Wednesday, December 25, 2013

CHRISTMAS 100 YEARS AGO

For the history fans out there - here is a look back to Christmas in 1913:

The last Christmas before the First World War

In December 1913, Toronto was a rapidly growing and modernizing city, and one full of promise. No one suspected it would be the last peaceful Christmas for five long years.

 
Wishing you a Merry Christmas in 2013!
 
 
 
 
 

Monday, December 9, 2013

WARTIME FARM CHRISTMAS - on TVO


BBC's turn-back-the-clock `Farm' series continue with this look at the efforts of historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn, who run Manor Farm as if it was during the Second World War.

The programme focuses on all aspects of domestic and farming life of the period, with the team managing livestock, attempting to cultivate unused land, tackling new tools and technologies, and learning the basics of civil defence, while all the time confronting shortages.

They face one of the biggest challenges ever seen in the history of the British countryside - what Winston Churchill called `the frontline of freedom'. 

Christmas Special

Ruth Goodman and archaeologist Peter Ginn return to Manor Farm in Hampshire to recreate the conditions of the Christmas of 1944.

Airtimes on TVO (Cable 2):

Monday, December 9th, 2013
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tuesday, December 10th
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Sunday, December 12th
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM