I feel incredibly privileged to have heard these women's stories straight from their mouths.

@piffpaff9674

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for uploading! What an amazing piece of history that is.... I am in my late 50s and I was lucky enough to know that kind of charming old ladies who were born in the 19th century.I just loved to listen to her stories of a far distant time... But how will my generation be like in that age? It is not only that we all have the same boaring life style of "modern times forever young girls" but I very much doubt that we will be as charming old ladies who have aged gracefully, looking like Miss Marple (not like a botoxed timeless plastic doll), loveable old grannies, with a wrinkled face and lively eyes, grey hear and oldfashioned style. Despite my gratitude that we meanwhile discuss the importance of a modern Silver Generation in our time - something went wrong... I miss the old grand ladies and gentlemen and their style and attitude. We are likely to end up as a foolish forever-young-teenanger generation if we do not go back to acting like matured grown up old and wise persons. That is the aim of evolution!

“Mud everywhere. Of course hansom cabs slurring through the mud... and where there wasn’t mud, there was fog... and in between was us... enjoying ourselves.” That’s amazing!

@signorasforza354

5 жыл бұрын

Love it too)

@baleevet

4 жыл бұрын

So London climate. Wet and fog

This is what KZread was invented for! Fantastic stuff!

@BobSheepbob

4 жыл бұрын

Actually I’ve hear stories of the guy(s) who invented KZread doing it because he couldn’t find a good shot of some celebrities slip up Still, this video is friggin fantastic

@jc.1191

4 жыл бұрын

@@BobSheepbob and maybe cat videos. And fails.

@joshuajackson4742

4 жыл бұрын

*stares in cringe compilation*

@electricvlue

3 жыл бұрын

Actually KZread was invented because people wanted to watch the video where Justin Timberlake exposes Janet Jackson's breast at the Superbowl

@Chriskeaganprowrestler

3 жыл бұрын

@@BobSheepbob it’s was Janet Jackson at a concert bc someone who she was performing with pulled her bra down

I love hearing older men and women talk about their lives.

@aprilleerose

4 жыл бұрын

I do too.

How brilliant are these women. Very progressive for the times. I’m glad her father actually supported her drawing and desire to study art.

@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918

5 жыл бұрын

D L Privileged.

@Poodle_Gun

4 жыл бұрын

They did have money. It was one of those things where they didn't know what to do with their kid, so they threw her in art school.

@texasred2702

4 жыл бұрын

@@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918 yes, she should have been made to flagellate herself and wear a hair shirt afterwards for not being black transgender, intersexed and in a wheelchair, that goes without saying.

I did some research on the clip. It was filmed in 1969 for the BBC Program, Yesterday's Witness:Two Victorian Girls and was released in 1970. Berta Ruck went on to become a successful writer who authored some 90 romance novels and died in Northern Wales a few weeks after her hundredth birthday. Effie's full name was Frances E. Jones and was born in August of 1875 and according to the England and Wales death registry died in Hillingdon, London between January and March of 1975 at the age of 99. Berta Ruck (1878-1978) Frances "Effie" Jones (1875-1975)

@jarabaa

6 жыл бұрын

How wonderful that you carried out this research. Thank you for reporting your findings. I loved this video but found myself wondering ... when was the film made? ... and who were these women? And now you have provided very full answers. Meanwhile, I think I would like to be an ... indolent and feckless girl!

@somebody4244

5 жыл бұрын

Such incredibly long lives, and I’ve seen another where the lady was 109 and counting. I’d have thought the 1800’s onwards weren’t the most liveable times due to disease and poor diets but clearly something was working and I wonder what it was?

@ConnieM777

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your research.

@Lollylobesjewellery

5 жыл бұрын

D L one of my great grandparents lived to 108

@CK-dp6je

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the interesting post

This is every historian's dream!!😍 I feel so privileged watching this.

@matrixdude7714

4 жыл бұрын

Would u marry me

@williamg3741

3 жыл бұрын

@@matrixdude7714 Respect you for shooting your shot.

@cocochocs3126

3 жыл бұрын

Me too love it

@oreogavinthecat5025

3 жыл бұрын

Can you understand Latin 😆

"Where there wasn't mud, there was fog, and inbetween was us, enjoying ourselves." That's a great opening line.

