tourmaline: (stephen fry qi)
Did anyone else here watch How We Used To Live as part of history lessons at primary school? I saw it in my final year at Junior school (age 10-11), and I loved it. I didn't realise at the time, but there were several series - 'my' series was the 1936-1953 era, covering the reign of King George VI, plus the year before and after - the first episode featured King Edward VIII's abdication and the final episode focused on Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.

I hadn't given it a thought for ages, but tootling through Wikipedia I came across the entry for one of the actresses - the mother of the family which my series was centered around.

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