Episode 1

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04PROGRAMME THEME

0:00:04 > 0:00:10'In spring 2010, two families volunteered to go back in time.

0:00:10 > 0:00:13'Their destination, 19th-century Snowdonia,

0:00:13 > 0:00:15'and a unique way of life.'

0:00:15 > 0:00:18Get them all together!

0:00:18 > 0:00:20It's getting a bit stressful now.

0:00:20 > 0:00:23If they come round asking for the rent, we're finished.

0:00:24 > 0:00:27- How do you move a cow? - SHE LAUGHS

0:00:27 > 0:00:30'For one month, they faced a battle for survival

0:00:30 > 0:00:33'that combined both farm and quarry.'

0:00:33 > 0:00:38I told you yesterday and you've done exactly the same. That's a penny now, I've fined you.

0:00:38 > 0:00:44- 'A Welsh life, long abandoned.' - You will learn the ways of temperance!

0:00:44 > 0:00:48We do not speak Welsh in school.

0:00:50 > 0:00:51CHEERING

0:00:51 > 0:00:54Just treat them as you treat a man - firm!

0:00:54 > 0:00:59'Now experience how they coped with the tough realities of Snowdonia, 1890.'

0:01:02 > 0:01:05I'm frightened to eat, in case we haven't got anything left.

0:01:05 > 0:01:08Give me respect, you get it back.

0:01:08 > 0:01:11It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.

0:01:44 > 0:01:47'Snowdonia, in northwest Wales.

0:01:48 > 0:01:52'Two centuries ago, this area was home to a singular community

0:01:52 > 0:01:54'that lived a hand-to-mouth existence,

0:01:54 > 0:02:01'farming the land and working in the surrounding slate quarries.

0:02:01 > 0:02:05'Close-knit and Welsh-speaking, they lived on smallholdings

0:02:05 > 0:02:09'and cramped, basic cottages, high on the mountain slopes.

0:02:11 > 0:02:14'Now, modern families are coming to test themselves

0:02:14 > 0:02:18'to see if they can endure the same hardships.

0:02:19 > 0:02:23'Over 100 applied, but only 2 were chosen.

0:02:25 > 0:02:29'From Abergavenny in South Wales, the Braddocks.

0:02:31 > 0:02:33'This is Mark and Alisa's second marriage,

0:02:33 > 0:02:37'and their children are from previous relationships.'

0:02:37 > 0:02:42I don't think we're a conventional family, because everybody's so individual.

0:02:42 > 0:02:47I love them to bits, but it can be overpowering, so many strong characters in one room.

0:02:47 > 0:02:51Some days you come in and think, "What have I come into?" But it's good fun.

0:02:51 > 0:02:54'19-year-old Jamie, Mark's son, is at university.

0:02:55 > 0:02:59When I go out, I pretend I'm a professional footballer.

0:02:59 > 0:03:05You chat everyone up saying, "I play for Cardiff. I'm in the reserves. They just signed me."

0:03:05 > 0:03:07Feel free to edit that out!

0:03:07 > 0:03:10'Alisa's youngest two are 13-year-old Tommy

0:03:10 > 0:03:13'and nine-year-old Leah.'

0:03:13 > 0:03:17- Organised.- Organised...erm, busy.

0:03:17 > 0:03:20And quite a smiley family.

0:03:20 > 0:03:24'Her eldest son, Jordan, 17, lives with his grandparents.'

0:03:24 > 0:03:27I'm looking forward to spend time with my family.

0:03:27 > 0:03:31I don't see Tommy and Leah a lot, I'd like to see them a lot more.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34'The Braddocks are always on the go,

0:03:34 > 0:03:39'With Mark working 12-hour shifts as a medical technician,

0:03:39 > 0:03:43'and Alisa busy running her own stage school.'

0:03:43 > 0:03:48I know it's quite daunting, but maybe we can have the drama in your face.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51My stepmum isn't used to doing housework

0:03:51 > 0:03:56- and cooking and stuff like that. - I beg to differ.

0:03:56 > 0:03:58She likes to be like posh totty!

0:03:58 > 0:04:01I scrubbed that kitchen! Have you seen how white it is?

0:04:01 > 0:04:04She's always got to have her make-up done and her hair done.

0:04:04 > 0:04:07This experience is going to be hilarious!

0:04:07 > 0:04:09'This will be a big test for them,

0:04:09 > 0:04:13'not least because they'll all be living together for the first time.'

0:04:13 > 0:04:16ALL: We are the Braddocks!

0:04:16 > 0:04:19I would like my family to change from this experience.

0:04:19 > 0:04:24For us to all group together and do team activities day in day out,

0:04:24 > 0:04:25that would be a lot of fun.

0:04:25 > 0:04:29When we're all living on top of each other,

0:04:29 > 0:04:32it could get a bit strenuous at times.

0:04:32 > 0:04:39I honestly believe that nobody will crack or give up.

0:04:39 > 0:04:42I think it'll be a good experience for the whole family.

0:04:42 > 0:04:45'The Braddocks are non Welsh speakers

0:04:45 > 0:04:50'and they see this as possibly their biggest challenge.'

0:04:50 > 0:04:53Very strong-headed people, North Walians. Very, erm...

0:04:53 > 0:04:58If you don't speak Welsh, you're not Welsh, according to a lot of them up there.

0:04:59 > 0:05:04'The Braddocks' neighbours will be from Denbigh in North Wales.

0:05:04 > 0:05:06'The Welsh-speaking Joneses.

0:05:10 > 0:05:13'They're a professional working family.'

0:05:13 > 0:05:16Hello, David Jones speaking. How can I help?

0:05:16 > 0:05:18'David is a partner in a law firm

0:05:18 > 0:05:21'and Catrin works as a tribunals officer.

0:05:21 > 0:05:27'The children - Ben, 18, 11-year-old Ela and nine-year-old Jac,

0:05:27 > 0:05:30'all attend a Welsh language school.'

0:05:31 > 0:05:34I'd like to study law in university.

0:05:34 > 0:05:40My father is a solicitor and ever since I was younger, I've always wanted to do what he does.

0:05:40 > 0:05:43'They're a family who are used to a comfortable lifestyle.'

0:05:45 > 0:05:50Home life is very comfortable. We have a nice house, a big garden.

0:05:50 > 0:05:52We've got a high standard of living.

0:05:52 > 0:05:57I suppose, a bit spoilt, you know, as people are in this day and age.

0:05:57 > 0:06:01Maybe we've got too much and we don't really appreciate it.

0:06:01 > 0:06:08The prospect of surviving Snowdonia does scare me,

0:06:08 > 0:06:11but I'm ready for the challenge.

0:06:11 > 0:06:16I'm definitely the organiser of the family.

0:06:16 > 0:06:19I keep everybody on track.

0:06:19 > 0:06:24I suppose the kids and my husband would say I can nag quite a bit,

0:06:24 > 0:06:27which I would tend to agree with really, if I'm honest.

0:06:27 > 0:06:29I don't eat meat.

0:06:29 > 0:06:32I might find it a bit difficult with food,

0:06:32 > 0:06:34but there's vegetables and things.

0:06:34 > 0:06:37- And grass!- Yeah, I can eat grass!

0:06:37 > 0:06:41And you can have some bacon baps or a sausage roll!

0:06:42 > 0:06:44'But whatever the challenges,

0:06:44 > 0:06:48'there's one reason why all this will be worth it for the Joneses.

0:06:51 > 0:06:54'David's grandfather was a slate quarryman,

0:06:54 > 0:06:57'who died in a tragic quarrying accident.

0:06:58 > 0:07:02'They want to journey back to their roots to engage with their past

0:07:02 > 0:07:06'and really see what life would have been like.'

0:07:08 > 0:07:09You can read about history,

0:07:09 > 0:07:13but you never would get the experience to actually live it.

0:07:13 > 0:07:16This will be the chance to live it, which will be unbelievable.

0:07:19 > 0:07:24'The scene is set and the challenge can begin.

0:07:24 > 0:07:26'Today, the Joneses and the Braddocks

0:07:26 > 0:07:29'begin their journey into the past.

