Let’s take a moment,as we should everyday, to thank the various waves of worker’s rights activists that have led to more fair wages and shorter work days. Employers will never give workers rights without pressure
@HoneyShine No-one here's calling for smashed windows or knife fights over unfair hours and wages. One potential change I believe would make a considerable difference would be to either raise the minimum wage to the living wage, (how employers can offer less than is needed to live is beyond me) or to reserve the minimum wage for any additional jobs a person might work. Even then, an arrangement like that would be to the detriment of people living cheque to cheque and juggling multiple jobs to get by. I'm not sure why I've decided to think about the state of the global economy before bed, but I'm sure it'll keep me up a while yet.
My nana was a scullery maid in ny after she fled hungary. she ended up finding her father here in america and he offered her to be a paid scullery maid in his house so she could get on her feet.Thank you for showing me a glimpse into my nana's daily life.
Unless you're an adult maybe a senior, your nana couldn't have been in the victorian times. The life of a scullery maid changed throughout history depending on the times.
Many live in staff actually thought they were lucky back then, as they had a roof over their head.Many of London's sex workers back then were poor, homeless married women who'd been widowed or left by a partner & fallen on hard times & had nowhere permanent to live. They'd work til they earned a nights board somewhere. Even poor families where the man worked lived 5/6 to a room.
@@sarahholland2600 All these women struggled and many are still struggling. But, some of us are lucky enough to have got the scope for being educated, to earn our livelihood and also to enjoy the way we want to once in a while. Their struggle makes us realise the value of what we have got.
She’d only have bread for breakfast? I can’t imagine how tiresome that would be as it wouldn’t provide much energy and her day is strenuous as it is. Wasn’t aware she would have served the servants too. Makes you appreciate how far we’ve came (not ignoring what still needs to be done!)
Bread was the staple food for the Victorian working class, even working class men doing hard labor in the factories or mines. They ate it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with a small amount of vegetables and occasionally a piece of meat. Even today's working class eat better than the kings of the Victorian era.
@@blupyxi5669 We do eat too much these days. But that doesn't change the fact that the Victorian poor were often terribly malnourished with stunted growth. Working class men were often a foot or more shorter than their "betters". Three meals a day of toast and tea, with bacon maybe once a week, and only an occasional vegetable will do that for you. If you were in service, or in a farming community, you might enjoy a standard of eating on par with our modern health diets with reasonable portions of vegetables and lean meats. But that was out of reach for most of the working poor in cities and industrialized areas.
also I dont know where are you from but the traditional way of making bread will make it into more nourishing meal you can imagine. Like they used proper zyme and the flour seeds with the skin on. Nowadays we eat usually white bread which isn’t so good, especially in America I think you can’t even buy like “proper” bread, whereas for example in my country in Europe we can buy the better bread. Someone would even say that it isn’t bread if it isn’t fermented and everything - they would say that it is just a toast. So back then bread meant really something different and you could go by with just the bread before you have a lunch. When I make my bread from scratch, with zyme and proper flour and like add seeds, then I can have just about two slices (and they can be smaller) and I’m literally full from it and I eat normally and enjoy big breakfast. I hope you can now understand why bread was almost sacred, it’s just because it would fill you up quickly and you would stay full long time (because of the proper flour) and also you could eat it quickly and doesn’t have to deal with cooking. Fermented products are also very healthy for your gut and it is something that we as modern society lack.
I've always wondered how maids in particular would wake up in time (since there were no alarm clocks). I know you could pay someone to knock on your window and wake you, but what about those maids who worked in grand houses that might have not had access to a knocker? Love this video Ruby!! Super educational
They might be used to it, so they'll wake up on time anyway. I would wake up at 7, no matter when I slept the night before. It's like my brain has its own alarm clock.
They sort of did have alarms! I’m not entirely sure when this began but overnight they would have a candle burning with a nail stuck in it, when the candle burnt down to the nail, the nail would fall and hit something metal waking someone up :)
I can highly recommend reading "A million years in a day" by Greg Jenner. In this book it is explained how different objects and also customs of daily life have been in invented and changed over time, for example how the alarm clock came to be.
