Toilets through time (Or, a royal flush)

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  • @jeffchacon5781
    @jeffchacon5781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Only Lucy Worsley can talk about toilets and still cause me to fall head over heels in love with her !!! She absolutely warms my heart !!!

  • @barbaraaspengen9810
    @barbaraaspengen9810 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    THANKS FOR THE HISTORY on this subject we take our toilets for granted my grandson will not know what a outhouse was.

    • @scrapperpun5553
      @scrapperpun5553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We take our toilets for grunted. We are relieved to have them under us. This topic is flush with opportunities for puns.

  • @ohevshalomel
    @ohevshalomel 11 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    When I'm at work tomorrow, I'm going to ask my boss for a "Great House of Easement" break....

    • @nerdgeekcosplay909
      @nerdgeekcosplay909 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude your going to get me in trouble ! I’m dying

  • @lownleinhigh
    @lownleinhigh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video was 13 years ago and I just recently found it. My curiosity about ancient toilet is somewhat solved lol

  • @nickwilliams55
    @nickwilliams55 14 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Brings a whole new meaning to the saying all that glisters is not gold!!

  • @3636Clarence
    @3636Clarence 12 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    It simply boggles the mind that a place such as Versailles was built without toilet facilities.

    • @cmhughes8057
      @cmhughes8057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From what I understand that was done to keep the nobles in line and humble, or something like that.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad ปีที่แล้ว

      It was though! 3rd room on the left behind the grandfather clock.

  • @causabon99
    @causabon99 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Lucy puts this across brilliantly. Air of a head-girl at a school having to talk about something a bit unmentionable, and the listeners not being quite sure what to expect. Tudor piss indeed! And a slight naughtiness in sitting on the Optimum at the end.

  • @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248
    @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I'm pretty sure they had better cameras than this back in 2008.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch I've seen clearer movies from the 1920's.

    • @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248
      @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@xr6lad I've seen better cave drawings.

    • @k.w.churchill4397
      @k.w.churchill4397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Looked like it was filmed in 1922

    • @iain860
      @iain860 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alas, they never had Lucy back then.
      Enjoy the video.... boys?..... hard to tell.

    • @doctorwhofan6340
      @doctorwhofan6340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think evan VHS had better quality then this.😂

  • @cificare2184
    @cificare2184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a child in the 1950s we had an outhouse. At night we used an enamel pail that my grandmother called a 'slop jar'. If you had to do anything except pee she became really angry. If we stayed the night with her, we learned to do our serious business before dark.

    • @jakeusaf9401
      @jakeusaf9401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol. Man that sucks

  • @larryruben5681
    @larryruben5681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I now have a different understanding of the phrase a Royal Flush! lol...lol😁

  • @Caigga900
    @Caigga900 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This channel is great. I want to visit and explore the UK.

  • @Gimpygladiator
    @Gimpygladiator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm Deaf, so the captions were a gracious gift (considering the quality)... but, am I correct in saying the camera servos (or whatever they are) that zoom in... makes noise, especially at the end? I could swear I could feel the whirl of the zoom motor in my speakers!

  • @scrapperpun5553
    @scrapperpun5553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm glad I was privy to this information. This video is flush with opportunities for puns. I was bowled over. People were relieved to have piss pots. The servants had to empty the chamber pot or the loo...it was their doody and was a crappy job. This is a commodius amount of puns.

  • @ohevshalomel
    @ohevshalomel 11 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    But *I* want decorations on the inside of *my* toilet bowl! Maybe I'll just go up to Wal-Mart and buy some Christmas window decals....

    • @Khloe_dancer_model
      @Khloe_dancer_model 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol! i know! that bowl was sooo pretty!...to be pooped on!? what a shame :(

    • @ohevshalomel
      @ohevshalomel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Alejandra De Olivera They were royalty...everything had to be pretty for them, even the johns. :D

    • @hollygolightly8048
      @hollygolightly8048 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol...busting a gut here...6 years later

  • @SKF358
    @SKF358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where does the waste ultimately go?

  • @christianvancara8255
    @christianvancara8255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We do take flushings loos for granted these days...
    If we all had to empty our own loo then we d realise the pong,but sawdust makes a good composting loo...
    When we go camping thats when we realise that running hot/cold water & a flushing loo is a luxury...😜

  • @slessorpr
    @slessorpr 15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Of all Henrys palaces, I wd most like to have seen Nonsuch. Even the name tells you how special it was! What a shame we haven't got it to 'balance' Hampton Court, essentially Wolseys house, I thought...still it didn't save him from the axe. Henry was not grateful for the gift, despite Hampton Crt being the most splendid house/palace in England at the time....

