How A Medieval Steeplechase Risked His Life Everyday | Worst Jobs | Absolute History

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Absolute History

5 жыл бұрын

This week we take a close look at the worst rural jobs and remember those who risked their necks to maintain the heart of rural life, shifted excrement to produce enduring images of the countryside and saved souls in the villages by eating bread. Tony experiences life as a shepherd boy, nettle harvester, reddle man, thresher, chaff-box boy, sedge cutter, sin eater, pole man, lead-white maker and featherier. Then he tackles the most arduous job of all, that of the steeplejack when he climbs the highest spire in Oxfordshire.
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@bunkyd
@bunkyd 3 жыл бұрын
For the people questioning why the music is too loud here’s the answer: this program was originally broadcast in 5.1 surround, when music is played it does so on each of the 5 channels. Dialogue is usually played back slightly louder on the front 3 speakers. Most surround systems have lower volume on the rear speakers, so music is mixed louder to compensate. When you mix all 5 channels to stereo without altering the mix for rear speakers you end up with a much louder track for what was originally meant to play in surround.
@RichoRosai
@RichoRosai 3 жыл бұрын
Seems like they should bother to fix it, especially if they're going to put ads every 5 minutes.
@Patchaddictedpolymath
@Patchaddictedpolymath 3 жыл бұрын
takeaway: quit putting shitty music in docs and put more information with the saved funds
@germantennesseean8438
@germantennesseean8438 3 жыл бұрын
I do not mind at all . I don't get it if people have something to nagg about they can go on their merry way and watch another video . Why even bother to be entitled 🙄
@RichoRosai
@RichoRosai 3 жыл бұрын
@@germantennesseean8438 People comment to comment. You're doing it too. If you don't agree with certain kinds of comments, maybe you should be on your merry way and read some other comments.
@istvankovacs4154
@istvankovacs4154 3 жыл бұрын
That is the reason why you would hire an audio engineer if you wanted to make a good product. These people are experts at these kinds of jobs and could easily remedy this problem. This is a (for youtube standards) high quality documentary, where not hearing the commentator is rather jarring. As for you German Tennesseean, would you rather complain about having a tablespoon of salt on the top of your otherwise well made pizza, or would you just order something else? Some people wouldn't mind the taste, but most would spit it out then complain.
@JediCloud
@JediCloud 3 жыл бұрын
“We need you to check that all over again” His face ...that’s the face of a soul crushing
@jessiec.9169
@jessiec.9169 3 жыл бұрын
I would give anything to travel around with Tony learning about all the old English jobs. The history in England is so amazing!!! 🖤
@carlaalex6771
@carlaalex6771 3 жыл бұрын
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@foxyshazaam3310
@foxyshazaam3310 3 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@perrydowd9285
@perrydowd9285 3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to go about England with Baldrick learning about Blackadder.
@denisecoleman1701
@denisecoleman1701 3 жыл бұрын
@@carlaalex6771 to carlaplease stay off my phone
@parabot2
@parabot2 2 жыл бұрын
Abdula thanx you for giving him your country, and destroying your childrens history.
@zongoismyhero
@zongoismyhero 5 жыл бұрын
isn't the music a little bit too loud sometimes compared to the narrator's voice?
@danacampbell8331
@danacampbell8331 5 жыл бұрын
@catothewiser SO many videos would be better if they kept the background music in the background or just got rid of it.
@silvernode
@silvernode 5 жыл бұрын
I am glad I am not the only one experiencing this.
@marthapozo4881
@marthapozo4881 5 жыл бұрын
@catothewiser most underrated reply!
@fryode
@fryode 5 жыл бұрын
Yep. This happens a lot when 5.1 surround audio is lazily down-mixed to stereo, due to taking only the front left and right channels and leaving the center channel out of the mix. Programs like this have most of the audio on the center channel.
@nasrinv
@nasrinv 5 жыл бұрын
Yes
@IvanDmitriev1
@IvanDmitriev1 5 жыл бұрын
19:09 Crushed to atoms is such a fun little English expression!
@DarkLadyPhoenix
@DarkLadyPhoenix 3 жыл бұрын
All of those readings made me a bit queasy but did anyone catch the "death by eating"? Let me read that one!
@jessiec.9169
@jessiec.9169 3 жыл бұрын
They are not lying about the maggots in the sheeps skin. We had a calf who got diarrhea...the next day my dad went to wash her and when he moved the shit thousands of maggots fell out from her hip. They were all inside the skin and inside muscle. We had to put her down.😔
@guymorris1963
@guymorris1963 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to hear about that happening to your calf.
