TV reconstructions

[jampot]

i was an 80s kid and we had no central heating till we moved house when i was 12 ,just a dodgy rayburn ( 1920s patent pending label atatched! ) i dont remeber ever going cold inside, but layers were mandatory

[boboff]

The Edwardian Farm is firmed about a mile from me.
The Devon red Cattle in next weeks show are owned by "gordy" the local farmer who drinks in the Pub.
We have a house on the river with an old Quay and two old lime kilns, and I found the reconstruction of a lime burn extremely interesting.

My Gran who is in her late 80's still lives in a post war house, she only recently changed her dining table and chairs which were bought with Post War ration books, when they were first married. No central heating even now, me and Dad go and saw up wood every now and again, she cooks, bakes, has made wine and jam for ever, and thinks being ish is perfectly normal behavior, as its the way she always lives. She washes out carrier bags and hangs them out to dry, has a twin tub, and is always at home on a Monday as it's wash day. The Rayburn is at least 50 years old, but is starting to smoke a bit, when she cooks a roast she will quite often say " 'ave a baaff buy, the waater's bullying" Bless her.

[MuddyWitch]

Hubby & I are both a 1961 vintage

He grew up in a London semi, but still only had coal fires till he was 11 when his Dad invested in two night storage radiators; one for the lounge & one for the landing.

I grew up first in Nottingham with an outside loo & a bath in the kitchen; you swung the arm of the askot over from the sink to fill it....v e r y s l o w l y. When I was six we moved out to a small village & my night time glass of water froze on my bedside table in Winter, but we had TWO indoor loos..dead posh!

MW

[Millymollymandy]

The Edwardian Farm is firmed about a mile from me.
The Devon red Cattle in next weeks show are owned by "gordy" the local farmer who drinks in the Pub.
We have a house on the river with an old Quay and two old lime kilns, and I found the reconstruction of a lime burn extremely interesting.

I've just watched the 2nd half of it and loved watching the bit about the granite trough as I found one in my garden. I hadn't realised how much work was involved in making one!

As for the lime, all that work just to fertilise ONE field!!! I'm not quite sure how that little cartful with bits dumped in piles here and there was going to spread over the entire field though.....

[Shirleymouse]

Our boiler packed up at the weekend and it made me really appreciate central heating and hot water! When I was a kid we had sort-of central heating. A tiny vent in each room used to blow out hot air but it wasn't very efficient. I can remember getting in from school and putting my feet on the grill to warm up. Mum always used to tell me I'd get chill blains which I ignored until I actually did get chill blains and realised how painful it was!
I've never had an outside loo though although my granny did (she later added an indoor one too). The best thing about her house was the proper old-fashioned pantry which was cold enough to keep eggs and things fresh without using the fridge. She had jars of homemade jam, chutney and pickles on all these little shelves and there were always biscuits in the tin and a home-made cake. I used to love raiding the pantry for supper when I stayed the night there and I'd love to have a kitchen like that now!

[prison break fan]

Odsox, I was that girl sitting at the desk in front of you!!! For years I went home from school with blue ended pigtails! My mother wouldn't let me have my hair cut! pbf.

[mrsflibble]

when my arents bought their first house in 1992, we moved in and had almost nothing. we were so skint that the lady next door gave us her old sofa... she was a single mum on benefits!

we didnt have a fridge for the first 6 months of living in the house because my arents just couldnt afford it. we had a bucket in the outhouse covered with a damp cloth.

when i was 10 thw boiler used to pack up all the time and the only way to get it relit was to hold your finger on a button and keep a candle lighter in the pilot light hole incredibly dangerous, but it was that or no hot watr or heating, and let's face it, my mum was very bad emntally at the time, having to cope with bipolar deression, a 10 year old, a husband who worked away a lot, no money, no transport and a pregnancy.... but to be honest it was one of the nicest times! I'd sit on the kithen floor wraped in a duvet, mum would tell me stories while she tried to light the boiler. it'd take 4 or 5 attempts but my mum's made u stories were always the best. she'd not told me any since I was 4 or 5 and it was one of the few times she was lucid, relaxed and nice to be around.

when she had my little brother she bought an old silver cross pram. she always wanted one when i was a baby but she couldnt afford one. dad had got a new job by this point, i finally had a bed instead of a campbed. she'd stick tom in the top at one end, I'd sit at the other end (yes i was 10 but i was tiny, the size of an average 6 year old) and we'd walk. well, she'd walk lol!

when she had ollie 2 years later, ollie was at one end, tom was at the other and i used to ride in the basket lol!