0:00:02 > 0:00:08In spring 2010, two families volunteered to go back in time.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13The Joneses from Denbigh, North Wales,
0:00:13 > 0:00:18and the Braddocks from Abergavenny, South Wales.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Their destination, 19th century Snowdonia,
0:00:21 > 0:00:23and a unique way of life.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Get them all together!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28It's getting a bit stressful now.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31If they come round asking for rent, we're finished.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36How do you move a cow?
0:00:36 > 0:00:43For one month they would face a battle for survival that combined both farm and quarry.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47I told you yesterday and you've done exactly the same! That's a penny now I've fined you.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51A Welsh way of life long since abandoned.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54You will learn the ways of temperance!
0:00:54 > 0:00:58I'm frightened to eat. In case we haven't got anything left.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00You give me respect, you get it back.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Coming up...
0:01:07 > 0:01:10It's payday at the quarry.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Here's another one. It's basically useless, really.
0:01:13 > 0:01:19- We hid a few at the back. - I think he's going to clock them. - They'll come out of their wages.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23The landlord demands his rent.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28He's going to use his bully-boy tactics to fine us.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33- Muddy boots on the floor there, and on the bed. - There is going to be hell to pay.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38And reality bites as the families say goodbye to 1890.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43- The best thing we've done. - Yeah, apart from getting married and having kids.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Your heart is so full here.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50There's nowhere like this on Earth.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22COCK CROWS
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Dawn in Snowdonia.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35The Jones and Braddock families are in their final days of smallholding life.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Alisa has persuaded a reluctant Leah to use the family's tin bath.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49What do they always say? "Clean behind your ears."
0:02:49 > 0:02:51SHE CHUCKLES
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Like talons, aren't they?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Long toenails.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Nice having a bath after so long.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Here's some more.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- Do you feel like a princess?- No.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09I feel like a little girl with water in a tin.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12ALISA CHUCKLES
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Tomorrow is payday in the quarry.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Over at the Jones's David is determined to secure the best
0:03:19 > 0:03:23wage deal - know as "The Bargain" - for the men.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Cake for the steward in the quarry.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Cos he asked us to make some bara brith
0:03:29 > 0:03:32but we couldn't afford the ingredients for bara brith.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36So I've made him a Snowdonia steamed pudding
0:03:36 > 0:03:39but he's only having one of these in place of two bara brith.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I hope this will swing the bargain for us. I think
0:03:42 > 0:03:45when he tastes this, it will definitely swing it.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Oh.- Oh, wow, a letter.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Erm, I think we should give it to Mummy.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Catrin's sister has sent her a letter together with
0:03:54 > 0:03:56a photograph of her niece.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00HE SPEAKS IN WELSH
0:04:07 > 0:04:10SHE SPEAKS IN WELSH
0:04:31 > 0:04:33HE SPEAKS WELSH
0:04:41 > 0:04:46The isolation of smallholding life is taking its toll.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49THEY SPEAK IN WELSH
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Being in here has made me realise...
0:04:58 > 0:05:02..how important my family... and I'm missing them.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Yeah...
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Oh, thank you, Jacs, thank you.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Oh, dear me.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15My wife has been the most unbelievable, fantastic,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17brilliant person while we've been here.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21I know this all sounds a bit gushing and glowing but she has been.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22She's had her downs
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and she'll admit she struggled in the first three or four days.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30But, since then... God, she's been a revelation, you know.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33She's been getting up in the morning milking the cow,
0:05:33 > 0:05:37cooking, cleaning, and she's...
0:05:37 > 0:05:40really thought about the money stuff and making money,
0:05:40 > 0:05:44she's given it her all. I'm immensely proud of her
0:05:44 > 0:05:47cos I brought her here, it was my idea.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Let's go round and count them.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53I could only count seven this morning. I thought one was hiding.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Some of the family's lambs are just days old
0:05:59 > 0:06:03and haven't yet been marked with tar to deter foxes.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07There's four in this field. There's none behind the reeds is there?
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Catrin's concerned that one appears to be missing.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Five, six, seven... Where's the eighth one?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- One, two, three, four.- Oh, there...
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Six, seven, eight, that's fine.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22SHEEP BLEAT
0:06:22 > 0:06:27It's a funny old life up here, it's from one extreme to the other.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32You know, there's different crises from one minute to the next.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36But finally we've... I'm glad now.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40I could only count seven lambs this morning
0:06:40 > 0:06:42but there definitely is eight here now.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45So there's more baking to be done.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Neighbouring farmer Gareth Wyn Jones makes a timely visit to
0:06:51 > 0:06:53check on the families' livestock.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- How are things?- Yeah, not too bad. - How many sheep left to lamb?
0:06:58 > 0:07:03Eh...how many sheep? There were five to go...
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- Are you sure it's five?- Four! Ha!
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Are you sure it's four?
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Yeah, six.- Oh, wait, seven is lambing.- Seven?
0:07:12 > 0:07:16We've got four, five... six...seven...
0:07:16 > 0:07:19No, we've got six, Gareth, definitely six.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Now, that sounds more like it. - Yeah.- That's definite.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24You have to remember how many... it's very important.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- I know, exactly. - You know the reason why.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29When it's the day of selling you'll have to know whose
0:07:29 > 0:07:32sheep are whose and whose lambs are whose.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Isn't this your sheep? The one with a back strip on it?
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- Yeah...- So you've got a set of twins. - No, they're not twins.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- So, you're saying they're not twins now?- No, they're not.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I'd say they're twins. She'd never let two suckle.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48So, you've got four now.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- So you've got more lambs now... - More, yeah.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- ..than when you came into the field. - Yeah, sorry, we got it wrong.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Catrin and Alisa are no expert shepherds.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- OK.- We got it totally wrong... - Happy, ladies?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- Yes.- Know what you've got now?
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- Have we four each, is it?- Eh?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- No, you've got five, I've got four. - No!- We've just worked it out!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Confused again.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- You've got a set each, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- And you've got one single.- Uh-huh. - And you've got two singles. OK.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- We happy?- Yeah.- Mm-hm. - Will I help you out again?- Yes.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Gosh, you're going to owe me a fortune.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40In the close-knit smallholding community a family's survival
0:08:40 > 0:08:43was often dependent on the kindness of neighbours.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Billy! Oh, let me have a look at Billy!
