How Sloe Gin Was Made In 1910 | Edwardian Farm EP3 | Absolute History

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  • čas přidán 15. 06. 2020
  • Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn recreate the running of a farm as it would've been in the Edwardian era. Ruth prepares for the arrival of the farm's pigs and works on the privy, while Alex and Peter compare ploughing with horses to ploughing with the world's oldest working tractor. Peter begins a trout hatchery. In order to repair the hedgerows, Alex takes a trip to a water-powered smithy for a billhook. Ruth makes sloe gin for Christmas and entertains with a gramophone.
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Komentáře • 757

  • @lisahinton9682
    @lisahinton9682 Před rokem +140

    "Victorian Farm," "Wartime Farm," "Monastery Farm," "Victorian Pharmacy," and "Secrets of the Castle" are all worth checking out if you loved this. I've watched them and they all show us such a different world. I'm so grateful for all these shows, as it shows life as it once was.

    • @MrGrumpyGills
      @MrGrumpyGills Před 10 měsíci +2

      Will do, thank you 😊

    • @TheSoundOfDistantThunder
      @TheSoundOfDistantThunder Před 8 měsíci +7

      Also Green Valley which is the original one and IMO the best one.

    • @shirleydrury5565
      @shirleydrury5565 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I’m with you my friend 😊😊apprenticeships we need more of. We lack so much scilled labour in the u.k😢

    • @katarzynamariamuszynska2811
      @katarzynamariamuszynska2811 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Agree I watched all of these series,I like these 3 people who making 😊❤

    • @AdamBechtol
      @AdamBechtol Před 7 měsíci +2

      Aye, can't forget Green Valley!@@TheSoundOfDistantThunder

  • @nv7287
    @nv7287 Před 3 lety +247

    Ruth is like a swiss-army knife, a macgyver with historical costume.
    I love these two guys too - Just hard working positive gems!

    • @artfuldodger5531
      @artfuldodger5531 Před rokem +4

      Yeh she’s kinda amazing

    • @animequeen78
      @animequeen78 Před rokem +9

      Also, her "hee hee I'm so bad" when making sloe gin is funny.

    • @riohenry6382
      @riohenry6382 Před rokem +6

      I’m sure they were selected not just based on their knowledge but also on their temperament. It takes a special kind of person to commit to this life

    • @CranialExtractor
      @CranialExtractor Před rokem +1

      A lot of older women have personalities like Ruth. Wonderful stuff too bad more young women don't have a fearless go getter attitude like she does.

    • @CampingforCool41
      @CampingforCool41 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@CranialExtractorfearlessness tends to come with age.

  • @junejunejuniejune
    @junejunejuniejune Před 3 lety +202

    I love these three, and the whole series. I know this production is old, but I wished they could come back and do a series on life during the regency!

  • @lauraguglielmo
    @lauraguglielmo Před 3 lety +89

    Whoever did the audio mixing on this amazing series is an absolute barbarian

    • @lilalolli93
      @lilalolli93 Před 2 lety +9

      That's what I thought... 🙈 I still love watching it

  • @laurielyddy4890
    @laurielyddy4890 Před 3 lety +127

    Okay Ruth kind of cackling while going, "I'm so bad" is just freaking adorable

  • @marcfielvlogs8794
    @marcfielvlogs8794 Před 3 lety +502

    Ruth is a perfect example of a very dedicated Historian.

    • @garrysekelli6776
      @garrysekelli6776 Před 3 lety +19

      Her Side Job makes some Good earnings as well.

    • @marcfielvlogs8794
      @marcfielvlogs8794 Před 3 lety +17

      @@garrysekelli6776 RIGHT!?! anyone would be lucky to have her as her partner on any timeline

    • @chocolaterose3483
      @chocolaterose3483 Před 3 lety +11

      I absolutely love this show, I've learned so much . Thank you Ruth!

    • @tonymurray814
      @tonymurray814 Před 3 lety

      Jon Coxon She is an annoying presenter. They could do better!

    • @-Gous-
      @-Gous- Před 3 lety +2

      Back für Ruth

  • @sanablue
    @sanablue Před 3 lety +182

    I just love the way this grown man talks to his fish eggs :D all the people in these documentaries are just so likeable and nice!

    • @staytuned2L337
      @staytuned2L337 Před 3 lety +7

      I also like how he speaks for them lol. "Ooh thank you this is very nice!" Oh so good of you to say 😂

    • @tonguepetals
      @tonguepetals Před 2 lety +8

      I was awwwwwwwwing so loud. They are all just so pure and wonderful. Ruth’s daughter is a darling as well. Peter talking to his eggs is incredibly sweet.

    • @LisafromNOLA
      @LisafromNOLA Před 20 dny

      Peter has absolutely stolen my heart ♥️

  • @Miles7955
    @Miles7955 Před 3 lety +81

    17:10 "Do you have any conficence in me to build a hatchery?" Love his response; "Oh no, not really." It was a good laugh! xD

  • @dylansmallwood4165
    @dylansmallwood4165 Před 3 lety +75

    “Don’t tell the neighbors” I love Ruth so much lol 😂

    • @ms.annthropic6341
      @ms.annthropic6341 Před 3 lety +7

      Agreed, and I don't think we're alone, these comment sections are pretty much always a meeting of The Ruth Fanclub 😂😁😊

    • @booswifebeebe8209
      @booswifebeebe8209 Před 3 lety

      @@ms.annthropic6341 ⁸⅞_pi__

  • @mrsjamescottage
    @mrsjamescottage Před rokem +11

    Ruth Goodman is definitely on my Zombie apocalypse survival team.

