Victorian Farm Christmas Episode I

[@lindalepage2302]

Oh my giddy aunt! I find myself watching these series several times a year, anyone else?

[@billie-jobenway8658]

hell yes. Between Secrets Of The Castle, Tudor Monastery Farm, Tales From The Green Valley, Victorian, Edwardian, and Wartime Farm, I always have one of them going almost daily. Couple these with Time Team and I am in history heaven. If you have not watched Time Team I highly recommend it. It's my all-time favorite show. It's a group of archaeologists, experts, and historians, along with a presenter, doing weekend digs. Truly fascinating and informative. For an educational show to last 20 years and spawn well over 300 shows between the regular episodes and various specials is incredible. These two contributors have it all, every episode, special, and spin-off type show between them. I truly appreciate their work and highly recommend watching the shows in sequence since you get to see the team grow and learn so much over the decades. I know more about British history than my own here in the US. :) All Time Team episodes kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3W2lH2XndhnmJI All time Team specials kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJCWmJxspJiemsU I recommend watching the first 6 seasons of Time Team before getting into the specials.

[@David_636]

@@billie-jobenway8658 Have you seen the series they did at the castle in France.

[@billie-jobenway8658]

@@David_636 It's in my top 3 of these historical series. For some reason my favorite segment is Ruth working out how rushes were laid on floors and how beneficial they are. Before that series I always imagined loose rushes with detritus from meal after meal and cow dung, etc. underneath it. Boy was I wrong:)

[@lindahouston9331]

Yes! I watch all these series repeatedly! I wish there were more of them!❤️

[@lindalepage2302]

Have you heard Mr. Acton passed away 😥

[@kylesteele3936]

I love how obviously put out Ruth is about the garden being moved. You know she wanted to give Rupert a few choice words.

[@Foxkitten86]

A few richly deserved words.

[@jackspratt5781]

No kidding. I was mad with her

[@lvanderdoes8199]

"There's some work to be done..." he says.... "Maybe you could plant some vegetables for Christmas.." he says... She's like: "Yeah thanks, I'll do it all over again....you piece of ....."

[@alleniversonisabeast]

Those bastards. Those fucking bastards.

[@jeffburnham6611]

Indeed. She put a lot of work into that garden for the year she was there, only to have Rupert seed it over into a grass plot, and tell Ruth she can start a new garden.

[@lorettareneau1226]

I'm in my early sixties and when I was a little girl I helped my grandmother make soap. It was my job to stir the mixture. She had a rose garden and knew how to leach rose oil from the flowers. She would add a little rose oil to the soap. It smelled heavenly.

[@gobnaitaine2791]

Oh, how lucky you were. That's a lovely memory to have. Why don't you carry on the tradition and make your own now. ❤️

[@dawnelder9046]

My grandmother made lye soap. I remember it.

[@OofusTwillip]

@@dawnelder9046 There's an old novelty song by Johnny Standley, called "Grandma's Lye Soap". It's a rollicking "revival meeting" style song.

[@caspence56]

After watching the work load of the average person during the Victorian era, I will never, ever complain that I have too much to do!!! I love watching shows like these...so much better than what is on TV.

[@geraldinemcgowan6666]

caspence56 I wish! I know I will still complain! and you're right!

[@aprilmoore2917]

I got hooked after searching for some simple, inexpensive ideas for off grid living. .. agreed - we might never know the same long, hard day of work that the Victorians knew. ..I hope not!

[@misskim2058]

I tossed my TV a few years ago, and don’t do radio or news (stopped that over 10 years ago), either. Clears the mind like nothing else, and I don’t miss it at all. I’m very careful now what I allow into my head. This is the first bit of a more “modern” TV-type show that I’ve seen in quite a while, a more modern production, but old-school technique. I do still watch instructional videos, and more obscure vids if they’re created by individuals and not corporations. People worldwide have a lot to teach each other, in that part I do still engage. The manufactured, mainstream world of TV, radio, magazines, news, etc. is absolute cast-off, mental mucky sludge. Ending all contact with it is like having a long, hot, scrubbing shower and being all snuggled into cozy pajamas and a cozier bed after having fallen into a cesspool. I doubt most people realize just how good they’d feel if they just unplugged. Highly recommended.

