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Re: Reminder! You Don't Know You're Born
« Reply #36 on: Thursday 25 January 07 19:55 GMT (UK) »
Was that the one where his great x2 Grandmother drowned herself because she could get/find a copy of her marriage cert?
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« Reply #37 on: Thursday 25 January 07 22:25 GMT (UK) »
Warts?
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« Reply #38 on: Friday 26 January 07 18:08 GMT (UK) »
What was the point of the programme?  What did we learn?  That ploughing was hard and inappropriate for mediocre, overpaid actresses with infeasibly long finger-nails?  Why didn't she try spinning, cooking on an open fire or something else suitably feminine? Oh yes, we did learn that she had ancestors.  Dumbing-down, or what?  Thank God for the OFF button.

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« Reply #39 on: Saturday 27 January 07 20:34 GMT (UK) »
It was just a cross between wdytya and that channel four programme where Tony Robinson goes around doing horrible jobs from the past. Except that they're both good.
It is ITV though, so what were we supposed to expect.

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Re: Reminder! You Don't Know You're Born
« Reply #40 on: Sunday 28 January 07 02:28 GMT (UK) »
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overpaid actresses with infeasibly long finger-nails

I wonder how many blokes noticed that?  :)

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or something else suitably feminine

Once upon a time women did do hard labour (workwise) like coal-mining and heavy manual labour in general.  They still do in many parts of the world.

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Re: Reminder! You Don't Know You're Born
« Reply #41 on: Thursday 01 February 07 13:55 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: pjbuk007 on Thursday 25 January 07 22:25 GMT (UK)
Warts?

Well, I never could spell; use MS Word too much.

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Re: Reminder! You Don't Know You're Born
« Reply #42 on: Thursday 01 February 07 14:03 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: CU on Thursday 25 January 07 19:55 GMT (UK)
Was that the one where his great x2 Grandmother drowned herself because she could get/find a copy of her marriage cert?

Not too sure now of the details; a few babies outside of marriage etc.

I remember Gordon traced his family back to yeomen farmers in Cornwall, I think. But what stands out, compared to the latest BBC/ITV programmes, is that all the steps involved (as well as the deadends) were explained. It was a proper FH programme, not just a "Look at me I'm a celebrity" type of show.
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