There is something about the way she tells a story that is oddly relaxing. I love listening to her. PS...I'm glad Peter lived well in his later years.

I love Lucy Worsley too. She has always told stories with warmth and charm. She is someone you’d want as a best friend.

@chriskelly3481

3 жыл бұрын

❤

@lisaalane7694

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, if Lucy is in the video, I watch, from the USA

@allanmollison6971

Жыл бұрын

A great presenter

@r.22r

Жыл бұрын

Shes just like that IRL. I met her recently in a lit fest, and shes really fun.

Thank you, Lucy Worsley, for remembering Peter the Wild Boy.

I am autistic and have always been attracted to the stories of "feral" children. As a child, my parents allowed me to roam alone in the fields surrounding our house that used to be farmland. Those were my happiest memories of childhood.

What a touching story. I was especially moved to hear that he died just a few days after the farmer did.

I admire and just adore Lucy Worsley .

@starsingleton5347

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@joeysn7hvn

4 жыл бұрын

A very special Lady

@pibly7784

4 жыл бұрын

May Day-subscribers with no channel content? Weird.

@robbijohnson6983

4 жыл бұрын

I wish they would show her documentaries more often here in the US they only show her occasionally here on public television.

How sad. Im glad he found some kindness in his later life.

@msjannd4

4 жыл бұрын

💖

@nadanada5698

4 жыл бұрын

Suzanne Rossi - Same 💕

Lucy is one of Britain’s greatest treasures. She’s got another special on Peter online as well. Pure class.

I ❤️ how Lucy tells the stories that make history come alive to all of us. Enthralling! Many thanks!

Lucy is truly a gift to modern documentary watchers. If there are goddesses among us, surely she is one of them!

@blaggerfiftysix

4 жыл бұрын

She is a donk man, a real donk

@jimmcintosh9045

4 жыл бұрын

Alice Roberts is a close runner for yummyness!

@funsweed

4 жыл бұрын

A fine woman

@americanmutt2901

4 жыл бұрын

What is this donk you speak of?

Wow, I’m glad this showed up in recommendations. Rest wildly Peter🕊

Peter didn't actually sing, he hummed, which is totally possible when you can't speak... His story is one of my favorites on feral children

How very interesting! I've never heard this story before. Nice to hear he seemed to have happy life once he left court.

Lucy Worsley is a treasure. This is a very touching story. Thank you.

I love Lucy Worsley. What a sad touching story.

@CherylGormanAuthor

4 жыл бұрын

@@311girl Absolutely!

Look at what I just bumped onto. This is a great channel. I'm an American from New York City. I always look for KZread channels like this one that focuses on history and actually goes and videos those historic places. I can already tell it will be fun watching them. I like the British accent. The British tradition. No annoying music in the background and I love learning about historic situations I didn't know about. Kudos to you Historic Royal Palaces for this gem of a channel. I will now go on a binge watch of ALL your videos. -- Frank. Cheers.

I love Lucy, she is the best teacher for me.

Making note to visit Peter's grave. What a lovely story. Thanks for sharing.

That was sweet of you leaving flowers

Thank you Mrs. Lucy great piece.

There are very few things in life so Joyous as Intelligence. Smart can take you wherever you want, Intelligence can take others too. It also helps if you're beautiful, funny, honest and understand (or try to). Lucy W. Is one of the best at explaining and detailing that History is all about people. ❤

People who lived back in the 18th century didn't know anything about autism, speech impaired, nor intellectual disability. Peter the Wild fell in one or all of those catagories. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@lisacoston8175

4 жыл бұрын

@batty boy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯💯👍👍

Lucy...you are a national treasure..Britain should be so proud!

Thank you for this story! It was very touching.❤🌺

Very heart warming presentation, thanks for bringing this story to a wider audience

You can still see feral people if you go to Croydon. Like Peter, they also have a habit of sticking their hands in your pocket, looking for nuts.

@joshdelaet3536

4 жыл бұрын

Bring your leather strap with you when you’re in Croydon 😉

@MarMar-go9iq

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@SummerofKittyLove

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@msjannd4

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@msjannd4

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshdelaet3536 🤣🤣🤣

and here I thought I'd heard all the tales of feral children. Hello Peter! how did I miss out on your unique existence?

I enjoyed this so much!!! I've never heard of Peter the Wild boy before!!!

I happened across this little film and thought "oh my Here is one I havent seen." And it has made me love and respect Lucy a bit more, if thats possible. I put flowers on the three highwaymen hanged in Montana because I dont think they should be forgotten. If I manage to get everything on my bucket list done ( going to England is one) I shall make it a point to get some flowers for Peter the Wild Boy when I get there. Thank you so much Lucy. You are wonderful.