0:07:44 > 0:07:47'For one month, this will be their home.

0:07:47 > 0:07:52'Neighbouring farm cottages, perched high in the Snowdonia uplands.

0:07:52 > 0:07:57'Cramped and basic, with no running water or mod cons.

0:08:05 > 0:08:08'Set in two acres of land,

0:08:08 > 0:08:13'these remote cottages stand 900 feet above sea level.

0:08:13 > 0:08:16'For the Braddocks, three rooms for six people

0:08:16 > 0:08:19'may prove a little too close for comfort.'

0:08:21 > 0:08:23The outside is lovely.

0:08:24 > 0:08:26Gosh, it's huge!

0:08:28 > 0:08:30It's bigger than what I thought.

0:08:30 > 0:08:32- It's lovely and warm. - It's lovely. Gosh!

0:08:32 > 0:08:36Baking powder, plain flour.

0:08:36 > 0:08:39Really relieved. I thought I'd be sharing a bed with my dad,

0:08:39 > 0:08:42or even worse, one of the kids!

0:08:42 > 0:08:44So who's having them, then?

0:08:44 > 0:08:47I'm on the left, Tommy's in the middle and Leah's on the right.

0:08:47 > 0:08:49It's cool, innit?

0:08:49 > 0:08:53- Oh, that's nice!- Look at this bed. What do you think?

0:08:53 > 0:08:56- That looks comfortable. - It's lovely, isn't it?

0:08:56 > 0:08:58We can cuddle up on this. Is it a water bed?!

0:09:00 > 0:09:02I thought it would be like all...

0:09:02 > 0:09:06I thought the house would actually be grey, dark and scary.

0:09:06 > 0:09:09But it's actually better than I thought.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13'Jordan spies important news.'

0:09:14 > 0:09:16It says here, "Wanted immediately.

0:09:16 > 0:09:21"Eight good quarrymen who understand the splitting and dressing of slate.

0:09:21 > 0:09:23"Report to management agent Mr Smith

0:09:23 > 0:09:26"at Moel Tryfan quarry in Caernarfon in two days' time."

0:09:26 > 0:09:29You've got a job interview, then, lads.

0:09:29 > 0:09:33"None need apply who's character will not bear the strictest inquiry."

0:09:33 > 0:09:35Best behaviour, Mark!

0:09:38 > 0:09:41'The Joneses will be living a field away.

0:09:44 > 0:09:48'Their cottage is even smaller than the Braddocks', with only one bedroom.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51'So somebody will have to sleep in the kitchen.'

0:10:05 > 0:10:10- Oh, wow! It's quite warm. - It's lovely and warm.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12It's lovely and cosy, isn't it?

0:10:12 > 0:10:15I reckon this will be the warmest bed

0:10:15 > 0:10:17because it's in the kitchen where the fire is.

0:10:17 > 0:10:22- Is that our bed, then?- Yes, that's our bed. I reckon we bag that bed.

0:10:28 > 0:10:32Now, that's if things come flying over!

0:10:32 > 0:10:34Have you got one in your room?

0:10:34 > 0:10:36Yeah. Under the bed.

0:10:36 > 0:10:38I'll let you go first on that!

0:10:41 > 0:10:42Cool bedroom!

0:10:42 > 0:10:45And this is it, that's the whole tyddyn.

0:10:45 > 0:10:48- You can share with Jac. - I'll sleep in the kitchen.

0:10:48 > 0:10:52- Can the two boys sleep together? - I'm not going in the kitchen!

0:10:52 > 0:10:56My first impression is that it's lovely. It's lovely and cosy.

0:10:56 > 0:10:58Not a lot of room, obviously.

0:10:58 > 0:11:01The problem is, it's going to get dirty really easy,

0:11:01 > 0:11:06so these two, especially Jac, have got to be careful what they bring in and out.

0:11:06 > 0:11:09We have apples. I never knew there were apples.

0:11:09 > 0:11:11"Dear Mr and Mrs Jones.

0:11:11 > 0:11:14"We are pleased to confirm that places have been secured

0:11:14 > 0:11:18"for your daughter, Ela, and son, Jac, at Tan y Coed school for the sum of 1d per pupil."

0:11:18 > 0:11:23"Strict penalties will be in operation for unauthorised absence, lateness and..."

0:11:23 > 0:11:26This is the bad one. Jack, do you know what insolence means?

0:11:26 > 0:11:28Cheek will be punished.

0:11:28 > 0:11:33Right, OK? So if you're cheeky, we have to pay fines.

0:11:33 > 0:11:37- Strict penalties.- OK. No-one should be cheeky.

0:11:37 > 0:11:39'The Joneses are settling in,

0:11:39 > 0:11:44'but there's a shock in store for vegetarian Ela.'

0:11:44 > 0:11:46I know you don't like rabbits.

0:11:46 > 0:11:49I know you don't like dead animals, Ela.

0:11:49 > 0:11:50ELA CRIES

0:11:50 > 0:11:54OK, OK. Look, we can hang them somewhere else.

0:11:54 > 0:11:57We can move them and hang them somewhere else, don't worry.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00'For an 1890s quarryman's family,

0:12:00 > 0:12:04'slaughtering animals was a necessity of life.

0:12:04 > 0:12:06'Ela will have to get used to this

0:12:06 > 0:12:10'if she's to survive in this environment.

0:12:15 > 0:12:19'Both families have been given subsistence funds and food for one month.

0:12:19 > 0:12:23'But there's a real danger that stocks could well run out.

0:12:23 > 0:12:26'How they get by in the long run

0:12:26 > 0:12:29'will depend on how well the women manage the household.

0:12:31 > 0:12:34'To help Catrin and Alisa in their tasks,

0:12:34 > 0:12:37'they've been given an 1890s household manual.'

0:12:37 > 0:12:43- "A bad wife is confusion, weakness..."- Absolutely.

0:12:43 > 0:12:46Oh, my giddy aunt!

0:12:46 > 0:12:50"At 6.45am you've got to open the beds and air the rooms,

0:12:50 > 0:12:53"attend to the range, the children and prepare breakfast.

0:12:53 > 0:12:55"At 10.00am, special weekly work.

0:12:55 > 0:13:00"11.30am, cook midday meal. 12.00pm, special weekly work.

0:13:00 > 0:13:05"19.00, supervise children's bath. 20.00, retire."

0:13:05 > 0:13:09So where in there do I get my massage and my nails done?!

0:13:09 > 0:13:12They must have missed that bit out!

0:13:12 > 0:13:14I don't know where to start, basically.

0:13:14 > 0:13:19We're really relying on my mother. Big work for her.

0:13:19 > 0:13:24- We've all got to chip in.- Yeah. - Do what we can, innit?

0:13:28 > 0:13:31'As darkness descends and the paraffin lamps are lit,

0:13:31 > 0:13:34'the women get to work preparing supper.

0:13:34 > 0:13:36'A bit of a challenge for Alisa.'

0:13:37 > 0:13:42I do three meals. Frozen, takeaway and microwave!

0:13:42 > 0:13:44It's very rare I cook fresh food.

0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Her speciality... - But I can make a stew.

0:13:47 > 0:13:51Alisa's speciality is called chicken-ding. You eat it when it dings!

0:13:51 > 0:13:55- Shut up!- Pop it in the microwave, three minutes later, ding.

0:13:55 > 0:13:58I'm better on the phone to the local Chinese.

0:13:58 > 0:14:01Alisa is also a cookery black belt.

0:14:02 > 0:14:04One chop and you're dead!

0:14:05 > 0:14:07That's not funny.

0:14:07 > 0:14:08'Over at the Joneses,

0:14:08 > 0:14:14'David is finding the 1890s smallholder's simple diet

0:14:14 > 0:14:16'a bit too bland for his liking.'

0:14:21 > 0:14:24This is the bit when we don't tell Ela

0:14:24 > 0:14:30that we've had to put some bacon in there to get some actual flavour.

0:14:30 > 0:14:33She's not having any bacon.