@GlennDavey
@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't think they were lying...... they have no reason to
@thirstiestvillager9233
@thirstiestvillager9233 3 жыл бұрын
@@GlennDavey She means they weren't exaggerating. Flies move in fast.
@djdissi
@djdissi Жыл бұрын
😢
@flo-le3ym
@flo-le3ym 3 жыл бұрын
i still remember how my sheep used to hate water, even though i only splashed them wit a few drops. I cant even imagine what it must have been like to get the sheep to go into the water and make them stay in there.
@madamesalamander16
@madamesalamander16 5 жыл бұрын
My great uncle Paul went through a thresher when he was a teenager. (1930's) It was a miracle he survived, but he sustained nerve and muscular damage that gave him a jerky, staggering walk and a very unusual pattern of speech. He was totally cognitive and intelligent and not hindered in any way really, but if you didn't know him, you'd swear he was drunk! But that was how it was then. You understood the risks, because farming was not for sissies.
@SuperLordHawHaw
@SuperLordHawHaw 5 жыл бұрын
Farming is statistically one of the jobs with the highest injury rate
@madamesalamander16
@madamesalamander16 5 жыл бұрын
@@SuperLordHawHaw It certainly is, even today in the age of automation. We as consumers rarely give any thought to industrial safety regulations, but it really can mean life or death for workers and consumers alike. So very many people died in order for us to benefit from better standards and practices, and yet many of these jobs are still very dangerous.
@JackieMReacts
@JackieMReacts 3 жыл бұрын
kinda wish we learned about this stuff in my ffa classes
@beastshawnee
@beastshawnee 3 жыл бұрын
“not for sissies” in spite of the fact that sisters did pretty much all the same work-
@setoombs
@setoombs 3 жыл бұрын
@@beastshawnee 🤦‍♀️. You just taught me that sissies is short for sisters! 😂
@myrnaskogland1268
@myrnaskogland1268 3 жыл бұрын
I dare say, that most of us have no idea just how hard, time consuming and dangerous life was. To just survive . I heard how hard threshing time was from my grandparents, and my parents who had to help. My Dad was kicked out of his home at 16 by his stepdad and told never to show his face around again. He helped out at a nother farm, but had to sleep in the barn and froze his feet, got bitten by rats and mice, ticks and bedbugs. His poor deformed toes, I am sure they hurt but my Dad never complained . Dad had a hard life, losing his Dad when he was just 7, lost his older brother to a wagon accident when he was 14 and that is why my Grandmother decided to remarry. It was a big mistake, but what she suffered, she would not say. However, because he was the only male on the farm, he did not have to go to war. That was a good thing because he married my Mom and adopted my brother and me. We had a great childhood.
@germantennesseean8438
@germantennesseean8438 3 жыл бұрын
19:30 "Death from Eating to Excess " Yup that's me in quarantine
@possummagic3571
@possummagic3571 3 жыл бұрын
You bloody glutton!
@gregkral4467
@gregkral4467 4 жыл бұрын
We love ya Tony, thanks for this series, wonderful.
@ananimity7332
@ananimity7332 5 жыл бұрын
There is NO WAY I'd be climbing up the steeple ladder. It wouldn't happen. I'd pass out 10 rungs up.... I hope he gets paid well for what he does on these shows.
@SuperLordHawHaw
@SuperLordHawHaw 5 жыл бұрын
Imagine being one of the people who built it back then. With rickety handmade scaffolds and such.
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 5 жыл бұрын
He could probably practice on his own by climbing shorter ladders in the mountains or wherever. They didn't hire a steeple jack who was too afraid, obviously.
@peterbeadman9010
@peterbeadman9010 5 жыл бұрын
@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin is it a Jim can't swim that you are the fan of?
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 5 жыл бұрын
@@peterbeadman9010 No, Mr. Metokur
@lizvtaz6
@lizvtaz6 3 жыл бұрын
I would rather do that then working like 15:30. This machine seems more dangerous to me...
