Midwives returns to Ch 2 tonight

[bright.ton42]

For those who liked the series the new one is on tonight

on Ch 2.  It's against Downton Abbey but I'll tape one for later.

or get it on Catchup tv.  

[nicnacs_4u]

I think the new series will be shown in England 2014,so I think we will be waiting awhile before it gets here worse luck:-(

Wasn`t last nights episode a tear jerker in parts..definately leaves a good feeling after watching it:-)Happy to say I was wrong it`s again on next Sunday night!!

[bright.ton42]

That's good it will be on again.  i have yet to watch it on Iview and looking 

forward to it.  Will get all my nibblies ready and settle back and enjoy, and get

 a box of tissues by the sound of it.  🙂

[izabsmiling]

I'm finding the cockney costermonger language of the time (as written in the books interesting),

At the trial of the elderly Nun the Judge needed a translator.Luckily the Court usher knew the lingo.

does anyone know what these mean ? (some easier than others)

bread an' cheeses

Jack Horner 

dahn ve frog an' toad

Adam an' Eve

carvin knife

'oly friar

north and south

tea-leaf

Isle of White

bull and cow

jackdaw

oliver twist

'amstead 'eafs

earwigged

blackbird

grasshoppers

ve garden gate

barnaby rudge

[izabsmiling]

at other times in the book the Costas speak to each other in a different way...the words used seem to be backwards ...ie; wen dal = new lad

[bright.ton42]

Isn't that the same as the cockney Rhyming Slang?

So bread n cheese might be knees

Jack Horner -  corner

Carvin Knife  -   wife 

Adam n Eve - sleeve 

Just guessing though.  

Iza maybe they used the backward words as well, though I hadn't heard of them.  

My mother's family came from that area, Poplar, so it's quite interesting 

for me to see as I hadn't been there.  I knew it was poor though.  

[the_great_she_elephant]

Adam and Eve = believe.

dahn ve frog an' toad = down the road

north and south  = mouth

tea-leaf = thief

Isle of White = right

bull and cow = row. as in argument

jackdaw =jaw.  may also mean a thief

oliver twist = p*ssed, as in drunk

'amstead 'eafs = teeth (Hampstead Heath)

earwigged = eavesdropped

blackbird = brush (more specifically shoe brush - from blackbird and thrush)

grasshoppers = coppers, (police)

ve garden gate = magistrate

barnaby rudge = judge

And did you know the expression 'berk' as in 'he's a right berk' actually comes from the rhyming slang Berkshire hunt - go figure.

[izabsmiling]

Hi Brighton and She El,

Brighton, yes that is the cockney rhyming slang .The Costermonger used it in the Court room.Perhaps the backwards talk they used between themselves helped them to communicate without 'outsiders' understanding what they were saying ?

bread n cheeses ...used to refer to hankies ...(cheeses / sneezes , maybe bread / head ?)

adam and eve is as She El said 'believe'

I'd expect that you would do well She El and you did.

I think in the book they used Oliver Twist for' fist' as it relates to the man's carvin knife having a Oliver Twist on her like something or other and he didn't want his 'amstead 'eafs knocked out of his jackdaw.

and from memory  blackbird was used to refer to the Nun 

Right Berks? I wonder what those Berkshire Hunters were like 

[nicnacs_4u]

What a lovely final episode it was last night.Great series and does anyone know if there is a series 3 to come?

[izabsmiling]

Hi Nic :-x

I hope that you and your family are all well and happy.

I haven't watched last nights episode yet. Not sure about another series .I believe that the College( which is grade 2 listed) they use as the set for  'Nonnatus House' may have been up for sale earlier this year and that a new set needed to be found .

I enjoy the series ..though having read the books ...the differences are a little frustrating at times .

[nicnacs_4u]

Hi Nic :-x

I hope that you and your family are all well and happy.

I haven't watched last nights episode yet. Not sure about another series .I believe that the College( which is grade 2 listed) they use as the set for  'Nonnatus House' may have been up for sale earlier this year and that a new set needed to be found .

I enjoy the series ..though having read the books ...the differences are a little frustrating at times .

All`s well thanks Iza I seem to be getting better and my girls and grandies are good too,I can`t believe my youngest will be thirty on the 31st,time just flies:-)I hope all`s good in your neck of the woods!!