Hi ruby, I was wondering which job your planning on getting with your English degree. Maybe you could do a video on it? Your are literally my favourite TH-camr! 😍🥰
Make one on perhaps a day in the life of a Victorian bride! That would be cool! Or maybe something about how women sought out a future spouse depending on where their are from and their class.
That is a such good video idea 👍🏼for me it is really interesting to watch videos about ,,dark/light academia” and about the Victorian time. The Victorian time is really fascinating
This was really eye opening Ruby- it's amazing how we forget how tough life was in the Victorian era- the women had to be resilient. A great video depicting the life of a Victorian scullery maid. I would definitely be interested to see more videos of the people of the victorian era.
I have started to op to watch these kinds of videos in the morning as it just makes us much more thankful to have the luxury of the work we now do as a pose to back then not having a choice ,weldone ruby! ☺️☺️
@@kierstenpounders973 My hair is calf length and my routine is not using heat tools, wearing it up in a protective bun during the day and wearing it in a silk sleep cap to protect it in bed. I wash and condition it once a week, never rip a brush or comb through it and always treat it gently, and eat enough protein - also make sure to get enough sleep. I only have it loose if I want to take a photo or do a hair video. I sometimes put a little oil through it to help with dryness. I only comb it once a day and then it is put up and not combed again until the next morning. Hope this helps! And...you need to give it time, it took me ten years to reach calf length.
The darker side of the Victorian era are indeed often overlooked so it was really informing for me to be able to also learn about those things. I would love more of these video's, they're fun and give a different perspective :)
Although modern conveniences have made many chores easier, a stay at home mom does the work of multiple maids and staff did back then! Not sure why people today consider them lazy. Excellent quality video and editing work. 💕
I learn more from this channel then I do on online school. I actually found this really interesting. It reminded me of when I studied A Christmas Carol.
I love these kind of videos! They are really interesting, as they show us what life was like in the past, but they are also very calming and aesthetic :)
This reminded me of a German series called Abenteuer 1900 that had a group of people live in a house for several weeks as if it was the turn of the century, with a heavy emphasis on the servants' daily life. Their scullery maid definitely seemed to be one of the most hard working and over worked ones of the bunch.
Thanks to your videos Ruby I started reading the book how to be a victorian and i'm impressed by the fact that people back then took so much care of details, that they knew how important is to spend time with the family and so and most importantly that they paid attention to etiquette. Thank you so much for the great recommendation 😍💖💖
girl you popped up in my recommended today and i love you. your voice, your room, the way you talked about the sides of a scullery maid you don’t hear often, and you’re entire give i totally love✨💛
Hi Ruby, You should create some sort of database for the articles and scholarly sources you use to make these videos. Like a google doc or something. I think it would definitely add to the educational direction you are going for. And perhaps you could even post a range of articles about wealth disparities, imperialism, and other themes/issues surrounding this time period. It'd be interesting, especially to those of us who don't know much about the time period except for the romanticized versions of it. Plus, it might help later if you decide to do research or graduate work on this topic.
Lovely video, thank you. They didn't have mops back in the day, the scullery maid would have had to scrub the floors on her hands and knees, also the fire would have had to be scrubbed and black leaded... the step and front door would have to be scrubbed and the brass polished and the stairs also... really hard life. There are quite a few great books on amazon with real life sories of servents. We honestly don't know we are living these days do we!
Hello Ruby, I'm sure you get lots of comments like this and you're probably sick of them but you're an absolute ICON you're INCREDIBLE you inspire me everyday. Thank you. ☺
Thank you, Ruby. This is really heartbreaking, but I think it's important that it is also shared. There is much to be learned from videos such as this.
I truly love these types of videos and especially those made by you! You should really consider making more of these or like the same concept but make it a night routine instead☺️
I absolutely love this. A few years ago I actually tried this a few years. Mrs Beeton didn't actually say that about scullery maids, she said that about maids-of-all-work who really would be solitary as the only servant in a house of people who would look down on her. Other than that, this is amazing! Thank you!
This is phenomenal, Ruby. My last name is Scully, and these are my ancestors. I researched them many years ago. It's so delightful to see your beautiful rendition of my kinfolk.