@peterbeadman9010
@peterbeadman9010 5 жыл бұрын
I want to know more about the man who died from over eating ( as per the newspaper article)
@catlowe92
@catlowe92 3 жыл бұрын
The Bury and Norwich Post, Bury, Suffolk, England - October 22, 1856 Death from Eating to Excess. On Friday last an inquest was held upon the body of a Prussian, named Karl Yanke, captain of the ship Hurrah, from Stettin, which had been lying in the harbour for about a fort-night. The deceased had resided during that time at the Mermaid Inn, Nelson-street; and it appears that, although abstemious with regard to drink, he was much less so with regard to solid food. On the evening in question, he and some others had had a supper of sausage and oysters, which he partook whilst in conversation. He was [-] [--] very heartily; and observed to smile in a peculiar manner. His appearance caused alarm. Mr Kendall, surgeon, was sent for, and arrived in about three minutes, but by that time it was not [-----]. At an inquest, on Friday afternoon, the medical evidence showed that the stomach and bowels were enormously distended by food, so much so that the heart and lungs were displaced and pressed upon; and that the immediate cause of death was apoplexy verdict accordingly. Apologies for a couple of words I wasn't able to make out
@amysuuueev1685
@amysuuueev1685 3 жыл бұрын
@@catlowe92 you are the best! Thank you!
@msjrockqueen2011
@msjrockqueen2011 Жыл бұрын
@@catlowe92 I googled it, but that story wasn't even mentioned! I found a few others from the same day, but not that one. 😞 I just thought that maybe I could fill in the blanks for you & Peter Beadman. 🤷‍♀
@devonstone21
@devonstone21 3 жыл бұрын
Tony is the perfect t.v. presenter!!!! I love watching his various programs
@charlottem.1477
@charlottem.1477 3 жыл бұрын
It’s 2021 & this is just showing up now in my recommended.. I’m not mad at it, just wish I knew sooner.. I love learning.
@SuperLordHawHaw
@SuperLordHawHaw 5 жыл бұрын
It looks like Baldrick is interviewing for jobs
@Chris_Troxler
@Chris_Troxler 3 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the last words my grandfather said to me when he fell into the thresher: "BOY!! Turn off the dang thresher!!"
@louisimisson9065
@louisimisson9065 4 жыл бұрын
I've always been very gratefull for the fun and free documentaries of this channel. The sound issues ar'nt perfect, but nothing ever was really! Its a bit of a shite attitude to complain and moan when your being given something. Quit bellyaching about the gifts from absolute history, the sound issues are there yep, but for short times and then you've got Tony again. Heres a full refund 🤲 $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00
@louisimisson9065
@louisimisson9065 4 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with a polite note though, I see you there too :)
@wrybreadspread
@wrybreadspread 3 жыл бұрын
5:15 My ex was a farmer's daughter. He raised sheep. She explained to me...sheep are witless. They will follow the one ahead of them off a cliff.
@silvernode
@silvernode 5 жыл бұрын
When people say: "it was better back then"
@beastshawnee
@beastshawnee 3 жыл бұрын
silvernode In some ways it was as a simple life in nature is fulfilling but no Air conditioning, no good heat, no hot water, no deodorant, no equal rights, No medicine, no surgery, no money for most as already most of the land was held by bullies, So no foooood...
@aluckyshot
@aluckyshot 3 жыл бұрын
Most people mean like fifty years ago when they say something like that, not a hundred and fifty 😉
@anthonyryan1584
@anthonyryan1584 6 ай бұрын
As ex-paratrooper with hundreds of jumps under my belt, I can only say that you couldn't get me anywhere near those ladders. Tony, you're a brave guy to tackle that stepple.
@countrygal2611
@countrygal2611 5 жыл бұрын
Farmers still bind p their pants legs, usually with duct tape, to keep mice from running up them... when storing corn for later grinding, it attracts rodents
@karinvandyck9633
@karinvandyck9633 3 жыл бұрын
My father told me they put their trousers in their socks which would do the trick
@Highice007
@Highice007 3 жыл бұрын
why don't they just buy cats, and have them hang around to eat the mice?
@countrygal2611
@countrygal2611 3 жыл бұрын
@@Highice007 most farmers do have barn cats... But mice breed so much faster than cats, they can't keep up... The best they can do is keep the noise population down... But with all that food supply, there will always be mice... And rats
@GlennDavey
@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын
@@countrygal2611"the noise population" had me wondering how loud a mouse can actually get
@widowrumstrypze9705
@widowrumstrypze9705 3 жыл бұрын
@@GlennDavey They sure shut up when they sense a predator is around! Mice SUCK!!
