A House in Time BBC 2

[LouiseBrooks]

Anyone else watching? My house is around 150 years old and I've looked it up on a couple of censuses but there's nothing as interesting as this. (Mine is also much smaller.)

[bluebump]

Yes I'm watching, it's a lovely house isn't it!

[LouiseBrooks]

In the late 70s I visited a friend who had moved to Liverpool and remember seeing from the bus a row of houses just like that, all semi derelict. I often wonder if they were eventually bulldozed or restored. They're beautiful.

[fourquenelles]

Never come across David Olusoga before and it has been my loss. He is a fascinating presenter.

[AlexaAmbidextra]

Brilliant programme. I love history and this was fascinating. Lovely house too. It's up for sale at 600k if anyone's interested.

[fedjj]

Loved it will definitely be tuning in next week. Such interesting stories and a historical facts.

[Zhx3]

Loved it. I often go to the Liverpool Philharmonic, which is just around the corner. The area is rough but the architecture is stunning. I'd love to have a house there!

[IndigoApple]

Yes I watched it. Very interesting and made Liverpool look attractive. I once watched an episode of Location Location Location that made me want to move to Liverpool and if I had £600k I'd love that house! Didn't hear many Liverpool accents on the programme though!

[BitOfFun]

Loved it- really impressed with the research, too.

Liverpool is a fantastic city, and Faulkner Street is still a very desirable area.

[RhiannonOHara]

Can't wait to catch up with this. David O presented some stuff as part of the Black Britain season last year and he was excellent. I hope this is him starting to get a lot more TV exposure (I think he's going to be presenting some of the new Civilisation series this year too).

[ppeatfruit]

I loved David's eyes (shallow comment sorry ) I watched most of this and recorded it. I LOVE history especially social history. Sooo interesting.

[ppeatfruit]

I cannot believe that no one had replaced the Georgian fireplace in the posh room ! We did it in London. In the 80s.

[Greenteandchives]

I watched this and found it fascinating.
I would like to know if the house was picked randomly, or if some research was done on a few properties before picking this one, as the inhabitants discussed last night were both interesting, and certainly not just ordinary families.

[ppeatfruit]

Well they did show the professions of the neighbours, yes maybe they picked the one with the most unusual inhabitants.

[TheMadGardener]

We once lived in a Victorian terraced house in East London. In the cupboard under the stairs there was graffiti with dates written on the wall by people who had been sheltering under there during air-raids in the Blitz. I find it fascinating thinking about people who have lived in your house before.

[prettypaws]

Can you link the house for sale? I don't watch BBC but it sounds really interesting.

[Lilliepixie]

Falkner Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-52078398.html

Loved this programme
I'm in the market for a house in Liverpool!

[prettypaws]

Thanks Lillie, i love a house snoop. The character and features downstairs are lovely.

[RomanMum]

I thought I recognised it! Just round the back of where I studied -decades ago-. Some beautiful houses there.

[AnnaMagnani]

I loved this programme. Wilfrid was an arse though, wasn't he?

[User5trillion]

I loved this programme. Thought the presenter was very good and was impressed by the research behind it. Cant wait for next week.

[LockingJay]

Those of you that have watched this, is it suitable for DS who is 9? He is really interested in this type of history and we live in Liverpool!

[ppeatfruit]

Yes I would say so Locking It depends on how sensitive and sheltered he is , some of the inhabitants won't have been particularly savoury though. I would watch with him of course.

Fascinating local history for you!

[Rainatnight]

Was really good, wasn't it? Expected to find it a bit boring, but what a fascinating way into the local history.

[DuckOffAutocorrectYouShiv]

I loved this, it is right up my street. I love social history stuff that’s focuses on normal people. There was a spate of them a few years ago, Behind Closed Doors (Georgians) and the Lucy Worsley ones. Fascinating and much more interesting to me than kings and queens or wars. I wish they’d teach domestic history like this in schools.

lockingjay, the first DP touches on slavery, the American Civil War and workhouses. Trailers suggest that ep 2 discusses a domestic violence story that took place in the house. It was shown at 9pm, I think, so maybe borderline content wise for children, but it I don’t recall there being anything particularly graphic that an average 9yo wouldn’t cope with (though my youngest child is almost 16). Tbh, they’ll probably just get bored before anything traumatises them.

[DuckOffAutocorrectYouShiv]

The house is beautiful, she’s done a lovely job on the decor but it needs further restoration, fireplaces, cornicing etc. It’s a shame that they’ve gone and in some cases have been replaced with strange repro jobs (that tiled affair for instance).

Just around the corner from the house is a fab restaurant, The Art School. Delicious.