The Edwardian Farm Faces A Potato Blight | Edwardian Farm EP11 | Absolute History

[@violetskies14]

Laddie is such a good pony. So calm and lovely.

[@cleverusername9369]

A very handsome little horse, isn't he? Charming.

[@sarah_noodle]

The goodest of boys

[@lisakalfus4706]

Love how unflaggingly cheerful these 3 always seem to be...I might get cranky with all the hardships they go through.

[@glorialange6446]

Its because its temporay, 1 year, and they CHOOSE to do it.

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

Yes, and they are all scholars of the period they are living in. So, I think they have fun with it, even the very hard times. My guess is that they have decent homes, and other middle class stuff to go back to at the end of the challenging year. (As Gloria Lang said a week ago. ) Also, I think that they are genuinely pleasant natured people, especially Ruth, who seems the most joyous.

[@lucylincoln3285]

It's a film production. They're fine.

[@crunchies4me]

Lol there's a series where celebrities have to spend 24 hours living the life of a Victorian and they couldn't handle the simplest tasks like beating a rug clean, cutting meat, things most people could easily do.

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

@@crunchies4me I saw some of that series. Unlike Ruth & folks so much better.

[@shawnpeterson4045]

Ruth is an absolute delight. She is always so cheerful and kind. Absolutely adore her and her daughter. ☺

[@kathychildress18]

Says you

[@louloumoon1916]

I find it distracting and rather irritating, each to their own.

[@wendischofield352]

I think so too. What a find for these series- her knowledge seems endless- and she'll have a go at anything! Wish she was my sister/mum/aunt!

[@himynameishelen]

I just love her- you can see it in everyone she ever works with; they always seem to have a great time with her

[@quigonjinn3567]

Not to mention Ruth is (now 2023) 60 years old & still so adventurous & energetic, i like her a lot.

[@himynameishelen]

I love the fact that absolutely everyone who ever interacts with Ruth seems to find her so utterly delightful- she seems like such a genuine, curious, excited person- you can see her passion in everything she does

[@jerbear7952]

It must be an act. Some day far in the future when she has left us we will find out the awful truth about her. She borrows pens and doesn't return them. I can just tell.

[@amariev226]

What an amazing program! Such a delightful distraction from the misery that is 2020.

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

Misery? This series makes me feel like a king just for living in 2020 compared to the past. Covid is bad but it's not the Spanish Flu.

[@yasminbaron6137]

she did not meant literaly

[@SheelaNaGig]

@Bla Bla Just because you’re not having as bad of a 2020 as everyone else doesn’t mean that other people aren’t. People have lost their jobs and are struggling to afford necessities. People have lost their friends and families to Covid. Children and college students’ education is suffering. Economies are suffering. Democracy is under threat. Countries are becoming even more divided. Riots are happening that are harming protestors, police, businesses, and innocent bystanders. Countries are experiencing extreme natural disasters like Australia’s wildfires or category 4 Hurricane Laura. Beirut experienced an explosion that killed over 200 people and injured thousands more.Your comment shows just how privileged you are.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

@@SheelaNaGig Sounds more like Antifa and the communists than a virus. The virus has done less harm than the governments esp. in the USA.

[@Golden_Age_Flash_]

Never ceases to amaze me how people politicize an innocent statement of escapism

[@fijiwater3151]

im one of the kids in that classroom/collecting the potatoes, they brought our whole history class down from Tavistock to do this lol

[@phillipburke9522]

That's awesome! What a cool field trip.

[@kennashan]

Thanks for your contribution!! I only wish anyone could find a way to make history so interesting in the States. I hope you got some kind of enjoyment out of it, besides being immortalized on screen.

[@fijiwater3151]

@@kennashan i did thank you, have to say looking back i think our singing could've been abit better! aha

[@maxdecphoenix]

always wondered how they sourced the 'extras' to fill in the bodies to do these segments. Local School 'field trips'? Production crew's kids? Reenactor's kids? Child actors? My general thought was schools though.

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

So.... You get to eat that potato?

[@_ZeroQueen_]

I love this trio so very much. Peter is still my favorite. He is just adorable and I could bribe him with scones, cream and jam, and cherries.

[@shishkebab5306]

As someone who picked potatoes by hand for many years, its bloody hard work. We always carried a knife to clean our boots off, quite often the fields were very damp in the mornings. Also many of us made aprons out of the potato sacks and picked into those, much easier than dragging baskets or bags.