Mt Victorian grandmother was born in 1890. My father had me rather late in his life. I asked her all about Titanic and history from that time. I have photos from her side of the family that date back to the mid 1840s. Tintypes. She was so, so elegant!

@hayleychang9484

4 жыл бұрын

Very Interesting

@NightbirdTributeTV

4 жыл бұрын

She would be considered Edwardian.

@SoniaRossi72

4 жыл бұрын

@@NightbirdTributeTV You think? Is 1890 considered Edwardian then? I always thought it was still Victorian.

@thebrookealyson

4 жыл бұрын

1890 is considered Victorian but she was born in the Victorian era technically but Edward (Her son) took the throne when she died. She would have been around 10 years old when he did. Her teen years and young adulthood would have been in the Edwardian times on up. My great grandmother was born around the same time. I really consider her youth to be Edwardian. Now your great grandmother would have definitely lived in the Victorian era. I don’t know. It’s how you view it I guess. Your grandmother would have remembered just a tiny bit of the Victorian era. Titanic was Edwardian as well.

@SoniaRossi72

4 жыл бұрын

@@thebrookealyson Makes sense yes. I totally agree with everything you said. I see you sing songs from one of my favourite bands 😀. Fantastic!

A story I can recall was when my French grandmother would casually stroll with her umbrella near the railroad tracks as the buggies would often pass. She would purposely twirl her parasol to catch the eye of one particular gentleman who was quite dashing and owned not one but three buggies quite a tidy sum of money in those days. Fast forward .... they were married six months later and lived in a lavish mansion with 11 servants, a butler and a footman. During the Depression era when money was scarce she went shopping for food and came home with not one bit of morsel just a large, solid statue of a peacock spreading its wings. I still have the statue which weighs about 30 pounds and truly it was her prized possession. She was unpredictable, vivacious and full of life and loved beautiful things especially peacocks!

@SirenaSpades

3 жыл бұрын

She sounds wonderful!

@captainfangle2245

3 жыл бұрын

I can relate but it was great grandmother and born in 1902 and she was Swiss but wealthy

@nickduxfield4324

Жыл бұрын

i love the story- really love it

I was born in the early 1990's. Seems strange that one day, many decades from now, when I'm required to give my date of birth there will be a raised eyebrow when I mention '19..', With the person expecting me to say '20..something'

@MrClassicDoctorWho

5 жыл бұрын

Dean I’ve often thought of that lol. We’re already from the last century.

@mickpriestley

5 жыл бұрын

I was born in 84 and already I feel old haha

@maxisussex

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrClassicDoctorWho The last millennia too.

@Thomas-Bradley

5 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1999. Hope i could tell my stories in 2099 like these people

@noleftturnunstoned

5 жыл бұрын

Only if you are lucky

I love these Victorian ladies! There were so many Victorians still alive when I was young - a poignant interesting connection with the past. It's a sad thought that they're now all gone.

Wow. She was asked what we are put into this world for. And her answer was i dont think any of us really know...what a wise woman

@KP-ej7gc

5 жыл бұрын

ER K It just goes to show that humanity really hasn’t changed at all...

@erk44

5 жыл бұрын

@BobsAndVagene honey im not anywhere near 14...

@erk44

5 жыл бұрын

@BobsAndVagene ive never heard that before...thats a new one...interesting...not sure how to react to new insults but they are always amusing when they are so far from the truth

@KP-ej7gc

5 жыл бұрын

BobsAndVagene trollllll. Get off the Internet today, man.

@erk44

5 жыл бұрын

@BobsAndVagene no i didn't exaggerate the importance. You dont really know. If you did you would be god. And this is going into a philosophical conversation im not gonna waste having on a youtube clip. Bye!!!

I knew a lady many years ago born 1898. I used to love talking to her about her youth when l was young back in the mid 1960s.Now l feel old thinking that she was a Victorian.She was originally from Peckham and was working class.

@julieblackstock8650

4 жыл бұрын

my nan was born in 1899

its wonderful to watch this, a time we will never see again, just so good that you can hear the voice of these ladys and it brings you right back to other world, very special indeed. Bless them.

Imagine what they might make of being seen and heard on the internet !

@mscott3918

5 жыл бұрын

Jamie W They would probably have loved it.

@rdouthwaite

5 жыл бұрын

Something tells me it wouldn't phase them in the slightest.

