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The year: Two hundred and Thirty five

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Id and we're in Rome. I

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want you to imagine that your

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a Roman citizen. It's the middle

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of a hot Italian summer and

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you've just spent a long day

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baking under the Mediterranean son. You

1:02

want nothing more than to

1:05

rinse off, cool down, and

1:07

relax. So you decide to

1:09

head through the bustling city

1:12

streets to the newly completed

1:14

Caracalla Bots. Now

1:18

these parts of course, something

1:20

of a stir for one

1:22

that a largest built in

1:25

the city so far. Sprawling

1:27

over twenty seven acres and

1:29

soaring to a staggering height

1:31

of a hundred and thirty

1:33

feet the ball complex includes

1:36

a library, an olympic sized

1:38

pool, and an underground temple

1:40

to the Persian god mythos.

1:43

But. There's another reason for the

1:46

public interest in the bars.

1:48

They're also the project of

1:50

the raf unpopular and recently

1:52

deceased Emperor Kara Color. Marcus.

1:57

Aurelius and on in Us. Nine

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era color after special kind of put it to

2:02

take that he liked were. Was. Notorious

2:05

for moving justice,

2:07

Fashion Sense. He

2:09

rose to power of the having

2:11

his brother on kuroda Guetta. Murdered.

2:15

This that wasn't bad enough. A full up

2:17

this domestic crime with a move public. One

2:19

when he had thousands of

2:22

his brothers supporters massacred. Understandably,

2:25

he had a bit of trouble gaining

2:27

his subjects trust us to this. The

2:31

ball for an attempt to curry public say

2:34

that. In addition

2:36

to showcasing the immense wealth and

2:38

power of the empire a little

2:40

which. He rules. And

2:42

they certainly have done that. Say.

2:45

What you want about and

2:47

prepare a color that these

2:49

bars are truly a wonder.

2:56

In the year two hundred and thirty five,

2:58

he's been dead for nearly two decades after

3:00

being assassinated by one of the send soldiers.

3:03

A ball see built all a

3:05

hit. As

3:09

he stepped through the towering

3:11

bronze doors, you are immediately

3:13

transported into a world of

3:16

opulence and extravagance. The

3:19

immense off complex stretches out

3:21

before you. A

3:23

vast expanse of marble and mosaic.

3:26

Is that steps Aca as you walk

3:28

across the Hm. Ce

3:31

Huge. Step to decorate the

3:33

room, branching off on either

3:35

side. The.

3:37

Most impressive is a ten feet

3:39

tall marble replica of the Greek

3:41

hero Hercules. Wrestling. With

3:44

carefully chiseled muscles, The.

3:46

Air. Is. Thick with

3:49

a sense of exotic perfumes and

3:51

distant man or a voice this

3:53

as people from all walks of

3:55

life gather here to seek solace,

3:58

some relaxation. Everyone

4:00

is welcome in. Ramadan is

4:02

rich and cool men and

4:05

women. Hundred

4:07

years ago, the Emperor, Hadrian, had

4:09

tried to ban mixed gender bathing.

4:12

But. His eat it had been

4:14

largely ignored. Communal

4:17

Beijing is. Too. Much

4:19

a part of the fabric of Roman

4:22

life. Even. Enslaved people

4:24

can come on special days. You

4:29

follow the sound of cascading. more time

4:31

soon arrive at a must says into

4:33

a waterfall. This

4:36

is listening more Water Leads you to

4:38

the House of the Boss minutes appeal.

4:41

An enormous swimming pool surrounded

4:43

by columns adorned with intricate

4:45

carvings. Sunlight

4:47

dances across the shimmering surface of

4:50

the pool. The was reflected by

4:52

the thousands of glass tiles. Just

4:55

as across the ceiling, the room.

4:57

Echoes with a sister and laughter

4:59

of bathers. Elegant

5:02

Roman ladies and vibrant sit.

5:04

Down and be doing sandals.

5:07

Lounge on intricately carved stone

5:09

benches. Gossiping and sipping

5:11

wine while slaves attend to their

5:14

every need. This

5:16

is a social space as much as

5:18

a place to get clean. The

5:22

climax of the Caracalla Boss is the

5:24

cold area. As

5:27

you step into the chamber, the

5:29

heat and zealots you like a

5:31

warm blanket. The.