  • @FlameDarkfire
    @FlameDarkfire Před 3 lety +125

    I’m really impressed with their dedication to staying as period accurate as possible, but it’s also amazing there’s still people that were living in the time period being discussed. It seems such a long time ago.

    • @ritageorge8748
      @ritageorge8748 Před 3 lety +11

      Can you imagine the fellow who actually owns the last working tractor of that period&is told of poor Alex track record of"ah-that's broken"-Oh yes he operated it himself as I remember

  • @boskocoltrain8400
    @boskocoltrain8400 Před 4 lety +503

    I swear put Ruth in any period, and she fits in.

    • @timmah7874
      @timmah7874 Před 4 lety +70

      People think of bunkers and guns and ammo to survive the apocalypse, but if you had someone with Ruth's skills and ability to teach those skills, our species would stand a chance.

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky Před 3 lety +11

      most women fit in. Women are very chameleonic

    • @SnakeBush
      @SnakeBush Před 3 lety +4

      You want her sandy mandy

    • @timmah7874
      @timmah7874 Před 3 lety +11

      @@blabla-rg7ky Is that what you tell yourself from your basement where it's obvious you've never had a relationship with a woman other than your mother?

    • @Whydoibother943
      @Whydoibother943 Před 3 lety +17

      T H Yeah totally, she can adapt to anything. In fact the whole team are a pretty inspiring bunch.

  • @ladyjane6846
    @ladyjane6846 Před 3 lety +24

    Those horses learnt how to pull that plough while they made that episode. Working together, they brought tears to my eyes. Maybe because we live in such a terrible time right now that I long for the simplicity of those times, hard as they were.

  • @christinaw9807
    @christinaw9807 Před 3 lety +44

    I only liked this video because there's no "love" button. I just love watching Ruth, Peter, and Alex learning these old skills and presenting them for the public. The video on this one is amazing, the colors are so vivid. Thanks to you all for the hard work you put in making this series.

  • @emilypresleysee
    @emilypresleysee Před 3 lety +242

    I want to have Ruth's enthusiasm for even the most simple things. She's my spirit animal, a truly inspiring woman! Intelligence, grit, determination, class, dignity, wit and grace.

    • @mlindalina1
      @mlindalina1 Před 3 lety +3

      Role model* dont degrade a classy lady to an animal lol

    • @emilypresleysee
      @emilypresleysee Před 3 lety +11

      @@mlindalina1 humans are mammals and mammals are animals. Do you know what a spirit animal is? Trust me. It's a compliment. I would never degrade that woman. Just because you interpreted it that way doesn't make it so.

    • @maggpiprime954
      @maggpiprime954 Před 3 lety +7

      @@mlindalina1 Spirit Animals are akin to gods, without being gods. Or angels that are allowed to interact with us more directly. They are spiritual guides in mortal life.
      In a very broad sense of explanation...
      Edit: typo

    • @shirleymental4189
      @shirleymental4189 Před 3 lety +3

      My spirit animal is a pig

    • @dickJohnsonpeter
      @dickJohnsonpeter Před 3 lety

      who's booth? does she go rrrraaaaaaaww!? and that too with the slow gin?

  • @CeleciaFirestorm
    @CeleciaFirestorm Před 4 lety +85

    I am emotionally invested in this trout hatchery now...sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happens.

    • @FlameDarkfire
      @FlameDarkfire Před 3 lety +2

      Who says technological progress removes jobs?

    • @gwenwittler3578
      @gwenwittler3578 Před 2 lety +2

      Me too 😊!!

    • @sydneymomma11
      @sydneymomma11 Před 2 lety +2

      And his excitement at 3, uh, 1, 2, 3, yup that's 3 trout!! Such a proud Papa.

  • @andrewroy6376
    @andrewroy6376 Před 4 lety +181

    That old boy from the hatchery is a true gem. Love hose types. They are treasures.

    • @gailhandschuh1138
      @gailhandschuh1138 Před 4 lety +6

      Andrew Roy and with Eter involved , he will follow their instruction to the letter and will ask if he needs more help.

    • @mollyjune6164
      @mollyjune6164 Před 3 lety +3

      He is quite sharp isn't he! 😊

    • @josefinbjork7746
      @josefinbjork7746 Před 3 lety +4

      I love lisining to men and women like that. I think we forgett these days too just ask and listen too our grandparents generation

    • @3leggedsharkkickssurferinballs
      @3leggedsharkkickssurferinballs Před 3 lety +7

      How bloody adorable was he?! Peter's like " do you trust me to do this?", and the old fella says: "Not really". LOL. Peter is such a good sport, I must say. Love 'im

  • @donnafuller3029
    @donnafuller3029 Před 3 lety +43

    I'm addicted to watching Ruth, Peter and Alex and what they get up to. 😊

  • @cristiaolson7327
    @cristiaolson7327 Před 3 lety +46

    I feel like they're all getting better at this stuff after working on their other projects over the years.
    They seem better at plowing, better at helping in the forge, better at building. Another few seasons of this sort of thing, and they'll be actual experts at farming & hand crafts, not just historians and archeologists trying to learn how things were done in the past.

