I've been to St Fagans twice, once as a child in the early sixties,and again in 2016. I loved revisiting with you Lucy, I remember the farmhouse from when I was a child. The wall paintings in the church are breathtaking, and yes I bought some freshly cooked bara brith with lots of delicious Welsh butter too! Wonderful. Thank you,.
Glad you were able to come back with me, it's such a lovely and unexpected place. I think it's wonderful the red house has been there so long too, I didn't realise until I started to do my research!
Lucy! "Adjust your dress before leaving'is not for ladies! It was the very prissy Victorian way of telling gents to check their flies were fastened. I don't know if it is still the case, but certainly up to the 1980's, if a gentleman was buying a made to measure suit, the tailor would ask 'Which side do you dress sir?'. Adjustment would then be made on left or right side of the trousers to accommodate. Gave me a laugh though, and I love your videos. Every day a school day!
Well, I feel a bit of an idiot .. shall we say I am still an innocent!! I spent days learning about urinals and read so many conflicting views I went with my innocent heart .. probably doesn't help that all the way's I've heard a bloke being told his flies are undone are far less subtle! haha x
Don't feel an idiot, you cannot know everything. I love your videos and you know heaps more than me. Not only am I of an older generation, but I am the youngest (after thought) by a long way in a large family. My dad was 50 when I was born, he was born in 1909. He had great difficulty understanding a 1970's teen. I guess those phrases were still current when I was young. Ronald Hutton says the Victorian age didn't end until 1960.
I totally understand that, my paternal grandad was born in 1909 and I look back now and seeing us lot run around him in the 1980s must have been a different world! He was apparently incredibly strict and unloving but we never saw that side of him.
I look forward to your uploads every week, you make history fun and interesting , and without even watching yet I know it’s going to be a lovely journey with you Thankyou lucy
That was a treat Lucy and what a change to find a museum that doesn’t charge. The church was amazing I agree. Loved every building and am so glad they have been preserved for posterity.
I couldn't believe it! I got my card out as I entered thinking "here we go" and I thought they thought it was quite cute I was so shocked it was free 😂 what an incredible resource if you live locally! X
I love St Fagan's. This summer, I took my two nephews for their first visit. I hadn't been for at least 10 years. It was lovely to see some of the new aquisitions, especially the Vulcan. I remember it being in Cardiff, slowly being surrounded by modernisation. It's good it was preserved. I wish you could have seen it years ago, when some of the businesses were in operation such as the bakery and the blacksmiths. Diolch yn fawr ❤
Thank you, I really do appreciate it, I absolutely love my hobby, it's changed my life ALL for the better and given me a reason to get up in the morning so your support is more valued than you will ever know x
Well done Lucy! This amazing museum is a family favourite over many years ,so good for children to learn about life in hard times in Wales but also to learn about the Welsh spirit in face of adversity through communities , education and rebellion against impositions! Thank you for going to St Fagans and highlighting what an amazing story it tells! Look forward to part two ! I’m sure it will include the row of miners cottages ?
@ Lucy did you see an example of a Welsh Not during your visit to St Fagans ? It was used in schools in the 1900’s and into the 20c . It was a board held by string at each end and put around the neck of any child heard speaking Welsh in the classroom. It was often accompanied by corporal punishment ! This was particularly harsh in areas where Welsh was the first language! Suppression of the Welsh and their culture and language has taken many forms but this was so cruel to children .
I didn't see one actually, i expected to, like a wooden pendant with WK on it? It's terrible isn't it, I feel the same about how people who were left handed or short sighted were - absolutely no thought that it's our differences that make us rich as a human race x
Heh. They used to just smack the hands of children when they caught them being left-handed at school in the US. It messed with the statistics for right vs. left-handedness for ages and ages because they'd abused all of the left-handers out of being left-handed. I love the church paintings. I'm glad they were covered over and preserved for us to see them today. Thank you for another lovely tour. :)
Honestly I spent so much time looking into that urinal (my google history is interesting to say the least) I knew there was a saying regarding rearranging for the gents but I had never seen it referred to as skirts before. Either way I think it's really funny and has the sense of humour you would only ever see in a British loo!
Only just started and I had to pause and write this, (less than a minute in). Lucy, "You are all so good at telling me where to go". Haha, nice one lass.
This tour and your commentary on St Fagans is an absolute treat today, Lucy. I appreciate all the effort put into making this and sharing it with us. I've been to St Fagans twice, once in Secondary school twenty years ago and once with my nieces from Cardiff in 2019 and there is something new and interesting every time.
Thank you, I absolutely loved it there, I just put it into the sat nav and went knowing nothing about it. It really did impress me and I know I could go back time and time again and still not see it all!
Beautiful isn't it ? When I was a kid my parents wanted to move to Wales to be closer to my Dads family, we looked around lots of little cottages with very low ceilings and tiny windows. Sadly we didn't end up moving but these houses always remind me of that time x
Brilliant ! I can’t wait for the next episode ! Thanks for show in this . I wanted to reach in and pinch the cake! Hope it tasted as good as it looked! X
The shop has been brought to life so well. @5:00, that is beautiful and quite unexpected for a public necessity. @15:32, I would have kept walking, too. The inside is such a surprise. It must have awed the Tudor faithful. I imagine that the Rogers were quite well off to be able to afford to buy the house. Thanks for showing us around, Lucy as St Fagans is well off the beaten track for me.
Very welcome! Thanks for coming with me, I think the Rogers must have made their money from the land to eventually buy the property - back when farmers could make a decent living through their hard work (I always think farming would be my absolute nightmare of a job). Yep learnt my lesson not to walk past .. I would have kicked myself if I had gotten back to Birmingham and seen what I missed!
