BBC 1 WDYTYA: Series 11, Episode 6, Mary Berry

[Ronbucks]

Highlighted the fine line between being comfortably well off and the workhouse.

[lisalucie]

This episode made me roll my eyes! I was annoyed how she made these sweeping statements like how the baker must have been a good man and how she asked if the woman with four illegitimate kids was a prostitue! (Oh no the taint of illegitimacy - note my sarcasm lol).

Then I fell asleep x

[panda40]

Has anyone been able to find out what happened to Christopher Berry? We had Mary's death certificate but Christopher was forgotten after the bankruptcy. Did he manage to establish another business. The assumption was Mary his daughter went and lived with him but no proof was offered.
I enjoyed the episode but lots of gaps and assumptions about what happened.
Panda

[lisalucie]

Also I think that the way they now (the programme makers) are specifically looking for a similarity between an ancester and the celeb is over shadowing the rest of the "digging" for want of a better word.

In my opinion there's too much time spent on "oh great grandad such and such liked dogs! So do I...I've inherited so much from him".
We can all find things in common if we look for it, I don't think it means it's inherited or in the genes. (If it is I'm gunna end up a drunk or down a pit lol)

Rant over x

[LizzieL]

Has anyone been able to find out what happened to Christopher Berry?

There's a death notice for a Christopher Berry aged 55 in Cambridge Chronicle and Journal 24 June 1831, he died on 15th June aged 55. His death was in St Stephens, Norwich and he is still described as a printer. I got a bit confused whether he was Christopher the elder or younger. Only saw part of it, OH came back from work in the middle of it. But have whole episode on video, so will watch later.

[Greensleeves]

We can all find things in common if we look for it, I don't think it means it's inherited or in the genes. (If it is I'm gunna end up a drunk or down a pit lol)

Rant over x

Your post made me laugh out loud - thanks!

Regards
GS

[lisalucie]

Your post made me laugh out loud - thanks!

Regards
GS
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Lol no problems x

[lizdb]

In my opinion there's too much time spent on "oh great grandad such and such liked dogs! So do I...I've inherited so much from him".

Agreed.

[sstain]

Hi All

Well, I enjoyed this episode. My 4x grandfather was awarded 5 loaves a week as outdoor relief when he fell on hard times as a Framework knitter and his wife had just died so he had 5 children to look after. That was around 1840. I found it really enlightening to realise that people were even making money out of the destitute by doctoring the bread and that the contract was given on the basis of who you were and not best value for money.
As an aside, my daughter trained to be a baker, wonder if that was because the family only had bread to exist on at that time.
One of the children who was granted this bread, later became a bit of a philanthropist and I found a report of him having an enormous christmas pudding made which was then distributed to the poor of the area. There were queues outside his door.
Sheila