Grandma70s
When I was young in the 1960s and 70s there was a sort of snobbery about TV. If you admitted to having a set at all, it had to be a small one, and in certain circles it was social suicide to admit you enjoyed it. Very silly. I’m like others here in that I don’t watch soaps or celebrity stuff, but enjoy news, current affairs, documentaries and some comedy, usually on BBC.
You’ve reminded me of what I’ve often seen in the novels of Barbara Pym. I’m a great fan of her books but it was quite clear that to her, watching TV was only really for servants or others of the ‘lower classes’.
I also used to have a colleague whose mother would never allow any watching of ITV (as it was then) because it was ‘common’.😂
