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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: doganjo on December 13, 2011, 08:47:13 pm

Title: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: doganjo on December 13, 2011, 08:47:13 pm
Did anyone watch it tonight?  I think it's a new series as they were talking about seeing the old cottage again and how it had been improved, and trying Clumper out after he had gone lame previous time.  Anyway, I enjoyed it.
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Hermit on December 13, 2011, 08:51:32 pm
I did enjoy it as well but wish they would concentrate on a job from start to finish instead of flashing through how the soap or butter was made for example.
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: SallyintNorth on December 13, 2011, 08:59:24 pm
I did enjoy it as well but wish they would concentrate on a job from start to finish instead of flashing through how the soap or butter was made for example.

Abso-bloomin'-lutely!  We're still trying to catch them using the silage they made in a clamp in the field (actually I think that may have been on Edwardian Farm, but same applies.)
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Rosemary on December 13, 2011, 09:12:31 pm
Aw, I didn't know it was on  :(
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Penninehillbilly on December 14, 2011, 01:07:58 am
I saw a bit, but I thought it was a repeat of last years 'Victorian Christmas' maybe I should have stopped and watched more  :(.
The book they use is available as a download from an american Library, very interesting.

I wonder if there will be an 'Edwardian Farm' Christmas?
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Sylvia on December 14, 2011, 07:26:22 am
I sometimes wish I had a television. (only sometimes though ::))
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: SallyintNorth on December 14, 2011, 09:32:03 am
I saw a bit, but I thought it was a repeat of last years 'Victorian Christmas' maybe I should have stopped and watched more  :(.
The book they use is available as a download from an american Library, very interesting.

You don't have a link for that, do you?
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: SallyintNorth on December 14, 2011, 09:34:04 am
I sometimes wish I had a television. (only sometimes though ::))

Sylvia, I don't know what your internet connection is like, but if it's broadband you should be able to watch it on iPlayer:
BBC iPlayer - Victorian Farm Christmas: Episode 1 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pccnn/)
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Gunnermark on December 14, 2011, 07:42:31 pm
It was a repeatof last years I believe!
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: CameronS on December 14, 2011, 07:54:12 pm
i think it's a repeat, i'm sure i remember the hay making part! - still going to watch it again though  ;D
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: katie on December 14, 2011, 08:33:51 pm
It seems to me to be different episodes cobbled together -so, in one scene Christmas is a few months away, then it's very soon , then they're haymaking, then making Christmas presents....
My husband swears he saw modern bricks in the middle of the brick clamp. Did anyone else?
Still good though!
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: deepinthewoods on December 14, 2011, 08:42:55 pm
i thought that about the first few bricks out of the kiln.
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Crofter on December 14, 2011, 09:53:20 pm
Sally

Here's the link to the Book of the Farm by Henry Stephens.

The book of the farm: : Stephens, Henry, 1795-1874 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/download/http://www.archive.org/details/bookfarmdetaili00skingoog)

Dave
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Crofter on December 14, 2011, 09:58:02 pm
Hi Sally

This seems to throw up an error, but if you type "The Book of the Farm" into the search box on that page you'll find it.

Dave
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Penninehillbilly on December 14, 2011, 11:22:34 pm
Thanks Dave, I should have thought to put a link in, but I think I found it through 'Google' anyway.
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Sylvia on December 15, 2011, 09:19:49 am
Thank you, Sally :thumbsup: :thumbsup: A whole new world has opened up with iPlayer!! :) :)
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: plumseverywhere on December 15, 2011, 01:49:03 pm
Not the best (or safest!!) way to make soap. I watched that bit from behind a pillow  :o
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Hermit on December 15, 2011, 05:36:08 pm
I thought that, are you not supposed to wear all sorts of protective clothing!!! Probably why it did not show it all.
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: plumseverywhere on December 15, 2011, 07:02:50 pm
At the very least safety goggles Hermit. I have burn marks up my arms from where caustic soda crystals have floated onto me, they are very light weight and the powder gets into the air, once I stupidly burnt my tongue by mouth breathing as I poured the caustic soda out (I had a cold at the time!) the light powder was airborne and in my mouth in no time, ick ick!!  Beef tallow does make a nice soap though I have to say (although we don't use that at baaath time so vegetarians can still use our products  ;)  )
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: doganjo on December 15, 2011, 08:53:01 pm
And did you see the very first Christmas Card ever sent???  ???  so close to that cup of tea she was waving around - and no white kid gloves either  ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: Penninehillbilly on December 15, 2011, 10:18:21 pm
i think it's a repeat, i'm sure i remember the hay making part! - still going to watch it again though  ;D
I saved it to dvd to watch later - 12 months later I might get to watch it! (on the dvd)
Title: Re: New Victorian Farm series
Post by: wren on December 15, 2011, 11:04:12 pm
It is a repeat of the Christmas special. It was filmed at the museum at Acton Scott in Shropshire. The museum is running courses next year.  Here's a link http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums.nsf/open/BBB56E64592EBBC98025753E003FF75C (http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums.nsf/open/BBB56E64592EBBC98025753E003FF75C)