[@de8517]

Miss Kim -- agree with you about feeling free from TV. We tossed out our TV & wow!! how relaxing life became...be aware you have a few family or friends who give you a hard time. We ended up with a TV again but watch mainly DVD's we own or checking out @ the library, etc. We watch British TV programs on PBS...nature programs...but not much else. TV stays off quite a bit. 😃

[@misskim2058]

D E: Nice to hear from a fellow liberated one! Still, the patents on the equipment itself is pretty scary, beyond content, but so are the ones for computers, and I still use them, but watch less and listen more to new info (substantiated only, not the Freemasonic stuff sold to the masses by the mainstream media) every layer peeled away sure does help! Of the mainstream stuff; the old, old stuff is best and of course the Brits do it better for sure. When I did watch TV, it was mostly the same as you, mostly Brit and nature. Now it’s on to what can be done by individuals and how to maneuver around the manipulation going on. Lots is done to distract the people. But it’s simpler than they think. Refusing to engage is a good first step;) I am lucky, I haven’t had te backlash that many experience when they unplug (or maybe people know better than to give me a hard time, I just give it back). I’ve always been the oddball, sauntering along, not marching, to my own drummer, so it never bothers me if people think I’m weird. I usually just think they have a sad life; they lost out, buying into something someone else has sold to them, a phony life of endless dissatisfaction and loss of self-esteem, with shallow offers to buy it back at extreme prices, like endless work hours to pay for unimportant things, time stolen from loved ones to buy more stuff and feel more important to impress people that don’t even care about them at all, and they fell for the whole thing hook, line, and sinker:/ I pity them. They’ll die and never know what really mattered, but they’ll have a face full of Botox, a body full of silicone that will still rot everywhere else when they die, and a closet, garage, and entire house full of stuff that stole precious life hours from them. That’s very sad. (I once knew a girl who lived in a horrible low-rent neighborhood, and still wanted to keep up appearances for others to the point where she wanted to buy a wallet for $900 while we were out shopping. It was far more than her entire month’s rent, but she wanted a wallet (which was actually pretty ugly and bland), but had a designer label on it, just so she could say she spent $900 on it. She could’ve had a happier life in a safer neighborhood or even just saved it and not watsted it, but she was constantly spending money to try to make other people think whatever it was she felt they needed to think about her. She’d been violently assaulted in that horrible area more than once, but appearances were more important to her than just buying a little less junk every month, she could have had a decent place to live and a lot less stress. Rich or poor, many just waste their worry on appearances. So unimportant. Other go on shopping sprees to cheap stores, for “shopping therapy”, to buy useless junk, all to try to fill their empty voids that are unfillable with material things. Seems most people never bother to stop and think for a very long, or they might do something entirely different with their lives. They get caught up with the flow and they just swim along in the main stream. And that’s exactly where the main stream wants them...slaves to the system.

[@kamjo79]

This is what I'd rather see called 'reality tv"

[@reimagine207]

Kam Jo good point! Me toooo!

[@xxpinguhd2779]

Kam Jo I'd love to see a Victorian fight

[@funnyr2d2christian54]

PIE FACE As an American I can only agree with your statement. I can't stand the mindless, garbage that makes up our television viewing options. Nothing beats British programming! Wonderful, tasteful, classy programming at it's finest!

[@bellesparks4374]

Me, too!!!!

[@caitrappel1532]

You know you're a BBC Nerd when your boyfriend gives you Henry Stephens' Book of the Farm for Valentine's Day...

[@normamoore7024]

That is beyond thoughtful, lucky girl! Keep him!👍

[@KoriEmerson]

My husband is looking for one for me for Christmas

[@wwirelesswwizard]

Keep him.

[@dirkusmaximus9268]

Cait Rappel as long as they do not put Ruth on the cover of Playboy ! 😀😉

[@lvanderdoes8199]

You know you're man really LOVES you.

[@delroywashington3185]

Loved Ruth she makes the program , good she worked hard, love you Ruth , this series was brilliant , great characters WELL DUN FOLKS,

[@stonesatglasshouses3477]

All of these comments about Ruth's fingernails being dirty are clearly from people who have never done any type of organic food processing or canning. The worst are cherries and blueberries. Under my fingernails were stained for over a month last time I made cherry jelly.

[@Nemshee]

She should have cut them short. It's disgusting.

[@3122tan]

@@Nemshee exactly what I was going to say. Long nails are absolutely revolting unless they are scrupulously clean. Something that really makes me shudder is those men who have just one fingernail growing super long, and use it for gross things like cleaning their ears out.....URGH!!! I keep my nails as short as possible, and can't bear them getting long simply because they FEEL so dirty and horrible. You really need to scrub a few times a day with a nail brush to keep long nails decently clean. I'm not willing to do that and am not a real girly woman anyway so clean short nails are so much nicer.

