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Callistemon21

Right across the Midlands, then!
Quack ?

Yes - wonder how far north you go before it morphs into hen - and where they say chicken/chuck. I worked in Manchester too, and they used chuck. The joys of local dialect.

In the North East, it morphs into hinny or marra in the far north-west before Scotland its marra or even assa marra and quite a lot of pet.
I would say hen was Scottish but might be wrong.

It's gone now but the old Groby Road Hospital reception desk and a lot of the nurses who worked there

Did you work there Yammy? My brother has just spent 4 months in the latest version of that hospital.

I caught up with this last night on iPlayer. I enjoyed it apart from the bad language, and will stick with it. I think, to be fair, that both the Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire accents are very difficult to replicate, so I suppose it makes sense to move up a county! Most actors can “do” a Yorkshire accent. We don’t mind sharing?. We live in South Yorkshire and I worked in the city centre at that time. There were marches and demonstrations almost daily through the city centre. I worked for a large building society and, latterly, things were very bad for miners struggling to pay their mortgages. Lots of foreclosures. Heartbreaking.

I was brought up in Nottingham and was often called 'duck', 'mi duck', or 'chick' . I still call my girls and grandson 'chicky'. I don't think the accents are too bad. Love the series

I tried to watch the rest of the episodes tonight but they are only releasing them as they are shown generally.

Yes I enjoyed the first episode immensely. However I started the second episode late at night and fell asleep (no fault of the show, I was exhausted). I’ll have to watch it again this weekend and catch up.

Lovetopaint037

I tried to watch the rest of the episodes tonight but they are only releasing them as they are shown generally.

Hate to upset the binge watchers, but I think it is good when the episodes are only out on I player after the original date.

I much prefer something to look forward to on a weekly basis.

You could do that even if they were on iPlayer though. I much prefer seeing episodes back to back. It’s easier to remember what’s going on, and you don’t have to be free at the same time every week to follow it. I can’t always see one week’s episode before the next one is screened - particularly when there are two in a week.

kittylester

DH has taken offence at references to Notts Forest when everyone knows that it is Nottingham Forest.

My father would have too. He was a staunch Nottingham Forest fan and some family members supported Notts County, It was always Nottingham Forest or Notts County. I never heard the term Notts Forest used for the football team my Dad supported.

Back to the drama, I thought it was very good with a lot of characters to work out how they are all related to each other in the present and the past. Perhaps somebody could tell me why the Bridegroom’s father gave the bride away or perhaps he was the best man?

Kitty I was often called mi duck, particularly on Leicester market.

Jane43

I think it was said in the speeches that Andy, the bridegroom’s father, gave the bride away as her own father was dead.

Perhaps his death was somehow related to the miners dispute, as his daughter (the councillor) was quite vocal about it at the meeting.

Well that made it all as clear as mud!!

Thank you Calendargirl

Pittcity

Well that made it all as clear as mud!!

I believe there are three more episodes. It will all become clear in the end, for me it really is a quality drama.

I too have often been called ‘mi duck’!

Didn’t Andy sign for delivery of the spade? Surely that will be traced back to him, and he denied accepting delivery?

I found last night’s episode a bit of a muddle. I thought the Stephen Tomkinson gang were mates of Gary, but they didn’t seem welcome.

And does no one notice the bow and arrow chap whizzing about on his bike?

Calendargirl the visiting police officer found out that Neil’s father had signed for the parcel at the end of last night’s episode and when the police contacted Neil in the car to call him in to update him on developments his father realised he had been found out and that’s why he ran off.

The visiting gang weren’t welcome because of historic animosity between striking miners and miners who resisted the strike. The visitors were members of the striking union and most of the village ex miners were members of the break away union that worked throughout the strike. Gary was an exception as he was a striking miner but seemed to have been accepted in the community although he was obviously disliked by some people.

I agree it was a bit odd that the boy was able to ride around undetected but I suppose he knew the routes to take where he could be concealed for a lot of the time.

I found the sisters talking through the wall to be a poignant metaphor for their divided life.
Anyone else think the butler did it? (Downton reference.)

kittylester

^It's gone now but the old Groby Road Hospital reception desk and a lot of the nurses who worked there^

Did you work there Yammy? My brother has just spent 4 months in the latest version of that hospital.

No I didn't live in the hospital Kitty but my husband did. We were given the old lodge house as married quarters and I had to go to the reception whenever there was a problem.
I hope your brother is much better now.

Best series on TV at the moment. But last night,s episode took a bit of sorting out who was who and felt it moved too quickly for me. But cannot wait to watch this tonight.

Thanks Jane

I think I dozed off for a vital few minutes, which is why I missed relevant bits!

I prefer to watch things like this on iPlayer, so that I can rewind when I think I've missed something .

I'm away from broadband just now, so just have Freeview and have to watch live.

Pittcity

I found the sisters talking through the wall to be a poignant metaphor for their divided life.
Anyone else think the butler did it? (Downton reference.)

I thought it was quite Shakespearean!

Pyramus and Thisbe

And does no one notice the bow and arrow chap whizzing about on his bike?

Has he not got a shelter in the woods?
What is he eating, drinking?
Where are the sniffer dogs?

Last night's episode ? Brilliant.