tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post2024742292994645120..comments2009-03-27T13:36:10.822+11:00Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149904992530471884beforeourtime@bigpond.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-45150158168464777002009-03-27T13:36:00.000+11:002009-03-27T13:36:00.000+11:00I just found it - it was called 'The Colony'<BR/><BR/>http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/the-colony/•´.¸¸.•¨¯`♥.Trish.♥´¯¨•.¸¸.´•http://www.blogger.com/profile/13482654455512269065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-66147605531473363752009-03-27T13:31:00.001+11:002009-03-27T13:31:00.001+11:00Did you see the program they filmed 2-3 yrs ago (forget the name) where a few families &amp; others had to live as early settlers in the Hawkesbury did.<BR/><BR/>I was fascinated and glad I was born in mid 20th century.<BR/><BR/>I missed a few episodes but it was filmed not far from where we live.A &#39;few&#39; settlers escaped back to civilisation because they couldn&#39;t handle it•´.¸¸.•¨¯`♥.Trish.♥´¯¨•.¸¸.´•http://www.blogger.com/profile/13482654455512269065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-60555390189389088022009-03-27T13:31:00.000+11:002009-03-27T13:31:00.000+11:00Did you see the program they filmed 2-3 yrs ago (forget the name) where a few families &amp; others had to live as early settlers in the Hawkesbury did.<BR/><BR/>I was fascinated and glad I was born in mid 20th century.<BR/><BR/>I missed a few episodes but it was filmed not far from where we live.A &#39;few&#39; settlers escaped back to civilisation because they couldn&#39;t handle it•´.¸¸.•¨¯`♥.Trish.♥´¯¨•.¸¸.´•http://www.blogger.com/profile/13482654455512269065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-66503747924712834292009-03-09T11:16:00.000+11:002009-03-09T11:16:00.000+11:00I am a seventh generation aussie, my ancestor came out on the second fleet ship Lady Julianna,also called "the Floating Brothel" I would not wish those times on anyone. I have read a few convict books, thanks for the other links, I find it very interesting. If I had to go back, I think sometime from about 1920 would be bearable! I know, not very adventurous!Dee from Downunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777307445206154909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-56486035848072619342009-03-06T07:55:00.000+11:002009-03-06T07:55:00.000+11:00I always fancied myself a suffragette. Standing up for the right of women to vote! <BR/><BR/>I can't imagine living in a time where the main goal everyday was just to survive. Sad that many people still face that fact everyday. I'm not sure that I'd be willing to trade my comforts, particularly my PC and my electric lights for another era. I love history. But I like it best in books.Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673930610844503371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-33245861518901834212009-03-05T01:59:00.000+11:002009-03-05T01:59:00.000+11:00Another great post you ladies came up with! I think you could put some of these post eventually in a book form. I am very interested in all of the ones you have posted. I often wonder about times from the past and what it would be like to try to blend in, but my thoughts are more in line with the movies "Back To The Future". Perhaps try to live in them for only a day or week. Amazing that someone would give it a try for a year!Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04373560689980768576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-77118229730358102182009-03-04T04:43:00.000+11:002009-03-04T04:43:00.000+11:00Having enjoyed being a student in the Britain of the sixties, that's a difficult one but to try something completely different would be interesting. Visiting the extremely well-preserved stone-age settlement at Skara Brae on the Orkney Islands makes that tempting. The dwelling places were quite sophisticated and the climate was much warmer than it is now. Male thigh bones discovered show that the average male was 6 feet (almost 2 metres) tall and extremely well nourished with plenty of game and fish available so life would be comfortable and healthy. Best of all, they didn't need any of the modern appliances that we treasure as they didn't have to cope with any of that kind of work – such as no cleaning or washing and only basic cooking and you're out the minute you're up which is why I like wild camping so much never mind any of the modern irritations that we have to put up with. It would be good to discover if that would compensate for the best of what we have now.Nanuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16749894208564128315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-46324452550863764652009-03-03T15:25:00.000+11:002009-03-03T15:25:00.000+11:00I would definitely plump for Lady of the Manor in Victorian times!<BR/>The gentle arts of sewing and painting with beautiful gardens to stroll in.the mofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-61592408038167700552009-03-03T13:58:00.000+11:002009-03-03T13:58:00.000+11:00I saw a doco recently on the women that arrived on the Lady Penhryn. Fascinating!<BR/>I don't think I could go back to an earlier period. I'm too used to my soft existence.Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00090958027924599852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-46499346956096555672009-03-03T11:23:00.000+11:002009-03-03T11:23:00.000+11:00I'd be resonably happy to live in any period of history with one caveat: I'd want to live it as a nun. Regular meals, no menfolk interfering (well, except the priest on Sundays) and no risk of pregnancy and childbirth.innercitygardenhttp://innercitygarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-80187462966301442782009-03-03T10:38:00.000+11:002009-03-03T10:38:00.000+11:00Such a fascinating bit of footage. Living, as she did, in the 1790s would really highlight those things that we could do without now. I wonder, however, how she managed <I>personal</I> women things. That alone keeps me from dreaming about times past. I want to pick through the knowledge and skills and use them in my 21st century life.<BR/><BR/>Her point about food really resonates.Meganhttp://www.beforeourtime.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-17645763581438959992009-03-03T09:27:00.000+11:002009-03-03T09:27:00.000+11:00you've seen 50s gal at <A HREF="http://my50syear.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">my year 1955</A> ? very interesting<BR/><BR/>I would do the 50's, 40's, 20's, teens, turn of the century<BR/><BR/>maybe even a medieval year...which would be way hard... but interesting...<BR/><BR/>although convincing my husband to join me would be a completely different matterweenie_elisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351069076057033043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932779559058732323.post-31690034017133257662009-03-03T06:57:00.000+11:002009-03-03T06:57:00.000+11:00Lady of the Manor for sure (a kind Mistress I would be) and always fascinated by 1920s America - a flapper - not for a year though!Blue Mountains Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.com