Time Warp Wives

OrkneyStar

Soubrette wrote: »

In the newspaper article I really like the 1930s shoes
Sou

I love 20's style clothes but not really practical on a windy island looking after a 2 year old!
Clothes were often better quality then, people generally bought less, kept them for longer and looked after them better too. They also often made their own, which I wish I could do :rolleyes:.

debtmuncher

oh fab! didnt know it was on so i will record the programme in case i dont get a chance to grab hold of the controls nearer the time lol

seems kind of similar to the programmes made before...1900 house, 1940 was another one was it not?

Soubrette

OrkneyStar wrote: »

I love 20's style clothes but not really practical on a windy island looking after a 2 year old!
Clothes were often better quality then, people generally bought less, kept them for longer and looked after them better too. They also often made their own, which I wish I could do :rolleyes:.

Do you mean flapper style? tres chic :beer: (although I feel that should glasses of something sophisticated rather than what looks like beer )

I wish I could make my own clothes - there seems to be a huge skills gap between myself and my mother but I don't feel an affinity to any particular era (ok maybe 80s but best not to go there :rotfl:)

Sou

thriftlady_2

rosieben wrote: »

sorry, I didnt know it was a repeat else I wouldnt have bothered, but I havent seen it before

No, no -I'm sure many people missed it first time round as it was a one-off programme. It is certainly worth watching, I enjoyed it and am sure many others will too. Thanks for posting Rosie;)

ceridwen

Whoops...I've just been distracted here - think I might watch this programme....

My personal "leetle fantasy" is of being an Elizabethan housewife - chatelaine of the Manor style - oh...bring on the stillroom and the herb garden. I definitely fancy brewing up all my own herbal medicines and growing the herbs in the first place and having a go at cooking Elizabethan-style.....well...one can dream....at intervals...and then back to the 21st Century..oh well....

Its harmless escapism - and one can learn some useful lessons from previous eras...and why not?

OrkneyStar

Soubrette wrote: »

Do you mean flapper style? tres chic :beer: (although I feel that should glasses of something sophisticated rather than what looks like beer )

I wish I could make my own clothes - there seems to be a huge skills gap between myself and my mother but I don't feel an affinity to any particular era (ok maybe 80s but best not to go there :rotfl:)

Sou

Flapper style dresses yes and the hats and bobbed hairstyles too .
As for the 80's well it seems we are back there at the moment if you look at any of the youngsters lol.....luminous things everywhere!

jcr16

was very interesting.

rosieben

yes it was interesting, wish it had been a longer programme though

twinkle_star_2

I really enjoyed the programme so thanks for posting the reminder. I had a look online for any more information about the women and I found blog that seems to be based around the concept here :

http://timewarpwives.blogspot.com/

There's an interview with Joanne who featured on the programme and she definitely wasn't happy with how her life was portrayed. I have to say I felt it wasn't very informative, mostly just subtle barbs about how all these people must be a bit bonkers to live that lifestyle. I've watched some other episodes from the series which were about raw foodists, bull fighters and the sport of polo and they were treated similarly. All these views may be fairly different from the norm but I'm not sure the tv producers should make programmes which mock them.

debtmuncher

i enjoyed it, makes a nice change from all the other programmes. felt sorry for the 1940s girl, it was as if she was looking for the perfect family life that she didnt have because her parents got divorced.

the other wives seemed nice enough. wonder how the singer is faring now since her singing was going into fulltime work on that programme, would be interesting to see if shes still being a time warp wife.

interesting programme all round and i have respect for them for living up to their ideals.