What an amazing place, I had no idea that it existed 😊I just find it incredible how a building can be dismantled, rebuilt elsewhere, and then look like it has always been there! I think that I loved the red house the best, and I want one of those box beds, it just looked so cosy 😍 I'm looking forward to next week, see you then Lucy ❤x
Yes, what an amazing place - and that church is astounding!!! The name of that gorgeous Shop caught my eye bcoz in my home state of Western Australia there is a town called Gwalia, which was the site of a very successful and famous goldmine, Sons of Gwalia, (lasting from the very late 19th Century to very early this century!) Can't wait for the next episode, Lucy :) Cheers! RjB
Thank you! That's so interesting about the name - I wonder if it was in any way connected or the family were connected .. I am certainly off to look into that now! Gwalia I believe actually is a very old term for Wales before it became Cymru - I wonder if the owners of the gold mine were indeed Welsh?
Thank you! You absolutely must, it's brilliant and you will really like it - Barry island is only 15 minutes away too so i got some nice vitamin sea afterwards too :)
Hi Lucy - so glad you are back - I hope your ribs are healed now. What a fabulous place to visit, it looks so interesting. That Church - WOW, and the red house. SO MUCH history is around us every day, but the see all that preserved is fantastic. You explain everything so well and make it easy to understand what it was like back the. So looking forward to your next videos and continuation of this place. Thank you and take special care 🙂 X X X X
Thank you so much Michael,'I'm feeling much better ❤️ St. Fagans blew me away, it had been recommended but I just put it in the sat nav knowing nothing about it, came away desperate to go back because i didn't see it all! Such an amazing gem they have there x
What a lovely place. I love Wales. These open air museums are so interesting and bring so much to life. I loved the shop and the red house. I was reminded of an open air museum that I visited earlier this year in the Netherlands. It was the box bed. It's interesting on the similarities between other European countries. I look forward to part 2. Thank you Lucy 😊
Thank you! I'm desperate to visit some of the ones in Europe. I've got a list of about 20.. maybe one day? I think it would be really cosy in a box bed - although I'm not sure I could stretch out. I think they were designed to sleep sitting up (which to be fair would be great for my indigestion 😂) x
What a wonderful visit you had, the church was amazing, and I'm pleased you went to see it, as it was a lovely surprise to me. It's like being there with you, so very interesting, thankyou xxx
I am glad you feel like you are with me because that's what I hope to achieve. It was a wonderful experience and I'll day out with my Mom I'll never forget :)
You will love the Vulcan - the beer looked good .. I presume it's probably Brains as that was the brewery that held the lease for the pub - good honest Welsh Beer .. with a cheese and onion cob in front of the fire - perfection!
Thank you for the tour Lucy! I liked the tollhouse. Not because I am a fan of exploiting but because it looks like a tiny house where eveything is integrated in one space. I also liked the shop. As a maximalist I like rooms stuffed with things so your eyes can ’wander’ and discover things that you don’t immediately notice when walking in. Looking forward to the next episode.
I love tollhouses too - I am always drawn to small spaces where you have to make them practical - I too am a maximalist (literally just spent 2 weeks trying to declutter and it's really been a hard process for me!)
Lucy, the pub reminded me of the one I was brought up in, in Stoke Works Bromsgrove. Called thr Boat and Railway. It had a main bar and a snug. The passage way between the two rooms had a sliding hatch where the village could come and purchase beer which was draft into a jug or pop bottle. It has changed considerably since I lived there in up to1967. The village school closed down where I went as a primary attendee. Lovely memories of buildings long changed. Thank you for the various places you take us to.
Is the pub still there? I will think of you now if I pass it - I live very close to Bromsgrove. I love old pubs, they were such an important part of daily life for so many people. So many you go into now are really fancy and don't have any atmosphere so I love the fact they are preserving them at museums like St.Fagans x
Thank you Lucy another interesting video was the fire acreal in that farmhouse. Have you beento kinver rock houses thats anothergreat one to visit all the bestLorraine😊.
croeso i gaerdydd! So pleased you got to visits St Fagans!. It's womdeful. Love your videos. Thank you so much! My favourite buildings are the little row of cottages. The 1940s house plus the prefab house and the medieval church. Diolch yn fâwr
Diolch Daniel! I wish my Welsh was better!! Please please let me know if I say things wrong; I've spent a lot of time in Wales (most of my paternal family live in mid wales) and I'm still terrible at pronunciation. I love St.Fagans, I honestly couldn't believe I didn't know about it until lovely subscribers told me - it's world class!
@throughlucyslens you're absolutely fine! I'm.welsh and get it wrong. And I'm from south wales originally and our language, dialect is different to north Wales. But that doesn't matter. It's the hiraeth, the longing of the heart, I hope you received a lovely warm.welsh welcome. And we always pile you up with glengettie tea and piles of bara brith and welsh cakes (best when they're straight off the bake stone nice and warm!) Have a lovely lovely time.
Next time! I believe it's open all year round, It doesn't seem to be as well known as the other museums of it's type and that's a shame as it's absolutely equal if not better in some ways!
What can l say lucy its a honour to be your fan who explains everything in detail always so interesting always 😊 ☺️ 😉 a big fan always from day one 🎉🎉🎉 be happy and safe and humble and amazing always 😊❤🎉
I had never heard of it either: seems a great shame as it's an absolute gem of a place. Thanks for coming with me Tom, always lovely to have your company x
This video came across my YT feed tonight and I’m so glad I decided to stop and watch. I immediately subscribed. Such a lovely & informative video! I love historical content and can’t wait to catch up on all of your past uploads.
Well worth a visit indeed, nice to see the Vulcan is finished now. I will be sure to revisit. The castle last time had a collapsed roof due to water ingress, hope that's fixed now. A lovely place and great to walk around although I felt the fish and chip shop was disappointing compared to beamish, black country, blist hill etc. Thank you Lucy.. love your videos :)
I always think that ... why can't they just rent me a little cottage, I'll work as a guide for free and cook my meals on the open fire - I would be very happy too!!
Oh wow Lucy, what a beautiful place and so peaceful and free! What a bonus though I would be more than happy to pay, I've only been to one living museum and I'm sure you know it and that is the black country museum and I absolutely love it, it's so nice that these places have been preserved by dedicated people. Thank you for taking the time to show us these beautiful places. I live on the outskirts of Leicester and I highly recommend you visit stoneywell it is absolutely stunning, I think you would enjoy it and while in that neck of the woods I would also recommend the great central railway.
