Call The Midwife.

Beryl and Geoffrey = turkey baster. 😉

The posh accents are irritating. Trixie’s accent is now so posh that it sounds totally false. Rosalind is not so far behind. I can just about tolerate Sister Monica Joan because she is so old and has always spoken like that.

Has Trixie had some work done on her face?

Her cheekbones seemed very pronounced last night, and her face was very shiny.

Looks like Beryl and Geoffrey are going to be some sort of ‘item’, not quite sure how that will end up.

Calendargirl

I assume Timothy is waiting to be registered, if that’s what happens, and then he will start his first paid job.

He said something along those lines to Miss Higgins at the beginning of last nights episode.

I assume Timothy is waiting to be registered, if that’s what happens, and then he will start his first paid job.

Calendargirl

They have allowed Timothy to grow his hair, to make him look modern and trendy.

Apart from that, and his excellent exam results, he doesn’t inspire confidence in his doctoring really.

Needs to keep referring to Dad all the time.

Or Miss Higgins.

I may have missed something but is he just starting his rotations? Waiting for a hospital position?

shysal

Clawdy

Sister V leaving is an odd storyline too. She's longing for a baby, but is surely too old to have her own, and were single women able to adopt in those days?

I seem to remember that Beryl was very friendly with Trixie's brother, so perhaps marriage could be on the cards before babies?

Would it be "A marriage of convenience?"

They have allowed Timothy to grow his hair, to make him look modern and trendy.

Apart from that, and his excellent exam results, he doesn’t inspire confidence in his doctoring really.

Needs to keep referring to Dad all the time.

Or Miss Higgins.

I agree with the comment about wide eyed Timothy. He is a dreadful actor as is his screen Dad, Dr Turner. He is just cringey and sickly sweet all the time. Daughter Angela is starting to be the same now she is featuring rather more.

Calendargirl

I was working in a bank when decimalisation came out.

Goodness, that’s 55 years ago!

Me too! There'd been a flu epidemic the year before and because the bank were concerned about staff being off sick at such a crucial time, we all had to have flu jabs, like it or not. We were also given some maths lessons in case decimals were beyond us! Haha!

Judy54 I recall Women seeking equal rights and apparently they could not open a bank account or take out a mortgage without a Male guarantor until 1975. I must have been living in a parallel Universe because I opened a bank account in 1969 and took out a mortgage in 1971 in my own right without the need for a Male Guarantor. Perhaps I was just lucky!

Yes, you were lucky. I worked in a bank in the late 60s and early 70s. All the female staff had bank accounts at our bank, but we were not allowed to get a mortgage in our own right. I remember a senior female member of staff, who must have been about 45 and was single, finally allowed to have a mortgage and buy her own flat. Word went round amongst we younger staff that she was only allowed it because she was "on the shelf". Meow!

Clawdy

Sister V leaving is an odd storyline too. She's longing for a baby, but is surely too old to have her own, and were single women able to adopt in those days?

I seem to remember that Beryl was very friendly with Trixie's brother, so perhaps marriage could be on the cards before babies?

I think that scene was the catalyst for Sister Julienne's decision. Being midwives is secondary to their role as missionaries for the local community, and they cannot be seen to be missionaries without the habit.

mamaa

Having just watched tonight’s episode I’m confused with regard to why the sequence with the very pregnant woman who attacked Sister Julienne was in the episode. All I can think is it was the catalyst for Sister Julienne to finally decide the future of Nonnatus House- but it didn’t really fit in with anything else that was happening imo.
It all seemed very disjointed to me tonight with at least 3 very different stories being portrayed.

Yes, it was totally random and very plot driven.

I'm also not sure why Trixie is in the UK I can't remember if she came back for a particular reason.

I also thought it was bizarre that Timothy seemed to be in a constant state of wide eyed astonishment!

I wondered if Trixie’s brother and Sister Veronica met up somewhere, and slept together, to try and get pregnant?

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Unlikely I know, as she looks too old and I thought he was gay.

Just seemed odd her plane was ‘delayed’, and he couldn’t attend the strawberry tea for some supposed ‘meet up’ somewhere.

And yes, the birth in the squalid flat, with the mother with the terrible teeth, seemed to be a weird addition to the episode.

Sister V leaving is an odd storyline too. She's longing for a baby, but is surely too old to have her own, and were single women able to adopt in those days?

Having just watched tonight’s episode I’m confused with regard to why the sequence with the very pregnant woman who attacked Sister Julienne was in the episode. All I can think is it was the catalyst for Sister Julienne to finally decide the future of Nonnatus House- but it didn’t really fit in with anything else that was happening imo.
It all seemed very disjointed to me tonight with at least 3 very different stories being portrayed.

silverlining48

Dr turner is the husband of Heidi Thomas the writer of the programme, hence he is unlikely to be let go in the foreseeable future.

I agree with you that his acting is excruciating, but Shelagh is the one who irritates me more than he does. She is what my granny would have called ‘ too sweet to be wholesome’.

Also, I had begun working in 1970, and the clothes don’t seem to be as I remember them.
I’m wondering if Lucille is going to reappear to give their marriage another chance.

Ellie Anne

SORES I agree in the 50s but it’s the 70s now.

Ellie Anne - O well I always was behind the times !

In 1971 we were married, living in a damp, rented one bed flat, no children, working full time and saving hard for a deposit for a small house outside London before eventually starting our family.

I was working in a bank when decimalisation came out.

Goodness, that’s 55 years ago!

I was Mum with two young children in 1971, The first had been born in an old, outdated Maternity unit, and I can remember Nuns working there.
I was also very politically involved - all in East London. Never convinced by Womens Lib movement, although obviously totally supported the ideas of females being equal with men.

I can well remember one of our female comrades - a qualified and quite experienced teacher, but separated from her husband. She wanted to purchase a new three piece suite on the 'never-never'. My hubby, who earned far less than her had to sign the agreement as guarantor.

When we got married in 1964 I earned more than him, but no building society would even consider taking my earnings into account for a mortgage.

I did find it a little disturbing with the 28-week gestation bay surviving. Back then that was the minimum viable gestation period. Babies born before 28 weeks were counted as miscarriage. It is unlikely that any baby born so early - had thy survived - would not have experienced many serious physical problems. Much of the treatment to keep them alive in themselves caused many of these.

I was also a foster parent as from 1973 for two East London boroughs, specialising in babies, a few of them pre-adoption, others just having been removed by parents.

Judy54

I enjoyed the programme and felt sad for Sister Veronica (Beryl) who longed to have a child of her own. I remember when Sister Bernadette(Sheila) left the order to marry Dr Turner which would have been in the mid 1960's. At that time it would have been unusual for a Nun renouncing her vows to continue not only living in the area but working for Nonatus house too as a Midwife. Generally they were ostracised and sent away from the area.

I recall Women seeking equal rights and apparently they could not open a bank account or take out a mortgage without a Male guarantor until 1975. I must have been living in a parallel Universe because I opened a bank account in 1969 and took out a mortgage in 1971 in my own right without the need for a Male Guarantor. Perhaps I was just lucky!

I remember in my twenties trying to do something when my husband was away once, rent something or buy using hire purchase ( can’t remember what it was) but wasn’t allowed to do so.

SORES I agree in the 50s but it’s the 70s now.

Primrose53 - the Old Doll, looks EXACTLY how I remember elderly neighbours when we lived in the posher end of a sprawling Midlands town in the late fifties.
Ladies (older, more formal) did indeed keep their hats on after removing their coats.

So long ago.

My

The placenta was still attached to baby.