Edso, please dont. Get away from me go on, get back inside i didnt say hed done anything wrong. Its just no way to live or to try and bring up a child. [ padraig ] hed be better off on a Corporation Estate in dublin . [ ambrose ] anyway, they put tourists off. Hold on, lads, the result. For this evenings winners. The eightfifteen. First, number one, roxys cracker, eight to one. Second, number five. Thatll shut them up for a bit. Sorry . Siobhan gave them a tip and they wish theyd taken it. Ah. What can i do for you . I need a room. Im, er, not sure weve got one. Jenny. Miss clarke wont be using hers. Okay. I have the key. Are you okay . Im fine. [ music playing ] [ disco music playing ] thats all right im okay. Mother of jesus. [ knocking ] liam, get your arse out here ive got some work for you and give donal a ring. [ pounding ] father clifford [ pounding ] yes . Oh, message for you, father. Something about a dumper truck. Peter. I cant, jenny. Not now. Brian, turn that thing off. Edso, there will be no dumping here today; you have my word. Now please leave before he calls the gards. You are trespassing. So are you. Edso, please. Just leave it to me. Come on, now, father, we dont want any trouble. Therell be no trouble. But if youre gonna dump that, youll have to dump it on me. I have no problem with that. Start her up. Dump. Get out of here. Thank you, father. I dont think ive done you any favours. You took a stand, father. A lot wouldnt. You still wanna stay here . Or go where . I dont know. You think it might be different somewhere else . Well, there might be more work. Mending kettles, right . I dunno. But surely at least renting somewhere. Even renting you need a deposit. [ knock at door ] come in. Hello. Hello. This is getting to be a habit. Whats that . Just disappearing. Jenny. Still. Least last night was your decision. To leave . Jenny. It was my decision to leave the first time. What . It was me who asked for a transfer. I wanted to put some distance between us. You wanted to . Like this is my fault. You told me i was special, you made me feel special. Whats the point . What are you trying to do . I dont know. Have it both ways . I dont know i wasnt thinking. I was feeling. These were feelings, not thoughts. Not logical, not sensible but powerful feelings. What feelings . Feelings for me . For a womans body . Jenny, please. But i need to know. Stop, please. Are you ashamed of them . Yes. I bet you could put them into words for your confessor. I tried to do the right thing. You ran away. Id have ruined your life. My life . Our lives. [ phone rings ] hello . Father mac. Yes, straight away. Yes. I have to go. Thank you for last night. What do i owe you . Forget it. Thank you. Your friend paid up front. Your boss rang here. Yeah, i know. If i were you, id plead the fifth. Who told you that . Someone who has the churchs best interests at heart. Is it true . No, it isnt. Yes, i had a visitor last night. And, yes, she stayed the night. I didnt. I went to fitzgeralds. You spent the night in a public bar. Father, my accuser cant have it both ways. An old friend turned up unexpectedly. I couldnt put her out in the rain, so i turned myself out. The only woman i spent the night with was assumpta fitzgerald. It was a joke. Father, that sort of joke stopped being funny when people realised it was actually happening. Yes, father. And the sight of painted women, as it was put to me cavorting round the curates house at midnight. What . does nothing to dispel peoples prejudice. I expect high standards of my curate, father and there are still some of my parishioners who do too. With respect, father. You have a right to expect high standards of me but a man who makes a young familys life a misery selling holiday homes does not. What . Well, i presume it was Brian Quigley who came to you. Brian quigley . What are you talking about . Its not Brian Quigley who owns that field, its assumpta fitzgerald. What are you telling me, that its my doing . Its your field, you must know about it. I do, i hired them. Liam and donal . Yeah. You must be very proud of them. They wont let a small child get in the way. Now, look. Please go on. Nobody did. They were using their initiative. That lets you off the hook, doesnt it . How dare you . Who else is gonna stick up for these people . Why should you . Its none of your business. That field is my lifeline. What, this place loses money . My finances are none of your business. Look around you. Twelve apostles would be a full house in here. You wouldnt let them in, would you . Out of season. Id let the pope in. Quigley wants the field to build holiday homes but he doesnt