Victorian Farm; BBC TV

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luxor4t wrote: »

The Book People are on Quidco too :money: .

Also on Topcashback (same as Quidco but with no £5 annual fee and no minimum withdrawal amount + up to 10% 'top-up' extra cashback.
http://www.topcashback.co.uk/retailerdetailThe_Book_People.htm

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taplady wrote: »

I've just watched the programme and found it fascinating:T I live about half an hour away from Acton Scott and have visited it several times over the years and its always a brilliant day out.
I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

Ooh, it can't be that far from me then :T

rosieben

http://www.actonscott.com/farm.php looks a great place

sparklymessygirl

I was interested in the book they were using as a manual, The Book of the Farm, by Henry Stephens and found the full text of it here

Sparkly

rosieben

mardatha wrote: »

I never heard of that site and would have paid £20 on amazon because I MUST HAVE THIS BOOK !!

its £12 on amazon as csarina just posted - I usually buy from amazon sellers and that was where I got the £20 from, sorry for confusion mardatha!

rosieben

sparklymessygirl wrote: »

I was interested in the book they were using as a manual, The Book of the Farm, by Henry Stephens and found the full text of it here

Sparkly

great thanks for that, I've downloaded the pdf, have to check up on the dairymaiding stuff later

ceebeeby

Fab programme!!! Highly recommended. Does anyone know if its SKY repeated anywhere in case anyone missed it first time around?

loki13

It's on BBC 2 tomorrow at 7 pm (I said today this morning, but I had the date wrong)

geordie_joe

nuttywoman wrote: »

I`m in my 50`s but i remember when i was a child my mum used to warm a brick up, wrap it in a towel and put it in my bed to warm it up, bliss!
Now my phone rang just as they were doing that bit, so can anyone tell me if it was an ordinary brick? thanks

It was probably a fire brick.

No pun/fun intended. Any brick will soak up heat, but fire bricks are designed not to shatter at high temperatures, therefore they will stand more heat.

Patchwork_Quilt

Thanks very much for recommending this programme, chaps. After watching it, I found two or three large stones from the garden, scrubbed them and put them on top of the stove in the living room to heat up. I'm going to wrap them up in old pillowcases and put them in bed to see if it works. Weird, but why not use the heat?

I also tried putting some water in an old pan and standing it on top of the stove. It got to nearly boiling so I made a drink with it anyway.