Poll: Favorite Mitford Sister?

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28 September 2019, 11:39 PM

Daniel

Poll: Favorite Mitford Sister?

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitford_family" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitford_family</a>Do you have a favorite Mitford sister?DianaJessicaUnityNancyDeborahPamela

29 September 2019, 05:10 AM

jon-nyc

I forget which is which. So many were fascinating. Even the Nazis.

08 November 2019, 10:06 PM

Daniel

Jessica FTW.

08 November 2019, 10:56 PM

Steve Miller

I read the Wiki and I kind of get it, but what about them do you find interesting?

They strike me as Kardashians with political views.

09 November 2019, 12:21 AM

RealPlayer

Did you know there's a piano technician in the Mitford family? Ben Treuhaft was my tuner in the SF bay area, and we both later moved to NY, where Ben ran Underwater Piano Tuning (and massage parlor). He founded Send a Piana to Havana, arranging donations of instruments to Cuba, and sending US techs to maintain them (the Tuners' Brigade). He would come to my place to tune by bringing his bag of supplies on a tricycle over on the ferry.

He maintained pianos for the music department at NYU.

I have a Send a Piana to Havana T-shirt. I swear.

Lefties have more interesting stories.

Last I heard, he now lives in Edinboro, Scotland. At one time he lived in a tent on the beach there.

There's a video about him up on YouTube somewhere. Colorful guy.

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09 November 2019, 03:58 AM

Steve Miller

Sounds like quite a family.

09 November 2019, 06:56 AM

Mary Anna

Um...not the Nazi. Or were there Nazis?

09 November 2019, 11:49 AM

Daniel

RP-

10 November 2019, 06:42 AM

jon-nyc

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
I read the Wiki and I kind of get it, but what about them do you find interesting?

They strike me as Kardashians with political views.

I hadn’t really thought of them that way but they really were the Kardashians of the early 20th century.

10 November 2019, 09:57 AM

wtg

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
They strike me as Kardashians with political views.

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10 November 2019, 10:26 AM

RealPlayer

Short documentary on Ben Treuhaft:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NELInW2coj4

Longer documentary (50 min.) on his piano mission in Cuba:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5YVHtXo1Xw

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12 November 2019, 09:49 PM

Daniel

I find Jessica Mitford interesting because she was a rebel. She rebeled againt the political views of very many in the English upper classes. It can be said many them had fascist views (e.g. Jessica's parents) or were actually fascists (examples too numerous to mention).

She lived her life according to her principles and on her own terms. Her life (and the lives of her sisters) exemplified the tensions and conflicts of the lead up to WWII, and its aftermath.

Besides, how can you not like an English aristocrat who became an American citizen during WWII and moved to Oakland?