0:08:46 > 0:08:50But they, in return, expected payment in kind.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Gareth's got hold of my cockerel and I don't trust him.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Hope he doesn't pull its neck.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58See all the meat there?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01That's gorgeous, the breast's tender.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I can't give Billy away.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Erm, it will break Leah's heart.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10That'd feed the whole family, that would.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Especially a hungry family.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14CHICKENS CROW
0:09:15 > 0:09:21To save Leah's tears, David Jones selects an alternative candidate.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- That's not bad at all.- No, it's a fairly decent breast.- Yeah.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27And Billy lives to see another day.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31# Rockabye chicken on a tree top
0:09:31 > 0:09:35# When the wind blows the cradle will drop. #
0:09:41 > 0:09:44It's the men's last working day at the quarry.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Tomorrow, their slates will be counted and their pay calculated.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Rather than lose out completely they've decided to
0:09:51 > 0:09:55put yesterday's confrontation with the steward behind them.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57So, I want these men working.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Flat out now, you know...
0:09:59 > 0:10:03it's the last day, we want to see some quality slate
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and some work being done here today, OK?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07So, come on, then.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13David produces his cake to sweeten Mr Humphreys' mood.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Snowdon pudding.- Snowdon pudding.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- I haven't heard of that before. - Wife made it.- Nice, is it?- Yes.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21What's the ingredients in this, then?
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- Caster sugar, treacle, raisins... very nice.- Very nice.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- So I thought...- I'll take that later.- OK.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The men know they won't meet their production target of 3,000 slates.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39But have decided to make a concerted effort to produce
0:10:39 > 0:10:42as many as possible in the time remaining.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53It's Alisa and Catrin's last trip to the shop
0:10:53 > 0:10:54and there's no holding back.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Right, we've got mints.- Uh-huh.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04And we've got liquorice and barley sugar here.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Can I have a quarter of the liquorice, please?- Yes, you can.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09I'm just going to go really crazy today.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Can I try the bara brith cos I've never tried it?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- Could I have ten of the eating apples?- Ten?
0:11:17 > 0:11:22- That'll be five shillings and fourpence ha'penny.- Lovely.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Coffee, please, Mr Evans? That's the first thing on my list today.- Yes.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29They're quite expensive... one and six a pound.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Just push the boat out.- Yes. - I'll have those.- Treat yourself.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- SHE CHUCKLES - Thank you.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- Do you want some cakes? - Yes, five of those, please.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- Do you want some bread? - Yes, I do need quite a bit.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I'll have the lot, please, Mr Evans, yes.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Up to 11 shillings, fourpence ha'penny.- OK
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Right...
0:11:53 > 0:11:58- Your bill comes to £1 tenpence ha'penny, Mrs Braddock. - That's lovely.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- Lovely, thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05I'm going to need a wagon to get all this back.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Just give me a grand total please, Mr Evans.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- 13 shillings and a ha'penny.- 12.- 13.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- 13...- And the ha'penny.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19- I've got...- You've got a penny there. OK.- Lovely.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Yes.- Nice to see you again.- And you, Mrs Braddock.- Yes, thank you.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Good to see you, as well, next week.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27THEY SPEAK WELSH
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- We went wild...- Very extravagant. - ..in the aisles today.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36And I've got my coffee so I'm happy.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39That's all I really wanted but I've got a lot more than that
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and I'm just wondering where I'm going to hide it all
0:12:42 > 0:12:46now before the kids see it and eat it all.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50You may sit down.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53The results of the school inspector's examination have
0:12:53 > 0:12:55been returned.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Each and every one of us...
0:12:58 > 0:13:02has his role to play in this school.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And I'm able to say that we've all been successful.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11However, there are some matters that need to be addressed.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Pupil teacher Tommy is in trouble. He scored the lowest mark.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19But you know what's let you down, don't you, Tommy?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Yes, Sir... The dictation.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Yes, Sir. Yes, will you come here, please?
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- Yes, Sir. - If you are taking your role seriously
0:13:29 > 0:13:32as a pupil teacher that is not the way to go ahead, is it, Tommy?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35No, Sir. No, it is not.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38As it would have been in 1890, Tommy's weekly pay
0:13:38 > 0:13:42is docked to reflect his poor performance.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45There is one shilling and elevenpence.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Go and sit down.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59At the quarry, the men's last working day is drawing to a close.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02After a month's hard labour, they're glad to be leaving.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10To be honest, I'm really... I'm over the moon that it's coming to an end
0:14:10 > 0:14:13because it's definitely not the job for me.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Quarry work is all repetitive, you're splitting, you're
0:14:18 > 0:14:22dressing, you're shovelling, you're splitting, you're dressing...
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I think that's what I found difficult,
0:14:24 > 0:14:29just getting to grips with the repetitiveness.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31It's quite a miserable place, really,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34cos you're working up here quite hard, the slate is wet and cold
0:14:34 > 0:14:38to do this every day, day in, day out, rain, shine, snow -
0:14:38 > 0:14:40they was hard, hard people.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48We're doing it for just under a month, they would have 25/30 years of this.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51And they must have been racked with rheumatism, arthritis...
0:14:51 > 0:14:55all kinds of diseases but still they had to get up in the morning
0:14:55 > 0:14:58and do the walk and they still would have had a laugh
0:14:58 > 0:15:01and a joke at lunchtime because that's what kept them going.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Tomorrow is payday and they're keen to get an idea of how much
0:15:05 > 0:15:08they can expect to earn.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Which one today...?- 16...