Oh Emily! I can't believe you've been watching my videos for so long. I'm so grateful to you! It's crazy that you're now the age I was when I started my channel! x
I'm actually doing a read athon I got inspiration from Ruby the biggest bookworm! Thankyou for the inspiration I might see the video in my break x because I have lots of reading to do. Wish me luck guys! Love you Ruby!🙈💕
I love this series so much, and I have also learned a lot from it. As for video ideas, I know that I will be interested in absolutely anything you come up with. Though with that being said, here are a few ideas that I thought I would share with you. I am sure that you could probably come up with your own ideas based on these as well. :) 1. daily routines (like you've been doing) 2. victorian meals working class versus upper-class ( perhaps something similar to your old tea party video??) 3. Outside chores (your cute chickens made me think of this one! haha!) 4. daily school routines (like what the school environment was like, how they did their work, how they studied, etc.) 5. things Victorians did for entertainment 6. Victorian dances that people did at balls or just victorian ballet would be neat 7. How victorians orchestrated balls and what occurred during them 8. How Victorians lived in the countryside versus the city 9. Victorian books and how they were influenced by and did influence society 10. Victorian look books 11. Victorian inspired dark/light academia (but not romanticizing it) 12. A victorian authors daily routine and/or writing routine 13. Victorian study with me (both edited and real time)
Hello from Florida. Young lady, you did a marvelous job in your Victorian videos. I’m a mom of 2 teenagers. I have fallen in love with the Victorian period, but you are right, it is the glamorized version. A very compassionate thing to talk about the reality of it.
Thank you for making these videos! I have learned a lot and it has inspired me to learn more about English history and the Victorian Era. Dearly grateful.
Amazing video. Thank you for taking the time to research, make this and LOL for roping in your mom for this (your mom's really nice srsly) xD. I especially love that you are so considerate towards "romanticism". Its such an overlooked aspect. Your acting was really good too! I like how you had a certain look (your blinks!) that to me captured the endurance of scullery maids. Thank you for honouring their struggles.
Ah Regina - thank you for taking the time to leave your comment. It's so important to be mindful of romanticising this era (that's essentially what the whole of dark academia does!). And that's nice of you to say about my acting! 🙈😇
Hey Ruby, this was a great video and provided a glimpse into how hard young women worked during the period. Thank you for making it, I learn so much from your channel!
i loved this and the other morning routine video! i think it would be cool to see a handful of other time periods admiring routines as well- like a little series
This is virtually the best educational videos i have ever watched because other videos would, at best, "draw" the life of a Victorian but you took us through it. ❤
I love this so much! It’s amazing to learn so much about this important period! Please don’t stop making this videos, I would love to see a routine for boarding schools, I research a lot about that and I think there are many interest aspects to show about it!
Thank you for your videos. Im a new follower. I love seeing how you experience the victorian era with your rountines! I am glad that you show both aspects of the time period, including the rich and those who were not as fortunate.
thank you so so much! its amazing to see the two classes in the victorian period. we often romanticize these periods because of the wonderful literature. a part like a morning routine is almost always overlooked. so educational. thank you Ruby!
This was really informative. We have such a skewed view of the Victorian Era that we forget about people like scullery maids. Thank you for making this.
It actually wasn't that nice, especially if you weren't rich 😢 the houses of working class families were extremely small, often mouldy and lots of people had to share their bed with strangers. The illnesses at the time were also terrible and it was likely to die early from eating poisoned food. For example borax in bread was a popular ingredient
I guess it was OK for a middle /upper class gentleman but in Virginia Woolf's book of traveling through time "Orlando" was portrayed as the most depressing era to live in XD
Downton abbey is a great series to watch if you are interested in getting an insight into how life was for servants in the post victorian era, and how life for them changed dramatically after the first World War.
Excellent video, thank you for posting it :-) Fun fact, Cocoa is actually really easy to test for brick dust, just put a little boiling water on it, genuine cocoa powder melts instantly and the residue is silky smooth, any roughness would be an additive. Not sure about testing for lead tho, yikes.