@shojinryori

4 жыл бұрын

I bet they’d be right into Instagram/Snapchat/tiktok...

Well, they were pretty girls back then, full of life and fun! We think we know it all today but they saw and experienced the same thoughts and emotions, just the things were different.

This is absolutely priceless. God how I love these women, their humor strength and wisdom!

These ladies were delightful! I could listen to these ladies all day

"Don't you want any children ?" I nearly fell off my chair lol !! Absolutely wonderful.

I like how they call them "90s" girls lol Also, wow the difference in culture! The fact that they were fined for just out riding their bikes... Wow

@ESAATRAVIESAA

3 жыл бұрын

and for having shorter dresses to avoid mud on it and then getting ridiculed for being slutty for that .... its just insane how society acts even back then

1890s slang - Ripping, Foul & Rotten....

@gaminglegend

5 жыл бұрын

2010s slang- lol XD lmao

@bleh1569

4 жыл бұрын

@@gaminglegend now time for 2020's (I hope we will call it the double twenties) slang

@myviewjhj251

4 жыл бұрын

But I tend to talk like that. O well

This lady, with her hand on her face. I LOVE her !! What a legendary woman. What a super insight.

What a lovely couple of ladies. God bless them!.

Effie looks like queen victoria in her later years

@Ninineonangel77

5 жыл бұрын

she does

If they had talked about theirs grand parents that would have been something . They were you have been born in the late 17 hundreds

@minutekanji7082

4 жыл бұрын

there is this short interview made in 1929 un the USA, to a man borned in 1826. He mentioned his parents and grandparents, borned in the late 1700's. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2Rtm9CSf7DYkbA.html

"A good glass of gin for tuppence ha'penny!" Oh my word,this is an absolute treasure! Two delightful ladies of a bygone era,parts of which we could benefit from today no doubt! And given that the Victorians used to cover up their piano legs,lol,the fact that Effie wore short skirts whilst cycling must have given folk an attack of the vapours,lol.Gawd bless 'em!

I could sit and listen to these ladies all day, it brings back found memories of my grandma and the stories of her days in service, Thank you for posting this video

“Mud everywhere! Of course hansom cabs slurring through the mud. And where there wasn’t mud, there was fog. And in between was us, enjoying ourselves.” 😂😊 What a gem of a video. I especially love Berta’s personality...so much spunk!

My grandfather was born an unbelievably long time ago. So it’s amazing to hear someone born almost the same year and telling an interesting story of life then.

I wish there were more videos talking to women who were born in the late 1800s. Everything has changed and it would be interesting to hear their perspective on some of those changes.

Love this piece of history. My grandmother was born in 1885 and she told me about the societies morays then. What she told me I thought was rather rediculous. I can't believe women in 1903 stressed out about weather or not her ankles would be seen by a man if she held up her dress when coming across a puddle of water. But then there it is!

@raunakkumar2247

4 жыл бұрын

@calihartley2010 There's no connection between showing ankles & having class.That's silly.You can wear clothes u feel comfortable in & still be classy.

@LuluDumpling

4 жыл бұрын

@@raunakkumar2247 Nah

@suzannereilman4516

4 жыл бұрын

....btw, *morés, Darlin’...:)

@creolelady182

4 жыл бұрын

@@suzannereilman4516 thanks you are correct

@I_cornstar

Жыл бұрын

To ile ty masz lat ?

It’s crazy that the Eiffel Tower wasn’t even built. It opened in 1889. I can’t imagine how many unbelievable changes they saw in their long fruitful lives ❤

totally fascinating to listen to woman that can actually describe their life from that era. Its all very different hearing it from a documentary. This is a hidden gem

So very charming. I love these ladies. In general, I love to hear older people tell their stories.

My Great Grandad was born in 1888. He fought in the Great War and raised me till I was 4.He took me to the Market and the bank and then after for ice cream every week. My parents emigrated to Australia in 1967 . When he was dying,he wanted to see me one last time. He flew to Brisbane in 1970. He was scared to use the telephone,but loved the Aeroplane. He used to ride a Penny Farthing bike. I have a lot of his personal things. Rosary beads,prayer book ,tin from Queen Mary presented to the troops 1914. A small stool he made and some furniture. All of it tells me a story and makes me feel he is still around. I feel blessed. He taught me so much.🙏🏻❤️

These 2 videos are in my top five favorite videos I've EVER SEEN in my life! I love them!!!