  • @meadowlane37
    @meadowlane37 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    she's very knowledgeable,articulate and rather cute.

    • @tomtowb3811
      @tomtowb3811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She’s Lucy Worsley and she’s totally awesome!

  • @dianaAthemiscyra
    @dianaAthemiscyra 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Flush toilets were nothing new. The Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete had working flush toilets That was way back in The Bronze Age. The island was also ruled by women. Go figure.

  • @johncarmichael1892
    @johncarmichael1892 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    HenryVIII : Enema of the State!!....sorry folks, I just couldn't resist....!!

    • @davidwesley2525
      @davidwesley2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm glad i wasn't born during the time of HENRY the VIII. I wouldn't want to be the KING's servant helping the king to take a DUMP. L.M.A.O. L.O.L.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @carolfittis7881
      @carolfittis7881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Poor sir Henry Norris he was the groom of the stool he had to clean Henry’s Ass eek

    • @davidwesley2525
      @davidwesley2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@carolfittis7881 If Henry Norris had the BALLS , he should tell King Henry to wipe your own A$$ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @slessorpr
    @slessorpr 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant , 'the jacques' became the modern day 'john'. I never knew that humble word had such grand origins! Now I will view 'johns' in a new light...

  • @3636Clarence
    @3636Clarence 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting to see such beautifully decorated commodes. Perhaps it was to offset a basically nasty function. But hey, everybody "goes"

  • @GARRYKINGLIVE
    @GARRYKINGLIVE 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is fascinating and Lucy is quite charming

  • @clauview122
    @clauview122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lucy worsleys audition before tv stardom

  • @ronaldjohnson7449
    @ronaldjohnson7449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    if any one ever asked if Lucy paid her dues to be where she is now ... this video is proof ... yes ... yes she did

  • @kahnadah
    @kahnadah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    240p? Really? Which pixel is Lucy?

  • @chrissheppard5068
    @chrissheppard5068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am traumatized I thought Royalty did not have to take a dump. I am now seeing the queen wipe her arse in my minds eye and at her age splattering the pan like a hand grenade. I would imagine Charlie boy has some one to wipe his arse as he does have someone to place toothpaste on his brush. Its those little extras that make you Royal.

    • @davidwesley2525
      @davidwesley2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If i was a servant i would tell the Queen to WIPE YOUR OWN A$$. L.M.A.O. L.O.L.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @cairnsandy1
    @cairnsandy1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    you've missed out , that from the time of the Normans , unlike the Tower of London , they used multiple cesspits in their Castles , and just maybe , they were using composting toilets . Sometimes i think you Historians/Archaeologists miss the details , perhaps because of the narrow focus of your study , you can't look at these systems in the same way a plumber could.

  • @IamwhoIam333
    @IamwhoIam333 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How long does it take for all the fectial waste to dry out and what did they find ?

  • @joebozick5053
    @joebozick5053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m watching this on the toilet

  • @richardea4223
    @richardea4223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gentlemen, I present you with a Royal Flush. 😎

  • @bb001a
    @bb001a 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I eat only meat, a pure carnivore diet for nearly 2 years now (I'm 52) and have no constipation, full satisfying smooth easements. Much better comfortable movements than when I ate fruit and vegetables as well.

  • @BBGenelie
    @BBGenelie 15 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    oooo thats fancy, the last toilet had pictures on it. it's like your crapping on blue china.

  • @RabbitSlippersBlog
    @RabbitSlippersBlog 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This must all have to do with why it is called "the Throne"! LOL

  • @TMPreRaff
    @TMPreRaff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is this - a home movie?

  • @pesnevim1626
    @pesnevim1626 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lucy saying ...piss pot... in her lovely posh accent is a joy.

  • @3636Clarence
    @3636Clarence 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Have read where the loos where the waste fell down the walls had be barred off. Attackers could & would gain entry through these openings. A little slippy/ slidy/ sloppy one may imagine....

    • @kpadmirer
      @kpadmirer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The poor slave whose job it was to clean up the "deposits" was known as a "gong farmer".

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      kpadmirer Not quite. It was gong fermor, and they had to empty cess pits. They weren't slaves, they earned about 4 pence a day, a good sum then. There is a story about Richard the Raker, who fell into his own cess pit and drowned horribly.

  • @jessicamitchell3190
    @jessicamitchell3190 ปีที่แล้ว

    I get it a royal flush nice work!!!!!!!

  • @yixnorb5971
    @yixnorb5971 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ancient Romans had toilet holes in long benches over running water, those being the first flush toilets, an improvement over what followed later in Victorian London, until Thomas Crapper (no joke) came along.

