The radio parts you found in the chest and those cards are for HAM radio. Those cards were not shipping tags but QSO cards for HAM radio operators to exchange with when they made contact with that country. VK5NPL is a Australian call sign. I know because I am a HAM radio operator. That is neat to know that the owner there was a HAM operator.😊
When I saw that radio I immediately pictured the Australian radio operators that stateside (US) operators would talk to during the war. And then what shows up? A war-era US dime and nickel. There was a rich lot of history in that shed. Now, not even the beautiful fruit trees are left. Very sad.
I was going to say the same thing. In California USA I have known a few operators involved with sailors crossing the pacific ocean to the Hawaiian islands. I believe there is a similiar set up over there. I love to monitor ham radio if I have the opportunity which is very rare. Well online is a whole other story.
Well done! Love the history and the pics of the cooker. That was a Mercury head dime from America, and a Liberty head quarter and or 5 cent piece. Very nicely preserved. That was a dark room set up with chemicals and old film canisters. How very interesting. Thanks so much!
I like a story where the owner of the home lives their entire life in the home, to the end, or at least I hope the person did. What is really heartbreaking is a person being put in a nursing home, taken from their surroundings and memories. So the old girl served it's owners well and now she has been laid to rest, not a bad ending from a different perspective. However, hope the orange and lemon tree was saved.
I'm just a few minutes in but the condition of the property is heartbreaking considering it may have only Been empty since 2007. Either it went down hill fast or Hopefully no one was living in it in such poor condition.
So sad! If the walls could talk! Thankyou for your huge effort you put into this video. Your amazing! Beautiful old gem, it is a shame it can't be saved. 😍
Awesome find this week. I do so love those old Victorian fireplaces and mantles. Hopefully, whatever is put up in place of this old home isn't too ugly. Another great video.
Hi Paul, Really like your videos. You have great respect and care for the stuff left behind. I enjoy your comments and the effort you put into researching the history. Keep up the great work
Hi Paul, thank you for sharing another great video. Thank you for taking the time to record all the wonderful properties that are being torn down, these were once somebody's pride and joy and you are keeping them alive in posterity. Cheers mate. 👍😁
Hi Brendan thanks for the support mate :-) My pleasure for sharing them as they need to be remembered I totally agree so we can look back and think wow! So much history and memories in these old places :-)
Omg I love the old footage and music. I have an essential job so I have been working thru this COVID19 Oooh look at that mantle. 😯 nice citrus trees. Those are old USA Liberty coins. They could be from the early 1900' s. RIP lil house. Love your vids. You may not know just how insightful and valuable they may be in the future. Keep them coming 😉❤
I enjoyed another neat flash back to the early 1900's. My grandparents were born 1898 and 1905. I'm in California USA. I remember my grandmother's coral painted bungalow(?) in Southern California. She was a seamstress and had a room full of projects albeit I just thought it was all hers. A clothes hog. I remember the sewing machine and ironing board set up. I know how to sew and can see her working area set up.
Oh Wow! Bought back so many memories of the house my parents lived in before they died, it was so simular , even the loo out the back...thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed it.. keep them coming xx
Poor old house, it was so rundown. Good to have the house documented because of the age of it, I bet there would have been a lot of stories to be told there. Excellent video xxx
Looks like it was a nice home in it's day. Still not terrible for 130 years old. Sad that it's gone but restoration would have been very expensive. Thanks, stay safe.
That house has been well lived in. I love that you looked back and found a Mrs Driscoll. It has a real sense of history. I really hope someone thought to save the old stove. I have a thing for them and fireplaces. When I went to visit family in Adelaide, my aunt and uncle took us around showing us the old houses. They were beautiful. Thank you for sharing another great place.
Thanks to you, and your research, --- I ---- now am beginning to now know what to look for as original or an attempt to be. Thank you for that. Also, because you are calm, not at all dramatic, or hopping around with your attention, and can be steady with your camera work, I am able to pay attention, and listen, and not get irritated. In case no one has told you, you have a pleasant tone to your voice, and the accent is wonderful! So, in short, thank you for all of this during a very stressful pandemic time!!!!!-- SDK
Hi SDK :-) Yes I love to find the research when avail, it really adds to these old places that have so much living and memories inside. Thanks for watching :)
He was a ham operator and the post cards with ham operator friends cards shared. My dad was a ham operator he had hundreds of cards. Nice explore and coins
Im from the USA. I appreciate how you preserve of film what cannot be physically preserved . I love old houses. When I enter one I feel the mood of it's history. I hope the buyers rescued the hardest and window trims, etc.
Yep. I`v seen others where the very long time owners are so used to doing it the old way it seems impossible by our standards that people lived that way still. Thanks for watching :-)
I know, but some don't want change. I worked looking after people in their own home and I used to see one 94 year old man who still had lino on all his floors, original butler sink and wooden drainer in the kitchen with just a table, cooker and spin dryer. He did at some point have a bathroom put in upstairs but he just didn't want anything changed. He'd lived there since 1934 when he was a child. Still had the old gas fittings from the lights on the walls. In its own way it was a beautiful house 🙂
She must have been a stunner in her day. She was small but met the needs of those who lived there. I think the radio you found in the back shed was what we call a Ham Radio. It would pick up other operators from around the world depending on the size of the antenna he had. My father had one and I can remember him talking to folks from all over the US and Canada. The wringer washers are few and far between these days. I used to help my mother with the laundray in a wringer washer. We also had a washboard to use for stains before putting clothes in the washer. We then hung the clothes outside to dry. They always smelled so good when we brought them in to iron or fold and put away. 😃
Always wish i had the old photos of these places to see it all new :-) Yes i have learned this eve all about that radio and its purpose now Doreen. I do remeber people using Cb`s and similar type things while I was a kid, thanks for watching again :-)
Thank you for the backstory and I can picture the house in its heyday. Seeing that stove telling it's story of meals made for a family. Good explore. Even when you found those coins of what was, the period features all very cool.