5:33

Was aligned with intricate my sacks

5:35

of Gods and. Goddesses in the

5:37

Snow is seated by large

5:40

underground furnaces. The

5:42

Room. Is warm. People. Sit

5:44

on mobile benches. Sweat glistening

5:46

on my brows as

5:49

a engage in specifically

5:51

discussions and sit on

5:53

herbal concoctions as. You wander

5:55

through this architectural wonder you can't.

5:57

Help but marvel at the Grand

6:00

India Imperial Rome. The

6:02

character balls are a testament to

6:05

the power. Wells. And

6:07

sophistication of the Roman empire. I'm

6:16

Risk Goodman. I

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spent my zeiss exploring the

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extraordinary history of everyday items,

6:23

the little things that we

6:25

often take for granted. He

6:27

sees Every object in your home has

6:30

a. Fascinating hidden history.

6:32

A story that's just waiting to be

6:34

told. In this

6:37

episode will be diving into the. Incredible

6:39

history of saw. Said

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come on with me and together we'll

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explore. The. Curious history of

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your has. The

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car caliber represented the very

7:03

pinnacle of Roman bathing culture.

7:06

Origins lie in a rich tapestry

7:08

of ancient bathing. Traditions that stretch

7:10

across. Continents and millennia. A.

7:13

Global narrative of human

7:15

sustained nation with water

7:17

purification. And communal relaxation.

7:22

More. Than two millennia before the curriculum

7:24

balls were built with I was the

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great Boss a Mahindra Dora. Dora

7:29

was one of the largest settlements to. The

7:32

Indus Valley Civilization and it's both

7:34

dates back to two and a

7:36

half hours and years bc. Know.

7:40

The written language used at Mahindra Dora is

7:43

still a. Historical mystery. But

7:45

they still not. Excavations Archaeologists

7:48

believe that this law to

7:50

meticulously designed bathing. Pull

7:52

probably had religious

7:54

and ritualistic significance.

7:58

Is it so much of him?

8:00

History? Bathing was

8:02

inextricably linked to spirituality.

8:06

Thought the Great both my hands

8:08

at our of ancient buddhist monasteries.

8:10

austin. Features: Communal ball swear

8:12

monks purify themselves before prayers

8:15

and meditation. And

8:17

ritual around cleanliness still

8:20

exists in many modern

8:22

religions. Phasing.

8:25

Has always been about some more

8:28

than just washing away daily dirt

8:30

and grime. It. Symbolizes

8:32

spiritual renewal and

8:34

purification to. The.

8:37

Idea of getting clean simply

8:39

for hygiene. Is. Extremely

8:42

new. So. Just how

8:44

Did Boss goes From being a

8:46

frequently spirit too often communal practice.

8:49

In ancient times. To the

8:51

select trade hygiene it activity it is

8:53

today. Oh, to put

8:55

it another way. When did we

8:58

move from Phasing. To melee.

9:00

Washing. Will believe

9:02

it or not. A system

9:05

of epic proportions. It

9:08

takes in the decline of empires. Devastating

9:10

plagues, And deadly warfare.

9:16

As. The Centuries Road on Imperial

9:18

Bathhouse dislike the current Qalibaf

9:20

began decreasing and number. They

9:23

sell into ruins completely in

9:25

late antiquity. Help

9:27

people often blame the rise

9:29

of Christianity as Rome state

9:31

religion for the boss decline,

9:34

but. Is it

9:36

really accurate? In

9:39

reality to funding and environmental

9:41

factors did the Roman Bath.

9:45

Feel the heat! The Boss became more

9:47

expensive around the full century when Rome

9:49

began importing goods from North Africa. Then

9:52

of course. There's. The small matter

9:54

of the fall of the Western Roman

9:57

Empire and four Hundred and Seventy Six

9:59

Id. After.

10:01

This cataclysmic event,

10:03

the aqueducts, sewers,

10:06

And bronze piping that provided seem

10:08

water to public both houses and

10:10

individual homes. Sell. Into

10:13

disrepair. And

10:16

five Hundred And Thirty seven. When

10:18

the ostrogoths what besieging roam. The.