Thank you! I love recommendations - there's nothing better than word of mouth! I love the Black Country museum, I have my annual pass and often pop by just for an hour to two to soak it up if I'm in the area. We left a donation as we thought it was worth it - hopefully to keep it free for people who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it in the future, would be such a shame if it became paid entry x
Thanks lovely, stop chipping at the working classes because we will rise again ;) I accidentally went onto the M6 toll once and I was FUMING the whole journey .. there is still a really cute little toll as you drive towards bath though to go over a tiny hump backed bridge - it's 20p .. cash only .. and I call it "Billy goats gruff" bridge!
Hi Lucy thank you so much for another very informative tour, it was all so interesting and a place I’ve never heard of. I loved the fact you described the weather and crossing the muddy field lol, it’s the little things that bring it to life. I can’t wait to see next weeks episode. Wishing you well 🥰
You know me, the rain likes to come with me 😂 I hate mud & ice ... as someone who seems to enjoy a good public fall I always think avoiding it is damage limitation 😂 I'm glad I took the risk on this occasion though!
Thank you so much, to be honest they are a form of a relaxation for me in a work heavy world too. It's why I don't use "muzak" I just need some peace and I can back to them and remember my lovely days out x
Hi Lucy, I look for your films every Sunday. My favorite building has to be the church. As an artist and a very spiritual person, I would be there all day just taking countless reference photos of the wall paintings. Painting spiritual images on walls is such an ancient thing to do, going back to prehistoric caves worldwide. I was surprised it didn't have a bell tower.
Quite interesting you mentioned the bell tower as my Mom is a campanologist so we visit bell towers all over the place and she goes and rings - she asked about the bell .. it was a single bell pulled from a rope on top of the roof (no tower). I am not ashamed to say I had a little tear moment when I first walked into that church, the wall paintings touched me and I a love the way medieval art is often from the heart with no worries about perspective .. tiny bodies with massive heads .. I loved the giant donkey!
@@throughlucyslens Oh yes, gurl, from the moment you walked inside the church, my mouth dropped wide open. I think I let out a myriad of Oooos, Ahhhh's, and OMG's the whole time. I have never seen medieval wall art so well preserved. In other videos, they're usually added to some degree, which in and of itself is awesome! Shedding a tear or to is a natural reaction to something that beautiful. Do you know if pictures of the wall art are available online? I would love to do some studies in my sketchbook. I eventually want to create artworks combining Christian icons with their Buddhist counterpart. The Virgin Mary next to Guanyin Boddhisattva, a sisterhood, since they both represent lovingkindness and compassion toward all beings. 😊🙏 A bell on a rope, no tower. That's a first for me.
Lucy, so glad you are back to exploring once again! 🕵️♀️ I’ve always thought the UK is so very fortunate to have so many structures that are OLD, and I do mean OLD! Where I was born - 🇺🇸, obviously our structures we get excited about are the adobe houses built by the Native Americans, the Catholic Missions (built by the Native Americans also) and the old Plantation homes built and maintained by the slaves forcefully brought over from Africa. I know the rest of Europe has interesting finds too, and hopefully you will be able to travel there soon also! I hope you are feeling better, and you will show us Part II in your next video! Broken ribs??? Ouch ouch ouch! TAKE CARE!! 💕ox
Thank you so much Linda, I never take for granted how lucky we are to have such a rich history. I have travelled to the US a few times but always New York City and Florida for the parks with a pack of kids so never had the chance to delve into the history - which of course I would really like to! It's on my bucket list to visit a living history museum in Nevada a subscriber told me about - maybe one day! :)
What a fascinating place. I would love to see some of the pre tudor buildings. The place very much reminds me of a place I visited in Ireland, many years ago, called Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. If ever you get as far as Ireland it's worth a visit. It is also filled with real buildings, transported and rebuilt.
I'm a bit rubbish with the pre medieval stuff, because I haven't really studied it I always worry I am going to get it wrong - also didn't get the see the roundhouses as they were closed on the day I visited. I have added Bunratty to my list - looks absolutely amazing :)
Wow! Thanks to your videos, my travel wishlist is getting out of hand. Maybe I should just relocate to the UK. I don't think I will have enough time to devote to all of these sites otherwise 😊❤
hahaha, I spend a lot of my life day dreaming about all the places I want to go and will probably never have time! I think if you came to the UK for a couple of weeks you could get all the living museums in at least :)
That was really interesting, thank you, Lucy. I especially liked the church; and also the working men's institute - which reminded me slightly of the working men's club my dad used to take me to when I was very little (sadly only the entrance remains untouched). i hope you're feeling better, what with the ribs and the lurgy!
So welcome! It was a wonderful place, I love working institutes. My Dad was a union man and I know if they had have been one he would have been there! I just love the thought they gave opportunity in what could have been a very bleak world x
It’s a fantastic place, but 30 years ago some things were even better. For 3 days before Christmas, The Gwalia shop used to actually sell some items: fresh coffee ground to order, farm bacon cut by hand with a sharp knife, butter served loose shaped by butter pats, and baked goods. The Popty (bakery) was in use with bread being made in the Wood fired oven and sold in a little hut. Unfortunately, the Christmas opening ceased some years ago, and I do not know why. We used to go every year. You would be greeted as you enter by Ladies in Welsh Costume holding plates of buttered bara brith, and it was pitch black outside. There was the smell of woodsmoke, roast chestnuts and home made toffee. There were carols playing from the little chapel, and a ‘Mari Llwyd’ (traditional performance of a horses skull on a pole and held by a person covered with a blanket) used to perform by the toll house. Stories used to be read in one of the cottages, and traditional food was made in the Farmhouse. We used to buy bread, coffee and bacon and take it home to eat in front our open fire. It was magical!
