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A new series is coming to the CBC network in June. It looks at life beginning in the 1940s.
I have to say this. Having lived through the 1940s, not in Canada but in Britain, one cannot capture the reality without understanding the mindset. The vast majority of housewives tried to make the food as tasty as it possibly could be given the limitations whereas this appears to be just slapdash comedy almost. Too bad.
A new series is coming to the CBC network in June. It looks at life beginning in the 1940s.
I have to say this. Having lived through the 1940s, not in Canada but in Britain, one cannot capture the reality without understanding the mindset. The vast majority of housewives try to make the food as tasty as it possibly could be given the limitations where as this appears to be just slap – comedy almost.
