When Peter The Wild Boy Came to Norwich

[@ikarus_incarnate]

I am a Norwich boy and I never knew how THE WILD MAN on Bedford street got its name... thanks for sharing...

[@maria_in_shropshire]

I walked past Bridewell Alley tonight and saw the post with Peter on top for the first time and I didn’t know the story behind it, thank you for sharing his story…

[@christopping5876]

Another excellent story from the East of England. Thank you !!

[@RandomStuff-nt7xh]

As most of your stories are not world history changing events and quite often localised to your area, they are mostly stories of lives and events I was completely unaware of and find absolutely fascinating. A good story is also dependent on the teller and I find the content on this channel to be thoroughly researched and well presented. Keep up the good work. I’m a new subscriber now binge watching the back catalogue. Thanks

[@alittlebitofhistory]

Thank you so much, be warned my earlier stuff is even more ropy technology wise then my current stuff but I can working to improve.

[@RandomStuff-nt7xh]

@@alittlebitofhistory audio and video technology are secondary to a good story and a good storyteller. Keep up the good work, I can see this going on to become a much bigger channel👍👍👍

[@iancurtis1152]

Your little bits of history will add up to bigger bits of history. Well done. Cheers from Sydney, Oz.

[@ahuddleston6512]

I just stumbled upon your channel. I'm loving it. You've got a new subscriber. Keep up the awesome work!

[@gonefishing167]

Good video again, thank you. It’s great to hear of ordinary people- yet one couldn’t consider him ordinary. It shows how much infants must have interactions with parents or guardians etc. obviously that’s how they learn and there’s a time frame for it. Boy boy - and man . He was perhaps dumped as unwanted but of an age to sort of care for himself. Maybe he got lost ? But I can’t see how, surely there would have been a hue and cry. Poor poor person. I feel so sorry for him but I loved how the last man kept looking for him, he just didn’t ignore that he’d run away . That was lovely. Thank you again 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺. Prayers for his soul

[@muggedinmadrid]

As always , brilliantly researched , beautifully composed and narrated videos .

[@MarkByrne1965]

Fascinating story, and very sad ending. It’s nice that he is remembered and locals still lay flowers at his gravestone. Very well told, and I’ll certainly be checking out more. Thank you very much for posting and well done! Subscribed 👍👏

[@leewright8094]

Great stories from Norfolk and Norwich.

[@chrissythornhill]

Thank goodness most people are better informed and more educated these days, however, there are still those who condemn those with unfortunate conditions of health , both physical and mental. It is a blessing to see that Peter is still remembered . Thank you for your story. 🌹

[@norfolkmountainman4332]

Great content as always mate. Your audio is crackling in places. You might want to rectify that.

[@alittlebitofhistory]

Its something with the recording software I use, nothing I do seems to stop it when it happens, I'm currently looking to switch to something better.

[@norfolkmountainman4332]

@@alittlebitofhistory poss audio compressionbin settings. I have had similar issues before

[@alittlebitofhistory]

@@norfolkmountainman4332 Thanks I'll look into it

[@calliesoutherland2595]

Just found your channel ! Love this content.

[@alittlebitofhistory]

Welcome and thank you.

[@sarahpiaggio2693]

I suppose he can't have been very young when he was abandoned in the forest, otherwise he just wouldn't have had the skills to survive. I imagine he must have been at least 6 or 7 or so, if not even older. So what I find strange is that when they asked around the local villages, no one knew anything. You'd think people would remember the little boy who walked on all-fours and had such distinctive features. Unless his family were so ashamed of him and aware of the stigma around mental disability and "animal" behaviour, that they kept him a secret in their home and eventually couldn't cope anymore so they abandoned him in the forest. If that's what happened, it's very sad that the stigma and shame were so great.

[@scutiepie9433]

Thank you!

[@nevem5010]

The history of medicine and disability is so interesting. I'm off down a rabbit hole now, looking further into this and similar cases; thank you ❤️.

[@shirleymarchand5800]

Very interesting topic

[@shearonashley2317]

Poor boy

[@andrewemery4272]

He probably headed for Norwich, knowing that once there he could blend-in without being noticed.

[@alittlebitofhistory]

Normal For Norfolk is a saying for a reason.

[@christophernewman5027]

He should have headed for Cornwall. He could have become their king...

[@nellspencer6417]

@@christophernewman5027 Would blend in quite nicely with the thousands of holiday makers.

[@christophernewman5027]

@@nellspencer6417 Yeah, some of them aren't much better... 😊

[@loonylinda]

very interesting..lived in norwich all my life and cant believe how much i DONT know

[@alittlebitofhistory]

It's a great city of hiding its history.

[@jenniferofholliston5426]

Really, people were not unkind. Even today, we do not really understand how best to help and care for humans who lack the skill s required to exercise real human agency on a social context. Such people are still born today. They need care, and, even today, are often abandoned by their families, if they do not have the resources to care for them.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

What a wonderful piece of history. A rule my family has lived by, don't attract the attention of your rulers.

[@mannifester8889]

I will say though I am loving your channel and the way you work, it is a bit of cheek that without actual evidence they claim oh he had "this" given some very old artwork and nobody living as proof. There are many "feral" type people who are not in anyway impaired. This chap maybe required teaching when it would have helped him (pre 7 years young). Elsewise, a great video.

[@alittlebitofhistory]

True I can see where you are coming from with that. I think it was more of a best guess kind of thing not just working from the picture but written description of his behaviour.

[@louisemerriman1079]

What condition did he have ?

[@alittlebitofhistory]

Believed to be Pitt-Hopkins syndrome

[@SailingCartagena]

Rather interesting, you are mining a narrow seam but deeper. A contemporary Gilbert White.

[@christophernewman5027]

I've been watching your videos for a while and realised, today, that l wasn't a subscriber. Rectified. 😊

[@alittlebitofhistory]

Thank you and welcome.

[@folkloreofbeing]

He looks wild in his paintings. I wonder if that was true to life or artistic license.

[@alittlebitofhistory]

As they were able to use the painting to work out what they believed he had Pitt Hopkins syndrome, it must of been fairly close to life.

[@folkloreofbeing]

@@alittlebitofhistory I got to that bit of narration right after commenting. I really need to watch a whole video before commenting. It's a really bad habit.

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

Interesting but spoken too fast

[@sarahpiaggio2693]

you can always reduced the playback speed on the little cog at the right

[@kilcar]

Compassion, empathy, kindness, will be the hallmarks of real Civilization. People afflicted with these maladys must have a safe and pleasant place to live out their lives. Our Lord Jesus Christ emplored us to act accordingly.

[@addie_is_me]

No I didn’t enjoy that, it was terrible! You did a great job though, thank you. 🌸

[@andrewdaley5375]

Are you of the crackling sounds on the upload they seem to get worse further in to the upload. 🇬🇧 👍

[@alittlebitofhistory]

Thank you for letting me know, I have since switched to a different program for recording so hopefully this will strop that.

[@andrewdaley5375]

@@alittlebitofhistory I thought you might already know about as I have already said in previous comments I like you channel a lot I am slowly catching up on the other uploads. 🇬🇧 👍