Abandoned- Hidden original farm house! Layers of history uncovered just in time.
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Hey house lovers and explorers! This video is one I enjoyed very much as this home was far more than what the front view indicated.
The home is actually over 100 years old and as you will see once inside the layers of history start to be recalled.
The area of Findon in Adelaide was always known for it`s gardening and farming form yesteryear and this dwelling and parcel of land has been a true survivor up until the last few years.
Even the old original shed has a unique original purpose and I add some history of the property toward the end of the video. Hope you all enjoy, cheers for watching :-)
The end makes me so sad. All the laughter, tears, arguments, kisses, hugs and stories the walls held so tightly are now just sitting in a pile of rubble. I need a tissue……😢😢
The apartment units you showed look like the prison cell locks here in the U.S.
Thanks again, great content,keep up caring for the kitties.
A salute to some of the original immigrants to South Australia who did it tough and survived on their entrepreneurial skills of market gardening no doubt learnt well in countries such as Italy and Greece.
Absolutely Neville :-) Yep the Tripodi`s were also market gardeners to this area. Potatoes. Cheers for watching :-)
My uncle is a massive Potato grower in the river land. He started growing in Newton in the 50’s as a market gardener. It’s amazing what they accomplished with nothing
Paul, really enjoyed this one. I love when you find the history of the home. A shame it's gone. Thank you and Amanda for sharing this. Take care.
Hi Cynthia, :-) Glad you enjoyed, yes it was enjoyable for me and intriguing to use the clues to uncover the history. Thanks for watching :-)
And they call this “progress”..seeing this destruction of a once beautiful landscape actually brought tears to my eyes..thank you for your always inspirational & at times, emotional stories of worlds long gone..
Cheers Sally, glad you felt the journey of this home and land. Y=Thanks for watching :-)
That was an amazing Video, I used to Live near Bridgeman Road for a while and the land next to that used to be a potato farm (a friend of mine used to sneak in and steal the potatoes). i once made the mistake of trying to short cut my way home from work through the dirt in my heels, only to find it was only to find my feet would sink shin deep into the soil. It took me ages, by the time i realized the soil wasn't getting any easier to walk through i was half way to where i needed to be.... i think it took me an hour to walk across and ruined my shoes in the meantime. I do remember vaguely and this bought back so many memories.
Hi Heather :-) Yes the Tripodi`s were also potato market gardeners to this area which was Giuseppina`s former family name. The home prob had cows originally too as this area along Findon road was dairy farming too. So cool to uncover all this along the way. Haha. trudging through the fields in heels would not be a short cut in the end I guess lol :-)
Jeez, break out the bubble wrap.....again!
I absolutely hate that we are loosing our historic homes to these greedy developers and they put up those monstrosities they call villas. Its so very sad that this is happening to towns all over Australia. Thankyou for taking us down the memory of a glorious home that had stood the test of time, much appreciated to you for documenting them before they are destroyed.
My Pleasure Dancing Unicorn :-) Glad you enjoyed
Thank you to Amanda, I loved this house. I am sure there were many happy events that took place. The picture of Eric mowing his lawn by tractor was super cool. Sometimes talking with the neighbours answers questions as it did in this case. Thank you Paul :)
I have a feeling the cross would have marked the grave until a headstone was lain.
Good call Heather and yes I think you would be correct. Cheers :-)
Yep, I figured the same. 👍
Urbex Indigo thanks for sharing this with me my friend it is a shame to see this place gone and all the history with it i this video about Abandoned- Hidden original farm house! Layers of history uncovered just in time. it was really good video and thanks again for sharing it . iam from the U.S.A and i will always enjoy watching the videos on your channel and i can;t wait to see your next video and God Bless .
Yes, this area had large market gardens in the day. So sad that all that rich alluvial soil is now lost forever under cheap little boxes. I went to Underdale High, (not far away), which used to have a huge celery farm on its' boundary. The gorgeous smell of celery used to whaft across the oval....thx for taking the time to delve into the history once again 😁
Im happy i found an interesting one for you to find the history about
Cheers again Amanda. :-) This one certainly did intrigue me and gave a lot of layers. Will do a follow up at some point. :-)
Hi Paul, it was very close to my heart seeing this story.
