How Pigeons Spied On D-Day | Wartime Farm EP7

How Pigeons Spied On D-Day | Wartime Farm EP7 | Absolute History

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The team face the farming conditions of 1944, when Britain had been at war for five long years and the fields surrounding Manor Farm filled up with thousands of troops as the Allies assembled the largest naval task force in history for the D-Day landings.
This wasn't the only way farmers helped the D-Day preparations. Racing pigeons were requisitioned by the military to carry vital intelligence to and from occupied France. Ruth revives the traditional craft of basket making to create a pigeon transporter while Alex and Peter head out into the English Channel to find out how birds were trained for their long missions.
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@Armuks 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Henry is always just there, chilling. He never gets in the way, he just wants to be included : )

@walterrudich2175 2 жыл бұрын

He's been robbed of his sheep herd. What else should he do?

@ThatClassic70sGirl 2 жыл бұрын

Speaking of Henry, I was surprised that there was no mention of them using barn cats, to help control the rodents. 🐱🐾

@eddiesroom1868 2 жыл бұрын

11:27 I'm in love with him

@eddiesroom1868 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThatClassic70sGirl Well they are young, and not Taylor Swift, so they probably didn't think of cats. Taylor Swift would think of cats everyone else would have thought of poisons

@ScratchthechalkBoard 2 жыл бұрын

They always cut to him and he's like sleeping lol

@ShadowDragon8685 3 жыл бұрын

Ruth's giggle at making her basket was just amazing.

@GundamReviver 3 жыл бұрын

"you break my basket you DIIIEEE" - Ruth

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

I was so proud of her watching it for the 3rd time sipping coffee cutting out super safe cloth masks my family(2Doc&4ER nurses)&100s I've donated to be given away once the salon was open😢&now closed again&all the recalling in all over 60yrs a tailor I have screwed up every basket I've tried to make or repair-these 3give it a real try! It must be the Brit DNA cus here they'd have cut bk to its all done or cut it altogether

@brandykinnard2970 2 жыл бұрын

She really enjoys history and all the details that normally are lost with it over shadowed by the things most people are interested in like the armies and rulers . I am not a fan of war histories but this is a side that is often left out of the books ; the people and I find this end very refreshing and more engaging.

@muircastle1 2 жыл бұрын

@@ritageorge8748 clear as mud

@ScratchthechalkBoard 2 жыл бұрын

@@muircastle1 😂

@cheriegonzales7632 Жыл бұрын

Ruth got me through all the holiday chores this year. Her enthusiasm is so infectious. The historic farm series is now officially my Christmas to-watch list.

@mikakestudios5891 Жыл бұрын

I also have been cleaning to these documentaries 😅 Ruth really does make it easier.

@boxpuncher1920 4 жыл бұрын

Ruth's excitement when trying these tasks is infectious!! Love her!

@ritageorge8748 Жыл бұрын

She always trys&really does a good job! Best was hitting that nail square, talking to a camera while making a bed! Hardly a common thing

@OofusTwillip 2 жыл бұрын

I have the shirt that my great-grandmother gave my 17-year-old grandfather, when he left the village and emigrated to Canada, in 1928. She grew and harvested the flax, wove it into linen, and hand-sewed and embroidered it.

@birdsflowers2289 2 жыл бұрын

Awwwww❤️

@pamp5797 Жыл бұрын

What a treasure.

@SessaV 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandpa sold a carrier pigeon during the depression. Just one. Over and over.

@Saighin 2 жыл бұрын

😆😂🤣

@rosettAIRcps 4 жыл бұрын

Awww they crossed out "from" and put "love" Peter and Alex. So heartwarming ❤

@rumblexstrips 4 жыл бұрын

Just when you think they couldn't get more talented Alex pulls out the banjolele

@hrani 3 жыл бұрын

It was delightful! I wish I could listen to and watch the whole performance

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

And he sounded like my families old records!

@tinamotherofpete 3 жыл бұрын

He did some Led Zep riffs playing some ancient guitar-like thang on Tales From the Green Valley.

@mikeskelly2356 3 жыл бұрын

While, at 74, none of this is new to me, I still enjoy the very 'personal' view of these times. I just wish the music didn't drown out the narrator, they seem to lower his volume and kick up the music when ever he speaks...

@ariannahernandez4745 3 жыл бұрын

I really shouldn't have laughed as hard as I did when Peter put the rabbit on the table

@birdsflowers2289 2 жыл бұрын

My grand parents said they ate so much rabbit back then that they jumped and their noses wiggled !. To keep cool to process, they hung them on the clothesline in winter. They got quail now and then and squirrels. Their eldest child would run home to tell that he'd heard there was meat in market, but by the time they sent him running back with money, it would be gone. They also fished for carp. They often canned carp right there on the creek bank. Hate to say I wouldn't know how.

@kellyb1420 3 жыл бұрын

Peter and Ruth are just so sweet together! Love Peter such a sweet gentle soul!

@austinbrown3110 4 жыл бұрын

Ruth is the rightful Queen of England. Period

@eddiesroom1868 2 жыл бұрын

@Celto Loco You sound constipated. I hope you get better.

@missgworl3918 3 жыл бұрын

are we not gonna talk about HOW GOOD THAT PAINTING IS?

@clarakaiser1501 3 жыл бұрын

I'm german and my grandfather learned to be a baker in the war. He learned using sawdust instead or just with a little flour and til this day he never adds as much sugar as needed.

@marylarsen2288 4 жыл бұрын

"Every Night Something Awful Happens" always reminds me of the British sitcom from the 70s, Are You Being Served? What a great show.

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

Love that too

@tinamotherofpete 3 жыл бұрын

“I’m free!”

@kathygoodman6159 4 жыл бұрын

How unfortunate that the narrator's voice is so much lower than the rest of it and the music is so loud that you can't hear him. Other than that this is a great series.

@theoldantleredmyth 2 жыл бұрын

@Celto LocoI was curious so I did a little digging, and as far as I can tell, this has been uploaded by a UK based production company that has purchased the distribution rights for these older documentaries. They have several different youtube channels on a wide range of subjects. They seem far too prolific to be just random illegal uploads, surely they would have been shut down by now if that were the case.

@birdsflowers2289 2 жыл бұрын

👉True !

@pamp5797 Жыл бұрын

I use the captions.

@LadyWhinesalot Жыл бұрын

@@pamp5797 sure...but some of the wording is ridiculous and often it just says "music"

@DrGero15 Жыл бұрын

@@theoldantleredmyth What are the other channels?

@brianchar6912 3 жыл бұрын

Im learning more watching this than the last three years of high school. Its incredible, much better content than ANY documentary series

@slaveNo-4028 Жыл бұрын

I learned quite a bit about British cookery with these series: Everything is a pudding, everything is a pie, and everything is a salad

@SplotPublishing 3 жыл бұрын

That old saw about "basket weaving" classes should be revised. It's not as easy or unimportant as people presume. Ruth has taught us another valuable lesson.

@hibye7557 3 жыл бұрын

i've seen so many of these episodes now i can actually hear the narrator behind the loud music.

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

I'm still laughing-me too!

@hibye7557 3 жыл бұрын

@@ritageorge8748 Honestly! hahaha

@savharali 3 жыл бұрын

After gorging on this series from the Tudors to the Second World War during lock down, I'm left with only one question - 'is there anything that Ruth cannot do?'!!!! A really fascinating series which I've thoroughly enjoyed.

@Itsthefry69 4 жыл бұрын

She made a wonderful basket she did a good job it is a hard task to do, I’ve made small Bowls and they are difficult

@debbralehrman5957 4 жыл бұрын

I think she did a darn good job.

@HinekoAkahi 3 жыл бұрын

Also, let's be honest - the pigeons won't mind.

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

Very upset over Ruth's really good looking basket being laughed at by even Peter!? Alex has made different straw baskets&he might have whipped one up for her since even the older bird keeper seemed to think it was a poor container for bird droppings during a 60minute reenactment show

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

The three men all laughed at her work&I felt it a bit cheap for the director to leave it as a?2 how they really get along or his way to show how serious'containers' were=should then Alex have at it-made 1type for bees/Peter never made one&D old gents return basket was a different weave&material-She could have made a wooden one as GIs had-the 1st scene- frm my memory our Lady can swing a hammer better than most

@deannastevens1217 3 жыл бұрын

And the Bee Skep by Alex was amazing too.

@thebradc 3 жыл бұрын

Ruth’s basket was amazing and not at all disgraceful like that man said !!! I like that Ruth was preparing pigeon in the next scene

@Chrochella 4 жыл бұрын

Ruth is SO cute!! Love her enthusiasm

4 жыл бұрын

I just love Ruth (but don't tell my wife....)

