Anna Scott
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I mean, they must have had such stress that...
That kind of thing was happening. And that was how they described that. But this, you know, the stress they were under on the voyage, no doubt impacted their health and survival rates after they got there.
That kind of thing was happening. And that was how they described that. But this, you know, the stress they were under on the voyage, no doubt impacted their health and survival rates after they got there.
That kind of thing was happening. And that was how they described that. But this, you know, the stress they were under on the voyage, no doubt impacted their health and survival rates after they got there.
Well, I think shipped biscuits and things like that would have been important. It would have been hard to get your five-a-day fruit and veg, certainly. And they had to do things like, because of the delays in the voyage I mentioned in the previous episode, I think they had to sell some butter at Southampton.
Well, I think shipped biscuits and things like that would have been important. It would have been hard to get your five-a-day fruit and veg, certainly. And they had to do things like, because of the delays in the voyage I mentioned in the previous episode, I think they had to sell some butter at Southampton.
Well, I think shipped biscuits and things like that would have been important. It would have been hard to get your five-a-day fruit and veg, certainly. And they had to do things like, because of the delays in the voyage I mentioned in the previous episode, I think they had to sell some butter at Southampton.
to help pay some of the debts they were accruing because of the delays that they've had and because of having to fix the ships and things. Something like butter, that's got lots of fats and that would have been good for them to have had. So to have lost that...
to help pay some of the debts they were accruing because of the delays that they've had and because of having to fix the ships and things. Something like butter, that's got lots of fats and that would have been good for them to have had. So to have lost that...
to help pay some of the debts they were accruing because of the delays that they've had and because of having to fix the ships and things. Something like butter, that's got lots of fats and that would have been good for them to have had. So to have lost that...
To have lost some of your food stores, for there to have been more people on the ship, you know, there were lots of things that would have been challenging.
To have lost some of your food stores, for there to have been more people on the ship, you know, there were lots of things that would have been challenging.
To have lost some of your food stores, for there to have been more people on the ship, you know, there were lots of things that would have been challenging.
But actually, this pattern of, you know, almost verging on having that starvation, if you like, that wasn't necessarily the case for that first voyage, but it was something that happened within the colony over the subsequent years because of... the challenges of growing your own food as well. So it was the start of a very difficult period for a lot of them.
But actually, this pattern of, you know, almost verging on having that starvation, if you like, that wasn't necessarily the case for that first voyage, but it was something that happened within the colony over the subsequent years because of... the challenges of growing your own food as well. So it was the start of a very difficult period for a lot of them.
But actually, this pattern of, you know, almost verging on having that starvation, if you like, that wasn't necessarily the case for that first voyage, but it was something that happened within the colony over the subsequent years because of... the challenges of growing your own food as well. So it was the start of a very difficult period for a lot of them.
Yes, I think it probably helped them have vindication for what they saw that they were doing and what they were wanting to achieve. It must have helped them through. I think what's really interesting about the Pilgrim's story is how it's been picked up and how it's been retold and actually the history of the history is as significant in many ways. William Bradford was on the ship
Yes, I think it probably helped them have vindication for what they saw that they were doing and what they were wanting to achieve. It must have helped them through. I think what's really interesting about the Pilgrim's story is how it's been picked up and how it's been retold and actually the history of the history is as significant in many ways. William Bradford was on the ship
Yes, I think it probably helped them have vindication for what they saw that they were doing and what they were wanting to achieve. It must have helped them through. I think what's really interesting about the Pilgrim's story is how it's been picked up and how it's been retold and actually the history of the history is as significant in many ways. William Bradford was on the ship
20 years later, he wrote his diary. So it wasn't, he didn't write it at the time. He was reflecting on it sometime later. And he was then telling the story of his life, basically. His own story got lost for a period, turned up again in the Bishop of Fulham's library in London.