[@loriminkus488]

As someone who dug acres and acres of potatoes by hand, we allways had a crew. Some dug up the plants and others shook the potatoes out and the kids collected the spuds and put them in baskets. Once we were done, everything was loaded in the trucks, and the leaves and bad spuds were composted a few days later.

[@shishkebab5306]

@@loriminkus488 We didn't dig the potatoes by hand we had a spinner on an old tractor and before that one that was horse drawn. I started 'proper' work when I was 13 that was 50 years ago now. Where were you digging by hand? It must have been hard for the diggers.

[@altair5240]

@@shishkebab5306 Could be the more rural areas, I live in rural Scotland and i've got plenty of people I know in their 40's who talk about going 'tattie hoaking' as they called it, picking the potatoes by hand.

[@jerbear7952]

As a fat kid I appreciate you folks stuffing me with potatoes.

[@baylorsailor]

Edwardian attire suits Peter. Love the seaside look! 😍

[@annika_panicka]

Lol-He's like a more robust, less posh, blue-eyed Colin Firth ... but even better.🥰

[@rightweaponry908]

Every time I watch this I'm confused like does nobody realize how hot Peter is?

[@Marlaina]

He gives me Joaquin Phoenix vibes

[@srenhaandbk7904]

Can we agree that Ruth is one of the most wholesome people on this earth?

[@daviddavidson1355]

She is so incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about history.... imagine if she was your professor!

[@MissX905]

She needs to cut her fingernails as she's the 1 who cooks and touches all the food.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Don’t laugh, but I have an 1887 Singer sewing machine, original except the belt. I still use it too make clothes, all sorts of items. Most recently I’ve been making masks for the people on the block.

[@9inchpp]

We installed an electic motor on ours but yeah it's mostly original. My mom made pillow cover and bedsheet (because the ones sold on stores are mostly cheap crap) but it's mostly used to alter clothing, sewn torn shirts et cetera

[@ladeeeeM]

That’s really cool.

[@Scriptorsilentum]

my great grandmother's is a singer from 1912 and had a leather clutch. We still use it.

[@jenny2245]

I'd love a treadle Singer. I have a hand wound Singer from 1940 & that's pretty cool. It doesn't take up as much space though.

[@annika_panicka]

No bells and whistles needed (although a pedal comes in handy). I have three or four modern machines, but the one I use most is a portable Brother (who knew?) from the 1930s I got at a thrift store for $25. It is electric, but very basic.

[@Girl-Next-Door]

Ruth staring into the windows of the schoolhouse practically drooling at the thought of child labor LOL

[@jellysharkbat]

I adore Luca. He's a riot and just a joy to watch (especially when he attempts to teach Ruth). 🤣

[@elizabethwatt8131]

Peter is the harder worker of the two. He’s so sweet!

[@angelwhispers2060]

Alex was badly injured right before the filming of the first season of the farm show on BBC. The only reason Peters on the show is to take up the physical burden that Alex physically can't do because of his back injury.

[@Marlaina]

@@angelwhispers2060 Excuses! 😏

[@CleverGirlAAH]

@@angelwhispers2060 TO THE WORKHOUSE ALEX!!

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Ah well, when it comes to Peter and cherry picking, most of the berries ended in his tummy, rather than the basket.... One nil to Alex there ! 😊 Otherwise Peter is the human version of a Steiff teddy bear...😅 Love from Norway ❤

[@fishinwidow35]

I'm loving all the preserving done in these series. I have been preserving food for nearly 50 years.

[@chuckavieve957]

I absolutely adore Ruth! Her laughter and smile is so contagious!!

[@hmgreen7472]

“Absolutely no alchohol on a Methodist outing” then the boys makin sure to get the back bench to drink from the flasks they smuggled 😂😂😂

[@captainsinclair7954]

I think I spotted a Flask in Peter’s top pocket in the photograph. But you gotta admit, that mustache is killer.

[@sylviatamieanan4088]

They're doing this for didatic reasons, for us 😉

[@noririn7814]

Yeah I lost my shit with the: Look I have a flask, Lol me too, haha me tree XD

[@flowerpower3618]

Yay for the old school Methodists- the only ones that are like that now are the Wesleyan branch. They still hold to the Bible , the other Methodist believe whatever they feel like

[@stevensprunger3422]

Those naughty naughty boys …

[@almostclintnewton8478]

"I say! I say! what quivers and lies at the bottom of the ocean? A nervous wreck!" the half laugh half groan of the audience had me fucking dying

[@jacqulineedwards7750]

Reminds Me ... Which Ships Never Sink???..... FR3IND-SHIPs 💖😍💖

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

@@jacqulineedwards7750 Whoever told you that is a goddamn liar.