0:15:10 > 0:15:14This one, yeah?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Right, total is 2,524. - Oh, that's good.- Brilliant.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- Well done, boys.- Superb.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26They are some 500 slates short of their target of 3,000.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28So they won't earn their hard-negotiated full pay
0:15:28 > 0:15:32of 34 shillings each.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34But they're not far off.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- Well done, boys, good effort. - Yeah.- Pleased with that.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Spirits boosted, the Jones and Braddock families decide
0:15:43 > 0:15:46to escape the confines of the smallholding
0:15:46 > 0:15:47and set off for the coast -
0:15:47 > 0:15:49just four miles away.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55A local poacher is taking them foraging for winkles.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58If you just come round I'll show you the difference
0:15:58 > 0:16:02between a periwinkle and the closest relative which you can't eat.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03The periwinkle is darker.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09You turn them over... It's more white on the one we can't eat.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11And if you look inside, the colour of the rainbow.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15On the winkle it's still black, with just a little bit of white
0:16:15 > 0:16:17so that's the one you're supposed to collect.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24In 1890, harvesting shellfish and seaweed was a common practice
0:16:24 > 0:16:27amongst the working-class community living close to the sea.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Mind the crabs.- Ow!
0:16:36 > 0:16:37There's a lot of winkles here
0:16:37 > 0:16:40but they seem to be the ones you can't eat.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46That's quite a big winkle, isn't it?
0:16:46 > 0:16:47LAUGHTER
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Winkles would have been a welcome addition to the smallholders'
0:16:51 > 0:16:52limited diet.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Bit of fun. It's not too cold.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Don't think I'll get a full... er...tin, though.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- How many have you got, Mamma?- One.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- We could have a winkle and ham buffet.- Do winkles go with ham?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13They'd better had do, cos that's all we got.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18There's no way I'm going to be eating any of these. I do like...
0:17:18 > 0:17:20mussels and things like that.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24No, I don't like the look of them.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28A lot of people eat them with a glass of beer and they're very nice.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Bit chewy, some people find them a bit chewy.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34But if you've got a good strong set of teeth they're fine.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38This low tide has brought slim pickings for the families
0:17:38 > 0:17:41so it's back to the smallholding for a winkle-free supper.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Three weeks of restricted diet and a physically-demanding lifestyle
0:17:48 > 0:17:51has had a marked effect on David Jones.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- You've got a six-pack now. - I've just seen my son's stomach now
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and I don't know where it's gone but it's certainly gone somewhere.
0:17:57 > 0:18:03- Trousers are falling down. - I don't want to see any more...
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Look! LAUGHTER
0:18:06 > 0:18:08There you go, like that!
0:18:08 > 0:18:11This is how Ben has his tea.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18There we go, Ben, do you think he looks as good as you?
0:18:18 > 0:18:22My arms are still skinny but that was out here, wasn't it?
0:18:22 > 0:18:26There's an advert - "Don't go to Weightwatchers...
0:18:26 > 0:18:31"Come here for three weeks and you too could lose..."
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Dad, you've lost your moobs as well.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35LAUGHTER
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Thank you(!)
0:18:38 > 0:18:43- All the kids are so complimentary, aren't they?- They're honest.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52With their lives as smallholders rapidly
0:18:52 > 0:18:56drawing to a close, the Braddocks and the Joneses, including Grandma Heulwen,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00set aside their cares and step out for an evening's entertainment.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Tonight, you are going to see, for your delectation and delight
0:19:10 > 0:19:17Professor Hertz' Travelling Pictoriam of Visual Delights.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Right up here on the screen.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21A forerunner of moving pictures,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25magic lantern shows were all the rage in the early 1890s.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27You won't believe what you're going to see up on the screen.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30This is a French slide, this next one. I'll do this
0:19:30 > 0:19:34in French for you. Here we are - ha-ha-ha - it's called The Dentist,
0:19:34 > 0:19:35by the way.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38HE IMITATES A FRENCH LAUGH
0:19:41 > 0:19:44I bet that went down well during the French Revolution.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Crossing the Crumlin Viaduct.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48HE IMITATES A STEAM ENGINE
0:19:51 > 0:19:53That goes backwards as well.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58So, keep your eye there on that screen.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01This little swan you see at the bottom - do you see that?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Foraging for food. Look how slippery it is on the ice. Look at that.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06LAUGHTER
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Shows were aimed at the whole family
0:20:08 > 0:20:13and covered a huge range of topics - from temperance to travel,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16moral warnings and mechanical moving images.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21HE SNORES
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Ahhh!
0:20:24 > 0:20:26LAUGHTER
0:20:26 > 0:20:29The wonderful wrestling lion, he goes like this...
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Ahh...
0:20:31 > 0:20:34After the constant toil and isolation of smallholding life
0:20:34 > 0:20:39the evening is a welcome relief for the families.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41That's enough of that.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42LAUGHTER
0:20:42 > 0:20:46It was just really amusing. I can't believe that they had...
0:20:46 > 0:20:49you know, pictures like that and colourful pictures
0:20:49 > 0:20:52so I just thought it was really clever.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I think it was actually better than...
0:20:55 > 0:20:57..going to the cinema.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02Yeah, it was very interesting, having not had any real entertainment for...
0:21:02 > 0:21:04three weeks, something like that was quite nice.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Could you blow the candle out for me, please? One, two, three...
0:21:07 > 0:21:09ALL BLOW
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Thank you and good night!
0:21:23 > 0:21:26It's the families' last full day of life in 1890.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29And they're off to a slow start.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36At the Braddocks', Alisa is struggling with the fire.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49It's hard this morning. It's like the range is reluctant to let us light it.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54A field away, their neighbours, the Joneses, are also finding it difficult to get going.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01Wouldn't get going this morning. Typical!
0:22:01 > 0:22:06But I'll miss starting the fire. Just turn the radiator on at home.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Peace is soon disturbed.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12The families' sheep have escaped and are roaming the smallholding.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15All the sheep are out.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20So I don't know how that's happened.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23The Joneses take on the task of rounding them up.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Just standing here to block them off,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32and hopefully we'll get them to go around the side of the house.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38We could do without this, really,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40chasing sheep at this time of the morning.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43We've got so many jobs to get on with.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44LAUGHTER Get off!
0:22:44 > 0:22:47The Braddocks are busy tidying their cottage,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50ready for the final inspection later that afternoon...
0:22:53 > 0:22:56..leaving the Joneses to tend to both families' animals.
