North and South Chat

Post by **merry** » Thu Sep 29, 2022 4:42 pm

The last post in our previous topic:

OK, so I have wasted a ridiculous amount of time (where I'm supposed to be going to bed and sleeping because I have to wake up early and get my daughter to vball practice) looking for the comment about the roses being fake, and I told Tom I'd try to find my source: I found it!

"KB: Â All the yellow roses that you can see dotted all over the place were actually fake roses, so the art department had to spend hours trying to put in fake, sort of material roses all over the place."
https://richardarmitagecentral.co.uk/tr ... parts-1-2/

Post by **merry** » Thu Sep 29, 2022 4:46 pm

and I replied that I thought it had survived the journey from Helstone in John's pocket rather well ! :lol:

TRavine · Post by **TRavine** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 6:35 pm

Did anyone else attend the online interview with Sandy Welch, which was hosted by the Elisabeth Gaskell house yesterday?

Philipaholt · Post by **Philipaholt** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:27 pm

Ummm. What??! How did I miss such a lovely event?

(No, Tom I missed it. Hope you got to watch.)

TRavine · Post by **TRavine** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:37 pm

I did watch it and it was fascinating! Very interesting. TheScribblerCMB interviewed her and they talked for almost one and a half hours. They had to cut it short in the end and did not get to talk about the Great Exhibition scene

But they spoke about the beating of Stevens, which was interesting, the train scene, and Ann Latimer.

mimosa · Post by **mimosa** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:02 pm

Yes, Tom, I was there.
I was on my son's computer, and my ID was Mumpsy. LOL. I was so glad to see another one of there..totally "recognized" you.

Philipa, you can still listen in. You contact Linda at Elizabeth Gaskell house and tell her. You have to buy the ticket and then she'll send you the link. That is what I might do for the other talks about North and South that I have missed.

ME

TRavine · Post by **TRavine** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:38 pm

I was on my son's computer, and my ID was Mumpsy. LOL. I was so glad to see another one of there..totally "recognized" you.

Aah so that was you!!!

I saw your comment and was like "I bet that's one of the Millers" lol

Oh I should do that too I think. I hated missing the one about Manchester. They are mostly on Wednesdays, which sucks, because that's when I have evening classes.

mimosa · Post by **mimosa** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:51 am

TRavine wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:38 pm
I was on my son's computer, and my ID was Mumpsy. LOL. I was so glad to see another one of there..totally "recognized" you.
Aah so that was you!!! I saw your comment and was like "I bet that's one of the Millers" lol

Oh I should do that too I think. I hated missing the one about Manchester. They are mostly on Wednesdays, which sucks, because that's when I have evening classes.

Yes! I was hoping you would figure out that it was a Miller by my comment. I was trying to say something that tried to give a clue. I mean, the exclamation you used was just soooo "German"? It was so great.

I follow the Scribbler on FB, but I could hardly understand her English. What a thick accent she has! I could have listened to them for hours. LOL!!

ME

TRavine · Post by **TRavine** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 8:22 am

Yes! I was hoping you would figure out that it was a Miller by my comment. I was trying to say something that tried to give a clue. I mean, the exclamation you used was just soooo "German"? It was so great.

Haha true!

And I doubt there are too many Toms in this fandom.

I follow the Scribbler on FB, but I could hardly understand her English. What a thick accent she has! I could have listened to them for hours. LOL!!

Tell me about it, especially via zoom, where the audio quality isn't always top notch. It was the second talk I saw with her, so I had somewhat grown used to her accent by then. She is extremely knowledgable and I love her character interpretations.

Post by **merry** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 6:42 pm

Hey - look what two of our lovely Millers did!

I am unbelievably touched by this - sniffle!

Thank you both! (and how clever you are!! wow! beautiful!)

Forsteriaana30 · Post by **Forsteriaana30** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:56 pm

merry wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 6:42 pm
I am unbelievably touched by this - sniffle!

Thank you both! (and how clever you are!! wow! beautiful!)

You're welcome, merry. We really love this forum, so we wanted to help to grow it bigger.

One person answered to this my story, but I don't know if this person will be joining. We will see it and I'm happy to help!

Philipaholt · Post by **Philipaholt** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 8:37 pm

That's lovely! Hopefully we can snag some more lovely friends

Post by **merry** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:22 pm

Bless you Forsteeriana, you are just so lovely

and so talented! I have no artistic talent whatsoever so I'm always super-impressed by those who are.

Hopefully we can snag some more lovely friends

And we are missing a couple of our old ones - Annabella and Penelope at least. For Annabella I will leave a comment on one of her stories (I have found one I haven't read! so a treat anyway) and put the link in. I hate to nag people though (believe it or not

PenelopePitstop · Post by **PenelopePitstop** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:23 am

Hello again Millers,
I have found my way back to the Mill after re-registering.
I would have liked to have joined in the Sandy Welch session to ask her why she did not include the scene where Thornton carries Margaret into the house after she's been knocked unconscious and he cries "Oh my Margaret...etc". Don't suppose anyone knows answer to this, Sandy's rationale? For purely drool inducing reasons alone, I would have loved this scene in the adaptation!

Maybe it would have been a bit too swoon-worthy for TV?!!

Post by **merry** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:44 am

Oh Penny, I am so pleased to see you! I was figuring out a way to send a search party to bring you back to the flock

Post by **merry** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:49 am

Thornton carries Margaret into the house after she's been knocked unconscious and he cries "Oh my Margaret...etc". Don't suppose anyone knows answer to this, Sandy's rationale? For purely drool inducing reasons alone, I would have loved this scene in the adaptation! Maybe it would have been a bit too swoon-worthy for TV?!!

Oh good heavens!

I wish they had put that in - imagine!

Were they trying to keep John a mystery man to the end? He looks at her lying there and we are supposed to GUESS he is thinking 'Oh my Margaret'?

Personally I felt TRavine's North and South Crack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl04XymxaIY did this way better than the series. An offkey wailing voiceover singing "IIIIII... will always love yoooooooooooo - OH SHIT!"

TRavine · Post by **TRavine** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 12:19 pm

I would have liked to have joined in the Sandy Welch session to ask her why she did not include the scene where Thornton carries Margaret into the house after she's been knocked unconscious and he cries "Oh my Margaret...etc". Don't suppose anyone knows answer to this, Sandy's rationale? For purely drool inducing reasons alone, I would have loved this scene in the adaptation! Maybe it would have been a bit too swoon-worthy for TV?!!

They did actually touch on that briefly, and Sandy said something along the lines of: Margaret did hear Fanny and the maid talking about her pursuing John, and if she had included that scene with John's confession, it would likely not have been clear to the audience whether Margaret would have heard that as well or not, so it might have been confusing.

I still like to ponder what Richard Armitage would have done with that scene

PenelopePitstop · Post by **PenelopePitstop** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:50 pm

Just watched the Crack video - very funny, great editing!

Philipaholt · Post by **Philipaholt** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 5:29 pm

Tom's crack video is one of my favourites

Forsteriaana30 · Post by **Forsteriaana30** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 6:29 pm

Yeah, I also love Tom's crack video. It's brilliant!