10:20

City's aqueducts would deliberately

10:23

cut off. All.

10:25

Over Europe. The Grand

10:27

Roman Boss. Were. Abandoned.

10:31

The. Is a general misconception

10:34

that. As soon as Rome sell.

10:36

Everyone in the west stopped watching. When.

10:39

You think of Medieval Europe, you

10:41

probably imagine it smelling. Awful.

10:45

That I am here to tell you

10:47

that that is simply Not true. The

10:51

idea is that smell a Middle

10:53

Ages is rooted in tales the

10:55

same as non bathers. Since

10:58

Antony, for example, Were said to

11:00

never have washed so much as his feet.

11:03

Monks who dedicated their lives to God.

11:05

We're only supposed to bay's once or

11:08

twice a year and St You Roam

11:10

and Sisters but after being based in

11:12

the baptismal font, Christians.

11:14

Never needed to watch again. Religious

11:17

man like the so bathing as a

11:19

sign of. Vanity and

11:22

luxury. A male

11:24

partly. To blame for the

11:26

idea of the unwashed Middle Ages.

11:29

But they were only a minority of the

11:31

population. It

11:34

is true that after the fall of Rome,

11:36

bathing became a bit more difficult. Much

11:39

of the Roman water infrastructure

11:41

was damaged or fell into

11:43

disrepair. People. Started moving

11:45

away from the now crumbling cities.

11:48

And demand for indoor plumbing. Diminished.

11:53

In place as he advanced

11:55

plumbing systems. robe and urbanites

11:57

had enjoyed medieval European villages

11:59

realize oh, nearby springs, misery

12:01

lakes, wells and system so

12:03

that water supply. People

12:06

have to go and fetch water

12:08

from the sources. Using busquets is

12:11

to consider football physics. a. Lesser.

12:13

so taking a average I

12:15

simply wasn't. Feasible for most people

12:17

and the fuel the heat off

12:19

was expensive. For

12:21

balls at home or not

12:23

seen as a luxury reserved

12:25

for aristocrats. Kings And

12:28

Queens. But

12:31

just because not everyone had the

12:33

privilege of taking a full off,

12:35

doesn't mean they didn't Walsh. A

12:39

small bowl of water and the

12:41

cloth allowed one to give himself

12:44

a good scrub. And since most

12:46

meals eaten without cutlery, pushing one's

12:48

hands before and after meals was

12:51

also commonplace. And

12:53

even with saints like Anthony for

12:55

going bathing. The religious

12:57

associations between Beijing and.

12:59

Purity didn't totally go away

13:02

in the Sierra Mist. Medieval

13:04

Knight said ceremony stressed involves

13:06

both a lot. Press and

13:09

a sentence. Or. Not

13:13

he might be thinking that compared

13:15

to the Roman period bathing in

13:17

the Middle Ages most more about

13:19

keeping clean than enjoyment and Mary

13:21

making. While. Communal bathhouses

13:24

continue to be a feature societies

13:26

elsewhere around the globe, including the

13:28

Medieval Islamic world. Is generally

13:31

wasn't the case and Christian Europe. But.

13:34

There was still some places where the

13:36

realm of habit of communal bathing. Continued.

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14:01

for you. Fourteen hundred and we

14:03

find ourselves navigating the labyrinth find

14:06

streets of medieval era London, a

14:08

city. With a life

14:10

and increase. Our

14:14

curiosity. Leads us to

14:16

Select and Tories. His face

14:18

was vice and pleasure. Intertwine

14:21

in the shadows of narrow

14:23

alleyways, And in the it isn't. As

14:27

easy to deeper into the Cd

14:29

underworld. The cobbled streets gray

14:32

muddy of into foot in the air

14:34

become sick with a cent of with

14:36

smoke, cheap hail and something together less

14:38

savory. We

14:41

have raucous laughter. of revellers emanating

14:43

from a nearby building. It's

14:47

wouldn't find. Meet the

14:49

Sirens. Delight and is adorned

14:51

with a suggestive painting of

14:53

a mermaid. The

14:56

dimly lit and cameo seconds us

14:58

inside. The heavy

15:01

wooden door creaks open. And

15:03

we step into a world of

15:06

a book. To me, decadence, the

15:09

senses am and same as perfumes.

