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Post by Gay J Oliver on Jan 28, 2009 22:25:31 GMT
Has anyone been watching the Victorian Farm on Thursday evenings, BBC2. For anyone with AG LABS or farmers in their Family Trees, I have been mesmerised by all the hard work and traditional crafts. If you've missed episodes 1-3 they are still available to watch on BBC I player: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00grv4722 days left to watch counting down from today 28 January |
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sandra
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Post by sandra on Jan 30, 2009 22:35:33 GMT
Fantastic Series, it really does hit home how hard life was
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Sandra
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Post by Gay J Oliver on Jan 30, 2009 23:55:05 GMT
Hi Sandra,
How complicated did it look to cut out that pattern for her new dress?
Someone has emailled me today saying that the same team produced a series on the 1610 Farm which is available on DVD. Also A Tudor Christmas.
I am going to try and get hold of the DVD of the 1610 Farm because I do have farmers for about 200 years in my tree 1590-1800.
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Post by sandra on Jan 31, 2009 17:26:28 GMT
Gay
Do let me know if you find them, I'd be very interested myself in both
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Sandra
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Post by bayhorse on Nov 14, 2013 11:59:56 GMT
This is rather an old thread, but you can actually visit the historic working farm where these series are filmed. It's a lovely day out, and well worth a visit, particularly if (like me) you are interested in discovering how your ag-labs and farming ancestors lived day-to-day - and a good proportion of my family worked the land all their lives.
When we were last there, we watched potatoes being harvested by the Shire horses and there were various other things going on. It's a real step back to Victorian times, just as it was, with everyone dressed the part in Victorian clothing - it's really well done. If you have children or grandchildren, too, they'll absolutely love it. The farm is Acton Scott in Shropshire - they have a website.
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