0:00:21 > 0:00:24The story belongs to Sylvie
0:00:24 > 0:00:26and her mummy, Jade.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43It's a tiny tale about how children just like you lived 100 years ago.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52And now it's time for Mummy Jade to take Sylvie
0:00:52 > 0:00:54on a journey of discovery
0:00:54 > 0:00:58and find out together what life was like all those years ago.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- Sylvie, are you ready for school? - Yes.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05You look really nice in your uniform.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Do you think 100 years ago
0:01:06 > 0:01:08children would've worn a school uniform for school?
0:01:08 > 0:01:12100 years ago... Was that before I was born?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Yeah. It was a very long time ago.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17It was even before your nana was born.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Do you know, Sylvie,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21something very big and important happened 100 years ago?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24We call it World War I.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Lots of countries around the world had a big fight called a war
0:01:27 > 0:01:29which lasted for four years.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31During the First World War,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35many daddies joined the Army, the Navy, and the Royal Flying Corps
0:01:35 > 0:01:38which we know today as the Royal Air Force.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Some women also went to join the war effort
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and worked as nurses and drove ambulances.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Look, here's some old film of some soldiers
0:01:46 > 0:01:48getting ready to leave for France
0:01:48 > 0:01:50where some of the fighting took place.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52The war started in the summer of 1914
0:01:52 > 0:01:55and lots of people thought it would be over by Christmas,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59but, sadly, it lasted for four years.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Some of the daddies, uncles, big brothers and women
0:02:03 > 0:02:05were away from home for a very long time.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Sylvie, your great-great-grandpa went off to fight
0:02:09 > 0:02:11in the First World War.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13He was away for a very long time
0:02:13 > 0:02:17and when he came back he was awarded a medal for being so brave.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24What did mummies and children do when the daddies went to war?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Well, let's find out, shall we?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Shall we go back and see what it was like
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- to be a wee boy or girl 100 years ago?- Yes, please.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35OK, let's get changed into clothes they used to wear a long time ago.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36OK.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Look at you! - Look at you!
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Wow! Look at Sylvie and Mummy Jade now
0:02:48 > 0:02:50dressed up in the clothes from 100 years ago.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53This is going to be really interesting.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Next stop, they're going to visit an old school.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Look at this old photograph.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00And look at it now.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03It's not changed that much, has it?
0:03:03 > 0:03:08- OK, Sylvie that's us at school now. - Yay!
0:03:08 > 0:03:12The Scotland Street School has been around for a very long time.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14For many, many years it was busy school.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19Now it's museum, and Mummy Jade and Sylvie are going to find out
0:03:19 > 0:03:22all about what it was like going to school 100 years ago.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27This is different from your school, isn't it, Sylvie?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Yes, Mummy.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Do you see this picture, here?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- Yes. - See the lady at the back?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- Yeah. - That's your great-gran, Sadie.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42She used to go to school here a long time ago.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44That's amazing!
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Shall we go?
0:03:47 > 0:03:51And look! Here are some more children to join in the fun.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08The children are wearing the same kind of clothes
0:04:08 > 0:04:11a child would have worn 100 years ago.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14And this lady here is not a real teacher,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17but she is going to show the children
0:04:17 > 0:04:21what it was like to be in a classroom 100 years ago.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Class, at the sound of the bell, sit up straight.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Good.
0:04:28 > 0:04:34Today we are going to recite the 26 letters of the alphabet.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36First letter?
0:04:36 > 0:04:40ALL: A, B, C...
0:04:40 > 0:04:43..D, E...
0:04:43 > 0:04:45..F, G...
0:04:45 > 0:04:48So the children are learning the alphabet,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50just like you would today.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53So, things haven't really changed that much.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Class, you may now take your slates
0:04:55 > 0:04:58from the slots on the front of the desks.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Lie them flat on the desk in front of you.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03What's that the children are writing with?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07That doesn't look like a pencil and paper to me.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09You will take up your piece of chalk
0:05:09 > 0:05:11and you will then start to copy the letters
0:05:11 > 0:05:14from the board onto your slates.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16You may now copy the letters
0:05:16 > 0:05:18starting with the A.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22It's a slate, a bit like a mini chalk board,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and the children are writing on it with chalk.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Who can give me an animal beginning with this letter of the alphabet?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32The girl there?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34A dinosaur.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35A dinosaur!
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Who can make me the noise of a dinosaur?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41The boy in the back. Stand.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42WAAARRGH!
0:05:42 > 0:05:44AH!
0:05:44 > 0:05:48That is the scariest dinosaur I have ever heard!
0:05:59 > 0:06:02I wonder what's next for the children.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Yeah, of course - it's playtime!
0:06:05 > 0:06:08And some more of Sylvie's friends have come along to try out
0:06:08 > 0:06:10the games they played so many years ago.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13So what sort of games did they play?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Now, this is called hoop and stick.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18That looks really hard.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Not many people play it now,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24but 100 years ago it was really popular.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25# Ring-a-ring of rosies
0:06:25 > 0:06:27# A pocket full of posies
0:06:27 > 0:06:30# A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
0:06:30 > 0:06:33# We all fall down. #
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Ah, skipping!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Skipping is great!