@diananievesavellanet 3 жыл бұрын

We all love Ruth! As a woman, I can say that. Because, you learn to appreciate the experience of being there--without being there. Because she just brings it all out. But, Peter! 😋 lip-licking! He's the picture of masculinity!!!😍

@SecretSquirrelFun 4 жыл бұрын

Also, to weave the cane/willow successfully you need to soak it in water which makes it supple or bend without snapping. I used to make baskets and trays and all sorts of things, I even made a pet carrier. I’m watching her and thinking about how cold it looks and then add to that she’s weaving with wet cane and bare hands....brrrrrrrr, she must have been freezing. I had a small creek and I’d tie up my long canes and soak them in the creek as needed. In summer it was fine, but in winter, I must admit that I’d procrastinate and this was an Australian winter not a British one!! Also, your hands get roughed up but eventually you get used to it “tough hands”. I’m impressed with her basket, very impressed 👍🐿.

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

You said 💕👍wow sounds harder now even

@tinamotherofpete 3 жыл бұрын

Ruth is old-time tough.

@birdsflowers2289 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your comment. Thanks !

@EdiChiArt 4 жыл бұрын

The background music drowns out what they are saying.

@perlofski 4 жыл бұрын

indeed, to bad

@jbean9657 4 жыл бұрын

Watched all of them, and Victorian Pharmacy.... people say it about that one too. Never had any bit of an issue with any of them. It's got to be something with difference in audio equalization within devices.

@jemckee 4 жыл бұрын

I had to turn on the subtitles to understand some if this.

@alliebea 4 жыл бұрын

@@jemckee for some of them, even the auto subtitles can't pick it up

@jemckee 4 жыл бұрын

@@alliebea , yes, I'm wondering why they're not more careful (or professional) about this.

@wasnhas Жыл бұрын

My Dad had been a pigeon fancier and I grew up meeting many. It was a wonderful hobby.

@SatansPooper 4 жыл бұрын

sound levels are still an issue hey

@almighty2134 4 жыл бұрын

It's intentional to avoid copyright claims by automated audio sampling

@Dekkia_ 4 жыл бұрын

@@almighty2134 that is false. KZfaq's copyright-system even detects the humming of melodies. The only way to not get claimed is not using music you don't have the rights to. Since all videos on this channel are properly lincensed, that shouldn't be a problem.

@niveleur 4 жыл бұрын

@@almighty2134 They have stated that they are working on fixing it, all of these documentaries came out around 2010 IIRC.

@BlazingsNL 4 жыл бұрын

@@almighty2134 Stop saying things when you don't know what you're talking about.

@jeastwood2737 2 жыл бұрын

@@almighty2134 The dialogue by the narrator is all there, therefor it has nothing to do with copyrights... it's just quieter than the other sounds and the music ... Bad mixing.. I was in the Music business and also observed sound tracks being putto fil in the 60s and 70s

@HarekaTysiri 3 жыл бұрын

That donkey looks so sad :( i wanna hug him

@scarletmaye 2 жыл бұрын

He’s Eeyore from Winnie the poo no one can tell me otherwise

@erintoal2018 3 жыл бұрын

Look at Alex play and sing. So awesome!!! I love this show.

@fetijajasari9522 2 жыл бұрын

Watching the flax being broken reminds me how my relatives used to do that with exactly the same instruments in the 1970ties!

@stillnocouch 4 жыл бұрын

I'm enjoying these episodes, but the sound mixing is horrible.

@tedc.4956 3 жыл бұрын

How could they keep screwing up sound levels in EVERY episode! You can barely hear the narrations and some are essential to knowing what's happening. The series is fascinating though and I'm learning a lot.

@nickschlager9182 3 жыл бұрын

yea im loving the series but you can barely hear the narration over the music sometimes

@BaronVonQuiply 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently it's because this was mixed for surround but was converted to stereo for KZfaq so the background tracks are over-represented.

@deedecorte9448 4 жыл бұрын

Poor Alex. Does he ever get a break on his crops from the rain?

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

Did you get to the part🤫(saw this B4)where he says God was on their side-It-the weather was great in actual war harvest times

@phydeux 3 жыл бұрын

It's England, what do you expect? They have more names for types of rain than anyone else.

@Thinking.Of.Some.Handle 3 жыл бұрын

@@phydeux doubful. WA state gets tons of rain.

@phydeux 3 жыл бұрын

@@Thinking.Of.Some.Handle - That's because the UK and WA are in the same climate band. But I was just talking about the number of words they have for rain, like how the Inuit have many words for snow.

