Living Without Modern Conveniences: August At The Victorian Farm | (Historical Reenactment)

[@bettytseutsiamis9124]

I am so sad that the series is ending. I have spent my evenings watching Ruth, Peter and Alex working in the farm and its been such a pleasure...Hopefully they will make more like this..

[@bparrish517]

Originally published as Absolute History, watching these rebranded episodes still brings comfort seeing the entire crew work to provide us a glimpse into the rewards and hardships of ancestral life. Thanks to whoever keeps this original series front and center!

[@Phylonyous]

Thanks for the info, I got hooked on these and want to watch them all!

[@onelovemon1784]

The whole group works together so well for the good of all and maintaining the village lands and properties and animals.

[@stupidfuckingutube42]

That's the most important thing: they work hard and well together, with humor and respect. The best part of any community.

[@tango2217]

I feel like this is how my kids think I lived when I was their age.. (5&13) when I say we didn't have phones and all this advanced technology in my day.

[@Onelightoftheworld]

😂

[@Onelightoftheworld]

😂

[@Zinj1000]

The dog is the MVP of this series.

[@moderatedoomer2945]

At 6:58 that little guy steals the shows, lol. I was in Pompeii a few weeks ago and for a few minutes, at least, a cat and his endearing meow grabbed all of our attention away from our tour guide. Animals are truly a great way to connect us with the very real people and real lives that people lead in centuries past. Medieval manuscripts have cute and funny drawings of cats and other animals, early modern books and newspapers had similar images done as wood carvings, Victorian newspapers had the same, and now we have memes of cats and other animals all over the internet.

[@toddrodgers5108]

Well I think I have fallen In love with the head maiden. But amazing work in this places . Please keep it going. Love of the earth.

[@pattysherwood7091]

So interesting. I hate to see it end.

[@velaudhanthampi3104]

Amazing presentation, I had been a student of English Language and Literature and studied History of English Speaking people in connection with Anthropology in early 90s in my graduation days in India. I am trying recapitulate the lessons I learned then. Amazing presentation, hats off 👏

[@BacktheBlue60]

I was absolutely enchanted by this year long series. I'm sad to see it end. I can see why life spans were shorter then... you worked so hard for every single thing you needed for survival of the farm. 💚💚💚💚💚

[@donnacarter7781]

l just loved these videos. lm going to try to find them all. It makes me want to do things myself as much as possible.

[@angiewoodward4166]

They have really given me a different attitude about what I consider hard in my day to day life!

[@Jelly_Jay_15]

I used to watch these with my dad all the time

[@jandieolivares8593]

I LOVE WATCHING ALL OF IT. MANNY LESSON TO BE LEARN. SOMETIME I WONDER WHY CAN'T WE JUST LIVE OUR LIFE AS SIMPLE AS THIS. THAN HAVING A LIFE SO DIFFICULT IN EVERYDAY LIFE. THANKS FOR THIS..

[@Kavriel]

Well this was very lovely and interesting. Really gives a good idea about how hard our ancestors worked for their keep... I certainly don't envy them, though hard work and a simple life have a charm to them.

[@DosLagosLodge]

The title on this episode of the series is wrong, and I passed it up several times when I read "Victorian", thinking it belonged to another series. It should read "Jacobean". I loved the all of the episodes, and admire the perseverance of the whole crew! It must have been daunting returning to modern civilization, with all its emphasis on speed, rushing around, stress, etc.

[@taylorhelm7146]

Thanks to the channel for uploading a better resolution quality to watch this series! It was quite enjoyable and illuminating.

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

Wonderful series.

[@JblobGaming]

Prime video has several series that most of the same crew did after this series. Look up BBC 2 historical farm series. Tudor, Victorian, Edwardian, Wartime, Secrets of the Castle. Quite surprising how absolutely fascinating this series has been to me.

[@ValCronin]

Thank you so much for sharing that.

[@ValCronin]

They weren't ready to go back to modern life eh 😁 Good for them, making a living continuing to show a classic lifestyle.

[@JblobGaming]

@@ValCronin They seemed to have a pretty good time, trying to create the days I can at least take a shot at it like them and see if I will stand up to it and enjoy. Hope more of these types of shows are made :)

[@gerrymcdonnell6006]

I wonder how these people adjusted back to life after this series? I picked up my son after spending 4 months on a prawn trawler travelling at 8 knots, he was shocked when we were travelling at 100 kph along the highway

[@MissNikkor]

It was so interesting! What a beautiful series

[@kerstin4516]

Just discovered this series and love it. Alex' accent in particular. I wonder where he is from. All these glottal stops instead ts. Sounds wonderful

[@LegendLength]

I feel like a lot of people would choose to live like this if possible. Hopefully they make villages where you can buy lots and do it.

[@ValCronin]

I thoroughly enjoyed this series. i would love to watch more from the Bulace Hill Farm or from these same 'actors'.

[@TheOriginalBadger]

Great series! 👍

[@cerberus6654]

Poor old Peter in those vast breeches always dripping with sweat, Those mighty drenched armpits!

[@habitualforeigner]

The title is wrong. This is depicting the time of James 1 (17th century), not Victoria (19th century).

[@helenelazar5130]

Great series, I love it! What happens to the dog , cat and other animals

[@wizardofoz1390]

Superb

[@stevep5408]

A job well done!

[@philochristos]

Those goose wing feathers can also be used for fletching. It pains me to see how dull the knives are on this show. Well, I really enjoyed this show. I'm glad I only discovered it about the time you were posting the final episode so I didn't have to wait a long time between episodes. I binged watched the whole thing over two days.

[@MrBurntfinger]

My thoughts exactly! Sharpen the damn knives, it isn't that hard! :) Loved the series though. I wonder if they kept in contact with each other after.

