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"Daddy"'s military service

Despite his advanced age, I don't think that "Daddy" could have been a First World War veteran, with memories of trench warfare (this would make him at least in his early 90's at the time of the series!). He almost certainly served in the Second World War. (There was an episode in which "Daddy" disabled Richard's car; Onslow said he must have done this by removing the rotor arm, because that's what he would have done during "the war"--a reference, for a man of Onslow's age, to the Second World War, I would think.) I would not like to make the relevant change without general approval; perhaps someone else could do so? Rontrigger (talk) 03:46, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The references in the show are a bit indeterminate and it went for comic effect over strict historic accuracy. The character has various delusions as well so it's not too clear what is accurate. And to add to the mix he may be someone who was too young to go to the First World War and is "reliving" a imagined version. Timrollpickering (talk) 08:59, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

External Scenes

 Marston Hall in S4E5 and E5 is not the one in Lincs.203.219.80.168 (talk) 02:52, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The social class of the protagonist?

"the sitcom follows her obsessive and determined attempts to impress in middle class society and portray herself as more affluent than she truly is", from the lead. She wasn't actually in a middle class society though. She wanted to impress the middle class or be in the middle class, but she wasn't in one. UK definition of middle class does not mean just having a job like it does in America 125.253.96.174 (talk) 09:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]