No - THIS Was The First Lockdown

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Eyam is known to history as the plague village - the secret village that sacrificed itself to save others. But... is there another side to the story? Did the village really succumb to the bubonic plague? Biffo and Sanja travel to the Derbyshire Peak District to unravel the history and the mystery....

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00:00 - Plague in the village of Eyam
00:57 - Eyam and the recent pandemic
2:00 - Mompesson's Well
7:35 - Eyam
10:28 - Eyam's church: There were three ladies chatting nonstop - really!!!
15:15 - Eyam's post-dated plague memorials
17:21 - Failed industries
18:15 - The tourist business is booming
18:39 - A Plague-Village Star is Born
20:34 - Reverend John Green-Stuff
22:11 - The Plague Doctors of the Caribbean
23:42 - Eyam's story starts to fall apart
24:50 - Oh and by the way, the church still needs a few more quid!
25:34 - Is Eyam a town of lies?
33:29 - So what does this all tell us?

Topics covered include:

When plague came to town, Eyam plague - the story, Visiting the plague village of Eyam, How Eyam in Derbyshire 'self-isolated', Eyam the plague village walk, A beautiful village with a tragic story, The plague 1666, the plague village of Eyam, Plague victim graves, a medieval plague, The Black Death, the Black Plague, History of the Black Death, Full documentary, Return of the Bubonic Plague, A Plague tale, Plague 101, Riddle of the plague survivors, What was the Black Death, The Great Plague of London, Living with the Plague, The History of the Plague, Derbyshire - Peak District, Top 10 Peak District Destinations, Things to do in the Peak District, Plague village of England, When the plague came to town in 1665, Black Death documentary, weird discoveries, British history explained, what to do in the UK, travel destinations England

[Rockythefishman]

Biffo is now a history teacher and I love it. Really enjoyed this ep

[treacletruffle]

Biffo's interpretation of "Pervert Behind Grave" at 23:38 is worthy of an Olivier Award.

[Illusionator]

Sanja’s dedication and enthusiasm is inspiring. “Look there’s a stone circle let’s go look at it“ “no there’s a fence and we’ve other things to see” “okay!”

Really good stuff, well made, fun and interesting ❤

[smoni]

Mompesson (not messing), Eyam (I'm) enjoying the video

[simonday]

In unrelated news Biffo and Sanja have been banned from Eyam and the surrounding area.

[faulknmd]

"Great with potatoes" just destroyed me

[Finnthedude]

Father Ted cows far away reference had me howling. 🤣

[TheVaultIsMine]

Ah yes, nothing like a Digi day out to heal the soul 😄

[jimboy]

Hahaha, perfect! After a crazy week of work and the stress of being alive in Britain today, I am sitting with a vodka redbull and some tortillas with salsa dip plus the Latest Digitiser thanks peeps!

[AP-hpyo]

Our history, carefully created since the 1800s. I believe most of our history is bs. Recent events only support this.
Great video and topic.

[Mummaearth]

I used to love signing in church books - didnt realize they still did that - boycotted churches since visiting York Cathedral and couldnt afford the entrance fees 2017

[PeasGraveny]

16:35 "Plague acid" - That's the shit I'm talking about.

[KlyeKlyeKlye]

Up round my neck of the woods! I've never heard of this place, you two are teaching more history than my school ever did ♥I might have to go and nick a coin from the vinegar well as a souvenir one day

[GmodPlusWoW]

I was about to note that Biffo's get-up was kinda hobbit-esque, but then he beat me to the punch with the "yes I know I look like a hobbit version of Mick Fleetwood". But honestly, I'd say that Biffo pulls it off very well, regardless of his insecurities. He makes Fleetwood Hobbit look GOOD. Truly slaying it, especially since the sandals make him look ready for a nice holiday, which I reckon we could all use as the dog days of summer finally draw to a close.

4:12, Vinegar Hands is a great name for a character. And probably won't make you break out like poor old Lemon Eyes did. I can already see "Vinegar Hands in the Snake House" being a book in Book of Hours, which is basically Cultist Simulator except you're a librarian cataloguing occult literature in an ancient Cornish library. It's definitely not a game for everyone, but for me it is damn compelling, to the point that once I'm done watching videos today, I'm absolutely going to spend the rest of the night taming the books of Hush House. *_[The Road to Brancrug intensifies]_*

As for that stone circle, you just KNOW that weird things happen there during the season of Numa. And as for the eye of the big needle, you could easily fit a camel through that if the camel was liquid. That may sound unhinged, and it absolutely is, but a liquid camel would have a VERY hard time being poured through the eye of an actual needle, due to surface tension and whatnot. Hell, a liquid camel would have an easier time being poured through a mon, aka the traditional Japanese coin with a square hole in the middle, since that hole is way larger than the eye of a needle.

17:20, wait, Eyam had lead mines? That's worrying, to say the least. Not because people got rich off of it, but because well, y'know, you really don't want lead in the water, and I reckon that probably happened because I doubt they had the health-and-safety reforms we have nowadays.

[Tom_Wolf_]

your good at the facts and serious narration stuff, that might be popular and then add comedy after

[slowjames]

They should perhaps start making cheese for the tourists, "Plague Cheese" they'd make a killing.

[ItsCrapContent]

Oh no wished i knew about this one…….one of my old friends trig is a descendant from a farm close by that help supply food and meds to the village during the plague and covid time (…..ok im lying about covid times lol ), he used to bang on about it at college …cool episode as always and next time your in Derbyshire give us a shout x

[MeAuntieNora]

11:24 I demand you clean my monitor of the iced coffee that made me spit on it.

[CaptainSteveVPT]

Loved the Church bit.... Imagination is real...lol
Sent you a DM on Twitter.

[adachezero]

I'm sad that the video ended before Sanja could read the word "nosegays", would have added a bit more fun to a quite dry video (which I still enjoyed).