A House Through Time - BBC2

robfosters · 5 Jan 2018 at 18:23

i know this might seem boring for many of you, but this started on BBC2 last night and I thought it was such an interesting programme. Basically takes one ordinary families home (this ones in Liverpool) and researches through all the houses history since it was built including the owners. The diversity and lives of the houses different owners is quite amazing. There’s four episodes, last nights was the first and is on iplayer. They got up to about 1860/70. The next three episodes cover the history right up to modern day. Really very interesting program with a great presenter.

It’s on iplayer and is on BBC2 on Thursdays at 9pm.

Roland Butter · 6 Jan 2018 at 02:27

Sadly you are correct, it was ball breakingly boring.

A BBC standard issue ethnic minority presenter feinging emotion for something that happened centuries ago to people he
has no connection to.

3 more episodes ? at least it doesn't have a Coren or a Perkins presenting it.

Ninco! · 6 Jan 2018 at 20:37

Don't you ever wonder about the history of your place? :eek:

robfosters · 6 Jan 2018 at 20:51

Ninco! said:
Don't you ever wonder about the history of your place?

Would you live there if you could get it for £100k under value? If you dont believe in ghosts or anything, whats the problem.

Ninco! · 7 Jan 2018 at 00:11

robfosters said:
Would you live there if you could get it for £100k under value? If you dont believe in ghosts or anything, whats the problem.

Nope. People would think I am a weirdo!

Seriously though, just not for me, I believe that places and certain items, for example, a car, can be plain unlucky or give off bad karma. *gets coat*

Always curious why the above place still stands.

robfosters · 7 Jan 2018 at 00:16

Ninco! said:
Nope. People would think I am a weirdo!

Seriously though, just not for me, I believe that places and certain items, for example, a car, can be plain unlucky or give off bad karma. *gets coat*

Always curious why the above place still stands.

Its an attic flat. I presume that means relocating the other people that live in the house at great cost. Although I do concede a lot of other murder houses are destroyed. The West’s was and so was John Christie’s, but that was also due to the fact that it was very old Victorian housing and it needed redeveloping anyway. In the US, they never knocked down Ocean Avenue, scene of the DeFeo murders that led to the Amityville haunting case.

It’s interesting though. Having the history of your house could backfire badly depending on what was discovered.