THE 1900 HOUSE website contains all manner of information, fact and anecdote on the trials and tribulations of life in 1900 as encountered by the Bowler family.

HIGHLIGHTS, available exclusively to website visitors, are: Joyce's video diary, bringing you the inside story five-days a week, and the stunning 360° photographic tour of the house.

TO NAVIGATE the site, move your cursor over the roses at the top of each page, different flowers lead to different sections, indicated by the labels that appear to the right. Each section also has a sub-menu below the flowers.

THIS PAGE contains information on how best to view the site, recommended browsers, plug-ins and the like as well as some basic credit and copyright info.

• Browsers
• Java, Java-script & frames
• Plug-ins
• Credits, copyright & disclaimers

BROWSERS

We recommend you use the following browsers:

On PCs running Microsoft Windows '95 and '98:

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 and above
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and above

On Macintoshes with System 7.5 and above:

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 and above
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and above

For the best experience, we strongly recommend viewing with:

  • Netscape Navigator 4.5 and above
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.


If you want to INSTALL or UPGRADE your browser, click below to download the LATEST versions:

 


JAVA, JAVA-SCRIPT & FRAMES

You need to make sure your browser is JAVA-enabled to see the site properly, especially for the 360° TOUR OF THE HOUSE.

You can do this by checking the ENABLE JAVA setting the under the preferences menu in your browser. (On Macintoshes, if you get offered a choice, choose the Apple MRJ option.)

Make sure you have 'show frames' and 'enable scripting' checked on in your browser, again, you'll be able to do this in your browser preferences.

 


PLUG-INS

You only need one plug-in on The 1900 House site, and that's the QUICKTIME plug-in for viewing JOYCE'S VIDEO DIARY. You need QuickTime 3 and above but we recommend you get the latest version, QuickTime 4.

 


CREDITS, COPYRIGHT & DISCLAIMERS

The 1900 House website was produced for CHANNEL 4 TELEVISION by:

Your Show Productions Ltd
Philippa Watson, Dan Salmon and Sean Coleman with graphic design by Marc Williams and HTML by Rafael Carrasco.

In association with:

Wall to Wall Television Ltd, makers of the television documentary series
Dan Gluckman, Helena Tait, Kelder Deike, Simon Shaw, Leanne Klein.

Daru Rooke historical consultant and writer
Armley Mills Museum, Leeds City Council, Leeds.

The Vision, 360° Cyclovision photography and stills
Mike Woods and Gerry Daniels.

Copyright notice
All materials in this website are © Channel 4 and its suppliers. Some links in this website site may point to servers and web pages that are not part of the site, therefore neither Channel 4 or the producers/developers of this site can be responsible for their content. Please email feedback and comments about this site to dot4@channel.co.uk.