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Date Posted: 16:07:46 07/07/02 Sun
Author: Laura
Subject: Frontier House
Okay, those of us in the UK have just had our first taste of Frontier House: discuss.
My impressions:
The families really didn't seem to know what they were letting themselves in for. Perhaps this was the point. It wouldn't be good TV to have people who had thoroughly researched pioneer life and know what they were up against. I really can't sympathise at all with the make up issue. I'm a 'no make up and really short hair' kind of woman.
OMG - women and girls not wearing sunbonnets AND riding astride horses - pioneerwomen would be spinning in their graves!!!
What do the rest of you think?
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Re: Frontier House -- Ann, 22:56:27 07/07/02 Sun
Well, Laura didn't wear her sunbonnet most of the time, lol. Even though I do wear makeup, I'd think if I'd volunteered for the show I wouldn't have smuggled any in (except maybe chapstick). (But then, I *never* would have volunteered to be on the show!) They don't mention this on the show, butin the book they said the producers did provide everyone with sunscreen, because of the danger of sunburn in the Montana sun.
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Re: Frontier House -- Valerie, 06:00:45 07/08/02 Mon
I agree with Ann, I think I would have been concerned about my skin as it's quite sensitive. I don't wear too much makeup but I would have missed it and my hair is short so that would have been ok. Not sure if I would have volunteered though, don't know if I'm strong enough for that life, so hard, you don't realise until you watch something like this! Looking forward to watching the series.
Has anyone else seen the programmes over here about other experiences like the house during the Edwardian period or was it the 1912 house?? That was really good too. The women had it hard then as well, all that cleaning and feeling that you weren't really getting very far.
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Re: Frontier House -- Laura, 07:19:51 07/08/02 Mon
Yep, we just finished with 'Edwardian Country House' a few weeks ago. That was good - two scullery maids that each quit after two days work (seems they were only in it for the 'glamour' of being on TV), a mad French chef, and the ultra-patriarchal father of the house, made it quite entertaining. Wouldn't have liked to be 'upstairs' nor 'belowstairs' then!
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Re: Frontier House -- Valerie, 11:04:59 07/08/02 Mon
I wouldn't have like to have lived then as my family were working class back then. My mum's mother was in service for a while in lancashire before she got married, in about 1909. I would have loved to have talked to her about it, but she died when I was very young. It would be nice to go back for just one day, just to see how it was.
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Re: Frontier House -- Laura, 15:21:59 07/08/02 Mon
I can't really relate to the English Edwardian experience. The maternal side of my family at that time were the German aristocracy(!)/ upper classes living in Germany, South America and the US. My paternal side were poor crofters in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. My paternal grandmother was a a cleaner all her working life, until she was in her seventies, but as she wasn't born until 1919, she didn't have the same experiences. Following in family tradition, all the summer jobs I've had whilst at university have involved cleaning in industrial kitchens (I'd much rather have had a cushy office job). I think that I would have had more of an idea of what to expect than the two scullery maids that quit in 'Edwardian Country House', having worked in a youth hostel where I had to be up before 6am to make sure the fire in the kitchen was lit because it provided all the hot water for the hostel kitchen.
Of course, I'd never have volunteered to be a scullery maid on 'Edwardian Country House'!
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Re: Frontier House -- Ann, 11:17:44 07/08/02 Mon
Going back for one day in any time period earlier than when I was born sounds like just enough time to me, lol! Wish I'd seen the Edwardian Country House (don't know that it was shown here in US). That sounds fascinating. I was flipping channels the other day and momentarily landed on some movie taking place during the Middle Ages. Now when I was a kid, the thought of living back then (especially in a castle) would have seemed appealing to me, but not now!!! Maybe they'll do a Middle Ages Castle show. Someone would no doubt volunteer, getting all caught up in the costuming aspect of it, forgetting that life back then must have been very difficult even for the rich (and super bleak for everyone else).
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