You are totally right! And he was sincerely kind to the children,- he would like to give them toys away, if he could. What a contrast to that unpleasant grossist, who earned lots of money on selling candies to the children, and still was saying, that he hated kids!

So right

He has a heart of gold which is hard to find these days.

If you want to follow his footsteps, practice the craft yourself, I'm sure you'll succeed in becoming a blacksmith.

@@amyrivers4093 very very true. And cute as well.

Yes , he seems to be a very warm hearted man .

the gentleman is lovely

The world needs more men like him. Also the butcher & his son! They all seem really nice 😊

as a child this is right

i’m am turning from stupid to less stupid with these shows

How I fell in love with history as a child was a school trip to a Viking village where we lived as vikings for the day it was amazing ! I will always remember it !

@@nina5562 I fell in love with history when I was in 2nd grade and we went to a living history center in our city

@@smoothyoda3581 oh wow that's amazing! It's wonderful how such things can impact us later in life!

Yeah, but I wouldn't buy a bag of bones from that cheat. He doesn't care anything about 'the business,' - just the money. He would not do his father proud. He'd just screw the customers. And the grocer guy - what a complete and utter waste. Like a pig in human clothes. Knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Just LOW.

He was amazin’

I can't stand him. He's very disrespectfuls toward his father. A braggart.

He's a star for sure

i hate mcdonlads

That's really sad .

But that smirk that kid had when he said that was absolutely hilarious

omg thats me!

:( I'm at a loss for words.

Welcome to sad reality of retail. You either kill your soul, lie with a smile on and kiss your customers' nethers while peddling the lousiest, most rotten produce for its weight in gold or you end up begging in the street.

@@OstblockLatina got any spare change, me old china?

@@OstblockLatina I agree, money hunger turns everything to sh*ts.. Quality and service is a better way of life in my opinion, than being a number one could profit from.. But it are those without a conscience that are able to manipulate the crowds in wanting it all cheap and fast, instead of quality, so the good quality things die out, people who care about what they sell you grow poor.. And the customers are all flocked like sheep in massive super stores paying a lot for less quality, rushing in and out, because local shops are simply killed by supermarkets.. There is no community, it's a consumers society we live in.. Because everything is about kapitalism and money.. And the problem is no one had a chance of choosing to go back to local shops, once you tasted the supermarket era.. Because lots of shops did go bankrupt and vanished or simply stopped before they could go bankrupt.. You can't go back if you change your mind, when it's gone.. And the few that never wanted to switch to supermarkets never had a say in it anyway.. They simply had to follow what the masses had decided on.. It's sad to be honest.. And new generations most of the times never got to experience little shops with quality products, so they wouldn't know any better, that's why it's so problematic to go back.. It's a situation where if you try the new thing, the other option dies out and has a very little chance of ever coming back..

Eclipse.. - I think you miss the point. It shows the difference in his trade/profession through the ages.

Exactly! I also wished they had sent the bread baker's husband to a bootcamp like they sent her to learn to bake cakes. They lost ground with that missing knowledge.

Really cute, too!

I'm looking forward to the era when Caroline is finally allowed to make the bread.

@@lauriepenner350 that would be after the end of this show :)

That's why

Probably why he hates them.

He hates them but likes how you get them.

Probably takes so much care of them as Donald Trump's father did xD

Maybe he enjoys telling and showing them how much he hates them. Psychiatrists and mental health councilors wrote volumes on that.

they did teach her. also, the idea was for them to experience it on their own.

@@magsirover Only partially. Remember each family already do in the modern era, what they were expected to do the past era each week. She never was a pastry chef.

Yeah. This kind of ruined the whole show for me. She is a baker. they brought in people with the modern profession... except the baker. they brought in a Baker's husband? as a bread lover, that hurt. I'm sure plenty of women in history did the heavy lifting at the bakers.

@@gourdtube Totally truth! And the main idea of the show, loudly proclaimed by the producers, was "to bring customers back to the high-street". What would bring them back better, than a freshly baked bread, made IN THE GOOD OVEN BY THE BAKER, WHO IS TRAINED TO WORK WITH THIS OVEN? It takes lots of time to get used even to a new modern oven,- that's why professionals prefer to work with the machines&tools, which they are used to. So either you give a baker a professional training in working with ancient machines&tools long time in advance,- and get a good bread as a result, which makes shoppers happy to come back to high-street and buy artisian bread,- or you make a circus out of the entire experience, forcing a modern baker to bake in a 100 years old oven, which in addition breaks, as soon as it gets switched on for the fisrt time! I think, show producers were very unfair to this lovely lady baker. They had not even told her in advance, that she must work as a pastry chef, which is not her profession! Otherwise she would obviously disagree to participate in the show.

yea, they did do some education ... but * after *, seems awkward to me. they would have had opportunity to learn at the time. if this is the situation i can see a real argument for her going and being the "ghost baker" of the bread lol,

It hurt that not only did they hid items, they took communal items from everyone and got upset when they didn't get any baps from the bakers since there was already sliced bread. It would've fustrated me to no end.

Yeah totally

Theres a reason we have more grocery stores/super markets than butchers shops today...what they did was the same that real grocers did way back when.

@@nev466this was in the 40s episode

He sells beef and make beef, what an icon

I think the same thing. A baker that refuses to make cakes? Odd. I get that they’re a different food, but if I were to ever open a bakery I would have all of the things - bread, cookies, pastries, and cakes among other things

Nonsense!! That's why one is called a 'baker' and the other is called a 'pastry chef'... two different things!!!!