These women are just DELIGHTFUL!!! Thank you for downloading this. I wonder when these interviews were made....1950s-60's?

@victoriaetchart5073

7 жыл бұрын

ibrake4butterflies 1969

@ibrake4butterflies

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Wonderful time capsule. Facinating really. ☮

If these speeches were given in schools children may learn more how lucky they are today .especially the girls who had even more things to fight for

@Jasperi

5 жыл бұрын

i don't think it helps the progress of society that gave us these rights to focus on how much worse things could be

@bassinblue

5 жыл бұрын

I think standards and times change but we are always fighting for something. That doesn't ever end.

@ha6406

5 жыл бұрын

I dont think girls in particular should be made to feel lucky, its equality, its what we should expect.

I can't tell you how amazing it is to hear these ladies and to see pictures of them I'm glad they were filmed of what they said and what they did they should have been much more of that before all those people passed into history just wonderful

Just loved listening to them! Thank God you have them on video for ever...

"Sometimes, I don't think any of us know" 😆 gold

This is so interesting. I would love to be able to time travel back to that time to experience what it was like to live then for a day.

Thank you I love this upload. To hear from women who were there is beyond words wonderful.

How wonderful we have these live histories, better than reading about them. I love this!

What a wonderful video. They remind me of the endless supply of batty great aunts that I used to run into at family weddings.

@pommiebears

5 жыл бұрын

Marc Owen did you have an auntie Doris? Everyone seems to have had an auntie Doris. I did.....batty as you like, but wonderful. She would whisper in my ear “you’re my favourite” lol. I often wonder if she told all the great nieces and nephews the same thing. I was lucky enough to meet my great grandmother too.....what a wonderful woman. She told me about long skirts, and tough times.

@coolcool5181

4 жыл бұрын

@@pommiebears I got one of those as well. She claims she can sense and talk to "spirits." At first it was endearing but after awhile of her mentioning it in a few inappropriate situations, you start to get a little sick of it. Still love her to death though!

@pommiebears

4 жыл бұрын

Cool Cool she sounds like my nan. She honestly believed she could curse people...how nice is that? Lol. Of course you love her. I have learned so much from the elders in my family. I’m becoming one of them now...😂👍🏽

Why do British television producers/editors always try to drown out the speaking with the "background" music? I'll never ever understand that. Otherwise, a delightful video.

@auntiegliz737

6 жыл бұрын

It's such a shame, because the program content of British television is generally excellent. I watch it often.

@LuluDumpling

4 жыл бұрын

@I know it all. I know it all. Even so it's just too LOUD!

It makes me think about our lives, i was born in 1984, someday someone will ask us what it was like to be in the 90's, what it felt like to celebrate a new millenium and a new century, what the 20's were like (next year), what technologies we discovered etc. And to think if we will get to see the 60's,70's 80's of the future, how the word "time" changes depending on the perspective where you see it.

@LincolnTheLabrador

5 жыл бұрын

If I'm honest, in the future there will probably be history lessons on the millennium and 90s

@imaanahmed4965

5 жыл бұрын

@@LincolnTheLabrador Yup

@hopeysballs

4 жыл бұрын

So far the 20s have been truely terrible, lol

@ColetteV

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopeysballs Oh God i forgot about this post, lol how the tables turned!

@alfie2488

2 жыл бұрын

To, the general public : hello ! my date of birth is 1919. Cor Strewth I am Still here . im upstairs must think I am bad company . You young bright people are the future. One bit of advise : you have got to laugh. Happiness and laughter is the key to a successful life And always believe In yourself. Don't let anyone in your life who takes persuasion. And make peace not war the war you know is a lot diffrent to the one I knew. Many regards Flora Mary-Ann Buxton

Great video... I knew my great grandmother born in 1875 "in Coffee County, Georgia"... always quite proud of herself... we came from southern aristocracy...and she still saw herself that way. She died at 88, but was healthy and lively until the end.

A long lost generation so greatly missed.

OMG thank you soooo much for adding these! I love history too! And the Victorian Times are my favorite!

