For the people questioning why the music is too loud here’s the answer: this program was originally broadcast in 5.1 surround, when music is played it does so on each of the 5 channels. Dialogue is usually played back slightly louder on the front 3 speakers. Most surround systems have lower volume on the rear speakers, so music is mixed louder to compensate. When you mix all 5 channels to stereo without altering the mix for rear speakers you end up with a much louder track for what was originally meant to play in surround.
I do not mind at all . I don't get it if people have something to nagg about they can go on their merry way and watch another video . Why even bother to be entitled 🙄
@@germantennesseean8438 People comment to comment. You're doing it too. If you don't agree with certain kinds of comments, maybe you should be on your merry way and read some other comments.
That is the reason why you would hire an audio engineer if you wanted to make a good product. These people are experts at these kinds of jobs and could easily remedy this problem. This is a (for youtube standards) high quality documentary, where not hearing the commentator is rather jarring. As for you German Tennesseean, would you rather complain about having a tablespoon of salt on the top of your otherwise well made pizza, or would you just order something else? Some people wouldn't mind the taste, but most would spit it out then complain.
Yep. This happens a lot when 5.1 surround audio is lazily down-mixed to stereo, due to taking only the front left and right channels and leaving the center channel out of the mix. Programs like this have most of the audio on the center channel.
My great uncle Paul went through a thresher when he was a teenager. (1930's) It was a miracle he survived, but he sustained nerve and muscular damage that gave him a jerky, staggering walk and a very unusual pattern of speech. He was totally cognitive and intelligent and not hindered in any way really, but if you didn't know him, you'd swear he was drunk! But that was how it was then. You understood the risks, because farming was not for sissies.
@@SuperLordHawHaw It certainly is, even today in the age of automation. We as consumers rarely give any thought to industrial safety regulations, but it really can mean life or death for workers and consumers alike. So very many people died in order for us to benefit from better standards and practices, and yet many of these jobs are still very dangerous.
They are not lying about the maggots in the sheeps skin. We had a calf who got diarrhea...the next day my dad went to wash her and when he moved the shit thousands of maggots fell out from her hip. They were all inside the skin and inside muscle. We had to put her down.😔
The Bury and Norwich Post, Bury, Suffolk, England - October 22, 1856 Death from Eating to Excess. On Friday last an inquest was held upon the body of a Prussian, named Karl Yanke, captain of the ship Hurrah, from Stettin, which had been lying in the harbour for about a fort-night. The deceased had resided during that time at the Mermaid Inn, Nelson-street; and it appears that, although abstemious with regard to drink, he was much less so with regard to solid food. On the evening in question, he and some others had had a supper of sausage and oysters, which he partook whilst in conversation. He was [-] [--] very heartily; and observed to smile in a peculiar manner. His appearance caused alarm. Mr Kendall, surgeon, was sent for, and arrived in about three minutes, but by that time it was not [-----]. At an inquest, on Friday afternoon, the medical evidence showed that the stomach and bowels were enormously distended by food, so much so that the heart and lungs were displaced and pressed upon; and that the immediate cause of death was apoplexy verdict accordingly. Apologies for a couple of words I wasn't able to make out
@@catlowe92 I googled it, but that story wasn't even mentioned! I found a few others from the same day, but not that one. 😞 I just thought that maybe I could fill in the blanks for you & Peter Beadman. 🤷♀
i still remember how my sheep used to hate water, even though i only splashed them wit a few drops. I cant even imagine what it must have been like to get the sheep to go into the water and make them stay in there.
There is NO WAY I'd be climbing up the steeple ladder. It wouldn't happen. I'd pass out 10 rungs up.... I hope he gets paid well for what he does on these shows.
He could probably practice on his own by climbing shorter ladders in the mountains or wherever. They didn't hire a steeple jack who was too afraid, obviously.