0:22:57 > 0:23:03David's going to try a plan to get them out of this field.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Rather than trying to herd them back in,
0:23:07 > 0:23:09where they'll just go all over the place,
0:23:09 > 0:23:10they'll roam where they want to.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14You just put a bit of feed in the bucket and shake it, you've got them.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Got them in the palm of your hand, then.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Whilst the Joneses have embraced their role as smallholders,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22the Braddocks aren't natural farmers.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28I don't mind doing it. I've been doing it every single day,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31so I'd rather be doing this than out in the cold, chasing the sheep.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42That's the third time I've had to do that this morning.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Hi, everyone. THEY GREET HIM
0:23:49 > 0:23:54It's 7:30, and the men are walking to the quarry for last time.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Today is payday.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04What do you reckon we're going to get, today, boys?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07As many as seven pounds would be... Minus fines.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Minus fines.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12After four weeks and a steep learning curve,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15the novice quarrymen are about to find out
0:24:15 > 0:24:17if all their hard labour has been worth it.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21THEY GREET HIM
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Mr Humphreys the steward will count
0:24:23 > 0:24:27how many good-quality slates the men have produced,
0:24:27 > 0:24:28and calculate their pay.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- I don't want any arguments about the breakages, OK?- No.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33If I find them, they're coming out of this count, OK?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I'll be back in about 10, 15 minutes. OK?
0:24:43 > 0:24:45It's a nerve-racking time for the men.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50Already 500 slates short of their production target of 3,000,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53any slates found to be damaged will be discarded
0:24:53 > 0:24:55and further reduce their pay.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Just checking these now.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01There is one there, look.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04The corner's gone, so, you know,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07they've basically just turned it upside down,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10trying to conceal the damaged slate.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16He's pulling a couple out. He's got a couple pulled to the one side.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- We hid a few at the back. - I think he's going to clock them.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Here's another one here. You see, the top's gone off here,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25so, you know, it's basically useless, really,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27so they'll come out of their wages.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30The steward's word is the final say,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33no matter what you say or how many you say you got.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It's what he says, and if you've got a corrupt steward
0:25:36 > 0:25:39or one that can't count, you've got a problem.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52At the smallholding, the women are cleaning the cottages
0:25:52 > 0:25:57in preparation for a final inspection by the landlord's agent.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59If he judges that the homes aren't in good order,
0:25:59 > 0:26:04in addition to demanding payment of the rent, he will then fine them.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07They've got about 600 blankets now.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12OK.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Because I'm the lady, I have to tidy up all upstairs,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19and I have to take all the clothes out of the chest,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22fold them up and then put them all back in.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29It's a bit harder to clean than my floor at home.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38I definitely will be glad to get my own bed back.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Duvets are so much easier!
0:26:43 > 0:26:46At the quarry, the steward has finished his count.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52There's breakages here.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57There's 200 breakages there, lads, OK? Your count comes to 2,320.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01OK? There's a lot of breakages,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03there's a lot of damaged slates in there,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- so I'm afraid I've had to take them out, OK?- Yeah.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10So, that gives you a grand total of 5 pounds and 15 shillings.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14So, I'm coming now to the bad bits here, OK?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Which is all the fines you've incurred, OK, over the month.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Which are horrendous, really, OK?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I have warned you about this, haven't I?
0:27:23 > 0:27:26So I'm going to break these down for you, OK?
0:27:26 > 0:27:30First day you were late, tuppence each.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Third day...
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Halfpenny, Jamie.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Late. Fourth day...
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Just as in 1890, an ongoing battle of wills has been raging
0:27:41 > 0:27:43between the men and their steward.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Sixth day, Jamie and Ben.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Penny each, leaving the quarry without my permission.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Victorian quarrymen were headstrong and independent.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56They liked to manage themselves and set their own rules.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Then Ben, again, lying down, tuppence.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04The modern-day men's refusal to comply has cost them dear.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07So that will give you a grand total of £5,
0:28:07 > 0:28:0915 shillings and 7½ pence.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Very disappointed, lads, with all the fines you've had.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16You've really got to buck up your ideas, lads, OK?
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Here's all the money.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- There you are, you can share that out between you, lads.- Thank you.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22- Thank you, sir.- OK?
0:28:23 > 0:28:28The men have earned 16 shillings and sixpence each,
0:28:28 > 0:28:29for nearly a month's work.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33In 1890, a good slate splitter could produce
0:28:33 > 0:28:35over 1,000 slates per day,
0:28:35 > 0:28:39and even the most run-of-the-mill quarryman earned on average,
0:28:39 > 0:28:42five pounds and eight shillings a month.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Comparing it, what they would have made in 1890,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46it's not very good at all,
0:28:46 > 0:28:49because to live off that for a month would have been hard work.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53I think I do feel guilty about all the fines,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56because, you know, at the time, it was quite funny,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59but now it's been docked off our wages now, I think
0:28:59 > 0:29:00I don't see it as a funny thing.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04In total, the Braddocks will take home two pounds,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06nine shillings and sixpence.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13It's barely enough to cover their rent.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15The Joneses have even less.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22With money tight,
0:29:22 > 0:29:26neither family can afford to be fined by the landlord's agent.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Everyone joins in with the cleaning.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Just trying to show a bit of a united front today, now,
0:29:37 > 0:29:39all get stuck in, get it all done,
0:29:39 > 0:29:43so it is nice and presentable for when the landlord's agent comes.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51At the Joneses', Catrin consults her household manual for cleaning tips.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Go on, then. Give me the instructions.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55"The kitchen should be scrubbed daily
0:29:55 > 0:29:57"with a damp cloth or dry brush.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01"Begin at the left-hand side of the door.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04"Go quickly but methodically around the room."
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Hang on. So you start from the left of the door
0:30:06 > 0:30:07when you're standing this way,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09or do you start from the left of the door
0:30:09 > 0:30:12- when you're standing that way? - It's the left-hand side.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13It's your left, it's my right.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18We'll just start. Does it really matter which way?
