Tim Lambert
Tim Lambert
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Selling your wife
Men in England once sold their wives
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Видео

A walk around Old Southampton
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A walk around Old Southampton
Who invented the lifeboat
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Who invented the lifeboat
Tudor Portsmouth
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Tudor Portsmouth
Popular myths about history
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Popular myths about history
A myth about rule of thumb
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A myth about rule of thumb
Myths about Thomas Crapper
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Myths about Thomas Crapper
Kitchen Inventions
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Kitchen Inventions
A myth about the word wake
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A myth about the word wake
Could very few people in the past swim?
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Could very few people in the past swim?
Henry VII's toilet
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Henry VII's toilet
A myth about Queen Elizabeth I's last words
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A myth about Queen Elizabeth I's last words
A myth about the phrase Dead Ringer
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A myth about the phrase Dead Ringer
A myth that people only had a bath once a year
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A myth that people only had a bath once a year
A myth about four poster beds
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A myth about four poster beds
Assassinated on the toilet?
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Assassinated on the toilet?
A Myth About the Origin of the Word Posh
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A Myth About the Origin of the Word Posh
A Myth About the Saying Keep it Under Your Hat
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A Myth About the Saying Keep it Under Your Hat
A Myth About the Phrase Upper Crust
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A Myth About the Phrase Upper Crust
Food in the 17th Century
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Food in the 17th Century
A myth about daylight robbery
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A myth about daylight robbery
Myths about Archery
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Myths about Archery
More myths about history
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More myths about history
A myth about the guillotine
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A myth about the guillotine
A myth about white wedding dresses
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A myth about white wedding dresses
A myth about the phrase piss poor
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A myth about the phrase piss poor
A myth about the phrase sleep tight
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A myth about the phrase sleep tight
A myth about the phrase dirt poor
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A myth about the phrase dirt poor
A myth about the two finger gesture
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A myth about the two finger gesture
Myths about the 16th Century
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Myths about the 16th Century

Комментарии

  • @RyanKelley-u2m
    @RyanKelley-u2m 5 дней назад

    this is all true.

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 10 дней назад

    Great fun!

  • @alpinaCD
    @alpinaCD 13 дней назад

    Are they out already?

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 13 дней назад

      No this is an old video of mine I found

  • @alpinaCD
    @alpinaCD 14 дней назад

    Ooh that water looked murky 😂. Love the tree 👍

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 14 дней назад

      It's a very nice area to go for a walk

  • @alpinaCD
    @alpinaCD 16 дней назад

    I would love it if you added a bit of speech on something like this. What is it, where is it. Just a quick description. 👍

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 16 дней назад

      I will try and do another one and say something about it

  • @warrenfletcher6265
    @warrenfletcher6265 19 дней назад

    Is it possible to have a swim when the tide comes in?

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 19 дней назад

      You can swim off the southern part of the city of Portsmouth, Southsea and Eastney. But I wouldn't swim in the north of Portsmouth Harbour because of the water quality.

  • @vernward
    @vernward 19 дней назад

    not a lot to write home about !

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 18 дней назад

      Well at least they had parchment to write home on

  • @trainnerd3029
    @trainnerd3029 22 дня назад

    If that Harbor could talk… The stories it could tell would be amazing!

  • @trainnerd3029
    @trainnerd3029 26 дней назад

    My how times have changed!

  • @herbderbler1585
    @herbderbler1585 27 дней назад

    Beautiful.

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 27 дней назад

      Thank you. It's a very nice area for walking.

  • @robp4037
    @robp4037 Месяц назад

    Really good stuff. Thank you.

  • @petem68
    @petem68 Месяц назад

    I'd love for you to be able to give me the origins of my surname, Maddison, It could have originated from Durham as I've managed to trace my ancestry to there as a focal point.

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 Месяц назад

      It comes from the Medieval woman's name Madde, a variation of Maud. It was originally Madde's son. (Today it can spelt either Madison or Maddison). If your father (or less commonly your mother) was someone important you might be given their name as your surname, like Madde's son, John's son, Robin's son etc. I don't know who Madde was but you are right your surname does seem to have originated from Durham. The earliest record of people with the surname Maddison comes from there.

    • @petem68
      @petem68 Месяц назад

      @@TimLambert101 Thanks for that, I know now I can at least trace my ancestry back to medieval times.

