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Supper was bread or potatoes and sometimes a piece of bacon. They show recopies, culture and farming tools/methods popular during the War years. Instead, in those days (and, I suspect, in Devon and Cornwall at the time), he made his own fuses from straw infused with black powder. ), Complain about this comment (Comment number 8). Complain about this comment (Comment number 70). ' we have had a great year, so interesting, loads of fun 'Forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere, but do the three people really spend a full year at the farm? Peter and Alex get the dray and a reaping and binding machine repaired and brew beer for the harvest. Explain. Complain about this comment (Comment number 94). The Mower by Seurat CC0 via Rawpixel The farmers paid rent to the landlord, paid tithes and employed many labourers who otherwise would have been unemployed. It is spring and there are lambs and pigs to be delivered, which means Alex and Peter need to master animal midwifery. In the coming weeks, the council will launch a consultation inviting the public to come up with ideas about how to fund Acton Scott Farm, which it says loses 168,000 a year. Complain about this comment (Comment number 9). They didn't have the nice houses to live in or the extravagant toys, clothes or fine foods that the rich kids had. Difference, Nestlenook Farm Victorian Recreation Park, Watch Victorian Farm - Free TV Series | Tubi, Victorian or Farmhouse? Complain about this comment (Comment number 52). Complain about this comment (Comment number 92), Richard Hunt, the chef shown on the programme, has made his recipe available on another message board. The trio lives here for a year, using only Victorian-era tools and materials, such as . This was first broadcast on Thursday 8 January 2009 at 9 pm. [13] The BBC commissioned two follow-ups with the same production team and cast: Victorian Farm Christmas,[14] which aired in December 2009, and Edwardian Farm, aired from November 2010. I have had mastitus myself years ago when I was feeding and it is no laughing matter.Best wishes to you and your goatsRuth, Complain about this comment (Comment number 36). The Acton family will support the consultation and work with Shropshire council to explore future options., Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Accompanying the television series, this book follows the team as they try to run a farm using only materials and resources that would have been available to them in the Victorian era. Victorian Folk or Victorian Farm House? The generation of renewable energy by the wind farm is a socially valuable activity, and it is in the public interest for it to continue. A field is ploughed, harrowed and sown with the next year's crop using horse-drawn implements of the era. My home was once a Tamar Valley market garden (in Cornwall and not a stones throw from Morwellham). Could you post them on here or even better create a recipes section or something? Quicklime is highly caustic and corrosive and was (and still is) used for building ( mortar )whitewash,painting walls,sanitizing and disinfecting. Complain about this comment (Comment number 6), Another great piece of educational entertainment. Is this wrong? A Victorian Mental Asylum | Science Museum Although the industrial revolution had already begun in the 18 th Century, it was the Victorians who really started advancing in all areas. (Ahem. Jinny and Jane both usually make for the re enactment market, whilst Valerie used to work for Morewellham and Betty used to volunteer her knitting services.My own clothes however were from a slightly different source. I have watched both the Victorian Farm and the Edwardian Farm series and absolutely adore them. My apologies if you have already done this, I've had a quick look on the site to see if I could find them but no luck, if they're on here somewhere just point me in the right direction! And to Earl #15, we are aware of the difference between quicklime and ground limestone and considered the latter, but were advised repeatedly that in this location quicklime was used in the form we demonstrated because local farmers considered it desirable to let it "burn" on the ground. Enjoying Edwardian Farm, as we did Victorian Farm. Woman Working With Scutcher Machine CC0 via Rawpixel [4][5][6] It was highly praised by reviewers. In the 1850s a Dorset farm labourer earned six shillings a week (30 pence!) Hiya! Thanks for all you have done, looking forward to the next period series! Vintage Oak Tree Farms Victorian Lace up Boot LittleMissVintage3 (701) $195.00 FREE shipping Early Antique 1900-1910's Sheer Striped Black and White Farm Work Dress, Edwardian, Victorian, Gauzy disconnectedphones $250.00 FREE shipping Antique Victorian celluloid glove dresser box farm cows mother child FavrileFinds (1,113) $98.00 FREE shipping As I understand it though we had a lot of glasshouses and grew tomatoes up until the 1970's.We still have the old prep room and the outside toilet. Complain about this comment (Comment number 76). "Up through about 1800, the wood-burning fireplacevery popular with English settlerswas the primary means of heating a home . Already there are concerns among the villagers in Church Stretton that the decision has in effect been taken. Would have loved to hear it. At harvest time everyone lent a hand making hay or harvesting crops. A wooden bodger, custom made or crafted from