It really is a pleasure watching the programme every week, demonstrating how things were done in the past & the seasonal events taking place. Complain about this comment (Comment number 97), Complain about this comment (Comment number 98). Gleanings of corn were collected after the harvest and used to make flour and bread and they would make their own cider, ale and wine from fruit such as elderberries. No separation of liquid and solid matter? Complain about this comment (Comment number 1). For cess pits this means regular additions of straw or dried leaves, scrunched up paper or sawdust along with the human waste. And to Earl #15, we are aware of the difference between quicklime and ground limestone and considered the latter, but were advised repeatedly that in this location quicklime was used in the form we demonstrated because local farmers considered it desirable to let it "burn" on the ground. Victorian era 1837-1901 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=134467 This time the team will live and run a farm in the Edwardian era! Complain about this comment (Comment number 70). doodle dandy: the sheep are Whitefaced Dartmoors. ' we have had a great year, so interesting, loads of fun 'Forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere, but do the three people really spend a full year at the farm? When it was suggested that we should have a go at hatching and raising trout for the sport fishing trade, Alex and I were rather sceptical, but Peter got stuck in immediately. 6. A prized ewe is in danger and a lame horse may jeopardise vital work on the farm. Victorian Children in Factories Children in the Victorian Era were often forced to work almost as soon as they could walk. Growing an extravagant moustache and beard not only allowed the poet laureate to . Thank you for the insight into how things ran. Recipe for the cut-rounds please. I am a teacher and have discussed you work with my students. Thanks, Complain about this comment (Comment number 27), A question - in episode 2 of Edwardian Farm Ruth pickles apples in a post 1946 Kilner jar (no moan about the age of the jar as the pre war ones were devils to seal). At midday, they would eat bread and occasionally a piece of cheese. A shire horse, named Clumper, is also added to the livestock and training in his use as a draught animal is performed. Explain. This was a crucial period in the history of Britain . The Acton family will support the consultation and work with Shropshire council to explore future options., Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Nothing in life is perfect, but we really do try - that after all is the whole point.First the query about clothes.As everything started up in a great hurry clothes were made by a variety of different people. Complain about this comment (Comment number 88), Sorry everyone, I had another recipe for cut rounds but the moderators wouldnt allow me to credit the source of the recipe so I am unable to post. xx, Complain about this comment (Comment number 58). Are they the same as Devon splits? Well done BBC.Yes, I'd like the recipe for the "Cut Rounds" too. [9], An associated book by Langlands, Ginn and Goodman, also titled Victorian Farm, was published in 2009. Various Christmas specials were also broadcast. Victorian Farm - Episode 1 1 January 2009 59min Audio Languages Audio Languages English The team move into a Victorian smallholding on the Acton Scott estate that hasn't been used in nearly half a century. Of course you have to try to please everyone, but people tend to adopt the BBC gospel and renaming places rides roughshod over centuries of tradition. This was first broadcast on Thursday 8 January 2009 at 9 pm. Complain about this comment (Comment number 57), brilliant series really interesting. Other historians feature, such as Ivan Day and Professor Ronald Hutton. Complain about this comment (Comment number 38). sandia heights services; why you should stop being jealous; amish auction minnesota; low salt fish fingers; reactive language vs proactive language; does crunch fitness have a sauna; carmel high school alumni; mount zion missionary baptist church oakland; daniela in the heights ethnicity. Complain about this comment (Comment number 43). Vintage Oak Tree Farms Victorian Lace up Boot LittleMissVintage3 (701) $195.00 FREE shipping Early Antique 1900-1910's Sheer Striped Black and White Farm Work Dress, Edwardian, Victorian, Gauzy disconnectedphones $250.00 FREE shipping Antique Victorian celluloid glove dresser box farm cows mother child FavrileFinds (1,113) $98.00 FREE shipping Another brilliant episode of this fantastic series based on brilliant ideas. Complain about this comment (Comment number 48), Loving Edwardian Farm as much as I did Victorian Farm (so much so i've booked into Henley Cottage for a week next year, looking forward to that)What i'd like to know is all the extra people that mill around, are they local or sort of.."extra's" bought in? Victorian Farm is one of my favourite pieces of TV ever. Thank you! Great job all round - it has set me off on a few enterprises and concerns. The 50-acre farm, nestled on the rolling banks of the river Tamar in Devon, may be an isolated and idyllic spot, but it is not a fully functional time warp. @Honoramorton - as a keen gardener I think I can answer this one - liquid waste would probably have been mixed with water and used as a liquid fertiliser, solid waste also known as "night soil" would have been buried in a technique known as "double digging" the veg plot. The series is a sequel to Tales from the Green Valley, shown on BBC Two in 2005. Who supplied the marvellous (native) Devon cattle? The harvest is completed just before the rain comes, with Ruth harvesting the last of the corn. Some of the farm animals have already been sold. By the end of the Victorian era, half of the people living in Britain lived in cities. With an hour long Victorian Christmas special as well. Nor are they created to accommodate reading, exercise or other recreational pursuits. Complain about this comment (Comment number 30). Saddlers, coachmen and coopers (barrel-makers) all played their part in Victorian farm life. Both my self and my husband think what a great shame it is to loose