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I know that Bob Simms was not untypical of the men of that era, in which he expected his wife to wait on him hand and foot, put his meal before him, and even put sugar in his tea - that was her job! But I found the scenes of his bullying very upsetting. Although viewers in this day and age would not understand why she allowed him to treat her like that, and why she did not walk out on him, rather than cover it up, in those days she would have been convinced that she would have a difficult time getting a job and finding somewhere to live, as she had been so brainwashed into feeling worthless and that she deserved to be treated like she was, that she would not have had the courage to leave him. She could have got a job and somewhere else to live as workers were in short supply when the men went off to war, but she hadn't the confidence.
The accountant who was being blackmailed into falsifying the accounts of war profiteers should have gone to the police regardless of their threats. Once again, someone was allowing themselves to be bullied.
Other than that, I found that the series overall was very comforting to watch, showing time when people kept their ready cash in a tin on the mantelpiece, and when they paid a bill, placed the banknotes in an envelope. I was an avid viewer of 'Un Village Francais', which was similar except that the French Villagers had to cope with the German occupation rather than making jam and digging victory gardens. It will be interesting to see if this series also lasts for six years!
score 8/10
emuir-1 3 November 2015
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