  • @zccreations5761
    @zccreations5761 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The guy in the background 😂 😂

  • @imtoooldforthisstuff
    @imtoooldforthisstuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "You are MY SON Tyrion...."

  • @izzyanddennyfan
    @izzyanddennyfan 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Slessorpr.....After Nonsuch Palace was built, Henry only visited it once and after he died,it was eventually torn down because it was costing too much to keep up

  • @joyhsiuyinkwa3435
    @joyhsiuyinkwa3435 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dear madam good morning...i think modern time toilets wth flushing system is better then those tuder toilets of the history....

  • @pearlas_hiyas
    @pearlas_hiyas 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish this could be fix..its not suitable for HD vids

  • @melvinhendrikse
    @melvinhendrikse 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well. A houtstand years of lavatorial history in a nutshell, but I get the point. I once read somewhere that they (during the reign of Henry VIII) painted crosses on the wall, to prevent courtiers from pissing against it ;-). I am not sure what the exact source might have been, but I am pretty sure it was included in Alison Weir's Henry VIII King and Court.

  • @terisbagsonpurpose3538
    @terisbagsonpurpose3538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love it

  • @kerronmcsween6095
    @kerronmcsween6095 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    here is a silly question, will that still be unsanitary after abandon for 1000 years?

  • @kitwintour9600
    @kitwintour9600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Henry sat on a thunder box

  • @dxmxo9427
    @dxmxo9427 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This must be a very old clip of Lucy, before her BBC contract

  • @golgumbazguide...4113
    @golgumbazguide...4113 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @slessorpr
    @slessorpr 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    No he was actually Thomas Crapper, I kid you not, and according to Melvyn Bragg in his documentary series, The Adventure of English BBC 2003 this word, the verb 'to crap', came from Europe and actually was in use b4 flush toilets (which TC made bowls for). excellent series by Bragg which is also a book. It needs to be as so many words are explained it is totally enthralling. There are 6 one hr episodes which you can get entire as a Bit Torrent file if you want to download it, as I did. 5 stars!

  • @madisonelectronic
    @madisonelectronic 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:20 I wouldn't touch much of anything up there, just in case. And at 1:14 that crappy (sorry) bit of wire will not keep anyone from taking a dump (sorry again) down that hole.

  • @whitekiltwhitekilt1611
    @whitekiltwhitekilt1611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Down south, they used “slop jars” up into the 60’s, one in each bedroom. Boy O boy, did they stink. They emptied them in the morning. P U.

    • @sawahtb
      @sawahtb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My Grandparents has and outhouse that was used up into the 60's as well and the slop jars which were the night time toilet.

    • @whitekiltwhitekilt1611
      @whitekiltwhitekilt1611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sarah H hello there. They also had an outhouse, a two seater. Can u imagine. That was down Roanoke Virginia during the 60s.

    • @whitekiltwhitekilt1611
      @whitekiltwhitekilt1611 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sarah H hello there. Can u imagine using a corn cob, O my. I’m so thankful for the little things in Life, like Angel Soft tissue.

  • @fear0but118
    @fear0but118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lucy is sooo adorable and soo attractive 🌹

  • @briankelleher6943
    @briankelleher6943 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is your dream gal? One that knows this much about toilets and how people used to take dumps 😂

  • @virginiastirnweis5214
    @virginiastirnweis5214 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought QE I had a plumbed toilet but got rid of it because of the smell, maybe because it didn’t have the modern day equivalent of a pea trap?

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Her Godson, Sir John Harrington, designed one, but it didn't really take off

  • @edsoderlind7568
    @edsoderlind7568 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    redo this take
    she 'nailed it'

  • @christinewright342
    @christinewright342 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Toilets absolute bloody luxury when l were a lad .........

  • @DavidFleming-xk1ur
    @DavidFleming-xk1ur ปีที่แล้ว

    I see you still have cleaned up this video i saw it once before and it was clear as day so with your high tech can't you fin this video?

  • @cabzillah
    @cabzillah 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lucy is quite funny

  • @michaelcoffey7362
    @michaelcoffey7362 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool 😀

  • @heatherbowlan9822
    @heatherbowlan9822 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Its a dirty job Lucy ! But someone's got to tell us the dirty history !!!

  • @madisonelectronic
    @madisonelectronic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good Housekeeping Seal of Disaproval

  • @AG-zg7tx
    @AG-zg7tx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how did i get here

  • @atelectro1
    @atelectro1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Apparently the camera they are using lacked innovation.