[@sawahtb]

My Grandparents in Virginia who married right around the turn of the Century lived their whole lives as "Edwardian Farmers". They had a 200 acre farm and lived on the Potomac where my Grandfather was a fisherman/oysterer. They had a field of strawberries and lots of veg. Chickens, turkeys, and pigs for ham and their water source was an artisan spring. They always had a large "outhouse". They trapped for furs (mostly varmints) and had fried squirrel. My grandmother had eight children who ALL survived. They had a busy life and pretty basic food but did fine. I was too young to appreciate most of it but looking back it was great to have them next to our farm.

[@edwindungdung1998]

Keep on forgetting that the series hasn't ended on this channel.

[@Apostate_ofmind]

Edwin Dungdung yoo it hasnt?? im so happy!

[@edwindungdung1998]

@@Apostate_ofmind apparently they upload weekly.

[@7rotorhead]

The 12th and final episode for Edwardian Farm will be next Tuesday, 18 July 2020. (Depending on your timezone)

[@miwa297]

@@7rotorhead July?

[@7rotorhead]

@@miwa297 Sorry. August.

[@isla9928]

I love Peter and Alex´s banter. And their little potato army.

[@killslay]

I'm a little sad there's only one more episode to watch in this series

[@TwitchXk90]

Yeah, I keep going threw that with all these series's, I keep dreading when they are all over, What will I watch then? =(

[@annika_panicka]

@@TwitchXk90 Tudor Monastery and Victorian Farm!

[@annika_panicka]

@Silicon Nomad It was the first one I saw and it was so different from any other series I'd seen before, so it holds a special place in my ❤️. Also, I think I prefer Tommo to Alex (no offense, Alex)-I don't know why, but his interaction with Peter seemed borderline antagonistic. Maybe I misinterpreted it. I've seen Alex in guest appearances on "Time Team" and he's more pleasant and professional. Speaking of Tom, have you seen "Secrets of the Castle"?

[@annika_panicka]

@@TwitchXk90 There's also "Secrets of the Castle" with Ruth, Peter and -Alex- Tom (2014). They travel to France to assist an international crew who are building a medieval castle using 13th century methods. Ruth shaves a badger.

[@annika_panicka]

@@TwitchXk90 Oh-and there's also Wartime Farm (WW II style). Personally I find the more modern eras depressing (especially when there's a [theoretical] war going on), but the series is worth a gander.

[@adriamontano922]

I do want to be a helper on these episodes. I would welcome the sacrifice. Shows such a show of unity, working together and all around hard work with fun!

[@This1sS0Stup1d]

I love how well they all get along, it’s good to have a comfortable rapport with your coworkers.

[@NefariousMAC]

*"Child labor is currently banned in England, but they've been given permission to attempt it."*

[@sarah3796]

😆😆😆

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

Ruth looking at the kids through the school window and planning to put them to work gave me Oliver Twist vibes. Mrs. Ruth Bumble. Ruth is too smiley to play a villain though.

[@yasminbaron6137]

its not a torture to pick some cherrys or run for animals

[@IreneWY]

child labour is not banned, it's regulated. Ask the Harry Potter cast ;)

[@FlameDarkfire]

It’s not child labor it’s an educational field trip!

[@diananievesavellanet]

You just got love the enthusiasm Ruth brings to everything she does!!!👍

[@louloumoon1916]

bloody irritating laugh

[@clavergoose]

I own an apple orchard. Now I understand why we have been developing dwarf trees. Picking at 70 feet can be lethal!

[@lizzepley]

My nephew, when he was little thought, if you kicked a tree, all the apples would fall off. He ran full speed and gave it a good hard kick and found out he was a bit off on his theory. 😂 the next time we got to pick apples he wanted to be picked up. (He was 4)

[@mjc63]

Absolutely love this excellent presentation! What next? Almost sad to see it come to the series end! Just enough humour among the three presenters...would love to see a blooper reel!!! The animals are extremely special as well. Thank you for a terrific respite from the pandemic!

[@angelwhispers2060]

Was made by BBC then the Channel bought the broadcasting rights

[@barbaradragoo3091]

Loved 😍 it!!

[@gaelkone3605]

Thank you so much for these AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL and instructive documentaries, I really feel like travelling back in time because life was hard but more logical.