15:11

Mingling the warm and tear his

15:14

policies with a capacity which is

15:16

the most. Of. It's

15:19

immediately becomes apparent my this place

15:21

is known as. To.

15:24

The room is.his with massive

15:26

wouldn't have measuring fifteen feet

15:29

across. They are filled with

15:31

a naked men and women

15:33

drinking wine and an office

15:35

max. News.

15:38

Is that me? By. Men: And

15:40

women. Seems. A bit strange, the

15:42

same as in the. Medieval.

15:45

Both houses one does to place to get

15:47

clean and relax in the tub. Many.

15:50

Of them. Doubled as Brussels. Providing

15:55

sex workers supplies with away for

15:57

the owners of the stews. To make

15:59

the next. On the side. So.

16:02

Many for both houses, it stay on

16:04

the straight and narrow. They

16:06

were twenty six and thirteenth century

16:08

parsley could just get seen. That

16:11

many Alstom jumped at the prospect

16:13

of making some extra money. Because

16:17

the stews once solely Brussels a

16:19

not everyone went to them for

16:21

that reason. They

16:24

also provided medicinal Boston Bruins

16:26

word molars, sentinel and rosewater.

16:28

and you could even enjoy

16:30

a hot meal while you

16:32

based. But

16:35

all the marshmallow root in the world

16:37

couldn't say steers from the plague that

16:39

would cause them to all but disappear.

16:42

In the mid sixteenth century. It

16:46

I just bought some. The Black Death the

16:48

put an end to the stairs. And

16:51

thirteen, Forty eight, This plague had

16:54

swept through England, killing an estimated

16:56

half a sentence population. But.

16:58

As be seen Sussex soon

17:01

bounce back. And

17:03

that. One. So cold. Killer for

17:05

the black death was a medicinal

17:07

boss in Rosewood from vinegar. The

17:11

plague that sounded the final death knell

17:13

for both houses. Arrived during

17:15

the two to period. Syphilis,

17:25

Syphilis arrived in England and

17:27

Fourteen Ninety Seven and quit

17:29

T ravaged the stews. People.

17:33

Understood of course that it was a sex.

17:37

To the also began associating disease

17:40

transmission with bathing in hot water.

17:42

Because. The stews were. An ideal

17:45

breeding ground for this

17:47

nasty new disease. The

17:50

Siri when that disease could enter

17:53

through the pause once they had

17:55

been opened. In steamy hot

17:57

environments. So taking a

17:59

long. The or is soak in

18:01

a tub was deemed very bad for

18:03

your health. And

18:07

fifteen, forty six to try and

18:09

combat the scourge of syphilis. Enter

18:12

the Eight finally ordered. The

18:14

southern states too close, or for

18:16

the next he centuries in England.

18:18

it stays that way. It

18:23

is until the eighteenth century. When

18:25

people in Britain rediscovered the. Properties

18:29

of water. During

18:33

the eighteenth and nineteenth. Century Health Spas

18:35

experienced significant surge in popularity

18:38

all over Britain. Wealthy.

18:41

Patrons socked to the Syracuse

18:43

it retreats to partake in

18:45

mineral water treatments and socialize

18:47

with their peers. At

18:50

the renowned spar town of Pass. The.

18:52

Romans asked was rebuilt

18:54

and grand near classical

18:57

style. Baseball.

19:00

Split fashionable destinations and they played

19:02

a pivotal role in shaping the

19:04

air is social and cultural landscape.

19:08

Health spas weren't entirely new that

19:10

one and ball for been. In

19:13

use on and off since the Roman period.

19:16

What? Changed in the eighteenth century

19:18

was how the medical community. Views,

19:21

water, When doctors

19:23

began revisiting, The ancient Greek

19:25

concept of hydrotherapy. This

19:29

is has been popularized sometime around

19:31

four hundred B C by Ancient Greek

19:34

physician Hippocrates. The. Prescribed hot

19:36

and cobol stop all kinds of

19:38

a month. But

19:40

British physicians in the Eighteenth century

19:42

began prescribing their patients an entirely

19:44

new. Type of hydrotherapy.

