0:00:21 > 0:00:25This story belongs to Oliver, and his grandma, Melanie.
0:00:30 > 0:00:36It's a tiny tale about how children, just like you, lived 200 years ago.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49And now it's time for Oliver
0:00:49 > 0:00:52and Grandma Melanie to go on a journey of discovery.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Together, they are going to find out what life was like
0:00:55 > 0:00:56all those years ago.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59What can you see, Oliver?
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- The lighthouse.- Do you know what the lighthouse is for?
0:01:03 > 0:01:09- To keep ships safe, not to bump into the rocks.- Well done, that's right.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I know a story about a little girl that lived
0:01:12 > 0:01:14in a lighthouse on the islands over there with her family
0:01:14 > 0:01:16about 200 years ago.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Really?- Yeah. She was called Grace.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Would you like to hear a story about that little girl?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Yes, please!- First, shall we go and get dressed up like Grace
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- and her family would have done? - Yes, please. That would be fun.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Grace and her family lived on the Farne Islands, which are out at sea.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36There are lots of rocks under the water near the islands
0:01:36 > 0:01:38which can damage ships.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40To help keep ships safe at sea people built
0:01:40 > 0:01:43lighthouses near the dangerous rocks.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Ships would see the light shining from the lighthouse
0:01:45 > 0:01:48and know to stay away from the rocks.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- Would you like to dance with me? - I would love to dance with you.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22So, what do you think of these clothes, Oliver?
0:02:22 > 0:02:28- Wonderful.- Tell me about your hat. - It's a bit tall.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- And what colour is it?- Black.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Tell me about your jacket, Oliver.
0:02:34 > 0:02:41It's brown and it's beautiful and it's got a tail
0:02:41 > 0:02:46- and lovely, bright, black buttons. - It has.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48It has. It's very, very smart.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Now tell me about your hat. - My hat is very, very posh, isn't it?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Yeah.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Do you think Grandma should wear a hat like this all of the time?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Yes.- Yeah? And what about my dress?
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Beautiful, I think you should wear it when there's a wedding happening.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Do you think?
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Under here, lots of petticoats to keep me warm.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Would you like to find out what it was like for Grace
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- to live in the olden days? - Yes, please.- Yeah, me too.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34This is Souter Lighthouse.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36The lighthouse, look at that.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Are we having a lovely time?- Yes.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Grandma Melanie has brought Oliver here to see
0:03:40 > 0:03:41how Grace might have lived.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48It has a lighthouse keeper's cottage.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50When she was small, Grace and her family
0:03:50 > 0:03:54lived in a cottage like this, because her daddy was a lighthouse keeper.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- What do you think of this house, Oliver?- Wonderful.- It's wonderful?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- Would you like to live here? - Yes, please.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- It's not like our house, is it?- No.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Look at all these old toys.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Oliver, we're in the children's bedroom, what do you think?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15It looks wonderful.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20- Is it like your bedroom at home?- No. - No, it's quite small, isn't it?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Yeah.- Yeah, the lighthouse keeper's cottage was quite small.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- How many people have you got in your family, Oliver?- Six.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- How many do you think Grace might have had?- Six.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Greece had five brothers and three sisters.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Then there was Grace, and mum and dad. How many is that?
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- 11.- 11. How do you think it might have felt in such a little house?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44It sounds like a bit of a squash.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Grace used to share her bedroom. Who do you share your bedroom with?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50My little brother, Zander.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- What do you like to do in your bedroom?- Play and jump.- Yeah?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Grace would have liked to play too,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58but I know she used to like writing letters as well.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Shall we have a go at writing a letter?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- Yes, please.- Yeah. Grace would have used an old pen just like this one.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07It's not like the pens we use today.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Old pens like this had a piece of metal on the end called a nib.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14You had to dip the nib into a bottle of ink
0:05:14 > 0:05:17and write carefully, without smudging the ink.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Great job, Oliver. Well done.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50It goes on and on.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- And round and round.- It doesn't give my legs a rest.- It doesn't.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57No, it's very hard work.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Grace's daddy's job was to keep the lighthouse light shining all the time
0:06:01 > 0:06:05and to keep watch over the ships to make sure that they were safe.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07It's a long way to the top of the lighthouse, Oliver.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Yes, it is.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Wow!
0:06:11 > 0:06:15This is a good lighthouse.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Grace and her brothers and sisters would have helped
0:06:18 > 0:06:20their daddy to do his job.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Shall we pretend to be lighthouse keepers?- Yes!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Can you see any ships, Oliver?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- They're too small.- Too small?
0:06:32 > 0:06:37- So why don't you use...- A telescope!
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Yes, a telescope. Well done.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Can you see any ships now?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48A pirate ship!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- And what's the weather like?- Why?