@rawlahiabetes6969
@rawlahiabetes6969 3 жыл бұрын
nice, the story of the Sin Eater, someone who eats the sins of the dead so that they can pass on with a purified soul.
@Whol3NothaL3v3l
@Whol3NothaL3v3l 3 жыл бұрын
These people REALLY WORKED for EVERYTHING they had
@EmilyJelassi
@EmilyJelassi 7 ай бұрын
It's amazing that Tony climbs to the very top of the steeple even though he's terrified of heights! I'm fairly sure that I would be positively frozen in terror at that height!!
@leaupton5238
@leaupton5238 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I really enjoy this show.
@z_ed
@z_ed 4 жыл бұрын
Ditto 👍
@richarddaigle8777
@richarddaigle8777 3 жыл бұрын
Heyyy old school surveying! I do this kind of stuff for a living, other than having GPS now, its pretty similar.
@justinenorbury2467
@justinenorbury2467 3 жыл бұрын
Tony you are my hero! You wouldn't have got me up that steeple for a king's ransom!! Well done Sir!
@justmike2944
@justmike2944 3 жыл бұрын
Rod Sterling Night Gallery . Richard Thomas Episode 21 season 2 Sins of the fathers .Sin Eaters .Still creeps me out . Worth a watch .
@GlennDavey
@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын
Serling
@justinpatterson5291
@justinpatterson5291 3 жыл бұрын
The sedge bundling process is fairly similar to what I do with my job. The tighter the ratchet. The less chance of losing parts of your bundle.
@karenwomble2640
@karenwomble2640 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoy Tony’s videos.I’ve learned so much.
@ncooty
@ncooty 5 жыл бұрын
Sin-eating was the precursor of modern British cuisine. ;)
@hiimryan2388
@hiimryan2388 3 жыл бұрын
They have the audacity to conquer the world for spices yet they eat jellied eel.
@phydeux
@phydeux 3 жыл бұрын
More like Scottish.
@jebsmith323
@jebsmith323 3 жыл бұрын
It was a part of Southern US highland culture for generations. Which makes sense, of course, since those settlers came from Ireland, Scotland and England.
@susankay497
@susankay497 2 жыл бұрын
F'n lol funny
@theresehopkins1581
@theresehopkins1581 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos.... very educational and entertaining!!! 😊 ❤
@memyselfandi9346
@memyselfandi9346 Жыл бұрын
I love this guy!! I could talk to him for hours 🧡
@mizfrenchtwist
@mizfrenchtwist 3 жыл бұрын
very interesting and enlightening...........so enjoyable . thank you , for sharing................
@MsKittyGirl2010
@MsKittyGirl2010 3 жыл бұрын
Well. I just realized I am terrified of heights. That last one made my heart rate go up 😐
@johnny6148
@johnny6148 5 жыл бұрын
I surveyed in Wyo. at 24 YO. exhausted by steep slopes.
@madamesalamander16
@madamesalamander16 5 жыл бұрын
I cannot imagine how taxing that work was, but I wonder that you may have seen some of the most beautiful scenery our country has to offer.
@catatonicbug7522
@catatonicbug7522 6 ай бұрын
I love how he shed away from the idea of castrating sheep with his teeth. Mike Rowe actually did it to goats for a similar show! No scissors though!
@maggiee639
@maggiee639 5 жыл бұрын
I don’t think they were washing sheep in a muddy bog my friend. Literally any body of water would be better.
@SuperLordHawHaw
@SuperLordHawHaw 5 жыл бұрын
They didn't always have much choice and I'm sure back then their definition of "clean" was pretty liberal
@learntocrochet1
@learntocrochet1 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Every attempt would be made to take sheep to be washed where the water is free flowing, and hopefully had rocks/pebbles on 'shore'.
@dbseamz
@dbseamz 2 жыл бұрын
The book "Farmer Boy" (Wilder) describes sheep-washing as fun; of course they did have a clear running stream/river to work with.
@yorkshireoutdoorsmen2746
@yorkshireoutdoorsmen2746 3 жыл бұрын
Tony you are a brave man. You wouldnt get me up that church spire for any amount of money. I got queezy and uneasy just watching it from the comfort of my man cave.. respect..
@theresarossi6306
@theresarossi6306 3 жыл бұрын
So interesting, very hard workers
@cats2537
@cats2537 5 жыл бұрын
Sin eating sounds like a fab job
@davidgodley521
@davidgodley521 3 жыл бұрын
Tony you're the best!👍
@BrilliantDesignOnline
@BrilliantDesignOnline 3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, the series is cancelled, since Tony was struck by lightening..(and) or fell off the steeple, and was hit on the head by a chicken.