My Dad bought a 1969 Chrysler valiant three years old in 1972 from Portside Chrysler down the road and the original owner was listed in the owners book was an Arnold Richardson of this address.
About six or seven years ago, my son and I decided to knock on the door and see if we could find the original owner listed as Arnold Richardson, his brother, Eric answered and said that his brother passed away in the 80s, he didn’t recall much about the car I bought, but did mention his brother and himself bought new Valiants every 3 years or so.
We turned up on that day with that car to show them but mentioned he had poor eye sight to be able see it properly, and probably wouldn’t have remembered his brothers car from 1972.
It was great to learn about this history of the property and the family.
We still have the car in the family now.
Thanks
Martin
A very nice home that could have held a family for many more years.
Always a pleasure with a bit of history shared about the home!
I really enjoyed this one Paul. You did a great job with the history of this place and the family. I got very 🥲 listening to their story. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it Gwendolyn :-) Thanks for watching
It's really lovely Paul how you piece together the jig-saw and story - it's beautiful. Got to love 'Google Earth' & how you found a 2009 photo of Eric - the owner on his old tractor mowing the lawn - that is priceless & then tracing the generation of owners from finding the wooden cross of Giuseppina & tracing her heritage to the home♥love that so much. I imagine Eric spent a lot of time in the garage & re-vamping that old radio (I know you can't take mementos from a property but what a shame if that got turned to dust too). I loved the fact that he must have loved 'potato chips' & collecting chip memorablia - & I wonder who's hat that was. I noticed a space ship type machine thingey on top of one of the old wardrobes - was that an old vacuum cleaner? Seems a little divine intervention crossed your path running into one of the old neighbours who knew Eric - Wow! Amazing! No matter how ordinary a life may seem each of our stories is precious - it's lovely you could tell a little of this home's story (as you do) and a snippet of people who once called it home. Thank you for sharing the wonder - though again turning homes to dust is so sad 🧡
Hi fairywrenwhispers :-) Yes I think that was an old vacuum cleaner on the cupboard :-) Glad you enjoyed and you appreciate the former family story. Thanks for watching, many more to come :-)
What a terrific find. Love your knowledge of the details and the decades that go with the changes. I’m still so fascinated with the differences between US and Austrailia and how the same styles are from diff decades. I love your videos but sometimes I get pretty sad watching homes with so much personality just get plowed. I guess I’m a bit of a sentimental fool. That’s for sharing!
Me too!
Glad you enjoyed it Susan :-) I am like you as I would like these old properties to remain as long as possible but it is just not possible in this day and age especially being in the suburbs. :-) Thanks so much for watching :-)
You are very informative with your videos. You bring a sense of closure to the people who lived in these houses ❤
Cheers Misty Lane :-) Glad you view it like that too :-)
The old villa was most certainly disguised behind the later allegations from different decades. An interesting explore thanks Pau.
Another wonderful house wow old garden farming area.my grandparents owned land in Seaton which was also farming land.they had a chicken farm.along Clarke tce.many moons ago long gone
Cheers Sidboraus :-) It is always intriguing to think back of all the properties that have been long gone and the people that made a life in them :-
Paul this was one of the best so far you explored and good that your friend Amanda found this old home for you to explore enjoyed this piece of history of the Richardson family and Hes sheds he used to milk cows wow pretty big house and land thanks for an excellent share, Paul
I am also a fan of when you put the history in the story. Another beauty sacrifice for progress.
Really enjoyed your brilliant detective work uncovering the many layers of this farmhouse. Exciting to watch! 💚
Glad you enjoyed it Romy :-) Thanks so much for watching
A old girl with a new face. But I bet the old face was far more beautiful. Thank you for this gem.
really liked this one, some of the places you visit have a certain feeling about them that makes them special almost like they are alive
Hello Paul once again another excellent video I like to thank Amanda showing you this beautiful home thank you for bringing this video to us love from upstate New York
🌟Hi Paul! Beautiful home lost forever, really enjoyed the history and the interiour of the home especially the victorian arch. Thank you Amanda for the heads up and thank you Paul as always ❤️🌟😊x
Glad you enjoyed it Megan :-) Cheers for watching again :-)
Giuseppina's grave marker in the shed was a temporary, likely never used because finances allowed for the permanent at the start.
