General Chat

Joe Maddison's War Sunday night 9.00pm
I'm really looking forward to watching this,with Kevin Whately,Robson Green and Derek Jacobi should be good it's another goodie from the late Alan Plater.

I thought it lookes good.......looks like ITv all night tommorow...starting with a new series of the Cube, followed by Xfactor and then Joe Maddison...


Sunday evening tv suddenly looks better.


Nicky

Certainly does Nicky,although I don't watch XFactor, think it's alway been good for drama

Thank you for the reminder Mau....I shall be watching that tonight. xx

Thanks Mau, it looks good ad Kevin Whately looks very....craggy! lol:-) BC XX

Glad it gave you a reminder Posh

BC....craggy lol...........wot u like lyke ;O)

Some of the scenes were filmed at Beamish,Durham local 'living museum'

That's a shame Joan and we're so near to the borders too.

Wonder why that is?as we all pay for our tv license..........someone here is sure to know...

I enjoyed tonight's drama and thought it was well acted.

Strange to see the street with the giant ship docked,as that's just what it was like when the ship yards were packed with orders,plenty of work for men on the Tyne.

Sorry Mau - only just seen your thread.

It's okay,no worries :O)

I was thinking of you Mau, while I watched it:-) I thoroughly enjoyed it and how about that singing -wonderful! BC XX

I really enjoyed this programme, what I saw of it. I had to go to bed at 10.15, as past my bedtime, havn't got the staying power or the stamina these days. I really wanted to hear the singing, and know how it ended. Perhaps someone would be kind enough to let me know.
Talking of blackout curtains on the other thread. I remember going to 'play' at the home of a friend about 1959/60. They still had their blackout curtains up, and to the best of my knowledge where still up about twenty years later when the friend's mother left the house for a bungalow.
Julia in Derbyshire

PS. Good Morning to all

aw i missed it, feel asleep ten minutes into it haha x

Anyone who missed this great programme can see it on www.ITVplayer.com

Kath. x

Thank you Kathleen for the information. I will have a look at it this afternoon when all is quiet, and domestic duties are complete. Then I can sit with me knitting and enjoy.
Julia in Derbyshire

Glad some liked it.....and the songs BC lol

In what way was the ship at the end of the street naff mtg?

Hi mtg,

There was nothing naff about the ship at the end of the street on the Tyne in those days.

Hi Mau,

I thought you would be too young to remember ships at the end of the street at Swan Hunters!!!

Jock on the Tyne.

Mtg - aren't you lucky you do not know of air-raids. The only problem I had as I have already said on another thread was the blackout curtain was missing on front doors and that the jitterbug did not arrive in this country until the arrival of the U.S. forces in 1942.

I really enjoyed the programme I hope all the dramas they are advertising on the box are as good as this one. My husband is now watching it on I player the beauty is no adverts. Anne

aw thanks Robert *flutters eyelashes* me mam told us ;O)

My maternal side of the family all worked on the Tyne

I thought it was a nice 'gentle' story showing how war affected families

Mau xx