@missa2855 2 жыл бұрын

@@phydeux we get more rain than England here in Denmark. And then there is Bergen in Norway, they have 270 rain days a year.

@juliebear1505 3 жыл бұрын

The Victory loaf (bread) was so hated it was called Hitler's secret weapon.

@thekidless7682 3 жыл бұрын

"Break my basket, you die!!!" hahaha..

@adelinaclamser5881 3 жыл бұрын

Henry made it into the painting 🥺

@ThatClassic70sGirl 2 жыл бұрын

Ikr? I *Loved* That! 💖 🐶🥰

@darianle190 4 жыл бұрын

Always good content. Sound is always a bit louder than the speaking track.

@kayetompsett1887 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@crunchies4me 3 жыл бұрын

Awwww they gave medals to the animals for their service even though im sure they didn't even know what they were doing exactly.

@OofusTwillip 2 жыл бұрын

Alex's paraffin blend is an effective waterproofing agent, but it makes his coat highly flammable. Similarly, in July of 1944, the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus' big top tent, that had been waterproofed by painting it with a mixture of paraffin wax and gasoline, caught fire, killing 167 people, and injuring more than 700.

@hannahbrown2728 Жыл бұрын

The painting Leo made was superb! He really captured the trio so well on top of the whole work. Itd be hard to look at that painting and not recognize them even in profile

@BuildingCenter 3 жыл бұрын

53:38. When a “hidden, secret talent,” is absolutely expected. (Absolukely?) Of _course_ he’s the uke guy. He always has been, just under the surface.

@estellawoods8718 4 жыл бұрын

Love the show. It's very informative. However I couldn't hear the last voice over. Sometimes the music is louder than the voice over and it's quite difficult to hear it properly.

@rachelwoodcraft3783 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a vet in the army during WWII. He raised homing pigeons too! Ma has told me stories of when she was a kid, and her dad would drive them out and release them, and they would beat him home.

@mimidoll13 4 жыл бұрын

People in the Netherlands had started to eat flower bulbs at the end of the war.

@andrewallen9993 4 жыл бұрын

They Germans had of course stolen all the food. Britain grew its own but Germany took from the countrys they had conquered. When I lived in Holland the Dutch hated and despised the Germans.

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

Oh guy that's heartbreaking

@sylviatamieanan4088 3 жыл бұрын

I knew someone whose grandmother hide on a cellar in Rotherdam with nothing but dry fish to eat. She couldn't bare the sight of it after the war.

@ldcraig2006 3 жыл бұрын

My late father-in-law was there with the 101st Airborne, before they went over to Normandy on June 6, 1944.

@ThatClassic70sGirl 2 жыл бұрын

Wow... I hope that's not why he's late....

@ldcraig2006 2 жыл бұрын

Um...no. If it had been, my husband would never have been born.

@irlrp 2 жыл бұрын

Damn that dog went through ages like nothing, He must be the oldest dog in the world, he's here since the Victorian period !

@cleverusername9369 9 ай бұрын

If only all dogs could live so long!

@user39h2j8il 2 жыл бұрын

That artist.... blew me away. What talent 😲

@annettebrinson8426 2 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful basket you've made, Ruth! I cannot tell you all how much I enjoy these programs!! So much history and information about the day to day lives of people and some comedy, too!

@lindsaydickson47 4 жыл бұрын

Ruth is such a lovely lady. Great series

@clairecouplandmusic Жыл бұрын

Alex and Peter are such pals, it's so cute

@andrewallen9993 4 жыл бұрын

This is amonium nitrate, it is a chemical fertiliser. Neglected to say and a high explosive if detonated!

@indy_go_blue6048 2 жыл бұрын

With fuel oil added, i.e. Tim McVey and Oklahoma City.

@kayetompsett1887 3 жыл бұрын

I'm absolutely loving these series but am having difficulty hearing the narrator...not from my lack of hearing...he sounds as if he is speaking quietly from a different room.

@megangreene3955 3 жыл бұрын

Ruth is totally chuffed about her carrier pigeon basket. I love her enthusiasm. However, I don't think I would like to eat that pigeon salad. It doesn't look appetizing.

@eunicestone838 3 жыл бұрын

Pigeons are "SQUAB"

@julien.4617 2 жыл бұрын

Young pigeons are squab.

@cob9834 3 жыл бұрын

I know the German POWs they were brought to the United States resent to US farms. US farmers gave them all the food they could eat it most of them were overjoyed at working with the American farmers and gained weight. This is especially welcomed since they were on starvation diet in Germany as the war was being lost by Germany

@tinamotherofpete 3 жыл бұрын

Sure beats starving/freezing to death in the Russian Front.

