Living in the English Countryside 

Wow what a great video and so expertly put together. It was interesting, educational, fun and entertaining. Well done to all of you for your hard work in producing this for all of us to watch.

What a great museum. You and Julia really bought it to life.

Last week, I met a Dorset farmer, Allen Chalk now in his mid ‘90s used to farm with horse and plough. He spoke at length farming for his dad then for himself from the ‘30s and ‘40s still using the traditional methods of old especially horse and plough. A privilege to have met him.

This was the experience of a lifetime! Thank you so much Tony for organising this opportunity and making it possible. Massive thanks to all at the museum and to Richard for being a 'wizard' with the edit! I had a FANTASTIC time and am still blown away by it all 💜💜💜

Hello Richard and Julia, At first, I have to say,( with my rural english), I have google how far away is St.Valentin from worthing. 1380 km and 13 h 37 min. This is a very long distance. And this is the thing I want to say: From this distance, I can feel the love between you both. It is so wonderful to see love grows and what it makes with us....or better with you. In your eyes, in your body language there is luck and enjoy. I am very happy for you both. This is what the world makes go round. The Video was, how ever, stunning and sooo interresting!!!! I cant wait till it is saturday, every week. Thank you very much for your work and Your effort to entertain your users, like me. I hope you could understand, what I wanted to say to you. May the universe have only good things in store for you both!!! From the heart, yours Michaela

I was sooo expecting a paradoy of the Two Ronnies sketch “Four Candles”… love it. Its a fab place. I recommend visiting during special event open days when they have volunteers demonstrating weaving, brick making, tricorn stool making etc. in addition to all the exhibits. Fab video. Great value for all the family.

What a lovely place to visit and a lovely video Richard and Julia Born in the early 60's I can remember when things were a bit "simpler" than they are today. Care and pride is something that is sadly lacking in this modern day and age, with the demise of the lovely old horse and the introduction of the tractor signalled the end of the old ways with their apparent innocence and romance. My school days weren't my happiest either! But at home with Mum and Dad and brothers was great and also exploring the fields and woods close to home. I'm lucky as I had a rural upbringing. I can remember pink paraffin and Esso blue, I remember going to the local garage at Watchfield (Smiths garage) to fetch a gallon of Esso blue for the heater at home. The same heater that I scolded my buttock on when I got out of the bath one cold winters day! My Mum had a mangal in the back garden and I caught my fingers in it! This brought back so many memories even the toilet in the Anderson shelter brought back a memory of my dear old Nan, she lived in an Almeshouse in Claypits lane Shrivenham, it was a small cottage but she could not manage the stairs and lived downstairs. Her toilet was a simple bucket with a seat and I remember walking from our home in Watchfield to Nans home and my mum digging a hole in the back garden to empty the contents of the toilet into. How things have changed even since the sixties! Talking of Sixty, I shall be 60 this year!

Top-Notch Documentary what more can I say except well done you two and your crew.

Superb! Thanks so much Richard and Julia !

Lovely open air museum, really enjoyed this one Richard. You and the lovely Julia make a great team with your little whimsy sequences. 😉👍

Fantastic Richard and Julia I really liked them cut away scenes from you both very funny 😄 I must visit that place looks very interesting Thank you.

Great to see you as full partners. The Teamwork was excellent. The happiness Shows through the entire video.

A tremendous, beautifully conceptualised, nostalgic event. I was almost lost for words...

Well done you two, that was fantastic, as I've said before who needs TV when you put out quality shows. 👏

Oh what a treat. Absolutely fantastic stuff Richard and Julia. The dressing up and the whimsey sketches were great and all seamlessly put together into an amazing video. I didn't want this to end. Thank you so much. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 😀

Delightful in just so many ways Richard and Julia, thank You muchly.

Fantastic video. Had all the ingredients of a 70’s comedy show, Norman Wisdom, the 2 Ronnie’s, Dick Emery..the list goes on all crammed into your video…great entertainment..thanks Richard, Julia and the rest of the cast..👍🏻

Thanks for a very professional video put together .I enjoyed it immensely .Congrats Richard and julia.

Always makes my week to get a new video from Richard and the lovely Julia! A masterpiece!

We loved watching this one, the BEST! It's fascinating how people used to live and I wish sometimes we could turn back the clock. It was so interesting seeing all the buildings and equipment; loved the old shopping street and the forge. It looked like such a fun day and we must visit there sometime. Thank you for bringing the old life back to life again for us all to see with your fabulous acting. Just wonderful!

You continue to surpass yourself Richard and Julia; a fantastic look back, sooo entertaining and enjoyable.

