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General => The Shed => Topic started by: RSJK on January 09, 2009, 12:54:21
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I watched this programme last night and found it very intresting but I do think they could have gave us more detail on how they done things. It was nice to see horses being used to plough the fields and just makes you realise what great skills were needed by people using the meathods they did then.
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Oh, now you mentioned it...The program did lack a bit of info
How long did she cook that mutton for? That's what I wanted to know.
I did enjoy the prog.
It was nice to see everyone in period costume which made it more authentic :D
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when I looked, it said 'documentary series', does that mean there's more ?
I was quite disappointed by the lack of info, maybe it was just a taster ???
unfortunately, my guide doesn't go to next week
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when I looked, it said 'documentary series', does that mean there's more ?
It was the first of six episodes.
Luckydog :)
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I loved the way the plough turned the grass upside down into perfect soil, how long do you think it would take any one of us to dig over and pull all the roots out. :o I think they did mention how long the dinner took to cook, its just your getting a bit mutton in your old age Lauren. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I enjoyed it, mainly for the enthusiasm of the three people taking part. who were obviously all experts in their fields but also very down-to-earth. I wonder how they were selected.
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It was the first of six episodes.
Luckydog :)
brilliant, thank you ;D
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I watched it this afternoon and enjoyed it. It will be good if they show some old fashioned ways of veg growing.
Neil
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In the good olde days farmers were always out standing in their field. That is why they were so good at the job. ';D'
The program did bring home the fact that with a bit of skill and a bit more muscle, the jobs can be done just as well without making bankers wealthy. How many generations will a modern tractor and plough pass down yet remain in A1 condition?. OK. Horses die, but they also breed.
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Really enjoyed it. Most of my lot were agricultural labourers around that time so found it fascinating. The previous programme - can't remember what it was called - was good as well.
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I enjoyed the programmea s well. I have done all my family history and most of my folks were agric. labourers, cowmen and shepherds. what hard lives they led, no wonder they didn't all live long. Apart from lack of medicines the hard work would kill them working out in all weathers in the fields. I know one great grandmother was unmarried with 2 daughters and she worked on the land all her life. She died in her 50s with pleurisy. a very enjoyable programme though and would love to taste a piece of mutton again like I used to get when I was but a lass. Mother cooked it 8/6d worth every sunday for soup and meat for 2 days. Was good. :D
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I think they did mention how long the dinner took to cook, its just your getting a bit mutton in your old age Lauren. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too true ;D ;D ;D
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Just sat and watched the episode on BBCiplay. Found it really interesting and will certainly watch the remaining episodes. Made me realise just what our ancestors had to do in order to live. We really don't appreciate how much easier-though not always better- our life is today. I have always wanted to have lived in Victorian Times but am not sure how I would cope with the tasks of everyday. Perhaps I had better be an upstairs and not a downstairs person.
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I loved watching Upstairs Downstairs. :)
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For anyone who missed it, it is also being repeated on BBC2 at 7.00pm tonight, I have remembered to set my timer this time.
T.
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I wonder if the B.B.C. has a book about it yet? they usualy do.
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Don't forget this is on at 09:pm tonight
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thank you, Lauren, I nearly forgot ;D
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i really enjoyed it tonight, it was more informative and hands on, i learn't one or two new things :).
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I think the washday brought back memories of gran and grandad. The dollying and ponching. Monday was devoted to washing.
This programme and the Victorian kitchen garden, flower garden, and kitchen, make you realise how lucky you are with today's gadgets.
valmarg
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My Granny born 1890 told me many times about her wash days always on a Monday, took all day. She had 6 brothers all farm workers and she told me in the summer the sheets were dried over the hedges to be bleached. She also injured a little finger badly when it was caught in the mangle. Her finger was flattened. So seeing this programme brought back all the tales she told me. She used to cook Tongue as well but put it into a bowl and pressed it with a heavyweight on top of a plate. This is a good programme. ;)
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I can remember helping my mum push washing through the mangle..........I also had a little toy one...eeekkk giving me age away now :)
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I hated tongue could not eat anything that came out of a animals mouth.....
Rather have an Egg ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Very good programme.......recording them :)
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I hated tongue could not eat anything that came out of a animals mouth.....
Rather have an Egg ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D
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Don't forget this is on at 09:pm tonight
Just a little reminder ;)
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Just put the record button on for it. ;) ;)
At least something worth watching.
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Just put the record button on for it. ;) ;)
At least something worth watching.
Hight of the week for me.. till Gardener's World returns. Anyone know when it's coming back to Friday nights?
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oh i forgot, and the OH is now watching some sport show :( so no chance getting the remote back, never mind i'll catch later on iplayer :)
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I do not know if this program is responsible or not but while my website normally gets 1 or 2 searches a month for mangel worzels, so far this month I've had 20.
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Is it a scarecrow.
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Just a little reminder that this program is on again tonight :D
09:00pm BBC 2
Episode 4/6
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Thanks Lauren, would have missed it x floss
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:-*Loved watching the Victorian Farm, and even though I am in my 60's would love to try and plough using the horse. Is there anyone here in Angus who would let me have a go?
Regards Cindy
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Cindy. Do the Heavy Horses place along the Dundee/Perth Road not carry on the tradition of ploughing with a horse? Worth checking.
:D :D
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hiya, cindy, welcome to the site ;D
missed it, we were watching Nicholas Cage in National Treasure ;D
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i really enjoy this programme but the housework would have killed me :-X.
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Got to watch last nights programme later today ( recorded it last night ) Thought that chap who made that basket last week was brill....what a skill
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Well how many sausage rolls have you all eaten since the last programme those pigs eyes looked very tasty
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Hi Carol
Many thanks for the info on ploughing with horses, will try and get in touch and see if they would just let me have a try, I love horses and to be honest would have been quite happy to move into that little cottage, I have learnt so many new things (who said they cannot teach old dogs new tricks). IRemember my aunt with her dolly tub she still used to dolly the washing even after getting a washing machine, wanted the clothing to be clean before going into the new fangled machine!!!!!!!!!
What did you think to the dress Ruth made I was quite impressed.
Regards Cindy
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Last programme next week......shame they could not do the hay harvest and must say those pigs looked great lazing in the sun
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Why did they not just get the scythes out? No self-respecting farmer would just look at the harvest spoil without making a simple effort.
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My grandfather worked his farm with Shire horses his entire life. He had two pairs so they had a day on & a day off. I used to love sitting cross-legged on their back because they were so wide.
As a child in the early 70s I remember helping Grandma do the laundry using a posher and mangle because they didn't have a washing machine. Even when my uncle offered to buy them a twin tub to make things easier they declined 'cos "we've always done it this way & bit of hard work won't hurt us" (both were in their 70's at this point!!!).
I also remember having to help milk cows in the morning due to a power cut & the sheer joy of being able to drink lovely warm milk direct from the cow.
CC
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I thinking there might be another series of this. as in the last ep they said they pack the farm house up for the next lot.
i hope so, cause its a good program better than all them csi etc.
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Don't ythey have 'plough sunday' everywhere rural in the u.k? we often go to watch the horses ploughing, alongside vintage tractors (and modern ones) ;)
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I'm old enough to remember rinsing and wringing by hand, although we had just got an electric machine with mangle to do the main wash. Wringing took the skin off between my finger and thumb every week... :o
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Ow! I bet that hurt