The Plague Village of Eyam told by Let’s Go Peak District

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  • Опубліковано 21 гру 2024

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  • @nitramretep
    @nitramretep 5 років тому +5

    A very sad yet courageous story. Thank you.

  • @becks400
    @becks400 4 роки тому +3

    Amazing I never knew the full extent of this, will definitely visit Eyam on my next Peak District trip!

  • @janesgems7
    @janesgems7 5 років тому +15

    Greater love has no man than this, that a man lie down his life for his friend
    Eyam gave their lives for strangers
    God bless you Eyam
    And thank you
    From someone who without you might never have been born

    • @westaussie965
      @westaussie965 3 роки тому +1

      Calm down 😂

    • @janesgems7
      @janesgems7 3 роки тому

      @@westaussie965 Have you ever visited it? Believe me, it's an experience. Looks like any little village until you see the signs outside the doors.
      The Hatfields. Husband and two stepsons aged 4 and 12. His assistant, George Viccars,the first victim. Jane Hawksworth's 18th month old son and her husband. The entire Thorpe famiy of 9. The graves of Elizabeth Hancock's husband and six of her children, the youngest a toddler, who she lost in a week. She buried them herself, with her bare hands.
      This was an agonising disease and it's victims suffered horribly. The lucky ones died quickly, the unlucky ones lingered in agony before succumbing. No treatment, no cure, no NHS.
      Some of the victims smelled a 'sweet scent' before dying. It was actually their own internal organs rotting and collapsing. Imagine seeing your children dying like that.
      Now imagine deliberately shutting yourselves up with death, knowing it would take your wives, husbands, parents and children, but doing it to save people who you would never meet, complete strangers, THEIR families.
      I couldn't have done it. I don't know anyone who could. Remember that before you find it amusing, because you might very well be descended from one of those people they sacrificed themselves for.

  • @jameschicken1008
    @jameschicken1008 4 роки тому +3

    Bearing in mind recent events i want to visit here in August.

    • @janesgems7
      @janesgems7 4 роки тому +1

      It's definitely worth a visit, I think everyone should.

  • @HK-qn9pv
    @HK-qn9pv 2 роки тому +1

    Inspiring Eyams. Exemplary for us all! Salute!

  • @chriscalverley8434
    @chriscalverley8434 6 років тому +3

    Another great video. Very educational!

  • @davidjeffries7690
    @davidjeffries7690 2 роки тому

    Just been camping down mill lane last week .simply marvellous very friendly people and excellent beer too .

  • @sydsyd6560
    @sydsyd6560 4 роки тому +2

    very well articulated.! and omg , with the contemporary corona , we have perhaps gone back to 1660.

  • @adam_p99
    @adam_p99 5 років тому +7

    The fleas who carried the plague were on rats and differed from other fleas. However, they didn’t know this and decided to kill every cat they could. This made the situation worse as the cats kept the rat population down. The amount of poor cats who were thrown in a river is so unimaginable and really depressing.
    I learned about this on a school trip to Eyam. It’s a beautiful village. I remember seeing where outsiders left supplies. There was a large rock with holes in the top, where they left the money. They were filled with vinegar which worked as a disinfectant.

    • @DGill48
      @DGill48 4 роки тому +1

      I put my hand into the hole for luck when I was there. I am not superstitious, but I am American and Catholic.

    • @jackwatson3944
      @jackwatson3944 2 роки тому

      But if the cats come into contact with the rats surely the fleas will live long enough on the cats to bite people.

  • @jeanfoster8979
    @jeanfoster8979 4 роки тому +1

    thank you for telling the story

  • @bobferguson4415
    @bobferguson4415 6 років тому +6

    Such a sad but inspiring story. Lovely village. Lovely Lady. I'm going to move there when I win the lottery.

  • @avalondreaming1433
    @avalondreaming1433 4 роки тому +1

    Beautiful video.

  • @steve30b
    @steve30b 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant, thankyou..

  • @sharonprior2130
    @sharonprior2130 6 років тому +3

    Interesting, thank you

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 9 місяців тому

    I have heard of The Great Plauge of London in 1665.
    One year later in 1666 was The Great Fire of London.

  • @Nox._
    @Nox._ 4 роки тому +1

    ...Respect🧡

  • @helensapungan2659
    @helensapungan2659 3 роки тому

    thank you

  • @AbbasAbbas-cy3ok
    @AbbasAbbas-cy3ok Рік тому

    i love history .

  • @discmonster7334
    @discmonster7334 4 роки тому +2

    my teacher told me to watch this, as he posed as nick fury from the avengers...

    • @discmonster7334
      @discmonster7334 4 роки тому +1

      also i didn't think you guys would've had to experience this yourselves, eh?

  • @yesmysticeon
    @yesmysticeon 5 років тому +1

    I went here for a field trip

  • @davidknowles3459
    @davidknowles3459 2 роки тому

    I read that the Vicar and his wife were walking one day ,and she said she could smell flowers so sweetly.That was what the victims of the plague smelt .Of course she died

  • @burneyfeg2768
    @burneyfeg2768 4 роки тому +1

    Do živého boha, toto je špica.

  • @Pasha-pv6zt
    @Pasha-pv6zt 4 роки тому

    13:21

  • @IvanRafaelis
    @IvanRafaelis 3 роки тому +3

    Kto to práve pozerá do školy ? :DDD

  • @westaussie965
    @westaussie965 3 роки тому +1

    I pronounce it “I am” we don’t know how it was pronounced hundreds of years ago, language changes💁

  • @radanimationstudio-me3ns
    @radanimationstudio-me3ns 3 роки тому

    this is so boring