  • @texgowing7359
    @texgowing7359 Месяц назад

    👍Excelent informative video thankyou🙏🙏🙏

  • @charliebures4032
    @charliebures4032 Месяц назад

    Excellent

  • @martinphilip8998
    @martinphilip8998 Месяц назад

    On a train ride from Bristol to Edinburgh the train pulled into the station at Newcastle. My sister and I got out a bag containing two lumps of coal and threw them out the window. They fell near the feet of man who looked up and scowled at us. I can imagine what might have happened if he had put the law on us. The headline would have read- “Two American Tourists Arrested for Carrying Coals to Newcastle.” Didn’t Flash in the Pan also have a connection to early flash photography? An ember would tough powder in a pan to illuminate the scene. I wish you would make the connection between its usage in every case. That’s the most interesting part to me. I taught many students whose parents who not native English speakers. These were useful lesson for theses AND their parents. On Corn Street in Bristol’s banking center (centre lol) they still have these nails where trade took place.

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 Месяц назад

      The phrase 'flash in the pan' was used in the 17th century long before photography was invented.

  • @Paintopia_VR
    @Paintopia_VR Месяц назад

    Why isn't the Plaza a cinema now, it would be so much better.

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 Месяц назад

      Many cinemas have closed in my lifetime because not enough people go to the cinema regularly to support them all anymore.

    • @Paintopia_VR
      @Paintopia_VR Месяц назад

      @TimLambert101 hopefully they do something with the building to benefit the community

  • @JayGideon-7
    @JayGideon-7 Месяц назад

    The apple in "apple of my eye" meant the orb of your eyeball. It was saying that the referenced person is truly like a very part of you. 😊 👁️🍎

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 Месяц назад

      Yes. Psalm 17:8: "Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings"

  • @toddcott9510
    @toddcott9510 Месяц назад

    Please explain to American's, it's I could not care less. I could care less makes no sense. But Neath do American s.

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 Месяц назад

      They have their own version of English, with many different words and phrases.

  • @Anne-Margaret-u7o
    @Anne-Margaret-u7o Месяц назад

    Thanks for all your hard work & the lovely scenery. I think, however, "Beyond The Pale" is more likely in reference to 'The Pale of Settlement' which was a far-western region of the Russian Empire that existed from 1791 to 1917, where Jewish populations were sent .. and beyond which Jewish residency was mostly forbidden. It was very poor quality land, deliberately chosen as such .. Not unlike the impoverished areas that the US government sent its indigenous people .. as did Australia & Canada ...

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 Месяц назад

      I am afraid that cannot be true because the phrase was used long before 1791. Beyond the Pale was certainly being used as a phrase in England in the 17th century. As well as the pale around Dublin there was a pale around Calais, which the English held until 1558. But it seems to me the Dublin pale is the most likely origin of the phrase.

  • @michaelharrison3602
    @michaelharrison3602 2 месяца назад

    Heck was less profane than hell.

  • @michaelharrison3602
    @michaelharrison3602 2 месяца назад

    Before anaesthetics anyone undergoing surgery was given something to bite on maybe a piece of leather or wood

  • @michealhand1001
    @michealhand1001 2 месяца назад

    Hello Tim love the Origins of the old Sayings.I Noticed a Blue Plaque on one of The houses .Who lived There ?.Thanks

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 2 месяца назад

      This explains the blue plaque openplaques.org/plaques/10703

  • @marionarmstrong6877
    @marionarmstrong6877 2 месяца назад

    Thank you so much❤

  • @johnbiela9442
    @johnbiela9442 2 месяца назад

    I would take anyone saying they know the true meaning, with a grain of salt. Like...why save your money for a rainy day? When people lived on farms, there were a lot of chores on sunny days. When it rained, there weren't as many. So, that would be the day to go into town and get other things sorted. A good time to spend some of your cash.. Put your orders in at the various stores you'd do business with. Stop at the bank to settle accounts. Show up at the local saloon to catch up with the guys.

  • @ZzedZed
    @ZzedZed 2 месяца назад

    they still use "poke" to mean bag, in glasgow[2024]

  • @graemeb209
    @graemeb209 2 месяца назад

    I have two good examples, my surname is Bowler however I also have an ancestor with the surname of Earwalker.

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 2 месяца назад

      Bowler was a man who made bowls. I have heard of Earwaker. I must admit I have never come across Earwalker. I will see if I can find out anything about it.

  • @susandennis347
    @susandennis347 2 месяца назад

    Very interesting thanks . I’d love to know where this was filmed - do I recognise Portsmouth and Langstone harbours, Porchester castle etc ?

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 2 месяца назад

      Yes, you do. It's very nice scenery around there.

  • @ceeemm1901
    @ceeemm1901 2 месяца назад

    If you go back to the origin of old sayings are they still old sayings? Because back then at the origin, they were new.......

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 2 месяца назад

      They are old now, whatever their origins

  • @wonyankeesays5661
    @wonyankeesays5661 2 месяца назад

    Intresting

  • @lavender4247
    @lavender4247 2 месяца назад

    Great to.learn where the saying originate from

  • @SFNightOwl
    @SFNightOwl 2 месяца назад

    Fantastic video! Thank you Tim and the algorithm gods!