  • @KyrieEleison_1
    @KyrieEleison_1 Před 3 lety +48

    I am from America. I am genuinely happy I've stumbled across this show. Finding out how people live during certain periods in history is fascinating.
    P.S. The host of the show talking like he's the little fish eggs saying they like their new home 😂 is priceless!

  • @theheartoftexas
    @theheartoftexas Před 4 lety +30

    Awwww Peter talking to his fish babies........too cute!!!

  • @katiemccormick5406
    @katiemccormick5406 Před 4 lety +77

    Ruth is such a national treasure ❤️❤️

    • @sherryrunslate9678
      @sherryrunslate9678 Před 3 lety +5

      The kind of person individual anyone needs to have around to enhance others enthusiasm, as it often rubs off onto those that surround someone with Ruth’s vigorous, enthusiastic, and delight at everything they learn and put to actual use.

    • @tonymurray814
      @tonymurray814 Před 3 lety

      Sherry Turner She’s an annoying hag!!Her laugh induces nausea !!

    • @oliviacostello4350
      @oliviacostello4350 Před 3 lety +2

      Tony Murray she’s a strong, educated, delightful, successful person! How dare you call her a hag

    • @Fr33zeBurn
      @Fr33zeBurn Před 3 lety +1

      @@tonymurray814 I agree, every time I see her on a history program it kinda ruins it for me. She is just unpleasant.

    • @eunicestone838
      @eunicestone838 Před 3 lety +2

      She should be made a DAME for all her teaching.

  • @petedraper5185
    @petedraper5185 Před 3 lety +43

    I tuly admire Ruth, Alex and Peter: they really bring our history to life. I've watched each of their series at least twice. My great, great grandfather was All England Chapion hedge layer three years running and was allowed to keep the champion's cup. In those days, the competitors also had to dig a ditch, just as they did when at work. Accoording to my dad, my great, great grandad was paid £70 for a chain (22 yards) of hedging and ditching. Big money in those days, which he spent mainly on women and beer, frittering away any that was left over.

    • @themadplotter
      @themadplotter Před rokem +2

      What an absolute lad, laid hedges for a living and women for fun!

  • @chevydude658
    @chevydude658 Před 3 lety +43

    I LOVE this show. I live in the US and we never have good programming like this. The UK really produces wonderful programming.

    • @Neddoest
      @Neddoest Před 2 lety +5

      No kidding! BBC puts most American programming to shame.

    • @sydneymomma11
      @sydneymomma11 Před 2 lety +10

      I love the lack of heightened drama. I don't want to be on the "edge of my seat" every scene, it's much too draining. Watching Ruth revel in the dappled sunshine and cows angelically lit in the field restores my sense of humanity. It's refreshing, like catching up with a good friend.

    • @marcelasantander7457
      @marcelasantander7457 Před 2 lety

      It IS so healing !!!

    • @daylightdies7194
      @daylightdies7194 Před rokem +2

      We used to have quality programs like this now it’s all a bag of shite

  • @alleymartinez7946
    @alleymartinez7946 Před 3 lety +27

    The bit where the guy says whoa to the tractor got me. I say whoa to everything that I need to stop. Car? Whoa. Bike? Whoa. Dog? Whoa. At least the dog listens to it.

  • @nightlyoko626
    @nightlyoko626 Před 3 lety +13

    I love the 96 year old man lmao “got any confidence in me” no not really” dang xD

  • @violetskies14
    @violetskies14 Před 3 lety +8

    My grandmas family had a cart horse named sam growing up in the 50s. My great grandfather was a farm worker and they were still using sam to pull heavy things when my grams was a little kid. When he was getting a bit older and the machines had taken completely over they basically kept him as a pet. I've got pictures of her and her siblings climbing all over him, him pulling them in a little cart ect. She still talks about him 60 years later and thinks it's a shame not everyone gets to be around such lovely animals growing up.

  • @davidj.wilcox6053
    @davidj.wilcox6053 Před 4 lety +26

    Great series of where we came from. Addicting. But Ruth really makes it human. The guys show facts and techniques but Ruth’s smile, facial expressions and hilarious laugh make all the shows. If I am down her laugh gives me a lift. Thank you Ruth!

    • @sherryrunslate9678
      @sherryrunslate9678 Před 3 lety +2

      Definitely someone to have in your friends/family to improve enthusiastic behavior for us all.

  • @d.virgallito3490
    @d.virgallito3490 Před 3 lety +29

    I think it is so important to keep alive these methods for younger generations, if things were to go south worldwide, how many wouldn't be able to help themselves?

    • @PLuMUK54
      @PLuMUK54 Před 2 lety +1

      About as many as during the Edwardian period. Most people worked in factories and had no idea how their food was produced.

    • @funsizedi88
      @funsizedi88 Před 2 lety +1

      Which is one of the scariest things about modern life. Too many people in such small places, CV has def shown what happens if things slack off a bit even.

    • @OofusTwillip
      @OofusTwillip Před 2 lety +1

      We've already seen it a few times, when companies and offices have suffered cyberattacks, and had to resort to using typewriters and pens & paper, until their systems were restored. Sometimes, this took a few weeks.
      I still have a manual typewriter tucked away, just in case. And I use fountain pens that are 70-115 years old, because it's amazing that they're still working after so many years, and their flexible nibs work better than modern nibs do.