I love History, wasn't that good at it in school, but as i've gotten older, I am learning to appreciate it, Good stuff guys,

Top banana guys 👏, another fun and interesting video, well done, really enjoying these new longer weekly videos. It must be fun to make them, Keep up the good work you lovely humans 👌

What a jolly day, plus a bit of time travel! That was excellent and I hope you two had a much fun making it as we are watching it.

What a wonderful video! Not just Victorian but per-Victorian and early 1950s life in the country. As someone who grew up in rural America from 1950 to 1966 I don't miss the lack of indoor plumbing or the primitive black and white television with it's tiny screen that could only receive two channels. Nor do I miss the fact that after school programs were impossible to take part in. I do miss the peace and quiet and the smells of new cut hay and damp soil. And the sounds of tractors in the distant fields and birds everywhere, and occasionally a car or truck would pass by and we would all look to see who it was. It was a quiet time and my brother and three sisters and I grew very close and remain so to this day.

Julia and Richard, this is pure gold!! I was hooked every second throughout. Your commentary, the skits, conversation with the staff, was perfect. I will share this video with my family in London. Unfortunately, I cannot visit this lovely museum as I now live in America. I miss British culture, so wait for your videos eagerly. As a child, we had the clothes wringer you demonstrated in our garden, which had been left by the previous home owners. I played with it as a child. My neighbour had an air raid bunker in their garden and we had a coal shed outside. I am about your age Richard, and am Indian. I am fascinated by the old British culture and way of life. You and Julia are perfect together and I’m glad you’re happy! Watching from Oradell, New Jersey, USA

14:21 Lovely to see a Water Bodge. Gardeners of walled gardens used them to transport water around the garden. I remember when we had a village blacksmith back in Wales. Also remember when the stable block where he worked burnt down one night and you could see all the horses lined up in the street until they brought it under control. There was an entire community here in London who still lived in pre-fabs up until 8 years ago but sadly now the entire estate has been demolished and only one house has been kept as a museum. What a beautiful production, you must be exhausted with the amount of work that went into that. Wonderful showcase for the museum. In Wales there is St Fagan's Museum, along similar lines as this. My village barbers shop where I went for haircuts was taken to the museum but sadly costs mean they haven't rebuilt it yet, even 20 years later. Will be adding this Rural Life Museum to my list of places to visit. Wonderful.

We both look forward to your videos Richard. We love the new longer format with story, new places and seeing you and Julia... 😊

One to be very proud of indeed Richard & Julia! So exceptional & fantastic in every way!! 😊 💜 🎥 xx

Made me cry with laughter again, love your whimsy. I worked in the office of a garage in Pulborough and Fittleworth when I was young had to put up with all those jokes, couldn't help laughing so the jokes got worse. Well done, excellent acting.

Such a amazing video Richard and Julia I really enjoy your little video you and Julia make great sketches and such a lovely video thank you both keep up the good work 👍😊

Great little vid! It's lovely to have these "museums" preserving our old way of life. Mind you as a 60s baby I grew up when whole parades of small independent local shops were very much in evidence, and a nearby prefab estate was still thriving. Oh happy days! Thanks for helping to keep them alive!

I'm loving the sketches! What a great museum, the perfect time capsule. Thanks again for a brilliant video.

Great film, takes me back to my childhood. Really nice museum. Like the costume drama. Thanks 🙂

Really enjoyed watching this. The video only scratches the surface. I recommend it as a day out to anyone tempted to go.

Great living museum great see old buildings back to life enjoy watching back in time Julia was great actor great video enjoy it

Beautifully filmed and put-together, this video is wonderful. The mix of narrative, explanation and demonstration is so cleverly though-through and is a real inspiration to explore our history further.

So worth waiting for and great video. Took us back in time and we will be going there! Very interesting and so well put together.

Really enjoyed that, must visit the museum sometime.

An absolutely delightful episode. I fully appreciate a well executed history museum and the two of you looked like you were thoroughly enjoying it. Back in the 1990's, I worked as blacksmith at a history museum portraying a 1702 Spanish Mission in Florida. As the visitors stared into that waddle and daub forge with the charcoal all aglow, there were two questions asked the most: "Is that fire real?" and "do you make swords?" The fire was real and no, we did not make swords or horse shoes. Just nails, hinges tools and repairs. Mostly nails. Thousands of nails over a six year period.

I am 64 years old but when I see things that I used that are now in an museum I start to feel old,love this film keep up the good work

Nice video. The color effects are so bright and just pop; I enjoyed that. Is that how people washed laundry?! No wonder they got up at 4am! So much for the simpler days...

What a fascinating Museum, I must visit one day. My Aunt had a prefab in Dulwich and was so upset when they relocated her in to a flat. Thoroughly enjoyable video Richard and Julia .