  • @petehayward7478
    @petehayward7478 2 месяца назад

    Anyone here from barncroft school 1958-1964 ?.

  • @bo-bo
    @bo-bo 2 месяца назад

    Thank you :)

  • @m.r.furianii3920
    @m.r.furianii3920 2 месяца назад

    Nicely done. You could go on forever as there are so many expressions and they're fundamental to language. Would love to know where the beautiful images are from. Good show!

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 2 месяца назад

      Some of them from Petersfield in Hampshire. Some from Portchester (famous from its Roman fort), Some from Titchfield and some from a hill overlooking Portsmouth.

  • @gazmad
    @gazmad 2 месяца назад

    Nicely done i say old boy! Here' here..

  • @wonyankeesays5661
    @wonyankeesays5661 2 месяца назад

    I hear thers a pub in Machester named the Toilet,,it used to be under ground mens and wowens pulic restrooms

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 2 месяца назад

      It's actually called The Temple secretmanchester.com/the-temple-bar-manchester/

  • @nicolabrett1981
    @nicolabrett1981 3 месяца назад

    Why do they say On the wagon??

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 3 месяца назад

      It's not certain where this phrase comes from. but it meant abstaining from alcohol. This is the most likely explanation: The phrase was first recorded in 1901 (but the exact words used were 'on the water cart', later it became on the water wagon and then just on the wagon. In the 19th century, there were water wagons in cities. They didn't carry drinking water. Instead, they sprayed water on the street to dampen dust when it was hot and the roads were dusty. (It probably wasn't very healthy to drink the water!) In the 19th century, there was a powerful temperance movement. Some men pledged never to drink alcohol. Some men said they would rather drink water from the water wagon than drink alcohol. To be on the wagon meant you were abstaining. If you fell off the wagon you were back to drinking again!

  • @Puffball-ll1ly
    @Puffball-ll1ly 3 месяца назад

    I knew most of these but you rarely hear people use them in current year

  • @alpinaCD
    @alpinaCD 3 месяца назад

    Brilliant. Loved this. Truly reminded me what being British means. Thank you.❤

  • @pablobalde1121
    @pablobalde1121 3 месяца назад

    Wholesome.

  • @DylanRobins-v4n
    @DylanRobins-v4n 3 месяца назад

    This is kinda weird for me since I’ve grown up in Petersfield my whole life and seeing all the locations 10 years ago it makes me realise how much has changed

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 3 месяца назад

      Many parts of Southeast Hampshire have changed a lot

  • @angelamary9493
    @angelamary9493 3 месяца назад

    Love it

  • @richardcrighton8079
    @richardcrighton8079 3 месяца назад

    brilliant

  • @wonyankeesays5661
    @wonyankeesays5661 3 месяца назад

    Great bits !,,my favorite invention is the modern water heater !

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 3 месяца назад

      Yes, there are so many inventions that have made life more comfortable but we seldom hear about the inventors

    • @wonyankeesays5661
      @wonyankeesays5661 3 месяца назад

      @@TimLambert101 my interest in many U addressed was "when",,,thank u

  • @lindsaywarden1746
    @lindsaywarden1746 3 месяца назад

    Rule of thumb also references the fact that a man was allowed to beat his wife, providing that the stick was no thicker than his thumb!

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 3 месяца назад

      No, it does not. There has never been a rule or a law in England that a man is entitled to beat his wife provided he uses a stick no thicker than his thumb. William Blackstone (1723-80) wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769). He made no mention of a supposed rule that a stick could be used to hit your wife if it was not thicker than a thumb. So it was never a part of English common law. I made a video to debunk this myth. ruclips.net/video/KyARzkr9lOw/видео.html

  • @JustDucky-d9k
    @JustDucky-d9k 3 месяца назад

    Love this video. Very knowledgable. I appreciate someone posting the meanings of sayings.

    • @TimLambert101
      @TimLambert101 3 месяца назад

      Thank you very much

    • @JustDucky-d9k
      @JustDucky-d9k 3 месяца назад

      @@TimLambert101 They should be taught in school, along with English surnames and such in a class of British History!

  • @ibnrawandi2713
    @ibnrawandi2713 3 месяца назад

    Good video: educational and straight to the point. Thank you

  • @dougiesweeny4833
    @dougiesweeny4833 3 месяца назад

    Some of these have more than one explanation

  • @Sallou-l9r
    @Sallou-l9r 3 месяца назад

    Love this, thank you - very interesting.

  • @chrisbeard1750
    @chrisbeard1750 3 месяца назад

    Great, thank you.