Townsends

Jon Townsend's channel explores everyday life in the 18th century, mostly through cooking: recipes drawn from period cookbooks, alongside videos on clothing, drink and getting through the winter. Recent episodes range from cider as the drink of the common man to a marathon of cold-season cooking. The channel grew out of the family business, which makes and sells period clothing and cooking equipment, and that is worth knowing, but the videos are about the past rather than the catalog. It is gentle, practical history, ideal for anyone who wants to understand how people actually ate, dressed and worked.