I dare say, that most of us have no idea just how hard, time consuming and dangerous life was. To just survive . I heard how hard threshing time was from my grandparents, and my parents who had to help. My Dad was kicked out of his home at 16 by his stepdad and told never to show his face around again. He helped out at a nother farm, but had to sleep in the barn and froze his feet, got bitten by rats and mice, ticks and bedbugs. His poor deformed toes, I am sure they hurt but my Dad never complained . Dad had a hard life, losing his Dad when he was just 7, lost his older brother to a wagon accident when he was 14 and that is why my Grandmother decided to remarry. It was a big mistake, but what she suffered, she would not say. However, because he was the only male on the farm, he did not have to go to war. That was a good thing because he married my Mom and adopted my brother and me. We had a great childhood.
silvernode In some ways it was as a simple life in nature is fulfilling but no Air conditioning, no good heat, no hot water, no deodorant, no equal rights, No medicine, no surgery, no money for most as already most of the land was held by bullies, So no foooood...
It's amazing that Tony climbs to the very top of the steeple even though he's terrified of heights! I'm fairly sure that I would be positively frozen in terror at that height!!
Farmers still bind p their pants legs, usually with duct tape, to keep mice from running up them... when storing corn for later grinding, it attracts rodents
@@Highice007 most farmers do have barn cats... But mice breed so much faster than cats, they can't keep up... The best they can do is keep the noise population down... But with all that food supply, there will always be mice... And rats
It was a part of Southern US highland culture for generations. Which makes sense, of course, since those settlers came from Ireland, Scotland and England.
I've always been very gratefull for the fun and free documentaries of this channel. The sound issues ar'nt perfect, but nothing ever was really! Its a bit of a shite attitude to complain and moan when your being given something. Quit bellyaching about the gifts from absolute history, the sound issues are there yep, but for short times and then you've got Tony again. Heres a full refund 🤲 $0.00 / £0.00 / €0.00
As ex-paratrooper with hundreds of jumps under my belt, I can only say that you couldn't get me anywhere near those ladders. Tony, you're a brave guy to tackle that stepple.
I am so wishing the music was not as loud as the dialog on this video. I love this series, but this is the second one I've watched where I've had to be on the edge of my seat paying attention. Even still, I'm missing bits and have to go back to hear it again.
Tony you are a brave man. You wouldnt get me up that church spire for any amount of money. I got queezy and uneasy just watching it from the comfort of my man cave.. respect..
at 4:24, i disagree with what that sheep guy said. The human saliva, if NOT brushed daily and/or swashed with alcohol, has just as much deadly bacteria as much as the dirty hands have.
i painted steeples and water towers for 26yrs. didn't get a scratch . i fell from a bridge , while fishing . 20ft into granite.now i have a lot of time for documentaries !
I had a boss, former military leader who franchised a computer store, who one day pushed a stack of printers slightly wrong, and now he's one of those harness-wearing dudes who's always telling you about his foam roller, and his pain killers and and his Pilates for back spasms. It doesn't take much. But 20ft will surely do it.
@@GlennDavey my latest adventure was a bout of necrotizing faciaitis (flesh eating bacteria) stepped on something in the yard ,they removed my leg at the knee 10hrs later.but it's no big deal . losing some one you care for ,,,that hurts much worse . i'll get a new leg ..
@@GlennDavey Ha, awesome! Just looked it up. He's always loved telling stories and had that epic instantly recognisable voice. I love how he still has the same enthusiasm, and fascination with the stories of other people's lives. He gives it 100% everytime.
Still way easier to organise sheep TBH. Working dogs have stratégies to outwit sheep. My cousin's dog, a collie, pretends to have heard the doorbell ring to get guests out of "his" armchair.
my Father-in-law worked on the horse drawn combines. thing was pulled by like 12 mules or horses. there is a horse drawn combine all set up including the entire horse team in the museum in Walla Walla Washingtion.
Looks like a job for overalls cutting all that thatch but the summer heat and humidity no matter what it's killer job that just sucks until machines come along
Shame on St Mary's Church for not taking care of the graves surrounding their church. It's so overgrown that they can't just claim oversite. It's obvious this cemetery hasn't been groomed in a very long time. Where are the congregants? They see what we all just saw week after week after week! Shame Shame Shame
Our ancestors survived doing these jobs so that we could be here today living in luxury. Those poor kids raking under the thresher who lived long enough to eventually have kids of their own. The odds were stacked against them and life didn’t get much easier.
You were trying to get rid of insects, feces, excess lanolin, nettles, etc... A bit of silt from the pond wasn't an issue because it would shake out of the wool once dried.