Excellent, that is definitely tv quality Richard and Julia, absolutely loved it, that bought so many memories of my young childhood, garden , garage, shop, and prefab, my aunt lived in one, was like going back in time. I used to stand at the fariors door with my father watching horse shoes being made, my mother fed my brother on cow& gate remember those tins, and being cosy in bed with a feather eiderdown, love what you done with the old tv and end of video. Acting, drone footage, and your filming all faultless. Still waiting for the post card Julia, haven't heard that saying for years .

Excellent. Keep up the good work 😊

richard / julia love tonight vlog love doing hand washing liveing in my van full time i do a bit of hand washing lol keep the videos comeing just give me some peace in my van blessings davey

What a fascinating place and well worth a visit. Took me down memory lane for sure. I remember at the end of every Winter my mother getting the wringer out to do the blankets because the spiner on the twin tub just didn't do the job properly. Takes you back to simpler times when folks just got on with things. Great production chaps and really enjoyed the acting in between brought everything to life. Look forward to the next adventure.

Another beautifully crafted video. Really, what a wonderful place and great praise should also go to the staff in the museum for being such good sports and helping you with some of your whimsies. Julia was brave to drive that tractor. If it was anything like the old tractors in my village I know the steering can be quite heavy. Loved the Anderson shelter. We had one in our back garden in Wallington, it later became my father's tool shed! Well done you two.

Another interesting, entertaining and educational video. I really appreciate all the effort you go to to present us something different but still of high quality every Friday (for members). Thank you 👍🏻

Absolutely brilliant 💕 what an entrance. Museum, so very interesting . Your quest, for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, shows us what went on, in the good old days. Well done 💕 🌿 very enjoyable. Thank you so much for ❤️ your devotion.

Got half way but must dash to DITCHLING GREEN!!! Superb. David and Lily.

Excellent video Richard! I recognised a lot, we did a rural craft show there demonstrating trugmaking about 20 years ago. I had a look round while Pete was working hard. The doll in the high chair in the pre fab at the end - I had one called Jane. She has a wonky eye, I pushed them in and I cut her hair and she is currently sat on my windowsill in the back bedroom. Heading for 60 and doing fine. We're going to have to visit again sometime.

Brilliant Richard and Julia. Thoroughly enjoyed that. Well done.

I see that this channel is growing fast. around 3K followers every day. Keep a good work exposing corrupt government.

Very well done, informative and entertaining, folks! My friend Kathryn Livermore suggested I see this! Thanks!

That was marvellous sheer pleasure, such fun,real English humour,thank you Richard and Judy,whoops I mean Richard and Julia by the way you look so happy ❤ ❤

That was worth a week's wait. Brilliant production as ever . Brought back many memories. My father used to drive a ride on Dennis mower , and occasionally let my sister and I have a go. He used to paint the white lines for the lacrosse pitch too - I was never any good at playing it ! My grandmother lived in Woodingdean and I remember the pre-fabs. Built after WW2. Apparently there are still some around and people still love living in them. Could be an idea for emergency, temporary, accomodation nowadays? Thanks Richard & Julia and especially Tony and his 'crew' for making it possible

I must visit the Rural Museum, I really want to find a time machine and go back to simpler times, and this is a great way to do that for a couple of hours peace from the 'woke' world we are enduring. My Grandad kept shire horses on his farm to pull the machinery.

That's amazing Richard and Julia, I loved it. It brought me back to when I was 15 and my 2 older Brothers and their families lived in Royton in Manchester and my brother Pat brought myself and his 7 children to a wonderful museum, it was old shop's and cobble stone road's and I'll never for get it, I am 65 now and I often think back on that wonderful day and wonderful experience. Thanks guy's 👍😉🇨🇮☘️Eire

Right your showing off now Richard 😂😂😂.. once again a fantastic thankyou for a great video.. infact thankyou to all involved.

i love history ,, the wars are my subject,,but anything old is my cup of tea ..

Fantastic production, let's hope englishness and the English are not reduced to mere museum exhibits and curious .. we must persevere!!

Just brilliant 👏

Utterly gorgeous film. You two are the cutest! These films just get better and better. What a place! Defo needs a trip back petrol prices willing.

This video was informative and educational. Wished that I lived closer to visit this amazing museum. I live in the USA. I will let my good friend, Brockton James, know about this program so, he can see it. Chiero!!! Many blessings! Take care, K

Loved this one. I think you should both move in there permanently!

Excellent video, very enjoyable. I listen to your Naked Englishman broadcast and your concerns regarding finding new content and I feel you are on the right track with what you are doing. I’m sure you will find more opportunities to show life in the old times. Keep up the good work.

