FLINT, MI — In a selfless and helpful act, local husband Peter Crampton pointed out all the historical inaccuracies in the episode of 'Downton Abbey' that his wife Ellenor was watching.

According to sources, the couple had just started watching the Season Three Christmas Special episode when Peter noticed that one of the signs on a railway station platform was lettered in Gill Sans, which actually wasn't standardized until the late 1920s.

"Season Three is supposed to be a deep dive into the years 1920-1921," Peter helpfully explained. "And even if the Gill Sans font were a development on the earlier typeface Underground, it still would have had absolutely no business cavorting around Yorkshire at that point in time. That's just basic history."

Peter said Ellenor was "fairly unimpressed"

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