[@yakumorisuke9403]

My mum still has a pedal singer - genuinely the best sewing machine I've ever used. It's such a shame that they're impossible to buy now. Every time I see one of those Singer 'upcycling' projects I want to cry...

[@RoxanneM-]

Tells us there is no need for electricity for this, or for internet connection in order to read or listen to music. We have become less free in certain things and depended on necessities that are really not needed.

[@TwitchXk90]

This Tailor is an absolute delight.

[@ericduffield524]

I'm American. I try not to watch much TV. Love KZbin videos like this. I'm so excited to watch this video, what a joy! The "chatter" with the lads sorting potatoes made me smile. I have lots of nephews, it's hard to keep them quite ☺

[@indy_go_blue6048]

I literally haven't watched more than an hour of tv (if that) in the past year and a half. Meanwhile my wife and I watched 12 straight hours of AbHist yesterday and enjoyed every second of it.

[@Squ33zemly]

I love binging this show because every one is a new month and the narrator goes “THIS month will be the hardest”

[@sgrannie9938]

Watching the potato harvest takes me back. We didn’t have machines, and oh my word, even my young hands ached from the cold water. Ah, but the feasting afterward! ❤️🥔😋

[@GuruRasaVonWerder]

After seeing many of these shows I notice what makes Ruth stand out is her CONSTANT LAUGHING. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Her associates plus most of the other characters NEVER LAUGH & if they do it's not heartily. Much of her laughter is HEARTY.

[@Oakleaf700]

What a good little pony 💕 Dartmoors are so good for children to learn on. I learned on a Welsh Mountain grey with a dark muzzle and eyes called 'Billy'.. The Queen rides a Fell Pony in her Nineties....Wish I wasn't too tall for a Native Pony now.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

31:59 If you cut the top off, around a week or so, before it blooms, the plant will focus on the roots more.

[@phillipburke9522]

I thought when Alex threw the chicken off the roof I couldn't laugh any harder. And then he started yelling at his child laborers. XD

[@slaveNo-4028]

timestamp? I've skipped through the whole thing once more (after watching it) and I see no chicken threwn off any roofs! I wanna see!

[@phillipburke9522]

@@slaveNo-4028 it's earlier in the series, another episode. He's talking about how they used chickens to clean chimneys I think

[@slaveNo-4028]

@@phillipburke9522 ahh oh! Well thanks for replying! I've watched the whole thing very attentively, but might've missed it. But either way, there's enough subtle comedy sprinkled all across these series to keep me going. It's funny, I never cared much for history, and I think it's mostly thanks to Peter, Ruth and Alex (and sometimes Tom) that these series are such gems to watch.

[@phillipburke9522]

@@slaveNo-4028 Episode 1, 15:45 gives you some context before he yeets the chicken lol. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZOsiKSAod2hn7s

[@slaveNo-4028]

@@phillipburke9522 lololol thanks!!! nice

[@susanc.2096]

When I make too much soup I jar it just like Ruth does the cherries but in modern Kilner jars. I put it in the fridge and it's deliciously fresh for about 3 weeks. Love my kilners. They have changed slightly with time but they are still awesome 👍

[@cleverusername9369]

Fun fact, Jeremy Clarkson's family invented the Kilner jar.

[@msamour]

We have Mason jars in North America which are very similar. Our family has been canning with them for well over 80 years.

[@utej.k.bemsel4777]

In Germany we have Weck jars. We call it "einwecken".

[@susanc.2096]

@@utej.k.bemsel4777 just took a look to see what they look like and that's a cool design 👍 I'm so tempted to get a few to give them a try but I really don't need more jars ☺️

[@sheriroberts2954]

These 3 people love their animals and I love them for it! I used to pick cherries in the Niagara region, I too have given myself a stomach ache! I also still do all kinds of canning, pickling and preserving. The lost arts of farming, kitchen science and handcrafts. Joy in my heart!

[@paintinganimalsonrocks7633]

Love the tailor. He was fun. 😀

[@micahelliott1608]

I absolutely love this crew and everything they do. Sweet sweet escape

[@shannonrobinson262]

Potato blight is so destructive to potato crops. I’m in a dry summer area, so we have never had blight, but we don’t have huge crops like in the UK. Nothing tastes as good as a fresh dug potato cooked for that meal. Add a bit of salt, a piece of meat or a boil egg, and it’s the easiest meal during the summer season.

[@mukkaar]

Potato salad is way to go ;)

[@AirborneAirAssault6565]

Another wonderful history lesson! Ruth and The Boys keep making me proud! They seem to be good caring people! I do hope so! My respects to the crew, sound, lighting, directing, writers and researchers, etc... Living History!