these ways of life. )Secondly, much more information on Ruth's restoration of the privy would be welcome. where do you get your caps from ?.great series ! Complain about this comment (Comment number 59), Some weeks ago Ruth mentioned an Edwardian cure for nits. I haven't been there for quite a few years, but it is a great day out. And did the normal tourists visiting the village get to see them and what they were doing? Much use was made of period sources such as The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairy-maid by Dr Henry Stephens, first published in London in 1844. I went to Morewellam many years ago and found the whole place amazing. Complain about this comment (Comment number 63). Then the clothes are hand-paddled, mangled and ironed over a period of several days. Congratulations to Ruth, Alex and Peter for again presenting such a fascinating insight into life as it was in the Edwardian times.Their enthusiasm and dedication to learning how things were in those times and then giving us all this information in a most entertaining manner makes for compelling viewing.Please can we have more programmes presented by them and I for one would love to see a new series on The Victorian Farm, possibly covering other areas of life as it was then that didn't appear in the first series. I have watched both the Victorian Farm and the Edwardian Farm series and absolutely adore them. Enjoying Edwardian Farm, as we did Victorian Farm. This led to less manual farm labour being required, although large estates hired additional seasonal labour in addition to the workers who lived on the estate. Think you need a machine to do that job? Cannot wait for next week. Would someone tell me the names of the 2 heavy horses on the farm please. Surely it is a dangerous thing to be transporting around the country in an open wagon. The E coli outbreak in June involved two visits and a council health and safety report recommended essential works costing 130,000 were required. It is fascinating to see just how different life was then. I also wanted to answer just a couple of points: To uusikaupunki1870 #14, the Wednesday night episodes are repeated at 7pm on Friday's, but I'm afraid episode 1 has been and gone, the series is however out on DVD in February. Its been nice to get some insight into how it would have been when it first started. Jinny and Jane both usually make for the re enactment market, whilst Valerie used to work for Morewellham and Betty used to volunteer her knitting services.My own clothes however were from a slightly different source. Life on a Victorian Farm on . My red felt hat came from photographs of people in and around Tavistock and seems to have been a style of very limited reach - it doesnt appear in photographs from outside about a twenty mile radius. Complain about this comment (Comment number 18), I was looking forward to this series but, as a previous "blogger" has commented, PLEASE stop calling it Morwellum it is pronounced More well ham! This seems to be due to the phenomenal popularity of Mrs Beeton at this time - more copies were printed and sold in this period than in the Victorian.In searching for the local Edwardian life I used a lot of recipes recorded in autobiographical material, letters and so forth rather than London based publications.All tne bestRuth, Complain about this comment (Comment number 54), Hi HonoramotonPrivies- In general most people put both solid and liquid waste in the same cess area. The wheelwright made cart wheels and wagons. 3. By what name was Victorian Farm (2009) officially released in Canada in English? A pigsty is built upon a foundation of bottles to provide insulation and three young Tamworth pigs and a pregnant Gloucestershire Old Spot sow are housed there upon completion. The Shropshire sheep, the Dairy Shorthorn cattle and the pair of magnificent shire horses remain, as do the ducks, geese and chickens, although they are in lockdown to avoid becoming infected with bird flu. Complain about this comment (Comment number 39). Each village had a hierarchy with the squire being the local landowner. Boys would be employed to scare the birds from the crops, guard the livestock from straying, pick hops, sow potatoes and beans, gather mushrooms and herd animals to market. Working for a full calendar year, Ruth, Alex and Peter are rediscovering a lost world of skills, crafts and knowledge, assisted by an ever-dwindling band of experts who keep Victorian rural practices alive. It has been such a full year, hardly time to breathe let alone think. Hi There, I have only just returned from holiday and have missed episode 1, does anyone know if it will be repeated in the near future? But that wasn't the case in 18th- and early 19th-century America. We have visitors from all over Australia, America theres a big Canadian following.. Kelly and her family reside in a Victorian house built in 1886, the fortunate result of a particularly harsh Midwest winter, she says, recounting excitedly everything she knows about her home. Everything is now focused on the wheat harvest. Thoroughly enjoying this series here in the States. As a result, the . Complain about this comment (Comment number 86), Complain about this comment (Comment number 87). fascinating place! Victorian Folk or Victorian Farm House? Victorian Farm A little while ago I posted on how much I loved the series Tales from the Green Valley, where a group of archaeologists and historians spent a year replicating a whole farming calender as it would have been in the 1600s. A mum claims her baby is a "goth" and has decorated her nursery in black, dresses the tot in Victorian clothing and fans say her little girl is a "miniature Wednesday Addams". The series, the second in the BBC historic farm series, recreates everyday life on a farm in Shropshire in the 1880s, using authentic replica equipment and clothing, original recipes and reconstructed building techniques. Their first task is the restoration of the cottage - a task that threatens to get the better of them. I am now 61 and remember my grandmother regularly cooking sheeps brains in her pressure cooker for dinner and so the recipes shown brought back many memories.However, the item that really jogged my memory was the piece