Certain lower middle class young man became a pole man and later a surveyor in the In Virginia colony countryside where he found the best land do you acquire as a payment for his work that was the beginning of his fortune. He also married a wealthy widow the brought him to many more acres in Arlington Virginia. This young man a colonialist, later became President George Washington, first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
It’s actually not that ironic the steeplejack would die from a fall of only 15 feet after surviving the other, higher falls. It’s not the height but the angle you hit the ground.
all men farm folk Navvys should have their names recorded as they were the actual builders. such as canals. long stone walls roads railway lines churches and a thousand other things. would be nice to see their names on a lack say at the bridge entrance. or a herringbone wall.
The Guardian (finally) published a story yesterday 1/25/2021 about how rampant excessive drinking is in the UK. So in the past, just how drunk was everyone? I've read accounts of the rise of coffee shops in the 1650s and 60s and the apparent leap in thinking that was caused by the shift from booze to caffeine. What would it be like to consume your water in the form of ale, small beer, etc..? Do people actually just get used to it? (My personal experience is half a beer and I'm done for the rest of the day, so I haven't a clue. What I did notice while traveling in the UK (from California) is just how much people seemed to drink and smoke. I looked up smoking rates and they were the same as in the U.S. - which I find difficult to believe. Unless working people in the States smoke and they don't in the UK, while the middle class people smoke in the UK to make up the numbers, but they don't smoke in the States.
if i remember correctly the is a castle in the back ground which I found hard to ignore. It also appeared later in the show. we Americans tend to get a bit excited about such things when we don't see them every day.LOL
For the people questioning why the music is too loud here’s the answer: this program was originally broadcast in 5.1 surround, when music is played it does so on each of the 5 channels. Dialogue is usually played back slightly louder on the front 3 speakers. Most surround systems have lower volume on the rear speakers, so music is mixed louder to compensate. When you mix all 5 channels to stereo without altering the mix for rear speakers you end up with a much louder track for what was originally meant to play in surround.
Seems like they should bother to fix it, especially if they're going to put ads every 5 minutes.
takeaway: quit putting shitty music in docs and put more information with the saved funds
I do not mind at all . I don't get it if people have something to nagg about they can go on their merry way and watch another video . Why even bother to be entitled 🙄
@@germantennesseean8438 People comment to comment. You're doing it too. If you don't agree with certain kinds of comments, maybe you should be on your merry way and read some other comments.
That is the reason why you would hire an audio engineer if you wanted to make a good product. These people are experts at these kinds of jobs and could easily remedy this problem. This is a (for youtube standards) high quality documentary, where not hearing the commentator is rather jarring.
As for you German Tennesseean, would you rather complain about having a tablespoon of salt on the top of your otherwise well made pizza, or would you just order something else? Some people wouldn't mind the taste, but most would spit it out then complain.
I would give anything to travel around with Tony learning about all the old English jobs. The history in England is so amazing!!! 🖤
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Me too!!
I'd love to go about England with Baldrick learning about Blackadder.
@@carlaalex6771 to carlaplease stay off my phone
Abdula thanx you for giving him your country, and destroying your childrens history.
“We need you to check that all over again”
His face ...that’s the face of a soul crushing
100% 🤣
isn't the music a little bit too loud sometimes compared to the narrator's voice?
@catothewiser SO many videos would be better if they kept the background music in the background or just got rid of it.
I am glad I am not the only one experiencing this.
@catothewiser most underrated reply!
Yep. This happens a lot when 5.1 surround audio is lazily down-mixed to stereo, due to taking only the front left and right channels and leaving the center channel out of the mix. Programs like this have most of the audio on the center channel.
Yes
19:09 Crushed to atoms is such a fun little English expression!
All of those readings made me a bit queasy but did anyone catch the "death by eating"? Let me read that one!
@@DarkLadyPhoenixI swear!! I saw that too and wanted to read it so bad!! 🤣
We love ya Tony, thanks for this series, wonderful.
