Victorian Farm; BBC TV

katholicos

oh my goodness...i had to cover my eyes while that chappie ate an eyeball sandwich in tonights programme...bleurgh!

rosieben

Another great programme tonight, really enjoyed it. Watching Ruth struggle with that sewing machine made my mind up that I'm getting rid of mine (small electric) and going back to hand sewing which I much prefer.

geordie_joe

Raksha wrote: »

I wish they'd learn to handle a horse with a bit more sympathy

Unfortunately they had to do it the way the Victorians would have did it.

To them the horse was a source of power, if it couldn't provide the power they'd just shoot it and turn it into something else.

mardatha

I've heard of And seen brick dust mixed with something to form a thick paste, but i dono what it was mixed with..

SailorSam

mardatha wrote: »

I've heard of And seen brick dust mixed with something to form a thick paste, but i dono what it was mixed with..

She did'nt mix the dust with anything tonight, just soaked the rag in vinegar. And that kettle came up a treat.

voiceofreason

geordie_joe wrote: »

Unfortunately they had to do it the way the Victorians would have did it.

To them the horse was a source of power, if it couldn't provide the power they'd just shoot it and turn it into something else.

Aye - and the Victorians would have handled the horse with some respect, and treated it properly.

They knew then - just as people in agricultural societies know today - that if a tool's not well looked after, it becomes unusable.

They would not have shot the horse - because it would never have got that far. They'd have respected the horse's value and rightly made sure it was properly looked after. Just as the horse today should have been.

1sue23

Raksha wrote: »

I wish they'd learn to handle a horse with a bit more sympathy - poor lad was really lame, and making him twist a tight circle in the field can't have done it any good. I'd have been yelled at good and proper for making a sound horse move off like that, let alone one that was lame

I thought it was a different horse ,one that was taken out of retirement ,the lame horse was rested for a few weeks until it was fit to work.

rosieben

in fact the horse would almost certainly have been treated better than the labourers, but only because its a valuable tool, much like a farmer might look after an expensive tractor. I'm sure respect didn't come into it in the majority of cases. We tend to have a romantic notion of those times, but life was hard and there was generally little room for sentimentality

Raksha

voiceofreason wrote: »

Aye - and the Victorians would have handled the horse with some respect, and treated it properly.

They knew then - just as people in agricultural societies know today - that if a tool's not well looked after, it becomes unusable.

They would not have shot the horse - because it would never have got that far. They'd have respected the horse's value and rightly made sure it was properly looked after. Just as the horse today should have been.

Sadly though, it was the Victorians who used bearing reins on their carriage horses

1sue23 - I was talking about when the lad was leading the lame horse in the field. He appeared to take him from a standing position and make him turn sharply, putting all his weight on the injured leg and making him twist on it - this can injure a sound horse, let alone one who is already lame.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I've been enjoying this series but tonight I had to miss the end,it did upset me to see the lovely pig reduced to a smashed up mess lying on the kitchen table.
I'm also wondering what they are going to do to help the poor sheep with the infected foot.I know that they're trying to live by the ways of that era but surely if the sheep can be helped by modern medicine it should'nt have needed to suffer at all.I draw the line in any of the animals having to do that.