The new series starts tonight on BBC2 at 9 o’clock . This series the house is in Newcastle .
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Evening Baz
Evening Kaytee and Baz
Syd posted:
Hi again Syd
I love it that history was stored on paper then..............
Evening Yogi and Syd
Sometimes I could cry that so much that was good about the past has been lost.........
Syd posted:Sometimes I could cry that so much that was good about the past has been lost.........
That's a nice house these days
Syd posted:Sometimes I could cry that so much that was good about the past has been lost.........
Kaytee posted:That's a nice house these days
Baz posted:How soulless have they made it ‘
Sterile and without character
Baz posted:How soulless have they made it ‘
My thoughts exactly.......
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:How soulless have they made it ‘
Sterile and without character
Syd posted:Baz posted:How soulless have they made it ‘
My thoughts exactly.......
Baz posted:Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out
Exactly
Baz posted:Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out
The basement kitchen is ok, but too modern for me,not cosy at all
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out
The basement kitchen is ok, but too modern for me,not cosy at all
I like cosy
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out
The basement kitchen is ok, but too modern for me,not cosy at all
Ditto Kaytee
Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out
The basement kitchen is ok, but too modern for me,not cosy at all
I like cosy
Me too 😍
I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?
Those slums were awful
Syd posted:I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?
Yes .....pages and pages of brexit
Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out
The basement kitchen is ok, but too modern for me,not cosy at all
I like cosy
I like cosy too, warmth and homliness over 'fashion'....I suppose that comes with age...........
Baz posted:Syd posted:I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?
Yes .....pages and pages of brexit
And pics of shallow people with fake boobs and faces full of filler and Botox
Syd posted:Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out
The basement kitchen is ok, but too modern for me,not cosy at all
I like cosy
I like cosy too, warmth and homliness over 'fashion'....I suppose that comes with age...........
Comfort over fashion for me too, Syd
Baz posted:Syd posted:I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?
Yes .....pages and pages of brexit
And robberies, petty crime and STABBINGS..............
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?
Yes .....pages and pages of brexit
And pics of shallow people with fake boobs and faces full of filler and Botox
Yes
Baz posted:Transportation for 7 years ...for two umbrellas
Really harsh
Yogi19 posted:Those slums were awful
Terrible
Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:Those slums were awful
Terrible
Hard to even imagine how hard life was for people living in those conditions
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?
Yes .....pages and pages of brexit
And pics of shallow people with fake boobs and faces full of filler and Botox
Baz posted:I don’t like William stoker
Neither do I
Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:Those slums were awful
Terrible
Hard to even imagine how hard life was for people living in those conditions
No ....makes a mockery of being hard up today !
They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway
Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:Those slums were awful
Terrible
Hard to even imagine how hard life was for people living in those conditions
No ....makes a mockery of being hard up today !
Yes, the definition of poverty nowadays is light years away from the reality of poverty then
Kaytee posted:They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway
True
Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Kaytee posted:They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway
Good point
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:Those slums were awful
Terrible
Hard to even imagine how hard life was for people living in those conditions
No ....makes a mockery of being hard up today !
Yes, the definition of poverty nowadays is light years away from the reality of poverty then
Syd posted:Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Kaytee posted:They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway
I had those thought too...........
Syd posted:Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Ummmmmm
Syd posted:Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂
Kaytee posted:Syd posted:Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂
Syd posted:Kaytee posted:They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway
I had those thought too...........
My dad started his engineering apprenticeship when he was 14... in the 20th century.
Kaytee posted:Syd posted:Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂
He was an alcoholic
Kaytee posted:Syd posted:Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂
Or what girls do today, trip over their high heeled sandals , get sick, scratch her mates eyes out over some bloke she doesn't even know.............etc.....
Syd posted:Kaytee posted:Syd posted:Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂
Or what girls do today, trip over their high heeled sandals , get sick, scratch her mates eyes out over some bloke she doesn't even know.............etc.....
