WDYTYA Series 21

[andrewalston]

Quite enjoyed the first in this series. We saw a few familiar records on screen. The birth certificate was a "Somerset House" copy, so must have been in the family some time. How many others had the 1921 Census image in front of us before we saw it on the TV screen?

Appropriately the programme was aired on the anniversary of V.J. Day. Coincidence?

[ChrissieL]

Just caught up on the first episode, Vicky McLure.  Really enjoyed it. She seemed genuinely moved when learning about her relatives. I had a great uncle who was a prisoner of war in Japan and I must admit I didn't know a lot about that war, so I will research more on that  Thankfully, he came home, unlike Vicky's great grandad. 

Chris

[AntonyMMM]

Terrible to admit that I have lost a little enthusiasm for WDYTYA  and didn't finish watching all the last series, never mind this new one ..... but I'll get around to it eventually!

(and I've worked for.them in the past too...)

[coombs]

I watched the episode in full as Martin Lewis would say. Very good episode. Although I always feel with my own family tree to do my own research and not rely on professional researchers, others may want to hire researchers but I did once but decided to go it alone always. I can always book another trip to a part of the country where my ancestors were from and spend a few days at their archives like I have done many times before.

[BillyF]

A very interesting and moving episode.

I think that Porrit Street where Vicky`s grandmother lived was on the edge of an area known as The Kasbah. BY coincidence one of the streets in this area is Maclure Street.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaVLT5X2i5g&t=301s

[AntonyMMM]

I watched it last night and enjoyed it - the husband at sea pregnancy theme struck a chord because that was a factor in another episode I worked on. Vicky McClure was obviously moved by what she discovered, which isn't always the case.

I noticed they didn't mention that the "father" was named on the grandmother's birth cert ......but that would have got into too complex an area for the programme to deal with ( and is further complicated by the informant not being the mother) !

[california dreamin]

There are lots of things I don't think are explained sufficiently. Without picking holes in the last episode (which I did enjoy) I didn't understand how the grandfather who ended up in the Far East was accepted into the military. As a miner he was in a 'reserved' occupation. 

CD

[Jebber]

There are lots of things I don't think are explained sufficiently. Without picking holes in the last episode (which I did enjoy) I didn't understand how the grandfather who ended up in the Far East was accepted into the military. As a miner he was in a 'reserved' occupation. 

CD

Some men in reserved occupations would be enlisted because the  skills they already had would be needed for the war effort. You can’t expect men with no experience to tackle difficult jobs without training, someone had to pass on those skills.

[jim1]

As a miner he was in a 'reserved' occupation

Miners were coscripted that's one of reasons why the Bevin Boys were formed.