It's so eye opening to see maid's point of view in the Victorian Era. Great video as always Ruby! By the way i loved your hair in a bun you should do that more often :)
Wow, this is so fascinating! Definitely want to go read some books and watch documentaries on the Victorian era. I love the focus on respect and sympathy for these poor girls who were essentially the backbone for the backbone of the family who received little to no appreciation. Without them and indeed the rest of the house staff life would have been quite different and certainly more difficult for families privileged enough to have that lifestyle. Another video very well done, can't wait for the next installment of 'Ruby teaches through reenactment'.
Let’s take a moment,as we should everyday, to thank the various waves of worker’s rights activists that have led to more fair wages and shorter work days. Employers will never give workers rights without pressure
@@hlagol preach
yes, so true, and Urn, you are right also! This video brings to light how important it is.
@HoneyShine No-one here's calling for smashed windows or knife fights over unfair hours and wages.
One potential change I believe would make a considerable difference would be to either raise the minimum wage to the living wage, (how employers can offer less than is needed to live is beyond me) or to reserve the minimum wage for any additional jobs a person might work. Even then, an arrangement like that would be to the detriment of people living cheque to cheque and juggling multiple jobs to get by.
I'm not sure why I've decided to think about the state of the global economy before bed, but I'm sure it'll keep me up a while yet.
Agreed!!!
Thank you for this video... loved it
I loooveee that she’s showing multiple sides of the story and not leaving out certain parts that are typically overlooked 🥺🥺
Yes but she didnt say where the maid would have a morning wee!
@@meadowwalk shh 👀. We aren’t meant to discuss that....
@@MoldingMatty 😂
@@meadowwalk tf
Me too.
I would love to see a night routine for a scullery maid and upper class Victorian as well! This was such a great video and was really interesting
I will definitely film these!
@@RubyGranger8 I agree, this is very interesting content. Thank you.
Netflix, if you are thinking about commissioning a Victorian drama, Ruby is your girl!
100% agree!
Absolutely
@@jebdjdjsbdhjd yeah for sure
Defo!
Wow Ruby is ideal.
This video was so educational , and I would love to watch more Victorian period video's and learn more about them .
Yes and then there will be a series playlist... fun!! I wonder if any teachers will show this video to their classes!
Same 😍😍
same！
OK, the idea of KIDS being worked hard like this, living away from their parents, and ALONE brought me to tears. Thank you for talking about this.
Kids ,young children worked in mines. Animal welfare was abhorrent.
My nana was a scullery maid in ny after she fled hungary. she ended up finding her father here in america and he offered her to be a paid scullery maid in his house so she could get on her feet.Thank you for showing me a glimpse into my nana's daily life.
Her own father offered a job as a scullery maid?
@@rasputanrasputan1380 💀💀💀
@@rasputanrasputan1380 *I'm dead*
Joking right ? Your Nan was born in victorian times hmmm OK.
Unless you're an adult maybe a senior, your nana couldn't have been in the victorian times. The life of a scullery maid changed throughout history depending on the times.
I hope this becomes a series because I'm enjoying myself a tad bit too much♥✨
@Jay Chambers I hope Ruby notices this comment. I'm really enjoying it 😊🌌
Everything is so perfect. Crockery, kitchen, fire, costumes.
@@yashshah3484 I know, it's just aesthetics at their best ❤️
It would be an amazing series
It learnt so much. It's so painful to see how they spent their lives.
I know. It's actually heart breaking x
@@RubyGranger8 yes. Hope to learn more from you. Thank you.
You're Hermione's lil sis
Many live in staff actually thought they were lucky back then, as they had a roof over their head.Many of London's sex workers back then were poor, homeless married women who'd been widowed or left by a partner & fallen on hard times & had nowhere permanent to live. They'd work til they earned a nights board somewhere. Even poor families where the man worked lived 5/6 to a room.
@@sarahholland2600 All these women struggled and many are still struggling. But, some of us are lucky enough to have got the scope for being educated, to earn our livelihood and also to enjoy the way we want to once in a while. Their struggle makes us realise the value of what we have got.
You have the perfect house to film this video! It looks like it’s almost from a different time period with all the rustic touches😊
I was laughing when she was sliding down those shutters, because they had to fix one like that on ask this old house.
You should do the difference between an upper class child and Lowe class child in the Victorian era. I loved this so much.
Agreed 🙌
Yes!!!!
It would be great and interesting to see.