What a darlin old place. It might've been saved once. I loved it. My family home was an old home similar to this one (but looked after) One day Paul all your recorded history will be very valuable! If it isn't already 👍👌😃
Another memory-jogging vid, Paul! Thank you!!! My Old Dear bought exactly that model Kelvinator fridge in the early 50s. Before that, we had daily ice deliveries for our ice chest. During heat waves, the ice would have vanished by 3:00pm & we would have to wait until 7:00am for the next day's ice delivery. Our fridge was difficult to regulate & was SO cold, EVERYTHING used to freeze solid & soft drinks bottles would explode....
Cheers again beachbum! I remember my mother talking about the ice delivery from her early memories. Gee explodibg bottles is not good lol 😁 I'm going to do a video about all the old ways including the dunny can nightman. Cheers for watching 👍😁
@@urbexindigo5164 Well done, Paul...we had a horse & cart milkman at Woodville Park, his dairy was where Arndale shopping centre Kilkenny is now. Those were the days! My Old Dear used to put a billy can out, with money in the bottom of it for the milko to fill each morning. It was my job to collect the horse poo from the street for my Old Man's compost heap. I guess "scalding" the milk would kill most germs & we used to get a lot of clotted cream from that process as well...delcious & shocking for our heart health!!!
Sorry I’m a bit late. Amazing to see so much original home (with kitchen and bath added). To think someone lived here not that long ago is amazing. Wait....satellite dish and outhouse. Orange and lemon trees? Really? Think it was time to go on this one.❤️
An adorable little cottage. I really liked the way you led us into the explore with period music and film. That was interesting that you found USA currency tucked away in the shed. I think you showed us a silver dollar, a quarter and a dime. The cottage must have been lovely in its day with beautiful woodwork and thank you for showing us pictures of the gas stove when new. That would have been a woman’s pride and joy. This was an enjoyable explore.
I love how the window sides are angled. Thank you for taking these videos and sharing! I recall the outhouse! I lived in Adelaide 1974 and we had one of those - scary!
What a great Friday night,this was such a beautiful video i loved it so much, the way you show those beautiful pics at the beginning n the history of the house , everything stood the test of time,n now been demolished ,such sadness one wanders how was life in those years how was the people living there, how many changes they've seen ,I love history thank you for another great video have a great weekend and stay safe 🤗 from a Frenchy in Australia 🇫🇷🇦🇺
Hi Francoise :-) Glad this helped you enjoy your Friday evening, yep the old turn of the century houses are my Favs! :-) Glad you are enjoying the viseos and history, I love sharing them, thanks for watching :-)
What a lovely old timer. The woodwork was nice. I'm glad you found the pictures that showed what that ancient stove originally looked like. That was a broadband ham radio receiver that you found. The large dish in the backyard was a home built dish for receiving satellite television broadcasts. In the 80's those came into fashion, this was before the time of cable tv. It was missing the transponder that would have been in the middle of it. Quite an expensive toy in its time. The smaller one on the fence looked like a commercial one for Cablevision. The gentleman who lived there was really into electronics. If he was like most of the ham operators that I knew, he was a warm friendly person who cared about the world around him. I could ramble on but it's getting late or possibly early here in Michigan. With the shelter in place order I am stuck at home. This old lady has gotten her nights and days mixed up. (Not totally true, I've always been a night owl.) Have a wonderful weekend. Stay safe, healthy and say hi to your mate for me.
Pulled up for the night in Cobar NSW and wondering how to entertain myself and bingo look what turned up . Mate this was super interesting,,not just the content but after reading the comments and getting all the extra info on top of your efforts ( great little production) I’m now off to google to research ham radio n early gas cookers ( always a highlight for me ) . Thanks for this one mate n thanks to your viewers for contributing.
I really loved this little cottage mate, I went back twice after the first time just to look again. Had a great historical vibe :-) Glad you enjoyed it mate and yes now I can research and learn more about all the HAM radio aspects too! Cheers mate :-)
I thought a ham operator when I saw the radio in the shed, I see it was confirmed by a ham operator :-). Not a huge home, nor did it know a lot of wealth but it had been a comfy home at one time and I would bet that back garden produced a lot of edibles :-). I hope the old front fireplace was salvaged. Glad you got it recorded. A walk back in history :-) Thanks.
A lot of the switches and electrics where bakerlite hello from Lightning Ridge sham these places get leveled I travel a fair bit about Australia and have the habit of taking pics and exploring country places that are abandoned great work :)Most of those doors and grills and windows would have been kept by the demolisher for on sale also any of the brick work that fetched value especially the stove and the mantle and fireplace.At the end the VK paperwork is for shortwave
Loved it was very interesting, loved the old doors and windows, and the lino, the fireplace was nice....We don't have them here in QLD, well where I am don't get cold enough.....Was very interesting,
I know you can't say anything but I hope you saved that processing stuff and trunks. I'd hate to think they were just thrown out and lost for ever. Thank you again for another interesting beautiful old home
Hi Liana :-) The coins were saved but unfortunately I do not know if the chests and contents in them were removed prior to demolition. A lot of the times the demo guys will save stuff too. Thanks for watching :-)
Lots of interesting stuff in that little place that appears empty. The coins are in very good condition, I’m guessing the one dated 1907 is probably worth over one hundred dollars. You always do such an excellent job Paul, makes me feel like I’m right there with you. Thanks 👍
Hi Miya, thanks for watching :-) Yep some cool things left behind to give an idea on what the owner was like. Glad you get the sense of being there on the explore, thats what I aim for :-)
Great video. It is an old place and awesome to find the stove and fridge. My grandmother had an old fridge looking like that but I think it was a Serville. Love seeing the old things there. Glad you were able to document it.
Superb video of a complete timewarp. Yeah definitely agree that it really was beyond repair sadly. Can understand that being knocked down but I hope those doors and various things were salvaged beforehand
Wow what an amazing interesting find and you have presented this informative footage so well. The beautiful old fireplace hopefully will be selvaged. Very sad that such a historic building was demolished. Also, the flooring in the living room looks original and was a fashionable pattern even used on building masonry during the 1890s. The coins are American. Thank you and enjoyed viewing the explore.