Shame to see the old homestead go to be replaced by a housing community that resembles an industrial park.
Thanks for the tour Paul!
Say hello to Tux and the rest for me!
🤠👍👍👍
🇺🇸
Cheers John! :-)
Looked like it was a pretty productive little farm judging by the stack of spud boxes in the photo and the little Massey Ferguson 35 tractor used to work it . Good one mate always love the history.
Cheers mate :-)
Loved this video.
Adored the pic of Eric in his tractor!
Enjoyed the history.
Thanks Amanda.
An Awesome job as usual Paul 🥳
Hi Paul! I really loved this beauty. Awesome find Amanda.keep up the great work.
I think that last little room with all the shelves was, indeed, a pantry. Farm wives, when the original owners of the land farmed there, would have canned large amounts of produce from their farm. Not only for the family but to feed their farmhands, as well. I remember how much space my mother’s home-made canned goods required for storage and we were not farmers. (My mom just liked feeding our family of five farm-fresh foods.) Whatever leftover produce there was would have been preserved, rather than wasted. They may have also made extra to sell.
Just happened to be at the computer when this popped up. 😂I'll get to watch after the shopping is done. No doubt another ripper!
Thanks for stopping bye @kenem1946 hope you enjoy :-)
Beautiful old home with a interesting story,sad it's gone for ever. Thanks for your great work.Greetings from Germany.
Paul this was a great fine, I'm glad that you were able to share this Old villa with us and the story that came with it. I would be interested to know if there is more to the story. Thank you again Paul and Amanda!
Hi Paul what a lovely old home it's a shame it has to be demolished to make way for these modern homes that look like boxes
Loved discovering the different layers of the past with this one, (wow, a Victorian villa😯),
including the history too.
Great detective work.
Thanks heaps for watching again Prue :-) Glad you enjoyed :-)
@@urbexindigo5164thank you so much for the history of the home…so many times it is not shared or researched…it just brings the story full round. And how do people find out names of people exploring?…At times I have tried to find out who the wonderful people who bring this into my home are! And Michael? Who is he…Michael k?
Hi Paul thanks for the informed commentary. Houses all have their own story to tell. It's sad to see them being knocked down for modern mass housing. Love your work.
Another killer video! Ashame this home is being demolished for cookie cutter housing. Thanks for posting.
Cheers Pete :-)
Hello Paul. What a beautiful home someone could have purchased just the house. There didn't seem to be any structural damage. just goes to show what big amounts money and councils can do to our history. I love the arch way, the beautiful apricot lights and the good size rooms. Not matchbox size were there isn't room to breath . Thanks Paul for another great video and your time. Cheers
Another great video and information on the home. Thanks Paul, looking forward to the next one. 😀
Glad you enjoyed it Vicky :-)
Well this house had some surprises, could definitely spend alot of time looking and relooking at the home to spot the timewarpage and the reasons why things were done as they were. Thanks for sharing Cheers MM :)
Cheers MM :-) Yes there were many interesting clues and hidden details :-)
As always Paul, a great history lesson. Wondering if the shelving in the shed might have been for stock for a business selling the potato chips/crisps. These types of small businesses sell from vans at country shows and the like. Just an additional thought. 🙂
Such a lovely home and such a shame. You can tell it was well cared for
thanks for the video and recording history.
Hello you tow thank you for not saying only guys but guys and girls🤗🤗 nice vidéo I love bravo 👍👍 music at the end you are sad to see these houses demolished 😥😥😥🐈🐈🐈👋👋👋👋
The shed may have been a summer kitchen, but I wonder if it could have been a guest house. It seemed to have some walls eliminated and other modifications. A really good explore. Thank you. Couldn't it have qualified as one of those Heritage Homes and been saved, it was still in great shape?
