Cranford - Never Again

Watched the adaptation of "Cranford", with all-star cast. Flawlessly done, of course; but uppermost in my mind is the little-boy-viewing-the-emperor's-new-clothes question; wasn't the whole period horrible? Attempted frustration of every charitable impulse by social convention and what-would-people-think? OK, maybe it's a bit exaggerated and it wasn't like that really; but what I do know is that we don't want anything like that ever again. Sod Victorian values. I've never been so glad to have brought my sons up to hang around all day in their pyjamas, despise conventional jobs and say "fuck" occasionally (so long as it isn't in their grandma's presence).