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The Fashanu brothers were in one too.
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That Lesley Sharpe one was definitely odd; it's a show about family trees, right?
On Minnie Driver, would like to have seen something about her social climbing father .... how did he meet and woe the Heiress, etc. |
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Using the Retail Price Index, 10 shillings in 1900 would buy the same as £45 would today.
5s a week makes 260s per year, with 20s per £ that give £13 a year. According to the national archives a maid in 1899 would earn only about £16 5s a year. So it would seem a pretty big cash incentive to me. However it was clear from the checkups done by Banados that the boys were well looked after and the fact that Charles paid for glasses and for photos (not cheap back then!) shows he was willing to spend money on them. |
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Its difficult getting a handle on prices over such a long time - one problem is that WWI was incredibly inflationary. I think £45 is rather a low valuation.
5s a week makes 260s per year, with 20s per £ that give £13 a year. According to the national archives a maid in 1899 would earn only about £16 5s a year. So it would seem a pretty big cash incentive to me. However it was clear from the checkups done by Banados that the boys were well looked after and the fact that Charles paid for glasses and for photos (not cheap back then!) shows he was willing to spend money on them. |
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That Lesley Sharpe one was definitely odd; it's a show about family trees, right?
On Minnie Driver, would like to have seen something about her social climbing father .... how did he meet and woe the Heiress, etc. http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/categor...-family-trees/ |
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I founded this weeks edition so boring and false that I gave up after 10 minutes. There's no real mystery about recent history but they tried so suggest there was.
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He would have also paid for their education, at that time it wasn't free.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element...ation_Act_1870 |
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If you were poor it was free under the 1870 Act. Otherwise, part of the fee was paid by local taxation, part by parents:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element...ation_Act_1870 |
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I loathe these self indulgent so-called Genealogy programmes. People are so up themselves. As if anyone is interested in their family trees. I am not even interested in my parent's parents and never was and never will be.
I suppose TV programmers have got to find some dross to provide 24hrs of TV each day and believe me, what we see is an example how hard up they must be. |
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I thought it was a bit odd towards the end that she spent so much time following George's history when he wasn't even related to her.
It was another very interesting one, it sort of hit home with me that with all the introduction of benefits & contraception over the last 50 years, "unwanted" children are still ill treated & malnourished to this day. |
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I loathe these self indulgent so-called Genealogy programmes. People are so up themselves. As if anyone is interested in their family trees. I am not even interested in my parent's parents and never was and never will be.
I suppose TV programmers have got to find some dross to provide 24hrs of TV each day and believe me, what we see is an example how hard up they must be. I don't know what your interests are but I am sure many others will have no interest in them and probably some will think your favourite programmes are complete 'dross'. |
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I loathe these self indulgent so-called Genealogy programmes. People are so up themselves. As if anyone is interested in their family trees. I am not even interested in my parent's parents and never was and never will be.
I suppose TV programmers have got to find some dross to provide 24hrs of TV each day and believe me, what we see is an example how hard up they must be. Not everyone feels as you do. |
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I loathe these self indulgent so-called Genealogy programmes. People are so up themselves. As if anyone is interested in their family trees. I am not even interested in my parent's parents and never was and never will be.
I suppose TV programmers have got to find some dross to provide 24hrs of TV each day and believe me, what we see is an example how hard up they must be. http://corporate.ancestry.com/press/...bscriber-mark/ Personally my interest came from the fact that one of my grandparents died before I was born and 2 others when I really little and wasn't able to have any memories of them. It was seeing the pictures and hearing the stories of my parents childhood and their memories of their parents and elderly relatives that piqued my curiosity to delve further. |
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I think HHGTTG might have meant it as "As if anyone is interested in their (the celebrity's) family trees". HHGTTG is, of course, wrong otherwise people wouldn't have watched 10 series of Who Do You Think You Are. Quote:
The show has regularly attracted an audience of more than 6 million viewers.
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I think HHGTTG might have meant it as "As if anyone is interested in their (the celebrity's) family trees".
HHGTTG is, of course, wrong otherwise people wouldn't have watched 10 series of Who Do You Think You Are. |
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I think HHGTTG might have meant it as "As if anyone is interested in their (the celebrity's) family trees".