Oh my goodness that sounds absolutely magical indeed and I bet that bacon was top notch!! What a shame that doesn't happen anymore because I would have planned a return for that, I love Christmas!
Me and My mother went Yeats ago in a rainy day and we went into the old mill . A fire was lit and a black cat slept by it on a chair . My mother thought it was fake and gave it a little poke with umbrella . Only for one eye to open from the sleepy cat 🙄😊
Now I think you are being unkind to yourself because I know your Welsh is actually very good ... ;) Sadly the sweetie shop was closed on my visit otherwise I would have been in there like a shot for a quarter of pear drops!
Ohhh it was so good!!! I've always made my own bara brith but there's nothing better than having it in Wales with salty Welsh butter and like you say strong Welsh tea ❤️
You're always very very welcome here lovely. Love your videos. There fantastic And yes. Salty welsh butter on bara brith is fabulous 👌 you must have welsh heritage as your other welsh video was wondeful too. Croeso ❤
I do! My Dads family were from the Wales / Hereford boarders and most of my Dads family live in Mid Wales, I spent most of my childhood holidays around the Cardigan coast line - I love it!
The Vulcan was the first pub I bought a drink in, I was under age at the time “naughty Dave slap on the wrist” lol it was a sad day when it had to close, but it’s good to see it still thriving 😊 I knew you would find St Fagans fascinating I’m so glad you went, thank you Lucy ❤😊 btw did you tour the castle as well?
You have got me thinking where I had my first (underaged) drink .. you know I cannot remember, probably because it wasn't somewhere as cool as the The Vulcan! I really did love it - and sadly didn't have time to tour the castle, I was there and back in a day as couldn't find any reasonably priced accommodation but I WILL return because I know I missed out on so much!
I've just come across your channel, and it's amazing real social history extremely interesting. The first video I came across was about the prefabs. I absolutely love them and would love to live in one . By the way, how did you break your ribs? I hope you are all better now.
Hi Margaret, lovely to meet you! I tripped over in a pot hole in Seahouses and fell flat full force on my front. It took my breath away and it's amazing how a second in time can change things! I should look where I'm going but I'm always too eager to get to the next place x
Nope .. I had to pay £4 the other day because I was 1 minute over the 1 hour in a carpark. I could have cried ... £3 for 1 minute ... licence to print money! haha
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Oh Lucy you are a wonderful very dedicated film maker.....I just LOVE your films.....
That's so so kind of you, I just absolutely love doing it. Makes me super happy people enjoy them as I am by no means a professional at this!
I've been to St Fagans twice, once as a child in the early sixties,and again in 2016. I loved revisiting with you Lucy, I remember the farmhouse from when I was a child. The wall paintings in the church are breathtaking, and yes I bought some freshly cooked bara brith with lots of delicious Welsh butter too! Wonderful. Thank you,.
Glad you were able to come back with me, it's such a lovely and unexpected place. I think it's wonderful the red house has been there so long too, I didn't realise until I started to do my research!
Lucy! "Adjust your dress before leaving'is not for ladies! It was the very prissy Victorian way of telling gents to check their flies were fastened.
I don't know if it is still the case, but certainly up to the 1980's, if a gentleman was buying a made to measure suit, the tailor would ask 'Which side do you dress sir?'. Adjustment would then be made on left or right side of the trousers to accommodate.
Gave me a laugh though, and I love your videos. Every day a school day!
Well, I feel a bit of an idiot .. shall we say I am still an innocent!! I spent days learning about urinals and read so many conflicting views I went with my innocent heart .. probably doesn't help that all the way's I've heard a bloke being told his flies are undone are far less subtle! haha x
@@throughlucyslens don't worry because at 75 I had never learnt what the expression meant either.
Don't feel an idiot, you cannot know everything. I love your videos and you know heaps more than me. Not only am I of an older generation, but I am the youngest (after thought) by a long way in a large family. My dad was 50 when I was born, he was born in 1909. He had great difficulty understanding a 1970's teen. I guess those phrases were still current when I was young. Ronald Hutton says the Victorian age didn't end until 1960.
I totally understand that, my paternal grandad was born in 1909 and I look back now and seeing us lot run around him in the 1980s must have been a different world! He was apparently incredibly strict and unloving but we never saw that side of him.
I look forward to your uploads every week, you make history fun and interesting , and without even watching yet I know it’s going to be a lovely journey with you Thankyou lucy
You are so lovely: thank you!!! I get nervous about posting every single one so that really means a lot xxx
Wow Lucy, that Church was something else! Thank you, so amazing, as usual!
Thanks Anne, absolutely loved doing this one x
That was a treat Lucy and what a change to find a museum that doesn’t charge. The church was amazing I agree. Loved every building and am so glad they have been preserved for posterity.
I couldn't believe it! I got my card out as I entered thinking "here we go" and I thought they thought it was quite cute I was so shocked it was free 😂 what an incredible resource if you live locally! X
I love St Fagan's. This summer, I took my two nephews for their first visit. I hadn't been for at least 10 years. It was lovely to see some of the new aquisitions, especially the Vulcan. I remember it being in Cardiff, slowly being surrounded by modernisation. It's good it was preserved.
I wish you could have seen it years ago, when some of the businesses were in operation such as the bakery and the blacksmiths.
Diolch yn fawr ❤
That's a great museum, and your excellent production quality made it an ejoyable watch. :)
Thank you so much, I'm very much an amateur but try and get better each week, really appreciate you coming with me x
Stuck in bed with a nasty virus, so am looking forward to seeing today’s video. Thanks for this Lucy. I have a soft spot for Wales. 😊
Get well soon ❤️
Feel better Mary, there's so many disgusting colds and stomach bugs going around at the moment, stay warm and I hope the video makes you smile ❤️
What a great place so many interesting buildings to explore I can't choose a favourite looking forward to seeing more with you 😊❤
Yet another wonderfully informative, and researched video. Thank you Lucy, you have a terrific channel.