[@austrianshaman]

also this is about history. They made alcool in open vats with wild yeasts and people comment about nails. I guess some peoples interest in history ends with their comfort zone. I mean we are watching it, we don't even have any cvance of coming close to eating it. I suggest if people intend ot recreate something and something the come across is a no go in their opinion changing tht part out, given risking historical accuracy.

[@erin2535]

I find washing my hair afterwards - or handwashing the dishes - both help clean them out (tho obviously washing ones hair is a less frequent task in the victorian era)

[@leeann4900]

It would be interesting to see how they would bed down, and lock-up for the night; and then again, what the first few tasks were, the very first of each day, to prep for the days’ tasks. What were they wearing, what would they do if they could not sleep, how did they dress/layer-up in the morning, were children being prepared for school, was Mother making boxed/wrapped lunches for all family members, did any animals overnight inside the home, where would valuables have been kept, how were children disciplined, etc. Oh my … I could go on and on. These docs are simply fascinating ~ thank you for uploading!

[@charliefen7056]

LaLa Lee they show you a lot of this in the regular Victorian Farm series (this is just the Christmas special), there are quite a few episodes!

[@ritageorge8748]

Well we know Peter would wear the same dirty torn vest&2shirt of many colors-within 50shades of gray-even though the shows are the very best the director need think no1-might notice all even horse farmers daughter&Singers had different clothes on thru 1 yr into a 2nd&old Mr.noticed this&he is serious down to the nails&seems comfortable chatting with Peter-putting them thru his historic paces

[@monkiram]

I can't answer most of these questions but what I can tell you is that because they had such high levels of physical activity and outdoor time with lots of sun exposure, insomnia was much less common than it is now, or in people from the same time with less physical/outdoor jobs, probably.

[@OofusTwillip]

My dad remembered doing some of these things the very same way on my grandfather's farm. Dad was born in 1938, and had to use an outhouse until the house got an indoor toilet in 1945.

[@GinaSigillito]

Watching Ruth make soap may be the most relaxing thing ever.

[@girlnextdoorgrooming]

Not if you actually know how to make soap.

[@GinaSigillito]

girl_next_doorable you seem nice.

[@hoshboshbgosh514]

this lady is a total legend

[@karenhughes2667]

As a history nut I was deleighted to find these videos. Thank you.

[@leanndelosrios1616]

Karen Hughes Have you seen the other 3 they have done. Tudor Period, Edwardian Period, & World War IIFarm. I really liked that one. I found it very interesting.

[@anne-droid7739]

Another reason dairymaids were attractive was because they often got mild cowpox on their hands, which protected them from getting smallpox--so they didn't have badly scarred faces like most other people.

[@KittyCandyCupcakes]

Anne-droid Very interesting, thank you for sharing that!

[@msinvincible2000]

Thankyou for this information. I love to know such things :)

[@aprilmoore2917]

Heh! That's an oddly entertaining little tidbit from history. ..

[@tackyman2011]

Thus "milkmaid's complexion".

[@michaelccozens]

@Paul Deland There was a mention in a QI episode about that, and it was noted that, due to ignorance about infection and microbial contamination, doctors often went straight from autopsies to births, without a hand-washing in-between. It was suggested that doctors themselves opposed the "hygiene" concept because they simply didn't want to believe that they had killed patients precisely through their efforts to help, which is understandable, if not logical.

[@elizabethwatt8131]

My Lord! I love the hay lifter. It’s actually a very modern compared to what my widowed Grandmother and my dad used when they were pioneer homesteaders in Northern Alberta, Canada in late 1920’s. Dad loved his horses! As homesteaders they did remarkably well, though everything was so terribly backbreaking. Hence my poor aching back today. Too much hard work for young children. I make homemade soap still today. Not the harsh laundry soap my mom made with our homegrown pig fat. Rendering fat into lard, for use in everything needed. Those memories are like they happened just yesterday. I just love these videos! Thank you for them. May I take part? I miss the farm so dearly.

[@jonathansports1036]

I love the parts where Ruth shows household chores and things like that.

[@maysaniyazova]

That jerk killed Ruth's garden!!! What the hell?! "here's a new plot, full of rocks and stuff. Make THIS into a garden now."

[@theclumsyprepper]

People that don't garden themselves don't get how much work goes into it.