    • @servraghgiorsal7382
      @servraghgiorsal7382 Před rokem +2

      Hundreds or thousands would soon vandalize homes of these who were prospering annealing. Don't mean to be an alarmist or doomsday person, but. I'm thinking if it all blew up. or came down, I don't want2 to be around. Everywhere will look like Ukraine does now.

  • @omfgstrid
    @omfgstrid Před 2 lety +5

    Watching Ruth is such a joy. She’s so endearing

  • @osirisandilio
    @osirisandilio Před 4 lety +57

    That's it, I can't lie. This is the best series ever. I hope you're happy, you made me subscribe.

  • @TheFLOMAN76
    @TheFLOMAN76 Před 3 lety +9

    What a WOMAN RUTH IS!
    I just love her.
    I learn so much from each scene from this passionate crew of good people!!
    Love it!

  • @ImCarolB
    @ImCarolB Před 4 lety +60

    One of the great blessings I had as a child was growing up in the country where our nearest neighbors were an elderly brother and sister, plus their hired man, who did everything as you see in these programs. No motorized vehicles, all horse-drawn. They were getting old, and my parents convinced them to get an electric fridge and freezer to keep food for winter. Dad hooked up running water as they had a hand-pump at the sink and an outhouse.They worked hard on their farm. I don't know anyone who lives this way today, unless it's for religious reasons like the Amish, or a back to nature choice.

    • @soniatriana9091
      @soniatriana9091 Před 3 lety +7

      This elderly brother & sister sound like the story of Anne of Green Gables. In what country/city was your farm? In what years were you there? What an amazing childhood!

    • @Itried20takennames
      @Itried20takennames Před 3 lety +6

      Carol Barclay There are a bunch of shows about people moving to remote places and trying to set up self-sufficient “homesteads”. ...off-grid houses with gardens or small crops, and a few livestock’s. Don’t know how many people actually do this, but some.

    • @beckyanderson988
      @beckyanderson988 Před 3 lety +12

      I mean my wife and I and our in-laws own a huge Farm we hand-pick everything and do everything by hand just because it makes us be able to charge a higher price. Cuz we can claim that everything has been handpicked handwash and we can give employment to people who wouldn't have been hired otherwise like Parolees and immigrants . ( I have had people who are naturalized citizens tell me that they have been rejected for other work like a bank teller (they had no criminal history and twice the experience needed). And yes because it is hard labor we pay $25 hr to anyone who takes up her offer of room and board and 35 for who does not do room and board . anyone needing gas money or anything to get to and from work will be reimbursed to a certain point . last i remember it was 40 per every 30 miles but i could a wrong as my wife handles all of the financials.

    • @ImCarolB
      @ImCarolB Před 3 lety +7

      @@soniatriana9091 Southern Vermont in the 50s and 60s. Then we moved to a small town in central New Jersey, also an idyllic place. I had to chuckle at the comparison with Anne of Green Gables! The farm near us was terribly ramshackle and the porch and inside of the house was like an episode of Hoarders. But so much fun for children!

    • @servraghgiorsal7382
      @servraghgiorsal7382 Před rokem +2

      @@Itried20takennames back in the early '80's I did it in Arkansas. We learned a and built so much, but divorce killed the dream and I had to sell it. It was the happiest, most a satisfying time of my life. I often wished I hadn't sold, but I couldn't do it alone. I ended up going to nursing school and working in prison psychiatric units. . That actually was very satisfying, to make a small difference for troubled people.

  • @bradknight1022
    @bradknight1022 Před 3 lety +5

    peter responding as the baby fish was so funny, haha nice one,

  • @EmmalineStrong
    @EmmalineStrong Před rokem +2

    42:00 Aww!! ❤🤣
    Peter’s the best!

  • @charlykatbat4468
    @charlykatbat4468 Před 3 lety +3

    Gosh I wish I could just sit over a cup of tea and listen to both the old man from the Hatchery, the Fisherman and the Blacksmiths talk about their work, their life or even just the weather. They are absolutely delightful.

  • @Beautyjoy98
    @Beautyjoy98 Před 3 lety +45

    I absolutely love watching them!! Please never stop making these!! So thrilling and encouraging to watch. It makes me feel super lazy though. We definitely have lost so much in this fast pace world we live in now. I think edwardian people would be very ashamed of me and us. Thank you for creating these videos!! An thank you to all the people who worked to mske these videos possible especially the 3 in the episodes living this way for a year!

    • @courtneywalsh9780
      @courtneywalsh9780 Před 2 lety

      I can’t wait for like, 18th Century farm, Regency Farm, or Medieval Farm!

    • @humanoidrkangel
      @humanoidrkangel Před 2 lety +4

      @@courtneywalsh9780 it would love to see that. Just that like this came out like 10 years ago. Maybe they might get the team together if they feel up to it and try other era’s once the pandemic slows down.

  • @maggpiprime954
    @maggpiprime954 Před 3 lety +73

    42:08
    Peter: "I hope you like it..."
    Peter (as roe): "Yes, it's very nice!"
    Me: Lol! Can one fall in love with someone they've never met?

