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Victorian Pharmacy
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If you were watching BBC 2 last night at 9pm, then you would have spotted some members from Porthywaen Silver Band playing on Victorian Pharmacy.
At 8am on a cold Thursday morning in April, a small group of players from the Senior Band met at Blists Hill Victorian Village, Ironbridge to take part in a TV recording about a victorian pharmacy.
In a unique experiment, historian Ruth Goodman, Professor Nick Barber and PhD student Tom Quick are recreating an authentic 19th-century pharmacy. The team discover the world of the pharmacy at the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837; a world where traditional remedies, such as leeches, oil of earthworm and potions laced with cannabis and opium, held sway. After sampling some of the old ways, the team venture into new discoveries, such as the Malvern water cure, the bronchial kettle for curing coughs, and the invention of Indian tonic water.
If you missed the first episode of the programme, then it is available on BBC iPlayer until Thursday 12th August.
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Pictures from Recording
Victorian Pharmacy Episode 1 on BBC iPlayer
Victorian Pharmacy Homepage on the BBC