an old clothes peg, would have been more likely in Edwardian times, or a Brown's patent rug making tool for the better off. In this unique project, historian Ruth Goodman as well as archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn immerse themselves in the life of the Victorian farmer as he would have lived on the Acton Scott Estate. We have hugely enjoyed watching the Victorian farm programmes. Can we suggest though, that you have the recipes on the programmes site, can we have the full recipe for cut rounds please? In 1837 when Queen Victoria came to the throne, more than half the population of Great Britain worked in the countryside. New Year arrives and the farm needs emergency repairs, with the help of the woodsman, the blacksmith and the basket maker. The wheelwright made cart wheels and wagons. Difference? Still an ambition to keep some Tamworths and get a Shire. Victorian Farm. We have certainly all worked our socks off, farming, mining, scrubbing, fishing, a thousand and one jobs. The house was one of the original dwellings built for the Indiana Colony, a group of Indiana residents who fled to the verdant, rolling hills of Pasadena. Victorian Farm is a British historical documentary TV series in six parts, first shown on BBC Two in January 2009, and followed by three Christmas-themed parts in December of the same year. I home educate one of them and am grateful for this help with history so I have spread the 'Victorian Farm' word to the home education groups that we belong to.The subjects have been fascinating and the presenters are so likeable. The era of Queen Victoria's reign, though, had some pretty bizarre happenings too. I may not be looking hard but I can never find any sloes to pick. Great job all round - it has set me off on a few enterprises and concerns. First. I love Edwardian Farm. Complain about this comment (Comment number 99). BoredPanda staff. She's seen her fascination with the Tudor times take her from being laughed at for her obscure hobby of historical re-enactment into an unlikely TV star. Doctors and scientists began to develop a better understanding of the causes of diseases. Breakfast was a poor porridge of flour, butter and water. Living in these tight quarters caused the family to be much closer. An excellent program. Sorry about that.Enjoyed making the rug though.Ruth, Complain about this comment (Comment number 35), gardenfarming sue - None of the goats got mastitus, they all went home after their stay on the farm happy and healthy. Nice series - especially for those who liked "Tales of the Green Valley". Around the farm Peter supplied the most astonishing amount of muscle. Try this for recipe for "Cut Rounds" Ingredients 170g/6oz self-raising flour 170g/6oz plain flour tsp salt tsp bicarbonate of soda 290ml/ pint buttermilkPreparation 1. https://www.wildfood.info/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2912#unread, Holy Flying Circus: Making a drama of Monty Python, The Attenborough Collection: Working with Sir David. Victorian Farm. Peter's soft spot this year was for his fish. Complain about this comment (Comment number 44). Filmed almost exclusively at Blists Hill Victorian Town, it revolved around a recreation of a Victorian chemist's shop and included Ruth Goodman among its presenters, with Victorian Farm narrator Stephen Noonan providing the voiceover. Victorian Pharmacy was a four-part series in a similar style to Victorian Farm, also made by Lion and shown on BBC Two in 2010. Love watching Edwardian Farm, especially Episode 9. Complain about this comment (Comment number 65), To DM1605:Ruth mentioned that oil is a good natural remedy for nits or lice as they have a porous outer body that absorbs the oil and kills them - I'm not sure if this works for the eggs, too? A Poor Man's House' by Stephen Reynolds. Happy painting! Complain about this comment (Comment number 4). It was picked by the BBC for Victorian Farm, a series charting a year when the historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn lived on the farm reliving the experience of Victorian farmers. Looking forward to the next episode! Post categories: Form into a long round sausage and then cut from length the thickness rounds you require and place on floured baking sheet. Answer: In the fashionable new developments in Belgravia, in Knightsbridge and in Mayfair. Complain about this comment (Comment number 45), Hi, I'm really enjoying the new series. Woodworkers made furniture, fence posts, gates, pegs, wooden bowls and wooden clogs to which the blacksmith added metal tips. ; Each platoon was split into several squads, each commanded by a corporal, assisted by a lance corporal. It is not possible to overstate just how physical Edwardian country life was. Victorian Farmers from Yorkshire CC0 via Rawpixel, Farming Village at Twilight by Van Gogh CC0 via Rawpixel, Spring Ploughing iStockphoto / duncan1890, Howard's Patent Lever Horse Rake CC0 via Rawpixel, Portable Steam Engine used on Farms CC0 via Rawpixel, Woman Working With Scutcher Machine CC0 via Rawpixel. :(, Complain about this comment (Comment number 89). The research I have done has recipes only using yeast, Complain about this comment (Comment number 80), Complain about this comment (Comment number 81). Domestically, the weekly laundry is done in a Victorian style. That is, they are necessary to support the weight of the upper floors. It was just wonderful stuff, engaging, interesting and intelligent popular