    • @josefinbjork7746
      @josefinbjork7746 Před 3 lety +9

      I love people who can laugh at them selfs and turn enything into a joke

    • @angelicas152
      @angelicas152 Před 3 lety +4

      I was laughing so hard😂😂😍

    • @Marlaina
      @Marlaina Před 3 lety +1

      I laughed at that part! He’s a lovable dork 😆

  • @fannishfanning160
    @fannishfanning160 Před 2 lety +1

    The only reason I'm watching these series is for Peter. He's my absolute crush. Lol 😂

  • @pollyg562
    @pollyg562 Před 4 lety +127

    in the day the problem of the leaves clogging the water flow in the hatchery would be solved cheaply and easily a boy would be made to sit there all day cleaning the leaves away

    • @WyattRyeSway
      @WyattRyeSway Před 4 lety

      Polly g ....good point

    • @LittleGreenSoldier
      @LittleGreenSoldier Před 4 lety +38

      That's really the only limitation of this series, they can't have their kids working about the farm with them at all hours the way it would have been, it comes down to just the three of them. In reality there would have been at least six children between them, all doing the simple drudge work like clearing the baffle box and picking sloes.

    • @MECX3490
      @MECX3490 Před 3 lety +7

      Today the farmer would be accused of child abuse....

    • @jelleschelfthout3636
      @jelleschelfthout3636 Před 3 lety +23

      @@MECX3490 and rightfully so, a child should be studying, learning social skills, explore the world and his interests instead of doing mindless tasks

    • @jitterbug9595
      @jitterbug9595 Před 3 lety +20

      @@jelleschelfthout3636 it's not mindless. Learning hatchery skills would've been huge.

  • @twin3290
    @twin3290 Před rokem +1

    I love Ruth sooo much, her enthusiasm is infectious. "I've been makin GIN" LOL love it

  • @EmRePhoto
    @EmRePhoto Před 3 lety +24

    This series always helps put life into perspective. Especially as we’re living through a pandemic.

    • @lorrainemerry8661
      @lorrainemerry8661 Před 3 lety

      It's a hoax pandemic

    • @sherryrunslate9678
      @sherryrunslate9678 Před 3 lety +2

      My husband, oldest daughter are registered nurses that must work with COVID-19 patients for 12 hour shifts. My other daughter is an EMT and is at a higher risk of coming into contact w/individuals who aren’t aware yet that they are COVID positive. My RN daughter contracted COVID-19 and has lost all sense of smell and taste, sore throat, fever, etc. She is 30 and otherwise healthy. It is horrible to see your “child” that I’ll.

    • @indy_go_blue6048
      @indy_go_blue6048 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lorrainemerry8661 It's not a hoax, but it is a hysterical overreaction to a disease that's not very deadly. Hell 2/3 of those infected haven't even shown symptoms.

    • @servraghgiorsal7382
      @servraghgiorsal7382 Před rokem +2

      @@indy_go_blue6048 sorry to disagree, but spending a month in isolation in the hospital 18 months ago certainly wasn't because I had no symptoms. Nearly died, so thank God for the nurses, ambulance drivers, lab people, dietary, sanitation, social worker's and MD' S. IM A LONG HAULER. Lungs and heart problems from it. Lost 26 # and3 had to transfer to physical therapy unit fora while. Somepeople did have mild cases, but remembere hundredsofthoisands of our countrymen died. I'm sure they didn't exactly want to.

  • @weerobot
    @weerobot Před 3 lety +10

    Those Guys have made Execellent Programmes Bringing History to Life...Love The Way They Get Stuck In........More Please..!!

  • @rumblexstrips
    @rumblexstrips Před 4 lety +62

    Alex standing on top of the hill looking at the hedgerows:
    Me: he is out standing in his field 🤣

    • @timberwolf0122
      @timberwolf0122 Před 4 lety +8

      Dad's around the world stand up and golf clap

    • @gailhandschuh1138
      @gailhandschuh1138 Před 4 lety +2

      No matter what , Alex is going to take credit for any success and place blame for failure elsewhere.

    • @lorrainemerry8661
      @lorrainemerry8661 Před 3 lety +2

      @@gailhandschuh1138 I totally agree. I don't like the bloke

    • @lorrainemerry8661
      @lorrainemerry8661 Před 3 lety

      You've heard that joke too 😂

    • @Marlaina
      @Marlaina Před 3 lety

      @@lorrainemerry8661 I skip over his parts lol

  • @tigerz8174
    @tigerz8174 Před 3 lety +4

    Ruth is what I wished my history teachers were!!!

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 Před 8 měsíci

    I wish I could be as happy as Ruth perpetually seems to be for just like 5 consecutive minutes. She's always so bloody cheerful, how does she do it?

  • @s1nb4d59
    @s1nb4d59 Před rokem +5

    One of the most enjoyable series that i keep coming back and watching again.

  • @karensteigerwald3926
    @karensteigerwald3926 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank-you Peter. Today was the day that was the worst leading up to Christmas, and your joy over the trout, it made me smile, then tear up...Merry Christmas.

  • @3leggedsharkkickssurferinballs

    Omg, the old fella talking to Peter!

  • @rogerauger7766
    @rogerauger7766 Před 3 lety +16

    I watch these to see Miss Ruth's smile and hear her laughter. :)

  • @Nerdpainter
    @Nerdpainter Před 3 lety +5

    i learn way more watching these shows than i ever did reading a textbook in school.

  • @morenofranco9235
    @morenofranco9235 Před 3 lety +2

    I love Ruth. Such a wit, and her contagious laughter. Exploring every ADVENTURE like a child seeing everything NEW!