0:30:18 > 0:30:19He might come in and say,
0:30:19 > 0:30:22"You haven't started the left-hand side of the door."
0:30:22 > 0:30:24"Do everything in its proper time."
0:30:27 > 0:30:32I do a lot of cleaning at home. I have to. I'm forced into it.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34It's a hard life.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37"It is generally quite sufficient to scrub floors once a week."
0:30:40 > 0:30:43It wouldn't have been a good thing for a man to be seen
0:30:43 > 0:30:45to be cleaning up in 1890.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49You can imagine the stick you'd get for brushing up.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51You'd have been called all sorts.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57- Where's your Dyson when you need one? - I know.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Alisa's expecting the worst.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Even though we've tidied loads today,
0:31:02 > 0:31:06we don't think it's going to make any difference to the landlord.
0:31:06 > 0:31:12So I'll probably get upset and cry if he's not happy with my work.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Who knows? Who knows?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18In 1890, a fine or the threat of eviction
0:31:18 > 0:31:20was a very real possibility
0:31:20 > 0:31:24if a tenant failed to maintain his smallholding.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26If you don't keep the walls up to scratch,
0:31:26 > 0:31:28they're going to have livestock all over the place,
0:31:28 > 0:31:30they're going to have sheep halfway up the mountain,
0:31:30 > 0:31:32they'll be chasing them round,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35so they're going to have all kinds of problems.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Jamie Braddock is cynical.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Do you think he's going to fine us anyway, even if we're doing all this hard work?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Yeah, that's his job, isn't it?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- He's here to save the landowner money.- Yeah.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- He's not here to do us any favours. - He's just going to come along and say,
0:31:48 > 0:31:52"Oh, there's a hole there, there's a gap there, that needs to be sorted."
0:31:52 > 0:31:54He's just going to fine us, isn't he?
0:31:59 > 0:32:03Outside in the fields, Tommy is making his own unique contribution.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07900...
0:32:07 > 0:32:0810,000.
0:32:08 > 0:32:13I told him to go outside and count every single stone out there
0:32:13 > 0:32:16to make sure, cos the landlord said there was 6,000 stones out there.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20800... 900... 12,000.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25We're just keeping him out the way for a few hours while we all clean.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28My brother said there should be 6,000 in the walls,
0:32:28 > 0:32:35but I've doubled that, so I don't know whether he meant our walls,
0:32:35 > 0:32:38or their walls, or both together.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Tom.- Yeah?- How many you on now?
0:32:40 > 0:32:45- 16,000.- You've got it to 16,000 already? How did you do that?
0:32:45 > 0:32:50I counted 100, and then I measured it, and then I'm going along.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55All right, but what if...the stones are different sizes?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Good...thinking.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Right, hold on, I'll start again.
0:33:05 > 0:33:06HE LAUGHS
0:33:08 > 0:33:12It's actually one o'clock. Right, we've got an hour.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15One last push now.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Catrin is determined that, when the landlord's agent comes to
0:33:18 > 0:33:21inspect their house, the Joneses are going to pass muster.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Oh, do you know what?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Just looking here at our door -
0:33:26 > 0:33:29that could do with a wipe down, couldn't it?
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I think we deserve the recognition,
0:33:41 > 0:33:46and if he's going to use his bully-boy tactics to fine us
0:33:46 > 0:33:50when we've worked this hard, there's going to be hell to pay.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Catrin is one that, when somebody does her wrong,
0:33:53 > 0:33:56you know about it, if you know what I mean.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57Bring it on.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02To keep him out from underfoot,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06the Braddock boys have set Tommy another impossible task.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11Jamie asked if you have a sky hook - I don't know what that is -
0:34:11 > 0:34:13and a long weight.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Come in. Come in here.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22- Right, Tommy, I think your brother's taking the mick out of you.- Me?
0:34:22 > 0:34:23- Yeah.- Is he?- Yes.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28- Oh.- There's no such thing as a sky hook or a long weight.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31It's a type of thing that people, when they start new jobs
0:34:31 > 0:34:33and they make fun of them,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36they go and tell them to go and get something that's completely useless.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- I think they're winding you up. - Who asked you to get that?- Jamie.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42There's a surprise. Jamie. I need you yo go back
0:34:42 > 0:34:45because I think your brother needs teaching a lesson.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48We'll put a bit of lard in here.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51They didn't have any sky hooks or long weights,
0:34:51 > 0:34:55but because we haven't seen him use any for three weeks,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58we'll borrow Jamie a bit of elbow grease.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00So, here's some for him. OK?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- Thank you.- Bye, Tommy. - Aw, bless him.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Mr Hardy, the landlord's agent, finally arrives.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15The families are waiting.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18- KNOCKS ON DOOR LEAH:- Come in!
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Hold on, Leah, I'll get it.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- Good afternoon. Come in.- It's a rough day out there.- It's not very good.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- Rough day. Sorry, it's not quite the red carpet.- How are you?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Fine, thank you.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32I've just come to get the rent
0:35:32 > 0:35:36and to make an inspection of the property.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39So... If we could do that first. Hello.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51These need cleaning here, don't they?
0:35:51 > 0:35:56We've just been baking toffee for the charity concert tonight.
0:35:56 > 0:35:57- OK.- We've only just finished.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00I'll look at the bedrooms here.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- Jim, get up. - Boots on the floor there.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10On the bed. Don't think they should be on the bed.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14I'm not happy with the boots on the bed and that, and the floor,
0:36:14 > 0:36:19so there will be a fine for that of two shillings,
0:36:19 > 0:36:21which will be added to the rent,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24which is two pounds, two shillings, and a penny.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Two pounds, two shillings and one pence.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29And here's the extra two shillings for the fine.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- OK, thank you very much.- Thank you. - Goodbye, thank you.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- I say we kill him. - Two shillings might go in his pocket.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- I failed.- How did you fail?
0:36:42 > 0:36:47- Cos you didn't wash the toffee bowl that you just made for charity? - Failed to clean thoroughly.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54- Yeah, they're just greedy. - Landlords. Greedy landlords.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Greedy landlords.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01Oh, Leah, how did it go in your house? The inspection?
