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Yes..omg i love her❤

War is started by criminals and wanted by criminals. They are the ones who should then be forced to sent their loved ones to a war zone. War makes me so mad! It's utterly useless.

@@lucialuciferion6720 I agree

My great grandma told me when she was a little girl her brothers were sent off to war a few at a time and they never returned. She cried and said being a little girl she thought they would come home eventually. She missed they so much. I think she had 8 to 10 brothers.

@@cindyweckter6274 Oh my goodness! Did none of them return? Don't get me wrong. The story is sad even then, but to lose that many siblings without a full understanding for why had to be so traumatizing, but especially so for your great, great grandmother. What an amazing woman she must have been.

And I think it’s also the thought that “that’s my baby” no matter how old your kids are, ya know?

She was born exactly 100 years before me 😍 how neat. She saw the whole world go upside down in her lifetime, multiple times probably. How did she reflect upon all those changes ?

@@DasZuckerhaus As a child I liked to ask my great auntie Dot about what life was like when she was young. I remember learning about Suffragettes at school and she told me their colours were purple, green and white. One of her early memories was Mafeking Night (in 1900 during the Boer War). She also talked about how there was one pot over the fire for dinner which cooked for over an hour, so all the vegetables in it were probably not so healthy by then. Actually she apparently nearly died from anaemia when she was young, but ended up outliving all her siblings. And she wasn't too keen on more modern and casual attitudes to sex, although she never married herself (part of the generation who lost so many men and therefore potential husbands in WW1 trenches). I think what helped get her through everything was firstly life was tough for everyone when she was younger so you had to become tough enough to get through anyway, and she would have appreciated modern medicines, the NHS and other modern advances, and also I think her strong faith as a Christian. She was certainly a lovely lady, though I only remember her when she was old (born in early 60s myself). I would recommend young people today to talk to old people and ask them about their lives before it's too late. Not only would it be nice for any old people living by themselves to have someone to talk to, you can learn a lot about what life was like in the past. Even for myself, as someone now in my late fifties, I've seen a lot of changes and though some things are good like more advanced medical procedures and a plethora of modern medicines to make life more enjoyable as you age (and how did we cope before mobile phones?!), I don't actually like everything I see in the world today. In particular, freedom of speech isn't what it was, which I find deeply concerning.

@@gilaschannel1855 unfortunately my "oldest" available taking partners are my grandmothers both born during or just before ww2. I ask them a lot and i study their time independently as well to be able to match academically reflected changes with their perspectives. Sadly they don't remember much about their parents lives so im unable to go far back.

@@DasZuckerhaus I came to comment the same thing haha. Nice to meat you fellow 92er

Wow. What amazing memories to have been told. So glad you had the opportunity to learn from her 😊

I love him, too. Great personality, smart and a good worker.

This episode made me especially hungry

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So far it looks to me like all of the children are willing to pitch in where they're needed. Some of these shows are met with a lot of complaints from people on all levels. This show seems to be an exception. Any time someone has complained about a situation, I'm over here like, "This seems completely reasonable." It's rare to find a show where you genuinely like following all of the families.

Oh my gracious! I came here to say the exact opposite. I think he is so selfish and materialistic. Yes he’s a motivated salesman but there’s a lot more important things that he is lacking.

Fantastic idea

We have something similar like this where I live. They still have the original settlement of the town and schools will often go there for field trips to educate kids on what it was like in the past. It really sparked my love for history.

We have one where I live in naarm but I wish they would touch on the historic racism and ableism in places like this cuz I feel like most historical things gloss over it

@@cha0ticneutralbigs When I've gone to Colonial Williamsburg I've found the stories about slaves very interesting. There is even a case which they play acted, where a woman OWNED her preacher. The slave felt called by God to preach and he was so gifted at delivering sermons that his owner started attending his services. I think eventually she set him free. They also had a crowd scene where a slave can't understand how his master and the others were revolting against the King for their "freedom".

especially when the institutions (or conglomerate-companies) who make these documentaries are biased to go propaganda for the #We'reSoSuperiorToOurAncestors #EveryoneWasMiserable&DumbBefore

Do you watch the angel that is bernadette banner? I'm also a historical sewing nerd

@@Tiger89Lilly why of course I do! I’m in a Facebook group with her, being a vintage/historical RU-vidr myself.

@@MirandaMilner oh wow congratulations

I personally, really wish woman's fashion would've stayed as it was or at the very least didn't veer off course and down a cliff lol. I'm not talking hoop skirts and corsets but what we have now is ridiculous. Mens fashion isn't much better either that's for sure.

Fun fact. Your last name is the name of a cheese brand in the Netherlands. Thought u might find that funny.

What's better? Make the incredibly talented blacksmith a toy store owner.

lol poor Caroline, plus her 15 year old son got "killed" in WWI

And you just know that a few episodes from now in WW2 they'll do the exact same thing to her with even more restrictions!