history. Apples are picked, milled and pressed to make cider while other fruits and berries are preserved as a spicy chutney. I'm pleased to say it worked, and we grew a very successful oat and potato crop there but you'll have to wait until eps 11 and 12 to see for yourself when we harvest the crops. I meant to use a button hook, rather than the more modern rug hook. It is used to "occupy" one ear with loud sound while testing the other. But by the age of 45 his facial architecture had begun to collapse, thanks to a "queer" set of false teeth. I suppose it might imitate a bird!Carry on the good work! Complain about this comment (Comment number 17). your series is one of the best i have ever seen on the bbc. The British census of 1891 found that 1.3 million girls and women worked as domestic servants in Victorian England. Complain about this comment (Comment number 37). 3. It must have been a very hard life for the elderly smallholders in the past. I understood that they were invented in the 1920s, taking the design from knitting machines. They sell off the pigs and sheep they successfully bred and raised. All those who talk about off grid must see this. We often have scones and these sound like a lovely change.So, Ruth or any of the team on the programme can the recipe by posted somewhere please? Available on iTunes, Prime Video. The protagonists are historian Ruth Goodman, and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn.The series was filmed in Shropshire county in England, on the Acton Scott Historic Working Farm, and Blists Hill Victorian Town.The series shows how farm work and house work were done in the early Victorian Era, then shows machines and innovations that were introduced later. Setting up home at Morwellham Quay, in Devon, the intrepid trio have to get to grips with the trials and tribulations of life at the . It sounds like the one we saw on Edwardian Farm. Would it be possible for short bio's of the team to be posted (without being too personal?) Much use was made of period sources such as The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairy-maid by Dr Henry Stephens, first published in London in 1844. A Victorian Farmhouse with Original Style - Romantic Homes How Did Victorian Women With just over 2,000 trees, they are hoping to pick about 100 tonnes of Frantoia, manzanillo, and kalamata olives this season. Sanitary reform helped, because stagnant dirty water was flushed away. Particularly like the livestock. Can't find anything similar on the web. This was a crucial period in the history of Britain-rapid industrialization had radically changed life in the cites but rural communities used a mixture of centuries-old and pioneering modern practices. Really, how was the series made - we'd love a 'behind the scenes' or 'the making of'. I come from a long line of Yorkshire miners and the piece brought back the story of my great great grandfather who had emigrated in the mid nineteenth century to the Pennsylvania coalfields. Agriculture has always been part of our country's landscape but it was in the Victorian era that our farms began producing more than ever! The DVD of Victorian Farm is distributed by Acorn Media UK. Thanks to everyone responsible for such interesting, entertaining and educational programmes. I thought it would be me and my mum shouting in a room, but we had 1,000 Facebook members in less than a month.. I'm doing my Masters in Historic House Studies and am writting an essay on the staff of the 'Big Houses' and would really love to know where the team do their research for the series and if they could recommend anything. bbc two,history, Ruth Goodman | 12:00 UK time, Wednesday, 10 November 2010. Complain about this comment (Comment number 40). Now, his talent for understatement is earning him some big roles in Hollywood. In fact, when a family member died, the first step was not to seek out a coroner or a mortician, because . 3. The farm still has its shire horses but has had to sell other animals. The really wealthy had their townhouses which they kept in addition to their country estates. I enjoy the series but as in the Victorian Farm they drink cider from pewter tankerds.I have always belived that the cider reacted with the lead in the pewter and that cider was / is drunk from horn, china or glass vessels. Complain about this comment (Comment number 62). I have really enjoyed watching the current series and was wondering if you can tell me where the teasets used by the tourists for 'Empire Day' were sourced or even the makers or model numbers would be helpful. The recipe looks good, but didn't the one on the programme have milk powder in it, and that was what makes it bready? A mum claims her baby is a "goth" and has decorated her nursery in black, dresses the tot in Victorian clothing and fans say her little girl is a "miniature Wednesday Addams". Can you please remind me what it was, so we can try it on our daughter and get rid of them once and for all.Thank you, Complain about this comment (Comment number 60). I'd really like the precise recipes so I can try them myself at home. A flock of Shropshire ewes is acquired and the first meal is cooked and eaten: a leg of boiled mutton. I haven't been there for quite a few years, but it is a great day out. Farming Depression, 1873 - 1920s. Complain about this comment (Comment number 43). "If variety is the spice of life, then Edwardian rural life has proved to be one heck of a curry." -Ruth Goodman. You