Complain about this comment (Comment number 62). the mole season 1 where are they now. 2. 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. I even know one or two of the local characters who pop up on your programme and they call it Mor-well-ham. The blacksmith would forge bars, hooks and metalwork as well as making horseshoes and tools. Once the wheat is dried and stored they ring the church bells, enjoy a harvest festival and reflect upon their time on the farm. Maedhros35 4 April 2009. His ancestor, Richard Acton, built the familys Elizabethan manor house in 1580. Five years ago we bought a house built in 1888 in Port Townsend, Washington State a town that prides itself on being a Victorian seaport. Shame about the egg blowing for the easter celebrations on this evening's programme! This ranged from churning the butter, cleaning the farmyard, and whipping up the most delectable creams. Yet the future of the farm is in serious doubt. Complain about this comment (Comment number 20). Well done, another fantastic series. I love being able to find out about things which really interest me which means crafts, being self suffiicient etc. to Gazehounds post on pewter - the acidic nature of cider does leach out the lead content in pewter more readily than ale, but the use of lead in pewter was not removed until the 1970s. Victorian Folk or Victorian Farm House? The boys make a predator-proof cover for the landlord's raspberry patch. I am a teacher and have discussed you work with my students. Life expectancy increased from around 1870 onwards, largely due to the fact that the Victorians became better at fighting diseases. They lived in much smaller houses or even single rooms. As the third series on the BBC historic farm series , following the original, Tales from the Green Valley , it depicts a group of historians recreating the running of a farm during the Edwardian era . My apologies if you have already done this, I've had a quick look on the site to see if I could find them but no luck, if they're on here somewhere just point me in the right direction! Hi!Not that it hugely matters, as the series is great so far and looks like it will be as good as the previous two, but some friends and I have been discussing how much time was actually spent by the team actually living on the farm. Accompanying the television series, this book follows the team as they try to run a farm using only materials and resources that would have been available to them in the Victorian era. I enjoyed the Victorian Farm too. 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. Are they the same as Devon splits? Boys are gorgeous, Ruth is a firecracker. from a fellow history nut / archaeologist. A Victorian Farmhouse with Original Style - Romantic Homes, Watch Victorian Farm | Prime Video - amazon.com, How to Live Like a Victorian - The Daily Beast, Tales from the Green Valley" a documentary of, Victorian Farm - BBC series | Survivalist Forum, Victorian England Rural Life | Definitive Guide - Odyssey Traveller, Victorian Folk or Victorian Farm House? for a longwhile some cider makers stored their cider in lead lined casks. 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. I will try it as soon as I get the buttermilk.My husband and I led a self-sufficient life for many years, with sheep, chickens and most of our own grown veg and fruit. Greta Jarueviit. And where you might get one from? Victorian Farm. I went to Morewellam many years ago and found the whole place amazing. Our life on an old Welsh farm is closer in many ways to the Edwardian farm than 2010. Intelligent and good fun - but keep the fudge in the sweet shop please! Complain about this comment (Comment number 96). I love Edwardian Farm. Its been nice to get some insight into how it would have been when it first started. more Episode 2 Episode 2 Does anyone know what the name of Alex's hat is? You can find it here: https://www.wildfood.info/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2912#unread, Complain about this comment (Comment number 93). Complain about this comment (Comment number 64). Complain about this comment (Comment number 17). It was a joy to watch. I enjoy the enthusiastic teams portrayal of life both Edwardian and the earlier Victorian series but PLEASE guys, get some professional, skilled and knowledgeable training in on-screen demonstrations of farming skills such as hand milking that poor goat last night - it would get mastitis (udder inflammation that can be fatal!) Eddie Bing holding horse. Who supplied the marvellous (native) Devon cattle? has anyone done a 1440 on a skateboard; frozen trouble rules avalanche; patricia mae hewitt; arizona winter league; woolf reforms advantages and disadvantages; lachine hospital blood test appointment Complain about this comment (Comment number 31). "Up through about 1800, the wood-burning fireplacevery popular with English settlerswas the primary means of heating a home . 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. John & Fred Goulstone unloading 2cwt corn sacks Cheney Court 1940. At harvest time everyone lent a hand making hay or harvesting crops. The Rare Breed Survival Trust has also offered its support, and the chief executive, Christopher Price, wrote to the council last month, urging it to ensure that the farm remains safeguarded for the future. Get the views of BBC bosses, presenters, scriptwriters and cast from the inside of the shows. Ooh the food of this region has been a joy - scrummy and interesting. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. Enjoying Edwardian Farm, as we did Victorian Farm. Hiya! But we were advised by locals to call it More-WELL-am as thats how it's pronounced in the wider Devon - and beyond. Thank you! Extensive research supported this and we opted for the method which was most authentic to not only the period but the regional practice. [18] A ram is added to the sheep flock and marked with a raddle to ensure that he impregnates all the ewes, so that they will lamb in the spring. Complain about this comment (Comment number 100). Supper was bread or potatoes and sometimes a piece of bacon. | Television . Explain. She patiently demonstrates how to make period costumes to the historic needlework group there, and as months go on, more and more of us complete our projects using methods and materials appropriate to the time, and then interpret the museum buildings wearing the clothing of the period. For cess pits this means regular additions of straw or dried leaves, scrunched up paper or sawdust along with the human waste. 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. 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. Read more. 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. Difference? Thanks, from a desperate scone-eater. The series recreates everyday life on a farm in Shropshire in the mid-19th century, using authentic replica equipment and clothing . They had their own small vegetable garden and kept a pig to feed the family. Thank you so much Ruth & team for the enjoyment & pleasure you've brought into our homes each week. His ethnicity is not completely English - he has Turkish/Greek roots. 4. This was first broadcast on Thursday 8 January 2009 at 9 pm. 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. Everything is now focused on the wheat harvest. I suppose it might imitate a bird!Carry on the good work! Complain about this comment (Comment number 37). Old-house remodelers are often tempted to remove walls and enlarge small Victorian rooms. That is, they are necessary to support the weight of the upper floors. . It would be insane to spread it on grass which would 'burn' the earth where nothing would grow for years. I painted a portrait of the 2 horses that were at Morwellham Quay in 2002, Rob & Mac, one looks like the lighter coloured horse with the grey mane but I don't recognise the darker of the 2 horses. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television [1] and filmed on the Shropshire estate of Acton Scott. This first episode has been a joy to watch, and I can't wait to find out more! Alex goes out catching rabbits with a team of Victorian poachers. keep going guys youre the best and peter you rock. Setting up home at Morwellham Quay, in Devon, the trio have to get to grips with the trials and tribulations of life at the turn of the 20th century. As I understand it though we had a lot of glasshouses and grew tomatoes up until the 1970's.We still have the old prep room and the outside toilet. I know that I can watch it on iplayer but I like to record the series to DVD. You can see them tacking up the horses and ploughing the ground, then drilling it with old drills. I too love this series. Difference, Nestlenook Farm Victorian Recreation Park, Watch Victorian Farm - Free TV Series | Tubi, Victorian or Farmhouse? Tools went from being primitive wooden implements to sturdy iron tools and mechanization dramatically reduced the workforce. I have also watched the complete series and thoroughly enjoyed it. Victorian Farm Looks like a good series starting next Thursday (8/1/09) - it has at least two of the team from 'Tales from the Green Valley' Details from Radio Times: Victorian Farm Thursday 08 January 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 Historical observational documentary series following a team who live the life of Victorian farmers for a year. Our Edwardian Farm year is over! There were many peasant revolts. Great job all round - it has set me off on a few enterprises and concerns. fascinating place! Did they really live there for a year? Even if the very toothsome Peter Gill was not in it, I would still watch it. Just like a compost heap you need a mix of slow to rot dry matter to allow air into the heap along with the wetter and quicker to decay matter. You do need to 'get your eye in' as the yeast on the sloe berry can make them merge with the background. I collect older teasets, such as the ones used, and use them at every given opportnuity. 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? Complain about this comment (Comment number 71). Complain about this comment (Comment number 43). Only one complaint.WHY does the narrator keep calling it Morewellam??? First. Three historians re-create life on a Victorian-era farm at the Acton Scott Estate in rural Shropshire, England. Form into a long round sausage and then cut from length the thickness rounds you require and place on floured baking sheet. I would love the cut rounds recipe too please. I mean, are they actually living at the farm for at least, say, 300 of the 365 days and nights? Seeing the early tractor reminded me of a conversation recently with a french farmer whose father worked with plough oxen. The official book to accompany the new BBC2 6 x 1 hour primetime series, Victorian Farm Includes extensive photography of the farm workers' experiences Diary entries offer a personal take on this historical experiment Join in Victorian life with authentic recipes and practical projects Read more Print length 304 pages Language English Victorian Bathrooms : A History Lesson For outside events did they have 'portapottys' I can imagine hastily made out-houses. As a family, my husband, 11 year old history mad daughter and myself have really found this series interesting and enjoyable. We have visitors from all over Australia, America theres a big Canadian following.. Setting up home at Morwellham Quay, in Devon, the intrepid trio have to get to grips with the trials and tribulations of life at the . It sounds like the one we saw on Edwardian Farm. Breakfast was a poor porridge of flour, butter and water. A Victorian Mental Asylum | Science Museum Although the industrial revolution had already begun in the 18 th Century, it was the Victorians who really started advancing in all areas. When we moved in, there was an . Complain about this comment (Comment number 63). I was lucky to recieve the Victorian Farm book for christmas from my daughter, the book is a brilliant read too! Would you not have slaked it first? I'm pleased to say it worked, and we grew a very successful oat and potato crop there but you'll have to wait until eps 11 and 12 to see for yourself when we harvest the crops. 