@easterlywindart
@easterlywindart 3 жыл бұрын
I am so wishing the music was not as loud as the dialog on this video. I love this series, but this is the second one I've watched where I've had to be on the edge of my seat paying attention. Even still, I'm missing bits and have to go back to hear it again.
@JadeBlackWolf
@JadeBlackWolf 3 жыл бұрын
I really wish you wouldn't play music over the narration of the program. I can barely hear him.
@jamesshelton308
@jamesshelton308 3 жыл бұрын
The weathervane on top of that steeple having a bullet hole from World War 2 is actually one of the most awesome things I've ever seen on KZfaq.
@GlennDavey
@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын
"Local farmer wins bet to make church weathervane spin using a single rifle shot" is what I'd put my money on
@theresehopkins1581
@theresehopkins1581 Жыл бұрын
Oh how cute... the little cows are wondering what you're doing too!!! ❤
@D0ntTickleMe
@D0ntTickleMe 3 жыл бұрын
I almost threw up seeing how high he was in the air. I got vertigo just watching it.. I'm shaking uugghh
@Mercurychyld1
@Mercurychyld1 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely LOVE this narrator. He’s so cool. ☺️👍🏽
@GlennDavey
@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын
I grew up with him. He used to tell stories on kids shows.
@MrYougotcaught
@MrYougotcaught 3 жыл бұрын
at 4:24, i disagree with what that sheep guy said. The human saliva, if NOT brushed daily and/or swashed with alcohol, has just as much deadly bacteria as much as the dirty hands have.
@oliveri3534
@oliveri3534 3 жыл бұрын
The question is would plaque bacteria or dirt + sheep dung + whatever else was more likely to kill the creature.
@dbseamz
@dbseamz 2 жыл бұрын
Did the people "back then" know that though?
@venessamann7333
@venessamann7333 4 жыл бұрын
Haha....the sheep thing was hilarious 🤪
@angelkaterose
@angelkaterose 3 жыл бұрын
When I clicked on this video I didn't expect to see Tony riding a sheep through a swamp or face down eating bread off of a corpse.
@GlennDavey
@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын
Look up "Tales from Fat Tulip's Garden". Tony always likes to get his hands dirty, even just telling a kid's story
@angelkaterose
@angelkaterose 3 жыл бұрын
@@GlennDavey Ha, awesome! Just looked it up. He's always loved telling stories and had that epic instantly recognisable voice. I love how he still has the same enthusiasm, and fascination with the stories of other people's lives. He gives it 100% everytime.
@widowrumstrypze9705
@widowrumstrypze9705 3 жыл бұрын
@@GlennDavey The COMMENT section is so fabulous, I had to pause the vieeo, lol! People have so many great stories!
@Impailer67
@Impailer67 3 жыл бұрын
i painted steeples and water towers for 26yrs. didn't get a scratch . i fell from a bridge , while fishing . 20ft into granite.now i have a lot of time for documentaries !
@GlennDavey
@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын
I had a boss, former military leader who franchised a computer store, who one day pushed a stack of printers slightly wrong, and now he's one of those harness-wearing dudes who's always telling you about his foam roller, and his pain killers and and his Pilates for back spasms. It doesn't take much. But 20ft will surely do it.
@Impailer67
@Impailer67 3 жыл бұрын
@@GlennDavey my latest adventure was a bout of necrotizing faciaitis (flesh eating bacteria) stepped on something in the yard ,they removed my leg at the knee 10hrs later.but it's no big deal . losing some one you care for ,,,that hurts much worse . i'll get a new leg ..
@tyjifeku
@tyjifeku 2 жыл бұрын
I love this show.
@sarahnixdorf1
@sarahnixdorf1 3 жыл бұрын
Adore Tony.😍
@Witchofthewoods.
@Witchofthewoods. Жыл бұрын
That's hilarious 😂 how those cows came over to see what was going on!! Nosy.
@jz4057
@jz4057 5 жыл бұрын
And you think giving your dog a bath is hard...try sheep lmao 😂. And the metal sound scrapping lead kills me 🤢
@FurnitureFan
@FurnitureFan 5 жыл бұрын
Still way easier to organise sheep TBH. Working dogs have stratégies to outwit sheep. My cousin's dog, a collie, pretends to have heard the doorbell ring to get guests out of "his" armchair.