Syd posted:Kaytee posted:Syd posted:Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂
Or what girls do today, trip over their high heeled sandals , get sick, scratch her mates eyes out over some bloke she doesn't even know.............etc.....
Yes
Thank goodness for buildings of beauty............
All those books 😍
Syd posted:Thank goodness for buildings of beauty............
Syd posted:Kaytee posted:Syd posted:Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....
Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂
Or what girls do today, trip over their high heeled sandals , get sick, scratch her mates eyes out over some bloke she doesn't even know.............etc.....
True 😂
Syd posted:Thank goodness for buildings of beauty............
Yogi19 posted:All those books 😍
Yes
I am so glad for 'Beautiful Books' too
They had to sit still to have their photo's taken, that is why they look 'stern'........
Syd posted:They had to sit still to have their photo's taken, that is why they look 'stern'........
They were frightened to move
Syd posted:They had to sit still to have their photo's taken, that is why they look 'stern'........
Yes
Baz posted:He looks quite kindly
Considering they had to sit with a straight face for ages while the photo was taken he doesn't look half as severe as most late Victorian photos
Baz posted:Not bad for a cheese maker
Yes, cheese man did good
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:He looks quite kindly
Considering they had to sit with a straight face for ages while the photo was taken he doesn't look half as severe as most late Victorian photos
No
Mice, rats, bugs and beetles
Hardly hard work telling the servants what to do😂
How lucky they were in the Winter............and chilly days in England.........
Kaytee posted:Hardly hard work telling the servants what to do😂
Yogi19 posted:Mice, rats, bugs and beetles
Plenty of those back then, even in posh houses😂
Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
An early one.
I have seen a couple of bees outside.
Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:Mice, rats, bugs and beetles
Plenty of those back then, even in posh houses😂
Yes
Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
I've seen plenty of bees but no wasps as yet
Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
So do I. I have an allergic reaction to their sting.
Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom
Well done Joshua....getting a substantial pension from the government
Joshua was a nice man. Stoker wasn’t.
Kaytee posted:Well done Joshua....getting a substantial pension from the government
Yes
I love those old street lamps
Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom
I feel for you..........
What on earth have the neighbours done to the frontage of their house - it looks awful
Syd posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom
I feel for you..........
Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy
Yogi19 posted:What on earth have the neighbours done to the frontage of their house - it looks awful
Poor children
Yogi19 posted:What on earth have the neighbours done to the frontage of their house - it looks awful
It looks like modern flats....maybe a lump of the street got bombed in the war....a lot of Newcastle was, being a shipbuilding and engineering area
Or he didn't realise how thick or callous the wardens were...
Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom
I feel for you..........
Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy
I squash them 😂
Syd posted:Or he didn't realise how thick or callous the wardens were...
He probably didn't really care....pick up the salary and job done
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom
I feel for you..........
Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy
I squash them 😂
I learnt not too after living with Mr B
Kaytee posted:Syd posted:Or he didn't realise how thick or callous the wardens were...
He probably didn't really care....pick up the salary and job done
Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:What on earth have the neighbours done to the frontage of their house - it looks awful
It looks like modern flats....maybe a lump of the street got bombed in the war....a lot of Newcastle was, being a shipbuilding and engineering area
Still looks carp
Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:What on earth have the neighbours done to the frontage of their house - it looks awful
It looks like modern flats....maybe a lump of the street got bombed in the war....a lot of Newcastle was, being a shipbuilding and engineering area
Still looks carp
Yes.....out of place
Pass the buck
Baz posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom
I feel for you..........
Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy
I squash them 😂
I learnt not too after living with Mr B
Mr KT runs a mile....he does spiders I do for the wasps 😂
Yogi19 posted:Pass the buck
Exactly
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom
I feel for you..........
Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy
I squash them 😂
I learnt not too after living with Mr B
Mr KT runs a mile....he does spiders I do for the wasps 😂
Mr Y runs, screaming, at the sight of a wasp
Oh dear, I might have given the barsteward a break in my first post.........He was just 'doing his rounds' and not giving a damn.............
Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom
I feel for you..........
Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy
I squash them 😂
I learnt not too after living with Mr B
Mr KT runs a mile....he does spiders I do for the wasps 😂
Mr Y runs, screaming, at the sight of a wasp
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Syd posted:Oh dear, I might have given the barsteward a break in my first post.........He was just 'doing his rounds' and not giving a damn.............
Syd posted:Oh dear, I might have given the barsteward a break in my first post.........He was just 'doing his rounds' and not giving a damn.............
Collecting his salary and counting the cash, not bothered about his patients
That was interesting, thanks for the company, ladies
Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:Syd posted:Baz posted:O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !
Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!
Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom
I feel for you..........
Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy
I squash them 😂
I learnt not too after living with Mr B
Mr KT runs a mile....he does spiders I do for the wasps 😂
Mr Y runs, screaming, at the sight of a wasp
mr KT just bows out in a fake dignified manner 😂
The currant price of that house is going up and down as this programme goes on....
I enjoyed that..........Goodnight all.....xxx
Thanks for the company ladies
I like that presenter
twickers posted:I like that presenter
Me too Twickers ....very knowledgable, but a relaxed presentation style
Evening Baz
Evening Baz
Evening Yogi
Evening Kaytee
Baz posted:Wonder why it was so sparsely occupied
Where were James’ parents?
Baz posted:Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare
The stairs would have seen me off
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare
The stairs would have seen me off
And me
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare
The stairs would have seen me off
Ditto
Baz posted:They had a lot of properties between them
Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare
The stairs would have seen me off
And me
Baz posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare
The stairs would have seen me off
Ditto
Imagine the cost of the Stannah Stair Lifts 😱
Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare
The stairs would have seen me off
And me
Baz posted:Kaytee posted:Baz posted:Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare
The stairs would have seen me off
Ditto
Imagine the cost of the Stannah Stair Lifts 😱
ROFL
Baz posted:They had a lot of properties between them
Very well off
Baz posted:I got thrown out
Baz posted:I got thrown out
Your turn now
Freddy has lost the plot
Ooer....dastardly deeds indeed
Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:Freddy has lost the plot
Not half
In debt and desperate
Baz posted:That’s a huge debt in those days
Massive
Yogi19 posted:Freddy has lost the plot
More like lost the lot 😁😁
Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:Freddy has lost the plot
More like lost the lot 😁😁
🤣🤣
Baz posted:That’s a huge debt in those days
Very
Kaytee posted:Yogi19 posted:Freddy has lost the plot
More like lost the lot 😁😁
That too, poor chap.
Baz posted:Only 6 months
That seems quite a light sentence
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Only 6 months
That seems quite a light sentence
Yes, obviously had a good lawyer
Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Only 6 months
That seems quite a light sentence
Yes, obviously had a good lawyer
Yes
Poor Margaret
What a sad story
Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Only 6 months
That seems quite a light sentence
Yes, obviously had a good lawyer
Middle class sentence.....balance of the mind and all that
Poor kids....sent away
Baz posted:By the way , fire now in one of the bell towers
How tragic
What a tragic family they were
Baz posted:By the way , fire now in one of the bell towers
Yes...there's not going to be much left😒
Sainty’s part of the town
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:By the way , fire now in one of the bell towers
Yes...there's not going to be much left😒
No
Baz posted:There ya go Renton
Snap
Kaytee posted:Baz posted:By the way , fire now in one of the bell towers
Yes...there's not going to be much left😒
No, it’s awful
Baz posted:That house ain’t bringing them much luck !
No, they are all sad stories tonight
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:That house ain’t bringing them much luck !
No, they are all sad stories tonight
Yes