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From: Stella Myers <>
Subject: [WarBrides] Re: WARBRIDES-D Digest V02 #67
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:31:26 -0500
In-Reply-To: <200211081605.gA8G5SrL017882@lists2.rootsweb.com>


Hazel I too watched the l940 House Wartime England, I thoroughly
enjoyed. it was so well done. I live in Ontario Canada

Regards, Stella Myers
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> Hello all,
> I was quite prepared to be disappointed and possibly put off last night
> November 7 by the 'expected' errors in the portrayal of a wartime
> family in the 1940s as often happens in films and documentaries made 60
> years later.
> Oh, was I mistaken. Barring a couple of small 'glitches' (we did not
> have glass Pyrex pie plates ) I thought it was extremely well done. From
> the beginning with Gracie Fields singing: "Wish Me Luck as you Wave Me
> Goodbye" I found myself caught up in it for over two and a half hours.
> The British family chosen for the docudrama was absolutely excellent. I
> really began to think that the mother was any Mum in any house on any
> street in wartime Britain. The children were superb as they underwent
> the move from a modern life-style of ease and comfort to living in a
> rationed, blacked-out, bomb-torn Britain for 9 weeks.
> I felt the frustration of having to cover windows with blackout
> curtains. I suffered with them as rationing became ever more severe and
> night and day became blurred during the round-the-clock bombings. Nerves
> frayed and tempers became short.
> There were amusing bits - the mother trying a concoction of boiled red
> beets and other vegetables to dye her hair. I felt pride as the women
> took up voluntary war work on the 'home front' or went into a factory.
> Shortages were often frustrating if not downright funny. Imagine not
> having any Vim to clean the bath tub!
> My tears were flowing long before the parents took the children to
> Biggin Hill to see the famous Spitfire planes at the 'end' of the war. I
> absolutely dissolved as Vera Lynn sang "We'll Meet Again" - I won't
> describe the ending.
> If you have not already seen it, do watch for it.
> I was taking notes at the end and missed some of the credits but did
> see: Wall to Wall (Productions?) Channel 4. I was watching Channel 7
> Spokane, Washington from Canada.
> For our non- North American friends, PBS is the acronym for Public
> Broadcasting System, which is supported by donations from the public.
> That is where I see all of my beautiful British comedies!
> Love to all
> Hazel
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> Hazel, I saw it also and thoroughly enjoyed it.
> I'm in Alaska, and watched it on channel 7 also.Sheila
>
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>> Hello all,
>> I was quite prepared to be disappointed and possibly put off last night
>> November 7 by the 'expected' errors in the portrayal of a wartime
>> family in the 1940s as often happens in films and documentaries made 60
>> years later.
>> Oh, was I mistaken. Barring a couple of small 'glitches' (we did not
>> have glass Pyrex pie plates ) I thought it was extremely well done.
>> From
>> the beginning with Gracie Fields singing: "Wish Me Luck as you Wave Me
>> Goodbye" I found myself caught up in it for over two and a half hours.
>> The British family chosen for the docudrama was absolutely excellent. I
>> really began to think that the mother was any Mum in any house on any
>> street in wartime Britain. The children were superb as they underwent
>> the move from a modern life-style of ease and comfort to living in a
>> rationed, blacked-out, bomb-torn Britain for 9 weeks.
>> I felt the frustration of having to cover windows with blackout
>> curtains. I suffered with them as rationing became ever more severe and
>> night and day became blurred during the round-the-clock bombings.
>> Nerves
>> frayed and tempers became short.
>> There were amusing bits - the mother trying a concoction of boiled red
>> beets and other vegetables to dye her hair. I felt pride as the women
>> took up voluntary war work on the 'home front' or went into a factory.
>> Shortages were often frustrating if not downright funny. Imagine not
>> having any Vim to clean the bath tub!
>> My tears were flowing long before the parents took the children to
>> Biggin Hill to see the famous Spitfire planes at the 'end' of the
>> war. I
>> absolutely dissolved as Vera Lynn sang "We'll Meet Again" - I won't
>> describe the ending.
>> If you have not already seen it, do watch for it.
>> I was taking notes at the end and missed some of the credits but did
>> see: Wall to Wall (Productions?) Channel 4. I was watching Channel 7
>> Spokane, Washington from Canada.
>> For our non- North American friends, PBS is the acronym for Public
>> Broadcasting System, which is supported by donations from the public.
>> That is where I see all of my beautiful British comedies!
>> Love to all
>> Hazel
>>
>>
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> I don't know if you were able to see them on the show, but my company -
> Racing Teapots - supplied some of the teapots for the house. The 1940s
> House
> was then showed, to popular acclaim, at the Imperial War Museum in
> London.
>
> The house was shown here in England, once a week, as a 30 minute show
> and was
> the sequel to the Victorian House.
>
> We make the 'Old Bill' Tank Teapot which, as you can guess by the name,
> was a
> teapot in the shape of a tank. The head of the 'tank commander' forms
> the
> basis for the lid. The soldier's face was modelled to represent Winston
> Churchill, Britain's wartime prime minister.
>
> The Tank Teapots were often given to members of the public who donated
> the
> railings outside their house, saucepans, scrap iron etc, which could be
> melted down to provide metal to make tanks, aeroplanes and ships in WW2.
>
> You can see the Tank Teapot and other wartime novelty teapots, now back
> on
> sale for the first time in 50 years (using the original moulds), by
> looking
> at the Racing Teapots website www.racingteapots.com
>
> Regards
>
> Pete Wood
>
> Racing Teapots Ltd
> London, England

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