Yes, but remember that Trennels is out in the country, and at school the Marlows are mixing with urban girls. If Mrs. Bertie and Doris didn't watch telly, they might have been mildly "frozen in time". I remember 30 years ago going to practice law in a little town north of Toronto. I pooh-poohed my father's advice, telling him that "things weren't like that any more", only to find that in Barrie in 1980 - they were!