686: Ch 8 — Cranford

Ep. 686: Cranford | Chapter 8

Book talk begins at 15:54

Lady 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.

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00:00 Episode start

1:55 - 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-crafty

4:45 - Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea

5:05 - Doom and Bloom book,

5:35 - Struthless's YouTube channel

8:01 - ELSIE BLOUSE on WEARING HISTORY wearinghistory.com

8:50 - 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 Schmidt

13:48-Anya's voice mail

BOOK TALK—Re-hash Notes

15:57 - Last week Visiting - RE-LISTEN

Pre-hash Notes

17:00 - 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 game
• 22:45 - Sedulously-Dedication, diligence
• 22:55 - "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 - UNemotional
• Very smart cap - Miss Pole -
• Duty was to FIRST buy a new cap - everyone does b/c
• when 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 willow
• Stiff muslin - like brooch mounted on florettes
• We'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 popular
• 30:45 - 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 s…