@gardensofthegods

4 жыл бұрын

I just noticed your comment was 5 years ago... have you been to England yet ?

@catherinerobilliard7662

4 жыл бұрын

I live in South West England where occasionally, at isolated rural crossroads, I come across a "red post". They're said to be a warning if ever you need to dig up the road, as a criminal was hung and buried there outside parish boundaries; later they're said to be resting places for prisoners heading for deportation to Botony Bay, most never to see their families again. I used to pick wildflowers nearby and lay them under the fingerpost but now they have to do with rather naff flowers from my garden. May they rest in peace, whoever they are.

@gardensofthegods

4 жыл бұрын

@@catherinerobilliard7662 that's a little bit creepy about being buried there but that is very sweet of you to give them flowers

@gardensofthegods

4 жыл бұрын

@@catherinerobilliard7662 are you in Cornwall ? Or closer to Devon ? I love England but have never been to those regions

@catherinerobilliard7662

4 жыл бұрын

@@gardensofthegods I live in Somerset close to Selworthy, near Dunster. Sadly the fields I have known are gradually falling under the developers plough. Soon I'm going wassailing in the local orchard, I hope not for the last time.

Me - I'm unemployed and bored KZread - Here is something to think about

@aerostock1

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. There's a volunteer Firehouse house next door. I'm walking over there today and see if they need any help. Pretty much gave up on looking for work. I've been around and never lived anywhere like this.

@rs5570

4 жыл бұрын

You might think of something you enjoy & monetize it! Work only for yourself in things you enjoy.(This has worked well for me..)Take care & best wishes! 👍🙋🌹

@deepanshchaudhary5094

4 жыл бұрын

@@rs5570 thanks man.. Cheers 👍

@aerostock1

4 жыл бұрын

@@rs5570 Thank you so much. I lost everything, cars and all. No transportation and serious debt. Came here to take care of my mother and decided to stick around thinking I could make a go of it like anywhere else already having a profession. Maybe I can do KZread channel or something. I have so much to offer. I'm loaded with skillsets. Been in training and business my entire adult life. Mistake was not getting out when I had a chance. The area pulled me down with it. God Bless.

@sarahstrong7174

4 жыл бұрын

@@aerostock1 Wishing you all the best. Spent some time unemployed, after leaving home, severely traumatised due to severe childhood abuse & violence. It was very frustrating as despite my horrendous childhood, being repeatedly beaten unconscious & otherwise abused & though in a terrible state, I worked really hard to get qualifications & so much wanted a career. No matter what I did I could not get work. I only had voluntary work experience because I could not get paid work to get the experience I needed to get paid work & they were not interested in the voluntary work experience I did have. In the end had a nervous breakdown. I already had CFS. Have never recovered. Hope things go much better for you.

Such mean heartless people to treat him less than a pet mouse

@odysseusrex5908

4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't seem that way to me at all.

@annwe6

4 жыл бұрын

@Trey Stephens The devil is very powerful in people's hearts all over the world...

@philmcdonald4778

4 жыл бұрын

He was treated well ...You weren't listening.

@SummerofKittyLove

4 жыл бұрын

@@philmcdonald4778 Silly I ovviously meant the first family, not the last. Always has to be that person on KZread

Perhaps the boy didn't speak because they treated him like a subhuman oddity and beat him when he didn't cooperate.

@muellerruski9708

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha!!! You didn’t watch the video did you? You’re just a frivole triggered little cupcake 😂😂

@Catubrannos

4 жыл бұрын

He sung though, how'd he do that if he couldn't speak?

We need to be careful to assume that Peter wasn't able to learn the english language just because he was "to old". There might be factors like a hearing or other disability, as well as early childhood trauma that might have contributed. Neuroplasticity informs us that with compassionate training the brain has the ability to adapt, rebuild and learn throughout a persons life.

@itgetter9

4 жыл бұрын

Great comment, thank you.

@mtlicq

4 жыл бұрын

Also, people, and animals too, are able to learn words in different languages and learn & know the meanings, even though they cannot or will not speak those words. Just because someone doesn't speak a language (confidently) doesn't mean they don't understand what is spoken.