0:14:33 > 0:14:37This may come out later at a certain date,

0:14:37 > 0:14:40but this was just to get some flavour.

0:14:40 > 0:14:45Otherwise, it was going to be the most horrible thing you've ever tasted.

0:14:45 > 0:14:49I know it's not a nice thing to do, but otherwise, she wouldn't...

0:14:49 > 0:14:52- You've been bad. - Don't you say anything.

0:14:52 > 0:14:54She wouldn't enjoy it, cured bacon.

0:14:54 > 0:14:59- The other family have...- Can you put that on your sandwiches?

0:14:59 > 0:15:04- No, you've got to cook it.- It's nice. - What do you think of the food?

0:15:04 > 0:15:06- What have you done with mine?- What?

0:15:06 > 0:15:09Have you cooked it with the meat in it?

0:15:09 > 0:15:12- No. We moved a bit out. - You haven't cooked it with meat?

0:15:12 > 0:15:15- No.- We had it in another saucepan.

0:15:15 > 0:15:17'It seems the gamble has paid off.'

0:15:19 > 0:15:21It wasn't very nice, having to lie to her,

0:15:21 > 0:15:27but she didn't actually catch us in the act, which was quite good.

0:15:27 > 0:15:32If she finds out about it, she's not going to be happy, but there we go.

0:15:35 > 0:15:40'It's the end of their first day in Snowdonia 1890

0:15:40 > 0:15:44'and the families bed down for an early night.

0:15:44 > 0:15:48'Tomorrow will be the dawn of a brand-new set of challenges.

0:16:03 > 0:16:07'It's a bright start to the morning in Victorian Wales.'

0:16:10 > 0:16:12Somebody hasn't even got up yet,

0:16:12 > 0:16:17so I don't know how he's going to get his breakfast.

0:16:17 > 0:16:23'It's 8.30am and Jamie Braddock is still asleep.

0:16:23 > 0:16:27'Our modern day families have agreed to live as closely as they can

0:16:27 > 0:16:31'to the experience of 1890s smallholders.

0:16:31 > 0:16:34'So he should have woken at dawn.

0:16:35 > 0:16:40'Gareth Wyn Jones, a neighbouring farmer, makes a timely visit.'

0:16:48 > 0:16:53'In 1890, a large proportion of the community didn't speak English,

0:16:53 > 0:16:57'so the Braddocks, with hardly a word of Welsh between them,

0:16:57 > 0:16:59'would have struggled here.

0:17:12 > 0:17:16'Smallholders were a very close-knit group who relied heavily on each other.

0:17:16 > 0:17:19'For the next month, both the Braddocks and the Joneses

0:17:19 > 0:17:23'will have the support of neighbours like Gareth.

0:17:38 > 0:17:43'Each family have been given a dairy shorthorn cow to look after,

0:17:43 > 0:17:45'a common breed of the time,

0:17:45 > 0:17:50'which will have to be milked by hand morning and evening.'

0:17:50 > 0:17:52# Moo-moo, milk the cow

0:17:52 > 0:17:54# Moo-moo, milk the cow

0:17:54 > 0:17:56# Moo, milk the cow. #

0:17:56 > 0:17:59'The families will rely on their cow for milk

0:17:59 > 0:18:01'to make butter, cheese and bread.'

0:18:04 > 0:18:06It's hard. I'm aching now.

0:18:06 > 0:18:12My hands and wrists are hurting, especially my fingers.

0:18:12 > 0:18:16- We don't need to do this, do we? - No, we can stay in bed.

0:18:16 > 0:18:19- We can stay in bed, yeah. - Stay in bed.

0:18:19 > 0:18:24'It's 9.00am and Jamie Braddock is up at last.'

0:18:24 > 0:18:29Come on. You've had a lie in this morning. Let's go and get this cow.

0:18:29 > 0:18:32Does he know which end's which to put the rope round?

0:18:32 > 0:18:35Off you go. Go on. Off you go.

0:18:36 > 0:18:40Mark, we want some feed for this one in a bucket now. OK?

0:18:40 > 0:18:44'As Gareth gets the Braddocks to do some work,

0:18:44 > 0:18:47'the Joneses are left to their own devices.'

0:19:06 > 0:19:07It's happened again.

0:19:07 > 0:19:11We had half a bucket. We're not down to a quarter of a bucket.

0:19:11 > 0:19:14Don't milk her now, please. We need to clean her teats.

0:19:14 > 0:19:17They're dirty and that's no good.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19Well, go and clean them, then!

0:19:19 > 0:19:22Don't stand here, telling us to clean them!

0:19:25 > 0:19:29'The Joneses are already feeling the strain.

0:19:29 > 0:19:32'And things aren't going well for the Braddocks, either.

0:19:32 > 0:19:34Hold that cow!

0:19:39 > 0:19:42- What's happened? - She stood on my foot.

0:19:42 > 0:19:44- That's nothing!- What? - That's nothing.

0:19:44 > 0:19:47You've got steel toe caps. What's the matter with you?

0:19:47 > 0:19:51Is she all right? She's a feisty one.

0:19:51 > 0:19:54I'd be quite happy to make her into beef burgers right now!

0:19:54 > 0:19:58I don't want milk. I'd rather have a burger.

0:19:58 > 0:20:01'Now it's Alisa's turn.'

0:20:01 > 0:20:06Gently. Very gentle. Just to get the milk to start.

0:20:06 > 0:20:10- Are you proud of your mum?- Yeah. - She's brilliant! Look!

0:20:10 > 0:20:15Is she better than the Joneses? Who's the best milkmaid?

0:20:15 > 0:20:17Erm... Our mum.

0:20:17 > 0:20:21We'll see how much butter you get by the end of the week.

0:20:21 > 0:20:25I thought it was more complicated than it is, but it's quite easy.

0:20:25 > 0:20:27It was quite therapeutic.

0:20:30 > 0:20:32'With the milking done,

0:20:32 > 0:20:37'both cows are taken back to the Joneses' shed.

0:20:39 > 0:20:43'There are plenty of little jobs still left to be done,

0:20:43 > 0:20:46'but Jamie is skiving again.'

0:20:47 > 0:20:50I can treat this experience like a health farm.

0:20:50 > 0:20:53A relax and recuperation thing.

0:20:53 > 0:20:57To me, this is relaxing, doing nothing, even though I'm bored.

0:20:57 > 0:21:02Oi! The cow's out. You didn't close the gate.

0:21:02 > 0:21:05Quick, she'll be in the veg patch!

0:21:05 > 0:21:09'The Braddocks' cow has escaped. Guess who left the gate open.'

0:21:09 > 0:21:13Look, this is not on. First day!

0:21:13 > 0:21:16She could have gone anywhere.

0:21:16 > 0:21:21This is a disaster. This is your first day and your cow is out.

0:21:21 > 0:21:24Take her back in that shed now. Sharpish!

0:21:27 > 0:21:31It's like Dumb And Dumber do farming, I tell you.

0:21:32 > 0:21:38'The livestock on the smallholding are authentic 1890 mountain breeds.

0:21:38 > 0:21:42'Native Welsh pigs, heritage breed chickens

0:21:42 > 0:21:47'and 12 heavily pregnant Welsh mountain sheep.'

0:21:51 > 0:21:54Get them all together!

0:21:54 > 0:21:57Go on, Jamie, standing there like a lamppost. Get going.

0:21:57 > 0:22:01Come on. Hands out of your pockets as well!

0:22:07 > 0:22:11'Sheep provided wool, meat and a little extra income,

0:22:11 > 0:22:13'so had to be well looked after.'

0:22:13 > 0:22:17Don't frighten them. They're heavily pregnant.

0:22:17 > 0:22:20'First job is to herd them up.'

0:22:20 > 0:22:24- Give them a chance to think. - 'Easier said than done.'

0:22:28 > 0:22:33Jac, please don't do that again. All you need to do is stand.

0:22:33 > 0:22:35Don't frighten them!

0:22:35 > 0:22:40Let them see the gap. Once they get around that corner, they'll be in.

0:22:40 > 0:22:44Steady, steady. Don't move. Don't even breathe.