[@weirdreportt]

Finally! Another Edwardian Farming episode before bed, thank you! I wonder if ya'll plan to continue the Monastery Farming series or is it only 6 episodes?

[@mrsapplez2007]

I can seem to find it on this chanel or am I being dumb😐

[@weirdreportt]

@@mrsapplez2007 just head to the playlist tab on the channel and you'll see them sorted out.

[@snoopy123117]

Only 6 Episodes, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_Monastery_Farm

[@mrsapplez2007]

@@snoopy123117 Thank you😊

[@phillipburke9522]

When Alex sees a spoon I bet he says "What a fantastic piece of kit!"

[@SadBadge]

What?

[@phillipburke9522]

@@SadBadge watch more Alex Langlands, the joke will grow on you

[@andrewschmitz9707]

I adore this program for it teaches so effectively via humour!

[@tea-and-spock1134]

got so much second hand happiness seeing them at the beach running out their changing tents, delightful ! love these three together

[@jaxsterspaku]

They need to weigh Peter before and after he picks fruit! 🍓🍒😅😂🤣🤣

[@craftykez]

😆😅🤣

[@annika_panicka]

Delicious and delicious + 1 kilo 😉

[@ritageorge8748]

Good man certainly enjoys his food but to let him sit in the ghost in those clothes is the director's sin&the owners cringe

[@marycanary86]

or as my father-in-law says: "whistle while you pick or else!"

[@jacqulineedwards7750]

🤣🤣🤣🤣💖💖💖💖 Oh This Comment Did Make Me Chuckle x 🤣 I Love Peter & His Effervescent Personality, He Cracks Me Up! 3specially @ The End Of Edwardian Party Episode When He Pops A Scone Quietly & Uneventfully... Into His Pocket - As Though To Say Im Having That! 😋🤣 After Anouncing He Will Finish Cream And Jam Later!🤣😋😃 It Was Sooo Cute I Could Of Just Squishy Squash! - Hugged Him Right Then & There! And I Just Had To Giggle Out Loud! 😁 I Love People Who Love There Food And Even More Seeing A Content Full Man! Is So Sweet And Endearing -Just As It Should Be! 😁 After Veiwing This Whole Series Nearly.. I Must Add - In Light-Hearted Jest. 😁🤣 I Do Not Think.... There Are Any 3dwardian Scales Or Weights... Strong 3nough To Weigh Peter! 🤣🤣🤣💖💖💖 Anubis The 3gyption God Has The Only Scales Strong Enough For That Job! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💖💖💖💖💖 Love Yah Peter 🍃🧡💛🧡💛🧡🍃

[@crystal3674]

Live life like Ruth Goodwin, and you'll never have a bad day! lol She's just precious. Such a breath of fresh air. 🤗♥️

[@jennifermacdougall6115]

I just love the show. It would be great if they could do more of them. I would even enjoy doing one myself.😸

[@lornadavis476]

I've seen the Tudor farm, Victorian farm, Edwardian farm and Wartime farm. All very good to watch. I do wish I wouldn't have to travel so far to see reenactment. The closest I've seen is the Renaissance faire. They have a small area with some craftspeople..not enough for me, though 😕

[@veramae4098]

Went to an American Civil War reenactment once. Tents and camping out, everything as original as possible for one week in a large local park. Except the cavalry charge. They did a charge, but waved their swords up in the air while in warfare they'd be down. Oh, and unsharpened!

[@mariekatherine5238]

I’d LOVE to live in another era for a year! Where do you sign up?

[@diananievesavellanet]

Yes, where & when can we sign up? Heck, I'd be willing to pay for all my expenses. Coming from U.S.

[@girlnextdoorgrooming]

PBS

[@jacqulineedwards7750]

Why Dont We Start Our Own 3dwardian Colony 💖😁💖

[@susanatkinson1397]

This series is the only thing that kept me sane(ish) throughout the ridiculous and tortuous lockdown.

[@robertdurio509]

You people are the best. I enjoy the history and the spirit of the English people. I've seen most of your episodes, and really can't get enough. Cheers!

[@isabelleb.1270]

What a fantastic series with an amazing trio! Just brilliant ✨🧡

[@joysmith1213]

These shows are priceless! I’ve never seen 3 folks who do so much to bring us the real deal of the times❤

[@NoNeedNoGreed]

54:13 Nothing like a sip of the good stuff to get you through the performance

[@lindatisue733]

Love picking cherries in Sweden, if the tree is growing in a public space, one can pick them. Made cherry mead with last years harvest.

