Living Without Modern Conveniences: August At The Victorian Farm

Living Without Modern Conveniences: August At The Victorian Farm | (Historical Reenactment)

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How do you gauge gas mark 7 when you’re using a 17th-century bread oven? Why did people 400 years ago save up their urine to help with the laundry? Why did farmers in Britain traditionally plough with oxen and not horses? These are just some of the questions five historians and archaeologists asked themselves as they spent a whole year working a farm restored to how it would have been in the year 1620.
Tales from the Green Valley follows the five as they labour for a full agricultural year, getting to grips with period tools, skills, and technology from the age of the Stuarts, the reign of James I. Everything must be done by hand, from ploughing with a team of oxen using a replica period plough and thatching a cowshed using only authentic materials, to making their own washing liquid for laundry and harvesting the hay and wheat with scythes and sickles.
From "Tales Of The Green Valley"
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@Zinj1000 Жыл бұрын

The dog is the MVP of this series.

@bettytseutsiamis9124 Жыл бұрын

I am so sad that the series is ending. I have spent my evenings watching Ruth, Peter and Alex working in the farm and its been such a pleasure...Hopefully they will make more like this..

@tango2217 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like this is how my kids think I lived when I was their age.. (5&13) when I say we didn't have phones and all this advanced technology in my day.

@Onelightoftheworld Жыл бұрын

😂

@Onelightoftheworld Жыл бұрын

😂

@bparrish517 3 жыл бұрын

Originally published as Absolute History, watching these rebranded episodes still brings comfort seeing the entire crew work to provide us a glimpse into the rewards and hardships of ancestral life. Thanks to whoever keeps this original series front and center!

@Phylonyous Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info, I got hooked on these and want to watch them all!

@onelovemon1784 Жыл бұрын

The whole group works together so well for the good of all and maintaining the village lands and properties and animals.

@stupidfuckingutube42 4 ай бұрын

That's the most important thing: they work hard and well together, with humor and respect. The best part of any community.

@toddrodgers5108 Жыл бұрын

Well I think I have fallen In love with the head maiden. But amazing work in this places . Please keep it going. Love of the earth.

@Kavriel Жыл бұрын

Well this was very lovely and interesting. Really gives a good idea about how hard our ancestors worked for their keep... I certainly don't envy them, though hard work and a simple life have a charm to them.

@moderatedoomer2945 Жыл бұрын

At 6:58 that little guy steals the shows, lol. I was in Pompeii a few weeks ago and for a few minutes, at least, a cat and his endearing meow grabbed all of our attention away from our tour guide. Animals are truly a great way to connect us with the very real people and real lives that people lead in centuries past. Medieval manuscripts have cute and funny drawings of cats and other animals, early modern books and newspapers had similar images done as wood carvings, Victorian newspapers had the same, and now we have memes of cats and other animals all over the internet.

@pattysherwood7091 Жыл бұрын

So interesting. I hate to see it end.

@donnacarter7781 Жыл бұрын

l just loved these videos. lm going to try to find them all. It makes me want to do things myself as much as possible.

@angiewoodward4166 Жыл бұрын

They have really given me a different attitude about what I consider hard in my day to day life!

@FroggyFreg 3 ай бұрын

I used to watch these with my dad all the time

@velaudhanthampi3104 Жыл бұрын

Amazing presentation, I had been a student of English Language and Literature and studied History of English Speaking people in connection with Anthropology in early 90s in my graduation days in India. I am trying recapitulate the lessons I learned then. Amazing presentation, hats off 👏

@BacktheBlue60 Жыл бұрын

I was absolutely enchanted by this year long series. I'm sad to see it end. I can see why life spans were shorter then... you worked so hard for every single thing you needed for survival of the farm. 💚💚💚💚💚

@jandieolivares8593 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE WATCHING ALL OF IT. MANNY LESSON TO BE LEARN. SOMETIME I WONDER WHY CAN'T WE JUST LIVE OUR LIFE AS SIMPLE AS THIS. THAN HAVING A LIFE SO DIFFICULT IN EVERYDAY LIFE. THANKS FOR THIS..