What a great find...it is in rough shape to be sure, but I hope they saved at least a few of the fittings and light fixtures for whatever is built in its place. It almost has the feel of a rooming house more than a single family dwelling, at least later in its life. It has all the right stuff, just not much of the extras and flourishes. It is sad to see these old ladies go, but she would cost a bundle to bring back, and she seems to have been more utilitarian than a conspicuous display of wealth and standing. She made for an interesting explore, especially the box with coins. I bet Ruth could tell you the value of those coins, she is good that way. The photographic chemicals were fascinating. Too bad she had to go. I suspect there is an interesting back story to this one. It is twenty years younger than my home. Thanks for bringing me along in your pocket...stay safe out there, we are in strange times, but please keep doing what you love...and loving what you do.🖤🇨🇦
Hi Tamarra, yep needed a lot of work for sure! Typical workers cottage of the day back then, not as elaborate as the sandstone and blue stone ones. Yep Ruth left a comment with heaps of details about the coins! haha :-) Shame this one is gone but glad on film, thanks for watching :-)
Urbex Indigo She is good that way. I’m glad you are documenting all these places, you could make a great calendar with well chosen detail shots. Keep safe, and keep doing what you love.🖤🇨🇦
I remember getting my arm stuck in the wringer when I was 3. Told to not touch, mom ran for the phone which was up the hill from the laundry building, a short distnce away. Of course, this wringer had fascinted me, and I had been allowed to help mom with the wringer, but only for pulling the clothes out on the other side as they rolled towards me. Luckily, it had a safety mechanism, and the bars separted enough to capture my arm, but not to break it, as I had been told would happen if I got my arm stuck in the wringer. I bawled with fright, mom hugged me and told a good story to everyone for a few days, and all was well. Thanks for rekindling that memory! lol
i used one when the children were young and my 3 year old got his arm stuck in the wringer as well.lol i bought a working one last year and it still works.don't know what i will do with it.
Now that place sure had some living done in it but not much in updates. Those US coins are in pretty good shape and may be worth moneym that would be a shame to leave those. I know it isn't right to take things. I see they didn't even leave those beautiful fruit trees. Thank You Paul for leaving the clip info, with being in isolation it's something to watch and enjoy of a part of your country.
He would have been a Amateur (Ham) radio operator. Those cards in the trunk are called QSL cards. They are sent to confirm a radio contact. I would say the Ham callsign VK5NLD would have been his at the time - the last two letters being his initials. That bit of gear in the shed looks like a home-made radio transceiver. I hope that stuff got saved by someone.. Great vid by the way. Cheers, Adam
I'm a week late on this one lol neat place n stuff left behind...never seen an outhouse before at a house...sad it was torn down...onto the 1905 blue stone villa haha hope all is well💜🙂
It appears there are other cottages of this vintage in the neighborhood that have been renovated over the years. And this one has serious structural damage so...it's gotta go! Nice look back on history, Paul!
My mum had one of them fridges with the rounded corners and flip latch handles, when I was a kid. That house is cool. My first flat I rented had one of them stoves but it was a side by side unit. My childhood home had a few of those door handles, light switches, wall vents and wringer washer too. American one and five cents.
Ahhh, what a house. I felt emotional watching this one. There's something about these older homes that tugs at my heartstrings, I almost feel connected to these types of properties. I liked the lino in the front room - a little bit fancy. That colour on the door architraves/jambs - are they deliberately that colour or is that a faded colour or one affected by cigarette smoke? I'm in my 40s and my dad also came home with one of those washing machines (as did another viewer below). I actually enjoyed pulling out the washing and running it through the rollers but you had to be very careful! My mother saved up for one of those electronic types. I have one of those metal cases that you found at the back door. I believe they were used to ship their belongings via ship from overseas.
Hi Nessa :-) Yes the old ones get me too, I love the old feel and vibe they have even in any condition. Yep cigarette smoke for sure! Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching :-)
That place is a bit past doing up sadly to say. the mantle and fire place in the front room were worth saving. It not a shipping tag. Its called a QSL card.Years ago radio armatures (radio hams) used to send them around the world to confirm a contact with another ham. That one was from HL4YJ in Korea. That's his call sign. On the back will be written the date, time, frequency signal strength etc. That toilet would be pretty drafty on a cold winters night.
Hi Andrew, cheers for that info mate, that is so cool. Way back before silly internet hey! :-) I had some mates Dad`s who loved their CB radios and things like this , thanks for watching :-)
Hey from Maine USA, Paul. I haven't watched the entire video yet, but want to ask you this ? before I forget. What was the screen-like object on the mantle of the 1st fireplace you showed? I'll go finish the rest of the vid now. Quaint old house it was! Thanks Paul...
Hi Paul, did you notice if the metal box on the floor where you found the coins, was an ammunition container? This was amazing, between the stove, ham radio & the film box, wow. Do you think they'll even go through the film box & see the coins? I'm always impressed by the research you do on your finds. If I lived in Australia instead of America I would hope you'd let me go with you on at least one explore, I find it all so fascinating. Thanks Paul! 💜👩🇺🇲
Hi Donette, bummer I should have opened up all those little cylinders! Glad you enjoyed this video and yes if you were over here I`m sure I could try arrange an explore for you! :-) Cheers :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 that would be awesome! I would be digging through & opening everything, you just never know what you'll find just like the coins. Thanks Paul always a pleasure to watch your videos & hear from you. Take care & God bless 🙏💜👩🇺🇸
By US standards that was a pretty fancy out house! My aunt’s out house was a two seater. It was basically a wooden enclosure that had a box built over a hole that they threw lime in. The seats were holes cut out in the box over the hole. A little one for the kids and a bigger one for the grown ups. For toilet paper they had the Sears catalogue!
I would give anything to save the old original window glass It is very old because it is waved. Like you say it was a humble house. They were ordinary working people who probably were grateful to have a roof overhead. How simple life was back then. My Grandpa and grandma lived through the depression in the 1920's and my dad as a boy would gather coal pieces along railroad tracks and take it home for heating and follow the iceman who delivered ice to the people so they could keep food cold. They would cut the ice into cubes and he would give my dad pieces to take home to my Grandparents. People just don't know how rough life was back then. I grew up in the 1950's.