want it with a caravan next door. So . So i asked liam and donal to make them an offer. What kind of offer . Said id pay them to move on. They refused. The boys decided to up the ante. I see. Understand, father sooner or later quigley would have had them out anyway with a sore head and an empty pocket. Theyd live in a house if they could. Not with the kind of money i was offering them. Hello, siobhan. Hello, assumpta. How are you . Im well, thanks. Give us a mineral water, will you . Congratulations. What for . Roxys cracker. Did you back it . I wish i had. Never mind, youll know the next time. I certainly will. I believe the lads are awful cocky about this afternoon. Cant lose, apparently. Is that right . Cilldargan can beat them . Theres only two team playing. And one of them hasnt won for twenty years. Ah, they werent good enough then. And they are now . Quigley doesnt think so. But you do . I cant see into the future, father. You can see far enough for me. How easy would it be to get a bet on . As easy as waking up with the sheep. Assumpta . What . The money you were going to offer. I know what you meant. All they need is a deposit. By backing cilldargan . Therell be a big price. Yeah, but they cant win. Your call. Hows the bruising . Id forgotten about that. Its terrible. Hows ambrose. Think im going to have to marry him. Thatll be nice. Wont it . Dads inside. Father clifford, thank you for coming. Can i get you a drink . No, thanks. I can only stay for a few minutes. Oh, thats a pity. Now, two things i have to say to you. That business up at the field. Yes . Leave it alone. None of your business. Doesnt concern you. I think youll find father mac would agree with me. Ahhuh. And second, my reserve goal keepers been injured. A pig trod on his foot. How would you like to deputise . Me . Youll only be keeping the bench warm; ive seen worse. I keep walking out on you. Yeah. Youd think i could take a hint. Im sorry. Im leaving. Im going home. I made a mistake and now i know. Painful way to find out. No one asked me to come here. It doesnt make it your fault. When are you going . The bus leaves after the match. Will you see me off . You know i will. Wait and see, its a good spring in the ground. Hello. All set . Oh, yes. Are you hoping for the call or what . Well. You realise itll be bad for you to cheer on the away side. Ill try not to. And itd be odd if you werent cheering on the home side. There wont be any home side successes, will there . I never forced you to have a bet. This is for the best, isnt it . Im taking advice from a priest. [ brian ] come on, get out there. [ cheering ] come on, lads i dont think well be needing your prayers today, father. You wont be getting them. Come on, you crowd of cissies up the yard its edso foley, isnt it . Whats he doing playing for them . Is it . Ah yes, so it is. [ siobhan cheering loudly ] good lads come on, now up the field. You can do it. Get it in come on you can do it. Come on. Thats it. Yes [ crowd cheering ] whats the matter with you . Its only a point. Its a point when it goes over the bar . I know. And three points for a goal. I know and theyve just scored one. We father. Were the home side. Right. Did, er, did you have a bet yourself . Against me own side . What do you take me for . But youre on. Oh, yes go on, the underdog. [ crowd cheering ] good lads. [ halftime whistle blows ] [ announcer on loudspeaker ] [ crowd cheering ] yes a goal thats three points. I know. Ambrose, you buck eejit, will you get a grip . Whos a buck eejit . Ambrose, you might as well leave the ball in the net, save you the trouble of taking it out the next time hes doing his best. His best . the last time cilldargan scored against us, jesus christ was a carpenter now hes after letting two in have you two had a fight . Have you ever thought about taking up counseling, padraig . Whats that now . One more goal and cilldargan are in the lead. [ crowd clapping ] ambrose hurt his leg. Father, you wanted to play. Come on, youre playing. What . Im the reserve goalkeeper. Oh well, thats handy. No way. This is different. What . this is my money were talking about here. Assumpta, i cant throw a game. What do you take me for . Have you forgotten what this is all about . Do you want that woman and her child to live in a caravan for the rest of their lives . All right, i want to sell my field. What is so bad about that . Are you two quite finished . Go on, make a name for yourself. Take no prisoners do it to them before they do it to you. Come on, you can do it. Good man. Yes [ whistle blows ] i plugged the ball and he ran into me im impressed. Hasnt gone in yet. Another penalty, another