0:06:41 > 0:06:43And never changes.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49This is called peever.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50It's the same as hopscotch.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Look at this old photograph of boys
0:06:53 > 0:06:55playing a game called marbles.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59And here's Sylvie and her friends playing it, too.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Do you play marbles?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Playtime has been fun.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Is it like playtime at your school or nursery?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14So I wonder what's in store for Sylvie and her classmates now?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Well, look at this old film.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25The children are doing drill.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28It's a bit like PE, but a lot less fun.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31And in this picture taken in Scotland Street School
0:07:31 > 0:07:34they did drill inside.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Let's see how Sylvie and her classmates get on.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Class, stand up straight. Arms by your sides.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44As you're all aware, a healthy body leads to a healthy mind.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47So you will all do as I do.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Put your hands on your shoulders,
0:07:48 > 0:07:50hands on your heads,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52hands straight up in the air,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55hands on your heads,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57hands on your shoulders,
0:07:57 > 0:07:58straight out to the side.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Now I want it done, but I want it done 10 TIMES FASTER than that!
0:08:06 > 0:08:09If you are ready and...
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Go! Go! Go! Go! Keep it up, keep it up!
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Out to the side! Up in the air! Keep it up!
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Keep it up! Keep it up!
0:08:16 > 0:08:17And...stand up straight.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Did you have fun at school today?
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Yeah!
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Are you hungry?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Yes.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41OK, Sylvie, look at this old ration book.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45people used to not have so much food a long time ago,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47so they used to use this to share food.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51By the end of the war, food started to run out
0:08:51 > 0:08:54because ships couldn't bring in food from other countries,
0:08:54 > 0:08:55so people queued for food.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58To make sure that was enough food to go around,
0:08:58 > 0:08:59rationing books were used.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Inside each book was a list of food items,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04a bit like a shopping list.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08And you were only allowed a certain amount of items each week.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10This made sure that everyone got their fair share
0:09:10 > 0:09:13of the little amount of food that was available.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Ration books weren't the only way to get food.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Lots of people grew their own food,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21sometimes in their gardens
0:09:21 > 0:09:23or in the farmers' fields
0:09:23 > 0:09:25and sometimes in an allotment.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29An allotment is a small piece of land away from your house
0:09:29 > 0:09:32that you can grow vegetables and other things on.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Sylvie, do you know this allotment has been here for a really long time?
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Over 100 years.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- That's a very long time, Mummy. - It is.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46And do you know during the First World War
0:09:46 > 0:09:48they didn't have very much food,
0:09:48 > 0:09:50so they would come down here
0:09:50 > 0:09:52and they would grow their own vegetables.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54A bit like the leek and potatoes
0:09:54 > 0:09:56we're about to pick for our soup.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59During the war, allotments just like this one,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03and other open areas like parks and even football fields,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06were suddenly getting used as garden patches
0:10:06 > 0:10:09to grow potatoes and other vegetables.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12And even the children all helped with the gardening.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Shall we pull some leeks?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Yeah!
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Well done!
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Give it a shake.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Well done.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Fantastic.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27What about the potatoes now? Shall we go for some potatoes?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Yes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Watch out.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38There we go.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Give them a good old pull.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Oh, my goodness!
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Loads of potatoes.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47They're amazing.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48We've got loads there.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54One potato, two potato, three potato, four.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more!
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Well done!
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Let's go make some leek and potato soup.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Leek and potato soup!
0:11:05 > 0:11:06That sounds yummy.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Now the vegetables are collected, Sylvie and Mummy Jade
0:11:10 > 0:11:13are preparing them in an old-fashioned kitchen.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Shall we make some leek and potato soup now?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Yeah.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20So, do you want to wash some potatoes? Put them in.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22They need a good wash.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- You have washed your hands, haven't you?- Yes.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Do you like cooking? - Yes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32What's your favourite thing to make?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Making cakes with you.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38They're nice and clean now, Mummy.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Lovely. Shall we chop them up, then?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Yes.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- You know only mummies and daddies can use sharp knives, don't you?- Yes.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50So we chop them up and get them ready for the soup.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Do you think you'd have liked to be a wee girl 100 years ago?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Not really. - Why not?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Because...
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I just wouldn't like it,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02because it would be a lot harder.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06And the teachers would be kind of scary
0:12:06 > 0:12:08and I wouldn't get to wear my nice clothes.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I like these clothes, though.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14But not as much as my old clothes.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Do you like wearing your jeans and your leggings?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- Yes.- OK.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Sylvie, have you had fun finding out what life was like 100 years ago?
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Yes.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Can you remember all the things you've done?
0:12:36 > 0:12:40We dressed up in old-fashioned clothes.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Look at you!
0:12:41 > 0:12:44We went into a very old school.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I joined a class for an old lesson.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54THEY RECITE THE ALPHABET
0:12:54 > 0:12:58I played old games with my friends.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02We made soup.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- Do you like cooking? - Yes.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08I had fun and learned lots...
0:13:08 > 0:13:13Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16So, Sylvie, what did you enjoy doing the most?
0:13:16 > 0:13:21Playing old games in the playground with my friends.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23What was your favourite bit?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25I enjoyed spending time with you.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- Shall we go get changed out of these old clothes?- Yes.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33What would you like to put on?
0:13:33 > 0:13:34My pink leggings.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37That'll be lovely. Give us a hug.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45What a journey of discovery!
0:13:46 > 0:13:49That was Sylvie and Mummy Jade's tiny tale
0:13:49 > 0:13:52about being a child 100 years ago.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Now Mummy Jade has shared this story with Sylvie,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58it's time for Sylvie to start her own story.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Do you know someone with a story to share?