[@SheelaNaGig]

wow ruth sounds like an absolute master when it comes to making the fruit syrups and jams and whatever

[@annika_panicka]

There's very little she can't do!

[@xXxJustCallMeM]

Honestly curious. How do u divide jam and jelly. Ive always thought of jelly as only the juice and jam as the whole fruit (where applicable ).

[@ritageorge8748]

I would bet she has tried all Mrs. Beatons&The lady's books of the era&loved how she altered the sugar to her taste

[@Uffda.]

That jam/jelly divide is in US usage- over there jelly is what we call jell-o and and jam is used for preserves made with exclusively juice as well as with fruit bits.

[@Uffda.]

@josh in the US or UK? Because that’s how I am familiar with it in the US- jam being cooked down fruit with sugar. And jelly as cooked down fruit juice. Like , as sold in grocery stores and as the recipes were labeled when I made them myself. But when I lived in the UK, both were called jam, and jelly referred to fruit flavored gelatin (that we call jell-o in the states).

[@audrey9561]

I think Ruth’s Edwardian swimming costume is quite cute! I can’t imagine swimming in wool though

[@pixelpatter01]

Perhaps if you didn't get it wet, it would be more useful. Having lived on the coast of Norfolk, and having been down to the beach in the summertime, I can verify it is always cold. Even if the wool gets wet, it retains the heat better than wet cotton or other fabric. Perhaps the wool was about being warm rather than actually swimming.

[@e.urbach7780]

There are a few people who have tried making Edwardian swimming costumes from wool, have gone swimming in them, and have posted about it online. It was actually not too bad to swim in, according to them, although you can't do any competitive speed swimming. They said that the wool kept them warm and wasn't as heavy as they'd expected, although the style of the outfit allowed them to swim slowly and float in the water, but not swim quickly.

[@annika_panicka]

I've never seen a gingerette look so good in red!

[@yasminbaron6137]

wow here in brazil we can even imagine that! its so hot in the beach

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Ahh the Great Electric crotch.

[@EndroEndro]

When i was young i have two old cherry tree was like 6 story building and gives from 500kg up to 2500 kg (- what birds eats) per tree so to harvest them we needed long ladder almost vertically and trailers and there was like 6m where we harvist on top of tree with hook

[@fionafiona1146]

My tree house was in one of those but commercially, my family had theirs cut to maybe 4 meters and had Picknick table shaped "sleads" one would push from tree to tree (earning minimum wage by 10 on the weekends we did that, much more by the time I got taller).

[@linnymaemullins3319]

Talk about a cherry picker🤗😍

[@twolilfishies]

We used to pile the wooden fruit boxes on the ground until it formed like a staircase up the cherry trees. If there were not enough boxes we improvised. A few times we made a small pile and then put a bike facing upwards on top the boxes to use like a ladder. Grandma was constantly yelling at us out the window: YOU BETTER NOT BE UP IN THE TREES AGAIN 😅 but we were always hungry from playing outside! We would bring her cherries and flowers to make her smile afterwards

[@Chlo-ee]

The way Luca says “they could really be made by anyone at home” The shade 😆

[@everintransit4240]

I would be hard pressed to trust one of those old ladders. But excellent show.

[@WireWeHere]

A 5/8" dowel doesn't offer much confidence. The people using them were probably smaller though with children's help being common as they were able to fly up with ease and climb around like a monkey. At least that's what they told me I acted like. We had a 50 footer from the 40's for our Bing trees that none of the adults used. I liked it because it had a splayed base making it predictably stable. It did also have a tripod leg that I didn't see on any here.

[@killslay]

Just seeing that ladder gives me vertigo

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

I agree. 70 feet is a long way to fall

[@VickiVampiressYT]

On the bright side, wood bends and creaks, and will let you know when the stresses on it become too much. Metals on the other hand usually just break.

[@AmberS87]

I actually had a hard time watching that part because I have a phobia of ladders.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

Ruth talking about stamping the gorse to make it softer reminded me of an old fairytale- 11 Wild Swans, where the heroine had to turn some harsh plant into thread by stamping it, or something...

[@Lmcv82]

The Six Swans!

[@dandeedanee]

I believe that is flax to linen.

[@Dmitrisnikioff]

My favourite episodes of Absolute History are the ones with Child labour and such

[@Marlaina]

*Chores*

[@tiffanyr9975]

i love luca and ruth's dynamic!