penalty, another penalty. What are you talking about . when have you ever seen a keeper not move . whos side are you on . yes [ crowd cheering ] bad luck, father here are the lads. Hail the conquered hero. How is it . Its just a twisted ankle. Ill be fine. Brilliant, father, brilliant. Im lost in admiration. The ball went in. I know. You were brilliant. Assumpta father, come on over and join us. Well played, father. Cheers. I thought we had god on our side. Youre telling me. Do you know what price they were to win . No, what . Four to one. And do you know Something Else . Edso foley only played senior football in kerry. So he fell on hard times before he got here . How did you know . I saw him play when i practiced in tralee. I didnt think he was that good. Oh, excuse me. Be back in a second. Well, goodbye. It was still nice to see you. And you. Well, youll know next time. Im a priest. Therell be a next time. Captions by midwest captioning des moines, iowa stocks fell on worries that china might. Announcer the new pbs for ipad app. Youll never know what youll find. [dog barks] announcer available now in the app store. Weve packed our bucket and spade this week, as we roll up at one of our Great British seaside resorts. Welcome to the roadshow from bridlington. Fiona apart from our desire to explore all corners of the country weve been drawn to this part of the yorkshire coast for a special reason. Each week, we hear our experts wax lyrical about beautiful objects brought along to the show. So, today, alongside the normal roadshow were asking our experts to choose which era they believe produced the finest, most beautifully crafted objects. When was the ultimate age of elegance . So, where could we stage such a show . How about a highly fashionable resort of the edwardian era . The bridlington spa and gardens was a clever idea, recognizing that rain was as likely as sunshine during a typical british summer. It combined exterior and interior space for 5,000 people right on the edge of the beach. From the very start, the riff raff were strictly excluded. People deemed as objectionable were banned from admission so all came to the spa in the best and most fashionable outfits. Tragically, two fires ravaged the original buildings in the early 20th century, and in the 1930s, a new center was erected on the site the spa royal hall and the resort saw something of a revival in the art deco era. It was a great venue in the days of the tea dance. One band leader described it as certainly the finest dance and concert hall on the coast. Its taken some knocks since then so, for the last two years its been closed for a complete facelift. And here she is today looking a million dollars, and what a perfect backdrop for this special edition of the roadshow celebrating the very best of elegant design. So, lets see what beautiful lines are catching our experts eyes as they start uncovering the treasures brought along by our visitors. This is a beautiful royal worcester figure. Shes known as the bather surprised but i was puzzled at the title. You see, she doesnt look surprised at all. I think shes been expecting it to happen all along. But shes a gorgeous girl modeled by sir thomas brock, who was a great victorian modeler. And he actually designed the Great Central Queen Victoria monument, yes. Outside buckingham palace. So, he was an important chap and he made this model for royal worcester. The colors are very 1920s. Right. Earlier on there was stained ivory. Sort of darker in color, but she was a very boisterous, modern girl at the time, and, uh, shes done in three different sizes. A large one. This is the medium size. Crikey. And a little baby. Whats that . I think shes gorgeous. How did you come by it . Um, it belonged to my grandma, and, uh, i inherited it when she passed away. My grandparents were travelers with a fairground, and, um, i always remembered that she said that that it traveled in their wagon with them and that they used to have to lay it on the bed when they moved about from fairground to fairground, and wrapped it in the bedding just to keep it safe. She used to take it around for fairs with her . Yes, with her, because she loved it so, so much. But, i mean, as a child, i used to see it in her bedroom, and i admired it and always hoped that it would be mine one day, which it was, yes. Fairground people love porcelain. They love especially royal worceste yes. Um, you know did they used to have any fruit plates . Yes, ive got two fruit plates on my wall at home. They love the fruit plates. I know, theyre gorgeous, they are. They used to come to the worcester factory when i was there and