Paul O'grady's Working Class

[bobbie22]

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.

[bobbie22]

I think you are right on reflection steve, Possibly his own nostalgia trip.

[Svejk]

Not too keen on P.O'grady as a rule, but thought this was alright.
It wasn't an in-depth investigation, steve, but it didn't set out to be.

[marval]

I enjoyed it

[quinie]

I'm sorry i missed this programme.When is the next one,bobbie? By the way I love your avatar!

[bobbie22]

Thanks quinie. Im not 100% sure but I think the second and final programme is on the same time next week. (Best check in case I am wrong)

[quinie]

Thank you.

[ferlew]

I was born where he was, so thoroughly enjoyed the programme.

[Jeza]

Didn't see the prog but I'm sick of both main channels giving jobs to the boys (and girls) to do their documentary's.

[mickthemuppe]

As I am not working class the programme would not interest me

[woofgang]

I think that class is a strange concept to be proud or not proud of...

[emmie]

people were proud of their roots, working class then had a different connotation than it does now. I did watch some but i am not a big fan of his

[FredPuli43]

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.

[emmie]

or that they did the bulk of the work whilst the nobs lazed about and did naff all.

[murraymints]

I know my place ! Lol

[FredPuli43]

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!"

[Old_Geezer]

Oh, having see the thread's title I assumed this was a claim Paul was making :-)

[woofgang]

I agree Fred, I was grouping "ashamed" under "not proud"

[emmie]

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.

[mikey4444]

I enjoyed the program very much. O'Grady is an entertaining character who I think should be made more use out of by the BBC, as he seems to get a point over well and clearly, without hectoring. I would enjoy it even more if he brought back Lily though !