0:22:44 > 0:22:46One at a time, boys.

0:22:46 > 0:22:49Good work there, Dave. Well done.

0:22:49 > 0:22:51Fantastic!

0:22:52 > 0:22:57'Each family selects six ewes and marks them with black tar

0:22:57 > 0:23:01'to deter foxes and other predators.'

0:23:01 > 0:23:06It's not very nice. It smells very weird.

0:23:06 > 0:23:11'At last the sheep are safely herded into separate fields,

0:23:11 > 0:23:16'but the hard work's already taking its toll on David.'

0:23:16 > 0:23:21I imagine this would have been something to do on the day off for the quarry worker.

0:23:21 > 0:23:27If this is classed as a day off, it's a nightmare. It's hard work.

0:23:32 > 0:23:35'It's been a busy day for both families

0:23:35 > 0:23:40'but Alisa has managed to prepare a slap-up supper for her brood.'

0:23:41 > 0:23:43Very nice, Mummy.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45Do you like it?

0:23:45 > 0:23:51'The Braddocks should be doing the evening's milking before they sit down to eat.'

0:23:51 > 0:23:54You had better ask them to come and give me a hand.

0:23:54 > 0:23:58'At the Joneses' they're trying to do things right,

0:23:58 > 0:24:01'but Jac just wants his supper.'

0:24:01 > 0:24:05- Can you get tea on? - Shut up, Jac.

0:24:05 > 0:24:08Don't be cheeky. I want water in there now.

0:24:08 > 0:24:13- There's no tea until we do these chores, Jac. - Tea doesn't make itself.

0:24:13 > 0:24:16- I'm hungry. - I don't care how hungry you are.

0:24:16 > 0:24:18- They're having tea.- Good for them.

0:24:18 > 0:24:22- The meat is nice. - I'm pleased it turned out well.

0:24:22 > 0:24:26- That ham is nice. - I could get used to this.

0:24:28 > 0:24:30You want this muck out, all of it, Dave.

0:24:30 > 0:24:34If you don't, you'll get problems with the cow.

0:24:34 > 0:24:39You're going to get muck on their udders and then infections.

0:24:39 > 0:24:42You don't want to lose this cow.

0:24:42 > 0:24:44'It's a heavy workload

0:24:44 > 0:24:49'and right now it seems to be the Joneses bearing the brunt of it.'

0:24:50 > 0:24:53Jamie and Mark should be in here helping you.

0:24:53 > 0:24:57You shouldn't be mucking out for both cows, Dave.

0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Who's the fool, OK?- Yeah.

0:25:01 > 0:25:05You've got to put your foot down and get it sorted.

0:25:07 > 0:25:12'The cow treads on Catrin's toe and it's the last straw.'

0:25:13 > 0:25:15I'll go and get some water.

0:25:15 > 0:25:19Jac, dos i mewn efo dy fam. Dos i mewn efo mam.

0:25:21 > 0:25:25'Catrin decides to confront her new neighbours.'

0:25:29 > 0:25:33We've got problems down in the cowshed there.

0:25:33 > 0:25:38It's basically full of shit. Sorry, kids.

0:25:38 > 0:25:40It needs cleaning all out.

0:25:40 > 0:25:44Gareth said they can't sleep in there tonight.

0:25:44 > 0:25:47Both cows are there. We're trying to milk ours.

0:25:47 > 0:25:50- Where's ours? - Ours is in our shed.- Oh, right.

0:25:50 > 0:25:57Erm, but if you can give us a hand. I don't think we can do it all.

0:25:57 > 0:26:01We've had a right rollocking off Gareth

0:26:01 > 0:26:05and the animals will be suffering if we carry on,

0:26:05 > 0:26:07so we'll have to come up with a plan.

0:26:09 > 0:26:12'As the sun sets on their first few days,

0:26:12 > 0:26:15'both families still have a lot to learn

0:26:15 > 0:26:21'if they are to get by and get on in Snowdonia 1890.'

0:26:22 > 0:26:26The Braddocks, shameless that they haven't milked the cow.

0:26:26 > 0:26:30You don't live like that up here. Animals come first.

0:26:30 > 0:26:35If it's not sorted they're going to have problems they're not able to solve.

0:26:35 > 0:26:40They're going to lose the cow, lose maybe their farm and the family will be homeless.

0:26:40 > 0:26:43They've got to pull themselves together.

0:26:43 > 0:26:46If they're not going to work as a team, they're finished.

0:26:46 > 0:26:49Up here, anyway, on this mountain.

0:27:01 > 0:27:06'Next morning and calm has descended.'

0:27:07 > 0:27:10Nothing was going right last night

0:27:10 > 0:27:15and I did get quite, well, very upset about it all,

0:27:15 > 0:27:18but I think it was because I was tired as well.

0:27:18 > 0:27:23After a good night's sleep, I've felt a lot better today

0:27:23 > 0:27:26and things have gone a lot better for me.

0:27:26 > 0:27:28I've tried to be on the ball,

0:27:28 > 0:27:32I've been out milking - I've milked quite a bit this morning.

0:27:32 > 0:27:36That's what I'm realising quickly, you know,

0:27:36 > 0:27:40that you've got to get organised and get on with things

0:27:40 > 0:27:45you might not fancy doing at all.

0:27:45 > 0:27:47But they need to be done.

0:27:47 > 0:27:51If they're not done, we're not going to survive here.

0:27:52 > 0:27:57I didn't realise, we were all sat there with a three-course meal,

0:27:57 > 0:28:02because I'd been doing very well with the cooking, I'm very pleased with myself,

0:28:02 > 0:28:08but sat there with dessert and a main meal and even some sort of stew as well.

0:28:08 > 0:28:11She hadn't even had her dinner on

0:28:11 > 0:28:16and the Joneses came home and there was nothing to eat.

0:28:16 > 0:28:21I felt I was wrapped up in my own little bubble.

0:28:21 > 0:28:27I'm managing very well and I did feel a bit guilty.

0:28:27 > 0:28:31- Oh, are you baking bread? - Black!- Black is good.

0:28:31 > 0:28:36Technically, as long as it's not doughy in the middle, we'll be fine.

0:28:36 > 0:28:43'At the Braddocks', the children are getting ready for their first day at school,

0:28:43 > 0:28:46'and the men their first shift at the slate quarry.

0:28:46 > 0:28:49'19-year-old Jamie is philosophical.'

0:28:49 > 0:28:53I think I'll just treat it like anything else and wing it.

0:28:53 > 0:28:55What's the worst that can happen?

0:28:58 > 0:29:02'Smallholding life was an incredibly demanding existence.

0:29:02 > 0:29:09'Families and in particular women laboured from first light till dusk.'

0:29:18 > 0:29:23More organised this morning. We got the cow out quite easy and she milked a lot better.

0:29:23 > 0:29:26Me and Ben have got... Where's the watch?

0:29:26 > 0:29:31Ten minutes to get to work. We'll have some porridge before we go.

0:29:31 > 0:29:34'Whilst the Jones family have got to grips with milking

0:29:34 > 0:29:37'the Braddocks are having less success.'

0:29:37 > 0:29:40The cow is like an on-going saga at the moment.

0:29:40 > 0:29:44She milked OK last night after a bit of a fuss.

0:29:44 > 0:29:50We got about a bucket from her but she's not allowing anybody near her this morning.

0:29:50 > 0:29:53- It's half in, half out. - What has it done?

0:29:53 > 0:29:56'The family's cow has tried to escape from the barn.'

0:29:56 > 0:29:58She's gone over the door.

0:29:58 > 0:30:02How are you going to do that one? She won't go backwards.

0:30:05 > 0:30:08She might be missing the other cow.

0:30:08 > 0:30:10That's my hand you're chewing.

0:30:10 > 0:30:13She's quite a stroppy cow,

0:30:13 > 0:30:17so we call her Ruth because she's ruthless.

0:30:17 > 0:30:19COW MOOING

0:30:22 > 0:30:29'There's a further interruption to the morning routine in the form of an unexpected visitor.'