My great uncle Paul went through a thresher when he was a teenager. (1930's) It was a miracle he survived, but he sustained nerve and muscular damage that gave him a jerky, staggering walk and a very unusual pattern of speech. He was totally cognitive and intelligent and not hindered in any way really, but if you didn't know him, you'd swear he was drunk! But that was how it was then. You understood the risks, because farming was not for sissies.
Farming is statistically one of the jobs with the highest injury rate
@@SuperLordHawHaw It certainly is, even today in the age of automation. We as consumers rarely give any thought to industrial safety regulations, but it really can mean life or death for workers and consumers alike. So very many people died in order for us to benefit from better standards and practices, and yet many of these jobs are still very dangerous.
kinda wish we learned about this stuff in my ffa classes
“not for sissies” in spite of the fact that sisters did pretty much all the same work-
@@beastshawnee 🤦♀️. You just taught me that sissies is short for sisters! 😂
Tony is the perfect t.v. presenter!!!! I love watching his various programs
They are not lying about the maggots in the sheeps skin. We had a calf who got diarrhea...the next day my dad went to wash her and when he moved the shit thousands of maggots fell out from her hip. They were all inside the skin and inside muscle. We had to put her down.😔
I'm sorry to hear about that happening to your calf.
I didn't think they were lying...... they have no reason to
@@GlennDavey She means they weren't exaggerating. Flies move in fast.
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19:30 "Death from Eating to Excess " Yup that's me in quarantine
You bloody glutton!
It’s 2021 & this is just showing up now in my recommended..
I’m not mad at it, just wish I knew sooner..
I love learning.
I want to know more about the man who died from over eating ( as per the newspaper article)
The Bury and Norwich Post, Bury, Suffolk, England - October 22, 1856
Death from Eating to Excess.
On Friday last an inquest was held upon the body of a Prussian, named Karl Yanke, captain of the ship Hurrah, from Stettin, which had been lying in the harbour for about a fort-night. The deceased had resided during that time at the Mermaid Inn, Nelson-street; and it appears that, although abstemious with regard to drink, he was much less so with regard to solid food. On the evening in question, he and some others had had a supper of sausage and oysters, which he partook whilst in conversation. He was [-] [--] very heartily; and observed to smile in a peculiar manner. His appearance caused alarm. Mr Kendall, surgeon, was sent for, and arrived in about three minutes, but by that time it was not [-----]. At an inquest, on Friday afternoon, the medical evidence showed that the stomach and bowels were enormously distended by food, so much so that the heart and lungs were displaced and pressed upon; and that the immediate cause of death was apoplexy verdict accordingly.
Apologies for a couple of words I wasn't able to make out
@@catlowe92 you are the best! Thank you!
@@catlowe92 I googled it, but that story wasn't even mentioned! I found a few others from the same day, but not that one. 😞 I just thought that maybe I could fill in the blanks for you & Peter Beadman. 🤷♀
i still remember how my sheep used to hate water, even though i only splashed them wit a few drops. I cant even imagine what it must have been like to get the sheep to go into the water and make them stay in there.
There is NO WAY I'd be climbing up the steeple ladder. It wouldn't happen. I'd pass out 10 rungs up.... I hope he gets paid well for what he does on these shows.
Imagine being one of the people who built it back then. With rickety handmade scaffolds and such.
He could probably practice on his own by climbing shorter ladders in the mountains or wherever. They didn't hire a steeple jack who was too afraid, obviously.
@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin is it a Jim can't swim that you are the fan of?
@@peterbeadman9010 No, Mr. Metokur
I would rather do that then working like 15:30. This machine seems more dangerous to me...
I dare say, that most of us have no idea just how hard, time consuming and dangerous life was. To just survive . I heard how hard threshing time was from my grandparents, and my parents who had to help. My Dad was kicked out of his home at 16 by his stepdad and told never to show his face around again. He helped out at a nother farm, but had to sleep in the barn and froze his feet, got bitten by rats and mice, ticks and bedbugs. His poor deformed toes, I am sure they hurt but my Dad never complained . Dad had a hard life, losing his Dad when he was just 7, lost his older brother to a wagon accident when he was 14 and that is why my Grandmother decided to remarry. It was a big mistake, but what she suffered, she would not say. However, because he was the only male on the farm, he did not have to go to war. That was a good thing because he married my Mom and adopted my brother and me. We had a great childhood.