Thank you, I really do appreciate it, I absolutely love my hobby, it's changed my life ALL for the better and given me a reason to get up in the morning so your support is more valued than you will ever know x
Well done Lucy! This amazing museum is a family favourite over many years ,so good for children to learn about life in hard times in Wales but also to learn about the Welsh spirit in face of adversity through communities , education and rebellion against impositions! Thank you for going to St Fagans and highlighting what an amazing story it tells! Look forward to part two ! I’m sure it will include the row of miners cottages ?
it might do ;) ... it was such a smashing place, so understated but PACKED full of information and I learnt a lot - I really did!
@ Lucy did you see an example of a Welsh Not during your visit to St Fagans ? It was used in schools in the 1900’s and into the 20c . It was a board held by string at each end and put around the neck of any child heard speaking Welsh in the classroom. It was often accompanied by corporal punishment ! This was particularly harsh in areas where Welsh was the first language! Suppression of the Welsh and their culture and language has taken many forms but this was so cruel to children .
I didn't see one actually, i expected to, like a wooden pendant with WK on it? It's terrible isn't it, I feel the same about how people who were left handed or short sighted were - absolutely no thought that it's our differences that make us rich as a human race x
Gah! The tile work on The Vulcan! 😍
Wonderful eh! I thought so too. Makes modern buildings look so drab and uninteresting.
Beautiful isn't it - they were selling the tiles in the shop at £70 a pop ... blinking expensive to produce it seems too but they are so so NIIICEEE!
Yep!! Why are modern buildings always so red too? Like some kind of dye put in the brick works to make them extra ugly!
Oh wow I remember going there as a child. I remember the red farmhouse. Amazing. Thank you for showing us around. 😊
Very welcome! That lovely red house holds so many special memories for so many people, I think the Rogers family must be very proud!
Heh. They used to just smack the hands of children when they caught them being left-handed at school in the US. It messed with the statistics for right vs. left-handedness for ages and ages because they'd abused all of the left-handers out of being left-handed.
I love the church paintings. I'm glad they were covered over and preserved for us to see them today. Thank you for another lovely tour. :)
It's absolutely shocking they did that - even when I was at school in the 80s the left handers were left without scissors they could use properly.
I could be wrong, but I believe the sign impressed into the urinal was directed to the men, not the women (?) :)
Honestly I spent so much time looking into that urinal (my google history is interesting to say the least) I knew there was a saying regarding rearranging for the gents but I had never seen it referred to as skirts before. Either way I think it's really funny and has the sense of humour you would only ever see in a British loo!
Well I've been there a few times but I've never heard of the decorated catholic Church. What a treat to see it.
Only just started and I had to pause and write this, (less than a minute in). Lucy, "You are all so good at telling me where to go". Haha, nice one lass.
Oh you are so lovely!!! Thank you - get yourself there if you can it's absolutely ruddy great!
This tour and your commentary on St Fagans is an absolute treat today, Lucy. I appreciate all the effort put into making this and sharing it with us. I've been to St Fagans twice, once in Secondary school twenty years ago and once with my nieces from Cardiff in 2019 and there is something new and interesting every time.
Thank you, I absolutely loved it there, I just put it into the sat nav and went knowing nothing about it. It really did impress me and I know I could go back time and time again and still not see it all!
Lucy you never fail to give fabulous content. Thank you
Oh! That house at the end... I'd love to live there! I've always liked houses with low ceilings. Thank you, Lucy!
Beautiful isn't it ? When I was a kid my parents wanted to move to Wales to be closer to my Dads family, we looked around lots of little cottages with very low ceilings and tiny windows. Sadly we didn't end up moving but these houses always remind me of that time x
Brilliant ! I can’t wait for the next episode ! Thanks for show in this . I wanted to reach in and pinch the cake! Hope it tasted as good as it looked! X
The shop has been brought to life so well. @5:00, that is beautiful and quite unexpected for a public necessity. @15:32, I would have kept walking, too. The inside is such a surprise. It must have awed the Tudor faithful. I imagine that the Rogers were quite well off to be able to afford to buy the house. Thanks for showing us around, Lucy as St Fagans is well off the beaten track for me.
Very welcome! Thanks for coming with me, I think the Rogers must have made their money from the land to eventually buy the property - back when farmers could make a decent living through their hard work (I always think farming would be my absolute nightmare of a job). Yep learnt my lesson not to walk past .. I would have kicked myself if I had gotten back to Birmingham and seen what I missed!
What an amazing place, I had no idea that it existed 😊I just find it incredible how a building can be dismantled, rebuilt elsewhere, and then look like it has always been there!
I think that I loved the red house the best, and I want one of those box beds, it just looked so cosy 😍
I'm looking forward to next week, see you then Lucy ❤x
Mind blowing video, Lucy. What a gem of a Museum you made us visit. Already looking forward to the next one!
Thanks Maria, It was indeed a gem - I love it when I go somewhere with no expectations and come out buzzing. I was buzzing for days!
Yes, what an amazing place - and that church is astounding!!! The name of that gorgeous Shop caught my eye bcoz in my home state of Western Australia there is a town called Gwalia, which was the site of a very successful and famous goldmine, Sons of Gwalia, (lasting from the very late 19th Century to very early this century!) Can't wait for the next episode, Lucy :) Cheers! RjB
Thank you! That's so interesting about the name - I wonder if it was in any way connected or the family were connected .. I am certainly off to look into that now! Gwalia I believe actually is a very old term for Wales before it became Cymru - I wonder if the owners of the gold mine were indeed Welsh?
Loved it, Lucy! Enjoyed this journey from Arizona to Wales all in one morning 😃
Thank you for coming with me ... if only I could get to Arizona as quickly! It's gotten pretty chilly here now ... x
Hi Lucy hope you are well.
Many thanks for another wonderful interesting tour.