0:30:29 > 0:30:34My name is Dafydd Hardy. I'm the agent on behalf of the landlord.

0:30:34 > 0:30:38'In 1890 most smallholders didn't own their land,

0:30:38 > 0:30:43'they were tenants and struggled to pay their rent.'

0:30:43 > 0:30:45Let me go through the agreement.

0:30:45 > 0:30:49The expectation is that you keep the property to good repair.

0:30:49 > 0:30:55Any produce you grow, you keep, but anything you sell, I need to know about it.

0:30:55 > 0:31:01You and I will come to an agreement as to what the landlord is willing to accept on it.

0:31:01 > 0:31:07It's for 12 months and a rent of eight pounds, eight shillings and four pence.

0:31:07 > 0:31:12That is payable on a quarterly basis or monthly if I demand it.

0:31:12 > 0:31:16I will try and give notice, but if I can't, I'll just turn up.

0:31:16 > 0:31:21I'll sign it on behalf of the landlord.

0:31:22 > 0:31:26'Smallholding life was a hand-to-mouth existence.

0:31:26 > 0:31:30'Both families have been given sufficient funds for one month

0:31:30 > 0:31:34'but the agent could wipe this out by demanding a full quarter's rent

0:31:34 > 0:31:37'of two pounds, two shillings and tuppence.'

0:31:37 > 0:31:41I don't really know how we'll cover the rent at the moment.

0:31:41 > 0:31:46I've got to start work. Even if we produce anything, they're going to take a cut.

0:31:46 > 0:31:51We do the hard work and they get the money back. Typical.

0:31:51 > 0:31:55I just hope they don't ask for the rent within the next week or so.

0:31:55 > 0:31:58We haven't got enough money.

0:31:58 > 0:32:01We've got about two pounds and something.

0:32:01 > 0:32:03Two pounds, eight shillings and ten pence.

0:32:03 > 0:32:09Ella, we might have to send you out to work. Jac, make sure you don't break anything.

0:32:11 > 0:32:15'The men set off on their two-mile walk to Moel Tryfan slate quarry,

0:32:15 > 0:32:19'where they'll be working for the next month.

0:32:23 > 0:32:28'The 1890s was the golden age of the North Wales slate industry.

0:32:28 > 0:32:35'At that time, this small region was the world's largest producer of fine quality slate.

0:32:35 > 0:32:37I'm sure it's not going to be easy.

0:32:37 > 0:32:39Nothing has been easy so far.

0:32:39 > 0:32:44We could do with a sympathetic boss who understands that we're useless.

0:32:44 > 0:32:46Especially at this time of day!

0:32:47 > 0:32:50'There were two types of quarrymen.

0:32:50 > 0:32:54'Rock men, who blasted slate from the rock face,

0:32:54 > 0:32:58'and the men who split and dressed the slates.

0:32:58 > 0:33:03'They worked together in gangs and were paid for each slate they produced.

0:33:04 > 0:33:08'After a two-mile walk, the men arrive at their new place of work.

0:33:08 > 0:33:13'Awaiting them is quarry steward Mr Humphreys.'

0:33:14 > 0:33:19Good morning. We're very disappointed with you being late first day.

0:33:19 > 0:33:23We've already deducted two pence out of your wages.

0:33:23 > 0:33:27We had some trouble with a cow, but I do apologise.

0:33:27 > 0:33:31- Obviously, we're late.- And we got slightly lost on the trail.

0:33:31 > 0:33:37Never again, OK? You start at 9am and finish at 5.30pm.

0:33:37 > 0:33:39That's five-and-a-half days a week.

0:33:39 > 0:33:45The rules are no alcohol at all, OK? No playing about, OK?

0:33:45 > 0:33:47I want you working.

0:33:47 > 0:33:52- This is Mick and Bobby, you'll be working with.- Hello.- Hello.

0:33:53 > 0:33:58'Mick and Bob are time-served quarrymen and will lead and train the men,

0:33:58 > 0:34:04'but it's a big ask to turn the new recruits into successful quarrymen in a matter of days.'

0:34:04 > 0:34:07We'll need to work as a team.

0:34:07 > 0:34:10We'll have to make them understand how essential it is

0:34:10 > 0:34:14that we produce these slates by the end of the month.

0:34:14 > 0:34:17It's going to be difficult, but I'm sure we'll get there.

0:34:17 > 0:34:22Start splitting these down to a reasonable size.

0:34:23 > 0:34:26'The men must negotiate a contract known as the bargain

0:34:26 > 0:34:32'before they can work the area of rock the steward has lined up for them.'

0:34:32 > 0:34:35There's good stuff in here. You've just got to find it.

0:34:35 > 0:34:40Bob, you're always complaining. Get some decent stuff, will you?

0:34:40 > 0:34:46'Put simply, the price payable per slate varies according to the quality of the rock.'

0:34:47 > 0:34:51Well done. How is that, Mick? Good slate?

0:34:51 > 0:34:53It's not bad.

0:34:53 > 0:34:56'If it's difficult to work, they'll receive a higher price,

0:34:56 > 0:35:00'while good quality rock from which it is easier to make slates will give them less.'

0:35:01 > 0:35:03That's good slate here.

0:35:05 > 0:35:07That's nothing.

0:35:07 > 0:35:10- We'll look at this at the end of the week.- You're complaining already.

0:35:10 > 0:35:12Come on, let's get going.

0:35:12 > 0:35:16It was in the interests of the 19th-century quarry steward

0:35:16 > 0:35:19to oversell the quality of the raw slate

0:35:19 > 0:35:23so he could minimise the final sum payable to each man.

0:35:23 > 0:35:26- I'll give you 30 shillings. That's my final offer.- 32.

0:35:26 > 0:35:28No, 30 and that's it.

0:35:28 > 0:35:32- Say 30 and see how it goes first week.- The quality of slate.

0:35:32 > 0:35:3630 shillings to begin with. If you give me good slates,

0:35:36 > 0:35:39- I'll increase it to 35, OK?- OK.

0:35:39 > 0:35:42Right, let's get going, come on.

0:35:42 > 0:35:45To earn that sum each, the men will have to produce

0:35:45 > 0:35:483,000 top quality slates between them,

0:35:48 > 0:35:52but they won't be paid until the end of the month.

0:35:55 > 0:36:00At the smallholding, the children are leaving for their first day at school.

0:36:00 > 0:36:02Look after your brother.

0:36:02 > 0:36:04Bye, everyone, have a good day.

0:36:04 > 0:36:07SCHOOL BELL RINGS

0:36:08 > 0:36:11In 1890, school attendance

0:36:11 > 0:36:14was compulsory for all 7 to 13-year-olds.

0:36:14 > 0:36:17For the next month, Mr Williams, the school master,

0:36:17 > 0:36:20will teach them their three Rs -

0:36:20 > 0:36:22reading, writing and arithmetic -

0:36:22 > 0:36:25at a cost of a penny per child per week.

0:36:25 > 0:36:27I shall bid you good morning, children.

0:36:27 > 0:36:30Good morning, sir.

0:36:30 > 0:36:33Before we proceed, I want to make sure

0:36:33 > 0:36:36that you remember all the rules.

0:36:36 > 0:36:39You do not speak until you are spoken to.

0:36:39 > 0:36:43We must behave ourselves at all times.

0:36:43 > 0:36:45- Do you understand me?- Yes, sir.

0:36:45 > 0:36:49You do not yawn in class, boy.

0:36:49 > 0:36:51Sit up straight.

0:36:51 > 0:36:54Victorian school room discipline was strict.

0:36:54 > 0:36:57Early to bed and early to rise

0:36:57 > 0:37:03makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

0:37:03 > 0:37:04Remember that.

0:37:04 > 0:37:08One rule was particularly significant.

0:37:08 > 0:37:11Now, then, your parents send you to school

0:37:11 > 0:37:15and they hope that you will come out of school

0:37:15 > 0:37:18being able to speak English fluently.

0:37:18 > 0:37:23We do not speak Welsh in school.

0:37:23 > 0:37:27Learning English was seen as a passport to a better way of life.