will see traditional 19th century farm life unfold while the land is worked by heavy horses. In accordance with custom, they assist in the threshing of the previous year's crop of wheat, using a steam-powered thresher. @Honoramorton - as a keen gardener I think I can answer this one - liquid waste would probably have been mixed with water and used as a liquid fertiliser, solid waste also known as "night soil" would have been buried in a technique known as "double digging" the veg plot. From left to right, Clumper the horse, Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman in the BBCs Victorian Farm. I collect older teasets, such as the ones used, and use them at every given opportnuity. sorry forgot to mention i am particularly interested in the teasets which had matching teapots. Time to fess up, David, you got it wrong! A three-part follow-up series, Victorian Farm Christmas,[20] was produced in 2009, in which Goodman, Langlands and Ginn return to the Acton Scott Estate after a year away to recreate preparations for a Victorian Christmas. If they fail, all their hard work will have been in vain. Angela, Complain about this comment (Comment number 66), Dear Ruth, Alex and PeterFirst, many thanks for a really entertaining, instructive and eye-opening series. It was especially lovely to see Ruth's daughter join this week as well. The farm is on an estate in Shropshire owned by the gloriously named Thomas Stackhouse Acton , who is a Victorian enthusiast. I love these series. She patiently demonstrates how to make period costumes to the historic needlework group there, and as months go on, more and more of us complete our projects using methods and materials appropriate to the time, and then interpret the museum buildings wearing the clothing of the period. Let's have more of the "Farm" programmes and maybe some similar series depicting our social history. This was not something new to the Victorian period as children had always been expected to work for hundreds of years. Congratulations to Ruth, Alex and Peter for again presenting such a fascinating insight into life as it was in the Edwardian times.Their enthusiasm and dedication to learning how things were in those times and then giving us all this information in a most entertaining manner makes for compelling viewing.Please can we have more programmes presented by them and I for one would love to see a new series on The Victorian Farm, possibly covering other areas of life as it was then that didn't appear in the first series. The poor Victorian Children lived a very different life than the children of wealthier families. Edwardian Farm is a British historical documentary TV series in twelve parts, first shown on BBC Two from November 2010 to January 2011. Traditional farming skills are showcased at Acton Scott Farm. The Victorian dairy maid played an integral role in carrying out a number of duties on Victorian dairy farms. The hops were spiky, wet and covered in sticky pollen and they made a right mess of your hands. Edwardian Farm, how will we cope without you? First of all, many thanks to all the team, and to the very hard-working presenters. Bedrooms Victorian bedrooms are not designed for sex. For the latest updates across BBC blogs, visit the Blogs homepage. His ancestor, Richard Acton, built the family's Elizabethan manor house in 1580.. [10] The book reached number one on the Sunday Times best seller list in February 2009.[11][12]. Ruth Goodman is a participant in Edwardian Farm. I enjoyed the Victorian Farm too. | Television . 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Some of the farm animals have already been sold. We also used the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Leaflets from the period - we got bound collected volumes of #1-100, #101-200 and #201-300 - which proved a rich source of helpful information and practical guidance.in answer to asteriods, the reason our narrator pronounces the location as "Morwellam" rather than "More-Well-Ham" is this: People who live in the vicinity of Morwellham call it "More-well-HAM" to distinguish it from other Morwell-prefixed places such as Morwell Barton and Morwell Rocks. The group has had all sorts of support from a woman whose mother donated her old English game chickens to the farm when it opened to people whose grandfather was educated in the schoolhouse. :) I just want to say how much I enjoyed the first episode of Edwardian Farm. Would someone tell me the names of the 2 heavy horses on the farm please. A pigsty is built upon a foundation of bottles to provide insulation and three young Tamworth pigs and a pregnant Gloucestershire Old Spot sow are housed there upon completion. Wealthy philanthropists took up the cause, including Miss Annie Macpherson. Complain about this comment (Comment number 24), Please can you tell me the quantities used in the chicken winter feed mixture ?Thanks, Complain about this comment (Comment number 25). As a period reinactor and historical educator myself, I understand the fun of doing everything from costuming to recipes to farming the old ways. not properly feeding fish also is against animal welfare regulations. When we moved in, there was an . Complain about this comment (Comment number 12), Hello from the Netherlands! Victorian era 1837-1901 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=134467 This time the team will live and run a farm in the Edwardian era! 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