[Afamilyatwar-list] Edwin & Jean

[Veit, Richard]

Hi, Jane and All.

I don't think Jean ever forgave Edwin for allowing Robert to enlist at
such an young age (16). The sorrow and/or depression seemed to hasten her
final illness and death. Personally, I cannot be too hard on Edwin. A war
was raging, Britain's survival was at stake, and most families had loved
ones serving in the military. The Ashtons were not alone in dreading a
telegram from the War Office. Also, Robert did express his desire to go to
sea, so his father was merely acceding to that wish. Sorry to say, I sense
that Jean did not have enough respect for her fine, upstanding husband,
and perhaps the Briggs-Ashton separation in class had something to to with
that. Jean could be a bit snobbish at times, as evidenced (in a
black-and-white episode) when she and Edwin visited his family home.

Richard
 


On 8/3/18, 7:32 AM, "Jane Clark via Afamilyatwar-list"
<Afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu> wrote:

>Hi
>Just to say I enjoyed the series very much , I was too young to
>understand it fully the first time round when it was shown on British TV
>I was 8 years old or something.  But watched it recently and was
>completely transported into their world. Dramas are just not made like
>that anymore which is really sad. There is too much need for music to be
>played into shows as if this is what the public want and it takes away
>something when music is added.  Just wondered if anyone else felt the
>frustration and sadness between Edwin & Jean , two grown ups but couldn¹t
>comfort one another. Did Jean continue to blame Edwin for the death of
>Robert or was this just initially shock.
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