@JblobGaming Жыл бұрын

Prime video has several series that most of the same crew did after this series. Look up BBC 2 historical farm series. Tudor, Victorian, Edwardian, Wartime, Secrets of the Castle. Quite surprising how absolutely fascinating this series has been to me.

@ValCronin Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing that.

@ValCronin Жыл бұрын

They weren't ready to go back to modern life eh 😁 Good for them, making a living continuing to show a classic lifestyle.

@JblobGaming Жыл бұрын

@@ValCronin They seemed to have a pretty good time, trying to create the days I can at least take a shot at it like them and see if I will stand up to it and enjoy. Hope more of these types of shows are made :)

@gerrymcdonnell6006 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how these people adjusted back to life after this series? I picked up my son after spending 4 months on a prawn trawler travelling at 8 knots, he was shocked when we were travelling at 100 kph along the highway

@taylorhelm7146 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to the channel for uploading a better resolution quality to watch this series! It was quite enjoyable and illuminating.

@LegendLength Жыл бұрын

I feel like a lot of people would choose to live like this if possible. Hopefully they make villages where you can buy lots and do it.

@DosLagosLodge Жыл бұрын

The title on this episode of the series is wrong, and I passed it up several times when I read "Victorian", thinking it belonged to another series. It should read "Jacobean". I loved the all of the episodes, and admire the perseverance of the whole crew! It must have been daunting returning to modern civilization, with all its emphasis on speed, rushing around, stress, etc.

@ValCronin Жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this series. i would love to watch more from the Bulace Hill Farm or from these same 'actors'.

@wadejustanamerican1201 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful series.

@cerberus6654 Жыл бұрын

Poor old Peter in those vast breeches always dripping with sweat, Those mighty drenched armpits!

@MissNikkor Жыл бұрын

It was so interesting! What a beautiful series

@kerstin4516 Жыл бұрын

Just discovered this series and love it. Alex' accent in particular. I wonder where he is from. All these glottal stops instead ts. Sounds wonderful

@TheOriginalBadger Жыл бұрын

Great series! 👍

@helenelazar5130 Жыл бұрын

Great series, I love it! What happens to the dog , cat and other animals

@wizardofoz1390 Жыл бұрын

Superb

@angiewoodward4166 Жыл бұрын

I want that cat!!! It looks like a Maine Coon

@toddrodgers5108 Жыл бұрын

O keep going I know your done but the world needs you . Yes it does . Blessings

@philochristos 2 жыл бұрын

Those goose wing feathers can also be used for fletching. It pains me to see how dull the knives are on this show. Well, I really enjoyed this show. I'm glad I only discovered it about the time you were posting the final episode so I didn't have to wait a long time between episodes. I binged watched the whole thing over two days.

@MrBurntfinger 2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly! Sharpen the damn knives, it isn't that hard! :) Loved the series though. I wonder if they kept in contact with each other after.

@megancrager4397 Жыл бұрын

Peter, Alex and Ruth do these period farm shows together

@ValCronin Жыл бұрын

Yes, half of scything work is sharpening. I didnt see them sharpen once

@stevep5408 Жыл бұрын

A job well done!

@kristinrburkett Жыл бұрын

Nothing more reliable than cathelp.

@msinvincible2000 Жыл бұрын

The title is erronious: this is not a victorian farm. They are doing things like in the 17th century, 200 years before the victorian period

@irideaunicorn1620 11 ай бұрын

The gese are too darn cute

@toddrodgers5108 Жыл бұрын

Young man never leave

@elchavoguero Жыл бұрын

7:52 Cat.

@habitualforeigner Жыл бұрын

The title is wrong. This is depicting the time of James 1 (17th century), not Victoria (19th century).

@kdpflush Жыл бұрын

The title is wrong

@khuret1773 2 жыл бұрын

Bland Taste Test... Goose Pie 😆

@libertyann439 Жыл бұрын

So when the year is up, do five new people take over?

