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Tudor monastery farm

Butterfly_Brain
Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman joined by a new face Tom Pinfold are back no Alex this time in a six part series of living on monastery land in the 1500's at 9pm on BBC 2 tomorrow night.......................Oooh I am so excited :j:j:j:j
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01k3b96
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  • hauxwell
    hauxwell Posts: 38 Forumite
    I just got the book out of the library today and it looks good. Can't wait for the series to start tmw :)
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    hauxwell wrote: »
    I just got the book out of the library today and it looks good. Can't wait for the series to start tmw :)
    You must have a good library we haven't even got river cottage veg yet :(
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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  • hauxwell
    hauxwell Posts: 38 Forumite
    Yeah I think we have a few old style librarians who order lots of great books :)
  • homesteadchick
    homesteadchick Posts: 94 Forumite
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    I cant wait!
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 36,437 Forumite
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    Look like it could be interesting. Think a lot of the technologies wil be the same as Tales from a Green Valley but of course many of them would have been revolutionary at the time.

    There probably was this brief period after Henry VII took the throne and the various other "pretenders" were seen off when people were able to grow crops, improve property, and not feel that they were permanently at risk of losing everything in another civil war.

    Combine that with demand for exports and the Rennaissance finally taking hold here............
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  • Drachenfach
    Drachenfach Posts: 171 Forumite
    Really enjoying this one. Always fascinating to see the detail they go to.

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  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    I'm still all in a witter after that close-up of Peter's codpiece :D
    I didn't see the Green Valley so this was new to me, totally loved it. Funny how anything used/invented centuries ago always seems to be so sensible and simple ;) I wonder what they're going to do with all of them peas though..
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    People probably started to have better lives 'cos after 'the black death' almost halved the population , the Church and other bug land owners were desperate for workers and this was a time that common folk had a bit of choice in work.
    Enjoyed the first show but happy i didn't have to live at the time.
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  • busiscoming2
    busiscoming2 Posts: 4,462 Forumite
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    Love these kind of programmes. I was lucky enough to visit the museum they used in this series and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone with a love of 'how we used to live'.

    http://www.wealddown.co.uk/
  • pricew1970
    pricew1970 Posts: 1,061 Forumite
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    Love these too, watched every series..shame its only three progs !
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