This was fantastic Richard and Julia!! I love the window through history and the way people used to work and live and the tools they used . I just love the Victorian era! Fascinates me . Need to add this to places I need to visit 😍 Thanks !!!!!! The garage scene hilarious! 😃😃😃

Very enjoyable video. Thank you x

What a privilege to video here (not far from the Tilford Video we did back in 2018). Nice that you get the time to film without the panic of getting things done quickly although there is never really enough time as we both know. Lovely Video.

Wow what can one say. That was awesome. Took me back to so many memories. Loved every second. What a brilliant day. Thank you for a trip down memory lane.

Oh my goodness,loved loved loved this,you make me feel so HAPPY,thankyou

Totally enjoyed your visit to the rural life museum , living locally I am ashamed to say that I have never been in, but will definitely pay a visit this summer, Thanks Richard and Lovely Julia

Well done on such an excellent production and to Tony for organising it! Loved all the acting scenes and costume changes , especially by Julia! What a great place that is to visit.

I took my Mom, to the back to back houses in Birmingham, about twelve years ago. The rooms were tiny and the stairs steep, leading to the bedrooms. My Mom commented, that this house was larger and more luxurious, than the one her parents lived in, I thought she was joking, but she wasn’t. They had to go outside to the toilet and laundry, she was eight years old in 1931 and had to do the laundry. She had to light a fire under a large steel container and used a dolly to wash the clothes. We think we have it hard now, what a joke. Thanks for the video, it was wonderful.

Thanks I really enjoy❤ed a trip down memory lane.

Thank you Richard and Julia for yet another amazing video! It was a ready made movie set for all your musings! You both must have had so much fun there! All the best to you both from Massachusetts!:)

Hello the lovely Richard and Julia👋😘 This scene you recorded of the school reminds me of my days back then, we all had to stand up to greet the teacher in the morning 😀thank you so much for your videos, I truly enjoy them and always looking forward to see your notification 😘👍👍👍

I recognised that cricket pavillion!!! My Dad played cricket in Godalming!! Oh how wonderful to see it! Thank you SO much!! And Deeks cycle shop, Frimley!! Remember that too!! such a fantastic trip down memory lane for me, thank you so much!!!

What a lovely video ,beautiful place and you two are so wonderful together. best wishes 😁

Absolutely wonderful. Thanks for a great morning, just watching.

Firstly i thought when i saw rural life title it might be just a narration of rural life...but Richard sir and julia mam have shown their best efforts to demonstrate in reality how the rural lives were.....Beautifull rural life... was our past beautiful or can we make our future more beautiful than our past through new technologies ? Big confusion in me but i m sure our past life was eco friendly.... but future ...?

One of greatest videos you done richard and Julia ,you both very good at acting love it ,hope you richard had not too sleep in the cot lol. Must go there some day look great place to go glad you both had a fantastic time.

Fantastic! Xxx

What a fantastic video. Haven’t been there for many years, and there is a lot more to see now. Must visit again

I am 59 year old and I wonder if people much younger than me would know what and Anderson shelter is? I say is as I know some gardens still have them.The little "acts" between Julia and Richard were fantastic.

Thanks for a wonderful video Richard and Julia!

Epic video Richard & Julia. The Rural Life Centre is just ‘round the corner’ from us. Haven’t had a proper look round it for a while. Last time we were there was for the Weyfest event a few years ago. Must return for a good look round sometime soon. Fond boyhood memories of the cricket pavilion when it was in its original location which was at my local (at that time) recreation ground in the Busbridge area of Godalming.

Such a delight! Thank you. Susan

Excellent! Thank you!

The blacksmith (back in the day) would probably have been supplied with local iron ore Opencast quarries were dotted all over the Weald supplying iron for local use and also for cannons on warships There are quite a few existing hammer ponds and furnace ponds where streams were dammed and water power was used to extract the ore in Surrey and Kent

Great video thanks for showing that Fantastic museum.😊

lovely old shops on site, wonder if they salvaged some of the old shops from yesterday's world in Sussex when it unfortunately closed.will definitely visit this place ,great video and thanks for showing its existence Richard!

Highly entertaining - and educational, to a degree!

Thank you both for a really interesting video - thoroughly enjoyed your acting - it so much brought it to life! 🙂 Excellent drone footage btw!👍

That was Brilliant really informative ,great acting & great filming angles Loved it !!!!

What a great video.. informative and funny.. well done guys. My late gran in Glasgow used to still have the wringer for the washing..in fact she still used a lot of old equipment back in the 70s when I was growing up in Scotland. There were quite a few Anderson shelters in her street. Those old carts looked amazing. Really enjoyed the video...thank you

Those prefabs were flippin' freezing in the Winter! Damp too, unless you kept the heating on.

Very enjoyable - I live in the same county and I’ve never heard of it! Reminds me a bit of Amberley museum…

I recognise those old shops from Drew Pritchard's show Salvage Hunters.