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I also thought this - not for the sore fingers, but just because if you're mum and dad are musicians there is no way you have never picked an instrument!
As others have pointed out, she certainly wouldn't have been able to play the chords as easily as she did as her fingers would need to be hard before holding down a chord. I couldn't understand just how she was holding a chord down anyway with long finger nails like she had. |
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Just caught up with the O'Carroll episode. Most interesting , almost a detective story, and Brendan appeared genuinely shocked, surprised and moved as the story moved on.
Strange how the Black and Tans still get confused with the Auxiliaries, even I knew the difference. |
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This Mary Berry episode is much better with the mixed stories.
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This Mary Berry episode is much better with the mixed stories.
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I agree, I'm glued!
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Loving this episode, but I missed a bit - did they say how/why Christopher Berry became bankrupt?
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Loving this episode, but I missed a bit - did they say how/why Christopher Berry became bankrupt?
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Me too! Mary Berry is genuinely moved by the stories!
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That was most enjoyable. I could have watch another hour. Mary was so interested in what they had to say and I think there could have been alot more.
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Hooray ! A much better story at last for Mary. Using different ancestors made it so much more satisfying to watch - really enjoyed it.
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That was most enjoyable. I could have watch another hour. Mary was so interested in what they had to say and I think there could have been alot more.
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WDYTYA back on form
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They think it was because it cost him too much to produce the trade directory.
![]() Yes, a very interesting story with loads more that could have been explored |
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Spoiled for Scottish viewers who are watching it now.
Is their any surprise we want rid of you ignorant Sassenachs [ rants on for a while then falls over ] |
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Much more traditional tonight & all the better for that. Funny that Mary never mentioned that one of her ancestors would have been providing the bread for another, whilst they were in the workhouse!
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Yes, a much better episode. I wondered about Christopher Berry, strange that they should put an order out on him to pay 20s a week (a lot of money in those days) to keep his wife and 6 children in the workhouse. First they said he had probably abandoned them, but he had the two eldest children with him. I would have liked to have found out more about the aftermath of his bankruptcy.
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Spoiled for Scottish viewers who are watching it now.
Is their any surprise we want rid of you ignorant Sassenachs [ rants on for a while then falls over ] |
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This Mary Berry episode is much better with the mixed stories.
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Yes much more interesting.
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Hooray ! A much better story at last for Mary. Using different ancestors made it so much more satisfying to watch - really enjoyed it.
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It's all a bit sob storyish. They find the most terrible tale and then try and make the participants cry. It's getting old
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Much more traditional tonight & all the better for that. Funny that Mary never mentioned that one of her ancestors would have been providing the bread for another, whilst they were in the workhouse!
Great show tonight. Mary was so sweet in her responses, and I felt she was genuinely moved and trying not to be, rather than feeling she should cry for the camera. Especially when she realised the earlier Mary Berry's children had died, and she said, 'To lose one child...' and then she couldn't go on, when they'd already told us her son died - I found that very sad. I agree with other posters it's a better show when they tell more than one story. (Must admit though, I thought for one horrible moment that the expert on workhouses was going to suggest that the children of the earlier Mary Berry were the children of her father Christopher when she was keeping house for him. When he then said they could guess that Mary hadn't liked her father because she never named any of her sons Christopher, that was pretty mild in comparison!) |
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Yes, I thought that was quite an irony too, especially if the baker did make adulterated bread.
Great show tonight. Mary was so sweet in her responses (Must admit though, I thought for one horrible moment that the expert on workhouses was going to suggest that the children of the earlier Mary Berry were the children of her father Christopher when she was keeping house for him. When he then said they could guess that Mary hadn't liked her father because she never named any of her sons Christopher, that was pretty mild in comparison!) |
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Yes, I thought that was quite an irony too, especially if the baker did make adulterated bread.
Great show tonight. Mary was so sweet in her responses, and I felt she was genuinely moved and trying not to be, rather than feeling she should cry for the camera. Especially when she realised the earlier Mary Berry's children had died, and she said, 'To lose one child...' and then she couldn't go on, when they'd already told us her son died - I found that very sad. I agree with other posters it's a better show when they tell more than one story. (Must admit though, I thought for one horrible moment that the expert on workhouses was going to suggest that the children of the earlier Mary Berry were the children of her father Christopher when she was keeping house for him. When he then said they could guess that Mary hadn't liked her father because she never named any of her sons Christopher, that was pretty mild in comparison!) I thought the same, it seemed for a minute to be heading that way. For Mary's sake I'm glad incest and abuse didn't come in to it, even after nearly 200 years that's one taboo in the family it would be hard accept. |
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I thought the same, it seemed for a minute to be heading that way. For Mary's sake I'm glad incest and abuse didn't come in to it, even after nearly 200 years that's one taboo in the family it would be hard accept. |
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Spoiled for Scottish viewers who are watching it now.
Is their any surprise we want rid of you ignorant Sassenachs [ rants on for a while then falls over ] |
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