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Post by davidm on Dec 3, 2011 20:30:15 GMT -5
Before air conditioning tb patients were routinely sent to Arizona. The thin dry air was much better for them. They were kept in a sanitarium.
The war and the Depression were over, Both parents and grandparents were gone (Grandma wasn't in shape to do a weekly series). I don't think the public would accept a new surrounding. I really don't know where they could go with the story lines that would please enough of the viewers. The ratings had dropped considerably already with the cast dwindling so rapidly.
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Post by Marilyn on Dec 3, 2011 20:44:38 GMT -5
To me, the biggest draw to the Waltons, besides the cast of course, was the location. That big old farmhouse with all the memories. I love that house. The Waltons would not be the Waltons without that big house.
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Post by JeriJet on Dec 3, 2011 20:55:55 GMT -5
Before air conditioning tb patients were routinely sent to Arizona. The thin dry air was much better for them. They were kept in a sanitarium. The war and the Depression were over, Both parents and grandparents were gone (Grandma wasn't in shape to do a weekly series). I don't think the public would accept a new surrounding. I really don't know where they could go with the story lines that would please enough of the viewers. The ratings had dropped considerably already with the cast dwindling so rapidly. The only TB sanitarium I ever knew about was Saranac Lake in NY's Adirondack Mtns.....
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Post by childfree23 on Dec 3, 2011 21:35:31 GMT -5
I recall, when John Sr. was packing to take Olivia to Arizona, Elizabeth expressed concern about how hot it gets in Arizona. John Sr. said, "I think they have air conditioning there now." It wouldn't surprise me if John Sr. was right, because air conditioning in a commercial or hospital setting was widely used before people started getting it in their homes.
Debby
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Post by goodnight on Dec 3, 2011 22:49:30 GMT -5
I have heard that some TB patients were sleeping with windows open in winter because the cold air was supposed to be better for their lungs. That was in the story line from Road to Avonlea, when the younger daughter Cecily was suffering from TB.
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Post by Marilyn on Dec 4, 2011 1:36:23 GMT -5
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