  • @nickwilliams55
    @nickwilliams55 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually that's the modern version I was thinking of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice speech
    "All that glisters is not gold;
    Often have you heard that told:
    Many a man his life hath sold
    But my outside to behold:
    Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
    Had you been as wise as bold,
    Young in limbs, in judgement old
    Your answer had not been inscroll'd
    Fare you well, your suit is cold".

  • @vgovger4373
    @vgovger4373 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay, so it streaked down the side of the white castle walls....then what?......turned into a giant hill?

  • @zimnaya
    @zimnaya 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lavatory, please...not and never 'toilet'. Oddly, at my school the lavatories were called 'jakes' as at Hampton Court Palace. After we had been caned (a gruesome, vicious procedure) we would run down the stairs from the Housemaster's office, into the jakes, sit down and pull the flush. The cold air rising from the water gave a very little relief from the agony of the beating we had just received.

  • @allim.5941
    @allim.5941 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was this her audition tape?

  • @Ryan-kn6xd
    @Ryan-kn6xd 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This looks like some kind of audition video due to the poor camera quality no microphones lighting and no background music

  • @jasmijnariel
    @jasmijnariel ปีที่แล้ว

    Sadly the quality of the footage is sooo bad😢😢

  • @fredwilson8326
    @fredwilson8326 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    its a very blurred video ut needs culling

  • @stanloona257
    @stanloona257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    But a pair doesn't beat a royal flush -six

    • @AAAAA_9872
      @AAAAA_9872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OMG! I was just thinking that😂

  • @gyr-za27zm4ika65
    @gyr-za27zm4ika65 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Качество съемки ужасающее.

  • @merlemorrison482
    @merlemorrison482 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    thumbs down - vid quality so bad I can't tell what is going on.....

  • @Dav123xyz
    @Dav123xyz 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    What are you doing on you tube???!!
    Don't think I'd hve sat on that last one but it's over to you.

  • @davidfleming5112
    @davidfleming5112 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This has been dubbed so many times you can no longer see anything from it

  • @itsjustme2919
    @itsjustme2919 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So sometimes the King literally shit on his people, sit on the hole and bombs away...

  • @elphaba4674
    @elphaba4674 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real Tudor Piss!
    🤣

  • @wheelieblind
    @wheelieblind 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man if this video was in 480p I would of been ok with it but dang this is some bad picture quality lol. ooh this video is from 08 LOL

  • @clintmacarthur7895
    @clintmacarthur7895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Piss pot” xD

  • @wildbill118
    @wildbill118 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done! This made I larrf

  • @davidfleming5112
    @davidfleming5112 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They should never broadcast this unless it was fully restored you give the film companies the bad raputation

  • @jigoku66
    @jigoku66 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    shitter was full

  • @rbsmith3365
    @rbsmith3365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video is out of focus.

  • @meirsolomon5626
    @meirsolomon5626 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please focus.

  • @florenna
    @florenna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Actually, meat doesn't cause constipation, it's the grains & other carbs that do, so meat wouldn't have been the cause for Henry VIII's enemas ;D

  • @steveepsilon6639
    @steveepsilon6639 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    She is lovely

  • @ChrisGWGreen
    @ChrisGWGreen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to hate history... I can credit my interest to the lovely Dr Lucy & Suzannah Lipscomb... I'd include Dan Snow if he weren't in all the piggin adverts...and he's not as lovely :p

  • @mscott3918
    @mscott3918 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So not the completely white tower

  • @GeorgetownDude
    @GeorgetownDude 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wove wucy...........!!! 😍🥰😘😜

  • @stumulne9542
    @stumulne9542 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Probably was filmed by a potato.... But Lucy's so cute, who cares?

    • @Alexroberts666
      @Alexroberts666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      appropriately, the quality is just as shitty as the subject matter of the video

  • @wardenphil
    @wardenphil 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like Lucy's presentation, but I fail to understand her fascination with the fact that the chamber pot contained residue of tudor urine. That is too much.

  • @Jungleland33
    @Jungleland33 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw more toilets than pixels.

  • @georgiasmith64
    @georgiasmith64 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The TMI channel

  • @AyubGuruhIzzulhaq
    @AyubGuruhIzzulhaq 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok

  • @bncsmom1
    @bncsmom1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm sorry but this was not very well made. Perhaps you should redo the video, and maybe get better angles, more shots, perhaps in focus?

  • @vicshere99
    @vicshere99 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want to run away with Lucy and then . . . then . . . protect her. From something. But she probably doesn't need protecting. In summing up, I nevertheless still want to run away with her and protect her.

  • @themadplotter
    @themadplotter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Historical 240p

  • @mmedefarge
    @mmedefarge 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hmm. I had thought that the name "John" came from the inventor of the flush toilet, John Crapper (no pun intended).