686: Ch 8 — Cranford

Ep. 686: Cranford | Chapter 8Book talk begins at 15:54Lady Glenmire (a real baron's widow!) is in town, and the Cranford ladies can't decide whether to curtsey or completely ignore her—Mrs. Jamieson prefers the latter.---------------------------------------------------------------00:00 Episode start1:55 - MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca)2:25 - Send your crafty videos: https://bit.ly/craftlit-be-crafty4:45 - Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea5:05 - Doom and Bloom book,5:35 - Struthless's YouTube channel8:01 - ELSIE BLOUSE on WEARING HISTORY wearinghistory.com8:50 - American Dressmaking Step by Step book. Hope that helps!10:40 - cool pollinator info to be found on sites like this! And Two-spotted Bumblebee on Coreopsis from Donna Schmidt13:48-Anya's voice mailBOOK TALK—Re-hash Notes15:57 - Last week Visiting - RE-LISTENPre-hash Notes17:00 - Your Ladyship. Ended with Cherry Brandy (ha!) And Mrs Jamieson blurting out to everyone she would be hosting her SIL Lady Glenmire soon.17:50 - shared subscription to newspaper. SOME REALLY CLEVER Austen-like wordplay in today's chapter. A lot of fun!Characters in *Cranford* (Updated for Chs. 6–8)18:25 - County families—the landed gentry in the county - you know…the only important people in the area :(Miss Pole "I'll think of something to say back to her… tonight…"—nothing changes HA!18:40 Peerage - prob refers to Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (first pub was 1826!!!) Only 16 Scottish peers were SELECTED to sit in the House of Lords; 19:00 -comparison to Job - God takes everything from him then torments him some more.20:40 - The Arley's - we learned that Lady Arley shopped at Betty Barker's milliner shop last week and was part of why the shop eventually only served the well-to-do of Cranford ——which lets us know that there WAS a well-to-do set and our ladies are not they!22:00 - Fourth at pool - another card game22:45 - Sedulously-Dedication, diligence22:55 - "thought you might want a description of Mrs Smith, Her being a bride". B/c often a bride's 1st appearance in society after honeymoon she wore her dress.23:15 - ***nipped up her petticoats*** -25:10 - Mr Milliner - introduce him to listeners - ignored back door (GASP)25:15 - candle lighters as an excise LOL ALSO what's she making them out of?!??? - EXCELLENT WAY TO USE OLD BILLS & LETTERS!Assumption no one will go LOL -Poole's rationalization to go to party 🤣 - don't give her the satisfaction of hurting us (but mostly I HAVE A NEW CAP!!!)27:23 - Phlegmatic - Mrs Jamieson - of the Four Temperaments: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic - UNemotionalVery smart cap - Miss Pole -Duty was to FIRST buy a new cap - everyone does b/cwhen wearing a new cap, Cranford ladies were like Ostriches and didn't care what was on their bodies - lol -28:00 - Brooches - popular now??Dogs eyes -Hair insides - Mausoleum/weeping willowStiff muslin - like brooch mounted on florettesWe're brooches out of fashion??!? -30:00- LISTEN to the description of Miss Pole! HA!Scotch pebbles - not really timely. Victoria bought Balmoral in 1848 and suddenly Scottish agates (found in stream beds with other semi-precious stones) were VERY popular30:45 - Hair powder Over his coat collar - started in 1715 and was WAY out of date by now*St James' Chronicle* is a 4-way shared subscription with Cranford ladies - Quarter share -Mr Mulliner —ADD to cheat sheet -He looked like a Sulky cockatoo. lol -31:25 - her furniture—Era predates-Louis 14th (1638-1715) - remember people were cheap, furniture was not32:12 - pembrook table - drop-leaf table32:45 - Kaleidoscope - invented in 1817 by Sir David Brewster; Conversation Cards and Puzzle Cards - seen in the Doctor sub-plot of the Mini-series/"Mr Harrisson's Confessions (1851)34:30 - Drawings on tea chests - Might be Tole painting? might be like this (which happens to be ***japanned!*** A tinplate tea chest, c. 1760, painted with naturalistic flowers and containing two tinplate tea canisters and a sugar box. Private collection) Essential guide to tea chests and caddies36:35 - torpid - mentally OR physically inactiveAgreeable and not formally - seated36:40 - 10£ - would have purchased her whole ensemble - see belowA Lord, yet NOT a ***Lord*** - had become a common turn of phrase (A __- but not A ____), kind of like "because Reasons" has become shorthand in conversation.Lady Glenmire and Mrs. Jaimeson - SIL41:05 - Small lumps of sugar - b/c sugar was lumped in-house, not purchased in pre-squared formPreference, Ombré, Quadrille, ***Basto***, Spadille - card games and Basto=Ace of Clubs is 3rd highest trump card in Ober and Quadrille. By playing it, Misss Pole makes Lady GLenmire use up the highest trump spadrille - the Ace of Spades41:50 - Mrs Forrester's (of Cow fame) LACE STORY!43:00 - Catholic Emancipation Bill = 1829 gave Catholics access to certain public offices from which they had previously been barred. This would have exactly ZERO impact on the making of Brussels Lace.42:30 - Emetic + top-boot *(in the early 1800s, Wellingtons were sometimes referred to as "top boots". 42:50 - The term "top boots" was used for high-cut boots, often associated with riding or military wear, and Wellingtons were a popular type of boot in that category)* - emetic causes vomiting (NOT as done in the mini-series)43:30 - astronomy/astrology - Francis Moor's astrological predictionsPost-chapter NotesMartha no family in town?LOVE the "How do we address a Lady - I forgot!"HA! Mrs Jaimeson seems pretty desperate for company by the time the ladies visit! HA!- LOVE Mulliner relationship with All The Women - ugh…mansplaining.miss Pole's triumphant first comment -The DOG gets the cream!!?!? We were as intelligent and sensible as the dog - HA!!!Mrs Forrester is wearing VOMIT LACE! HA!LACE EPISODE PUT "PLAUSIBLE" on screen like mythbustersLEANNE LACE VIDEOAdditional notes for the lace video at the end: Lace of Long Ago1920s Belgian Lace Makers Nalbinding Kerouac's manuscriptMiscellaneousClothing costs research (some)MeasuringWorth.comCunnington, C. Willett. *English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century* (1937)Ribeiro, Aileen. *Dress and Morality* (1986)Recollections: Victorian Clothing CostsDon't forget to send us your crafty videosBOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025: Last Thursday of every month, 8pm Eastern:Jun—Princess Bride (book—there are many versions - Heather has notes on which Forward to read)Jul—Princess Bride (movie)Aug—The Last Unicorn (book)Sep—The Last Unicorn (movie)Oct—Random Harvest (book)Nov—Random Harvest (movie)Dec—Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (book)*CraftLit's Socials*• Find everything here:...