General Chat

i thought the reason that julians nipples seemed so pronounced maybe because they are pierced??? liked the opening comment bout him not having 3 cameraman in his room.................................................least not all at once Bev

Thanks Zoe and Shelli, will have a look tomorrow. Maz. XX

I must admit to having a giggle when it was revealed that his mother was also from German stock, that will teach her for being so snobby, and looking down her nose at her husband, and yes I heard his dads chuckle when Julian told his mother about her ancesters...... Bev

Maz to search booths, it helps if you know the parish the family were living in, on the 1901. You can search by parish 1898.

I didnt enjoy the programme as much as the one last week with Stephen Fry. I thought the Family Ties programme on BBC4 was very good. I had a similar thing happen (as the German family thing) in my father in laws family. My mother in law was raised as a Roman Catholic. Her husband had always denounced them, much to do with the way his mother in law treated him as she didnt accept him a none catholic. He always assumed that her family originated in Ireland. Not true. I have gone back to 1750's and no Irish ancestry. When we started to research his family tree, it was difficult as his father had run away from home to join the army in 1913 and refused to talk about his family. We found out, by process of illimination and his army record, that he was decended from Irish Catholics. He didnt believe us and I think still doesnt. His older brother does and just accepts it. I must admit I did tease him about it. Apologies to anyone who is Irish and Roman Catholic. This is a fact, not my opinion. I don't mind where anyone originates from or what their religion is. Margaret

I would have hated to be Julian when he 'came out ' to his mother! Anyone else notice, right at the very start how the cat chased Valerie...pehaps that is why i didnt notice Julian s nipples....

Maz booth.lse.ac.uk easiest way to do it is to 'search for street in 2000' and then when it brings up page choose 'view map' this brings up recent map and the 1898 poverty map - the 1898 is really difficult to make out so having the 2000 map orientates you don't know how to find streets that no longer exist in 2000 tho - used to be able to but the search changed about two years ago

I noticed his nipples too lol and he wore some shocking tops!! Zoe, how are you looking at the Booth's map please m'dear? oh and thanks for explaining the hair merchant - I'd thought that was a bit creepy! Have to say I do love Julian though, he is so gorgeous looking! Maz. XX

I think a hair merchant dealt in horse hair for stuffing things like mattresses and chairs

I didn't notice his nipples but did notice that his voice seemed to drop a few octaves as the programme went on. I did enjoy it thought - and yes, I agree with other posters, Mrs C is a complete snob! Lisa

What's a hair merchant? Merry

Daisy if he was born in train station he's still poor ;op

I'll tell hubby that Zoe, he was born in Holloway Road and could do with a bit of a lift tonight!! Daisy

favourite moment.... 'and her father was in building construction' actually Julian - I think you'll find it said bricklayer

I think a lot of people like dthe Booth's map bit as i've now crashed twice out of it. Trying to double check if the 'wealthy' part of teh family from Islington were actually just blaggers and lived in the blue bits too. Popham Street - poor Britannia Row - poor Eagle Wahrf Road - partly poor very surprised to see that almost all of Holloway Road was considered pretty well off - cuh - how much a hundred odd years can change a place eh?

Yes, Gray i think so too... as i said before, not really her fault, just the way she was brought up.

I had a good laugh when Julian discovered his mothers ancestors were German, what a snob, unbelievable. SUe

Found the part on Booths map pretty interesting. I have Germans on both sides of my tree - never bothered me. And if I'd known having an artist in the tree was so desirable I'd have told everyone about mine ages ago! lol Daisy

Yes, his mother got right up my nose at the beginning by saying she didn't want him to find any 'foreigners'! I agree with you Lynda about a certain 'prejudice' against Germans years ago but on the other hand, I reckon she's younger than my own mum, and yet my mum lived through the war without being so prejudiced. Also the way she looked down her nose at their being any 'poverty' in her family! I thought she might have been joking but one look at her face said she wasn't! But I do like Julian and I watched it because it was his programme, despite his mother. Mandy :) PS: Zoe, I missed the nipples! I must have been half-asleep!

Rox - didn't it just. x