That would be too depressing
Can i just say your house is an aesthetic dream. It is such a historical/ modern mix with some extremely beautiful features, like your windows!
She’d only have bread for breakfast? I can’t imagine how tiresome that would be as it wouldn’t provide much energy and her day is strenuous as it is. Wasn’t aware she would have served the servants too. Makes you appreciate how far we’ve came (not ignoring what still needs to be done!)
Bread was the staple food for the Victorian working class, even working class men doing hard labor in the factories or mines. They ate it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with a small amount of vegetables and occasionally a piece of meat. Even today's working class eat better than the kings of the Victorian era.
No, we're just fat and eat way too much.
@@blupyxi5669 We do eat too much these days. But that doesn't change the fact that the Victorian poor were often terribly malnourished with stunted growth. Working class men were often a foot or more shorter than their "betters". Three meals a day of toast and tea, with bacon maybe once a week, and only an occasional vegetable will do that for you. If you were in service, or in a farming community, you might enjoy a standard of eating on par with our modern health diets with reasonable portions of vegetables and lean meats. But that was out of reach for most of the working poor in cities and industrialized areas.
also I dont know where are you from but the traditional way of making bread will make it into more nourishing meal you can imagine. Like they used proper zyme and the flour seeds with the skin on. Nowadays we eat usually white bread which isn’t so good, especially in America I think you can’t even buy like “proper” bread, whereas for example in my country in Europe we can buy the better bread. Someone would even say that it isn’t bread if it isn’t fermented and everything - they would say that it is just a toast. So back then bread meant really something different and you could go by with just the bread before you have a lunch. When I make my bread from scratch, with zyme and proper flour and like add seeds, then I can have just about two slices (and they can be smaller) and I’m literally full from it and I eat normally and enjoy big breakfast. I hope you can now understand why bread was almost sacred, it’s just because it would fill you up quickly and you would stay full long time (because of the proper flour) and also you could eat it quickly and doesn’t have to deal with cooking. Fermented products are also very healthy for your gut and it is something that we as modern society lack.
Bread is high in carbs so it would give her a lot of energy and fill her up more.
When she's mopping I love how confused the dog is lol
Victorian period is a joy to study but a nightmare to live in (by modern standarts)
One shouldn’t be afraid of hard work. Does the soul good.
"Arbeit macht frei"...yeah, heard that one before...🙄
I've always wondered how maids in particular would wake up in time (since there were no alarm clocks). I know you could pay someone to knock on your window and wake you, but what about those maids who worked in grand houses that might have not had access to a knocker? Love this video Ruby!! Super educational
They might be used to it, so they'll wake up on time anyway.
I would wake up at 7, no matter when I slept the night before. It's like my brain has its own alarm clock.
@@Nothing_Else3006 I was wondering that as well and that definitely makes sense, thank you!
They sort of did have alarms! I’m not entirely sure when this began but overnight they would have a candle burning with a nail stuck in it, when the candle burnt down to the nail, the nail would fall and hit something metal waking someone up :)
@@elleeray35 oh how interesting!!
I can highly recommend reading "A million years in a day" by Greg Jenner. In this book it is explained how different objects and also customs of daily life have been in invented and changed over time, for example how the alarm clock came to be.
I'd love to see a morning routine for a ladies' maid too! and night routines for all 3 - upper class woman, ladies maid and scullery maid
I’m loving this series so much it so educational
I'm so glad to hear that!
Hi ruby, I was wondering which job your planning on getting with your English degree. Maybe you could do a video on it? Your are literally my favourite TH-camr! 😍🥰
Actually her eye color just pierces through your soul
Make one on perhaps a day in the life of a Victorian bride! That would be cool! Or maybe something about how women sought out a future spouse depending on where their are from and their class.
That breakfast actually made me so sad
My mother, born in 1939, Did this in the fifties in France... She was a teenager.
Wow
I’ve never seen window blinds like that. They’re doors!! So beautiful.
That is a such good video idea 👍🏼for me it is really interesting to watch videos about ,,dark/light academia” and about the Victorian time. The Victorian time is really fascinating
Thank you so much Ela 📝🙈💕
This was really eye opening Ruby- it's amazing how we forget how tough life was in the Victorian era- the women had to be resilient. A great video depicting the life of a Victorian scullery maid. I would definitely be interested to see more videos of the people of the victorian era.