Really great
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for coming with me June :)
Thank you again for another social history video..i love these and hearing all about the history..your brill lucy.😊xx
You are very kind Jo .. honestly appreciated x
Great video, thank you Lucy. Always love your narration. Have never heard of this museum. It's definitely one to visit if we are in the area ❤
Thank you! You absolutely must, it's brilliant and you will really like it - Barry island is only 15 minutes away too so i got some nice vitamin sea afterwards too :)
Hi Lucy - so glad you are back - I hope your ribs are healed now. What a fabulous place to visit, it looks so interesting. That Church - WOW, and the red house. SO MUCH history is around us every day, but the see all that preserved is fantastic. You explain everything so well and make it easy to understand what it was like back the. So looking forward to your next videos and continuation of this place. Thank you and take special care 🙂 X X X X
Thank you so much Michael,'I'm feeling much better ❤️ St. Fagans blew me away, it had been recommended but I just put it in the sat nav knowing nothing about it, came away desperate to go back because i didn't see it all! Such an amazing gem they have there x
What a lovely place. I love Wales. These open air museums are so interesting and bring so much to life. I loved the shop and the red house. I was reminded of an open air museum that I visited earlier this year in the Netherlands. It was the box bed. It's interesting on the similarities between other European countries. I look forward to part 2. Thank you Lucy 😊
Thank you! I'm desperate to visit some of the ones in Europe. I've got a list of about 20.. maybe one day? I think it would be really cosy in a box bed - although I'm not sure I could stretch out. I think they were designed to sleep sitting up (which to be fair would be great for my indigestion 😂) x
What a wonderful visit you had, the church was amazing, and I'm pleased you went to see it, as it was a lovely surprise to me.
It's like being there with you, so very interesting, thankyou xxx
I am glad you feel like you are with me because that's what I hope to achieve. It was a wonderful experience and I'll day out with my Mom I'll never forget :)
Again, another fantastic video, another place to go and visit for ourselves, the Vulcan pub is sure to get a visit :)
You will love the Vulcan - the beer looked good .. I presume it's probably Brains as that was the brewery that held the lease for the pub - good honest Welsh Beer .. with a cheese and onion cob in front of the fire - perfection!
Thank you for the tour Lucy! I liked the tollhouse. Not because I am a fan of exploiting but because it looks like a tiny house where eveything is integrated in one space. I also liked the shop. As a maximalist I like rooms stuffed with things so your eyes can ’wander’ and discover things that you don’t immediately notice when walking in. Looking forward to the next episode.
I love tollhouses too - I am always drawn to small spaces where you have to make them practical - I too am a maximalist (literally just spent 2 weeks trying to declutter and it's really been a hard process for me!)
Lucy, the pub reminded me of the one I was brought up in, in Stoke Works Bromsgrove. Called thr Boat and Railway. It had a main bar and a snug. The passage way between the two rooms had a sliding hatch where the village could come and purchase beer which was draft into a jug or pop bottle. It has changed considerably since I lived there in up to1967. The village school closed down where I went as a primary attendee. Lovely memories of buildings long changed. Thank you for the various places you take us to.
Is the pub still there? I will think of you now if I pass it - I live very close to Bromsgrove. I love old pubs, they were such an important part of daily life for so many people. So many you go into now are really fancy and don't have any atmosphere so I love the fact they are preserving them at museums like St.Fagans x
Thank you Lucy another interesting video was the fire acreal in that farmhouse. Have you beento kinver rock houses thats anothergreat one to visit all the bestLorraine😊.
Another great find, will keep it in mind for when I finally get back to South Wales
You will love it, it's world class. No bells and whistles but it all just speaks for itself x
Thankyou Lucy, another interesting video. I have now decided to visit St.Fagans, but I shall go in the Spring.
Yes! Spring is a wonderful time to visit :)
As soon as I saw the opening shots of the general store I knew you’d love this place. Really enjoyed the video as always lovely ❤
I LOVED it.. I took Mom and she skipped around too, we were both seriously impressed!!
The bar really pulled at my heartstrings. Looked like a fab find x
croeso i gaerdydd! So pleased you got to visits St Fagans!. It's womdeful. Love your videos. Thank you so much! My favourite buildings are the little row of cottages. The 1940s house plus the prefab house and the medieval church. Diolch yn fâwr
Diolch Daniel! I wish my Welsh was better!! Please please let me know if I say things wrong; I've spent a lot of time in Wales (most of my paternal family live in mid wales) and I'm still terrible at pronunciation. I love St.Fagans, I honestly couldn't believe I didn't know about it until lovely subscribers told me - it's world class!
@throughlucyslens you're absolutely fine! I'm.welsh and get it wrong. And I'm from south wales originally and our language, dialect is different to north Wales. But that doesn't matter. It's the hiraeth, the longing of the heart, I hope you received a lovely warm.welsh welcome. And we always pile you up with glengettie tea and piles of bara brith and welsh cakes (best when they're straight off the bake stone nice and warm!) Have a lovely lovely time.
@@throughlucyslensceredigion is a magical, beautiful place, hence why I moved here from Cardiff
I love west wales. Magical. Hiraeth.
Ceridigon is where my family live ... drive past the Elvis sign and my heart is home ❤️
@throughlucyslens awww that's lovely 💖
Thank you so much. I wish I had gone there when hubby and I were in Cardiff!
Next time! I believe it's open all year round, It doesn't seem to be as well known as the other museums of it's type and that's a shame as it's absolutely equal if not better in some ways!
What can l say lucy its a honour to be your fan who explains everything in detail always so interesting always 😊 ☺️ 😉 a big fan always from day one 🎉🎉🎉 be happy and safe and humble and amazing always 😊❤🎉
Hi Stephen, it's an honour for ME to have such lovely people like you supporting me! thank you xxx
truly wonderful vid Lucy
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it :)
Another marvelous video from a historian 🙂 never heard of it, I thought Ireland with the name Fagan 😂 look forward to next chapter 👍🙂
I had never heard of it either: seems a great shame as it's an absolute gem of a place. Thanks for coming with me Tom, always lovely to have your company x
This video came across my YT feed tonight and I’m so glad I decided to stop and watch. I immediately subscribed. Such a lovely & informative video! I love historical content and can’t wait to catch up on all of your past uploads.