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- Um, we got fined.- What?!
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Uh, for Jamie having muddy boots in his bedroom
0:37:09 > 0:37:11and for having a dirty dish.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16One dirty dish and Jamie let you down again? Oh!
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- Two shillings? Do they get evicted?- No, no.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Oh, somebody's outside.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- Hello. I've come to get the quarterly rent.- Oh, hello. Yes.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- And to make an inspection. - Yes, certainly.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Come in.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- No cure for the damp? - No, it's not got any better.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51So, it's the matter of the rent,
0:37:51 > 0:37:54which is two pounds, two shillings and a penny.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56Two pound...
0:37:56 > 0:37:58two shillings...
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- ..and a penny.- Thank you. That's very good.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- Thank you very much. OK? - Yes, thank you very much.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- Thank you. Bye. - Good day to you.- Bye.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Bye now. Thank you very much.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Oh, thank God for that.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17That went very smoothly
0:38:17 > 0:38:22and it was a very short and sweet visit after all that build up.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25He even had a look at... Do you know what he did?
0:38:25 > 0:38:28He lifted the mat up and had a look under the mat
0:38:28 > 0:38:30in case we'd brushed anything under the mat.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41BELL RINGS
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Today is prize-giving day at the school.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52After a month of Victorian teaching, the children are about to discover
0:38:52 > 0:38:54if they'd have made the grade in 1890.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57You may sit down.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04And may I welcome you all to the school on this,
0:39:04 > 0:39:07what is our special day, our prize-giving day.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10I shall begin with Ela.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Now, Ela, I'm glad to be giving you the certificate
0:39:16 > 0:39:19for the best examination results.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- Thank you.- Congratulations.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Jac, will you come forward, please?
0:39:29 > 0:39:34It gives me great pleasure to give you this certificate
0:39:34 > 0:39:38and this slate so that you can practise your penmanship, Jac.
0:39:38 > 0:39:45But I am giving you the certificate for the most improved student.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Congratulations.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53And so, you will agree, Jac, that if you put your mind to it,
0:39:53 > 0:39:55you can achieve great things.
0:39:55 > 0:40:01Now then, I move on to Tommy. Will you come forward, please?
0:40:01 > 0:40:05It gives me great pleasure to give you this award
0:40:05 > 0:40:10for the most well-mannered and best-behaved pupil in the class.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11Thank you, Sir.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18And can I thank you for your assistance as a pupil teacher
0:40:18 > 0:40:21and hope you will do well in the future.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Thank you, Sir.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27And finally, Leah, will you come forward, please?
0:40:27 > 0:40:32I'm sure you are aware of the prize that you are receiving.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36It is of course for the best penmanship.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Your handwriting is a beauty to behold
0:40:40 > 0:40:42and I congratulate you on your work.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Thank you, Sir.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Class dismissed.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Well done, you.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59I'm really proud of them both.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02I think this one's going to be a little artist, aren't you?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- What was your exam results again? - 79.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- 79. And what was yours, Jac?- 74.
0:41:09 > 0:41:1274? That's good for you, Jac.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17This is Jac turning over a new leaf, we hope, now,
0:41:17 > 0:41:21and this will be a new start for him when he goes back to school.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Back at the smallholding, the families' thoughts turn to leaving.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35The first week in here, I hated it.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Strangely enough now, as it's coming towards the end,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40I'm beginning to enjoy it. It's been good. It's been...
0:41:40 > 0:41:46There's been minor problems, minor fallouts, nothing major or great.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49But another factor about being here
0:41:49 > 0:41:54is that if you do have a small argument or disagreement,
0:41:54 > 0:41:56you can't run away here.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58It's so easy at home, where you've got big houses
0:41:58 > 0:42:00and lots of rooms to sit.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Go and sit in the living room, stare at the TV,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05not discuss anything, you don't discuss.
0:42:05 > 0:42:10Here, you've got no TV, no outside influences, and you sit and you talk.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13We've ironed out issues that have gone back years.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17- We're going to go from here now completely sort of...- Clean slate.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Clear slate, really. We go back now as a strong family.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Nobody's holding any grudges, any issues,
0:42:23 > 0:42:24cos they've been ironed out here
0:42:24 > 0:42:26because you're in such a close environment
0:42:26 > 0:42:28that you've got to do it.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31It's been a really incredible journey for me.
0:42:31 > 0:42:38I've really enjoyed it and learnt a huge amount of new things.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Baking, cleaning, being a mum, being a proper mum.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Before we came here, Alisa didn't cook,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47thought the kitchen was just somewhere
0:42:47 > 0:42:51where you chilled your wine... She's really amazed me.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- I'm really proud of her.- Me? - Yeah, you have.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Everybody's had their ups and downs.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Alisa's just been like a rock to everybody.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- All the way through, she's been amazing.- Aww!
0:43:04 > 0:43:06- Thank you, babe.- That's all right.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19It's quite sad that we now have to think about leaving
0:43:19 > 0:43:23and it's quite scary as well, really,
0:43:23 > 0:43:27and I'm not too sure if I'm looking forward...
0:43:27 > 0:43:32I'm sort of torn between both worlds.
0:43:32 > 0:43:37- As it is at the minute, I'd be really sad to leave here.- Yeah.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40I'm looking forward to seeing family and friends,
0:43:40 > 0:43:42cos I've obviously missed them,
0:43:42 > 0:43:45but I'm going to really miss this place, though.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48I'm really going to miss it as well.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52I don't know which is my real home now
0:43:52 > 0:43:56and which is my pretend home, I suppose.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59It's been amazing, it's been...
0:43:59 > 0:44:01I don't know.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04- It's...- It's been a real roller coaster, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07- Ups and everything...- It really... - All sorts,
0:44:07 > 0:44:09mixed bag of emotions, and...
0:44:09 > 0:44:12- Plays havoc with your emotions.- Yeah. - One minute you're elated,
0:44:12 > 0:44:14one minute you're deflated. You don't...
0:44:14 > 0:44:15One minute you're in tears,
0:44:15 > 0:44:18one minute you're laughing your head off, yeah.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21- It's...- It's superb.- It is.