plead with me to let them have pieces from the museum. Well, ill buy that, governor or Something Like that. Ill give you any money you like but, of course i couldnt sell them. She always had some lovely some lovely pieces. My grandma she seemed to have a nice taste of a taste for nice things. Its wonderful. Wonderful thing that this has traveled around the country with the fair. I know. Thats right. And especially here at bridlington, of course, with all the marvelous fairground things here. Oh, it is, yes. A fascinating life they must have lived. It is absolutely lovely. Go to all these places. Im very proud of my Family History to do with the fairground. Im sure. Quite right to be, too. Well, shes a beautiful girl. Theres one little bit of damage. I see the thumb has come off the thats been there as long as ive known it. Right from a child. Dont worry too much about that. All right. It is not too noticeable but shes a gorgeous girl. Suppose, in this condition, um well expect for this size figure to be Something Like about £1,250. Right. So, shes jolly, jolly nice. Yes, she is. So, look after her. Oh, i do, i do. Shes beautiful. She is lovely. Do you know, this is the most remarkable collection, this doublealbum here of cricketers footballers and theyre all little caricatures and theyre all signed. Where did they come from . My father started collecting and did all the drawings when he was about 20. And he sent off for the signatures . Yes. He would send a letter and then hopefully get a reply with an autograph. Well, i think its quite amazing. Look here, weve got uh, Jack Buchanan and fred astaire. But theyre both signed photographs arent they . Oh, yes. Which is rather nice. I dont know how he managed to get hold of those. If we go further on into the albums, i mean we get things like um, von richthofen. Now, how did he get von richthofen for heavens sake . And here is a picture of them all the german flying aces, a couple of german flying aces, and a british one, and theyre all here and theyre all signed. Yes. I cant imagine richthofen actually sort of doing that sort of thing but obviously he did. So, was he a professional cartoonist . No, no, his father was a farmer and he went to the local Grammar School as a boarder when he was about 10. Ah, now look who we got here. Amy mollison amy johnson. Yes. And of course. Of course. Shes a bridlingtonian isnt she . Hull and then yes, shes from hull, yes. And she went and she went first person to fly to australia. Thats right. First woman to fly to australia first person to fly to australia singlehanded. And here is a picture of her craft, um. Desert cloud. And we go on even further, and i mean, just finally here this one caught my eye which is of. Yours sincerely john tenniel. He was the man who did the illustrator. The alice man. Yes, the alice man. Yes, of course. He did all those. I didnt know. And there is a nice little photograph of him so, he must have got him fairly early because, i mean, i dont think he he he was basically a 19th century figure, wasnt he . Well, he probably had some given by some other people. Do you reckon . I dont remember. Did swapsies or Something Like that . Possibly. So, its a ridiculous thing to say but did your father did your fatherinlaw actually love this collection . Oh, yes. Oh. He adored it. Yeah. We owned that through the war, and we all survived, but i think, you know, my father would grab the autograph books before his wife and children. Before the baby. Youve got hundreds and hundreds of these. 200, 250. I mean, just by looking through, and, you know having enthusiasm for some and possibly not so much for others but theyre all remarkable and hes remarkable to get a collection together like this so comprehensive and such fun to look at. I would put a price of about £1,500 to £2,000. Really . Oh, my. Yes. There you are, thats another exploded bom unexploded bomb toake you away. laughs thanks for bringing them in. Thank you very much. Yes. We need four candles for this. laughs now, seriously though. Ancient order of foresters. Is that linked with your family in any way . No, it isnt. Uh. My father actually bought it in a sale room uh, which it was all in a box, in pieces for 10 shillings you know, about the 1950s. Right. Uh, it came he had a hotel at the time, and thought it would look rather nice for buffets wedding receptions and it stayed in the family, and we sold out in 1990 and brought it with us. And its stayed with us, and my wife was very keen to find out a little bit of the history, really. Right. If you want an archetypal piece of mid19th century work, this is it. And youve got all this wonderful