Quizzes & Puzzles18 mins ago
Paul O'grady's Working Class
24 Answers
I thoroughly enjoyed this programme as I am working class and proud of it! I just wondered whether the next programme will take in South Wales, as my Father was a steel worker there, and boy, there were lots of steel works there too as well as lots of coal mines at one time.
The programme was very interesting, and its amazing how many of the items on there I remembered very well.
The programme was very interesting, and its amazing how many of the items on there I remembered very well.
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by bobbie22. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
-- answer removed --
Woofgang, and class is a strange concept to be ashamed of, too. A friend claims to be working class. That her father was the multi-millionaire son of a farm worker, she went to private boarding school,and when she said "I had a model farm at home" it turned out she meant " We had a farm and I had farm animals given to me, so I could play at being a farmer" and she was a barrister living in Chelsea, did not disabuse her of the idea that she might just be middle class. What is the attraction in claiming working class ancestry? It may be a sign that the working class is virtually dead and now viewed with nostalgia.
Of course the nobs did naff all, emmie. They hadn't got machines to do the work for them, they had the working class. And the attitude was extraordinary. My grandmother really did look down on people "in trade". When my father went into business, she merely tolerated the disgrace, but when her granddaughter trained to become a cordon bleu chef that was the last straw and she loudly proclaimed "I never thought my own grand-daughter would be a COOK !"
She was also notable for saying to my mother, when a maid cut herself badly,"Don't fuss, dear. They don't feel pain like we do!"
She was also notable for saying to my mother, when a maid cut herself badly,"Don't fuss, dear. They don't feel pain like we do!"
Fred, i come from good old fashioned, hard working, no nonsense working class stock, i couldn't wait to leave, it had it's limitations, not least that for some unknown reason you were brought up to believe some were better, because they had money, title, and i didn't think that as a woman i was second class, though was often treated that way, even in the family environment, wrong wrong wrong.. i made my own way, didn't ask for nowt, and got on with things, i can't say much has turned out as i wanted, but it wasn't for want of trying.
Related Questions
Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.