[@megancrager4397]

Peter, Alex and Ruth do these period farm shows together

[@ValCronin]

Yes, half of scything work is sharpening. I didnt see them sharpen once

[@toddrodgers5108]

O keep going I know your done but the world needs you . Yes it does . Blessings

[@msinvincible2000]

The title is erronious: this is not a victorian farm. They are doing things like in the 17th century, 200 years before the victorian period

[@kristinrburkett]

Nothing more reliable than cathelp.

[@angiewoodward4166]

I want that cat!!! It looks like a Maine Coon

[@toddrodgers5108]

Young man never leave

[@irideaunicorn1620]

The gese are too darn cute

[@18thcenturyfan]

Why does this say "at the Victorian farm" in the title? This is Tales from the Green Valley

[@holdermeddk]

I thought the victorian era was from mid 19th century till the start of the 20th century.

[@RichardinSiam]

This is 100% example of why you want a wife that has skills over beauty(Not the focus of living in that era). Looks fade but this woman only gets more skilled at her craft and learning new crafts. She is like the home manager if they had 15 children running around. They should have some child actors as well. You think how busy she is without kids.

[@PiippoErareika]

Ok.

[@kdpflush]

The title is wrong

[@libertyann439]

So when the year is up, do five new people take over?

[@elchavoguero]

7:52 Cat.

[@wolf310ii]

The way they harvest the field looks like work harder not smarter. Why harvesting first with a sickle and then again with a scythe?

[@laurieb3703]

The scythe would be too rough and knock the grain out of the end pods

[@wolf310ii]

@@laurieb3703 That doesnt make realy sense, if the grain is so lose that it would fall out using a scythe, it would also fall out anyway during all the handling from cutting with the sickle to storing it in the barn. It also would be way to late for harvesting and making stokes for drying wouldnt be neccessary. Search on YT for "Die Ernte - 1. Mähen und Einbringen der Brotfrucht" There they use scythes for harvesting and make bundles as big they do the stokes here. As interessting as this series is, you can see that they are amateurs. Like in the episode with the bread baking, they say bread baking was done 2-3 times a week. No, it was done 2-3 times a month, because its much more efficient (time and firewood) to spend one day baking bread for 1-2 weeks, than spending half a day and lots of firewood to make only bread for 2-3 days.

[@elchavoguero]

7:00 Cat.

[@alexisalexi5161]

What happens to the farm after the series is over?

[@Jelly_Juice2006]

I pillage them

[@onelovemon1784]

@@Jelly_Juice2006 funny answer. You made me laugh out loud. 😉

[@antw3114]

The farm is still used for living history. It’s called Bulace hill farm.

[@khuret1773]

Bland Taste Test... Goose Pie 😆

[@tammyhenderson9315]

I wish somebody a had money and sense would put Miss Ruth on a show telling history I would watch it play ain't nothing worth the s*** on TV anymore that her show I loved it and I wish I could put it back on

[@Qwerty-wk3jy]

it was extremely interesting and informative but my heart broke when they actually killed the goose :( they were so cute and pretty and silly, i didn't think they'd actually kill them. It was a cute pie tho

[@PiippoErareika]

It's still more ethical than slaughterhouses

[@tammyhenderson9315]

If they was lazy they would have starved

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

24:22 hello bug.

[@dgc940]

Let me say where this series is incorrect. I watched several episodes and at the end where they sit down to meals. Do you seriously think 17th century family's ate without asking the good Lords blessing.

[@PiippoErareika]

You fail to notice these are real people and religion is a personal choice. Wouldn't it instead be more blasphemous bothering God with a false performance of worship from someone who does not fully believe in say the aforementioned practices or even the man himself.

[@lewisbreland]

Not Victorian... Lol. Great video though!

[@PiippoErareika]

The fucking title says Victorian

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

Hold on, people were payed more than one penny per day? Why does the KJV translate Denarius as penny then?

[@sophiejones3554]

Well okay... "Denarius" is itself a translation. The actual money they were using in 1st Century Jerusalem was the sheckel. A daily wage was 1 silver sheckel for an unskilled laborer. Back in this time, the weight of a coin was what determined it's value: so it's possible the denarius was indeed of equivalent value, but it's also possible the latin translators just decided to pick a denomination that was somewhat close. Both a sheckel and a denarius would be more like a modern dollar or pound sterling though, in the sense that they could be subdivided into smaller coins. You'll sometimes see newer translations use "dollar", but more commonly they'll use "silver coin" or " silver piece" since the value of the coin doesn't particularly matter.

[@tammyhenderson9315]

I wonder how much weight y'all lost while doing this show

[@waterbird91]

The very idea of killing and cooking animals makes me gag. What a horrid life those people had back then. What I don't hear is them making pies or even a roast w/ killed babies .

[@PiippoErareika]

Wait till you hear about modern day slaughterhouses

[@waterbird91]

Those were hard living times. I would NOT have wanted that country life. Nope, I would have ran to the city and built a real house. Killing animals like that would have been a BIG NO NO. This is like cave man days.

[@PiippoErareika]

Your ignorant way of thinking is very poisonous for a human mind

[@PiippoErareika]

You do realize all meat you eat comes from living animals? Those animals were not even given a chance to live a normal life. Your way of thinking is very hypocritical.

[@PiippoErareika]

This is why I hate present day thinking because it breeds ignorance and total discard of any logic.

[@samuil_maxim]

Great i love the series ...Marvelous ..!!!

[@misterwolf9227]

15:06 what do you eat when all the rats and mice eat all your grain...???

[@joebird1400]

The mice

[@hardcoreholman303]

The rats.

[@ValCronin]

Cabbage. they said it grows all year round. also the livestock, and other stores of harvests such as peas or barley or oats.