19:48

See. Bathing. Physicians.

19:51

Believe the season. Magical blend

19:53

assaults and minerals could do.

19:56

Everything. From soothing

19:58

sore muscles and joints. To clearing

20:01

up skin conditions believe in helping

20:03

with respiratory issues. They.

20:05

Saw see bathing as a natural

20:08

detox. A way to purify the borders.

20:11

Plus. The invigorating shocks

20:13

of cold seawater. Was.

20:15

Thought to kick start the body systems.

20:17

Leaving you feeling refreshed

20:20

and rejuvenated. By

20:24

the seventeen sisters, doctors will publishing

20:26

treatises of the many benefits of

20:29

see bathing and running medically supervised

20:31

bathing machine so they're wealthy clients.

20:34

As possible. and not everyone agreed

20:36

with this newfangled care. And.

20:39

Jane Austen novel Emma Mister would

20:41

have to class the seems very

20:43

rarely have used to anybody. I

20:46

am sure it's almost killed me once. That

20:50

he was as a step with public opinion. People.

20:53

Across Britain began flocking to

20:56

seaside towns like Scarborough, Brighton,

20:58

and Margate. To take the

21:00

waters. See

21:03

by the as a health care

21:05

began to fall onto the nineteenth

21:07

century. Advances in medicine Man

21:09

The doctor stopped seeing it as

21:11

a miraculous panacea for most illnesses.

21:14

But. The supposed benefits of

21:16

taking the waters had transformed

21:18

people's thinking. Breaking

21:20

the old imagined link

21:22

between emotion and mortar

21:24

and disease. And

21:28

why people might have stopped going see bathing for. Their

21:30

health isn't stop, the swimming is a see

21:32

full stop. Because. In the nineteenth

21:35

century, people in britain a gundam to the

21:37

beach for some. By

21:40

the eighties seventies people who are flocking to the

21:42

sure to let zero eight on the beach or

21:45

take a quick dip in the sci. Fi

21:48

enough. some of these early British

21:50

beachgoers seem to have liked to

21:52

both make kid one such and

21:54

Ccs Dixie. That. Was

21:56

the reverend kill that? To

21:59

in eighteen seventeen. The Road

22:01

I. Without early before breakfast this

22:03

morning bathing from the sands there was

22:05

a delicious ceiling of freedom and stripping

22:07

In the opener, I'm running them naked

22:10

to the see where the ways were

22:12

calling white with foam. On the

22:14

red morning sunshine. Glowing upon

22:16

the naked limbs of the bathers.

22:24

You might have noticed. That some. Much.

22:26

Of bathing history. And

22:28

know, box tubs. What we're

22:30

used unless you will see. People

22:33

with less money just didn't bother

22:35

with taking regular have balls and

22:38

complain. If he didn't

22:40

the servants hating the water of sit in

22:42

the tub with a major. But.

22:46

This all changed around the eighteen eighties.

22:48

At the same time, the

22:51

medical community began to accept

22:53

germ theory. Not.

22:55

You probably know about germ theory from school

22:57

history lessons, but let's do a quick make

22:59

it. Before

23:02

this period. Doctors had mostly

23:04

believe that disease can be surprising one of

23:06

two ways. First

23:08

was through miasma or bad

23:10

air. The. Second

23:13

was through inherited

23:15

susceptibility, lifestyle choices,

23:18

And he series lead to a deeply

23:21

class system racist understanding of how disease

23:23

word. People believe that

23:25

the pool and other minorities got

23:27

sick more often because they were

23:30

naturally dirty. Known, intelligent,

23:32

and genetically inferior to

23:34

the wealthy classes. Basically.

23:38

If you are working class and you got sick.

23:41

You. Have no one to blame but yourself. But.

23:45

When germ theory came along, this

23:47

started to change. In.

