Anyone interested in Galashiels after WW1?

[Vespizzare]

There's a TV series I watched in the late '70s that took place in and around Galashiels circa 1920. I knew there had to be more than one series because the last episode was a cliffhanger. I was never able to locate it on video. But now it looks like the entire series on YouTube. It's not a soap opera like Downton Abbey. Each and every episode stands on it's own.

I liked it a lot ,obviously, but don't say everybody will like it. The accents and dialect are very interesting. Although sometimes, when they talk too fast, it's hard to understand every word.

The first episode:

 

[wdw]

I may be wrong, but I think it's actually set in north east England, in a fictional place called Gallowshield, easily confused with the real Galashiels. The lead actor was renowned for his very strong north east accent, no matter what role he played.

I remember when it was first on TV, but never watched it as it looked so depressing.

 

[Seb Lucas]

No - different place. Great series I remember well staring James Bolam. Ran on Sunday nights for some years - ends with the Spanish Civil War. Jack Ford was an interesting character.

 

[Capesofwrath]

Watched in when I was not much more than a boy. The whole series was repeated on a UK channel called Yesterday a year or so back. It was very good and well acted, but the rise and rise of the central character was a bit unlikely, and it seemed to lose touch when it moved into London society in the thirties. It’s set in a fictional town not a million miles from Jarrow in Tyneside. The Geordie accent can be a bit difficult for other English speakers to follow, but not as hard as broad Glaswegian or south western Irish.

My mother was fond of a variation of the saying in the title. Not when the boat comes in. Which is a fishing saying. But when my ship comes in. As in when I win the lottery.

 

[Vespizzare]

You're right, I'm wrong. When I heard the town mentioned, I wanted to post about it right then. I really went off half-cocked this time. When I stop to to think about it, I do remember that it took place in northern England. The good news is that once again I learned something on FL ;-)