Life in Ambridge
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Nothing to do with the current story-line but rather cute
MiriamMarch 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
ReplyDeleteI so feel for Mick. He's had a great time at Home Farm, excited + pleased to return to his now home in Beechwood.
What happens - Rochelle + Joy - who are telling very differing stories of a time which must be what, 20yrs ago if not more.
This was obviously the start of the problems between them.
There has to be the truth somewhere, but where and told by whom?
I think there are faults by both.
Poor Mick, what is he now thinking.
I never thought that I would be concerned about him and almost (but not quite) care.
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AmbridgesMrsPMarch 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Mmm yes, Mick, a bit of a rough diamond has grown into a recognisable character hasn’t he, and earned his place in Ambridge.
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maryellenApril 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This cricket-based storyline has gone way beyond silly. It’s giving village cricket a bad image. I expect there’ll be official complaints to this BBC if there haven’t Ben already.
Love the picture KP - village cricket as it should be. Only thing missing, elderly gentlemen in deckchairs watching from around the ground and the essential scoreboard!
ReplyDeleteIdyllic picture. I seem to remember Lanjan liked cricket so she will appreciate that picture as well.
ReplyDeleteThis cricket business is putting me off. It would be nice to have something go well without all the dramatic and stressful build up that seems to be so necessary these days.
ReplyDeleteIt’s all going way over my head.
ReplyDeleteI hear but don’t listen !
I like the picture tho’.
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DeleteAnother vote to KP for the wonderful village cricket picture.
ReplyDeleteSomehow though, I don't imagine the Ambridge cricket pitch + team being so pristine. Still it's the taking part which is so important.
Back to the cricket - what will Freddie, or more likely Lily do, when they can't raise a team?
Their strict rules must rule out Rochelle, before she even tries out for the team. I doubt she would be at the compulsory nets, let alone be around for the whole season.
To add:-
DeleteIs the constant cricket theme, more to do with Freddie + Lily, both individually and how they do things, along with how they work together, rather than the cricket team itself.
I'm still thinking about the LL inheritance conundrum.
Robert is fast becoming one of my favourites. I'd think I'd prefer to be shipwrecked on a desert island (my litmus test for a character!) with him rather than most of Ambridge's inhabitants. So tonight's episode, also featuring a favourite character (Emma) .was a treat. (Smiley face!)
ReplyDeleteWot, no T💖o💖b💖y?
DeleteAnd no Pip or Rosie for a long time either!
DeleteDear T❤️O❤️B❤️Y! Gone but not forgotten, my all time favourite character. I live in hope of his return to Ambridge but as Archerphile says, there’s been remarkably little about Brookfield and then mainly Ruth. whereas I’ve always regarded it as the beating heart of the series.
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DeletePossibly because the programme is still called ‘The Archers ‘ Maryellen,
Deletebut for how much longer we might be entitled to think.
Maybe it should be retitled “ Life in Ambridge “ 🤔
DeleteLike others, I so want to hear more about and from Brookfield. This is, in my opinion, the only really true and traditional farm left in The Archers..
ReplyDeletePerhaps Pip can change 🫰
Besides, I want to hear more from Leonard, along with Ben and Josh, in their individual enterprises.
Obviously Jill will be heard , but by word of mouth only., and what about her bees?
I wonder what Jill does with the honey. Does she sell it, as I bet it would be a best seller in the shop and what about local honey served in Grey Gables.
DeleteRuth has taken over the farmer's wife's traditional role of tending the bees. I still remember that lovely scene in which Toby helped Ruth collect the honey, It was so convincing I could positively feel the warmth of the sun as they chatted in between Ruth's instructions.
DeleteWhat I so remember was Jill telling the bee's about a death. It was so moving but who was she telling them about? It wasn't that long ago, so not Phil but I just don't know.
DeleteMaybe Bert? A Brookfield farmhand and living in Brookfield Bungalow, he’d surely qualify as one of the household. Telling the bees applied to other major life events,, not just deaths, so perhaps Jill also told the Brookfield bees about Rosie’s arrival.
DeleteOr maybe the death of Queen Elizabeth as major national events might get reported to local hives as well as events affecting the household. The Keeper of the Queen’s Bees told the royal bees about her death using the time-honoured form of words.
DeleteSpill the beans ME, what *does* one say to the Royal Bees when another queen passes?
DeleteYou knock.on each hive and say: The Mistress is dead but don’t you go. Your Master will be a good master to you.
DeleteFrom Miriam’s description it sounds as if Jill used her own words.
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If only I could remember! Was it Jennifer, Freda Fry, Nigel, or even Nic?
DeleteAt first I thought Brian was talking to Christine 😱 in tonight’s episode and then twigged it was Miranda - then I got confused who Martin was and the teaching Brian bridge plot. I wish Brian had remained “single” after losing Jennifer at least for longer than he has, but I do love Charles Collingwood such a distinctive voice and I enjoyed the Podcast devoted to him recently.
ReplyDeleteI also thought that George was going to invite Clarrie to go with Eddie in place of Emma as a gesture.
SPOILER ALERT
Delete“George has a brainwave tonight”. Fingers crossed it isn’t an Eddie-type scam!
I really do want George out of prison ASAP and earning his place in the village with a steady job and a place on the cricket team. Come on scriptwriters- - you can do it !!
Incidentally, I’m glad the tree surgery business is going so well, perhaps there’s an opening for George there, at least till he finds his feet in a more IT oriented environment.
I'm not sure I'd trust George with a chainsaw, but he could use his drone to "survey" the trees in question, so an overall plan can be made, as to what is needed and where.