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. Your floor washing puts me to shame..time to get out the brush! Did they put lime into the bucket after each use, or earth or sawdust? Hi Everyone,Thankyou for all your comments and queries. Yesterday a phrase used was to 'absail' down the pit, is this an edwardian expression ? As a result, the . Complain about this comment (Comment number 61). Now, his talent for understatement is earning him some big roles in Hollywood. 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. Thank you for the insight into how things ran. In the 1850s a Dorset farm labourer earned six shillings a week (30 pence!) The hops were spiky, wet and covered in sticky pollen and they made a right mess of your hands. I meant to use a button hook, rather than the more modern rug hook. Complain about this comment (Comment number 42). [2] The farming team was historian Ruth Goodman, and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn. You can stay up to date with BBC TV blog via these feeds. I am very interested in the Edwardian recipes you are using and have tried to find similar recipes online but I can't find any. Leaving the comforts of home far behind, a team of three head into the British countryside to experience the daily life of Victorian farmers. Living conditions for Victorian farm workers were often cramped and basic. The odd contraption in the woods was regularly fiddled with and lovingly supplied with fresh juicy maggots throughout the summer. Have wached all the series of Victorian Farm and now the Edwardian Farm. Complain about this comment (Comment number 2), Complain about this comment (Comment number 3). [3], The series was one of BBC Two's biggest hits of 2009, with audiences of up to 3.8 million per episode. Is this wrong? What brilliant programmes! Try this for recipe for "Cut Rounds" Ingredients 170g/6oz self-raising flour 170g/6oz plain flour tsp salt tsp bicarbonate of soda 290ml/ pint buttermilkPreparation 1. 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. Thank you to Ruth & all the team. Can I also request a copy of the recipe for the CUT ROUNDS please? By the end of the Victorian era, half of the people living in Britain lived in cities. Still an ambition to keep some Tamworths and get a Shire. Complain about this comment (Comment number 6), Another great piece of educational entertainment. The series was filmed back-to-back with Victorian Farm Christmas in September 2009 and shown in July 2010. The series was filmed in August and September 2009 and was broadcast on BBC Two beginning on 11 December 2009. Earlier many of us saw the series Victorian Farm! The cooper and the blacksmith were also very good. and to Richard Hunt for providing it. thanks for another brilliant series aunty beeb. That's what it's called. Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and I are now quite a long standing team. Five miles away in Tavistock, where I grew up, they call it Mor-well-ham. Thoroughly enjoying this series here in the States. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Victorian Farm is a British historical documentary TV series in six parts, first shown on BBC Two in January 2009, and followed by three Christmas-themed parts in December of the same year. The use of steam power led to the introduction of farm machinery which was far more efficient and easier to use than horses and hand tools. If you were poor and couldn't afford to live in a very nice place, it was easy to get sick. These people are doing the actual sustainable off grid life. Complain about this comment (Comment number 82). Complain about this comment (Comment number 50). From left to right, Clumper the horse, Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman in the BBCs Victorian Farm. The programme tonight said that British wheat lost out to world markets due to price. It was especially lovely to see Ruth's daughter join this week as well. but was surprised to see a latchet hook being used for rug making. They hand over the key to their landlord and depart the farm. Earl, Complain about this comment (Comment number 15). We have certainly all worked our socks off, farming, mining, scrubbing, fishing, a thousand and one jobs. With all the recessions and cut backs we will soon be moving backwards in the way we do things insted of forwards. I have watched both the Victorian Farm and the Edwardian Farm series and absolutely adore them. 8/10. Sorry about that.Enjoyed making the rug though.Ruth, Complain about this comment (Comment number 35), gardenfarming sue - None of the goats got mastitus, they all went home after their stay on the farm happy and healthy. Complain about this comment (Comment number 4). This allowed a woman to use either chamber pot, outhouse, or early toilet by just flipping her skirts (which she needed both hands to do, they were so long and heavy), and squatting. Can you please remind me what breed of sheep you went for in the Edwardian Farm? not properly feeding fish also is against animal welfare regulations. her role was crucial for a consistent supply of dairy products and other products churned out from milk by-products. Accompanying the television series, this book follows the team as they try to run a farm using only materials and resources that would have been available to them in the Victorian era. Have been searching for Mrs Widgeon and her Baked Dinner but have not found anything online. Is Peter Welsh BTW, my friend says yet.Great show, thanks. 