Farms: Victorian Farm Episode I
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Victorian Farm is a historical documentary TV series in six parts, first shown on BBC Two in January 2009, it recreates everyday life on a small farm in Shropshire in the mid-19th century, using authentic replica equipment and clothing, original recipes and reconstructed building techniques. Episode 1 This was first broadcast on Thursday 8 January 2009 at 9 pm. The would-be farmers move into a disused cottage. This requires much renovation: replacing the coal-burning range, cleaning the chimney and refuelling from a narrowboat on a nearby canal; cleaning the bedroom by removing dead birds, disinfecting against bedbugs with turpentine and salt, restoring the lime plaster and redecorating. In accordance with custom, they assist in the threshing of the previous year's crop of wheat, using a steam-powered thresher. A field is ploughed, harrowed and sown with the next year's crop using horse-drawn implements of the era. Apples are picked, milled and pressed to make cider while other fruits and berries are preserved as a spicy chutney. A flock of Shropshire ewes is acquired and the first meal is cooked and eaten - a leg of boiled mutton.
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Ordinary people like me, when we see these dilapidated buildings we go "Ugh, look at its condition!" But these historians when they said "fantastic!", "lovely!", they really meant it. And that is infectious, making one look at things differently.
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In case anyone is interested ... the "Book of the Farm" is available for download on the internet. More than 1000 pages including drawings ...
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A big part of the plough being awful is the "wrong height", because the farmer has to bend forward all the time ... and that creates back pain. The same is true in kitchens nowadays, where washing the dishes in a kitchen sink forces you to bend forward. Thats how I experience it ... in my limited kitchen.
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Tens of thousands of Amish and Mennonite families -- the Pennsylvania Dutch -- still live this way here in America; no motor vehicles or tractors, no electricity nor fancy "English" conveniences. Some of the more 'progressive' use steam-power for plowing and driving belt-driven machinery.
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love all the British farm vids cant find any as good about American agriculture /life styles anywere
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I would LOVE to have a farm cottage like the boys and Ruth have!!
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i love these watched them all.
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I just wonder If a vegan person could survive this time?
I mean being heathy on that time standards -
I LOVE Ruth's laugh!
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56.29 Ruth's laugh!
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That threshing machine looks deadly! Every farming family has harrowing tales of relatives being killed or maimed by farm machinery, but that thresher would certainly have made short work of it. Strange machine coming to the farm, little kid runs up - gack, caught in a belt.
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To North American audiences, you can buy a region free dvd player off of eBay, then buy these episodes outright from Amazon.uk., thus paying the royalties that support these productions. The region free player + Amazon.uk opens up the whole world of British entertainment.
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That tool shed: WOW!
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what is the Victorian Era as in years?
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What was his father's joke at 20:08? Did he just say what I think he said? If so, I don't get it!
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Another series I'd love to see is Ruth doing Housewives of Different Era's - a domestic history series! Housekeeping, cooking, crafts, dress, hair, fashions, customs, entertainment, holidays... ❤️❤️
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I wish they'd do more of these! Iron Age/Medieval Settlement - Green Valley re-do Restoration Farm - Regency Era Exploration - 1920s Farm - totally addicted to this series!
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You guys just can't handle an intelligent woman with unbridled enthusiasm.
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What a great show…watch out Masterchef the Victorians are back
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I agree! Ruth is driving me NUTS!!! Her demeanor and speech ruin the whole affect for what it was like. I know she is having great fun... but she isn't going to let anyone else get a word in when she is around. Blahhhhh