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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) rated Below Stairs: The Bestselling Memoirs of a 1920s Kitchen Maid in Books

Sep 3, 2018  
Below Stairs: The Bestselling Memoirs of a 1920s Kitchen Maid
Below Stairs: The Bestselling Memoirs of a 1920s Kitchen Maid
Margaret Powell | 2011 | Biography
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6.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Margaret Powell's memoir Below Stairs is growing up in a poor in money but rich in love with her family in a small village near London, England and her life in domestic service in the 1920s. It is simply wonderful. Her other memoirs Climbing the Stairs and Servants Hall and her Cookery Book are next on my list. It's more like listening to your favorite aunt sitting at the kitchen with you over fresh-baked cookies and glasses of homemade lemonade while retelling stories of her childhood and life in the early part of the 20th century. You HAVE to read it!. Julian Fellowes read her books and they were the inspiration behind the extremely popular BBC series Downton Abbey, that is watched by us in the states on PBS Masterpiece.
  
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Elski (281 KP) rated Love, Simon (2018) in Movies

Nov 12, 2018  
Love, Simon (2018)
Love, Simon (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
8
8.7 (59 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
A teen angst rom-com for the modern age. It follows formula plot points well trodden except that Simon (played charmingly by Nick Robinson) is gay. This was a big step forward for a major studio such as 20th Century Fox to give it the mainstream film treatment it deserves.
There's some great music and a likeable cast, and plenty of humour.
On first watch you're kept guessing on who the mystery love interest Blue is and end up just as relieved/pleased as Simon when the truth is revealed.
Jennifer Garner as Simon's Mum gives a perfect speech at one point that makes me well up each time I see it. It stands up well to repeat viewings. A recommendation for anyone to watch, not just for teens.

Thanks to Smashbomb for the dvd!
  
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David McK (3411 KP) rated Me Bandy, You Cissie (The Bandy Papers, #4) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Me Bandy, You Cissie (The Bandy Papers, #4)
Donald Jack | 1979
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The fourth book in Donald Jack's Bandy series of novels, following a Canadian aviator through the early parts of the 20th century.

This is the first novel not set in (or related to) The First World War, as it is set in the 1920s, and follows the trials and tribulations of its titular character upon his escape from Russia and return to America: events that see him join (and then get fired from) the postal service, and eventually become an unwitting early Hollywood star.

While it's still fitfully amusing, I have to say I didn't find this as funny as the earlier books: maybe because it is set in America, and relates to events and characters that we (in the West) are not as familiar with as our American or Canadian counter-parts.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) in Movies

Apr 26, 2020  
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
1943 | Classics, Drama
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Classic drama from Powell and Pressburger. The life of a British army officer throughout the first part of the 20th century is explored, particularly his friendship with his German counterpart and the women he loves (all played by Deborah Kerr).

Typically inventive and imaginative stuff from the Archers, with bold and witty transitions across time and space, moving depictions of romance and friendship, and an understanding that you can deal with serious topics while remaining playful and creative. Terrific performances and direction: acknowledged as an influence by Scorsese and (less predictably) Tarantino. Churchill tried to have the production of the film halted, feeling it was unpatriotic, but as well as being one of the greatest British movies of all time, it is also one of the finest films about what it means to be British.