Back in Time for Christmas

maman

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I bet they didn't use that tin of spam for her canopes lol.. There be too many steel splinters in it...

She does my head in lol

Mine too.


I watched it for the nostalgia but she really is a misery, everything is hard work and she's so hopeless at anything domestic.


Then there's the mercenary little brat......:mad:

candlelight_2013

Yes, all he was interested in was PRESENTS.

She always looks so miserable, is she doing what she thinks is expected of her, or is she always like that?

My Husband, who was born in 1944, in rural Kent, says he can't ever remember Christmas being like the 40s one. Of course not, because his grandfather had a huge garden so veg was in abundence, they also had rabbits and evidently the rag and bone man used to come round on Boxing Day for the skins.

I was born in 1945 in the city but we never had ox heart. We always had a chicken or capon. We never had much money but somehow Mum managed, and I know my Nan used to help as well.

I hadn't realised it was late as 1954 that rationing ended.

Candlelightx

fuddle

DH and I both enjoyed it. We seemed to have snippets in all three decades in our own childhood and very much looking forward to tonight as they are our childhood eras.

I will be putting it on for my girls after school because I think it would be interesting for them, not least the little boys 'presents' attitude.

I was watching the tin opener fiasco with frantic thoughts about how to use the thing properly. I can't believe I couldn't remember as I spent so many Sundays watching my grandma open tinned ham for tea sandwiches.

Oh and Goldiegirl thanks for mentioning it. I would have missed it otherwise

Goldiegirl

I watched last night, and I was delighted to see the storage tins they had for the 1940's and 1950's (the ones with the red lids) as we had those at home (although it was the 1960's by then)


I identified most with the 1960's Christmas, which is only to be expected as I was born in 1960. I remember I had an etch a sketch one year and I had a similar record player another year, although that may have been the early 1970's. It seems bizarre now, but my dad used to get cigarettes for Christmas, like they did in the show.


I have absolutely no idea how to use that tin opener - my mum and dad didn't have an opener like that, and my spam eating days are long gone, so I'm pleased that I'll never need to know. Those spam canap!s looked vile!


I don't really know why people don't like Rochelle. I think she's ok. She might not be a domestic goddess, but she's a woman of the 21st century - and women don't have to be domestic experts anymore.


When she was pushing that trolley round she was in fits of giggles - but if people think he looks miserable the rest of the time, maybe she's reflecting the lot of women at that time. Women had to do all the work in the house, and even their Christmas presents were things for the home. Even the most cheery woman would have got fed up with it year after year

lessonlearned

I like Rochelle. She has A nice dry deadpan sense of humour which maybe goes over some people's heads, And as the fit of giggles shows she is a fun person. I like the way she analyses things and compares them with today. It helps puts things into context.

As for the tin opener - lethal...my dad ended up at A&E after one encounter. It got binned after that.

I think country folk probably did fare better during rationing. My grandad was not averse to a bit of poaching, hunting, shooting and fishing, plus they kept chickens and rabbits in their garden.

With 10 children to feed, no family allowance or benefits, he had no choice but to be creative. :rotfl:

As for getting a Hoover for a present. Well I wouldn't be thrilled..........

fuddle

I think you hit the nail on the head there Goldiegirl and I agree that it's most probably because, as she identified herself, certain Christmases were for children and men. I wouldn't be smiling for camera if I had all the graft to do myself while others sat, drank, ate, cheered, played, went to watch football and have husband have to leave right on top of serving a meal.

It made me laugh when the family said 'what's she laughing at' and in walked bambi in heels trying to push a main course on a trolley. That would put my back out!

Rainy-Days

I thought the 60's were just amazing! I loved the riot of colour that had exploded into the clothes and I totally adored Rochelle and her daughters hairstyles!

I will probably remember the 1970's better as I was born towards the end of the 60's so have very little recollection of it if anything. I do remember dancing around the Christmas tree to Slades Merry Christmas and also Wizard as well!

That flipping can opener that Rochelle had - I think she did really well because to be honest I would have struggled with as well! Awful terrible thing!

Palindr0mic

oooh I'll have to get them both on iplayer tomorrow (used up all the space on my tablet already, oops )

honeythewitch

Did I mishear, or did they say a turkey cost a weeks wages? I cant imagine anyone paying that much.

Living_proof

I was born in the 50s and I remember we had a whole free range turkey which was dissected with one half frozen for Easter. Chickens and turkeys were totally seasonal at the time, so a huge joint of beef was much cheaper than poultry. We would also have an aitch bone of ham, whatever that was. We grew our own veg so had plenty of that and I remember a fresh cream gateaux was all the rage after a tea of turkey sandwiches. I think it went downhill from the mid 60s onwards as consumerism came to the fore, everyone's expectations went sky-high and now it's just beyond a joke. We are off to Spain for the duration for a touch of Vitamin D and an absence of hassle!