[@shidiskas]

I love cherries, my father had a cherry tree with lovely sweet, big and bright deep red cherries, I used to climb on the cherry tree and collect cherries still warm from the sun...

[@grahamsteamer3419]

What an awesome series!!! so much better than anything on television. Glad I discovered this. You have an awesome cast of characters and the individuals that are supporting by assisting and showing the skills that were needed to survive in that time. Are awesome as well. Well done.

[@sylviatamieanan4088]

"A horse-drawn fish and chips van" = the first food truck

[@jackiemontogmery125]

Ruth, you look adorable in your bathing attire! I've so enjoyed you series. I'm from Texas in the USA. I've learned so much. Thanks to all of you. You guys are tough!

[@tastx3142]

Fresh cherries are just addictive because they taste so fabulous.

[@user39h2j8il]

Two of my biggest thrills were seeing the Dartmoor ponies on Dartmoor, and New Forest ponies in the New Forest. And the New Forest donkeys! I have a photo where 4 wild donkeys posed next to me, 2 each side, completely unstaged, and they're so little I had to bend down to be at their height 😊

[@janicem9225]

Did the donkeys say "cheese" for the camera? 😆

[@peggylindenthaler6169]

This is a FANTASTIC series! I like the one on the Victorian era as well.

[@daniellefelice7368]

I would have liked to see more of that basset hound please

[@annika_panicka]

48:30 (I paused when I saw your comment) Lol-gorgeous little beast ... I hope it's more than just him (her?) waiting for the charabanc and refraining from drink.

[@abudoruhakimu]

Very sweet photograph at the end.

[@wendischofield352]

One of my favourite episodes of this lovely set of series, with the amazing Ruth Goodman pulling it all together. What a fount of knowledge that woman is! I understand (I'm sorry, I've forgotten from whence it was gleaned) that the "So-British" combo meal if fish and chips was invented by Jewish settlers who arrived in the UK in the 1800s. Please correct me if I'm wrong. It's now considered as English as the white cliffs of Dover- what a superb piece of marketing (and a fab meal- add salt n vinegar- nothing like it)!

[@wendischofield352]

Replyng to myself re.fish and chips:- Apparently the Shephardic Jewish immigrants from Spain and Portugal ( C16th) brought fried fish fritters to England during the height of the Inquisition. When trawler fishing boats evolved in the 1800s it was rapidly adopted as the working-class food. Thank you all, already!

[@donnasalmon2078]

Will miss this wonderful program dearly! Will these three be doing a follow-up of this year? It would be great to see them in today's setting!

[@sarah3796]

Australian here...... What that liquid falling from the sky... And so frequently. Crazy

[@becgould3772]

Yep I was wondering about that too lol

[@mrdarklight]

Northern USA here. I believe it is melted snow...

[@Heavyisthecrown]

The outfits for the beach outting are so amazing! Oh how I wish people still dressed this way! I see grown adults in pajamas almost daily!

[@TickleMonster333]

Ruth is the best time traveler ever!

[@elizabethelliott3175]

Mr Francis Mudge looks very snappy in his outfit.

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

Dapper, is the word I'd use

[@Dexy83]

John forgot to put on his 2st century sunscreen. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

Gotta love those chops he's sportin'.

[@annika_panicka]

@@jeffreycoulter4095 Lol - Dappy: Dapper + snappy!

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

@@annika_panicka very smart! Thank you

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

This was totally awesome, it's very interesting And informative AND educational ‼️ The one lady (red swimsuit) knows how to do everything I think that is very impressive. Good job everyone on this video ‼️ Bye for now 🙋💯💯💯💯💯💯.

[@ysf-psfx]

This is the first episode of this I've seen, and it's just lovely

[@MadameSavage]

it is an addictive show. One after the other shows up in your suggestions feed and the curiosity forces you to watch another episode, even having the initial topic or questioned answered early in the episode, you can't help but keep watching. It is fascinating. the Victorian series i enjoyed a bit more. The turn of the century came with a lot of tools that ease life and so the edwardian series was not quite as difficult for them. And suffering seems to be a very interesting aspect.

[@jamesmentzer]

Ruth is gold what a spirit all the g4eat food she has cooked in this series don't forget the Christmas dinners!

[@neffyg35]

That's the same machine Bernadette Banner has!

[@roefane2258]

I was thinking that, but it seems to operate differently then this one. I see Bernadette continuously turning it whereas the one Ruth is using you wind up like an old car. Does Bernadette’s not have some type of attachment or something?