'It has been such a full year, hardly time to breathe let alone think.' Complain about this comment (Comment number 92), Richard Hunt, the chef shown on the programme, has made his recipe available on another message board. In accordance with custom, they assist in the threshing of the previous year's crop of wheat, using a steam-powered thresher. Complain about this comment (Comment number 90). Having been glued to my TV set during Tales of the Green Valley and the Victorian Farm, I can see myself being transfixed by rural Edwardian loveliness! You will see traditional 19th century farm life unfold while the land is worked by heavy horses. Many interior walls in older homes are load-bearing. Other historians feature, such as Ivan Day and Professor Ronald Hutton. It must have been a very hard life for the elderly smallholders in the past. This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Filmed almost exclusively at Blists Hill Victorian Town, it revolved around a recreation of a Victorian chemist's shop and included Ruth Goodman among its presenters, with Victorian Farm narrator Stephen Noonan providing the voiceover. This was for a number of reasons As the population increased, demand for food increased too. With an epic 12 episodes following life on the farm over a whole calendar year, Edwardian Farm goes deep into a lost rural world where life was tough and working together was the only means of achieving anything. One day, he thought his fuse had gone out, went to investigate and arrived at the firing hole at the same time as the flame from the fuse - he had tied a large knot and it had taken so long to burn through it that he thought the fuse had failed when it hadn't. The harvest is completed just before the rain comes, with Ruth harvesting the last of the corn. Following life on the farm over a whole calendar year, Edwardian Farm goes deep into a lost rural world where life was tough and working together was the only means of achieving anything. The British census of 1891 found that 1.3 million girls and women worked as domestic servants in Victorian England. A wooden bodger, custom made or crafted from an old clothes peg, would have been more likely in Edwardian times, or a Brown's patent rug making tool for the better off. Viewers can be inspired to rush out and acquire animals thinking it's easy and requires no skill and this causes suffering and upset. Complain about this comment (Comment number 41). 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? Quicklime is highly caustic and corrosive and was (and still is) used for building ( mortar )whitewash,painting walls,sanitizing and disinfecting. Thank you to "dontblameme" for the Cut Rounds recipe. Hello to everyone who's taken the time to post comments on here. victorian farm did they really live there. Very much enjoy the programmes. Acton, who died last year aged 95, had been keen to retain traditional farm methods and had built a collection of Victorian seed drills and ploughs. The Complete Victorian Farm Collection Boxed Set [Reino Unido] [DVD] 193 DVD 9 offers from $54.58 Product description EDWARDIAN FARM (4DISC) Product details Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No Language : English Parcel Dimensions : 19.05 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm; 90.72 Grams Item model number : 066805311673 Victorian Farm Series. I thought it was slipping off the radar and it might have closed without anybody realising it was even an option. Another brilliant episode of this fantastic series based on brilliant ideas. Hauling corn by the Windmill 1940. )Secondly, much more information on Ruth's restoration of the privy would be welcome. Post categories: My husband is the image of Peter Ginn, he was adopted and is always looking for his half brother. They sell off the pigs and sheep they successfully bred and raised. The windmill featured in the first programme was Wilton Windmill, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire.[21]. The current show - Edwardian Farm - is also shaping up to be excellent. Its Historic Working Farm is a wonderful visitor attraction with daily activities, traditional craft and trade courses and special events. Three people of the team that made "Tales of the Green Valley" in 2004 came back and recreated the Victorian Age (2nd half of the 19th century). 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. However, he had one wrong item. It was only really in the latter 20th century when the introduction of the Chorleywood bread making process allowed lower protein level wheats from these shores to be used on their own. Victorian farmers were considered an essential part of the economy and workforce, particularly in rural communities. I also got a bike - wheeeeeee!!! Complain about this comment (Comment number 1). Its a really special place, she said. I too wondered about the use of quick lime. Are there any patterns available? We also used the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Leaflets from the period - we got bound collected volumes of #1-100, #101-200 and #201-300 - which proved a rich source of helpful information and practical guidance.in answer to asteriods, the reason our narrator pronounces the location as "Morwellam" rather than "More-Well-Ham" is this: People who live in the vicinity of Morwellham call it "More-well-HAM" to distinguish it from other Morwell-prefixed places such as Morwell Barton and Morwell Rocks. Ruth has a go at some traditional potions and remedies. 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. The series is a sequel to Tales from the Green Valley, shown on BBC Two in 2005. At harvest time he was given a jug of beer by his master. reheat mcdonald's hash browns in air fryer. 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