  • @MauriatOttolink
    @MauriatOttolink Před 3 lety +6

    The advantage of horse power is that they always start on a frosty morning. They'll run all week on a few bags of hay AND you can use the exhaust products to recharge the compost heap if you can stand the smell. And if your legs are wide enough you can go to the pub on one of those beautiful shires and not get breathalyzed!
    If the hairs on your cello/violin bow bust, you have a good supply..
    Try doing all that lot with a little grey Fergie! Or was it brown?

    • @dbseamz
      @dbseamz Před 2 lety

      @Celto Loco shouldn't it be called an RUI if you were on the horse?

  • @gregkral4467
    @gregkral4467 Před 3 lety +4

    OOOooohhhh the fish hatchery was so heartbreaking, but hey there was yet success... WONDERFUL.... and now look today what it has become. THANK YOU all for yet another wonderful episode, and the sound editing was far better this time, I could hear the commentary. Thank you.
    I love fish and fishing, and often give em a kiss on the forehead before releasing the little ones...... fish are wonderful.

  • @marthahawkinson-michau9611
    @marthahawkinson-michau9611 Před 4 lety +11

    I love seeing all the pensioners they include in this series!!!

  • @snootdingo9365
    @snootdingo9365 Před 3 lety +2

    It's 2am and again I'm in Edwardian England. I love this place!

  • @yvettejones5323
    @yvettejones5323 Před rokem +1

    I love shows that immerse themselves into history and the BBC and other similar networks in the UK are fantastic at doing that and keeping to historical accuracy. The best way to really understand what life was like in a specific time period is to go all-in, and I can't get enough of it.
    If this were done here in America, the producers would be like, "Surprise! Thieves have come in the night and replaced your tools with sausages. Build a barn!"

  • @julien.4617
    @julien.4617 Před 2 lety +2

    These three make such a great team they're practically a family of siblings. Peter the big brother, getting it done; Ruth the sister keeping it together with smiles and good nature, and Alex the little brother, ready for a good time and doing the work, but not that serious about it. Gotta love them!

  • @nadkinoneko
    @nadkinoneko Před 9 měsíci

    Peter talking with the eggs and making the little voices just cracks me up ❤

  • @nicci24
    @nicci24 Před 3 lety +2

    The researchers did a fantastic job finding these local experts.

  • @Lisa1111
    @Lisa1111 Před 2 lety +3

    I love these 3! Ruth is wonderful! The horse that she was feeding hay to even thought so! 🥰

  • @pierremartel3552
    @pierremartel3552 Před 4 lety +12

    Hello from a north suburb of Montreal Quebec.. This channel is so great. I have no connection to the english but I have a great grand mother that was from ireland. I know that it would not be the same life my ancester would ahve lived but it sure teach me a lot. And by the way, I love all those accent. You lad sound so different then what I can catch dealy that I enjoy it a lot. Bien le bon soir et merci de votre implication a recréé la vie d'autre fois. And in case someone dont get it. Have a great evening and thanks for recreating the life of the old times.

    • @Jolluna
      @Jolluna Před 4 lety +1

      Hé, on est voisins! Rive-Nord itou! You know, watching this series made me long for something of a kind to be made showcasing life in Nouvelle France from the beginning of the colonization through to the turning of the 20th century. We know about the wars and big events, not so much about daily life and survival.

  • @AirborneAirAssault6565
    @AirborneAirAssault6565 Před rokem +3

    Another important and educational Documentary! I continue to learn so much History! Our youth haven't been taught in school.

  • @sticcman467
    @sticcman467 Před 3 lety +18

    37:53 "the risk i took was calculated, but man, am i bad at math"

  • @baird329
    @baird329 Před 3 lety +10

    I had a great grandfather who tried to woah a model t. I didn't listen and hit the fence. He was a very smart man, but the new technology took some getting used to.

    • @utej.k.bemsel4777
      @utej.k.bemsel4777 Před rokem

      Used someting like that in a fanfiction i wrote about a victorian age man thrown into our century.....

  • @BarbaraMerryGeng
    @BarbaraMerryGeng Před 3 lety +11

    I love watching men work the land - it’s satisfying to my soul ..

  • @OstblockLatina
    @OstblockLatina Před 3 lety +48

    42:10 - Awww, Peter being the sweet lovely person that he is, loving all animals big and small that are put under his care. And now he's talking to inseminated trout eggs

  • @knexpert100
    @knexpert100 Před 3 lety +3

    These people are literal national treasures

    • @PartlySunny74
      @PartlySunny74 Před rokem

      International treasures!
      Dotted all across the United States are roads named Lime Kiln, Fish Hatchery , Mill Road, Coppermine, on and on. And these amazing tv series bring all that history back to life so beautifully!