Tony you are my hero! You wouldn't have got me up that steeple for a king's ransom!! Well done Sir!
Thank you! I really enjoy this show.
Ditto 👍
Heyyy old school surveying! I do this kind of stuff for a living, other than having GPS now, its pretty similar.
When people say: "it was better back then"
silvernode In some ways it was as a simple life in nature is fulfilling but no Air conditioning, no good heat, no hot water, no deodorant, no equal rights, No medicine, no surgery, no money for most as already most of the land was held by bullies, So no foooood...
Most people mean like fifty years ago when they say something like that, not a hundred and fifty 😉
The sedge bundling process is fairly similar to what I do with my job. The tighter the ratchet. The less chance of losing parts of your bundle.
5:15
My ex was a farmer's daughter. He raised sheep. She explained to me...sheep are witless. They will follow the one ahead of them off a cliff.
It's amazing that Tony climbs to the very top of the steeple even though he's terrified of heights! I'm fairly sure that I would be positively frozen in terror at that height!!
It looks like Baldrick is interviewing for jobs
Rod Sterling Night Gallery . Richard Thomas Episode 21 season 2 Sins of the fathers .Sin Eaters .Still creeps me out . Worth a watch .
Serling
Farmers still bind p their pants legs, usually with duct tape, to keep mice from running up them... when storing corn for later grinding, it attracts rodents
My father told me they put their trousers in their socks which would do the trick
why don't they just buy cats, and have them hang around to eat the mice?
@@Highice007 most farmers do have barn cats... But mice breed so much faster than cats, they can't keep up... The best they can do is keep the noise population down... But with all that food supply, there will always be mice... And rats
@@countrygal2611"the noise population" had me wondering how loud a mouse can actually get
@@GlennDavey They sure shut up when they sense a predator is around! Mice SUCK!!
I love this guy!! I could talk to him for hours 🧡
The weathervane on top of that steeple having a bullet hole from World War 2 is actually one of the most awesome things I've ever seen on RUclips.
"Local farmer wins bet to make church weathervane spin using a single rifle shot" is what I'd put my money on
Sin-eating was the precursor of modern British cuisine. ;)
They have the audacity to conquer the world for spices yet they eat jellied eel.
More like Scottish.
It was a part of Southern US highland culture for generations. Which makes sense, of course, since those settlers came from Ireland, Scotland and England.
F'n lol funny
I surveyed in Wyo. at 24 YO. exhausted by steep slopes.
I cannot imagine how taxing that work was, but I wonder that you may have seen some of the most beautiful scenery our country has to offer.
I'll never forget the last words my grandfather said to me when he fell into the thresher: "BOY!! Turn off the dang thresher!!"
I've always been very gratefull for the fun and free documentaries of this channel. The sound issues ar'nt perfect, but nothing ever was really! Its a bit of a shite attitude to complain and moan when your being given something. Quit bellyaching about the gifts from absolute history, the sound issues are there yep, but for short times and then you've got Tony again. Heres a full refund 🤲
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Nothing wrong with a polite note though, I see you there too :)
Oh how cute... the little cows are wondering what you're doing too!!! ❤
As ex-paratrooper with hundreds of jumps under my belt, I can only say that you couldn't get me anywhere near those ladders. Tony, you're a brave guy to tackle that stepple.
nice, the story of the Sin Eater, someone who eats the sins of the dead so that they can pass on with a purified soul.
I am so wishing the music was not as loud as the dialog on this video. I love this series, but this is the second one I've watched where I've had to be on the edge of my seat paying attention. Even still, I'm missing bits and have to go back to hear it again.
Well. I just realized I am terrified of heights. That last one made my heart rate go up 😐
Tony you are a brave man. You wouldnt get me up that church spire for any amount of money. I got queezy and uneasy just watching it from the comfort of my man cave.. respect..
at 4:24, i disagree with what that sheep guy said. The human saliva, if NOT brushed daily and/or swashed with alcohol, has just as much deadly bacteria as much as the dirty hands have.
The question is would plaque bacteria or dirt + sheep dung + whatever else was more likely to kill the creature.
Did the people "back then" know that though?