23:51

Eighteen Forty seven, A Hungarian doctor was

23:53

concerned about the number of deaths amongst

23:55

women who had recently given birth of

23:57

the Vienna General Hospital. Don't

24:00

resemble realize that women assisted

24:03

by doctors court life? Threatening

24:05

See this. More. Often

24:07

and women seem by midwives. The.

24:11

Reason. Doctors often

24:13

came straight from performing autopsies

24:15

to say that patients. When.

24:18

Some of eyes and made doctors

24:21

wash their hands in chlorinated i'm

24:23

water. Before. Examining the women.

24:25

A hospital? so a huge

24:28

drop in maternal mortality. In

24:32

eighteen fifty for a Cholera epidemic

24:34

ravage. The working class community is

24:36

so her. London. A

24:39

doctor named John Snow. Ready

24:42

A skeptic of the Miasma:

24:44

serious disease. Price. The

24:47

outbreak took contaminated water source.

24:50

Know he. Didn't yet know that it was

24:53

bacteria in the water making people sick. But

24:55

he encouraged the British government

24:57

to improve public sanitation systems

25:00

to prevent such a outbreaks.

25:04

In mid nineteenth century France,

25:06

a chemist named Louis Pasteur

25:09

discovered that a variety of

25:11

microorganisms in the ass Coors

25:13

beer, wine and milk to

25:16

salah for spoil. Is

25:19

led him to wonder whether

25:21

micro organisms could post in

25:23

say, the human body and

25:26

cause disease. Finally,

25:30

In Eighteen Seventy Seven. The

25:32

German scientists roberts have developed

25:34

a method for coach cheering

25:36

bacteria in a petri dish.

25:39

And discovered the bacteria

25:41

that causes Anthrax. Germ

25:44

theory. Had arrived.

25:50

Eugenics didn't die out. That

25:52

scientists and doctors. Begin.

25:55

To. Spread the idea that. Working.

25:58

Class people. Had the. How

26:00

to fight against the disease is

26:02

that ravage their communities? As

26:06

was campaigning for better public

26:09

health measures, proponents of germ

26:11

theory began recommending soap. Particularly

26:13

disinfected infused soap like

26:16

couple it. As

26:18

a way to combat disease. Such.

26:21

Soap only activated and hot or at

26:23

least warm water. Since the

26:25

first time in British history. People

26:28

across the social spectrum.

26:31

Began. Taking. It's

26:40

the yeah nineteen hundred and when. A

26:42

typical home in a typical mining village

26:44

tucked away in the Cornish Hills. Today.

26:49

Is a special day. It's

26:51

Birthday! A

26:53

galvanized tub sits in the center of

26:56

the main room. The air is filled

26:58

with steam as the sound of children

27:00

sources. Mom.

27:03

Has been busily boiling up the bathwater. For

27:05

several hours to get his as hot

27:07

as she possibly can, a bucket of

27:10

coke, incest, And

27:13

then a hot water is ladle

27:15

carefully in the she tries to

27:17

adjust the temperature. Everyone

27:20

equally whites to get in. That.

27:23

Desist. Stripping.

27:25

Off all his clothes apart. From straws.

27:28

In he time. Perfect

27:31

far of read say is love

27:33

it up and the singing begins.

27:38

First time as always been of a musical. A fair

27:40

in this household. The. Kids soon

27:42

as they wait their turn, as soon

27:44

as Dad is dumb, they are in

27:46

one after another, a more ever order

27:48

they can organize between themselves. Because.

27:51

The first in gets the

27:53

hottest, cleanest water and the

27:55

last, and it's the cold,

27:57

murky leftovers. Mom

28:00

organizer some cleanest the dirtiest but everybody

28:02

gets that turn in the tub. Oh.

28:06

My. City. Notice that mom

28:08

wasn't in line for the box. Cheaper.

28:11

Has been a privacy and still manages

28:13

with a bowl of hot water and

28:15

a flannel. Upstairs in her

28:17

bedroom. Seems.

28:22

Like these were typical across Britain in

28:24

the late nineteenth. And early twentieth

28:27

century, particularly amongst mining communities

28:29

like. Those and como because minors, as

28:31

you can imagine, go home pretty dicey

28:33

after a hard day's work. For

28:36

the volume the listeners might not

28:38

know? is it? The practice of

28:40

family sharing bathwater was pretty common

28:42

until at least the nineteen sixties.