[@kiaraemily6441]

This series is what I watch when I wrap presents every year. One of my favourite traditions!

[@AvaT42]

Well I learned something new today. I never knew sheep only had one set of teeth! I enjoy these shows

[@jmmt1968]

Sonia Hamilton I didn’t either! How odd.

[@normlor8109]

our Granny was a Victorian living here and owned a Bakery in Lancashire. I've kept her favourite recipes including her Scottish Shortbread recipe which is fantastic so seeing how she lived there makes me praise these three heroes to the Sky. in all their videos. one more observation, thank Heaven for all those still living a Victorian life with professional Zeal!!

[@rachelmarcum8321]

Me as well!

[@stahppls2293]

Why am I expecting Mrs. Crocombe to pop into the kitchen and correct the recipes

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

That would be an episode!

[@alexeiderperezhernandez461]

Jajajjajajajjajajjaa!!!!!

[@flamingpieherman9822]

Or even the townsends to send them a package from the Americas

[@laurashipp447]

That would be great!!

[@gerardoanddeniseenriquezra1619]

I love these type of shows! they're just wonderful. thank you for sharing. subscribed and loved

[@lillianmorgancbc]

Wonderful video.I saw this on TV a couple years back and am delighted to see it here on the internet.Thank You for uploading these wonderful episodes.I can watch it over and over & will add it to my favourite Christmas selections.Regards Lillian...)0(

[@1876Susan]

Thanks for this. My Grandmother was born in 1887 and made proper mincemeat pies at Christmas. Very nostalgic.

[@winstonmoore3062]

Mine too!

[@pamelaspooner8335]

“Wedding tackle” - what a wonderful term!

[@Blacklilly22]

I wish I could have a job as a historical reenactor.. this looks like so much fun. Difficult, but fun.

[@Muck006]

"Reenacting" is just for show. You have to LIVE IT to be authentic and we have too many "fake" things today (like all the romanticised Disneyland junk, but also fake rebuilt houses) ... do it for its own sake instead of just "looking cool for others".

[@CanYouRememberWhen]

As adults we can choose to banish all monsters from the rest of our life, and try to not become like them. I hope the rest of your life has been happier.

[@funnyr2d2christian54]

tampanativeson Don't let your monster define you. I was raised by two monsters and I broke the cycle. I am a happy, positive person who loves to laugh and make others laugh. Be the person God always meant for you to be!

[@soslothful]

What is a "fake" house?

[@soslothful]

Monsters are not so easily banished. My POS father poisoned my entire life.

[@FigaroHey]

'Alex and Peter are struggling to get the hayloader working.' Looks more like Alex is struggling to watch Peter do all the hard work while Alex talks.

[@DConner]

It's Peter's thing, his specialty. All of them are essential to the effort -- and amazing people.

[@debraprince4511]

Peter usually does most of the hard work. I noticed that. And he's such a cheerful guy, I just love Peter.

[@tubeyhamster]

I think they are hamming it up for the camera-that’s their dynamic.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

@calihartley2010 Good grief!

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

@calihartley2010 I seen you write it like 5 times.....lol... No I never wonder about any of things you mentioned..........lol..

[@marieelena]

Thanks so much for these uploads...I am addicted to this farm series.

[@rick91443]

Absolutely LOVE these three and their shows...Thank you for posting these...rr

[@amilyn13]

The section on toys. My mother made toys like some of those. So cool to see how old the styles/ideas for them really are!

[@lyllydd]

I am loving the segment on the mill. There are some functioning 19th century mills in my area, and I love buying my cornmeal from the Graue Mill over in Oakbrook IL. Nothing beats cornbread made from their meal.

[@wagfelt]

Spent many fun days wandering around the forest preserves near the Graue mill as a child (1950's), just last year visited the mill and got their cornmeal , brought it back to our home in Iowa and made the best cornbread.

[@KittyCandyCupcakes]

Ooh, I love these shows, thank you!!

[@Ketutar]

My husband and I both were raised on countryside... our first reaction at looking at that "hay" field was "There's a bit much buttercups there... it's poisonous. And the grass is blooming, it's a bit too late to be making hay." But I suppose it was just for show, and not for animal feed.

[@michaelccozens]

It's a working farm, so I wouldn't assume the work was for show. They did specifically mention in another series that they would want to cut the hay-grass in bloom, as that was the moment when the greatest amount of nutrients were being delivered into the above-ground portions of the plant; what's the reasoning for cutting it before that point, if you don't mind me asking? Reading a bit, there seems to be some suggestion that the toxins in buttercups are only active when the plant is fresh, making hay from dried buttercups safe for animals to eat, but that idea seems in contention.