Thank you so much Shannon, that's so kind of you, really look forward to you coming along on my adventures, you are very welcome x
Your videos are pure ASMR, so relaxing...love your delightful Bummie voice narrating your day out, and educational too 🙂
Thank you, that means a lot because I want them to be relaxing in a world full of noise x
Well worth a visit indeed, nice to see the Vulcan is finished now. I will be sure to revisit. The castle last time had a collapsed roof due to water ingress, hope that's fixed now. A lovely place and great to walk around although I felt the fish and chip shop was disappointing compared to beamish, black country, blist hill etc. Thank you Lucy.. love your videos :)
Thank you so much, so interesting, love your narrative 😅
Thank you, writing my script is often my favourite part of the process :)
That's a great urinal, so unique! I love you Lucy. ❤ All your videos are so good, I think I'd like to live there! 😁❤
I always think that ... why can't they just rent me a little cottage, I'll work as a guide for free and cook my meals on the open fire - I would be very happy too!!
hope you are on the mend , great video as always ❤
Many thanks! I appreciate it! I am feeling loads better. It was a joy to visit this place and do the edit x
Oh wow Lucy, what a beautiful place and so peaceful and free! What a bonus though I would be more than happy to pay, I've only been to one living museum and I'm sure you know it and that is the black country museum and I absolutely love it, it's so nice that these places have been preserved by dedicated people. Thank you for taking the time to show us these beautiful places. I live on the outskirts of Leicester and I highly recommend you visit stoneywell it is absolutely stunning, I think you would enjoy it and while in that neck of the woods I would also recommend the great central railway.
Thank you! I love recommendations - there's nothing better than word of mouth! I love the Black Country museum, I have my annual pass and often pop by just for an hour to two to soak it up if I'm in the area. We left a donation as we thought it was worth it - hopefully to keep it free for people who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it in the future, would be such a shame if it became paid entry x
Another great upload! Really interesting and can't wait for part two. You tell a really important message near the end with the toll house.
Thanks lovely, stop chipping at the working classes because we will rise again ;) I accidentally went onto the M6 toll once and I was FUMING the whole journey .. there is still a really cute little toll as you drive towards bath though to go over a tiny hump backed bridge - it's 20p .. cash only .. and I call it "Billy goats gruff" bridge!
Hi Lucy thank you so much for another very informative tour, it was all so interesting and a place I’ve never heard of. I loved the fact you described the weather and crossing the muddy field lol, it’s the little things that bring it to life. I can’t wait to see next weeks episode. Wishing you well 🥰
You know me, the rain likes to come with me 😂 I hate mud & ice ... as someone who seems to enjoy a good public fall I always think avoiding it is damage limitation 😂 I'm glad I took the risk on this occasion though!
@ I’m sure your my long lost twin 😂😂😂😂 I’m glad you made the effort too 👍
Oh gosh not another Faller? Anyone would think it's my party trick 😂
Absolutely love your videos! I work an awful lot at the moment and your vids are just so peaceful ❤
Thank you so much, to be honest they are a form of a relaxation for me in a work heavy world too. It's why I don't use "muzak" I just need some peace and I can back to them and remember my lovely days out x
Hi Lucy, I look for your films every Sunday. My favorite building has to be the church. As an artist and a very spiritual person, I would be there all day just taking countless reference photos of the wall paintings. Painting spiritual images on walls is such an ancient thing to do, going back to prehistoric caves worldwide. I was surprised it didn't have a bell tower.
Quite interesting you mentioned the bell tower as my Mom is a campanologist so we visit bell towers all over the place and she goes and rings - she asked about the bell .. it was a single bell pulled from a rope on top of the roof (no tower). I am not ashamed to say I had a little tear moment when I first walked into that church, the wall paintings touched me and I a love the way medieval art is often from the heart with no worries about perspective .. tiny bodies with massive heads .. I loved the giant donkey!
@@throughlucyslens Oh yes, gurl, from the moment you walked inside the church, my mouth dropped wide open. I think I let out a myriad of Oooos, Ahhhh's, and OMG's the whole time. I have never seen medieval wall art so well preserved. In other videos, they're usually added to some degree, which in and of itself is awesome! Shedding a tear or to is a natural reaction to something that beautiful. Do you know if pictures of the wall art are available online? I would love to do some studies in my sketchbook. I eventually want to create artworks combining Christian icons with their Buddhist counterpart. The Virgin Mary next to Guanyin Boddhisattva, a sisterhood, since they both represent lovingkindness and compassion toward all beings. 😊🙏 A bell on a rope, no tower. That's a first for me.
Lucy, so glad you are back to exploring once again! 🕵️♀️ I’ve always thought the UK is so very fortunate to have so many structures that are OLD, and I do mean OLD! Where I was born - 🇺🇸, obviously our structures we get excited about are the adobe houses built by the Native Americans, the Catholic Missions (built by the Native Americans also) and the old Plantation homes built and maintained by the slaves forcefully brought over from Africa. I know the rest of Europe has interesting finds too, and hopefully you will be able to travel there soon also! I hope you are feeling better, and you will show us Part II in your next video! Broken ribs??? Ouch ouch ouch! TAKE CARE!! 💕ox
Thank you so much Linda, I never take for granted how lucky we are to have such a rich history. I have travelled to the US a few times but always New York City and Florida for the parks with a pack of kids so never had the chance to delve into the history - which of course I would really like to! It's on my bucket list to visit a living history museum in Nevada a subscriber told me about - maybe one day! :)
How times have changed. For the better or not so good... For me I would like to pick and mix bits from each. Thanks Lucy, I loved this one too =-)
It's hard to choose isn't it? My eyes were on sticks the whole day at St.Fagans, I loved it!
What a fascinating place. I would love to see some of the pre tudor buildings. The place very much reminds me of a place I visited in Ireland, many years ago, called Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. If ever you get as far as Ireland it's worth a visit. It is also filled with real buildings, transported and rebuilt.