  • @chroniclesofbap6170
    @chroniclesofbap6170 Před 4 lety +25

    Iron-clad feather-feet pounding the dust
    An October's day, towards evening
    Sweat-embossed veins standing proud to the plough
    Salt on a deep chest seasoning
    Last of the line at an honest day's toil
    Turning the deep sod under
    Flint at the fetlock, chasing the bone
    Flies at the nostrils plunder
    The Suffolk, the Clydesdale, the Percheron vie
    With the Shire on his feathers floating
    Hauling soft timber into the dusk
    To bed on a warm straw coating
    Heavy horses, move the land under me
    Behind the plough gliding, slipping and sliding free
    And now you're down to the few and there's no work to do
    The tractor is on its way
    Let me find you a filly for your proud stallion seed
    To keep the old line going
    And we'll stand you abreast at the back of the wood
    Behind the young trees growing
    To hide you from eyes that mock at your girth
    You're eighteen hands at the shoulder
    And one day when the oil barons have all dripped dry
    And the nights are seen to draw colder
    They'll beg for your strength, your gentle power
    Your noble grace and your bearing
    And you'll strain once again to the sound of the gulls
    In the wake of the deep plough, sharing
    Heavy horses, move the land under me
    Behind the plough gliding, slipping and sliding free
    And now you're down to the few and there's no work to do
    The tractor is on its way
    Standing like tanks on the brow of the hill
    Up into the cold wind facing
    In stiff battle harness, chained to the wood
    Against the low sun racing
    Bring me a wheel of oaken wood
    A rein of polished leather
    A heavy horse and a tumbling sky
    Brewing heavy weather
    Bring a song for the evening
    Clean brass to flash the dawn
    Across these acres glistening
    Like dew on a carpet lawn
    In these dark towns folk lie sleeping
    As the heavy horses thunder by
    To wake the dying city
    With the living horseman's cry
    At once the old hands quicken
    Bring pick and wisp and curry comb
    Thrill to the sound of all the heavy horses coming home.

    • @325aliceI
      @325aliceI Před 4 lety +3

      Thank you . Very nice! Who is the author?

    • @joshuanicely8722
      @joshuanicely8722 Před 4 lety +7

      @@325aliceI ..its a song by Jethro Tull called 'Heavy Horses'

    • @gerrypippin2263
      @gerrypippin2263 Před 2 lety +1

      Great song/lyrics/heart-pounding. I used to listen to Jethro on my Sony Walkman whilst riding my horse as a teenager, saw him at Wembley too. Taught my horse to pull a Harrow/rake/sled

    • @pattidrier9593
      @pattidrier9593 Před 2 lety +1

      My Dad was born on a Michigan farm in 1909. He loved the horses. He cried the day the horses left and the day the tractor arrived. He kept me entertained with stories of farming with horses.
      They were poor but never went hungry.
      He said they may not have what they wanted but always had something to eat.

  • @aninastorm4709
    @aninastorm4709 Před 6 měsíci

    Peter being so exited about his baby trout makes me so happy to watch❤😄

  • @pollyg562
    @pollyg562 Před 4 lety +6

    these shows make me wish i had control over my memory so i could forget eveything in 24 hr so i can watch it a new any time i like, instead of waiting a year to rewatch

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky Před 3 lety

      you do have control over your memory. Everyone does. It's just that not everyone practices it, or believes that they have control. Personally, I do forget most of the things I watch 5-10 minutes after I finish watching, so if I wanted I could re-watch this show over and over again every day for eternity without remembering shit from it. I have mastered my memory control, but I've been practicing EVERY MINUTE of the day for the last 10 years or so. The human psyche is the executioner of our own desires, it just needs to be reminded of what our desires are every moment of the day for a few months/years, and then it will become automatism for the psyche and it will act by itself, turning the desires into reality

  • @msoda8516
    @msoda8516 Před 4 lety +3

    I love Ruth

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 Před 4 lety +50

    Should be called "made Sloe Gin for 30 seconds at the end". It was a good show though, all in all.

    • @jasperjones6857
      @jasperjones6857 Před 3 lety +6

      Apparently sloe gin making is too simple a process for a full video. Well, I know that now!

    • @sherryrunslate9678
      @sherryrunslate9678 Před 3 lety +11

      Exactly, why not share the title with salmon hatching and blacksmiths importance for local farmers in tool making.

    • @tonymurray814
      @tonymurray814 Před 3 lety +3

      Sherry Turner At last on this tread. A realist.The amount of unmitigated crap about this channel and especially this woman is vomit inducing!!!!

  • @Stitcher1964
    @Stitcher1964 Před 3 lety +1

    Peter was so excited to see those hatched trout

  • @staryjaszczur
    @staryjaszczur Před 2 lety +1

    I lived 13 years in rural Devon. This fantastic program has brought me a lot of good memories. Thank you. We will never forget winter sundays evenings with friends in the rural pub. Local Ale, and roast dinner next to the open fire place:)

  • @uweschroeder
    @uweschroeder Před rokem +3

    Funny. When I was in my teens, we would harvest sloes from hedgerows in late fall after the first frost and ferment them into wine. They make a quite palatable wine and if you add some sugar to the mash, it's quite high in alcohol content - maybe 15 percent by volume and rather tasty. We used to call it the panty dropper 🙂

  • @skeets6060
    @skeets6060 Před 4 lety +39

    This would have been really goo but for that damned back ground music being to loud

    • @Lulabellexd
      @Lulabellexd Před 3 lety +2

      I know right! It's such a shame they didn't fix that. One thing that might help slightly is to put subtitles on but then again youtube subtitles aren't the most accurate

  • @o.milonova9664
    @o.milonova9664 Před 4 lety +8

    ploughing that field looked like cutting a chocolate cake🖤

  • @Corristo89
    @Corristo89 Před 2 lety +4

    Pretty sure no one would dare criticise Ruth for making Sloe Gin xD
    And I'm sure that the Ivel tractor wouldn't have been advertised to small farmers, but big estate owners who could actually afford them. Or has anyone ever seen Porsche advertising in dollar stores? The alternative would be several farmers all pitching in and buying one Ivel to share, kind of like many still do today by sharing expensive equipment (i.e. combine harvesters) to spread the costs.