@macnutz4206

4 жыл бұрын

Since the time of Peter the Wild Boy, much has been learned about how humans learn and use language. Because of the break up of the old Soviet Union, and the civil wars that plagued parts of eastern europe, there have been a number of feral children found. After years of study and experience, it was determined that if a child has not been around spoken language and has not developed language skills by the age of eight, they will never learn to speak, no matter how much help they get. There are quite a few adults alive who survived such circumstances that have never learned to speak. Something appears to change in the brain that shuts that circuitry down by about age eight. This is very well documented and yes, the children studied were tested for other disabilities such as deafness and the ability to problem solve. I saw some interviews with a couple of adult survivors of such childhoods, who never learned to speak in spite of working and even raising families. They can not learn sign language either. They can imitate motions to indicate a number of things but the ability to learn the abstractions of language, written, spoken, or signed has been switched off because it was not used before that crucial time.

@liloleist5133

4 жыл бұрын

@@macnutz4206 Thanks for your comment. Where can I find those studies that you've mentioned in regards to "feral" children?

@mtlicq

4 жыл бұрын

@@macnutz4206 Wow! I wonder if it is best to learn 2nd and 3rd etc languages before that age threshhold.

Such a lovely story. I appreciate how Lucy tells history as it was and in historical context and very little modern prejudice.

Amazing that she was able to hold the collar.

Remembering Peter and all the helpless abandoned!

Thank you for sharing and educating me. Wonderful homage 👏👏👏

Such a touch of class...to have left him flowers of remembrance...

Loved it, thank you!

He probably had a learning and/behavioural disability. Im glad that later in life, the farmers loved him and did the best they could for him.

Thank you 🙏 Lucy for these

I could listen to her tell stories all day

Oh yay! A Lucy Worsley I haven’t seen! Thank you!

This was interesting but skipped over a lot of info. The reason for the collar wasn't just because he used to wander off, it was because one time he went so far that the locals threw him in their jail because they thought him a lunatic. He was barely alive when found and they didn't want to risk it happening ever again. He was also given a pension by the Royal Court for the whole of his life which was quite a handsome sum for those days, so he was never without some form of comfort. I'm not sure he left the Court because they were "bored of him", his nurse passed away and a life on a farm was deemed better suited to his wants and needs. Oh and strangely he was discovered near Hamlin, famed for the story of the Pied Piper, who lured children away from the town. Now that is genuinely unsettling.

Interesting. Thank you. I'm glad Peter found some love in his life.

wow to live to your 80s in those days was remarkable

Wonderful, very human story. Well done.

And now we are finding out just how important manners and etiquette really are to any civilized society.

I love your shows, comforting, relaxing,educational

Lucy, if I may be familiar, your intelligence has spoken for itself the years over and now we see your warmth, kindness and empathy that we've only glimpsed before. Thank you. I'll remember.

Thank you very much for this video !🙏🏻

She's so cute :)

Lovely story- thank you Lucy Worsley

Mmmmmm, I could listen to her all day....

well done! the flowers are perfect!

So sad. People and they trends. Love a person for a while, then just forget him and go on to the next oddity. I’m so glad he was given a proper home and peace.

Love Lucy.

Wait.. how did he sing songs if he couldn’t speak? Did they simply mean ‘communicate’ instead of ‘speak?

@xvdd1

4 жыл бұрын

That was my first thought unless of course they were being generous in describing what he was doing as singing it may of been just sounds like la la la.

@dixonite

4 жыл бұрын

Kind of like Hip Hop today. I can't understand what the hell they are saying anyway. Maybe Peter was the first true Hip Hop artist?

@BucketPukes1969

4 жыл бұрын

Iggy Dickson Peter the Wild Boi: Mumble Rap Saved My Life

@dixonite

4 жыл бұрын

lol, Mumble Rap! :-p

@prodigaldawtr7907

4 жыл бұрын

@@xvdd1 Those are two different parts of your brain. You can sing but not be able to speak. Swear words are stored in a different spot as well. That is why ppl with strokes can sometimes lose speech but can still swear. I personally knew a woman who would have seizures every so often and for a few hours after could only sing or write, but not speak. Teaching young kids facts in school with songs is better bc you are triggering two parts of the brain at once which means your memory absorbs better.

You moved my Lucy, with the flowers on the end. you are a Wonderfull person.

Beautifully told.. Thank you!

Fascinating. I can't help thinking of just how close to that bank is the headstone...I can visualise two stumpy bones poking out of the middle of the bank.

This story touched my heart I will always remember Peter the wild boy 💖

Loved your video. Very moving.

Lovely story, Thank you

what a lovely story thank you

Such a touching story and a nice gesture with the flowers Ms Worsley. CMJ Canada

I love Lucy and her way of telling a historical story. Her historical clothing is spot on.

Oh my heavens, thank you for bring this to my attention. What a fascinating story. Who could think that in history there could have been may feral humans.