28:46

Also, the whole person struggled to

28:48

rebuild. The. Economy was devastate.

28:50

His. Built A nation my

28:53

plumbing infrastructure to provide hop running

28:55

motors every home simply wasn't a

28:57

priority. Funny. Enough

29:00

level to had the opposite effect

29:02

in the United States. That.

29:05

The. War ushered in a whole new era

29:07

of domestic bathing. In

29:10

the States, the will. Lead to a shortage

29:13

of metal metal the the Allies

29:15

desperately needed to produce bullets. weapons,

29:17

Tanks and mortars. So

29:19

the. Whoop Production Board started requesting that

29:21

citizens turn in a scrap metal one

29:24

of the same time. Restricting the

29:26

use of iron, steel and copper. This.

29:29

Is set to day to day life

29:31

in all sorts of ways, but it

29:33

particularly changed indoor plumbing. Due

29:37

to the scarcity of metal American. Civil

29:39

engineer turn to a new one.

29:41

The material the have actually been

29:43

developed by German chemist in the

29:45

early decades of the twentieth century.

29:48

P. The see. These.

29:51

Plastic types are far less expensive

29:53

than the old metal ones, and

29:55

suddenly more people could afford to

29:57

have Indo apply. For

30:00

the the time hop running mortar

30:02

became readily available. At

30:05

the same time improvements in

30:07

manufacturing technology. lead to a

30:09

drastic. Decrease in the price of

30:11

bathroom fixtures. In

30:13

the is also the little one

30:16

could purchase an entire boss and

30:18

sweet including a bus stop Such

30:20

just seventy dollars must bow thousand

30:22

dollars in today's money. The

30:25

domestic bath tub had true

30:28

the arrived. But.

30:33

Woe to also had another is set

30:35

on bathing in America. You

30:39

know, deployment in Japan? American.

30:42

Troops blast. Visiting Onset or

30:44

Outdoor bathing facilities located

30:46

near Hot Springs. Police

30:50

been an important part of Japanese

30:52

culture for centuries. And

30:54

often included large wooden tub sleep

30:56

have a sit and chat with

30:58

friends, The

31:02

troops returning. Home from the war. Love

31:04

the all send ball so much. as

31:06

they try to recreate the my home. Using

31:09

old barrels or that. And.

31:11

In so doing, they spot the

31:13

top craze. As the mid twentieth century.

31:17

By the seventies the parties

31:19

were raised, with people inciting

31:21

their friends over so long.

31:23

Soaks accompanied. By drinks and snacks.

31:27

That's bit like a Roman bath. Or

31:29

medieval era Steve? I'm that. Days

31:36

bar tabs on readily available most

31:39

times and yet most people prefer

31:41

to take a shower. they're just

31:43

softer and more convenient for the

31:45

busy lives we leave. But

31:49

we can see the remnants of

31:51

more ancient bathing traditions. People

31:54

still enjoy swimming together in pools

31:56

and smoking is hop tub. And

31:59

with the rise of sure having a ball

32:01

has become. Again, a ritual for

32:03

many of us to cycle

32:05

ancient and medieval on. Sisters

32:07

We Send Top also assaults

32:09

oils and perhaps for that

32:11

calming. And even healing

32:14

properties. Today,

32:16

sciences even proving. That our

32:18

age old instinct and lox c area

32:20

in hot water. Does have

32:23

significant health benefits. A

32:26

twenty eighteen study out of Japan

32:28

reported that regular submerged in water

32:30

heated to forty degrees celsius. Six.

32:34

Assists. It committee

32:36

stress. Fatigue and pain

32:38

improve skin condition and university

32:41

to greater feeling of have.

32:44

A new study. And Twenty Twenty. Says

32:47

it Taking regular balls is associated

32:49

with a lower incidence of heart

32:51

disease and stroke. So.

32:54

even though showers have become more popular

32:56

for that convenience. And speed. Next time

32:59

you need to get me consider

33:01

setting up the but instead. Pouring

33:04

in some sweet smelling oil

33:06

and enjoying a well deserved.

33:15

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