When I was really small, about 3 - so 40 years ago, my Dad went off to buy a washing machine and came back with one of those washing machines. My Mum was so mad that she never let him buy another appliance! (RaHaHaHaHa)
Very interesting explore. The cottage is well beyond restoration, even for the most experienced stonemason. The collapse of the foundation is a sure sign of movement that, being Adelaide's volatile soils, will continue to move. Interior has obviously never been updated, but is very plain. There is no fancy plaster work, carved mantels or any individual touches, like stained glass. The lino on the floor would be very close to 90 years old and asbestos based. Knowing the Hyde Park area, vacant land is a premium and is sold, with or without structure, for excessive prices. Regarding the satellite dishes, the larger of the two is for TerraSat, a subscription satellite based communication system of early 80s. And the smaller for local reception via satellite but transceived from towers on Mount Lofty. Again in the mid 80s. Very expensive hobby. And the extra historic images and property ownership is an interesting addition, which you should develop. 👍👍🇭🇲
Hi mate :-) Yeah this one is like the typical workers cottage version it seems, no fancy trims or ceiling features just your basic 4 room symmetrical cottage with little lean to kitchen area :-) I was thinking those dishes in the yard must have been an expensive outlay and he must have love these type communications hobbies, got me thinking if was perhaps ex military or war vet. There cctv ports in the room with 2 air cons as well. Cheers for the info again mate and for watching :-). Yeah I like to add info and other bits on the ones I can which usually are the ones that have been demolished to prevent idiots going to them and trashing them.
@@urbexindigo5164 Didn't think of the ex military connection. The gentleman my of been a radio operator or electronics engineer.You're on the right track. Missed the CCTV plate on the wall next to the aircon until I replayed at reduce speed. Sometimes you skim over small details, which is understandable .👍👍🇦🇺
A very interesting video. It is sad that the property could be saved and incorporated in the new development. The cost of repairing the foundations no doubt would have been horrendous. Hopefully the new development will blend in with the surrounding neighbourhood and not create a jarring note, My family had one of those washing machines with the wringer on top back in the 1950s. It was manufactured by a firm called Pope.
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The radio parts you found in the chest and those cards are for HAM radio. Those cards were not shipping tags but QSO cards for HAM radio operators to exchange with when they made contact with that country. VK5NPL is a Australian call sign. I know because I am a HAM radio operator. That is neat to know that the owner there was a HAM operator.😊
Awesome Sally, thanks for that! Now I know a few guys back where I grew up were in to that too. Cheers for watching :-)
Brings back fond memories of my dad. WA0ZJN.
When I saw that radio I immediately pictured the Australian radio operators that stateside (US) operators would talk to during the war. And then what shows up? A war-era US dime and nickel. There was a rich lot of history in that shed. Now, not even the beautiful fruit trees are left. Very sad.
My dads a Ham radio guy WB0WKQ in America
I was going to say the same thing. In California USA I have known a few operators involved with sailors crossing the pacific ocean to the Hawaiian islands. I believe there is a similiar set up over there. I love to monitor ham radio if I have the opportunity which is very rare. Well online is a whole other story.
Well done! Love the history and the pics of the cooker. That was a Mercury head dime from America, and a Liberty head quarter and or 5 cent piece. Very nicely preserved. That was a dark room set up with chemicals and old film canisters. How very interesting. Thanks so much!
Glad you found this one interesting as I did too Windhorses :-) Love finding old things in the old homes, so many memories and stories untold :-)
Actually, the bigger coin was a V nickle from the US. Great finds there.
gone forever with a lot of memories...thanks for the tour
That green art deco light fixture was beautiful. I’d love to have things like that in my home. I hope someone salvaged it before demolition
Fascinating find, time travel back in time. Loved looking at the old things.
Hi Pamela, glad you enjoyed the look back :-)
I like a story where the owner of the home lives their entire life in the home, to the end, or at least I hope the person did. What is really heartbreaking is a person being put in a nursing home, taken from their surroundings and memories. So the old girl served it's owners well and now she has been laid to rest, not a bad ending from a different perspective. However, hope the orange and lemon tree was saved.
I'm with you!
I'm just a few minutes in but the condition of the property is heartbreaking considering it may have only Been empty since 2007. Either it went down hill fast or Hopefully no one was living in it in such poor condition.
Omg I want one of those cookers
Yeah, this house was too far gone to be repaired. But it lasts forever now in your video. Thanks for the tour!
It did need a lot of work thats for sure. Thanks for watching Kristine :-)
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing piece of history. Love it!
My pleasure Nancy, so glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching :-)
So sad! If the walls could talk! Thankyou for your huge effort you put into this video. Your amazing! Beautiful old gem, it is a shame it can't be saved. 😍
Thanks shannon, even in rough shape it is still an old gem in my books, much history :-)
Thanks shannon, even in rough shape it is still an old gem in my books, much history :-)
Awesome find this week. I do so love those old Victorian fireplaces and mantles. Hopefully, whatever is put up in place of this old home isn't too ugly. Another great video.
Hi Sheila, glad you enjoyed thanks for watching :-)
Hi Paul, Really like your videos. You have great respect and care for the stuff left behind. I enjoy your comments and the effort you put into researching the history. Keep up the great work
Thanks heaps for the support and for watching Instructables Groperfish :-) Glad you are enjoying them as i love finding and sharing them :-)
Hi Paul, thank you for sharing another great video. Thank you for taking the time to record all the wonderful properties that are being torn down, these were once somebody's pride and joy and you are keeping them alive in posterity. Cheers mate. 👍😁
Hi Brendan thanks for the support mate :-) My pleasure for sharing them as they need to be remembered I totally agree so we can look back and think wow! So much history and memories in these old places :-)
Wonderful part of history. Bet it was a lovely cosy little home back in the day. Thank you for preserving the memory.
My pleasure Tangie, thanks for watching :-)
Omg I love the old footage and music. I have an essential job so I have been working thru this COVID19 Oooh look at that mantle. 😯 nice citrus trees. Those are old USA Liberty coins. They could be from the early 1900' s. RIP lil house. Love your vids. You may not know just how insightful and valuable they may be in the future. Keep them coming 😉❤
Hi Marlena, yes I have been working too. Thanks for watching, glad you are appreciating these videos I love sharing them :-)
So glad you could document on video this old home, it might have been run down now but hopefully people living there in the past had happy memories.