0:37:27 > 0:37:29The Welsh Not was hung around the neck

0:37:29 > 0:37:31of any pupil caught speaking Welsh,

0:37:31 > 0:37:35passed from child to child. Whoever was left wearing it

0:37:35 > 0:37:37at the end of the day would be punished.

0:37:37 > 0:37:40Jac and Ela will have to mind their language.

0:37:43 > 0:37:47Jac, Jac, Jac, Jac, pick up your blotting paper, please,

0:37:47 > 0:37:52and wipe that off the floor. Suck it up, don't spread it out.

0:37:52 > 0:37:56Put the blotting paper down and let it be sucked up into the paper.

0:37:56 > 0:38:00If you must slouch about, that is what happens.

0:38:00 > 0:38:05- Do not lean forward on your desk. Do you understand me?- Yes, sir.

0:38:05 > 0:38:09Ink is not cheap, boy.

0:38:09 > 0:38:13Leah is unfazed by the Victorian school master.

0:38:13 > 0:38:16He's fine as long as you're good

0:38:16 > 0:38:19and he probably is a nice guy,

0:38:19 > 0:38:24but then because of the school, he probably has to be mean.

0:38:24 > 0:38:27Jac disagrees.

0:38:27 > 0:38:31If someone else knocks an ink thing over

0:38:31 > 0:38:36and he doesn't give them a punishment, I'm going to sue him.

0:38:40 > 0:38:43At the smallholding, Catrin Jones and Alisa Braddock

0:38:43 > 0:38:45are home alone.

0:38:45 > 0:38:48Taking the children out this morning to school

0:38:48 > 0:38:53was, um, it was quite, not heartbreaking

0:38:53 > 0:38:55but I didn't really want to see them go in

0:38:55 > 0:38:59and I was worried about what they're going to be doing today,

0:38:59 > 0:39:04but when they went, it was like peace and quiet, it was just amazing.

0:39:04 > 0:39:08Catrin, on the other hand, is feeling lonely.

0:39:09 > 0:39:14I'm finding having the place to myself today a bit strange.

0:39:14 > 0:39:17Um, it's very quiet here.

0:39:17 > 0:39:22Um, I've had plenty to do, plenty of jobs to do,

0:39:22 > 0:39:26but I'm not very good on my own.

0:39:26 > 0:39:30I find I do like to be with other people.

0:39:30 > 0:39:34Bread supplies are running low

0:39:34 > 0:39:38in both households so the women have decided to make their own.

0:39:38 > 0:39:42I don't know what I'm doing, but

0:39:42 > 0:39:44I'll have to get on with it now.

0:39:44 > 0:39:49The boys are going to kill me if it goes all horribly wrong.

0:39:49 > 0:39:51The family are depending on it, really.

0:39:51 > 0:39:53Try a bit more flour.

0:39:54 > 0:39:58You know, I don't care what I make as long as I make something.

0:39:58 > 0:40:03They'll have to eat it regardless of what it is like.

0:40:03 > 0:40:06For Alisa Braddock, the role of stay-home mum

0:40:06 > 0:40:08is a complete change,

0:40:08 > 0:40:10but so far she's enjoying it.

0:40:12 > 0:40:14It's days like this I've been waiting for,

0:40:14 > 0:40:18the boys out in work, the children in school

0:40:18 > 0:40:21so I can be

0:40:21 > 0:40:22a proper housewife.

0:40:22 > 0:40:25To do something like this,

0:40:25 > 0:40:30very wifey, motherly, is lovely, really.

0:40:32 > 0:40:36The domestic scene is interrupted

0:40:36 > 0:40:38by Catrin's cow.

0:40:39 > 0:40:43Oh, this is... She's given that a good whack, hasn't she?

0:40:44 > 0:40:47Catrin's cow has got out again.

0:40:47 > 0:40:51Mine is sort of innocently stood in the field, she hasn't moved.

0:40:51 > 0:40:54Your friend's a really silly girl.

0:40:54 > 0:40:57I don't know what they're doing. They're obviously communicating.

0:40:57 > 0:41:00What's the matter with you?

0:41:00 > 0:41:03In 1890, it was the women who tended the smallholding.

0:41:05 > 0:41:07- Right. - SHE LAUGHS

0:41:07 > 0:41:09- You've to go that way. - MOOS

0:41:09 > 0:41:11Come on.

0:41:12 > 0:41:14You like my grass. Is that what it is?

0:41:16 > 0:41:19How do you lift a cow?

0:41:19 > 0:41:22Shall I go and get Catrin?

0:41:22 > 0:41:25Managing the family's dairy cow was their responsibility.

0:41:25 > 0:41:27Move it.

0:41:27 > 0:41:30See? Firm.

0:41:30 > 0:41:34Just treat them as you treat a man - firm.

0:41:34 > 0:41:36Come on!

0:41:36 > 0:41:38Come on! Come on! Good girl, good girl.

0:41:38 > 0:41:40Come on.

0:41:40 > 0:41:42Catrin and Alisa have a lot to learn.

0:41:43 > 0:41:45MOOS

0:41:55 > 0:42:01Up at the quarry, the men are being guided into the 1890 world of work.

0:42:01 > 0:42:03- You watch what Mick tells you now, OK?- All right.

0:42:03 > 0:42:0618-year-old Ben Jones is on a steep learning curve.

0:42:06 > 0:42:09Start hammering it and twisting it at the same time.

0:42:13 > 0:42:15It's just banging, banging, banging, banging.

0:42:15 > 0:42:18Bit of a rubbish job, to be honest.

0:42:19 > 0:42:21- Like that?- Yeah, that's right.

0:42:21 > 0:42:24Mark Braddock hasn't got the hang of it yet.

0:42:24 > 0:42:28I've been picking bad blocks. You put a lot of hard work into it

0:42:28 > 0:42:29and it just all crumbles away.

0:42:29 > 0:42:32But it's hard work.

0:42:32 > 0:42:34Keep on it.

0:42:34 > 0:42:36That's good.

0:42:36 > 0:42:39For solicitor David Jones, quarrying

0:42:39 > 0:42:42- is a world away from his desk job. - The weight of this

0:42:42 > 0:42:46is heavy in itself, just to lift it that high

0:42:46 > 0:42:50so fair play to them if they did this for eight hours.

0:42:50 > 0:42:52I'd love to see their forearms and muscles.

0:42:52 > 0:42:55They must have been beasts of men.

0:42:56 > 0:43:01For the men, a hard day's work ends with a two-mile walk home.

0:43:01 > 0:43:04The work was all right. I don't think I'm going to get on with the boss.

0:43:04 > 0:43:06- No?- No.

0:43:06 > 0:43:09I just want to get straight to bed.

0:43:10 > 0:43:14At the Joneses', Catrin and the children are waiting.

0:43:14 > 0:43:17- Hello.- Hello.

0:43:21 > 0:43:22No, I'm knackered.

0:43:38 > 0:43:42Mark Braddock breaks the bad news about the quarry pay to Alisa.

0:43:42 > 0:43:45- It's been mad all day.- Has it?

0:43:45 > 0:43:50- It's all right?- Yeah. And if we do really well, we get 35 shillings

0:43:50 > 0:43:51a month.

0:43:51 > 0:43:53So what if we haven't got any money?

0:43:53 > 0:43:57- What will we do?- I don't know. We haven't thought of that one yet.

0:43:57 > 0:44:00- We'll have to... - You can sell butter, Mum.

0:44:00 > 0:44:03We might have to make some butter or something. Bread.

0:44:03 > 0:44:05And sell it at market.

0:44:05 > 0:44:08My bread's not for human consumption.

0:44:10 > 0:44:12In 1890,

0:44:12 > 0:44:15failure to pay the rent could lead to eviction

0:44:15 > 0:44:17and the workhouse.

0:44:17 > 0:44:20You've got Ela's cap on.

0:44:20 > 0:44:23It's to keep my head warm.

0:44:23 > 0:44:25LAUGHTER

0:44:25 > 0:44:28You look like Little Red Riding Hood.

0:44:28 > 0:44:30Money worries aside,

0:44:30 > 0:44:34the families are settling into smallholding life.

