Jeremy Paxman Upset Over Ancestor's Conditions | Who Do You Think You Are

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Jeremy Paxman reveals his pride over his Yorkshire roots, and goes to visit his aunt Margaret who reminisces about her father. Jeremy then goes on the trail of his great grandparents and is disheartened to discover the conditions they lived in.
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Jeremy Paxman's not sure he's interested in family history, but he does love social history. However, he quickly realises that his family's story is inextricably linked to that of Britain, in particular to the working-class communities in Glasgow and Bradford. He traces the life of his maternal grandmother in the Salvation Army and the migration of his father's family from Suffolk to Yorkshire.
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@sarahpiaggio2693 3 года назад

I think the most heroic thing about this man isn't that he worked his way up from such a deprived background to prosperity for himself and then succeeding generations. It was that he was known to be always happy and jolly, coming home every day with gifts for his children. He didn't have a chip on his shoulder about how hard life had been to him. He just wanted to make sure his own family didn't go through the same deprivation. What a great quality in a human being.

@louiserobinson410 3 года назад

His grandfather gave his children everything he never had, but wanted. We have much to owe our grandparents and beyond. Amazing people.

@poolhall9632 3 года назад

Imagine owing everything you have to an industrious 12 y/o orphan.

@kathyjp17 3 года назад

Love how at the beginning he wasn't really interested in his family but in every upload he has cried 💙

@Ccb88888 3 года назад

It is very telling that Jeremy's grandfather didn't appear to have told his children of the hardship he suffered in childhood. He bore his suffering with dignity and just 'got on with it'. That is the type of person that made our country great.....It appears that he raised his children (incl. Jeremy's dad) with love and devotion.

@HeeeeeearMeNow 3 года назад

Sounds like the UK was far from great for people dying from TB and exhaustion.

@lorrainewadsworth6977 3 года назад

Don't cry Jezza.... they'd be soooo proud of you.

@breakingewes1316 3 года назад

I remember watching it when it aired and cried my eyes out when JP got choked up 😢

@pbeccas 3 года назад

We are lucky to live in these times.

@pliny8308 2 года назад

What a lovely man with a tender heart.

@givenscommunications6307 3 года назад

“See, you shouldn’t go through this family history business. It’s just upsetting!” Now that’s the understatement of the century. You learn too much, you discover some unexpected things and then you have to take a break!

@marilynbrown5274 3 года назад

True..So true. But every once in a while you get some good surprises! I've cried as he does...too. To go backi in time..and comfort them is not possible. But, in spirit I do..and I know somehow they feel it.

@mimsicle1 2 года назад

It’s sometimes humbling but also helps us to be more appreciative of where we are.

@sum1has2 3 года назад

Can’t quite figure this man out. He comes across as rather arrogant and remote yet tears up about family he says he feels no connection with.

@charlottebruce979 3 года назад

He obviously feels a connection that's why he gets upset. He does have a heart.

@ptaylor4923 3 года назад

I don't get your take on his "arrogance."

@sum1has2 3 года назад

@@ptaylor4923 : I don’t know the man. In the beginning it seemed he was rather disinterested about the whole thing-that it doesn’t really matter. He appears to be a bit more engaged now. However, it was the “lack of Starbucks” comment that bothered me. Gave me a “these peasants” vibe is all.

@ptaylor4923 3 года назад

@@sum1has2 Actually, it was the pride in Yorkshire rugged independence "No Starbucks!" Not a New Yorker driving through the Appalachian or Rocky Mountains back country saying with disgust, "You can't even get a Starbucks here." More like a Hillbillie (some of the best people I know) from West Virginia or rancher from Colorado returning from New York City with relief. "Good riddance to that. Here you can breathe." 😉

@sum1has2 3 года назад

@@ptaylor4923 Glad to hear it. I agree with that attitude. I’ll have to rewatch it.

@cordelia81 3 года назад

....but the moment you can look back as a familymember; you must be still aware that they made it just because of your familyline& you and you can overcome that trauma ...just through facing truth& pray+work against it

@uptoncriddington6939 3 года назад

Kudos to Arthur.

@kamilahynas2327 2 года назад

Yorkshire is so beautiful.

@bubb5225 2 года назад

The English Who Do You Think You Are? Is very sad. People in workhouses, etc. My 19th century ancestors (US) were professional musicians who partied throughout the 19th century. The left behind dozens of party and ball invitations we gave to a museum. They didn’t have much money but had a good time. The downturn for most came after the 1929 stock market crash and the Depression. But they recovered.

@artsed08 2 месяца назад

Yeah, your ancestors owned slaves who toiled in the scorching heat of summer whilst your relatives "partied".

@cazzawazza9553 3 года назад

And what's wrong with Hertfordshire

@MsPeabody1231 3 года назад

And Middlesex doesn't exist as a county anymore.

@gijgij4541 3 года назад

@@MsPeabody1231 Why did we have an Essex, a Sussex, a Wessex and a Middlesex, but never Nosex? I suppose a Norfolk comes a bit close.

@MrBoybergs 2 года назад

Well the Wenzels in Rickmansworth is always sold out by 3pm for a start.......

@matthall3077 Год назад

@@MrBoybergs Paxman: No You Lose 5 Points

@JRK2669 Год назад

Does anyone ever say they are a proud Hertfordshireman the way they say proud Yorkshire man, didn't think so

@sophiee.h 11 месяцев назад

11 January 2006 S2 E1

@bigsonny45 2 года назад

Russell Brand brought me here.

@gijgij4541 3 года назад

Welcome to the working class, Jeremy.

@artsed08 3 года назад

Bit of a difference between working in a woollen mill aged 12 in 1890 and only having a Playstation 4 courtesy of the taxpayer rather than a Playstation 5 in 2021.