Hi Silversurfer! :-) Im glad I got it on film too. I bet there was lots of good memories, it had a great old historical vibe :-)
I agree with sally A. My husband is a HAM man and I recognized the gear and call signs.:)
I enjoyed another neat flash back to the early 1900's. My grandparents were born 1898 and 1905. I'm in California USA. I remember my grandmother's coral painted bungalow(?) in Southern California. She was a seamstress and had a room full of projects albeit I just thought it was all hers. A clothes hog. I remember the sewing machine and ironing board set up. I know how to sew and can see her working area set up.
Oh Wow! Bought back so many memories of the house my parents lived in before they died, it was so simular , even the loo out the back...thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed it..
keep them coming xx
Glad you connected with this old gem Jacqueline :-) Thanks for watching, many more to come :-)
Poor old house, it was so rundown. Good to have the house documented because of the age of it, I bet there would have been a lot of stories to be told there. Excellent video xxx
Glad you enjoyed Siona, thanks for watching :-)
Looks like it was a nice home in it's day. Still not terrible for 130 years old. Sad that it's gone but restoration would have been very expensive. Thanks, stay safe.
Yep huge job this one would have been, thanks for watching :-)
That house has been well lived in. I love that you looked back and found a Mrs Driscoll. It has a real sense of history. I really hope someone thought to save the old stove. I have a thing for them and fireplaces. When I went to visit family in Adelaide, my aunt and uncle took us around showing us the old houses. They were beautiful. Thank you for sharing another great place.
My pleasure for sharing Julie, glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching :-)
I love it when you spend some time showing us the old linoleum and/or wallpaper. Fascinating! Thanks for your dedication and respect 💚
Thanks to you, and your research, --- I ---- now am beginning to now know what to look for as original or an attempt to be. Thank you for that. Also, because you are calm, not at all dramatic, or hopping around with your attention, and can be steady with your camera work, I am able to pay attention, and listen, and not get irritated. In case no one has told you, you have a pleasant tone to your voice, and the accent is wonderful! So, in short, thank you for all of this during a very stressful pandemic time!!!!!-- SDK
Hi SDK :-) Yes I love to find the research when avail, it really adds to these old places that have so much living and memories inside. Thanks for watching :)
He was a ham operator and the post cards with ham operator friends cards shared. My dad was a ham operator he had hundreds of cards. Nice explore and coins
Im from the USA. I appreciate how you preserve of film what cannot be physically preserved . I love old houses. When I enter one I feel the mood of it's history. I hope the buyers rescued the hardest and window trims, etc.
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Those American coins do have collector value here in the states. My mother collected those dimes. She called them " Lady Dines".
Super sad and shocked that anyone lived there any time recently :(
Yep. I`v seen others where the very long time owners are so used to doing it the old way it seems impossible by our standards that people lived that way still. Thanks for watching :-)
The mantel in the front room would be worth restoring! I hope they took it off and kept it before pulling it down!
I do hope that was saved :-)
I was hoping the same thing.
WELL DONE Paul ,another little BEAUTY into the past . 👏👏👏👏👏👊✊Diane one of your many many followers ,Your aStayer mate 😎Diane 🇦🇺
It breaks my heart to think someone lived here till they died (at an older age) and still used that outhouse, bathroom & kitchen!
I know, but some don't want change. I worked looking after people in their own home and I used to see one 94 year old man who still had lino on all his floors, original butler sink and wooden drainer in the kitchen with just a table, cooker and spin dryer. He did at some point have a bathroom put in upstairs but he just didn't want anything changed. He'd lived there since 1934 when he was a child. Still had the old gas fittings from the lights on the walls. In its own way it was a beautiful house 🙂
Thats what impresses me most about these original homes Julie, it makes it far more interesting to think back :-)
It proves they were happy and content with their cottage. Perhaps he spent all his money on the satelite dishes haha :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 oh definitely. I like to imagine how it would have been in it's prime.
She must have been a stunner in her day. She was small but met the needs of those who lived there. I think the radio you found in the back shed was what we call a Ham Radio. It would pick up other operators from around the world depending on the size of the antenna he had. My father had one and I can remember him talking to folks from all over the US and Canada. The wringer washers are few and far between these days. I used to help my mother with the laundray in a wringer washer. We also had a washboard to use for stains before putting clothes in the washer. We then hung the clothes outside to dry. They always smelled so good when we brought them in to iron or fold and put away. 😃
Always wish i had the old photos of these places to see it all new :-) Yes i have learned this eve all about that radio and its purpose now Doreen. I do remeber people using Cb`s and similar type things while I was a kid, thanks for watching again :-)
Love the clips you showed in the beginning. Awesome explore.
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Hi Pamela, glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching :-)
Thank you for the backstory and I can picture the house in its heyday. Seeing that stove telling it's story of meals made for a family. Good explore. Even when you found those coins of what was, the period features all very cool.
Glad you enjoyed Wendy, thanks for watching :-)
What a darlin old place. It might've been saved once. I loved it. My family home was an old home similar to this one (but looked after) One day Paul all your recorded history will be very valuable! If it isn't already 👍👌😃
Hi Frankie :-) Thanks for the support mate and for watching. I hope these old homes can be enjoyed for many more decades through these videos :-)
Great video. I love your musical introduction with the videos. Hope they can save the mantel. Take care and be safe.
absolutely beautiful explore....a part of our heritage gone forever
Poooooor house. Looked like it was quite comfortable and homey in its day. Kinda sad. Thank you for sharing. Please stay healthy and safe
My pleasure for sharing Brenda, thanks for watching :-)
Another memory-jogging vid, Paul! Thank you!!! My Old Dear bought exactly that model Kelvinator fridge in the early 50s. Before that, we had daily ice deliveries for our ice chest. During heat waves, the ice would have vanished by 3:00pm & we would have to wait until 7:00am for the next day's ice delivery. Our fridge was difficult to regulate & was SO cold, EVERYTHING used to freeze solid & soft drinks bottles would explode....