Something about a terrorized bread baker is amusing.

My thoughts as well 😁

When my parents used to take me shopping at places like Walmart as a kid, I would spend the whole time riding their bikes. I got told off by an employee one time haha

I liked young Rafe - he's a really nice lad.

It would likely go down well in the deep south modern. Especially the venison made me hungry , but also the idea of fresh bacon and pork shoulder.

Exactly. I don't know what was funnier for me: people realizing their meat comes from animals that have to be killed before eating, or the fact that those animals come with skin, entrails etc. that have to be removed before consumption xD I mean, I understand sheltering the children under certain age from all the particularities (I was actually a bit disturbed that a 7-10 year old girl was taken to a butcher's store) but there is no justification for the adults thinking their poultry, game, pork etc. grows boned, skinned and prepackaged in grocery fridges.

i try to avoid most meat but i dont have much control of the food my family gets. i think looking at a chicken nugget is far less disturbing than looking at a bloody bird corpse but thats just me

@@OstblockLatina really// a 7-10 year old girl should be sheltered from the truth? you are a moron..i learned at a very young age where meat came from

@@irxs9961 a chicken nugget is all the shit parts put through a grinder with lots of salt and chemicals .. made into a paste quic freeze with a breading.. then deep fryed

Wish that we had more exploration into understanding historic times, in the US there is a lack of recognition of how different our past and heritage is from the current times we take for granted. It'd be nice to have shows with actual different perspectives.

I would love to see a US reality show about colonial life. Then fast forwarding to the wild west days. That would be awesome. Townsends is closest we have.

It's because our fucking history is a horrorscape.

@JoMarieM I think, even in this show the producers should have tried not to create unnecessary drama,- like in the Victorian episode, when they invited a real professional baker - very nice lady - and then told her, that female bakers were rare in Victorian times, and therefore she could not do anything, and it's her husband, who knew nothing about this trade, who should bake! So she had to sit&watch, how her husband was trying desperately to bake bread without any skills and with an anctient equipement! So, show producers just "framed" this poor lady&her family in order to "entartain" the audience with artificially created drama. "The supersizers go..." is much better in this respect,- no stupid drama, just science, interesting facts & fun!

PBS did a show like this back in the 90's it was what was happening in Boston or New York I forget which city it was now.

how come the butcher's son was allowed to stay behind? bc he was 14 instead of 15?

@@oooh19 well, yeah I guess

@@oooh19 Kids under 18 weren't supposed to go, at least not in the beginning if I remember correctly. Some just tried to go anyway.

@@snazzypazzy i guess before documentation and modern times it was easier to get away with fudging your identity or your age etc

impossibility of binge watching makes it ever more valuable than all else. you learn to actually appreciate the hard work people put in making such a film, i think, cuz there is time aftewards to contemplate what you just saw and put some thought to it ultimately better in my opinion🤷‍♀️

@@richbabushka2752 ppl often don't have that level of patience anymore. They're all about mass consumption and getting everything right now. ;)

Look up a channel called "Dee-Anne Gordon" there will be a playlist that pops up called "Shopping like a" and it contains the whole series!

@@christinawhaley7 thank you so much for having the only helpful comment!!! I’m so excited to have them all compiled to enjoy binge watching lol!!!!!!❤️

This is for British TV (BBC), they don't do binge series stuff. It's a quality documentary, only released weekly paid for via British taxes (you're welcone), not a streamed service. The British still have to pay a mandatory TV license to the BBC (yearly tax), so the delivery is still very old fashioned too.

Many who returned were in shell shock . Also shortages and rations I think most people would not be happy about that either definitely especially those Karens lol

Yes, I love history when it's in presented this way

It is! Dee-Anne Gordon has a shopping like a.... Playlist.

By only having an episode at a time, you have more time to think about it. I miss when episodes were weekly.

@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria they still are this was filmed in the 2010's so a decade ago idk which universe you come from but all shows that are new have a 7 day waiting period until the next episode is shown

I was watching this while hand-sewing a silk corset....

I'm sure Australia has it better than the US....

@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria they are. What I'd give for some historical shows in America to actually be somewhat historical. Last one I saw that attempted it was about early settlers on the east coast and the native tribes were overweight white guys in Halloween Indian costumes 😭

Unfortunately these days we are determined to follow USA values.

@@bilindalaw-morley161 do americans have any values?

@Hammster Wonder Cheeks Oh plz what a lie. As if any recent American shows, will have white people play as Native American. Because American tv shows like "Bridgerton". Seem to love being historically inaccurate by adding pocs . Like not forget Dinsey racebeing classic europe princesses , in thier live action moives. You are seriously haveing tunnel vision, if you think white people are being historically inaccurate. Say that again when you watch Anne Boleyn.

I use lard now and it’s nicer than butter for some things.