naturalism, yeah. I like its fascinating. The foresters, what have they chosen . An oak tree. Theres one for the tree growing up and then the branches coming round. Youre missing the nozzs there, but, well not a huge problem. Fascinating, as well the stags. Was the inscription 1862 . Mmhmm, perfect, yes. 10 years earlier landseer painted the monarch of the glen. And of course, this is the influence of that sort of work coming through. It is an electroplate, not silver. Obviously, thats going to make quite a big difference to its value. A super piece, which does stand up on its own. The fact its four branches if itd been a straight three, that doesnt work very well, so but that center of a circular table great. You know you can put that anywhere. Its going to look magnificent. I would think, at auction today you could be estimated between about £600 and £800 for it. Well, i i didnt expect that at all. And its nice to hear about the history of it, as well. But it you know, enjoy it as you are. Thank you very much, indeed. Thank you. Do you know this comes from whitby originally . Yes. Who does it actually belong to . It belongs to me. Right. And where did it come from in the family . It was my paternal grandmothers, and great grandmother. So, was this always known as the family treasure this particular piece . No it was my fathers from his mother, my grandmother and my father gave it to me. Was it worn in the 19th century . Never, never. cause, you know it goes back as far back as about the 1870s, 1880s. Yes, we do. Yes. Um, whitby is known for two very important things. First of all the whitby jet business the extraordinary amount of jet that was turned out in the victorian era. Especially after the death of the prince consort in the year 1861. And as soon as the prince consort died she was in deep mourning. Queen victoria went into mourning for the next 40 years, really. And couldnt wear diamonds and pearls. Can you imagine how restrictive it must have been for ladies in society that all they could wear was this heavy, dense, black material . But it isnt heavy. It isnt heavy. Well, the color is though, isnt it . Yes. I mean, you cant get blacker than black. Jet. Jet black. Its the lightest jewelry. Now, thats it cause you touched upon an important point because real jet is actually surprisingly light in weight. Its a kind of a fossilized wood, jet, and the thing about whitby it seems to be the home for it there. In the victorian period, at the peak of the production, you had as many as about 1,500 people, you know, all working in the jet industry, and its interesting because as soon as Queen Victoria died the jet industry died with her overnight, as people wanted to embrace the lighter more frivolous lifestyle that was indicative of the edwardian era. The other thing that whitby is very wellknown for is that when bram stoker wrote the book dracula, dracula comes into whitby. Yes. Thats right. His boat comes into whitby, so, stoker must have known something about the jet industry at that time. Now, can i have a look at the book locket . And its got a very interesting inscription, hasnt it . It is engraved on the surface here. In memory of auther warwick. Who was auther warwick . It would be my great grandmothers child. Oh um, who died on november the 9th in the year 1870 at 2 years 10 months. How sad. How sad. What happened, then . Do you know . We dont know. Do you wonder she wore jet as a mourning. . No. So, it must have shattered for their whole life whats been your sort of feeling that youve had about that . Do you find this is a very, very sad thing . A lump in the throat, really. It does, cause its not only engraved on one side. On the other side, also, j. Edward, who died on november the 5th, 1870, at 8 months. Yes. So, the two of them passed away. It must have been dreadful as a mother, to have lost all young children. Very poignant. So, the photographs within. Are my grandmother my paternal grandmother and my greatgrandmother the mother to the two children that died. And never to be the same again really. So, this is very worn, very damaged but from a sentimental point of view ill bet she never took it off. No, probably not. Ive touched on the fact that this necklace is in less than perfect condition. If it were in tiptop condition, i think wed probably be looking at something in the region of around £500. The fact that it is needs some work done lets be a little bit more cautious. Maybe something in the region of £300, £400 for it. Your book locket which is if i may be very respectful and say it is absolutely clapped out this book locket with all the engraving on the surface i would