[@bettytseutsiamis9124]

I started watching these 3 the last couple weeks and i totally hooked. I hope the series continues. I love it!!!

[@tpcpca]

What incredibly handsome rams! I would go for a Wensleydale, just because the wool is a delight to spin. Not to mention, "Cheese, Grommet?" I've never had the cheese, but Wallace likes it and so does James Herriot, and that's good enough for me. :-)

[@evelyneweissenborn8231]

Fyi Wendesleydale is DELICIOUS cheese 😋

[@5dinsdale]

Thank you so much for uploading this series!!!!!

[@ritageorge8748]

Anyone watching from the BBC-do sell this to Acorn, PBSor BBC America so we can see it on our TV sets-as I have run my phone into the ground screen mirroring Utube(fav place) all my children have either visited or schooled GB & my closest friends were Scots growing up-for A time I pretend

[@lisakilmer2667]

It's really nice to see a return to this farm and doing tasks that were not done or not successfully done in the Victorian Farm series. I was surprised that, while all sorts of "modern" farm equipment was shown, Ruth baked her bread in a medieval-style oven instead of her cast-iron stove.

[@stahppls2293]

Mrs. Crocombe would scoff

[@Miasmummy2497]

I wish we could've had a better look inside the cottage.

[@kimberlynreetz3840]

JessaBarberella they show the cottage interior more in the Victorian farm series. The cottage had been unoccupied for many years, so they had a ton of work to clean it and fix it up.

[@GrainneMhaol]

Eve seems to be wearing Ruth's dress that she made with the fabulous Luca in Victorian Farm.

[@debraprince4511]

I loved Luca! He cracked me up.

[@ritageorge8748]

Yes she is the apron is covering the black mark at the last shoe& shoulder pleats are exact

[@howtubeable]

I agree with Alex Langlands. The Victorians created modern Christmas and ruined it. Nowadays, Christmas is all about the children, gift-swapping and maxing out your credit cards. You don't have Christmas if you haven't spent more than your income on gifts. Christmas has become a horrible burden. Bah-humbug!

[@Muck006]

The ones who REALLY ruined it are those guys a Coca Cola for the final bit of commercialization and the "guy in the red coat". But the victorians started it. Maybe it is unavoidable though and not really the fault of the victorians, because our whole societies get "industrialized" ... and so are the holidays. Just look at how Ruth described the changes in washing and cooking, which really showed that you cant have one but not the other.

[@howtubeable]

prettypete007 You're wrong. My family and societal pressures don't leave me many choices when it comes to Christmas. I'm not willing to deny my family just to "opt out" of Christmas. Your opinion is dishonest and unrealistic.

[@lbluebird486]

Sorry but I agree with prettypete007 a little because it's YOUR choice as to how you celebrate Christmas and it's YOUR traditions you set for YOUR family. Societies pressures should have nothing to do with it, or your older family. Once you have your own family, you marry someone who agrees with you on how you want your children raised. You don't marry and then fuss over what should be done. If you start out leaving the commercialism out of it, then your children will grow up knowing the importance of the holiday instead of how much they are expected to spend. We set a budget every year and we stuck to it. Things were made also, even trimming the tree we all got involved and made things fun. Not everyone is into spending thousands of dollars on something that will gather dust or truly doesn't need. It's a shame everyone blames society on what it has turned into...BUT who is "society", it's US! So WE control what is and isn't expected. Again as I tell everyone...you have a CHOICE and it's YOURS, not someone else's. Don't live by what someone else thinks. They don't feed you, clothe you, pay you or your bills. And hopefully you won't let them raise your children. It's all about choices in life, which affect our tomorrows.

[@ianfindlay865]

Time to become a man, Howard, not a wallet full of credit cards. Your opinion is fallacious and born of your own weakness. Your "family and societal pressures"? What kind of a family do you live in? Are you such a conformist that you care about society? You seem to have created your own Christmas pressure cooker. Stop blaming the Victorians. They didn't have credit cards, and children were seen and not heard. Now they're heard whining for the latest electronic gadget that ironically results in their not being seen or heard because they're locked to the screen. I call BS on your pathetic interpretation of Christmas.

[@winstonmoore3062]

DON'T BE RUDE TO GOD !