@Lexthehex92
@Lexthehex92 5 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, but the sound could be balanced better. The “backround” music should be quieter than the dialogue.
@susanmargaretwills6432
@susanmargaretwills6432 3 жыл бұрын
Well done for the steeplejacking
@danielkerese9631
@danielkerese9631 3 жыл бұрын
such wholesome show :D
@tessat338
@tessat338 3 жыл бұрын
We still have steeple jacks in the US in Pennsylvania. The companies that do it also do commercial chimney maintenance and masonry.
@ohrabbits
@ohrabbits 3 жыл бұрын
Omigod, he's climbing the ladder!
@squeezybob84
@squeezybob84 3 жыл бұрын
What about those that put indicators on BMWs? So much of s pointless job.
@VideoSaySo
@VideoSaySo 3 жыл бұрын
The background music that starts at 25:00 sounds like a Muppet singing! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@SNIPERSVAMP
@SNIPERSVAMP 3 жыл бұрын
I love these series but you might want to make the music a bit quieter so that you can actually hear the dialog properly, thank you in advance.
@jiru331
@jiru331 5 жыл бұрын
So...The real Poop Knive.
@EDDIELANE
@EDDIELANE 3 жыл бұрын
PLEASE go to 14:51 and watch with english subtitles on.
@michaelweems679
@michaelweems679 3 жыл бұрын
Are my breasts ok?
@comfortouch
@comfortouch 3 жыл бұрын
My family used to call the saw sedge "rippers".
@makita883
@makita883 Жыл бұрын
Tony has me crying through laughter…😂 He is so funny with some of his one liners and digs..😅
@somepeoplearewild
@somepeoplearewild Жыл бұрын
32:54 hand all in the dookie
@saragrant9749
@saragrant9749 3 ай бұрын
It’s actually not that ironic the steeplejack would die from a fall of only 15 feet after surviving the other, higher falls. It’s not the height but the angle you hit the ground.
@phydeux
@phydeux 3 жыл бұрын
What I'm curious about is how the hell they got all that scaffolding up the spire in the first place!
@Poodleinacan
@Poodleinacan 3 жыл бұрын
47:17 Soldier during the WW2 : "Oi mate, I bet you 100 Pounds I can shoot that rooster with only my pistol."
@Shane-mj9fz
@Shane-mj9fz 3 жыл бұрын
The sound was fine.
@jaymefunny7424
@jaymefunny7424 3 жыл бұрын
"Gravity got in the way" 😂😂😂😂
@wiiretime3704
@wiiretime3704 3 жыл бұрын
Looks like a job for overalls cutting all that thatch but the summer heat and humidity no matter what it's killer job that just sucks until machines come along
@MrJedimedic
@MrJedimedic Жыл бұрын
“The mouth is the cleanest part?” I feel bad for his sheep….
@karimanning9232
@karimanning9232 5 жыл бұрын
Why oh why wouldn't the sheperds wear gloves?!
@FurnitureFan
@FurnitureFan 5 жыл бұрын
Maybe they couldn't afford to have gloves handmade for them?
@chocowlet
@chocowlet 5 жыл бұрын
In those days they probably got used to dealing with shit on their hands and stopped caring
@imjusttoodissgusted5620
@imjusttoodissgusted5620 3 жыл бұрын
my Father-in-law worked on the horse drawn combines. thing was pulled by like 12 mules or horses. there is a horse drawn combine all set up including the entire horse team in the museum in Walla Walla Washingtion.
@imjusttoodissgusted5620
@imjusttoodissgusted5620 3 жыл бұрын
I use lead like that all the time. I make balls for my flintlocks.
@aik51912
@aik51912 3 жыл бұрын
Not really a fan of the club music in the background, which is louder than the dialogue at times......otherwise, it's a good video.
@jpjacobs436
@jpjacobs436 3 жыл бұрын
anyone other laborers out there thinkin that this guy is a is lazy soft excuse for a worker?
@dr.zoidberg5096
@dr.zoidberg5096 3 жыл бұрын
He sounds almost like Ray Comfort lol
@sharronlynnwhite4790
@sharronlynnwhite4790 2 жыл бұрын
OMG, too funny. I'm a chamber maid at the Sheraton Newfoundland hotel. lol. P.S....Your a hell of a worker.
