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I did a double-take when I saw that Huguenot weaver's house. I am sure someone in the last series had Huguenot ancestors - was it Eddie Izzard? -and visited that place.
I found myself thinking "Oh no, not the Huguenot weaver story again", so it was nice to have the lowdown on a very different posh Huguenot from the Court of Louis XIV. The generations between the ancestor who was Chaplain to the Duke of Devonshire and the ones living in East End slums were left out, perhaps because the riches-to-rags Huguenot saga had been done before. |
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Not sure I want to watch Jerry Hall tonight. Her fake southern drawl grates on me.
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Not sure I want to watch Jerry Hall tonight. Her fake southern drawl grates on me.
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I thought that was how they spoke in Texas. I think I'll watch because she's got ancestors who worked in the Lancashire cotton mills, which is where my own ancestors worked, so it'll be quite interesting.
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They do speak with a drawl in Texas but hers is accentuated for affect.
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I did a double-take when I saw that Huguenot weaver's house. I am sure someone in the last series had Huguenot ancestors - was it Eddie Izzard? -and visited that place.
I found myself thinking "Oh no, not the Huguenot weaver story again", so it was nice to have the lowdown on a very different posh Huguenot from the Court of Louis XIV. The generations between the ancestor who was Chaplain to the Duke of Devonshire and the ones living in East End slums were left out, perhaps because the riches-to-rags Huguenot saga had been done before. |
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Not sure I want to watch Jerry Hall tonight. Her fake southern drawl grates on me.
Where are you all watching it? |
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God, this woman is areal bore, and the programme is dull
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I remember her advice to other women- in her early days of romance with Mick Jagger - to give your man a blow-job every day to keep him interested.
Maybe that's where she got her drawl from. And it didn't work either
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I remember her advice to other women- in her early days of romance with Mick Jagger - to give your man a blow-job every day to keep him interested.
Maybe that's where she got her drawl from. And it didn't work either ![]()
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I thought Jerry Hall was alright and quite funny at times. I was interested to learn some of the history, especially of the 1812 War between the UK and US.
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I thought Jerry Hall was alright and quite funny at times. I was interested to learn some of the history, especially of the 1812 War between the UK and US.
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I thought Jerry Hall was alright and quite funny at times. I was interested to learn some of the history, especially of the 1812 War between the UK and US.
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Almost all of that was in the USA. The Oldham bit only seemed to be included as an excuse to justify BBC involvement. Perhaps she's not famous enough any more in America to get onto WDYTYA USA?
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I wasn't looking forward to it but found it very interesting. Jerry was better than I thought she would be and very nice. Loved her meeting the family who lady saw her in bet crib. Slightly wacky but nice.
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Almost all of that was in the USA. The Oldham bit only seemed to be included as an excuse to justify BBC involvement. Perhaps she's not famous enough any more in America to get onto WDYTYA USA?
Her Great Grandfather spent the first part of his life in Oldham and got married to his first wife there, who Jerry didn't know about. She also went to see the type of place he worked at. The house he lived in still exists and Jerry went to have a look at it. I think that justified them going to Oldham. |
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Almost all of that was in the USA. The Oldham bit only seemed to be included as an excuse to justify BBC involvement. Perhaps she's not famous enough any more in America to get onto WDYTYA USA?
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Didn't expect to get through the whole episode last night with Jerry. In fact it was OK. Learnt nothing new particularly but it did break up the series with someone going across to US. I'm tracing my family tree and have a few ancestors who made the move across at that time via Liverpool.
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Jerry Hall has always seemed likable to me. Enjoyed the episode but parts did drag on.
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I did a double-take when I saw that Huguenot weaver's house. I am sure someone in the last series had Huguenot ancestors - was it Eddie Izzard? -and visited that place.
I found myself thinking "Oh no, not the Huguenot weaver story again", so it was nice to have the lowdown on a very different posh Huguenot from the Court of Louis XIV. The generations between the ancestor who was Chaplain to the Duke of Devonshire and the ones living in East End slums were left out, perhaps because the riches-to-rags Huguenot saga had been done before. Quote:
I haven't seen all the series of WDYTYA so I've not heard any of the other stories of people with Huguenot ancestors. None of the people I've watched have had them so it would have been interesting for them to touch on it as it seemed quite a rapid fall for them.
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I am sure there have previously been Huguenot connections.
I once did a few lookups for a friend with a Huguenot background. It can be useful to have Huguenots in the family tree as there a number of charities still running for them. Quote:
Was it Hugh Dennis?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyo...-sawalha.shtml Could have been others I've missed. |
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Just caught up with the Jerry Hall episode. Best so far this series for me. Jerry came across as a really nice lady. On the whole an interesting story.
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Not grabbing me as yet. Malone is engaging enough.
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Looking forward to seeing Anita Rani's episode whenever it's on. For reason I really like the WDYTYA episodes which see them traveling far away.
I remember when Alastair McGowan and Rupert Penry-Jones found out that they had Indian ancestry. |
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Thoroughly enjoyed tonight's episode with Gareth E Malone. Although, born in London, to us, he will always be a Bournemouth lad. Can vaguely remember a group of lads busking in the Arcade.
My inlaws were in musical entertainment, so this programme was extremely entertaining. Personally, I have heard the name of Edward Payne, as a Victorian entertainer before. Wonderful for Malone's grandfather to see his own grandfather in film, albeit a silent movie. |
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