0:44:34 > 0:44:36I'm cold!

0:44:36 > 0:44:39OK, good night, everyone.

0:44:48 > 0:44:527.30am next day and it's time for the men to leave for the quarry.

0:44:54 > 0:44:5810, 9, 8... Do you have to go back in time? You've had 15 seconds.

0:44:58 > 0:45:00Jac...

0:45:05 > 0:45:07Have you checked your pockets?

0:45:07 > 0:45:10- So long.- What is he like?

0:45:13 > 0:45:16That is Snowdonia. Jed.

0:45:19 > 0:45:22Nice and early this morning. Glad to see that.

0:45:22 > 0:45:23A few jobs for you.

0:45:23 > 0:45:28The training with Mick and Bob moves to the next stage

0:45:28 > 0:45:32where the men's skill will really be put to the test.

0:45:32 > 0:45:37They're learning how to make slates, splitting slabs to the right thickness.

0:45:37 > 0:45:39Split it in half, half again and half again

0:45:39 > 0:45:42so we get eight slates.

0:45:47 > 0:45:49Then trimming each slate to size.

0:45:49 > 0:45:51Then you split that.

0:45:51 > 0:45:53That's it.

0:45:55 > 0:45:57The best one so far.

0:45:57 > 0:46:01The youngest gang member, Jordan, has already taken to it.

0:46:01 > 0:46:03I did enjoy that. It was good fun.

0:46:07 > 0:46:10Most of the men are making good progress,

0:46:10 > 0:46:13but Ben Jones shows a distinct lack of enthusiasm.

0:46:13 > 0:46:17It's unbelievable how comfy slate is, you know.

0:46:17 > 0:46:21In 1890, the quarry steward ruled the roost.

0:46:21 > 0:46:25He had the power to impose fines and not just for poor timing.

0:46:25 > 0:46:28Sitting down there on the job, I see.

0:46:28 > 0:46:30I was watching through the window of the cabin there.

0:46:30 > 0:46:34This is a working quarry. Less of this and more work.

0:46:34 > 0:46:36Come on, let's get on with it. Come on.

0:46:36 > 0:46:39A demanding day's work is a new experience for teenagers

0:46:39 > 0:46:43Ben Jones and Jamie Braddock.

0:46:43 > 0:46:45It's boring, repetitive

0:46:45 > 0:46:50and it's, like, nothing's keeping me entertained at the minute.

0:46:56 > 0:46:59Despite the warning, the boys carry on with their antics.

0:47:00 > 0:47:04They haven't yet grasped the reality of what's at stake.

0:47:06 > 0:47:08HE CRIES OUT IN VICTORY

0:47:10 > 0:47:12Ben, Jamie, come here.

0:47:12 > 0:47:14I don't find it a laughing matter lads.

0:47:14 > 0:47:17THEY STIFLE LAUGHTER I'm going to fine you a ha'penny each.

0:47:17 > 0:47:23I caught you chucking stones, like school children.

0:47:23 > 0:47:25So that's a penny now I've fined you, OK?

0:47:25 > 0:47:28It's going to come out of your wages and that's it.

0:47:28 > 0:47:30'Both young lads, both Jamie and Ben,

0:47:30 > 0:47:33'seem to have the attention span of a sprout.'

0:47:33 > 0:47:36Both lads are eating us out of house and home,

0:47:36 > 0:47:37they're always hungry.

0:47:37 > 0:47:40But I don't think they realise, unless they make the slates

0:47:40 > 0:47:44we're not going to have the money to buy the supplies we need.

0:47:44 > 0:47:46So I think a short, sharp shock is needed

0:47:46 > 0:47:49for the both of them, really, to realise how serious this is.

0:47:59 > 0:48:03At the smallholding, Catrin Jones and Alisa Braddock are making butter

0:48:03 > 0:48:05to earn a few extra shillings.

0:48:06 > 0:48:11So how's it working out with you family as regards the chores?

0:48:11 > 0:48:13Are these men helping you, or...?

0:48:13 > 0:48:16All I get is, "No."

0:48:16 > 0:48:18Oh! Do you want to have a go?

0:48:18 > 0:48:20Right, do you want me to do that?

0:48:20 > 0:48:24And we need to empty the ashes soon.

0:48:24 > 0:48:27Oh, do you want me to that quickly now for you while I'm stood here?

0:48:29 > 0:48:33God, it's so full. It was supposed to be done earlier this morning.

0:48:33 > 0:48:35I must have forgot.

0:48:37 > 0:48:41You have to make sure it's all clear. We can't have it stacked up.

0:48:41 > 0:48:46That's one bucketful already, so just get rid of all of that.

0:48:47 > 0:48:51You've got to get these men to cut you some logs as well.

0:48:51 > 0:48:53- I know, I know.- Ben's on the case.

0:48:57 > 0:49:01That's the record at the minute, then, two bucketfuls.

0:49:02 > 0:49:04The record!

0:49:05 > 0:49:07I am trying to delegate.

0:49:07 > 0:49:11I'm still not strong enough with all the testosterone.

0:49:11 > 0:49:14I'm still battling all the testosterone.

0:49:14 > 0:49:17She's just jealous cos I look good in this hat.

0:49:22 > 0:49:25It's the children's second day at school

0:49:25 > 0:49:29and they're still getting used to strict Victorian discipline.

0:49:37 > 0:49:40I was at the back of the classroom.

0:49:40 > 0:49:42And I think I heard you speaking Welsh.

0:49:42 > 0:49:47We do not speak Welsh in school.

0:49:47 > 0:49:50So...

0:49:57 > 0:50:00..you must wear that to remind you.

0:50:12 > 0:50:14SHE CRIES

0:50:24 > 0:50:30Yeah, I just felt sorry for her, cos it's not her fault she talks Welsh fluently.

0:50:30 > 0:50:33Tommy's sister, Leah, isn't so sympathetic.

0:50:33 > 0:50:36I wouldn't probably cry that much.

0:50:36 > 0:50:42So I think she overreacted a bit when she started crying and then stopped,

0:50:42 > 0:50:43and then started crying again,

0:50:43 > 0:50:46and then stopped and then started crying again.

0:50:46 > 0:50:48It got a bit annoying as well, sometimes.

0:50:48 > 0:50:51Now, then, before we depart for the day,

0:50:51 > 0:50:57I'm afraid, of course, that this is still here.

0:50:57 > 0:50:58Yes, sir.

0:50:58 > 0:51:02And whoever has it last has to be punished.

0:51:02 > 0:51:06Therefore, I want you to write, at home, 100 lines,

0:51:06 > 0:51:11- "I must not speak Welsh in school." - Yes, sir.

0:51:11 > 0:51:15- Hopefully, that will be a lesson to you.- Yes, sir.

0:51:15 > 0:51:17Class dismissed, girls first.

0:51:17 > 0:51:22In 1890, the punishment would have been the cane or the belt.

0:51:22 > 0:51:26- OK, I'll see you later.- Bye!

0:51:26 > 0:51:28Bye! Jac, wait for me.

0:51:30 > 0:51:32Did you enjoy it, Jac?

0:51:32 > 0:51:34Ela got the Welsh Not.

0:51:34 > 0:51:37Oh, no. Come and sit down with me. It doesn't matter.

0:51:37 > 0:51:40What happened? Tell me.

0:51:40 > 0:51:43Oh, it's OK. It's OK.

0:51:43 > 0:51:46Don't worry, don't worry.

0:51:46 > 0:51:48We speak Welsh, don't we, at home?

0:51:51 > 0:51:55Just tell me. I'm not angry at all at you.

0:51:55 > 0:51:58Oh, give me a hug.

0:51:58 > 0:52:01It's really hard, cos me and Jac just automatically

0:52:01 > 0:52:04go to Welsh if we want to talk to each other.

0:52:04 > 0:52:08And it's been really hard, cos like in some of the books it says,

0:52:08 > 0:52:10"Oh, Wales is like rubbish,

0:52:10 > 0:52:14"Wales is like England, "England is superior to Wales."