I know, that annoyed me in the first episode. I'm a totally amateur home baker, but I know how to make both bread and cake. Neither are exactly rocket science; all you need is an oven that works and the right ingredients. In fact, you don't even need an oven for all recipes; for many kinds of bread and even cakes - Welsh cakes for example, which would probably fit this era -, just a stove-top is needed. A broken oven is no excuse to have no product to sell to your customers.

Carl's like something out of Roald Dahl in this one o-O

Right? The woman at 4:57 is so vulgar.

They seem like fun people to be around!

@@elizabethelliott3175 Nah, I think she was just being silly.

Yes! I couldn’t stand them this episode.

yeah, he's the highlight of this show for me. I think he could sell me his poo as caviar and I'd still feel like I've cheated him LMAO

I would love to get clothes made for me, but I can't afford it.

The clothes today are made so cheaply. My mother and aunt all sewed. That Singer looked like my moms!

So true. I'm learning for that very reason. That's why they keep changing the 'trends' so quickly. And most of us fall for it. How wonderful it would be to have less, but better fitting, better quality items we'd love and wear for almost ever lol 👍✨

@@cuteincolour4289 Don't know your budget, but you can use Etsy to find makers in China who will make even a wedding dress for you bespoke for a fraction of what you'd pay in Europe or America. I am currently having to completely rebuild my wardrobe - all outerwear. I'm slowly having things made that way in linen and wool, classic styles that will wear for years and be a real investment. If I pay 90USD for a wool skirt that I can wear for ten years or more, to me that's totally worth the initial price plus shipping and any import duty. I've got linen skirts, dresses and blouses now to last me years. When they start to wear out, I intend to take them apart and use them as patterns to make my own from cloth I buy locally.

Well even 90s/00s is vintage so it’s possible to hold onto clothes and after some time it’s vintage. Plus there are vintage shops that sell from multiple eras.

they were the worst!

i guess it might be a culture thing. A lot of romanians i know still go to the chacuterie shops, even in canada. In fact we go every week. It may not be a traditional butcher, but they make most of their own products on site.

For me is a reason of shame, I am to scared to ask for cuts and don’t know enough of meat etc. So it’s easier to just get something packaged

@@NattyRose I can understand that. My daughter is autistic, and social interaction can overwhelm or frustrate her. I do realize that there is a purpose to prepackaged meat.

Everything’s also more expensive now plus people are busy so they don’t have too much time. Many companies also want to make everything cheap and less quality

hes so sweet he said he will keep the toy soldiers for the rest of his life !

Me too!

Same!!

yep

hes an aries, i tell you

I was! Their personalities seems to actually suit really well, and they look great together

She looked like she was about to link arms with him on the way out the church

The seamstress is a legit hottie!

I hadn't thought of it, but now that you come to mention it they are both passionate about what they do and seem like nice people.

and she made him a apron

Among the food purveyors, she seemed to be the only one with a real heart. The grocer's wife is vulgar and the butcher's boy is crass. But then, who would you expect to have the warmest heart, really, but someone who bakes lovely, warm bread?

Yeah, the grocer’s was wtf lol

I thought it had to be during break or something, but then they have school children who are clearly in school.

They likely would have received some sort of school credits for participating. I have done something similar, except it was for a month.

And they will learn more than a whole year bored in a classroom. Education comes in many forms.

@@michaelplunkett8059 So true. In a lot of cases, I feel like school just forces kids to hate learning, when it's really something wonderful and fun

Well the kids are learning. Probably .more than they would at school. Since it is an immersive experience

He would sell his old man as pork chops if the rules allowed it xD

@@OstblockLatina omg I'm actually laughing))

She is a real sweetheart, isn't she? Soooo cute!

I was so happy to see her get the hang of baking

Child of Fenrir No one has time to cook or bake anymore, let alone teach a child of 4 or 5 how to. Now a days it's all fast or microwaveable food.

@@fabledfantasty7343 my nephew loves to bake. I know we are a real food obsessed family, but it's possible to make something with the little ones.

They skipped the 50s for the 1960s

Are they admitting defeat though? They've worked incredibly hard and for very long hours too. Doesn't really look like giving up to me, unless you mean something else?

Tsun tzu "The Art of War" comes to mind per business competition as businesses use it. Although, I don't know if anyone did in the Thirties use this tactic from this ancient writing from China.

It's just joking about don't take it so seriously. The rivalry between the shops was funny and they obviously all get along fine.

She did end up learning though

she is a boo hoo kinda person

I think the grocer is playing a part. He knows it's not "real life", so he relishes playing the evil guy. Like actors who really enjoy playing the evil roles, but are really nice when the cameras are off.

In every episode she is always complaining about something, always a "Debbie Downer".

He was also quite rude to his wife in the Edwardian episode. I hope he's just playing a part but I don't really get why somebody would want to make themselves look bad on TV

I detest that grocer. Simon, on the other hand, is an angel.

Yeah I am wondering that, too. Why did they choose a female baker who couldn't even participate in the first 2 episodes? Why choose a bread baker instead of someone who was good at all types of baking?

Yea plus isn’t McDonald’s mainly about fries? 🍟 that’s what most customers go for even though they obviously have soda 🥤 burgers 🍔 and other items

What? You live in north korea or something lol. Are bakery's illegal there?

BAKERIES

lol it’s still like that for many people even now

For people that have more money than reason, surely.

Yes! If I were going to buy anything custom-made it would probably be shoes

I know right? My instant thought was, why are those people ruining their children's taste buds from such an early age?

@@OstblockLatina Not everyone can afford good quality meat, sadly.

@@C-Rex1 McDonald's is rather expensive for whatever menu you get there...

@@C-Rex1 you can buy cheaper cuts of meat in the market vs McDonald’s and still prepare something wonderful. Self sufficiency is an art that everyone should master.

No, she doesn't. She needs to grow up! Rafe and Chloe are adorable! I do like them!