This is SO awesome! I absolutely LOVE history too! Thanks so much for putting this up! Feel free to put up as many history videos as you can find :)

You should all search Clara's depression cooking, buon-I-petiti and the little Hungarian oma that cooks. All treasures I wish I could have done with my grannies.

I love the last comments of this video ".... of course there was nothing but of course"

i love history too,i love listening to people who were there

Those clips were fantastic! Thank you, KD

They were adorable! Thanks for uploading this.

Thank you so much for this wonderful glimpse into the past!! It was thoroughly enjoyable!

I love these Reel Victorians thanks so much for posting

I really enjoyed hearing from the Beautiful Ladies stories !!! Thank you so much for sharing 😊💕

Aww, what a lovely pair of ladies. I'd love to hear more of their stories. Bless them 😁

Absolutely fantastic! Thoroughly enjoyed this

I love this video! So fascinating to see those times

Love these ladies! Thank you.

The 40+ people that have 👎🏻 this whole video I fear for them, for sheer ignorance and stupidity alone 😂 What a beautiful, insightful footage !

Thanks again GW for posting some wonderfully pleasing tidbits of a historical perspective! Its all here for ~ History lovers, Ghost lovers, Victorian lovers, Brit lovers...well, that about sums me up!

wow what a special piece of living history, thanks, i watch it when i need a fix

This is just lovely!!!! Thanks so much for sharing this!!!!

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to these lively ladies reminisce and talk about when they were young girls of 18. How they must have witnessed so many changes to the world around them in their lifetime. Makes ne wonder what young girls ofvgoday will be talking about and reminiscing of in their old age? Perhaps 'how many followers and likes' they had on their social media accounts?

These by far the best footage I’ve ever seen and could possibly on par with the old clip from 1950s when an old grandpa open his secret about him to be the soul witness of the murdered of Abraham Lincoln.

My gran was born in 1901 she sadly died when I was 4 I wish I could have asked her all these questions great that these ladies could tell us what it was like loved it !

@morrisonscott702

Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

This is fascinating! Thanks for posting.

This is great... thanks for uploading it.

Theres nothing like original photos or video tapes. I have complete luv for it . We are taken back into time. Very lucky 😍

Absolutely a hoot! I wish there was more.

I was born in 1960, my mother in 1920, dad 1921 and all of my grandparents in late 1880s early 1890s, 1960 doesn't feel that long ago either

My mother's mother was born in November 30, 1899. When I was a little girl I used to think Grandma was wonderful! She would tell us stories of the days when she was a little girl in England, before her family came to Canada. She was a bit of a ringleader, when it came to getting into trouble, and she had had such an interesting life! I miss her, and her stories! Listening to these women was almost like listening to my Grandmother! Thanks for sharing this!

thank you for this, I enjoyed it a lot, great idea, I love history too

a gem indeed. beautiful documentary!

This is a great video it's really amazing to watch the history through people that lived in that era. Project Gutenberg has books that were written by Berta Ruck, I'm going to read one!

The ladies were cheekier then I thought back then!

Priceless ! wow, a glimpse, with the very people from our past, splendid !!!

It's very interesting that we have two ladies from two different social background. I like the ladies as they seem very strong willed human beings. Thank you for the upload.

Thank you for posting, fascinating.

Too bad these clips are so short!! I could listen forever to their reminiscences.

Just like my Great Great Antie Flo who lived into her 90s She told me some wonderful storys about the victorian times

Im so glad these exist

This is so interesting! This is wonderful!

@morrisonscott702

Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

A fascinating glimpse into one of Britain's most interesting eras. Part two is equally fascinating. I imagine no-one from Victoria's son's reign as Edward VII is alive now, or from his son's reign as George V, well very few from George's reign. But of course, there are many of Victoria's descendants across Europe from numerous royal families.

Think about the fact that in like 70 years from now we will be in these kind of documentaries telling about the life of 1990s! And all the people will be so fascinated!

Thank you for posting this! So lovely. -from a feckless friend

Their idea of an old person when they were young would probably of been someone around during the Napoleonic war.

Anyone else get sad when the ending came. 😭

Fabulous to watch. Thank you

@morrisonscott702

Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

Wonderful video!!

Utterly brilliant, i love those two women!

Amazing amazing love this so much

These films are priceless ❤️

I love these small insights

Amazing I wish it was longer and I wish they’d asked about the Ripper !!!