[@roefane2258]

Lady Steele oh absolutely! Sorry I didn’t make that clear in my original reply.

[@kathyjaneburke2798]

I adore Bernadette!

[@kiki29073]

I'm scared to see what the Edwardian cassroom is like with the Edwardian discipline. Lol

[@meeeka]

And yet, discipline by birch and by copying things out hundreds of times with chalk and slate, seemed to produce students who respected basic learning, learned to use a pen, write and express themselves with more depth than kids do now. I speak as both a teacher, professor, lecturer and now, as a parent. I can barely bear the things my daughter repeats from her school.

[@lakrids-pibe]

I have an anecdote from an old dude who was schoolteacher in Denmarkin the 60s when corporal punishment in schools was prohibited. In his experience, the teacher had to break up fights in the school yard basically every day. But when the teachers stopped using corporal punishment, there was an immediate drop. The kids would fight a couple a times of a week, then a couple of times in a month. In my school days it was rare to see the boys fight. (But it was still a stable of children's stories in books and movies) What happens when you "discipline" children with violence, is that you produce students who think it's okay to use violence when they're really angry. And they don't become better at reading.

[@NoNeedNoGreed]

Sounds like quite the tyranny. The children are second class citizens, teachers beat them, a child's opinion is disregarded, a child's word against an adults is never believed, they learn repetition but necessarily learn to understand the subject, and they later on act out the violence that they have learned from the adults. But some older generations probably look back with rose tinted glasses of the children obeying through what they call 'respect' which really is just fear.

[@jessejjyami8909]

@@meeeka Okay, boomer. Seriously, though? The average person wasn't nearly as well-read as you seem to think they were back then. Much like music, only the good stuff was really kept around and shown off to younger generations. Kids were still kids, they misbehaved and they didn't actually care about studies, and they weren't taught freedom of expression or even how to think on your own until they were older. As a teacher you should know that the ability to comprehend the material beyond simple repetition is the key to proper learning, and what works for some will not work for all. Also, do you really want to beat your daughter? Or more importantly, give others the ability to beat your daughter whenever they want, and not only trust them not to simply take their anger out on her, but think it will actually help? Literally every study on children has found that physical punishments don't actually correct the root of behavior, and can cause more problems, such as anger, overall.

[@Latreylantras]

@@meeeka And the time when husbands were allowed to beat their wifes seemed to produced "good, submissive housewifes" who sacrificed their life to fulfill the husband's every whim. Pretty sure if you asked such a husband, he'd tell you how great that was, but somehow most people nowadays are smArt enough not to agree with him.

[@bengardner5269]

Is it my imagination or does Peter seem to draw the short straw in each endeavour?! Fantastic programming from these three as usual. What a perfect trio to learn from.

[@mjc63]

PS Eve is a wonderful addition! Great job, mom Ruth!

[@francisphillips53]

Love the blue on that boat! Ruth is always so much fun. 😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@friendlykristen]

I love this channel and this series!

[@jasonward6723]

I love ruth I love her energy seems such a lovely person to be around

[@marcustiberious5887]

I have 4 huge Cherry Trees on my small holding the very morning they ripen the Birds desend enmass and devour the lot

[@mrsapplez2007]

Yep. My dad cut ours so we could try and get to them before the birds. No such luck

[@neffyg35]

You should have employed small children to scare them away hahaha

[@mrsapplez2007]

@@neffyg35 little fingers and full bellies 😁😁😁

[@joshschneider9766]

The Edwardian answer would be to kill and eat as many of the birds as possible hehe

[@annika_panicka]

There's got to be a way to keep them from plundering that doesn't involve child labor or a rifle, although if they've been out of school since March due to quarantine the kids should make themselves useful. But isn't there a net or something you can throw over the trees? Or a zapper of some sort that won't kill them (the birds ... or the children)?

[@musicguy20]

Alex in a bathing suit 😻 he looks so cute!

[@ratatataraxia]

We’re almost at the end! Who’s with me!

[@kaksav5577]

I enjoyed very much about this series kinda sad there is only one episode left

That potato 'harvest' so reminded me of a time in Aberdeen.....(Scotland) where I grew up......Wet, and numbingly cold on the fingers...all for a pound a day......

[@lucylincoln3285]

They needed to keep talking to Laddie, it keeps them chill if they can hear your voice.

[@michelleschuller9772]

Oh how I love this! Thank you

[@simonbiggs9102]

Loving every mins of these wonderful programs