Beautiful place for him to spend his life after London. Great film.

A beautifully made documentary

I thought it was going to be lame, but wow! What a wonderful story. The flowers were a perfect touch.

So beautiful that you placed flowers

I like this lady telling his story. She does it well

The poor, poor, boy/man. What confusions he must have had! Being brought from Germany, but not having any language, so having no understanding of human social life, and moved from place to place! My heart goes out to him😢😢😢😢😢

Wow that’s awesome. So wildly awesome.

I enjoyed this story. Very heart warming.

That is quite lovely!!! A touching little piece of good television!!!

@sherlockholmeslives.1605

9 жыл бұрын

Mike Fuller Thanks Natalie!!!

@RonRicho

7 жыл бұрын

Somehow I don't think it would be quite as lovely with any other presenter. Lucy is a treasure.

I love Lucy and am glad she couldn’t loose her lisps! You go girl you Rock! Pure Class💞🙏🏻✝️💕😛wishing you all the very best of luck for the future God Bless 💞🙏🏻✝️💞💕🙏🏻✝️

stunning!!!!

It’s sounds like he might have been on the spectrum. This would explain him singing, but not talking. It’s so touching to know he was well taken of.

@PhilJonesIII

4 жыл бұрын

You could be right but it's worth remembering that if a child is deprived of social contact and/or does not learn to socialize by the age of four, they never will. Language acquisition is just one of those skills that become much more difficult after those early years.

@Jason-lw2nw

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, it's possible that he could have had what we now call Pitt-Hopkins syndrome. His facial features according to the drawings and paintings made of him line up pretty well with the facial characteristics of people diagnosed with the disorder.

@cartoonsandmusiclover1989

4 жыл бұрын

@@melikey3758 I agree that he probably wasn't autistic, but there were likely just as many cases of autism then as there are now. Autism didn't become a diagnosis until the 20th century, so for centuries we autistics have been treated like we were stupid, insane, or worse, like animals.

@GottaWannaDance

3 жыл бұрын

?? What does a multi trillion dollar company have to do with Petah?

Lucy is wonderful!

Peter may not have spoke like human but I’m sure his soul was purer than any of these so-called humans around him.

I just learned of Peter, great follow up!

This is a sad story this child like man and in the end I'm happy to here he got some happiness

Such a sad storybut I am glad he found some sort of peace in his later life. Germany seems to be the country for producing wild children. Wild Peter's story reminds me of another German wild orphan who was said to have been kept in seclusion in an old tower till his teens. Kasper Hauser was killed in 1833 barely in his twenties. He was rumoured to be a princely heir of the House of Baden. He was adopted by Lord Stanhope in 1831.

Reminds me of the movie by Werner Herzog...can’t think of the name right off. Love this woman. Excited to watch all her videos!

@kapitantaryfa

4 жыл бұрын

the enigma of kaspar hauser

@WowJustWow37

4 жыл бұрын

kapitantaryfa Yes! Thank you! I ought to watch that again. It’s been about 15 years!!

The most knowledgeable history buff on TV and such a pretty lady to boot

Subscribed just so I can hear you talk more! I love the British accent

I Love Lucy

Fascinating watch.

Have they ever made a movie about this this is a great story

We need more wonderful videos from Lucy

First I have heard of Lisa Worsley...seems to be a warm and kind person.

That collar is not made of iron, If it was, it would most certainly be a torture device. It looks like brass and copper.

@gardensofthegods

4 жыл бұрын

Kind of startling to see that until she explained

@TrilobiteTerror

4 жыл бұрын

It's brass and leather.

@philmcdonald4778

4 жыл бұрын

It's like a dog collar ....your dog can't speak ...neither could Peter .

Where have I been all your life, Ms Worsley?

Loved how she told the story, i feel sorry peter!!

Thank You.

I had no idea. What a rich ( and cruel) history we have.

I stood next to Peters grave myself on Monday at my sisters funeral

Never learnt to speak but sang when drunk?

@clod8

4 жыл бұрын

This does sound like autism. Many can sing but can’t have conversations

@colinp2238

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe not words but lah lah lah?

@Name-ps9fx

4 жыл бұрын

karaoke, 18th century style.

@dunruden9720

4 жыл бұрын

Watching a program on a young lady with severe Tourettes the other night. She loves to sing at open mic nights, and does not display symptoms when she sings. Similarly, stutterers frequently sing without stuttering. The mind is a strange organ!

@TheAuntieBa

4 жыл бұрын

Whether or not he sang words, it’s comforting and expressive. He must have enjoyed it.