say that it is sentimentally priceless, and commercially modest. Yes. Yes. Thank you very much. Well, thank you very much. This is an interesting chair and im sure it has an interesting story to it. Uh, yes, its my mothers family. Um, we know it more or less back to sort of mid19th century. It belonged to an ancestor called j. C. A. Thorpe who had 13 children, and wouldve definitely used it quite a lot, and it wouldve remained in South Yorkshire until just after the war when the house was sold for death duties, and my grandmother had it, so i sat on it when i was a child and then it came to my mom, and my children now sit in it. Wow, fantastic. So, yeah, its been used a lot. What this is actually echoing is a model of an adult chair. Oh, right. So, i can imagine, in the big whole house, there wouldve been a large dining table and this type of chair, but for adults going around the dining table. Right. When children came along, they said to the estate manager or to the cabinet maker, i need another chair for my my heir. Um, its actually 18th century not 19th century. Theres a number of reasons i can see that, and ill point them out to you. One of them is the outswept arms, which is, to me, typical of the chippendale period. As you can see theres a little hole left and right and along there would go a little wooden rod with a lacquered maltese on the end. Do you do you still have that . No, we dont but ive had to use all sorts of things to keep my children in it. Bits of dowling and. Yeah. Right. Um, and another thing, theres at the bottom, theres a little slide which wouldve come out to rest ones feet. Oh, yeah. The piece plat at the back is typical of the 18th century. And, um what i like about it the lower section here is this slight gothic influence. And its just beautifully patinated down there. Its a little bit worn up here i think where the children have either climbed out or its fallen backwards. Fallen backwards yeah. But it happens. It happens. Its a good piece of 18thcentury english furniture. Id put a value on this between £800 and £1,200. Really . I didnt think itd beery much, because its in such a state. Thats part of its charm. Thats part of its charm. Oh, good. I shall tell my children theyre not to blame, then. chuckles as youll have seen at the top of the program, theres a very good reason why weve chosen the spa bridlington for our venue today. With its echoes of art deco elegance its the Perfect Place to talk to some of our experts about which era they would choose as the ultimate age of elegance. Now, hilary kay, youve got opening honor today, and the kind of stuff you brought along is the stuff that reminds me of my parents era actually. Okay. Did you keep it . Should i have done . Well, wait and see. I mean, i think. What i have to say is that the era that ive chosen the 1950s, ive chosen because its so full of optimism. Its so full of brandnew stuff. After the war, almost anything goes and the few things that weve got here are a reflection of that. And i suppose i also know 1950s things from my parents and from my grandparents and it strikes a chord in me. Theres a sort of resonance there. And looking at these things, they are theyre not all icons, but some of them certainly are. Well, lets look. This is so distinctive the fabric, isnt it . These kind of patterns. This is perhaps the most influential piece of fabric designed that you and i will see. Its called calyx. Its designed by lucienne day. It was described as, if you cant afford a piece of abstract art, at least you can have them on your curtains. And thats what it is. Inspired by calder and by miro, this was designed for the zenith of design of the period. I. E. , the festival of britain. When you look at this, for example, i mean, can this claim to be part of the british ultimate age of elegance . Because scandinavia, of course, had such a big influence, didnt it . Youre absolutely right, and i think that, um the whole use of scandinavian light materials, new fabrics, new types of manufacture created a whole different look and i think that if one looks at this light and airy furniture the sticklike legs, the uses of different woods and different shapes the sparseness of the decoration, it speaks volumes to me, and the fact that we are now all returning to this look is a testament, i think, of its longevity and its influence. Were not to the fashions of course. Were not returning to the fashions, particularly and they were i mean, they really were something. They were remarkable back then in the 50s, werent they . They were, and again one goes back to that sort of rebellion against all those restrictions of the