I love the Victorian era so much 🤎🪞🕰️⏳📜
I really loved the fact that you didn’t make it seem too glamorous as a lot of people do when in reality it is quite a hard working job to do.
I have started to op to watch these kinds of videos in the morning as it just makes us much more thankful to have the luxury of the work we now do as a pose to back then not having a choice ,weldone ruby! ☺️☺️
Ruby, I love how you show so much understanding and empathy for the lowest of the servants, the scullery maid!
This video reminds me of Downton Abbey.
I am growing my hair very long like the Victorian ladies did. Right now it’s at thigh-length. I follow their nightly hair routine. 🎀
Ooh what’s the routine??
@@kierstenpounders973 My hair is calf length and my routine is not using heat tools, wearing it up in a protective bun during the day and wearing it in a silk sleep cap to protect it in bed. I wash and condition it once a week, never rip a brush or comb through it and always treat it gently, and eat enough protein - also make sure to get enough sleep. I only have it loose if I want to take a photo or do a hair video. I sometimes put a little oil through it to help with dryness. I only comb it once a day and then it is put up and not combed again until the next morning. Hope this helps! And...you need to give it time, it took me ten years to reach calf length.
hearing ur voice just made my day sm better
- honeypot films
My grandmother was in service thank you I now know why she was so tough.
Can we appreciate the lovely messages in the window?
The darker side of the Victorian era are indeed often overlooked so it was really informing for me to be able to also learn about those things. I would love more of these video's, they're fun and give a different perspective :)
Interesting to watch from a distance...would not want to be there ....in England ....at all!!!
Although modern conveniences have made many chores easier, a stay at home mom does the work of multiple maids and staff did back then! Not sure why people today consider them lazy. Excellent quality video and editing work. 💕
Really eye opening seeing how vastly different this routine is compared to the upper class one but also similar in quite a few ways.
It's similar or equal the way maids and ladies DIDN'T wash themselves at all!!!
@@daniewinnieWell I mean there was not as much option to back then
I loooveee that she’s showing multiple sides of the story and not leaving out ,
I learn more from this channel then I do on online school. I actually found this really interesting. It reminded me of when I studied A Christmas Carol.
yayy!! you’ve been posting so often and I’m here for it😌
Omg yessss
I love these kind of videos! They are really interesting, as they show us what life was like in the past, but they are also very calming and aesthetic :)
This reminded me of a German series called Abenteuer 1900 that had a group of people live in a house for several weeks as if it was the turn of the century, with a heavy emphasis on the servants' daily life. Their scullery maid definitely seemed to be one of the most hard working and over worked ones of the bunch.
Ruby really make me be more productive and trying new things and getting the things i use to do and love to do back to me during this pandemic :)
Thanks to your videos Ruby I started reading the book how to be a victorian and i'm impressed by the fact that people back then took so much care of details, that they knew how important is to spend time with the family and so and most importantly that they paid attention to etiquette. Thank you so much for the great recommendation 😍💖💖
Yes! I’ve been waiting for another one of these! I would really like to see a Victorian night routine too! Love ya Ruby! 💕✨
girl you popped up in my recommended today and i love you. your voice, your room, the way you talked about the sides of a scullery maid you don’t hear often, and you’re entire give i totally love✨💛
Hi Ruby, You should create some sort of database for the articles and scholarly sources you use to make these videos. Like a google doc or something. I think it would definitely add to the educational direction you are going for. And perhaps you could even post a range of articles about wealth disparities, imperialism, and other themes/issues surrounding this time period. It'd be interesting, especially to those of us who don't know much about the time period except for the romanticized versions of it. Plus, it might help later if you decide to do research or graduate work on this topic.
Please make more of these! Different parts of the day, longer and more of them!! We love these Ruby❤️❤️
Lovely video, thank you. They didn't have mops back in the day, the scullery maid would have had to scrub the floors on her hands and knees, also the fire would have had to be scrubbed and black leaded... the step and front door would have to be scrubbed and the brass polished and the stairs also... really hard life. There are quite a few great books on amazon with real life sories of servents. We honestly don't know we are living these days do we!