0:52:14 > 0:52:18And it's like the book's dissing its own country

0:52:18 > 0:52:24cos it's like, "England is the capital of the world, England is the best."

0:52:24 > 0:52:27It's like, "You live in Wales, Welsh is your language."

0:52:27 > 0:52:31It's just... I don't get why they speak Welsh at home, we're allowed to,

0:52:31 > 0:52:33but in school we're not.

0:52:33 > 0:52:35She was, I think, a bit mortified

0:52:35 > 0:52:37that she got in to trouble.

0:52:37 > 0:52:39Now, if it was Jac that had come home,

0:52:39 > 0:52:41it wouldn't have surprised me.

0:52:41 > 0:52:44And I don't think it would really have bothered him.

0:52:49 > 0:52:52At the quarry, the weather has taken a turn for the worse

0:52:52 > 0:52:56and the men are holed up in what was know as the caban...

0:52:58 > 0:53:01..a workplace club - it had a formal structure and hierarchy.

0:53:01 > 0:53:05And the men need to choose a spokesperson.

0:53:05 > 0:53:10Excuse me, boys. We want to elect the chairman for the caban.

0:53:10 > 0:53:14- I would like to put Dave forward.- I would like to second that decision.

0:53:14 > 0:53:15Put your hands up, then.

0:53:16 > 0:53:18Dave, you're the chairman.

0:53:18 > 0:53:20Can I get people to pay fines?

0:53:20 > 0:53:21- Yeah.- Oh, good.

0:53:21 > 0:53:26Actually, it would be a bit stupid to fine Ben, wouldn't it? It's our money!

0:53:26 > 0:53:29Right, lads. It's a bit wet out there.

0:53:29 > 0:53:33A bit too dangerous for you to carry on. I think we'll call it a day.

0:53:33 > 0:53:37All right? See you here tomorrow, nine o'clock sharp.

0:53:37 > 0:53:41- Is there no chance of us working? - Not in this weather. It's too dangerous.

0:53:41 > 0:53:43We've had a chat, we're prepared to work.

0:53:43 > 0:53:47Well, I know you're prepared to work but I'm not prepared to let you work in this sort of weather

0:53:47 > 0:53:52so I think you should go home, come back tomorrow, 9 o'clock sharp. OK?

0:53:56 > 0:53:59The men set off for home, glad to be leaving work early.

0:53:59 > 0:54:02But mindful of the cost to the family budget.

0:54:02 > 0:54:04- Terrible!- A day's production.

0:54:04 > 0:54:08Do you realise now, tomorrow, we've got to work twice as hard now.

0:54:08 > 0:54:10I'm dreading that!

0:54:10 > 0:54:15By the time they reach the smallholding, they're drenched.

0:54:15 > 0:54:18- Have a good supper. - Yeah, we'll catch you later.

0:54:18 > 0:54:21But there'll be no warming themselves by the hearth just yet.

0:54:29 > 0:54:32There's 12 sheep in our front garden and one broken fence.

0:54:32 > 0:54:33Oh, no, you're joking!

0:54:33 > 0:54:35You can do that.

0:54:39 > 0:54:41I just got home and I can't be bothered.

0:54:41 > 0:54:45That's a fine example of a Welsh mental sheep.

0:54:47 > 0:54:51You'd think the sheep would have enough fields to run round.

0:54:51 > 0:54:54No, they want six fields rather than three.

0:54:54 > 0:54:57I want barbed wire on the top of that fence now!

0:54:59 > 0:55:02Finally, the men get a chance to dry out.

0:55:04 > 0:55:06Oh, I'm quite tired.

0:55:06 > 0:55:09But the working day isn't over.

0:55:09 > 0:55:12Before the Jones family sit down to dinner,

0:55:12 > 0:55:13there are animals to feed...

0:55:17 > 0:55:18..and the cow to milk.

0:55:18 > 0:55:21You, relax yourself. Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

0:55:24 > 0:55:27First few days were hell on earth.

0:55:27 > 0:55:30They were a nightmare.

0:55:30 > 0:55:32It's hard work - so much to do.

0:55:32 > 0:55:36Uh, milking the cow was hard work.

0:55:36 > 0:55:37That was terrible.

0:55:37 > 0:55:39Now we're doing fine.

0:55:39 > 0:55:42Good routines going. Get up in the morning, milk the cow,

0:55:42 > 0:55:45get the kids up, get all the chores done.

0:55:45 > 0:55:49Feed all the animals, muck the cow out and it's all good.

0:55:49 > 0:55:55But it is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.

0:55:58 > 0:56:01Don't move a muscle!

0:56:03 > 0:56:05Good girl, good girl.

0:56:07 > 0:56:13For the second night in a row, the Braddocks have settled down to supper leaving their cow unmilked.

0:56:13 > 0:56:15- That was lovely. - Was it nice, everyone?

0:56:15 > 0:56:17- It was really nice.- Yeah.

0:56:17 > 0:56:22On arrival, the families were warned by neighbouring farmer Gareth Wyn Jones

0:56:22 > 0:56:24to put their animals first.

0:56:24 > 0:56:27He's called round to see if they've followed his advice.

0:56:28 > 0:56:30Feeding on the floor.

0:56:32 > 0:56:34A bucketful of feed gone to waste.

0:56:34 > 0:56:35Poor Ruth.

0:56:35 > 0:56:37Good girl.

0:56:37 > 0:56:40I don't know what we're going to do with them.

0:56:40 > 0:56:42Going to have to take her home, I think.

0:56:45 > 0:56:46You've go to milk that cow!

0:56:46 > 0:56:49If you want food on that table

0:56:49 > 0:56:52and you want money in your pockets to pay the rent,

0:56:52 > 0:56:54to keep this roof above your heads

0:56:54 > 0:56:55and keep these kids at home,

0:56:55 > 0:56:57you've got to get milking.

0:56:57 > 0:56:59Come on, lad. let's go.

0:57:00 > 0:57:02Oh, my gosh - look!

0:57:03 > 0:57:05How much water? Oh!

0:57:06 > 0:57:09Look! Oh, you've got to sort it out.

0:57:09 > 0:57:12- For every three buckets, you'll get one bucket of milk.- Right.

0:57:12 > 0:57:16And if she's not getting clean water, she's not going to milk for you.

0:57:16 > 0:57:18No butter, no cheese.

0:57:19 > 0:57:21Mark, no water!

0:57:21 > 0:57:24- She's desperate for water.- OK.

0:57:24 > 0:57:26Look, look at her.

0:57:26 > 0:57:29So first thing after work, instead of going for tea,

0:57:29 > 0:57:32get all these jobs finished first.

0:57:32 > 0:57:35- And get all the lads to get a job each.- Yeah.

0:57:35 > 0:57:38- Chickens, cow, hay.- Yeah.

0:57:38 > 0:57:39It's less work for you.

0:57:39 > 0:57:41You know, that's what my children do.

0:57:41 > 0:57:45I would organise them and get them a rota.

0:57:48 > 0:57:53So far, looking after livestock has proved too much for the Braddocks.

0:57:55 > 0:57:57You know, we want to do it all right.

0:57:57 > 0:57:59It's getting me quite upset, to be honest.

0:57:59 > 0:58:02But she's got to be looked after

0:58:02 > 0:58:05and I feel sorry for her because we're letting her down, really.

0:58:05 > 0:58:08Aren't we?

0:58:08 > 0:58:09But we'll sort it.

0:58:09 > 0:58:13Next time in Snowdonia 1890...

0:58:13 > 0:58:16- Ugh!- With cash running low, it's sheep heads for supper.

0:58:16 > 0:58:18I can't believe people eat it!

0:58:18 > 0:58:21There's a showdown with the quarry owner...

0:58:21 > 0:58:23They're trying to make fools out of us.

0:58:23 > 0:58:25I don't think it's a joke.

0:58:25 > 0:58:27This money is coming out of my pocket.

0:58:27 > 0:58:29And the minister wades in.

0:58:29 > 0:58:31You will learn the ways of temperance

0:58:31 > 0:58:34otherwise you will not last long in this community!

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