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How We Used to Live: Tony Robinson's Local History Search
 
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Programme 1: Farming
Programme 3: Transport
Programme 2: Industry
Programme 4: Defence
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Programme 4: Defence

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Tony Robinson visits Portsmouth in the south of England to discover why it has such strong defences. He learns from local experts about the life of the seamen on Henry VIII's ship, the Mary Rose, and Nelson's flagship, the Victory, and uses census material to discover more about the women of Victorian Portsmouth. Finally, he and his team of primary school investigators listen to the experiences of Portsmouth people who lived through the bombing during the Second World War.