[@bunbuns115]

I absolutely love this! So educational, witty and fun! I'm surprised I'm just now finding these videos. I need to watch the previous vids to see Ruth's garden lol I love gardening and she was much more polite than I would've been.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

to be honest she had no reason to react bad in any way cause no one knew they would return to that farm, so they left everything behind when their spell ended. And it was Acton's property anyway, so lots of reasons for Ruth to act as polite as possible

[@Nana-vi4rd]

I love these series you have up loaded. Both of the Victorian farm ones, the Tudor and the Green Valley one. I hope you have more of them from Victorian back. For me, the Edwardian is way to modern. Thanks you so very much.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

yeah, I too love them and I think they're ones of (if not THE) best documentaries ever produced by any TV in the world. Unfortunately, these are all of the series they have made (including the Full Steam Ahead one which is probably too modern for you, as well, but it's still a good series if you crave more from these guys like I do :p)

[@larikipe940]

Peter is so handsome.

[@indrekkpringi]

I did haying using almost the same equipment except with a tractor to pull the hay wagon and rake and hay-picker-upper. That machine had hooks picking up the cut hay onto a ramp dumping the hay into the hay wagon. The hay cutter was powered by the tractor. After the hay picker, we used hay forks to pick up every stalk of hay the picker missed.

[@onecoolcat2478]

18:15 it's obvious that they are not really drinking LOL - it's all good :) Love this documentary!!!!

[@flamingpieherman9822]

Here in Florida they still let the grass dry for a couple days before rolling it into bales

[@joannecarlson9933]

Those little ducks are so cute running around there!

[@VintageBeauty1313]

I love anything with these three!!

[@Fritha71]

Woah, the Victorian way of making butter is veritably high-tech compared to the way it was manually churned on farms here in Finland up until the 1940s...! I had never seen this device, so interesting.

[@oliviawells8222]

Love watching these videos.I wish I could be part of reenactor in history.My grandmother made soap.We lived in the mountains and made stuff we needed for day to day life

[@ohmeowzer1]

Ruth is so knowledgeable and interesting

[@PC-Gamer-000]

There are certain appealing aspects of the Victorian Age, but one often forgets how laborious the time period was. There was little personal time to read. Most time was spent preparing for tomorrow, to next week. All of the labor made for a tedious life.

[@miyu-miyu9771]

Omg! I want to experience this way of life! Looks simpler and focused more on social interaction rather than social media! 😍😍

[@lbluebird486]

I'm 66 and if I were healthier, I would love to experience it also. Although we are in here watching and commenting via social media, so we would have to give it up. I would gladly do it, for a year, even though it would be tough, but so worth it in the end. Communication with mankind once again, looking into someone's eyes while talking, actually seeing someone's reaction when you say something....what a novel idea!!! lol Perhaps we could start a new and improved world again!!! I'm certainly game for it.

[@lordfaladar6261]

No Toilet paper

[@YT4Me57]

Carol Ackerman it was brutal, backbreaking labor. There was nothing simple about it. The average lifespan of the under classes was not more than 40 years.

[@billycampbell854]

I'm enjoying watching the program and am comparing their methods of 19th century farming to farming here in Northeast Tennessee, USA durring the same period. So far in observing the cutting of hay I think the 19th farmer would have left the hay where it lay until it was dry, then it would be put into Wind rows.

[@Wotdermatter]

The expression BAKER'S DOZEN did not come about the way mentioned. Rather when a person ordered a dozen loaves of bread, the baker would add an extra loaf, making the count 13, not 12, for fear of being accused of not providing sufficient weight, or measure, of bread. Goes back a long way in British history. Try as far back as Henry III who introduced the law to standardise the weight of a loaf of bread. Also, surprised the hay dray, or hay wain as it was also known, did not have sides as it was supposed to. That was a serious mistake as can be seen from their losing the hay as it landed on the wagon. Learn from mistakes. I did enough of that sort of work with my grandfather in rural Yorkshire, England after WWII. Same work, same machinery, same wagons and we had to take the wheat to the local windmill.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

Nuf sed.....

[@kallen868]

I used to bake biscuits in a deli and if someone ordered 12...I always gave an extra.

[@jackiebuttnor8410]

Same work moderately different equipment. Look up pictures of Victorian era Hay Drays. No sides on them just a flat bed.

[@amyissuchamazing]

That was amazing to watch back in the Victorian era everybody works together

[@johnloftus]

The three of them make such a great team. Love the shows! But... Mr. Acton Scott kind of looks like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons, he he he.