I totally love this kid

And at that moment was when she became a vegetarian there’s no going back from that! Lol my grandmother used to grow and kill her own chickens and some times a pig. I started eating meat again in my teens when I didn’t think of those poor animals anymore.

The baker overloaded the oven also. Cake pans too close together stop the hot air from circulating and cooking evenly.

it's definitely not the lard. it cooks exactly the same as shortening and that's what used in bakeries when they don't use butter

Lack of knowledge of how to do things. They over crowded it, which one drops temp so that doesn't help much, and two doesn't let the heat circulate well.

Yea but a cute little bunny?! I have a pet bunny and just couldn’t imagine eating a baby bunny

The UK was the leading power of the Allied Forces. They had no time to waste considering how fast Germany was trying to advance and the relatively close proximity.

The US didn't get into either world war until they had already been going for 3 years. The English were trying to hold the Germans back so there was very little warning. The Commonwealth countries conscripted men by the town so they had a bit more time but it took weeks to get them there by sea. Then they stayed until the end of the war.

America had a lot of young boys going to war during the Civil war. Both were a different time.

and out comes Cher in her gownless evening strap!

I’d take back those words that’ve hurt you. 😢. 😂

Nice third gen prelude

...and you'd stay!! If I could reach the stars...

well kinda like grocery deliveries and Instacart

It takes a lot more time than she had, and that much heavy cream wasn't cheap.

@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria not that mutch time and people worked longer days then becouse it took longer time to make stuff

Lard isn’t that hard to use. I can understand it bothering her because she is vegetarian, but that wasn’t a luxury people had then.

@@lone6718 no she is vegan and thats different from vegetarian. Vegetarian eat stuff that comes from animals but still alive. Can we keep them apart like we should when we use a language

@@lone6718 She would have starved to death, you could not be a picky eater and you had to know how to do more than one thing back then.

True, but the dead animal carcasses were a bit much for me.

as fascinated as I am with these historical reenactments of the past eras animal cruelty and meat consumption is the one thing that I feel must go. And no, I'm not a vegetarian (yet), but I've reached a higher level of understanding and this level tells me that civilized societies don't consume meat. Maybe, one day, we humans will get there en-masse. Maybe....

@@blabla-rg7ky I was a vegetarian till my health started to decline and a doctor told me I needed to eat meat.

@@digitalartsi not everyone has got your problems

There's no need to use our LORD'S name in vain.

@@albertafarmer8638 GOD DAMN relax ✨

@@saecae4877 Lol

she can't bake without butter and she can't bake potato bread. so odd

@@rosestewart1606 I also found it odd that she can only bake bread

That's pretty sad.

Oh gosh, I almost cried with Caroline when it dawned 15 year old Jack was leaving for the war

They where indeed boys. I'm 24, 16,17,18 I thought I was grown, and as we know that's the age group most of those boys where in. I look at an 18 year old now, and try to wrap my mind around it. It doesn't seem like it when you're that age, but those where kids. Someone's son, someone's brother, someone's boyfriend, they all where someone to someone, and most of them where still just children. We must never let that happen again.

@@PostalPatriot556 Absolutely !! What a Disgrace, it breaks my Heart 😢🙏❤⚘⚘⚘x 120,000

omg yeah she would love that

Yes! That bothered me so much too

Well in the instance with the tasseled corset, I believe she was going to be wearing that alone as a top. In that case tying it in the middle wouldn’t really be a flattering look when wearing the corset by itself. But under clothes as an actual foundation garment, yes definitely it should have been tied in the middle.

She's trying her best 😭😭

To be fair, the customer did say she wanted it as outerwear rather than underwear. But, it would still look & last better if it had sturdy ribbon rather than the usual corset ties, & just tied it at the waist as is usual. Otherwise the tightest spot is going to be at the bust, where it's been pulled tight for closing.

You are really easily annoyed

Rabbit is surprisingly really yummy. Reminds me of turkey.

I was lucky enough to grow up with a butcher in my hometown. The meat was always amazing and you could even put in special orders; you'd just have to wait until they got it in which might be over a week and if you order say 12 lbs of pork shoulder, what might end up coming in is a pig with bigger or smaller shoulders but the meat was absolutely beyond amazing and fresh, and the butcher would also compensate if the order was too small, but that was part of the charm and enjoyment of the butcher. You might get an order that's a pound or two short, but you'd get a different cut along with it, or you'd get some rabbit or duck or chicken with your order

You can buy frozen here in USA.

very true, we must be very grateful to our forefathers for going through all those odds so that we can now enjoy peace and comfort

The process of canning it makes it stop trying to eat you. Fun fact: Raw pineapple has an enzyme that dissolves protein. Heating it destroys that enzyme. This is why your mouth will hurt after a bit if you cut and try to eat a pineapple without heating it.

@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria They must have been so amazed that they could get a thing like canned pineapple, after all the previous generations never having access to it (unless you're rich, of course). :)

The rest of the series is on RU-vid aswel. Look them up before absolute history blocks them.