HHGTTG is, of course, wrong otherwise people wouldn't have watched 10 series of Who Do You Think You Are. Gary Lineker was talking tonight on The One Show about his appearance on the programme next week. I am sure he commented about how much work was involved in appearing. |
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I managed to watch all four episodes of the latest series today, and apart from Nigel Havers (which was average) I thought all of them have been really good. Especially Minnie & Una.
I find the show pure escapism (even though it's real) I enjoy the 'journey' we are taken on. |
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I'd rather watch a programme about anybody who had a genuinely interesting family tree, rather than an actor or so-called celebrity being filmed in false, rehearsed situations. It's blatantly obvious that all the research has already been carried out and that the 'emotion' is all scripted.
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I'd rather watch a programme about anybody who had a genuinely interesting family tree, rather than an actor or so-called celebrity being filmed in false, rehearsed situations. It's blatantly obvious that all the research has already been carried out and that the 'emotion' is all scripted.
Why do people assume that a 'celebrity' can never have any emotions of their own and any displayed must be faked? I would think many of the subjects would react quite strongly if they were told they were to display some particular emotion at some point in the filming. I would think there might be more chance of non celebrity subjects exaggerating their reaction for the cameras because they are not used to being on camera. There are probably analogies with Long Lost Family, the subjects there are all non-celebrities but I think so have been claimed to show false emotions. No other channel has stepped into to a similar programme to Who Do You Think You Are but using 'unknowns' though there are other programmes that have helped people explore particular areas of their history. I have researched my family for many years and you do feel emotions when you come across something particular sad in the past even though you don't know the people concerned. Similarly you can feel pride when you come across a member of the family who achieved something significant, again even if you did not know them. |
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It's blatantly obvious that all the research has already been carried out and that the 'emotion' is all scripted.
![]() Who was it that got upset becasue his family history was too boring to use - Michael Parkinson? Generally, the celebrity doesn't know in advance the stories they will be told. |
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Feel sorry for my Great-Great-Grandfather.
His parents left him and his siblings behind and worked in the cotton machine manufacturing industry in Russia. We believe he was born there, there's a Russian Christening Cup, so can't find a birth certificate for him. ![]() He was boarding with one family and the rest of the family were together in another. His foster parents eventually adopted him and he joined the family business but kept his original surname. Would love to know more about the Russian side of things but wouldn't know where to look. All the paperwork he completed like the census says he was born in England but there's no evidence. |
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Feel sorry for my Great-Great-Grandfather.
His parents left him and his siblings behind and worked in the cotton machine manufacturing industry in Russia. We believe he was born there, there's a Russian Christening Cup, so can't find a birth certificate for him. ![]() He was boarding with one family and the rest of the family were together in another. His foster parents eventually adopted him and he joined the family business but kept his original surname. Would love to know more about the Russian side of things but wouldn't know where to look. All the paperwork he completed like the census says he was born in England but there's no evidence. Have a look on Cyndi's List for some possible links. It's not unusual to get contradictory information on different censuses, my Great Great Grandmother has born Ireland, America, Canada, Quebec on different censuses. |
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Feel sorry for my Great-Great-Grandfather.
His parents left him and his siblings behind and worked in the cotton machine manufacturing industry in Russia. We believe he was born there, there's a Russian Christening Cup, so can't find a birth certificate for him. ![]() He was boarding with one family and the rest of the family were together in another. His foster parents eventually adopted him and he joined the family business but kept his original surname. Would love to know more about the Russian side of things but wouldn't know where to look. All the paperwork he completed like the census says he was born in England but there's no evidence. |
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Did they say why George in particular was sent there ? Had Charles passed away by then or was just maybe too old.
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If I saw it right there was a brief glimpse of the document about the site visit (where it said that he was being brought up in a kindly home) the word infirm and a reference to illness. I thought that referred to Charles who was an old man by then. Not sure why they did not state why George was sent away after emphasising how well George seemed to be doing.
Many were treated badly in Canada just as many were in Britain (or even at home) but also many were able to succeed in ways they might not have managed in the UK. |
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