[@anne-droid7739]

"His friends all call him Monty, but to you he's Mister Burns!"

[@shellyrae9281]

Thankful this popped into my recommendations on this cold and foggy Christmas eve!

[@gobnaitaine2791]

Happy Christmas and New Year. May next year be filled with much happiness ❤️

[@annika_panicka]

20:45-22:50 Where's Frederick, the Rameo from the original series? Lol-Mr. Spencer is as colorful as ever. 22:38 "What does he breed with? His wedding tackle. And there must be two of them, underneath at hanging level. Beautiful!"

[@gloriahanes6490]

17:20-17:23 ....When Ruth started swinging the knife around I thought for sure she was going to carve her face!

[@fadenwerkerinbonn3128]

A resident woodworker named Wool and making butter compared to planet formation......I love these guys!!!!

[@sandywirth7001]

I would rather see the US do something like than the Hollowwood housewives I mean Hollywood. History is interesting if it is presented right. I spent many hours in front of my grandparents wood stove on their farm. Thank goodness I can watch these shows and feel good about my past.

[@brinnbeutler4784]

Love these videos! Well done all:) By-the-way, the part of the machine called the “damsel” is so-called because it rocks what is known as the “cradle” above 👍 Just learned that actually!

[@bellesparks4374]

I am enjoying this sooo much! I found this after watching Wartime Kitchen and Gardens, also wonderful:)!

[@christianpatriot7439]

I can see why Clumper doesn't want to back up. He doesn't have one of the things that goes beep-beep beep-beep beep-beep.

[@lila6117]

My Christmas must see, thank you again!

[@ZainaDancer]

I love the way Peter talked to the ram, introducing him to his new home! Adorbs (the ram AND Peter). 💜

[@OofusTwillip]

I can understand Ruth's joy at cadging beef fat from the butcher's. A couple of days ago, I did the same thing. Only, I used it to make frites, not soap.

[@johnk1639]

So, for an acre of land, y=100(x) + 0, were x= inches and y = tons. I'm so glad algebra came in useful for once ha ha.

[@lindahouston9331]

I love this series! Thank you so much for posting them! ❤️

[@sherrieludwig508]

Ack! Poor Clumper, one puts the cart to the horse, not the horse to the cart. Pick up the shafts of the cart and roll it forward to the standing horse, or you risk injury to both horse and handler.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

They manhandle Clumper😣

[@lvanderdoes8199]

I wish I could live like this. Well, as a MAN not as a woman. I dont want to be stuck behind a washing couldron 4 days a week....but breading animals, gardening and cooking, GREAT. I am a sucker for this DIY stuff. Make your own rake I LOVE IT.

[@erickingsbury7193]

I would love to learn a lot of the construction skills demonstrated...Stone work and such...

[@marigeobrien]

Eh-eh. I found a discrepancy. Around 38:00, Peter says that during the Victorian period there was no fixed idea of St. Nicholas and that it wasn't until the 1930's when Coca-Cola... etc. (you can go to that point for the rest.) No, no. And I'm very surprised to find such a glaring error. Clement C. Moore first published "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (or, Twas The Night Before Christmas) in 1823, even before the Victorian era began. And it was immediately a big hit. In it, there is a very detailed description of St. Nicholas, from his clothes to his pipe and beard, even his sleigh and his reindeer. Though Coca-Cola did have a famous campaign in the 1930's, that was long after St. Nicholas was firmly established in his traditional wear... and even though it was "only" an American poem, I believe it was popular throughout Christendom. Where Peter got this nonsense about Coca-Cola I don't know. He really should have checked his facts.

[@desertdaisymarie6951]

It was the image of Santa as it’s known today..

[@marigeobrien]

@Celto Loco Nope. Sorry. Another urban legend. Just look up St. Nicholas-- red was the typical color for bishops in the Netherlands.

[@heathermarie1694]

I'm watching from Toledo, Ohio, USA and I LOVE these types shows! Thank you for uploading 😁

[@lbluebird486]

They work so very hard. It's good to see the three back together, although I'm not real crazy about Ruth but she certainly works very hard; she just talks so much and I think she over does it on the laughter thing. But she's a good person all and all. I got the biggest kick when they brought the sheep out to buy. The guy said how you need to make sure the male sheep has a "masculine face"...so... at 22:06, that sheep looked over at the other sheep and thought "I'm strong and masculine, no girly stuff about me...how 'bout ewe?" lol Such an enjoyable show. Just love this time era.