@JohnLeePettimoreIII Жыл бұрын

24:22 hello bug.

@alexisalexi5161 2 жыл бұрын

What happens to the farm after the series is over?

@KristinkaAranova 2 жыл бұрын

I pillage them

@onelovemon1784 Жыл бұрын

@@KristinkaAranova funny answer. You made me laugh out loud. 😉

@antw3114 Жыл бұрын

The farm is still used for living history. It’s called Bulace hill farm.

@Qwerty-wk3jy Жыл бұрын

it was extremely interesting and informative but my heart broke when they actually killed the goose :( they were so cute and pretty and silly, i didn't think they'd actually kill them. It was a cute pie tho

@holdermeddk Жыл бұрын

I thought the victorian era was from mid 19th century till the start of the 20th century.

@tammyhenderson9315 Жыл бұрын

I wish somebody a had money and sense would put Miss Ruth on a show telling history I would watch it play ain't nothing worth the s*** on TV anymore that her show I loved it and I wish I could put it back on

@wolf310ii Жыл бұрын

The way they harvest the field looks like work harder not smarter. Why harvesting first with a sickle and then again with a scythe?

@laurieb3703 Жыл бұрын

The scythe would be too rough and knock the grain out of the end pods

@wolf310ii Жыл бұрын

@@laurieb3703 That doesnt make realy sense, if the grain is so lose that it would fall out using a scythe, it would also fall out anyway during all the handling from cutting with the sickle to storing it in the barn. It also would be way to late for harvesting and making stokes for drying wouldnt be neccessary. Search on YT for "Die Ernte - 1. Mähen und Einbringen der Brotfrucht" There they use scythes for harvesting and make bundles as big they do the stokes here. As interessting as this series is, you can see that they are amateurs. Like in the episode with the bread baking, they say bread baking was done 2-3 times a week. No, it was done 2-3 times a month, because its much more efficient (time and firewood) to spend one day baking bread for 1-2 weeks, than spending half a day and lots of firewood to make only bread for 2-3 days.

@18thcenturyfan 8 ай бұрын

Why does this say "at the Victorian farm" in the title? This is Tales from the Green Valley

@RichardinSiam Жыл бұрын

This is 100% example of why you want a wife that has skills over beauty(Not the focus of living in that era). Looks fade but this woman only gets more skilled at her craft and learning new crafts. She is like the home manager if they had 15 children running around. They should have some child actors as well. You think how busy she is without kids.

@dgc940 Жыл бұрын

Let me say where this series is incorrect. I watched several episodes and at the end where they sit down to meals. Do you seriously think 17th century family's ate without asking the good Lords blessing.

@lewisbreland Жыл бұрын

Not Victorian... Lol. Great video though!

@jonathanwilliams1065 Жыл бұрын

Hold on, people were payed more than one penny per day? Why does the KJV translate Denarius as penny then?

@sophiejones3554 Жыл бұрын

Well okay... "Denarius" is itself a translation. The actual money they were using in 1st Century Jerusalem was the sheckel. A daily wage was 1 silver sheckel for an unskilled laborer. Back in this time, the weight of a coin was what determined it's value: so it's possible the denarius was indeed of equivalent value, but it's also possible the latin translators just decided to pick a denomination that was somewhat close. Both a sheckel and a denarius would be more like a modern dollar or pound sterling though, in the sense that they could be subdivided into smaller coins. You'll sometimes see newer translations use "dollar", but more commonly they'll use "silver coin" or " silver piece" since the value of the coin doesn't particularly matter.

@tammyhenderson9315 Жыл бұрын

If they was lazy they would have starved

@tammyhenderson9315 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how much weight y'all lost while doing this show

@waterbird91 Жыл бұрын

The very idea of killing and cooking animals makes me gag. What a horrid life those people had back then. What I don't hear is them making pies or even a roast w/ killed babies .

@waterbird91 Жыл бұрын

Those were hard living times. I would NOT have wanted that country life. Nope, I would have ran to the city and built a real house. Killing animals like that would have been a BIG NO NO. This is like cave man days.