Such a lovely video!! Very calm and happy. Ruby never ceases to brighten my day.
I always wait for when Ruby uploads on a Monday!
Hello Ruby, I'm sure you get lots of comments like this and you're probably sick of them but you're an absolute ICON you're INCREDIBLE you inspire me everyday. Thank you. ☺
It's amazing to be in top 50 of comment section.lots of love 💕
Thank you, Ruby. This is really heartbreaking, but I think it's important that it is also shared. There is much to be learned from videos such as this.
Like what?
'I hope that you have a productive week' 🥺♥️ best outro ever, so sweet! And definitely makes me want to go ahead and a have a productive week ✨
I loved that you did this and also showed a glimpse of the life of those who are so often forgotten
Ruby does not only make my day, she literally makes my whole week 💕
Sam, you're so lovely!!
I truly love these types of videos and especially those made by you! You should really consider making more of these or like the same concept but make it a night routine instead☺️
I absolutely love this. A few years ago I actually tried this a few years. Mrs Beeton didn't actually say that about scullery maids, she said that about maids-of-all-work who really would be solitary as the only servant in a house of people who would look down on her. Other than that, this is amazing! Thank you!
Very interesting Ruby, I hope you make more videos like this one and maybe from other time periods
definitely! I was thinking of doing Regency videos too :)
@@RubyGranger8 excellent, since I'm not British and as History lover I'm looking forward to it
This was extremely interesting! The Victorian period absolutely fascinates me. Thank you for making this!
This is phenomenal, Ruby. My last name is Scully, and these are my ancestors. I researched them many years ago. It's so delightful to see your beautiful rendition of my kinfolk.
Mistake number 1: a scullery made would never sleep in such a soft, vibrant, velvety blanket lol
This was so interesting thank you! Please do more, I really love them
I would love to watch a Victorian-themed series!!
oooh could you do an evening routine - maybe a comparison between men and women as well as class?
My grandmother was a Scullery Maid, but in the Edwardian era. this video make me feel sad, glad I wasn't born then...
I know you won't see this, but I remember watching you when I was 9. Now I'm 14 and you really have changed my childhood for the better.
Oh Emily! I can't believe you've been watching my videos for so long. I'm so grateful to you! It's crazy that you're now the age I was when I started my channel! x
@@RubyGranger8 Oh my gosh! You replied! Ahh! Thank you so much for doing all you do for us!!
I'm actually doing a read athon I got inspiration from Ruby the biggest bookworm! Thankyou for the inspiration I might see the video in my break x because I have lots of reading to do. Wish me luck guys! Love you Ruby!🙈💕
I love this series so much, and I have also learned a lot from it. As for video ideas, I know that I will be interested in absolutely anything you come up with. Though with that being said, here are a few ideas that I thought I would share with you. I am sure that you could probably come up with your own ideas based on these as well. :)
1. daily routines (like you've been doing)
2. victorian meals working class versus upper-class ( perhaps something similar to your old tea party video??)
3. Outside chores (your cute chickens made me think of this one! haha!)
4. daily school routines (like what the school environment was like, how they did their work, how they studied, etc.)
5. things Victorians did for entertainment
6. Victorian dances that people did at balls or just victorian ballet would be neat
7. How victorians orchestrated balls and what occurred during them
8. How Victorians lived in the countryside versus the city
9. Victorian books and how they were influenced by and did influence society
10. Victorian look books
11. Victorian inspired dark/light academia (but not romanticizing it)
12. A victorian authors daily routine and/or writing routine
13. Victorian study with me (both edited and real time)
These suggestions are AMAZING! Thank you :)
@@RubyGranger8 I am always happy to help! :-D
Hello from Florida. Young lady, you did a marvelous job in your Victorian videos. I’m a mom of 2 teenagers. I have fallen in love with the Victorian period, but you are right, it is the glamorized version. A very compassionate thing to talk about the reality of it.
Thank you for making these videos! I have learned a lot and it has inspired me to learn more about English history and the Victorian Era. Dearly grateful.
