Hi Jan, I've been watching it for ages and yes, it's very much to what life was like back in the 50's. Poplar was a very poor district in London. I think if Caroline sees this post she might be able to answer. I know she is from Wales, but she may know.
I love Miranda Hart (a British comedienne in her own right) and Jenny Agutter. All the cast are brilliant. aren't they? Love Chris

It's a great show isn't it I have 9 seasons on DVD just waiting to see if there is more to come.

I too was hooked from the very beginning. Of course when the women started screaming in childbirth, my husband was gone! Another good one to watch is Heartland. Good family viewing. Hugs. Nan

hi there.. it is scarily realistic.. my mum had pictures of me sitting in my silver cross coach pram just like that.. the knitted pram sets from them days are amazing.. and very much coming back into fashion here in London :-)

Sounds like some great TV series to watch. Will check them out.

Yes I have a photo of my brother in a similar pram and that was taken in Australia. Back then babies seemed to just sit quietly as children you were seen but not heard.
I agree had a little one here last weekend and was like a little rocket so full of energy.
This is a very good show I enjoyed watching it as well. I am hoping there is more to come. Another one I was watching was Home Fires Burning but the stopped making it right on a cliff hanger. It was about families in England during the war. Seemed to be very realistic and I can't understand why they canned it.

I've watched every series including the Christmas specials.The latest series was shown here early this year & the final episode left me wondering if they were going to make ant more.

Another series will appear. As mooie tells us her mum had a Silver Cross pram that she used. Babies wore knitted outfits and how the mothers copes without the washing facilities that we have goodness knows. Many small children were safely out of harms way in a big coach built pram and spent ages there sitting playing with what ever they were given. When I was a small child ie under two my mother left me outside the local Woolworths and went in to shop and on coming out found I and the pram was missing. She went back inside to say her baby and pram were missing. The reply was the manager doesnt like prams left outside the shop we moved it round the back.
I had a Silver Cross pram that was passed on from my dear friend and it was most useful for leaving the baby in safely in the garden. One late autumn day I decided to take it down to the village. I lived at the top of a steep hill and the sea is at the bottom. Walking down was dreadful and I clung on to the handle for all I could worried if I let go the pram and precious daughter would race down the hill and into the sea. I still havnt decided almost 40 years later which was worse the going down or pushing the weight of it back up the hill. It was the only time I took the pram out of the garden and it was passed on to a friend who was renovating their home and had 'loaned' her pram and not got it back. Parenting styles have altered over the years. I do know that the substitutes pushchairs are easier to handle and give greater freedom as they can be taken on public transport or the back of a car