on mining and especially the work involved in drilling and blasting. I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's programme (notwithstanding the sheep's head!) BBC FAQ siteiPlayer FAQWays to contact the BBC. Programme producers - please post the cut rounds recipe used in the programme. In this fascinating time-traveling experiment a team of historians spend a year recreating farm life in 1885. It was written during the Edwardaian period by a gentleman about his experiences as the lodger of a very ordinary South Devon family.As for Edwardain recipe books - well surprisingly few were published in this period. I'm doing my Masters in Historic House Studies and am writting an essay on the staff of the 'Big Houses' and would really love to know where the team do their research for the series and if they could recommend anything. Because of the popularity of Victorian Farm, Lion Television went on to produce a daytime series, Ben Fogle's Escape in Time (a format devised by Victorian Farm producer David Upshal) in which families were given the opportunity to live at Acton Scott for a week, learning and competing in historical skills. Great series. Complain about this comment (Comment number 77). Nice series - especially for those who liked "Tales of the Green Valley". Shame about the egg blowing for the easter celebrations on this evening's programme! In the coming weeks, the council will launch a consultation inviting the public to come up with ideas about how to fund Acton Scott Farm, which it says loses 168,000 a year. [4][5][6] It was highly praised by reviewers. Five miles away in Tavistock, where I grew up, they call it Mor-well-ham. I too wondered about the use of quick lime. They sell off the pigs and sheep they successfully bred and raised. 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Some wealthy landowners or independent farmers provided decent cottages for their farmhands, and these were generally free. Even children worked hard on the farm from as young as six years old. Many farms that had been in business for generations went bankrupt and it was not until the end of the 1880s that farming began to prosper again. Does anyone know what the name of Alex's hat is? The team witness the birth of many chicks and ducklings, along with 8 (originally 9) piglets from the pig Princess. Some things make the licence fee worthwhile. Thank you so much for the recipe for cut rounds! This was for a number of reasons As the population increased, demand for food increased too. All those who talk about off grid must see this. Shropshire council said that visitor numbers peaked at around 45,000 a year in 2009, when Victorian Farm first aired. Victorian farmers saw a great deal of change during the 19th century. Thank you so very much and now I'm off to make sheep's head stew. Can I also request a copy of the recipe for the CUT ROUNDS please? The farmers paid rent to the landlord, paid tithes and employed many labourers who otherwise would have been unemployed. Complain about this comment (Comment number 2), Complain about this comment (Comment number 3). In this dark era, photographing the dead was as common as bringing flowers to a funeral. Complain about this comment (Comment number 17). Hi Everyone,Thankyou for all your comments and queries. sorry forgot to mention i am particularly interested in the teasets which had matching teapots. They didn't have the nice houses to live in or the extravagant toys, clothes or fine foods that the rich kids had. tsp bicarbonate of soda 290ml/ pint buttermilk Preparation 1. Alex arrived for the year with his own cockerel - Sunny - under one arm, determined to make a go of poultry farming. I enjoy the series but as in the Victorian Farm they drink cider from pewter tankerds.I have always belived that the cider reacted with the lead in the pewter and that cider was / is drunk from horn, china or glass vessels. Victorian Pharmacy was a four-part series in a similar style to Victorian Farm, also made by Lion and shown on BBC Two in 2010. Complain about this comment (Comment number 91). It was especially lovely to see Ruth's daughter join this week as well. To Pottypainter - in answer to your question of 16 November - the two black shire horses currently in residence at Morwellham are called Tom and Prince (Prince is the one with the white face). The Mower by Seurat CC0 via Rawpixel The farmers paid rent to the landlord, paid tithes and employed many labourers who otherwise would have been unemployed. It was picked by the BBC for Victorian Farm, a series charting a year when the historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn lived on the farm reliving the experience of Victorian farmers. I love being able to find out about things which really interest me which means crafts, being self suffiicient etc. I would love the cut rounds recipe too please. Victorian farmers were considered an essential part of the economy and workforce, particularly in rural communities. They've also been a great way to learn about history for my children. Can you please remind me what breed of sheep you went for in the Edwardian Farm? In this fascinating time-traveling experiment a team of historians spend a year recreating farm life in 1885. Is is a small world, that is for sure.Whether it is or not, must say this program is much overdue and very welcome. This historical documentary series finds archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and domestic historian Ruth Goodman on the Acton Scott estate, located in rural England and frozen in the Victorian era. and to Richard Hunt for providing it. Complain about this comment (Comment number 82). The farm also offers training and qualifications in traditional rural crafts and trades, from stone masonry to wheelwrighting, and Walker did an NVQ there when she was young. Three historians re-create life on a Victorian-era farm at the Acton Scott Estate in rural Shropshire, England. Many were used as cheap labor. Generally the nearer to Buckingham Palace the better. Shropshire council said that animals are sold regularly as part of the farms stock management programme and the majority of the rare breed animals have remained. 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