@angietyndall7337
@angietyndall7337 3 жыл бұрын
Poleman is that the same as what's called a Surveyor in the U.S.A.?
@cob9834
@cob9834 3 жыл бұрын
Certain lower middle class young man became a pole man and later a surveyor in the In Virginia colony countryside where he found the best land do you acquire as a payment for his work that was the beginning of his fortune. He also married a wealthy widow the brought him to many more acres in Arlington Virginia. This young man a colonialist, later became President George Washington, first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
@leila4956
@leila4956 3 жыл бұрын
7:19 cool aid man 😰
@bwghall1
@bwghall1 4 жыл бұрын
all men farm folk Navvys should have their names recorded as they were the actual builders. such as canals. long stone walls roads railway lines churches and a thousand other things. would be nice to see their names on a lack say at the bridge entrance. or a herringbone wall.
@Oroberus
@Oroberus 3 жыл бұрын
buuuuuuuueh buuueh buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueh!!!! Lmao those sheep do NOT like to be bathed xD
@alienworm1999
@alienworm1999 3 жыл бұрын
35:47 MY SPINE, GOOD GOD MY SPINE
@mamiemonrovia7654
@mamiemonrovia7654 3 жыл бұрын
Shame on St Mary's Church for not taking care of the graves surrounding their church. It's so overgrown that they can't just claim oversite. It's obvious this cemetery hasn't been groomed in a very long time. Where are the congregants? They see what we all just saw week after week after week! Shame Shame Shame
@maxdecphoenix
@maxdecphoenix 7 ай бұрын
it's literally just grass. It's a common sight in a graveyard in rural places. They go in there once or twice a year.
@shawnfisher3457
@shawnfisher3457 3 жыл бұрын
Looks like the steeple from hot fuzz lol
@WillN2Go1
@WillN2Go1 3 жыл бұрын
The Guardian (finally) published a story yesterday 1/25/2021 about how rampant excessive drinking is in the UK. So in the past, just how drunk was everyone? I've read accounts of the rise of coffee shops in the 1650s and 60s and the apparent leap in thinking that was caused by the shift from booze to caffeine. What would it be like to consume your water in the form of ale, small beer, etc..? Do people actually just get used to it? (My personal experience is half a beer and I'm done for the rest of the day, so I haven't a clue. What I did notice while traveling in the UK (from California) is just how much people seemed to drink and smoke. I looked up smoking rates and they were the same as in the U.S. - which I find difficult to believe. Unless working people in the States smoke and they don't in the UK, while the middle class people smoke in the UK to make up the numbers, but they don't smoke in the States.
@tarynmosakowski3512
@tarynmosakowski3512 3 жыл бұрын
How do you Wash wool in muddy water?
@phydeux
@phydeux 3 жыл бұрын
You were trying to get rid of insects, feces, excess lanolin, nettles, etc... A bit of silt from the pond wasn't an issue because it would shake out of the wool once dried.
@gregkral4467
@gregkral4467 4 жыл бұрын
Ach, the 60M chain, but we had it graduated, like a 60 M steel rule....
@JoseMolina-ij3xx
@JoseMolina-ij3xx 3 жыл бұрын
I thought that Night Gallery episode of Sin Eaters was just a story. I didn't realize it was a real job.
@GlennDavey
@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын
The Death Eaters from Harry Potter, though, they still aren't real, right..............?
@OglenStillafano
@OglenStillafano 3 жыл бұрын
Our ancestors survived doing these jobs so that we could be here today living in luxury. Those poor kids raking under the thresher who lived long enough to eventually have kids of their own. The odds were stacked against them and life didn’t get much easier.
@user-hd8bg8mh8e
@user-hd8bg8mh8e 3 жыл бұрын
Fred Dibnah worked without those safety features in the 70s n 80s using victorian methods
@mamiemonrovia7654
@mamiemonrovia7654 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Tony, LOOK OVER UR SHOULDER @ 24:45!
@michaelweems679
@michaelweems679 3 жыл бұрын
What are you seeing? I went back and saw nothing.
@mamiemonrovia7654
@mamiemonrovia7654 3 жыл бұрын
if i remember correctly the is a castle in the back ground which I found hard to ignore. It also appeared later in the show. we Americans tend to get a bit excited about such things when we don't see them every day.LOL
@luluseatowngetdown6251
@luluseatowngetdown6251 4 жыл бұрын
Poor moles. 😔
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