@laurieb3703 3 жыл бұрын

7:53 poor Eeyore 😆❤️

@fedecano7362 8 ай бұрын

Ruth: Super hyped and proud about her first attempt basket Pigeon guy: Thats a disgrace lol

@phillipburke9522 3 жыл бұрын

Did the Americans forget to teach the Brits how to swing a baseball bat? :D

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

O my lord that was a joke but fun to see-bet you Brits laugh out loud at our "soccer"

@cleverusername9369 9 ай бұрын

Alex's accent seems to work in whatever time period he's reenacting, it's timeless. Edwardian Farm or WW2, he sounds right at home.

@andrewlast1535 3 жыл бұрын

I thought Ruth cooked up dudes prized pigeons. 🤣

@philipbass5579 Жыл бұрын

Ruth is a gem

@LikaLaruku 4 жыл бұрын

Man, sawdust bread.... That's got to be on par with WW1 hardtack in zero nutrition.

@juliebaker6969 4 жыл бұрын

Actually hardtack had all of the nutrition of the wheat from which the biscuits were made.

@Chai.Chai. 11 ай бұрын

I love how excited Ruth gets about trying these different things. I also love how anytime she cooks she gets showered with compliments, makes me want to try her cooking lol Edit: Okay I just got to the part where she made pigeon in gelatin and I could never lmao

@TristenSinanju 4 жыл бұрын

I love these productions. But please. please. enhance the voice audio a bit while background music is playing.

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

The sound can really mess with your ears&can give you a headache-I'm sortof OK but don't tell anyone-Did laugh a bit someone here must have had that great fact- Princess Elizabeth was a driver& had D sound vanish(as it did for me too) but he had seen parts at his son's &"Dislikes reality shows" It was too much-So I said not a word🤭

@janaschneider5348 3 жыл бұрын

The part about the German "bread" the German citizens were eating hit close to home for my family. My father-in-law (now deceased) was born in Germany in 1940 and it's very likely he ate this type of bread in his early youth.

@crunchies4me 3 жыл бұрын

Awwwww that poor donkey!!! His ears are back and he's all wet. That poor thing!!!

@ThatClassic70sGirl 2 жыл бұрын

I thought he looked kind of sad. 🐴 😿

@LauraCourtneyette 2 жыл бұрын

As a basket maker I have to give Ruth her props - she did an excellent job for a first timer! 👍🏽

@wanderwikinger5657 2 жыл бұрын

At 7:53 That poor sad donkey in the rain .. Am I the only one who would have taken him into the living room? I would have sat him in front of the fireplace and made a hot cup of tea for him..

@kalvaxus 4 жыл бұрын

I want that painting! :o

@phoe8523 4 жыл бұрын

I really love this series. Just produced with passion and rich on details. The only thing that could be improved on is the narration. It just dissapears between the rest of the audio.

@phoe8523 2 жыл бұрын

@Celto Loco Absolute history was actually produced for the BBC (according to BBC)

@jolesliewhitten6545 2 жыл бұрын

When I was young, I spent summers in England and old people would thank me for the USA help in WW II.

@heidimiller642 4 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating. I was told that Carrier pigeons were extinct. I was shown photographs of Carrier pigeons. I dont recall the source right now. The Carrier Pigeons were larger and differently shaped than the pigeons in this video. Someone is not telling me the truth.

@brittanycrockett3564 4 жыл бұрын

I think you’re thinking of passenger pigeons! They were once one of the most common birds in North America, flocking in the hundreds of thousands, but were hunted to extinction in the 1890s. It’s a really interesting (but tragic) story-worth reading about if you’re interested in early environmentalist movements and conservation efforts.

@tarajones9675 3 жыл бұрын

"Carrier Pigeon" is just a homing racer Pigeon carrying a wartime note. It isn't a breed. They are still kept today all over.

@TrapperAaron 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed carrier pidgeon have been extinct since 1901. These are definitely not carrier pidgeon in video. They are pigeons carrying stuff

@julien.4617 2 жыл бұрын

Carrier pigeons are not extinct. Passenger pigeons became extinct about 1910's.

@voidjester7964 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao I know you had an issue with the other video but you guys need to fire your sound guy or something, your audio levels are worlds apart. Other than that i do quite enjoy this show.