  • @mdh6977
    @mdh6977 Před rokem +1

    Why do I get so excited with every little victory?!? Great show

  • @how_about_naw
    @how_about_naw Před 3 lety +6

    Tractor salesman RP'ing hardcore :D

  • @kittycatt738
    @kittycatt738 Před 3 lety +6

    Came to find out about gin, only appears at the end. No regrets.

  • @anfrankogezamartincic1161

    British docs are the best. I watched this and Victorian farm on Croatian TV but i missed few episodes,nice to complete them

  • @shelly-7236
    @shelly-7236 Před 3 lety +2

    Very passionate about bringing history to us.She is brimming with excitement, and enthusiasm!I am envious of her.

  • @scarlett1854
    @scarlett1854 Před 3 lety +5

    I LOVE this series. I would love with all my heart to be part of something like this. And I am really in love with the background music. So well done.

  • @rahannneon
    @rahannneon Před rokem +1

    Now you've made it into my great-grandparent's time, and the stories that my grandmother told. She was born in February 1911, in a log cabin in rural Ohio. They ploughed with horses until at least the beginning of WW2. My grandfather Tom loved his Belgian draught horses.

  • @Wayzor_
    @Wayzor_ Před 3 lety +8

    I really want to build a trout hatchery now.

    • @AmyBlack1206
      @AmyBlack1206 Před 3 lety +3

      I was thinking we saw them get the eggs from the female, made me wonder how they got the sperm. Lol 😂 🧐

    • @sabrinastratton1991
      @sabrinastratton1991 Před 3 lety

      My dad (may he rest in peace), built his own hatchery in the creek near our house for our lake (it was actually a really large pond) every few years when we needed to restock

  • @mazhansen8804
    @mazhansen8804 Před 3 lety +2

    I only discovered Sloe Gin a few years ago & I love it.
    Glad I found this.
    🇦🇺
    That soil is so rich in the opening minutes

  • @gailhandschuh1138
    @gailhandschuh1138 Před 4 lety +13

    Walking was one of the few. Accepted excercises for the women not living on the farms. Farm wives always got tons of exercise just maintaining the home and barnyard animals.

  • @russrh
    @russrh Před 3 lety +2

    'Yes, it looks very nice' i laughed out loud when that bit came on

    • @ritageorge8748
      @ritageorge8748 Před 3 lety +2

      You can see by the little side quips&jokes why all the older men take a shine to him-probably a bit of a comic when off camera&does know quite a bit

  • @nashhonold2400
    @nashhonold2400 Před 4 lety +3

    This show is amazing. I just discovered it the other day and I've lost almost 3 hours already. Thanks for making it available here!

  • @abigailgerlach5443
    @abigailgerlach5443 Před rokem +1

    My uncle loved steam engines and had quite a collection by the time he passed away. I think he even had a steam caliope and merry-go-round. They were impressive machines, but the death knell oh the working horses.

  • @smrk2452
    @smrk2452 Před rokem +2

    I love how Ruth has made a career out of time traveling! I wonder if she ever gets confused about what century she’s in.

  • @nocatordog
    @nocatordog Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you for these great videos recreating the days of old and how things were done. So interesting.

  • @hwilde7987
    @hwilde7987 Před rokem +1

    Love every bit of this video. All three of them are intriguing people. More, more, more! Need. More. Videos.

  • @ILovHelloKitty13
    @ILovHelloKitty13 Před 2 lety +1

    I wish I could have these on a DVD or something. I love this channel so much I fear the day it, or CZcams, is gone LOL

  • @heatherofthemountains
    @heatherofthemountains Před 3 lety +3

    I'm really enjoying this series. Thank you for making such great content available to the greater public free of charge. My hope is that people will realize they can do these things on their own and really don't have to rely on commercial products. Bringing back real independence. Not going to far, some if not most advances have been good for us, however, the need for education on such matters is absolutely present.

  • @chasingeast
    @chasingeast Před rokem

    I have already watched ' tales from the green valley' and now this. These movies are amazing I should say. I am addicted. Great work guys!

  • @andrewhowe7950
    @andrewhowe7950 Před 4 lety +42

    Wow this comment section is heavy on criticism....well when in Rome. It’s not really a problem for me I just turn on ad block when the amount of ads makes it unwatchable otherwise, but 16 is too many.

    • @elainefarley1895
      @elainefarley1895 Před 3 lety

      Where do I get or buy ad block? Thank you

    • @andrewhowe7950
      @andrewhowe7950 Před 3 lety +3

      Elaine Farley if you use the Firefox web browser you can get the ublock extension for free it’s a 1click install, easy to find with a google search.

    • @violetskies14
      @violetskies14 Před 3 lety +1

      @Elaine Farley I just cast it to my TV which seems to solve the ad problem. In the past two episodes I've had one lot of ads which I don't mind.

  • @dave-in-nj9393
    @dave-in-nj9393 Před 3 lety +3

    'looks like we might actually have something to eat this winter' while looking at a shelf with enough food for a few days...... had to laugh.

    • @thegracklepeck
      @thegracklepeck Před 3 lety

      Same. I was like, 3 grown people out working hard every day? That's nothing!