Wonderful touch, the history. My 1945 home has one archway, perhaps a throwback? It was completed before the end of the war. It's sad to see what's happening in Adelaide (probably everywhere). But I know for certain if I sell my house or die, it'll be razed and some new monstrosity will grow, but not units, single family homes only here. It's happening in my area and it's the oldest homeowners association in the city. Watching you go thru houses is like watching my future. TFS 💖💔🏏🎸
Lets hope your home stands for many more decades icatz :-)
Great to hear the history and the explore!!
I would definitely like to have all of those shelves for my canning lol
This video actually made me sad. Very good history, but still sad somehow...
Another video of Urbex Indigo, that's good
Thank you for your great videos, as always. Have really enjoyed how you have been sharing your historical research findings as well as utilizing Google Earth. Thanks again!
Thanks M Smith :-) More like this to come for certain :-)
A really good explore fella. At first I thought it was that bungalow that was near the airport but that was so open at the back towards the airport but it looked similar to this from memory. Love the details in this, especially the 50s touches on the ceilings.
Used to ride my old treadly all around findon and seaton lots of history around there
Thanks Paul great explore loved the research about the house & who lived there thanks Amanda such a shame
This is such a nice home mate yes loved the archway and that awesome fireplace and yes that valve radio would of been a radiogram in its day and put into that wooden box that was a nice find love old valve radios. Nice old gem mate lots of goodies in that spare shed. Ohh wow a grave ingraving on that cross what a nice explore mate cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it Werner :-) Yeah they did a pretty good job transforming the home and adapting the old structure and interiors. It was a cool explore for me as there were many mysteries and questions! haha. Cheers for watching mate
27:05. They must have grown some fruit or vegetables as there are large packing crates on the far right. Maybe the large concrete room you thought was a wash room was for storage for the fruit or vegetables as it would have been cool in there. A special thank you for the backstory
Hi Tina, yes this was a big potato farm originally and in operation right up until a few years back. 👍😁
Thanks for sharing and as always a cool tune!!!
Cheers ABC :-)
What a sad story to see a former family home along with the history of the family to know that it is no longer standing and the original family is gone. It would have been a glorious home back in it's day.
What a very cool home. It's sad that those boxes will take its place. I wasn't sure if those were apartments or something more industrial like storage units or businesses. I see by the comments they are apartments. Thanks for sharing your part of the world. I can be an armchair traveller from Canada.
Glad you enjoyed NWP :-) Cheers for watching
What a nice way to enjoy my Sunday morning coffee.
It's a shame it couldn't be saved, the potential!!!.
Love your gathering of history, is there more to add to this?.
Keep them coming!!!!
Hi Kerrie :-) So glad you enjoyed. Yes sad indeed but in the day and age and especially a parcel of land like this in the suburbs it was always going to come to an end...... Yes will add to this in the future :-) Cheers for watching
Appreciate what you do my friend 👌 Keep up the good work 👍👍
Cheers Zachary :-)
I think those ceiling medallions are original. They look Art Deco and I think someone remodeling in later years to update the place would have removed them. I certainly don't think they would have been added or restored during a remodel.
did get a couple of upgrades over the years but still a beautiful home
Enjoyed the history you were able to relate about the property and its prior owners. Also happy to know that lady has a proper headstone. Nice place seemed much bigger than a lot of homes I have seen here. What a shame It will be replaced with those horrible boxes that exist behind it. Thanks, Paul
Great Video as always 👍
Another informative explore Paul. When it first started I honestly thought the buildings next to it were for the workmen to make a brew in it or eat there lunch. I would never look at them and want to live in one. So soulless and ugly. Such a shame they are putting these horrible homes where a Beautiful historic home once stood. Xx
Awesome history urbex cheers 🍻 👏 love your videos 👍
Thanks so much Lita :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 thank you stay 🙏 safe stay 😎 cool
The yellow devils don't care about history. When I see them in your videos I am always reminded of the wrecking bot in "I, Robot" - the movie.