0:44:21 > 0:44:22I've said it before,
0:44:22 > 0:44:26I must thank everyone for all their hard work in looking after us here.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28- Yes, thank you very much. - And getting us in here.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31Um...thank you for making us work so hard,
0:44:31 > 0:44:33but we have enjoyed it and we...
0:44:33 > 0:44:37- And you have given us a really amazing experience.- Yeah.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Unbelievable. An incredible experience.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55It's the Braddocks and the Joneses final evening in 1890,
0:44:55 > 0:44:57and they're all off to a concert.
0:45:23 > 0:45:28I was just thinking, the reason why Jac is quite at home in 1890
0:45:28 > 0:45:31is because he doesn't clean his teeth in 2010, either.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39BRASS BAND PLAYS
0:45:45 > 0:45:48The local community is holding a fundraiser
0:45:48 > 0:45:51for the family of a smallholder killed in a quarrying accident.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01In an age when there was no social security or government support,
0:46:01 > 0:46:03the charity of the community
0:46:03 > 0:46:07would have been the difference between survival and destitution.
0:46:23 > 0:46:24APPLAUSE
0:46:25 > 0:46:29Well, ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure
0:46:29 > 0:46:33to see so many of you present here this evening.
0:46:33 > 0:46:38And tonight I must ask you, in all Christian charity,
0:46:38 > 0:46:40to reach deep into your pockets.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44I know you may not have much to share,
0:46:44 > 0:46:49but I want you to remember Mrs Roberts and her family tonight.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51VIOLIN PLAYS
0:47:02 > 0:47:04After a month of smallholding life,
0:47:04 > 0:47:07the families are very much a part of the community.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11Keen to contribute, the children have prepared a song.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14# We like the chickens
0:47:14 > 0:47:16# We like the sheep and lambs
0:47:16 > 0:47:19# We like the fireside
0:47:19 > 0:47:24# A doo-wop, a doo-wop a doo-wop, a doo-wop
0:47:24 > 0:47:28# Cock-a-doodle-doo! #
0:47:28 > 0:47:29APPLAUSE
0:47:31 > 0:47:35We are people that future generations can look back on
0:47:35 > 0:47:38and know that in the midst of affliction,
0:47:38 > 0:47:40we knew how to support one another.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43And the men, too, are not to be left out.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46TO "Auld Lang Syne": # Good morning Mick and Bob our friends
0:47:46 > 0:47:49# Good morning Mick and Bob
0:47:49 > 0:47:53# It's our final day for quarrying
0:47:53 > 0:47:57# Good morning Mick and Bob
0:47:57 > 0:47:59# The target's set
0:47:59 > 0:48:00# It will be met
0:48:00 > 0:48:04# This is our quarry song. #
0:48:05 > 0:48:07APPLAUSE
0:48:14 > 0:48:21I ask Mr Morris to go around you all with a collection plate.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Thank you, Mr Morris.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25BRASS BAND RESUMES
0:48:39 > 0:48:42It was really good. The band were amazing.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45You could almost feel the vibration up through the floor,
0:48:45 > 0:48:47through your tummy. It was brilliant.
0:48:47 > 0:48:52Brass bands played a central role in the quarrying communities
0:48:52 > 0:48:55and for Heulwen, the entertainment has brought back memories
0:48:55 > 0:48:57of the death of her father.
0:48:57 > 0:49:02That song was played by this band by my father's grave.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05This is Deiniolen Brass Band, isn't it?
0:49:08 > 0:49:12It's poignant how little things like that bring back memories,
0:49:12 > 0:49:15particularly for her, of what went before.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17One of the things she suggested that we do
0:49:17 > 0:49:19is put flowers on my grandfather's grave.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21Just go up there on the way back -
0:49:21 > 0:49:23and that would be a nice thing to do to round it off
0:49:23 > 0:49:27and end the whole thing in a special way.
0:49:42 > 0:49:47It's the families' last morning on their 1890s smallholding
0:49:47 > 0:49:50and they've gathered at the Joneses' for a farewell breakfast.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55This is the last supper.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57What if the landlord's agent turned up now?
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Can I just say, because it's our last day,
0:49:59 > 0:50:01talking on behalf of all the Braddocks,
0:50:01 > 0:50:03how much we're going to miss you?
0:50:03 > 0:50:05- Oh, we'll miss you too. - We're going to miss you loads.- Yeah.
0:50:05 > 0:50:06It's been unbelievable.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10I don't know what I'm going to miss the most.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12It's just being able to get up in the morning and not care what you're
0:50:12 > 0:50:15looking like, and as you're leaving not have to take your phone...
0:50:15 > 0:50:17- Yeah.- ..and your money and your wallet,
0:50:17 > 0:50:19- and not worry about loads of stuff.- That's true.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22Hang on, Jamie, you said "get up in the morning"...
0:50:22 > 0:50:26- I always...- When you said "get up in the morning" - when did that happen?
0:50:26 > 0:50:28Get up in the morning!
0:50:28 > 0:50:31I'm really worried about you and your trousers, when we..
0:50:31 > 0:50:32LAUGHTER
0:50:32 > 0:50:36- This is the weight...- It's the trend!
0:50:36 > 0:50:40This is the weight-loss, even the belt won't stay on!
0:50:40 > 0:50:43It's that bad I can't even find a belt that fits.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45Is it on the last hole, as well, is it?
0:50:45 > 0:50:46Yeah, look...
0:50:46 > 0:50:49I really, really enjoyed that breakfast.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51That was really nice.
0:50:53 > 0:50:57With just hours left before they depart, it's time to say goodbye
0:50:57 > 0:51:00to the animals they've tended for the last month.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02All the chickens and that have sort of grown on me,
0:51:02 > 0:51:04cos when you watch them
0:51:04 > 0:51:06they have all got their little quirky personalities,
0:51:06 > 0:51:09which you'd never think of a chicken.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11And the pig - we've all fell in love with the pig.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14We've had hours and hours of fun with the pig, chasing it round the field,
0:51:14 > 0:51:16and it runs - it'll come in the house, as well.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20It's just so tame, now, that pig, that it's just like a dog.