These people REALLY WORKED for EVERYTHING they had
I really enjoy your videos.... very educational and entertaining!!! 😊 ❤
That's hilarious 😂 how those cows came over to see what was going on!! Nosy.
I almost threw up seeing how high he was in the air. I got vertigo just watching it.. I'm shaking uugghh
I really wish you wouldn't play music over the narration of the program. I can barely hear him.
Haha....the sheep thing was hilarious 🤪
PLEASE go to 14:51 and watch with english subtitles on.
Are my breasts ok?
i painted steeples and water towers for 26yrs. didn't get a scratch . i fell from a bridge , while fishing . 20ft into granite.now i have a lot of time for documentaries !
I had a boss, former military leader who franchised a computer store, who one day pushed a stack of printers slightly wrong, and now he's one of those harness-wearing dudes who's always telling you about his foam roller, and his pain killers and and his Pilates for back spasms. It doesn't take much. But 20ft will surely do it.
@@GlennDavey my latest adventure was a bout of necrotizing faciaitis (flesh eating bacteria) stepped on something in the yard ,they removed my leg at the knee 10hrs later.but it's no big deal . losing some one you care for ,,,that hurts much worse . i'll get a new leg ..
I enjoy Tony’s videos.I’ve learned so much.
I don’t think they were washing sheep in a muddy bog my friend. Literally any body of water would be better.
They didn't always have much choice and I'm sure back then their definition of "clean" was pretty liberal
Exactly! Every attempt would be made to take sheep to be washed where the water is free flowing, and hopefully had rocks/pebbles on 'shore'.
The book "Farmer Boy" (Wilder) describes sheep-washing as fun; of course they did have a clear running stream/river to work with.
So interesting, very hard workers
Unfortunately, the series is cancelled, since Tony was struck by lightening..(and) or fell off the steeple, and was hit on the head by a chicken.
Absolutely LOVE this narrator. He’s so cool. ☺️👍🏽
I grew up with him. He used to tell stories on kids shows.
When I clicked on this video I didn't expect to see Tony riding a sheep through a swamp or face down eating bread off of a corpse.
Look up "Tales from Fat Tulip's Garden". Tony always likes to get his hands dirty, even just telling a kid's story
@@GlennDavey Ha, awesome! Just looked it up. He's always loved telling stories and had that epic instantly recognisable voice. I love how he still has the same enthusiasm, and fascination with the stories of other people's lives. He gives it 100% everytime.
@@GlennDavey The COMMENT section is so fabulous, I had to pause the vieeo, lol! People have so many great stories!
Sin eating sounds like a fab job
I love your videos, but the sound could be balanced better. The “backround” music should be quieter than the dialogue.
I love how he shed away from the idea of castrating sheep with his teeth. Mike Rowe actually did it to goats for a similar show! No scissors though!
We still have steeple jacks in the US in Pennsylvania. The companies that do it also do commercial chimney maintenance and masonry.
The background music that starts at 25:00 sounds like a Muppet singing! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love these series but you might want to make the music a bit quieter so that you can actually hear the dialog properly, thank you in advance.
My family used to call the saw sedge "rippers".
I love this show.
The music overpowers at times. Had to rewind a few times. Closed captioned helps .
Tony has me crying through laughter…😂 He is so funny with some of his one liners and digs..😅
very interesting and enlightening...........so enjoyable . thank you , for sharing................
Well done for the steeplejacking
And you think giving your dog a bath is hard...try sheep lmao 😂. And the metal sound scrapping lead kills me 🤢
Still way easier to organise sheep TBH. Working dogs have stratégies to outwit sheep. My cousin's dog, a collie, pretends to have heard the doorbell ring to get guests out of "his" armchair.
Adore Tony.😍
my Father-in-law worked on the horse drawn combines. thing was pulled by like 12 mules or horses. there is a horse drawn combine all set up including the entire horse team in the museum in Walla Walla Washingtion.
I use lead like that all the time. I make balls for my flintlocks.
What I'm curious about is how the hell they got all that scaffolding up the spire in the first place!
"Gravity got in the way" 😂😂😂😂
Tony you're the best!👍
So...The real Poop Knive.
Omigod, he's climbing the ladder!
What about those that put indicators on BMWs? So much of s pointless job.