[@howtubeable]

On a different topic, wasn't it funny when Peter put Alex on his shoulder when climbing down the hay? Peter must be sturdy to carry Alex like that.

[@lucadelmare5542]

i'm in love with this. hi from south Italy

[@ohitshilary]

"YAAAYYY, about to come!" I laughed way too hard, oh my gosh.

[@Blackthorne369]

Cute! But did she not say “Butter come”?

[@TheGoldbaxter]

What's crazy is, all that equipment and they have a small field to do. Most farms would not have all of this and would be doing it basically by hand!

[@gloriahanes6490]

If anyone could hold on to the traditions of the Victorians it would be the English, and only in Europe do they have a respect and appreciation for the Victorian era. For that matter, every era from the dawn of time as far back as stonehenge and the day of the Druids. Sadly, America cannot make this claim for every year the Victorian homes are being destroyed at an alarming rate. Many homes are discarded for a new more modern home and some are left to rot and decay.

[@deidraboswell8451]

Is Ruth responsible for their daily meals? And, I'm crazy about Peter.

[@phongquach6984]

Thank

[@alleniversonisabeast]

calihartley2010 ....the fuck?!

[@rebeccapolitzer4577]

i just love clumper I don' t know why but that house makes me so harpy

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

The aggressive faced ram doesn't care if he's introduced to the ewes. He will go at it even if their perfect strangers.........lol..

[@blabla-rg7ky]

:)

[@jackyfelder2563]

i'm in the states and my dad had a couple cross cut saws.

[@charlespeterwatson9051]

37:16 CORRECTION Santa Claus was what Coca-Cola used in the 1930's and he was based on the Thomas Nast cartoon of the Civil War-era, not Father Christmas. Father Christmas is a Puritan-era predecessor to Santa but both modern interpretations derive from the Dutch Saint Nicklaus.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

You are kind of right but the program was also kind of right. Santa Clause as known in the US was a product of Clement Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nick" and Thomas Nast's drawings. THAT version of him stayed pretty much in North America but then was spread worldwide by the Coke advertisements so Britain wouldn't have received major exposure to the fat bearded man in a red suit until the 30's.

[@TheMrB]

Clumpier got well..... Hoorah.

[@skippymagrue]

It's nice that Alex got to make hay, finally!

[@stigyanblue1442]

4:05 you can hear Ruth in the background "weeeeeeeeh!"

[@wodnyrak]

18:49 that sly fox didn’t have to wink at the camera at all XD

[@ih82r8]

I wonder if the "experts" get a kick out of putting on their Victorian gear again to appear for various bits of advice. Richard the sheep expert seems to enjoy it.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

is passionately hating on random things a habit of yours, or just a spur of the moment? I'm just curious....

[@ih82r8]

@@blabla-rg7ky you name suits you. This was a statement of curiosity. So get over yourself.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@@ih82r8 well, you did sound like a born hater, hence my comment

[@ih82r8]

@@blabla-rg7ky how i sound to you is your problem

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@@ih82r8 it's the problem of those who are offended by your hate, not mine. I was simply being curious why you sounded like a hater. But since you're saying you weren't hating it's all good, so you don't need to apologize so much

[@billycampbell854]

If the hay is green when it gets rain on it won't hurt the hay. But if the hay is nearly cured when it gets rained on you are in bad luck. Also very, very few farms would have a tetter to use in the hay field.

[@vanjatrach1181]

Odlicna serija. Pozdrav iz Hrvatske!

[@deborrastrom8559]

I wish they would make a series, with Actors.....on this estate that would help us into making it even more real in our imaginations. Love all the clothes but the shoes. Maybe more weatherproof items. Living this in my mind. Thankyou all responsible. Now the history, phrases, writings, art & music from that era makes more sense.

[@hazel0bite]

I love the country dances :D

[@kingswoodkid1985]

i had one of those paddle boats!!!!!!!!!!!!! was so awesome.............

[@indrekkpringi]

At the old abandoned farm next to the one I spent a summer working at there was an old shed with an old rusted cream separator; one hose went into a small separator and two hoses came out: one side cream, the other side whey.

[@leereadman9940]

love these 3 their awesome history has never been such fun tfs

[@patriciahunter1048]

Clumper is a darling.

[@poetryjones7946]

Thank you for these!

[@mariecarie1]

I've seen you comment on a few of these kinds of vids, and I'm sure you realize everyone reads them in Cartman's voice. I laugh every time 😂