@bigredwolf6 4 жыл бұрын

These documentaries are from 2010

@sylviatamieanan4088 3 жыл бұрын

It's only fair that Henry is also on the painting.

@SamaelHellscrem 3 жыл бұрын

Man... who ever mixed the sound on this episode liked the musik a bit to much :D

@prognozprognoz9145 4 жыл бұрын

Government: we need you to grow more food. Also we're going to move troops through your fields and destroy your crops

@SirImran 4 жыл бұрын

Sending you thoughtful wishes in all life’s endeavors. Good luck to you now and always

@glenkelley6048 3 жыл бұрын

TY for a fine series, I am enjoying it very much, but the audio is a real challenge to understand.

@sandywest4299 2 жыл бұрын

im amazed in all these absolutle History how you guys just adapt with what ever you guys do and what era. you stay happy and thankful with all areas no matter how hard it is. ty for your continued work on all you have made. i love that new dog. he is so cute. Hello Peter ha

@johnmoffat3208 3 ай бұрын

I love this series. I just wish they had not had the background music so loud as it makes hearing the narration difficult and sometimes just impossible.

@entirelybonkers8832 2 жыл бұрын

This group of people makes me so happy

@mikeearussi 2 жыл бұрын

When they say paraffin they actually mean kerosene.

@___LC___ 3 жыл бұрын

We still use beeswax if we want to waterproof a canvas shoe.

@KylerBorn 3 ай бұрын

That painting is beautiful 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Uffda. 3 жыл бұрын

Lol how they’re swinging the baseball bat XD

@deannastevens1217 3 жыл бұрын

They're awesome. Maybe it's because I watch these in my Studio with no other sound but maybe the sewing machine, ... But I don't have as much issue with music over the talking. Or maybe I'm used to it. But still.. Awesome video. Loved it!

4 жыл бұрын

Continuing this MOST MAGNIFICENT series. Forget the rest of the current crap and watch this trio tell how it really was....

@ritageorge8748 3 жыл бұрын

If you were on Twitter--when the farms came on- some don't get it-?

@Kiku91 2 жыл бұрын

The audio mixing on this episode wasn’t as good. Sometimes the music overpowered the narrator. At least I have closed captions. Not much that can be done, but who else had trouble hearing.

@JG-td3qw 3 жыл бұрын

This episode strongly reminded me of Cher Ami, the heroic pigeon.

@cob9834 3 жыл бұрын

I would assume even if the flaxseed failed many of the fields weeds could’ve been brought in as type of hay, though lower quality and feed to goats, especially. I especially like linen shirts made from flaxseed.

@AbirHasnat95 4 жыл бұрын

Background sound was too loud then the Narration,

@diy_nailsby_heidi_r3889 3 жыл бұрын

Ack! The sound is even worse than the previous ones.... this whole series needs to have it's sound re-edited... at least on this one, you can hear the principals over the background music, though the narration is too quiet.

@Thinking.Of.Some.Handle 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know Alex's accent? Where is he from? It's much different than Ruth's and Peter's. He seems to round his words ..cant explain what I hear really.

@Saighin 2 жыл бұрын

He currently teaches/lives in Swansea, but grew up & was educated mostly in Sussex & London. Peter's from Oxfordshire & befriended Alex when they studied archeology together at Uni in London. Ruth is South Wales born I think, but grew up in Hertfordshire.

@theloneghost02 3 жыл бұрын

That donkey looks so depressed 😢

@fandangofandango2022 Жыл бұрын

Love these Factual Shows

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 8 ай бұрын

thank you

@user-xp2yn2fc1v 2 жыл бұрын

Great Series! however, the narrator needs to be louder and the music, while he is speaking, needs so be quieter.

@benediktmorak4409 Жыл бұрын

about 25 Minutes... as a Chef it surprised me that Ruth was using - curly parsley - .Never knew it was around that early?

@juliadagnall5816 3 ай бұрын

It’s WWI not WWII but whenever I hear about war memorial paintings I think of the John Singer Sargent painting ‘Gassed’. He’d been commissioned by the British Government to create a large work commemorating Anglo-American cooperation in the war however after visiting the front Sargent was struck by a scene of soldiers who’d been caught in a mustard-gas attack and were waiting to be loaded on an ambulance, a line of blinded men with bandaged eyes being led by an orderly, and he got permission to change the subject of his piece. The enormous painting was commissioned in 1918 and finished in 1919 (Sargent was 62 but he could still work fast) and it’s recently been restored, the yellowed varnish removed to reveal its original appearance.