Cheers again beachbum! I remember my mother talking about the ice delivery from her early memories. Gee explodibg bottles is not good lol 😁 I'm going to do a video about all the old ways including the dunny can nightman. Cheers for watching 👍😁
@@urbexindigo5164 Well done, Paul...we had a horse & cart milkman at Woodville Park, his dairy was where Arndale shopping centre Kilkenny is now. Those were the days! My Old Dear used to put a billy can out, with money in the bottom of it for the milko to fill each morning. It was my job to collect the horse poo from the street for my Old Man's compost heap. I guess "scalding" the milk would kill most germs & we used to get a lot of clotted cream from that process as well...delcious & shocking for our heart health!!!
Sorry I’m a bit late. Amazing to see so much original home (with kitchen and bath added). To think someone lived here not that long ago is amazing. Wait....satellite dish and outhouse. Orange and lemon trees? Really? Think it was time to go on this one.❤️
i really love and appreciate your growth and the professional development in your productions , thankyou !!!
Love it when you upload!! Made my Friday night!!
Cheers Claire! :-)
An adorable little cottage. I really liked the way you led us into the explore with period music and film. That was interesting that you found USA currency tucked away in the shed. I think you showed us a silver dollar, a quarter and a dime. The cottage must have been lovely in its day with beautiful woodwork and thank you for showing us pictures of the gas stove when new. That would have been a woman’s pride and joy. This was an enjoyable explore.
I love how the window sides are angled. Thank you for taking these videos and sharing! I recall the outhouse! I lived in Adelaide 1974 and we had one of those - scary!
What a great Friday night,this was such a beautiful video i loved it so much, the way you show those beautiful pics at the beginning n the history of the house , everything stood the test of time,n now been demolished ,such sadness one wanders how was life in those years how was the people living there, how many changes they've seen ,I love history thank you for another great video have a great weekend and stay safe 🤗 from a Frenchy in Australia 🇫🇷🇦🇺
Hi Francoise :-) Glad this helped you enjoy your Friday evening, yep the old turn of the century houses are my Favs! :-) Glad you are enjoying the viseos and history, I love sharing them, thanks for watching :-)
Love the intro which really set the mood. Another great video.
I thought it would be appropriate Sylvia, glad you enjoyed it :-)
What a lovely old timer. The woodwork was nice. I'm glad you found the pictures that showed what that ancient stove originally looked like. That was a broadband ham radio receiver that you found. The large dish in the backyard was a home built dish for receiving satellite television broadcasts. In the 80's those came into fashion, this was before the time of cable tv. It was missing the transponder that would have been in the middle of it. Quite an expensive toy in its time. The smaller one on the fence looked like a commercial one for Cablevision. The gentleman who lived there was really into electronics. If he was like most of the ham operators that I knew, he was a warm friendly person who cared about the world around him. I could ramble on but it's getting late or possibly early here in Michigan. With the shelter in place order I am stuck at home. This old lady has gotten her nights and days mixed up. (Not totally true, I've always been a night owl.) Have a wonderful weekend. Stay safe, healthy and say hi to your mate for me.
Thanks for the awesome info Lynne :-) It does seem Mr D was maybe a retired military man perhaps who had travelled a bit too :-) Thanks for watching
Pulled up for the night in Cobar NSW and wondering how to entertain myself and bingo look what turned up . Mate this was super interesting,,not just the content but after reading the comments and getting all the extra info on top of your efforts ( great little production) I’m now off to google to research ham radio n early gas cookers ( always a highlight for me ) . Thanks for this one mate n thanks to your viewers for contributing.
I really loved this little cottage mate, I went back twice after the first time just to look again. Had a great historical vibe :-) Glad you enjoyed it mate and yes now I can research and learn more about all the HAM radio aspects too! Cheers mate :-)
Wow! It would have been lovely restored to its original glory!
Hi Claire :-) It would have been a big task but very rewarding. Glad I filmed it at least ,thanks for watching :-)
I thought a ham operator when I saw the radio in the shed, I see it was confirmed by a ham operator :-). Not a huge home, nor did it know a lot of wealth but it had been a comfy home at one time and I would bet that back garden produced a lot of edibles :-). I hope the old front fireplace was salvaged. Glad you got it recorded. A walk back in history :-) Thanks.
Haha I saw that commnet to Donelle. Now I know and have learned more :-) Glad you enjoyed the step back in time, thanks for watching :-)
A lot of the switches and electrics where bakerlite hello from Lightning Ridge sham these places get leveled I travel a fair bit about Australia and have the habit of taking pics and exploring country places that are abandoned great work :)Most of those doors and grills and windows would have been kept by the demolisher for on sale also any of the brick work that fetched value especially the stove and the mantle and fireplace.At the end the VK paperwork is for shortwave
Hi Sil, thanks for watching, I love those old switches :-)
I adore the old bakelite switches and phones. Be safe 😷
And those doors stripped are beautifull.
Loved it was very interesting, loved the old doors and windows, and the lino, the fireplace was nice....We don't have them here in QLD, well where I am don't get cold enough.....Was very interesting,
I know you can't say anything but I hope you saved that processing stuff and trunks. I'd hate to think they were just thrown out and lost for ever. Thank you again for another interesting beautiful old home
Hi Liana :-) The coins were saved but unfortunately I do not know if the chests and contents in them were removed prior to demolition. A lot of the times the demo guys will save stuff too. Thanks for watching :-)
Thoroughly enjoyed another one! Thanks so much for sharing.
Lots of interesting stuff in that little place that appears empty. The coins are in very good condition, I’m guessing the one dated 1907 is probably worth over one hundred dollars. You always do such an excellent job Paul, makes me feel like I’m right there with you. Thanks 👍
Hi Miya, thanks for watching :-) Yep some cool things left behind to give an idea on what the owner was like. Glad you get the sense of being there on the explore, thats what I aim for :-)
Urbex Indigo Thanks for being so nice and always acknowledging your subscribers comments.
Great video. It is an old place and awesome to find the stove and fridge. My grandmother had an old fridge looking like that but I think it was a Serville. Love seeing the old things there. Glad you were able to document it.