Looks like a job for overalls cutting all that thatch but the summer heat and humidity no matter what it's killer job that just sucks until machines come along
32:54 hand all in the dookie
Not really a fan of the club music in the background, which is louder than the dialogue at times......otherwise, it's a good video.
Shame on St Mary's Church for not taking care of the graves surrounding their church. It's so overgrown that they can't just claim oversite. It's obvious this cemetery hasn't been groomed in a very long time. Where are the congregants? They see what we all just saw week after week after week! Shame Shame Shame
it's literally just grass. It's a common sight in a graveyard in rural places. They go in there once or twice a year.
Why oh why wouldn't the sheperds wear gloves?!
Maybe they couldn't afford to have gloves handmade for them?
In those days they probably got used to dealing with shit on their hands and stopped caring
47:17 Soldier during the WW2 : "Oi mate, I bet you 100 Pounds I can shoot that rooster with only my pistol."
“The mouth is the cleanest part?” I feel bad for his sheep….
anyone other laborers out there thinkin that this guy is a is lazy soft excuse for a worker?
Lower that ugly background music. Is loud and pointless.
There is a bad balance of voice and music volume for sure, inherent in this series I have found, otherwise, wonderful presentation.
such wholesome show :D
Our ancestors survived doing these jobs so that we could be here today living in luxury. Those poor kids raking under the thresher who lived long enough to eventually have kids of their own. The odds were stacked against them and life didn’t get much easier.
buuuuuuuueh buuueh buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueh!!!!
Lmao those sheep do NOT like to be bathed xD
How do you Wash wool in muddy water?
You were trying to get rid of insects, feces, excess lanolin, nettles, etc... A bit of silt from the pond wasn't an issue because it would shake out of the wool once dried.
Certain lower middle class young man became a pole man and later a surveyor in the In Virginia colony countryside where he found the best land do you acquire as a payment for his work that was the beginning of his fortune. He also married a wealthy widow the brought him to many more acres in Arlington Virginia. This young man a colonialist, later became President George Washington, first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
It’s actually not that ironic the steeplejack would die from a fall of only 15 feet after surviving the other, higher falls. It’s not the height but the angle you hit the ground.
all men farm folk Navvys should have their names recorded as they were the actual builders. such as canals. long stone walls roads railway lines churches and a thousand other things. would be nice to see their names on a lack say at the bridge entrance. or a herringbone wall.
OMG, too funny. I'm a chamber maid at the Sheraton Newfoundland hotel. lol. P.S....Your a hell of a worker.
I thought that Night Gallery episode of Sin Eaters was just a story. I didn't realize it was a real job.
The Death Eaters from Harry Potter, though, they still aren't real, right..............?
He sounds almost like Ray Comfort lol
Fred Dibnah worked without those safety features in the 70s n 80s using victorian methods
The sound was fine.
The Guardian (finally) published a story yesterday 1/25/2021 about how rampant excessive drinking is in the UK. So in the past, just how drunk was everyone? I've read accounts of the rise of coffee shops in the 1650s and 60s and the apparent leap in thinking that was caused by the shift from booze to caffeine. What would it be like to consume your water in the form of ale, small beer, etc..? Do people actually just get used to it? (My personal experience is half a beer and I'm done for the rest of the day, so I haven't a clue. What I did notice while traveling in the UK (from California) is just how much people seemed to drink and smoke. I looked up smoking rates and they were the same as in the U.S. - which I find difficult to believe. Unless working people in the States smoke and they don't in the UK, while the middle class people smoke in the UK to make up the numbers, but they don't smoke in the States.
Why are the graveyards unkempt?.
Yikes, at least Finnish peasants had it bit easier. I would much rather make birch bark roofs than work with sage.
Cement was not invented in the Middle Ages.Which material was used between stones and bricks during this period?
I watched the whole program but didn't find out about the "steeplechase". should the title be reading "steeplejack"?
Hey Tony, LOOK OVER UR SHOULDER @ 24:45!
What are you seeing? I went back and saw nothing.
if i remember correctly the is a castle in the back ground which I found hard to ignore. It also appeared later in the show. we Americans tend to get a bit excited about such things when we don't see them every day.LOL