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I personally am a fan of the first 3 seasons only, which for the most part, closely follow Jennifer Worth's original memoirs. (I have read and re-read these 3 books numerous times.) Season 4 did not hold my interest at all, especially after the main character - Nurse Lee (Jennifer Worth's younger self) - left the show. My humble two cents...
On first watching it, I thought the setting resembled the 1910s or 1920s...No cars, no busses, no trains....I was later surprised to learn it was the 1950s.
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Last night on PBS was the episode where the girlfriend of a college-bound East Ender found out she was pregnant. The two got engaged, he was given a job at the paint factory, tried to kill himself, and she conveniently miscarried so he could fulfill his dream after all. A classic deus ex machina.
On first watching it, I thought the setting resembled the 1910s or 1920s...No cars, no busses, no trains....I was later surprised to learn it was the 1950s.
Last night on PBS was the episode where the girlfriend of a college-bound East Ender found out she was pregnant. The two got engaged, he was given a job at the paint factory, tried to kill himself, and she conveniently miscarried so he could fulfill his dream after all. A classic deus ex machina.
The fact the young people got engaged was a step forward from before when the girl would have been packed off to go stay with an aunt aka a home for unmarried pregnant women.
I've watched this series from the beginning and think it is quite close to being historically correct. The progression from a relative being present at childbirth to a midwife was quite a step forward now in the current series with the birth of the national health service we have women being admitted to hospital with all the modern amenities and sterile atmosphere and that dreaded 8 day stay.
The storyline about the thalidomide babies being born is heartwrenching, my aunt was a midwife during this period and recalls the same heartbreak at babies being born so deformed they had no chance of survival, it eventually led to her having a breakdown and she changed her course and became a community nurse instead. Watching the doctor and his wife trying to work out why this was happening is interesting.
As it turns out after some googling I found out doctors in Germany first linked the drug to the birth defects it was withdrawn from use, however its still used in some countries for treatment of leprosy and without proper education once again thalidomide babies are still being born. Very sad in this day and age they haven't found another drug to cure these illnesses that doesn't have such horrible side effects.
I look forward to watching the show every Sunday night during the season.
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