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Did anyone see Countryfile last night where Matt Baker was talking to an army cook about the army cooking stove invented by Alexis Soyer? Soyer was a French chef working in London who was asked to invent a portable gas stove to enable meals to be cooked by troops in the field during the Crimean War. The person he asked to make the stoves was my 1st cousin 4 times removed, Thomas Henry Phillips born in Brighton, Sussex in about 1830. Thomas was a gas engineer with his own business in London at the time of the Crimean War and he spent time in the Crimea servicing the stoves he had built. I had never heard of Alexis Soyer until I came across one of Thomas's sons during my research who had the odd (to me at the time) name of Alexis Soyer Phillips. I then made contact with Thomas's gt gt grandson who told me the story of Thomas's business connection with Soyer and the friendship between the two which made Thomas name a son born during the war after Soyer. It was interesting to me to actually see one of the stoves in action on Countryfile last night.
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How wonderful - did you know that it would be on, or were you just watching ?
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I saw that! I love Countryfile.
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Me too, it's one of my "must watch" programmes every week. |
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My first post, so hello to everyone.
Alexis Soyer Phillips was my great great grandfather, sadly I missed the Countryfile programme. |
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Is there catchup tv in the UK? You might still be able to watch it.
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I don't think it would still be available after 5 years, though, Toni.
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Thank you, I managed to find the part about Alexis Soyer and the stove on Youtube ?
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