Glad you enjoyed this one Sally :-) Thanks for watching :-)
Superb video of a complete timewarp. Yeah definitely agree that it really was beyond repair sadly. Can understand that being knocked down but I hope those doors and various things were salvaged beforehand
Cheers for watching Richie. Not sure but I hope they got saved too :-)
I hope you are staying safe down there!
Lots of lovely old history, thankyou 😀
Glad you enjoyed Janelle, thanks for watching :-)
Wow what an amazing interesting find and you have presented this informative footage so well. The beautiful old fireplace hopefully will be selvaged. Very sad that such a historic building was demolished. Also, the flooring in the living room looks original and was a fashionable pattern even used on building masonry during the 1890s. The coins are American. Thank you and enjoyed viewing the explore.
Thanks Julz :-) Glad you enjoyed this old gem, I wish it was still standing too. So much history. Thanks for watching :-)
Thanks for another cool explore my friend!
Thanks for watching Shay :-)
I really enjoyed this..
You did and excellent job presenting this.
A very beautifull old place and very much lived in aswel, and some great features, a very nice find.
Hi rolf, thanks for watching mate :-)
the oranges looked pretty good!!!!
Love exploring old places like this one, Nice video.
Cheers mate! :-) I checked out your channel, nice work! Some really cool locations and videos :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 Thank you! I appreciate it
Wow this is awesome. I love this so much thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it Sandra, thanks for watching! :-)
What a great find...it is in rough shape to be sure, but I hope they saved at least a few of the fittings and light fixtures for whatever is built in its place. It almost has the feel of a rooming house more than a single family dwelling, at least later in its life. It has all the right stuff, just not much of the extras and flourishes. It is sad to see these old ladies go, but she would cost a bundle to bring back, and she seems to have been more utilitarian than a conspicuous display of wealth and standing. She made for an interesting explore, especially the box with coins. I bet Ruth could tell you the value of those coins, she is good that way. The photographic chemicals were fascinating. Too bad she had to go. I suspect there is an interesting back story to this one. It is twenty years younger than my home. Thanks for bringing me along in your pocket...stay safe out there, we are in strange times, but please keep doing what you love...and loving what you do.🖤🇨🇦
Hi Tamarra, yep needed a lot of work for sure! Typical workers cottage of the day back then, not as elaborate as the sandstone and blue stone ones. Yep Ruth left a comment with heaps of details about the coins! haha :-) Shame this one is gone but glad on film, thanks for watching :-)
Urbex Indigo She is good that way. I’m glad you are documenting all these places, you could make a great calendar with well chosen detail shots. Keep safe, and keep doing what you love.🖤🇨🇦
so many memories there another loss yes oh my lord I remember the old ringer washer
My Gran had one too Kim :-)
Kim Fitzgerald ROCK FAM Me too. I used them when l was a kid
I remember getting my arm stuck in the wringer when I was 3. Told to not touch, mom ran for the phone which was up the hill from the laundry building, a short distnce away. Of course, this wringer had fascinted me, and I had been allowed to help mom with the wringer, but only for pulling the clothes out on the other side as they rolled towards me. Luckily, it had a safety mechanism, and the bars separted enough to capture my arm, but not to break it, as I had been told would happen if I got my arm stuck in the wringer. I bawled with fright, mom hugged me and told a good story to everyone for a few days, and all was well. Thanks for rekindling that memory! lol
i used one when the children were young and my 3 year old got his arm stuck in the wringer as well.lol i bought a working one last year and it still works.don't know what i will do with it.
I love the opening of this vid!!
Wow. I think even I would pass on doing a reno on this old place. Still a great find.
Yeah pretty rough shape Lea :-) But that added to the feel of history for me, thanks for watching :-)
Now that place sure had some living done in it but not much in updates. Those US coins are in pretty good shape and may be worth moneym that would be a shame to leave those. I know it isn't right to take things. I see they didn't even leave those beautiful fruit trees. Thank You Paul for leaving the clip info, with being in isolation it's something to watch and enjoy of a part of your country.
Jo glad to hear your are enjoying these videos while stuck in isolation. Yeah not even the fruit trees survived hey. Thanks for watching :-)
Thank you for filming and showing,The video God Bless...
He would have been a Amateur (Ham) radio operator. Those cards in the trunk are called QSL cards. They are sent to confirm a radio contact. I would say the Ham callsign VK5NLD would have been his at the time - the last two letters being his initials. That bit of gear in the shed looks like a home-made radio transceiver. I hope that stuff got saved by someone.. Great vid by the way. Cheers, Adam
Awesome mate! Thanks for the info :-) Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching :-)
I'm a week late on this one lol neat place n stuff left behind...never seen an outhouse before at a house...sad it was torn down...onto the 1905 blue stone villa haha hope all is well💜🙂
It appears there are other cottages of this vintage in the neighborhood that have been renovated over the years. And this one has serious structural damage so...it's gotta go! Nice look back on history, Paul!
Cheers for watching John :-)
The radio in the building looked like my uncle's ham radio in late 60's.
My Grandma & Poppa (my Dad’s parents) had a green Kelivanator fridge for a good 60 years!
I would LOVE to have the stove and fridge! I would have them restored and put in my kitchen 💚
We had an outside loo when I was a child 😂
We had one out in the country where I grew up too for my first 5 years :-)
That was interesting with all the odds and ends left behind.Stay safe over there.
Yeah beyond repair great 👍 video urbex stay safe 🙏 stay cool 😎 love ❤️ and man
My mum had one of them fridges with the rounded corners and flip latch handles, when I was a kid. That house is cool.
My first flat I rented had one of them stoves but it was a side by side unit.
My childhood home had a few of those door handles, light switches, wall vents and wringer washer too.
American one and five cents.
Hi Tis Jstme :-) Those fridges run forever!!! Thanks for watching :-)
Lovely little garden
Ahhh, what a house. I felt emotional watching this one. There's something about these older homes that tugs at my heartstrings, I almost feel connected to these types of properties. I liked the lino in the front room - a little bit fancy. That colour on the door architraves/jambs - are they deliberately that colour or is that a faded colour or one affected by cigarette smoke? I'm in my 40s and my dad also came home with one of those washing machines (as did another viewer below). I actually enjoyed pulling out the washing and running it through the rollers but you had to be very careful! My mother saved up for one of those electronic types. I have one of those metal cases that you found at the back door. I believe they were used to ship their belongings via ship from overseas.
