#AncestryHour Ambassadors will be on hand at the this year's #WDYTYA Live from 6th-8th to help visitors get the most from their visit. Just look out for the badges and lanyards and if you need any help or advice please just ask!
Among our numbers we are delighted to welcome a VERY special guest - Andrew Gardiner better known to fans of BBC2's 'The Victorian Slum' as the 'Rentman'. Andrew like the rest of us can't wait for the show to begin. Below are a few words from the man himself on his thoughts regarding the forthcoming show, family history and what working for the hit TV series taught him about ancestors with disabilities.
Among our numbers we are delighted to welcome a VERY special guest - Andrew Gardiner better known to fans of BBC2's 'The Victorian Slum' as the 'Rentman'. Andrew like the rest of us can't wait for the show to begin. Below are a few words from the man himself on his thoughts regarding the forthcoming show, family history and what working for the hit TV series taught him about ancestors with disabilities.
Some of the cast of 'The Victorian Slum' with Andrew as the rentman sporting his 'wooden leg'.
"I honestly cannot wait to visit the show, I am a great believer in visiting your family history and learning about the successes and failures that your family has endured and it is supremely humbling, knowing that your ancestors hard work, their lives, loves and stories are what has led you to where you are now. If you do not know where your family has come from, you cannot possibly know how to move your own life forward.
Filming the Victorian slum for BBC2 was a great experience and certainly brought home to me the struggles that were faced daily by my ancestors and indeed by all the slum dwellers. It gave me a much deeper respect and understanding for those that came before me and it was especially emotional and evocative when I finally got my mind around the fact that someone with my kind of disability would not usually be expected to survive for long and that the never ending fight to eat, earn and live a productive life would have been almost impossible to overcome. The Victorian slum dwellers were heros and it is on the backs of the poor, that this country was built.
Thanks guys, really looking forward to attending and if I can help one other visitor to gain an interest in their family history and their own story, it will be amazing.
Cheers
Andy Gardiner"
Filming the Victorian slum for BBC2 was a great experience and certainly brought home to me the struggles that were faced daily by my ancestors and indeed by all the slum dwellers. It gave me a much deeper respect and understanding for those that came before me and it was especially emotional and evocative when I finally got my mind around the fact that someone with my kind of disability would not usually be expected to survive for long and that the never ending fight to eat, earn and live a productive life would have been almost impossible to overcome. The Victorian slum dwellers were heros and it is on the backs of the poor, that this country was built.
Thanks guys, really looking forward to attending and if I can help one other visitor to gain an interest in their family history and their own story, it will be amazing.
Cheers
Andy Gardiner"
It's not too late to book tickets to the #WDYTYA event, so why not take advantage of #AncestryHour's fantastic discount offer today!
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