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ReplyDeleteTo amuse like myself, and counterbalance the “the throw away the key” brigade prominent on other blogs, I thought I’d list all the things we’ve been told and/or shown he’s good at, such as (in no particular order):
ReplyDeleteHe is good with young children (eg. Martha) and animals (eg. Bartleby) and genuinely fond of his younger relatives who in turn are fond of him. He has come to appreciate Brad for himself.
He is a good worker, both for his parents (eg. helping with their tree surgery business, as well as farmwork) and Bridge Farm where, in addition to farmwork, he successfully revitalised their website.
He has good IT skills, as shown above and in developing his fledgling business. He has shown initiative, commitment, and marketing ability. His IT skills are matched by his verbal fluency and quick wittedness. (I don’t see George as the next generation of farming Grundys. I think that will be Keira - unless Will or Ed produce an unexpected son, of course!)
He is good at cricket - nuff said!
In other words, George has the potential of to become a major asset to the village and beyond.
..as written by Eddie 🤣🤣🤣
DeleteSorry ME, I couldn't resist!
It remains to be seen what version of George the SWs have decided will emerge from prison.
DeleteIndeed, Cheshire Cheese - they rehabilitated Freddie so why not George? Miriam - in fact, none of this came from Eddie unless you count his appreciation of George’s technical (ie. money making) skills.....
DeleteI agree with Maryellen regarding George and his skills.
DeleteI also think he has a good heart, but it’s often overruled by his get rich quick mindset, nurtured by simply being a Grundy male and subject to Eddy and Joe’s influence as a youngster.
I don’t trust Rochelle, haven't from the first time I heard her voice.
ReplyDeleteNow I’m finding that I don’t like her either.
I believe she is a fraud and I suspect she is after seducing Vince.
Freddie thinks so too IMO !
Freddie's not the only one, Mrs. P.
ReplyDeleteI think Rochelle’s plan is to try and ruin Vince’s meat business which she can’t stand which iwhy she had to dart to the toilet to be sick as to her the whole killing of animals and eating them is abhorrent. George, well for once quite a sensible idea for a business as he is correct in the growing popularity of eco coffins. Just depends if he is intending to cut corners and maybe end up inside again!
ReplyDeleteThat’s an interesting theory LadyR.
DeleteHave we heard anything from Rochelle about being vegetarian ?
My thoughts about her being sick was to keep going to impress and then seduce Vince.
Apparently Rochelle is a vegan, so that probably explains her revulsion. There is a theory that she’s a saboteur who has infiltrated Casey Meats. (I sometimes othink bloggers are sometimes more EastEnders-ish in their speculations than the programme they accuse!)
DeleteI'll be interested to find out what Rochelle's agenda is. I just wonder how long this storyline will be dragged out for.
DeleteWell that's interesting. My son is vegetarian and would never ever have considered a job in a meat factory, and if Rochelle is vegan then she is going to be even less likely to want to work in a place like that.
DeleteI am tending to favour the seduction of Vince idea, but if he rejects her then she might easily turn to the idea of sabotage.
Thanks for enlightening me ME.
DeleteNot a SL that will enthral me if that is the case. And as CC says, how long might it be dragged out ?
If there’s one thing I can’t bear listening to, it’s someone vomiting!
ReplyDeleteI had wondered why Vegan Rochelle was so keen to get a job in the abattoir and so enthusiastic about the introductory tour with Freddie. And I subscribe to the idea that she is out to collect information she can use to discredit meat eating. What vegan, or vegetarian, person would want to work in an abattoir anyway - it just doesn’t ring true.
I do accept that Rochelle could possibly be up to no good whilst working at the abbatoir, as an activist
ReplyDeleteI though am not convinced yet, as to me she's just got her £££ filled eyes, firmly on Vince.
All I really want to know is:-
ReplyDeleteDid the house sales + buying, with Kirsty, Natasha + Tom actually happen, bearing in mind the change in stamp duty and Tom + Nat. having given up the lease on April Cottage.
How I hate when a S/L suddenly comes to an abrupt halt.
One sentence in a coversation is all that's needed to give an up-date, such as:- The twins are loving their new Beechwood home, or how different Kirsty is now it's all gone through.
Good point Miriam. I'd actually forgotten about it all.
DeleteI would have preferred to hear something about this, rather than George's new scheme as to coffins!
DeleteVice versa for me!
DeleteIt would be handy if Martyn Gibson had a doorbell camera.
ReplyDeleteMartin Gibson is another fringe character who seems to be in the process of becoming more prominent.
ReplyDeleteThe Archers themselves seem to have become fringe characters now, only occasionally being featured.
Lady R’s suggestion ‘ Life in Ambridge ‘ or perhaps ‘ Ambridge Matters ‘ or something similar as a title looms large to me at least, and I echo Miriam’s sentiments regarding life centred around Brookfield Farm.
Khalil + Henry responsible for the hose-pipe + water??
ReplyDeleteI wonder why Joy.has suddenly started saying “Aye”. Is it only with Mick? Does it take reflect the Northern background to the eventS she was recalling? And where she has recently been?
DeleteBeechwood
ME, Joy went to Seaham, it is an ex-coalmining town near Sunderland, think 'Billy Elliot'.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard it described as lovely before, although there is a nice hotel there with a very good spa that I used to go to if anyone ever felt like treating me. I do think that Joy and Rochelle's accents are very authentic. She is probably saying 'aye' a lot after her visit Up North, she sould be saying 'pet' a lot more though, not to mention 'canny lass/lad' and also 'the bairns'. It is making me a bit homesick.