0:51:21 > 0:51:22Are you going to miss Billy?
0:51:22 > 0:51:24Yeah.
0:51:24 > 0:51:25Yah!
0:51:26 > 0:51:28LEAH GRUNTS
0:51:28 > 0:51:29Aah!
0:51:29 > 0:51:32As the families' experience draws to an end,
0:51:32 > 0:51:35there's time to reflect on the life they've led for a month.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Getting along as a family
0:51:39 > 0:51:43has been the most important of this whole experience.
0:51:43 > 0:51:48I do feel now that I got to know my dad better and my stepmum,
0:51:48 > 0:51:52the whole family a lot better, and I think that's another thing
0:51:52 > 0:51:54that I can take away from this experience,
0:51:54 > 0:51:57is just the value of family.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59When you're living on top of each other,
0:51:59 > 0:52:03you've got to sort out your problems, and we have done.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06It feels like we've come in as individuals,
0:52:06 > 0:52:08but going out sort of a family, really.
0:52:13 > 0:52:18David has had the time of his life. I think he will be sad to leave.
0:52:18 > 0:52:24It'll be quite emotional for him, so that makes it emotional for me.
0:52:24 > 0:52:29But, erm, yes, I've learnt we can stick together,
0:52:29 > 0:52:31we can pull through,
0:52:31 > 0:52:35and when the going gets tough, the Joneses get going.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37We've started to call this place home.
0:52:37 > 0:52:41So, when you leave home, it's quite sad.
0:52:41 > 0:52:46The closeness of everyone and everything.
0:52:46 > 0:52:51There's nowhere like this on Earth.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Leah, can you kick your shoes off?
0:52:57 > 0:53:00Oh, it's just really, really sad.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03I think it's made me stronger as a mother.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06It's taught me a lot of family values.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09We just go on now, as a stronger family.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13So, it's been wonderful.
0:53:14 > 0:53:20I don't want to be too sad, I want to hold it together,
0:53:20 > 0:53:24but we'll probably just let go at the end.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26- Are you a bit sad now?- Yeah, sad.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29- It's... I don't know. - I don't think it's quite...
0:53:29 > 0:53:32- It's too nice a day to go now, isn't it?- Yeah, it is.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36It's so lovely outside that you want to stay for a bit longer.
0:53:36 > 0:53:41- Mm.- The kids, they're running around outside, pigs running around...
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Yeah, it'll be funny not see all of this again.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47Yeah, I think we worked well together, didn't we?
0:53:47 > 0:53:49I'm amazed how well you've done.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Saying it in a nice way!
0:53:51 > 0:53:52- Are you surprised?- No, no, you've...
0:53:52 > 0:53:55You know, you've held it all together.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Let's get the last thing in the case here, you lot.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Come on.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02- Knitted scarf.- Yes.
0:54:02 > 0:54:03Home sweet home.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Yeah, it's going to be quite sad, cos everybody'll be going back
0:54:12 > 0:54:17to their own lives, so it means that we won't be seeing Jordan...
0:54:19 > 0:54:21..or Jamie, really, so...
0:54:23 > 0:54:27Hmm. Yeah, it is just going to be so...
0:54:29 > 0:54:32I don't think... Not "miserable" is going to be the word,
0:54:32 > 0:54:39but your heart is so full here of families and...
0:54:39 > 0:54:44there is a lot of love here.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48When we go back, everybody will go their separate ways again,
0:54:48 > 0:54:50which is quite sad, really.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56The Jones family embarked on their 1890 adventure
0:54:56 > 0:54:58to journey back to their quarrying past,
0:54:58 > 0:55:00and engage with their roots.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03I don't know where to start, basically.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06I'm going to be absolutely knackered if I'm doing all this.
0:55:06 > 0:55:11We do not speak Welsh in school.
0:55:11 > 0:55:15That I have said so much - my father was killed in the quarry.
0:55:15 > 0:55:19It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.
0:55:19 > 0:55:24At first overwhelmed by the harsh realities of their ancestors' lives,
0:55:24 > 0:55:30with time, the family rallied and proved they were from sturdy stock.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34Everybody has got to chip in. Everybody has got to do their bit.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37Well done, Jac, that's the way!
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Good night, everyone.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42It's been up and down, back and forward,
0:55:42 > 0:55:44all over the place sometimes,
0:55:44 > 0:55:46but, erm...
0:55:46 > 0:55:49- It's...- It's been...- Wild. Mad.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51..the best thing we've done.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55Apart from getting married and having kids. They were good.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58All right, everybody, are we ready to go?
0:55:58 > 0:56:00Oof!
0:56:00 > 0:56:02Was there somebody else living in this house?
0:56:02 > 0:56:04I think we've locked them in the chest!
0:56:10 > 0:56:13Are you ready for the off? Yeah?
0:56:14 > 0:56:17Four weeks ago, the Braddocks left the comforts
0:56:17 > 0:56:21of their modern-day lives and journeyed back in time
0:56:21 > 0:56:25in an attempt to live together as a family under one roof.
0:56:27 > 0:56:32They were pretty unprepared for the hardships of smallholding life.
0:56:33 > 0:56:37The stresses of the family is telling on everybody, I think.
0:56:37 > 0:56:41- Respect. You lack it completely! - Dad, I don't do that every day.
0:56:41 > 0:56:46I do the food, the washing, they are just chucking clothes at me,
0:56:46 > 0:56:49and I've got to help again with the animals in the night.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51Where is that fair?
0:56:53 > 0:56:58Alisa has turned out to be the pillar which, back home, she's not.
0:56:58 > 0:57:03And despite family disputes, they've grown closer together.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08- Bye. Bye!- Bye!
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Bye, house!
0:57:21 > 0:57:24The Jones and Braddock families
0:57:24 > 0:57:28close the door on their cottages for the last time.
0:57:47 > 0:57:52As they leave the smallholding to return to their modern lives,
0:57:52 > 0:57:55they take with them hard-won memories
0:57:55 > 0:57:59of their time in Snowdonia 1890.