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This one is for older grans…..not ageist honestly!

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Germanshepherdsmum Fri 13-Jan-23 11:55:53

I remember Molly Weir very well. I don’t connect her with this programme though. Katie Boyle? Someone quite glamorous.

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Katek Fri 13-Jan-23 11:09:45

My curiosity has been piqued so I've done a very quick online search. Would the programme be called 'For The Housewife'? This was an afternoon show- still looking for presenters!

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MrsKen33 Fri 13-Jan-23 11:06:07

Note to myself , Read the b….y thread first

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MrsKen33 Fri 13-Jan-23 11:05:07

We didn’t have tv then but might the lady be Molly Weir?

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Redhead56 Fri 13-Jan-23 10:51:50

I have cook books from the series Farm house kitchen I used to love that programme.

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FannyCornforth Fri 13-Jan-23 10:44:07

I’ve just googled Molly Weir.
She was born in 1910 so it could have been her; but she seems to have been doing quite big comedy TV roles and film work in the 50s

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Germanshepherdsmum Fri 13-Jan-23 10:42:33

I remember the programme but have no idea what it was called. Wasn’t there also a male presenter? We didn’t have a television until 1958 so it would have been late 50s.

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AGAA4 Fri 13-Jan-23 10:39:30

I was around at that time but we didn't get a TV till I was seven. I don't think at that age I would have watched that programme but my mum would have.

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FannyCornforth Fri 13-Jan-23 10:38:47

Farmhouse Kitchen started in 1971, so it clearly wasn’t that. Sorry!

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FannyCornforth Fri 13-Jan-23 10:35:14

I’m not an older gran (in fact not a gran at all!) but I think I might know what you mean.
Was it set in a house with a different thing happening in each room? Cooking or sewing or whatever.
Was it called Farmhouse Kitchen or something similar?
Or perhaps I’m thinking of a TV show from later on

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dragonfly46 Fri 13-Jan-23 10:34:56

We got a tv for the coronation and I vaguely remember the programme. It was only BBC then so no adverts.

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Redhead56 Fri 13-Jan-23 10:31:08

We lived in our grans back parlour no tv but I vaguely remember our gran getting one but we were not allowed in her sitting room.

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Calendargirl Fri 13-Jan-23 10:27:10

Could the presenter have been Molly Weir, a Scottish actress who later appeared in tv adverts for Flash?

I definitely remember Katie Boyle doing the cling film demonstration though. When I tried it, my bowl of peas spilled all over the place!

DH never fails to remind me of it on the rare occasions I use cling film.

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varian Fri 13-Jan-23 10:26:54

I don't remember the programme but I wonder if the presenter was the Scottish actress Molly Weir who was popular at that time?

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Witzend Fri 13-Jan-23 10:25:43

We didn’t have a TV until I was 11 - very early 60s. However I do remember a similar ad - not an actual programme - when cling film was quite a new thing.

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Lexisgranny Fri 13-Jan-23 10:20:18

When I was quite a young child - I’m thinking early 50s - there used to be a sort of home style programme on TV mid Sunday afternoon. Bearing in mind that there was obviously no ITV , they actually advertised products that were on sale in shops. One of the presenters was a mature lady called Molly Something. I remember her demonstrating Tetley teabags (my father took a very dim view of them) and also some kind of cling film. She put something in a bowl, added the cling film over it, tipped it upside down and then wrapped the top with her knuckles and pronounced ‘tight as a drum’. Isn’t it funny the totally insignificant things that you remember?

Well my problem is that has popped into my mind over the years (generally when I am using one of the products) but I have never met anyone who remembers the programme. There must be someone out there who can confirm that I am remembering correctly and not just losing my marbles.

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