I'm a bit rubbish with the pre medieval stuff, because I haven't really studied it I always worry I am going to get it wrong - also didn't get the see the roundhouses as they were closed on the day I visited. I have added Bunratty to my list - looks absolutely amazing :)
Thanks for our day out with you.
Thank you for coming with me Liz! ❤️
Wow! Thanks to your videos, my travel wishlist is getting out of hand. Maybe I should just relocate to the UK. I don't think I will have enough time to devote to all of these sites otherwise 😊❤
hahaha, I spend a lot of my life day dreaming about all the places I want to go and will probably never have time! I think if you came to the UK for a couple of weeks you could get all the living museums in at least :)
That was really interesting, thank you, Lucy. I especially liked the church; and also the working men's institute - which reminded me slightly of the working men's club my dad used to take me to when I was very little (sadly only the entrance remains untouched). i hope you're feeling better, what with the ribs and the lurgy!
So welcome! It was a wonderful place, I love working institutes. My Dad was a union man and I know if they had have been one he would have been there! I just love the thought they gave opportunity in what could have been a very bleak world x
It’s a fantastic place, but 30 years ago some things were even better. For 3 days before Christmas, The Gwalia shop used to actually sell some items: fresh coffee ground to order, farm bacon cut by hand with a sharp knife, butter served loose shaped by butter pats, and baked goods. The Popty (bakery) was in use with bread being made in the Wood fired oven and sold in a little hut. Unfortunately, the Christmas opening ceased some years ago, and I do not know why. We used to go every year. You would be greeted as you enter by Ladies in Welsh Costume holding plates of buttered bara brith, and it was pitch black outside. There was the smell of woodsmoke, roast chestnuts and home made toffee. There were carols playing from the little chapel, and a ‘Mari Llwyd’ (traditional performance of a horses skull on a pole and held by a person covered with a blanket) used to perform by the toll house. Stories used to be read in one of the cottages, and traditional food was made in the Farmhouse. We used to buy bread, coffee and bacon and take it home to eat in front our open fire.
It was magical!
Oh my goodness that sounds absolutely magical indeed and I bet that bacon was top notch!! What a shame that doesn't happen anymore because I would have planned a return for that, I love Christmas!
Yeah I recommended this one to you (obviously others did too) it's a great place
Well thank you Rona because it was indeed wonderful and I really appreciated the recommendation!
Amazing stuff Lucy - love your take. Would love to know your take on Beamish as I’ve not been there since 1989! It’s changed a whole lot since then
Me and
My mother went Yeats ago in a rainy day and we went into the old mill . A fire was lit and a black cat slept by it on a chair . My mother thought it was fake and gave it a little poke with umbrella . Only for one eye to open from the sleepy cat 🙄😊
😂😂😂 that's made me laugh so much! I have a very elderly black cat and she often "plays dead" ... I know that one eye opening well!
And... my minuscule knowledge of Welsh: "SIOP LOSIN" = Candy (or Sweets) Shop. I'm patting myself on the back LOL
Now I think you are being unkind to yourself because I know your Welsh is actually very good ... ;) Sadly the sweetie shop was closed on my visit otherwise I would have been in there like a shot for a quarter of pear drops!
"Jug & Bottle" - my husband has a growler and he hopes to get it filled with a local porter next week.
Ohhhh nice!!!! I hope you are successful on your mission! I make my Christmas cake with porter every year!
Amazing to learn it's free to visit. That's Wales for you. Unlike Beamish, in the north of England.
.... they are incredibly lucky to have it, my Mom came with me on this trip and talked about free prescriptions all day 😂😂😂
And glad you got to enjoy buttered bara brith, and hope you had a nice pot of proper old fashioned Welsh tea aka glengettie tea
Ohhh it was so good!!! I've always made my own bara brith but there's nothing better than having it in Wales with salty Welsh butter and like you say strong Welsh tea ❤️
You're always very very welcome here lovely. Love your videos. There fantastic
And yes. Salty welsh butter on bara brith is fabulous 👌 you must have welsh heritage as your other welsh video was wondeful too. Croeso ❤
I do! My Dads family were from the Wales / Hereford boarders and most of my Dads family live in Mid Wales, I spent most of my childhood holidays around the Cardigan coast line - I love it!
@throughlucyslens there you are see, it's your heritage ❤️ so so lovely 💖
The Vulcan was the first pub I bought a drink in, I was under age at the time “naughty Dave slap on the wrist” lol it was a sad day when it had to close, but it’s good to see it still thriving 😊 I knew you would find St Fagans fascinating I’m so glad you went, thank you Lucy ❤😊 btw did you tour the castle as well?
You have got me thinking where I had my first (underaged) drink .. you know I cannot remember, probably because it wasn't somewhere as cool as the The Vulcan! I really did love it - and sadly didn't have time to tour the castle, I was there and back in a day as couldn't find any reasonably priced accommodation but I WILL return because I know I missed out on so much!
I've just come across your channel, and it's amazing real social history extremely interesting. The first video I came across was about the prefabs. I absolutely love them and would love to live in one . By the way, how did you break your ribs? I hope you are all better now.
Hi Margaret, lovely to meet you! I tripped over in a pot hole in Seahouses and fell flat full force on my front. It took my breath away and it's amazing how a second in time can change things! I should look where I'm going but I'm always too eager to get to the next place x
I have ancestors from newton when they moved on they went to Maryport cumberland, my grandfather was there until he enlisted in ww1
That's amazing - and to think they up sticks and moved so far away, some of my maternal ancestors are from Cumberland too! X
Saint teilos was in a marsh ground and one building stills lays close to where it was .
Ohhh I came away wanting to know more about that place, so fascinating! Thank you for telling me about that x
Really loved this one Lucy, much hasn’t changed with taxes & extra charges has it 😂😂🫶🏻
Nope .. I had to pay £4 the other day because I was 1 minute over the 1 hour in a carpark. I could have cried ... £3 for 1 minute ... licence to print money! haha