jax2
Winter
Posts: 1,076 
|
Post by jax2 on Jun 9, 2020 8:51:59 GMT
I've just started watching this BBC 2 series tracing the history of a house in Bristol from when it was built in 1700s - it's really interesting. Presented by historian David Olusoga - who has a very watchable presenting style - it has really captured my imagination and is particularly relevant to some of the very recent events in that city (as the house was built by a ship's captain with money from his slave trade journeys). History is somehow far more interesting when it's about real people. I think this is the second series, I don't know what kind of house the first one was about, but this one has got me hooked  |
|
|
|
Post by trisha on Jun 9, 2020 15:35:29 GMT
Jax, I didn't realise that this was a new series.
I love programmes like this, I didn't bother checking it out as I thought it was a repeat!
Trisha
|
|
linda
Winter
Posts: 1,620
|
Post by linda on Jun 10, 2020 7:08:47 GMT
I've not watched this but I love old houses esp Georgian houses. Brilliant.
|
|
jax2
Winter
Posts: 1,076
|
Post by jax2 on Jun 10, 2020 14:15:01 GMT
The third episode was on last night, I'm sure you can get it on i-player if you want to catch up with it.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lancashire Lass on Jun 11, 2020 8:52:08 GMT
That sounds like my cup of tea! I will look it up. I’ve been looking at old maps recently on line. Think the earliest is 1860s which shows lots of things I didn’t know about our village such as there was a windmill.
Funnily I was on TV last night. One of my daughter’s friends spotted us (OH and me) on a railway programme.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lancashire Lass on Jul 11, 2020 7:41:55 GMT
I’ve watched all 4 episodes now. What a great programme and super presenter! Would love to see more of this kind of thing.
|
|
|
|
Post by Bellatrix on Jul 16, 2020 18:58:40 GMT
Will have to take a look at this, sounds very interesting |
|
|
|
Post by vwcamperfan on Jul 21, 2020 8:22:05 GMT
I will have to try and watch this - sounds good - I love old houses, and wish mine had character
|
|
jax2
Winter
Posts: 1,076
|
Post by jax2 on Jul 22, 2020 17:12:46 GMT
Do you think you might feel differently about your home if you found out something bad happened in it some time in the past?
|
|
