to be injured by the knitting machine whilst mum is in labour?