Hi Paul
This house is a beauty and they have to demolish it to put up those ugly apartment
houses. They really are ugly cold looking buildings. The Richardson family took
good care of this house. There must have been some old folks living in this house
at some point judging by all the grab bars I saw in the house. I love that spacious
kitchen. Nice work Paul. By the way how is the new cat Tux doing? Stay safe and
well out there.🐈
Hi Irene :-) Cheers for watching and Tux is doing great, he is accepted by Nicolai and Noah and he is happy :-) Will show them in a vid soon! :-)
It would have made those boxes more ugly than they are….why cant they move these houses,sell them to someone who would move it to a better spot.
Eclectic layers and features all coexisting together ! What vintage were the ceiling lights that looked like flames ? Very interesting 👍
That was a cool video. Thanks for sharing. Hope you enjoy your weekend be safe.
My pleasure labrat :-) Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed :-)
Good day! I noticed several hold bars on the walls.
Thanks for the research fascinating but the cross in the shed was creepy and the boarded up cellar area
Fantastic video and a lovely old home. Amazing how so much history is being erased all over the world.... definitely sad. Cheers Paul.
Thank you Amanda for the heads up to a wonderful home!
You are so welcome Susan, cheers for watching :-)
So sad...such beauty in those old Villas. Wish I could see it in it's day! I hope they collected all the salvagables before treardown!
Yep I agree. It was fun to try analyze the history and the old home inside. Cheers for watching :-)
Australia is beautiful. 💖
Thanks for watching Princess June :-) Glad you enjoyed :-)
What a lovely, quirky, serviceable home!!! It does look renovated, but gives a 1950s feel to it. I love the woodwork. Thirtys to fifties? Again, so sad to see kne so nice hit the dust. A waste.
Very fascinating to also see cross cultural marriages especially back in the 1950's when Italians would have been very new to Australia...
Thanks
The back end you said was a kitchen, I believe it was used as a pantry. I noticed a lock on the door, they may have made their own liquor. Preserves,sauces etc
Beautiful place by the look of the markings on those cubbies in the shop I think they had a hot rod shop
definitely looks like it was some kind of business in the shed
I'm surprised that land that large was still there even 40 years ago. This area is hardly the outskirts of the city where the suburbs encroached on it...this was already built up 50 years or more ago.
Yep :-) The Richardson`s held on to it for as long as possible it seems.
I can’t see having a toilet in a different area of the house! That’s rough if you have are in the shower/ tub and have to go to the loo! Just an observation.
I think that small room in the garage was used for an office.
Hi Diana :-) Yes pretty common here in Australia to have the loo separate from the bathroom :-) Thanks for watching
Very interesting ❤
I really like this house, albeit a bit eclectic.
I honestly don't see anything really wrong with it. I love hearing the history of the homes.
I hate seeing those ugly square boxes go up..
that yellow devil, man...
I wonder what it look like when it was originally
Not to my liking but thank you.Enjoyed the tour . You are very knowledgeable and very respectful of the houses
I appreciate that Paula, cheers for watching :-)
I have been trying to find out about the song you play. Please let me know who it is. I love this old music
Hi Janet :-) Here is the song- th-cam.com/video/-YyQqU08SDI/w-d-xo.html
Careful with that asbestos around the "cellar"
Why destroy something so Beautiful and still Sturdy to live in??? I would chose this over an apartment any day!!!
I’m wondering if they ran a small corner shop and stored a lot of groceries etc in the back shed.
Greed and ignorance wins the day again - Australia has so little history, surely they'd try to preserve what little they can find - the "new" landscape sure paints a bleak picture. The old part of this property could've been salvaged and a small parcel of land around it could have been saved to leave some character for the new and future residents to enjoy, it's been done before, a park could be designed around it, have it as a feature in a featureless, bleak, soulless part of town. Just a few thoughts as I watch your video, thanks again Paul.
PS: speaking of bodies being found, our old next door neighbours in Sydney dug up a child's grave when they were installing an in-ground pool - cement coffin.
That house is/was just down the street from me. my great grandparents / grandparents had a farm shown up the top of the aerial photo and was subdivided around the mid 50's i think.
Where can i find a copy of that aerial photo?
The little stone room may have been a milk room if the original farm had a cow like many did.