Lark Rise To Candelford

[lesbiassparrow]

To cheer myself up I started watching this even though it was a Christmas gift and I should not be watching it so early. I am enjoying it muchly, even though Dawn French's acting is right out of the 'Buxom Wench #4" box. It's all chest heaving and winking.

(I would probably enjoy this more if I hadn't recently been to a lecture on the horrors of urban poverty in the English countryside in the 19th century. I want to think about happy peasants, not people scrubbing for a crust.)

Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

hee! At the same time I bet people were happy too. I am just comparing my life now with the life we had in 60-80s in Russia(food shortages, totalitarism, etc, etc) . I remember some things and I shudder sometimes, but at the same time I remember we were happy too. I have a 100 times better life now but I don't think I am actually happier, well , may be a little happier but mostly not because my life is easier but because I have found a good partner, etc. etc..

And my mother always remembers WW2 years with nostalgia - yes it was a real hard time back then , but she was young back then so she was happy..

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I think people have a remarkable ability to be happy with not very much, especially when you are part of a community going through the same. I grew up in rural Ireland where everyone was poor and I don't remember being unhappy (though I suspect my parents must have had some bad times.)