Hi Nessa :-) Yes the old ones get me too, I love the old feel and vibe they have even in any condition. Yep cigarette smoke for sure! Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching :-)
Really love your work.
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Hi O`Mallee Tours :-) Thanks for watching and the support, glad you are enjoying :-)
That place is a bit past doing up sadly to say. the mantle and fire place in the front room were worth saving. It not a shipping tag. Its called a QSL card.Years ago radio armatures (radio hams) used to send them around the world to confirm a contact with another ham. That one was from HL4YJ in Korea. That's his call sign. On the back will be written the date, time, frequency signal strength etc. That toilet would be pretty drafty on a cold winters night.
Hi Andrew, cheers for that info mate, that is so cool. Way back before silly internet hey! :-) I had some mates Dad`s who loved their CB radios and things like this , thanks for watching :-)
Hey from Maine USA, Paul. I haven't watched the entire video yet, but want to ask you this ? before I forget. What was the screen-like object on the mantle of the 1st fireplace you showed? I'll go finish the rest of the vid now. Quaint old house it was! Thanks Paul...
Hi Patricia, it was a vintage old mirror :-)
Hi Paul, did you notice if the metal box on the floor where you found the coins, was an ammunition container? This was amazing, between the stove, ham radio & the film box, wow. Do you think they'll even go through the film box & see the coins? I'm always impressed by the research you do on your finds. If I lived in Australia instead of America I would hope you'd let me go with you on at least one explore, I find it all so fascinating. Thanks Paul! 💜👩🇺🇲
Hi Donette, bummer I should have opened up all those little cylinders! Glad you enjoyed this video and yes if you were over here I`m sure I could try arrange an explore for you! :-) Cheers :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 that would be awesome! I would be digging through & opening everything, you just never know what you'll find just like the coins. Thanks Paul always a pleasure to watch your videos & hear from you. Take care & God bless 🙏💜👩🇺🇸
If I was the new owner I would take out as much of the original home I could such as the fireplace mantel, doors and frames
Great idea Vicki, I hope they did. :-)
By US standards that was a pretty fancy out house! My aunt’s out house was a two seater. It was basically a wooden enclosure that had a box built over a hole that they threw lime in. The seats were holes cut out in the box over the hole. A little one for the kids and a bigger one for the grown ups. For toilet paper they had the Sears catalogue!
Hi Gina :-) Yep that toilet in the outhouse was definitely an upgrade form the original seat and bucket set up haha. Thanks for watching :-)
We had one like that on a ranch in Wyoming. No worries about frozen pipes!
I'm going to Adelaide in November good vids as always
Hi Andrew thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed :-)
I would give anything to save the old original window glass It is very old because it is waved. Like you say it was a humble house. They were ordinary working people who probably were grateful to have a roof overhead. How simple life was back then. My Grandpa and grandma lived through the depression in the 1920's and my dad as a boy would gather coal pieces along railroad tracks and take it home for heating and follow the iceman who delivered ice to the people so they could keep food cold. They would cut the ice into cubes and he would give my dad pieces to take home to my Grandparents. People just don't know how rough life was back then. I grew up in the 1950's.
Ham radio, CB radio operator perhaps. Used to love my CB’s
Cheers wendy! Thanks for watching :-)
Back in the 80's we had a CB radio in every one of our cars and one in the house. They were our cell phones. lol
Craig Erik home base station with the ringo aerial and that’s what the tall one looked like.
When I was really small, about 3 - so 40 years ago, my Dad went off to buy a washing machine and came back with one of those washing machines. My Mum was so mad that she never let him buy another appliance! (RaHaHaHaHa)
Haha, my grans both had these old ringers :-)
Another great house gone , well documented
Thanks for watching and the support Caroline :-)
Another awesome video love this :)
Glad you enjoyed Mini thanks for watching :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 Always great love your format :)
Wow thats rough but amazing shsme about it being demolished hoped thry saved dome 9f the door handles mantls etc
I hope they saved them too Julie :-)
Very interesting explore. The cottage is well beyond restoration, even for the most experienced stonemason. The collapse of the foundation is a sure sign of movement that, being Adelaide's volatile soils, will continue to move. Interior has obviously never been updated, but is very plain. There is no fancy plaster work, carved mantels or any individual touches, like stained glass. The lino on the floor would be very close to 90 years old and asbestos based. Knowing the Hyde Park area, vacant land is a premium and is sold, with or without structure, for excessive prices. Regarding the satellite dishes, the larger of the two is for TerraSat, a subscription satellite based communication system of early 80s. And the smaller for local reception via satellite but transceived from towers on Mount Lofty. Again in the mid 80s. Very expensive hobby. And the extra historic images and property ownership is an interesting addition, which you should develop. 👍👍🇭🇲
Hi mate :-) Yeah this one is like the typical workers cottage version it seems, no fancy trims or ceiling features just your basic 4 room symmetrical cottage with little lean to kitchen area :-) I was thinking those dishes in the yard must have been an expensive outlay and he must have love these type communications hobbies, got me thinking if was perhaps ex military or war vet. There cctv ports in the room with 2 air cons as well. Cheers for the info again mate and for watching :-). Yeah I like to add info and other bits on the ones I can which usually are the ones that have been demolished to prevent idiots going to them and trashing them.
@@urbexindigo5164 Didn't think of the ex military connection. The gentleman my of been a radio operator or electronics engineer.You're on the right track. Missed the CCTV plate on the wall next to the aircon until I replayed at reduce speed. Sometimes you skim over small details, which is understandable .👍👍🇦🇺
Gorgeous find 😊✌️
Glad you enjoyed Oz Vic :-) Thanks for watching
A very interesting video. It is sad that the property could be saved and incorporated in the new development. The cost of repairing the foundations no doubt would have been horrendous. Hopefully the new development will blend in with the surrounding neighbourhood and not create a jarring note,
My family had one of those washing machines with the wringer on top back in the 1950s. It was manufactured by a firm called Pope.
Hi Ian and well said, thanks for watching :-)