« Reply #55 on: Tuesday 27 July 10 16:13 BST (UK) »
All Rupe&producer seemed to want to do is to point us to Picalilly, and Rupe's family monies, rather than following what was really interesting, Ms Teague.
As for the disrespect regarding whether his gt-gfather was having an affair with the Nigerian "Servant"!
Summary? Interesting program about a self-centred, hollow, shallow character.
Ray
Whilst I respect your views I take a totally different viewpoint.
At the outset Rupert introduced himself as a "poof" and it seemed to me that from a youngster he'd had to develop a veneer against taunts which now comes across as warped humour. He wondered aloud why his gt. grandfather had left his family at home instead of taking them abroad with him - and I thought it quite natural for a "poof" to wonder if his ancestor had been one himself.
We weren't left wondering too long about the situation because along came the usual handy "expert" to explain why families were left at home in dear old Blighty.
The puzzle I had was with the photograph of the little boy in rich clothing holding a bullwhip. Usually the props in old photographs indicated their status in life. Could it have been a "stockwhip" giving a hint to the stockbroker?:-
<stockwhip are a type of single-tailed leather whip with a very long lash but a short handle>
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