E6P1-4 Edwardian Farm

It is February and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and historian Ruth Goodman approach the half way point in their year on the Edwardian Farm. To mark the occasion this episode explores one single day in a typical Edwardian farmer's life.
Incorporating a remarkable cache of letters written in the 1900s in a cottage at Morwhellham Quay, 'A Day in the Life' reveals the hidden stories of how ordinary rural Edwardians got by.
We see how Edwardians prepared for the day when they got up in the morning - from struggling into a corset and Edwardian hair-styling to shaving and what they used to brush their teeth.
Through the day we follow the team's routine - managing the animals; re-stocking the feed-store; tending the land; caring for an injured goose that's been attacked by a fox; going shopping; receiving a visit from an eccentric travelling salesman; and a football match against the Plymouth Argyle legends played under strict Edwardian rules - which means no off-side, no red or yellow cards, and wearing very, very heavy boots. And in between, of course, there's breakfast, lunch, dinner and a visit to the local pub to round-off the day.

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Poor Ruth should knit the men slippers and make them take their farm boots off at the door.

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@Mascherina1964

Everyone has their place in the scheme of Life. No point dismissing the educated for not having been able to cook or clean; their speciality was recording history. Many of the workers weren't even able to read or write. However, when we look back through our modern eyes, we always have 20/20 vision, don't we?

[Mascherina1964]

History has been written by men who had never had to cook and clean. It is now by men... and privileged women who can pay others to cook and clean while they feel the weight of the universe on their shoulders...