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Because if the weather was bad the ships might get into trouble.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- You've been a fantastic lighthouse keeper. Well done.- Thank you.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15So, Oliver, there was only Grace
0:07:15 > 0:07:18and her family lived on the islands, so there was no school.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21So her daddy would have taught her how to read and how to write
0:07:21 > 0:07:23and other subjects like...
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Nature and geography. - Nature and geography. Well done.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Geography is all about directions. What do you think this is?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- A compass.- A compass. It's a very old compass.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39And this tells you which direction you need to go in.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43So it always points North, so here.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48It's pointing North and the sea is over there, which is East.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53- And where is South?- South...- Is...
0:07:53 > 0:07:55And where's West?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57That one.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Well done. Good job.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01So, where are we?
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- Right here.- Right here!
0:08:04 > 0:08:05SHE LAUGHS
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Careful, now. It might be heavy.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Well done.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Grandma Melanie and Oliver are looking for driftwood
0:08:27 > 0:08:30on the beach, just like Grace would have done.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34There were no shops on Grace's tiny island, and no trees,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36so Grace and her family used the driftwood
0:08:36 > 0:08:40they found to make fires to heat the lighthouse.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Wow! Oliver, look at all that driftwood we found.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46That's going to make an amazing fire.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Good job, Oliver.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Grace loved looking at all the animals
0:09:06 > 0:09:08and birds on her little island.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Grandma Melanie has brought Oliver to Annstead Dunes to see
0:09:14 > 0:09:16if they can spot some wildlife.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Oliver, when Grace was a little girl there were no televisions
0:09:22 > 0:09:27and no playgrounds, but Grace used to love playing outside with
0:09:27 > 0:09:29her brothers and sisters.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32And they would go looking for all the animals and birds on the island.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35And she had a little dog called Happy.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Would you like to go and look for wildlife?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- There's a seal!- Yay! Look at that.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- What's that? - That's an oystercatcher.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54And, if you look very carefully, you might see some eider ducks.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Grace used to have some pet eider ducks.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Really?- Yeah, she used to look after them on the island.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- I hope that was fun. - I think it would have been.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Oliver, if Grace wanted to go and visit her grandma,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09how would she have got there?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- Er, a rowing boat? - A rowing boat, that's right.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Would you like to go
0:10:14 > 0:10:17and have a look at a rowing boat just like Grace had?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- Yes, please.- Let's go.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Oliver, look at this lovely rowing boat. What do you think?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39It needs four people.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It's got four oars, so, yeah, it would have taken
0:10:42 > 0:10:43four people to row it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45And it's called a skiff.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48And Grace would have learned to row a boat just like this one,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51would you like to go for a trip in this boat?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Yes, please.- Great, let's go.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07- Can you tell me a story about Grace Darling, please?- I can.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11A long time ago, when Grace was a young woman,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14she had seen, from her bedroom window,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18that a ship had bumped into some rocks near the Farne Islands.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23She had seen the ship was in trouble and gone and told her daddy.
0:11:23 > 0:11:29And her daddy and Grace rowed out in their boat and rescued nine people.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34It was a very, very stormy night and it was very, very dangerous.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Grace was really brave.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44This is a painting of Grace and her daddy in their rowing boat.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Grace's story was in all the newspapers
0:11:47 > 0:11:49and she became very famous.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52She had her portrait painted and people wrote songs
0:11:52 > 0:11:53and poems about her.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Oliver, have you had fun finding out what it was like a long time ago?
0:12:15 > 0:12:21Yes, I loved finding out about Grace and the things that she did.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- Can you remember all the things we've done?- Yes.
0:12:25 > 0:12:31We got dressed up in old clothes, which was great fun.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36You looked wonderful and I felt very special.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41We visited a lighthouse and the lighthouse keeper's cottage.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47I wrote with an old pen,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49just like Grace would have done.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56We pretended to be lighthouse keepers.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59You taught me geography...
0:12:59 > 0:13:03just like Grace's dad taught her.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06We went looking for driftwood.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10We went on a rowing boat.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13And I learnt how brave Grace was.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16What have you enjoyed the most, Oliver?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Dressing up and rowing a boat.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21What have you enjoyed the most?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I enjoyed going out on the rowing boat
0:13:24 > 0:13:26and telling you all about Grace Darling.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I think we've had a good adventure together,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31so I think it's time for a big cuddle.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- You know what...?- And tickle!
0:13:36 > 0:13:38SHE LAUGHS
0:13:43 > 0:13:45What a fabulous heap of fun!
0:13:45 > 0:13:49That was Oliver and Grandma Melanie's tiny tale about Grace Darling's
0:13:49 > 0:13:52childhood over 200 years ago.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Now Grandma Melanie has shared this story with Oliver,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58it's time for Oliver to start his very own story.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Do you know someone with a story to share?