Down with Upstairs Downstairs II

[flipnflap]

Not a patch on the original. I don't care about any of the characters. Barely any story. And incredibly boring. They should have left it well alone. Downton Abbey is in as totally different league to this junk. What did you think.

[chrissa1]

I didn't catch why the Jewish girl was suddenly dead!!!!

[Hopkirk]

Yes, I was a bit baffled by that, but I assumed it was a bad asthma attack, as she had the steam thingy going to help her breathing.

[naomi24]

I'm enjoying it - and I'm learning things I didn't know before - like they put iodine in the washing to maintain the whiteness! Reckitts (sp) Blue was an old fashioned product for keeping the washing white, so I can only presume it contained iodine. See .. despite your disappointment, these programmes can be educational. ;o)

[naomi24]

Yes, I assume her death was due to asthma. Actually, with the Mosley rallies I think they're touching on an important time in our history - probably a period that some people know little about.

[Invictas]

I think Mr Amanjit said his Mother (who was a laundress) put Indigo in her laundry to make it look white.
This from a site about Reckitt & Colman

Stone blue, fig blue, blue starch - indigo & smalt
Before factory-made chemicals were available, clothes were whitened with blue derived from indigo, or from powdered blue smalt: ground glass containing cobalt. The indigo was processed, mixed with starch, and sometimes other additives, and formed into lumps. This was stone blue, or fig blue, or thumb blue. Other names which have been used for bluing whiteners include Mecklenburg blue and Queen's blue. Prussian blue, still an ingredient in a modern bluing liquid, was discovered in the early 18th century, and used on laundry long before synthetic ultramarine

I don't think you would have added Iodine to the laundry as it is an incredibly deep purple when in the bottle.Not only that but it would be almost impossible to remove from clothes.

[naomi24]

Indigo!! Of course!! Not iodine!! Thanks invictus. Maybe it's time for me to go to bed. ;o)

[carlton23]

My wafe and I thought it was qwate entertaining.

[naomi24]

Sorry, *Invictas. (Definitely time for bed). Night all. x

[Invictas]

Not at all Naomi,
I now have to have the 888 subtitles on,not because I am deaf,just because otherwise I seem to miss the important facts!
Night night.

[supapapa]

I think it was DAZ had the blue whitener.