Amazing video. Thank you for taking the time to research, make this and LOL for roping in your mom for this (your mom's really nice srsly) xD. I especially love that you are so considerate towards "romanticism". Its such an overlooked aspect. Your acting was really good too! I like how you had a certain look (your blinks!) that to me captured the endurance of scullery maids. Thank you for honouring their struggles.
Ah Regina - thank you for taking the time to leave your comment. It's so important to be mindful of romanticising this era (that's essentially what the whole of dark academia does!). And that's nice of you to say about my acting! 🙈😇
Hey Ruby, this was a great video and provided a glimpse into how hard young women worked during the period. Thank you for making it, I learn so much from your channel!
Thank you so much Elizabeth! x
I love this videos!!! Please keep doing them!!! They are magical✨
I love your house so much. The interior is so beautiful ,old-fashioned and cozy.
I'd love to see more bookish vlogs-maybe one on your TBRs or how you decide what to read next (assigned school readings aside).
I've been craving Ruby content 😭💕
Currently in a class on Victorian English lol. But I'm totally watching this later! 😅
i loved this and the other morning routine video! i think it would be cool to see a handful of other time periods admiring routines as well- like a little series
This was fascinating ! Reading literature from that period would have some added dimension after watching these videos. Thanks Ruby :)
this is lovely! makes me feel super grateful for the working rights we have today and how far women/society have come!
This is virtually the best educational videos i have ever watched because other videos would, at best, "draw" the life of a Victorian but you took us through it. ❤
I love this so much! It’s amazing to learn so much about this important period! Please don’t stop making this videos, I would love to see a routine for boarding schools, I research a lot about that and I think there are many interest aspects to show about it!
I love these videos! What about a night routine for each class to? Your amazing!!!!
Wow. I watched it from start to finish and I didn't think I would! Love this ❤️
Thank you for your videos. Im a new follower. I love seeing how you experience the victorian era with your rountines! I am glad that you show both aspects of the time period, including the rich and those who were not as fortunate.
It's wonderful to learn about people we don't often see. Your videos are wonderful as well as educational. Thank you for making them.
thank you so so much! its amazing to see the two classes in the victorian period. we often romanticize these periods because of the wonderful literature. a part like a morning routine is almost always overlooked. so educational. thank you Ruby!
So interesting. I thought I knew a lot about Victorian servant life but I learned new things here. Great job!
This was really informative. We have such a skewed view of the Victorian Era that we forget about people like scullery maids. Thank you for making this.
I love all of the victorian content it seems like such a cool time to live in for a bit!
Definitely not a cool time to live in xxx
Sounds romantic but actually not so great...
It actually wasn't that nice, especially if you weren't rich 😢 the houses of working class families were extremely small, often mouldy and lots of people had to share their bed with strangers. The illnesses at the time were also terrible and it was likely to die early from eating poisoned food. For example borax in bread was a popular ingredient
I guess it was OK for a middle /upper class gentleman but in Virginia Woolf's book of traveling through time "Orlando" was portrayed as the most depressing era to live in XD
@@gingersal8052 im a big beast satan rules
Downton abbey is a great series to watch if you are interested in getting an insight into how life was for servants in the post victorian era, and how life for them changed dramatically after the first World War.
Love this series and thank you for informing us ❤️❤️
Excellent video, thank you for posting it :-) Fun fact, Cocoa is actually really easy to test for brick dust, just put a little boiling water on it, genuine cocoa powder melts instantly and the residue is silky smooth, any roughness would be an additive. Not sure about testing for lead tho, yikes.
It's so eye opening to see maid's point of view in the Victorian Era. Great video as always Ruby! By the way i loved your hair in a bun you should do that more often :)
Great work Ruby!! And yes I would love to see more videos like this!
Your literally my idol! Your so smart and your videos have taught me so much! Keep making videos Ruby! ❤️❤️
your house is so beautifull and looks really warm and cozy. love the video xx
Wow, this is so fascinating! Definitely want to go read some books and watch documentaries on the Victorian era. I love the focus on respect and sympathy for these poor girls who were essentially the backbone for the backbone of the family who received little to no appreciation. Without them and indeed the rest of the house staff life would have been quite different and certainly more difficult for families privileged enough to have that lifestyle. Another video very well done, can't wait for the next installment of 'Ruby teaches through reenactment'.