wartime. And with somebody like dior, for instance, when he created the new look suddenly, in came the hourglass figure femininity, luxury wastefulness all these things that were absolutely forbidden for the previous 5, 10 years. And it also meant subliminally that women were to be looked at in a different way. At the end of the war, the soldiers came back the girls had to give up their jobs to give jobs for the soldiers. They became housewives. What could be more applicable to this new housewife generation than the dior dresses . This is a very sort of classic boxing, training pose. Yes. Who is he . That is my grandfather who was born cyrill hills out of manchester, who boxed under the name of darkie ellis, became a bridlington man and married a bridlington lady okay. Im going to ask the obvious question what happened to the genes . Uh, lightened along the years, i think. laughs i mean, i would never have believed he was your grandfather. Yes. Did you know him . Unfortunately not. I wish i had done, cause the stories he couldve told wouldve been wonderful. Fantastic, yes. What about your grandmother . Yes, my grandmother, unfortunately, passed away last year at the age of 92. Oh, so you heard lots from her. Yes, lots from her. To be honest she was quite reticent about the past. It was, whats in the past is in the past. It doesnt matter. Were there secrets . There probably are and thats for me to find out as i go along, i think. I mean, why did he change his name, for a start. No idea. Total mystery to us. But im told that his mother and his sisters actually had a business on bridlington beach as fortune tellers and made a very comfortable living. So, he was a sort of showman. Definitely. He actually, i believe boxed in the fairground boxing booths, as well. All right. So, were going into a very sort of basic level of boxing, at that point. Exactly. I mean this is dated 1933. Hes there with is that his manager, or. . Uh, i dont think its his manager. I think its probably one of his trainers. One of his trainers. Right. So, hes a very stylish, elegant man, isnt he . I think he definitely was for the time of the era that he came from. Now, that they look a classic lot, dont they . laughs they definitely are. Real sort of heavies of that sort of sport. There he is. Thats right. Now. Lets think about his name. I mean, today, nobody would call themselves that, and yet he was called cyrill. He chose to be called darkie. And i suppose that was accepting his popular name. He mustve chosen to call himself that cause i imagine that was his nickname, anyway. I would imagine so. He was always known. If you speak to people around bridlington who can remember that era, they always knew darkie ellis. Yeah. So, weve got here a lovely scrapbook. Thats right. And these are his sort of bouts, arent they . They are his bouts, yes. Englands best middleweights, darkie ellis and donald keys. What was his status in this sport . Was he just a local boxer . Did he make good . I think he made quite good. I think at one time, he was classed as middleweight champion of england of northern england, because i believe there was it was regional at that point. Thats right it was regional at the point. Now. Thats an interest is that is that your grandmother . That is my grandmother, yes. Theyre a stylish couple, arent they . Basically looks like gangsters moll doesnt it . It looks exact its true. The untouchables. So severe, her attire. Its straight out of al capone. It is. Its fantastic. I love it. My grandmother went on to become a very wellknown local landlady in bridlington and she ran the crown hotel in bridlington for a very long time. My grandmother later in h life. Yeah. I think its a great story. Now, we havent talked about the poster. What a great image. Isnt it wonderful . Its fantastic. Now, what were looking at here is its a its an international. Belgium versus england. Four belgian boxers, four british boxers, including there he is. And he is, obviously the great hero of the time. Hes the most important person. Hes the feature on the poster. It brings to life not just him but that whole sort of sense of what boxing was as a popular sport. This is quite a valuable item, because, 1 its a sporting poster. Move yourself away from your family connections. Its a great image. Its also about black history. Now, black history is something that we are becoming increasingly, quite rightly, aware of. Its so much a part of our culture in britain. It doesnt start in 1948, 49, it goes back much longer. And images like this underline the fact that, you know, we have a very, very strong black cultural history going back to the 18th century, and therefore, today, that would be a very desirable object cause it focuses very much on that. There he is as i say, no color differentiation. Hes one of a Team Fighting for england against belgium. So, youve got a poster here which is worth several hundred pounds, you see. Um, but thats in a sense incidental. You need to know that. What youve got to do and its not for me to tell you, but i think this is such a fantastic story. Youve gotta find out more. laughs lots and lots of questions and to go back to the beginning what happened to the genes . Exactly. Pandoras box, i always assert. I do. Well, it may be tricky, but youve got to open it. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, indeed. Now, ive got to tell you ive traveled all over yorkshire and i have yet to come across a yorkshire tea plantation so i cant fathom how how come youve got yorkshire tea . But one things for certain you like your teapots big. I mean, this is the biggest county isnt it, in england hang on, hang on eric. Yours may be big but mine is bigger. chuckles what do you make of that, eh . I have to concede defeat. That is a whopper. It is, it is a whopper, but unfortunately, my spout is not quite as big as yours. You have upstaged me here. But do you realize what has happened . Look at your arm, eric. Im doing it youve gone into teapot mode. laughs short and stout. Yes, exactly. But the problem with our teapot is that somebody did obviously try to pour tea out of this. Was it you . No. You havent tried pouring out of this . Not yet. Because it was the burden of tea in there would be ridiculous. And so, our handle im afraid, has taken a turn for the worse. Was your seriously for tea . Um, well, this . You know, i mean this is the sort of thing they use for sunday school. cause this is a late victorian one. I just love it cause its almost like brand new. But that started off life sort of definitely east of whitby, didnt it . Yeah, yeah. This is from japan. Around the year 1900. Yours is. Well, this is, um, maybe 1890, 1900 so theyre of a similar vintage. Both enameled. Beautifully done. Yours, obviously in the right style and mine, well whats yours worth . Because. Does size matter . Im afraid it does, eric. laughs this is spectacular. Beautiful enameling. Damaged though it may be, its probably worth somewhere in the region of £2,000. Gosh. Well. At this end, um were, um, were nearer £200. All right. But given the choice id rather take this one home with me. No disrespect over there. This is a working teapot. It is . Yes. And thats has that done a few charities, then . It has. It has, indeed. And its been in the family . Yes, many years. It belonged to my great aunt who had 3 of these giant teapots which she used. So, as they say in this part of the world you can sop some stuff out with that. Theres a good few cups in that. 50 cups. 50 cups. Only in yorkshire. chuckles of course, im just looking at his bird. both laugh but isnt he magnificent, that bird . Its a lovely bird. Is it a falcon . Its a falcon, and its ive always been told its a Peregrine Falcon. And Peregrine Falcons have royal connotations. Yeah. Is that right . Yeah, theyre royal birds. Thats very interesting, and theyve got this, uh wonderful sort of mottled plumage on their underbellies, havent they . And they have the longer wings. Longer than a hawk anyway. Thats right. Yeah. Yes, yes. Um, and actually looking back from his wonderful plumage, what about his owners . Well. This is, uh one of my forebears. Its my fathers family. We dont know an awful lot about him but its always been in the family and probably most of the time in yorkshire. What i like is the is the, uh is this wonderful silk doublet that hes wearing with slashed silk revealing this lovely color underneath. And these and these little, uh i suppose they might be pearls or some kind of braiding or maybe silver. Certainly hes got rather a smart belt with gold fittings and obviously a gold dagger handle there. All this means that hes a man of rank i think. Well, this is whats interesting the Peregrine Falcon the royal connection. So, the story in our family is that he was actually a falconer to the king and the king being james i. Yes. Uh, now, theres no documentary evidence for that, as far as i know. But thats thats the story thats come down to us, yeah. And then around his tunic here youve got this this silken rope. It seems to be silk. And then, i think thats a lure, isnt it . I suppose it could be, yes, couldnt it . Which would go around like that. Yeah, so this would swing around his head to attract the birds atte
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