102 Year Old Lady's Abandoned Home in the USA ~ Power Still ON!
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The abandoned house of the German Focht Family is a place that redefined our definition of what an abandoned home can be, it has been a decade since the last inhabitant Misses Ada passed away and she left all her belongings in doing so. Now 10 years later, everything still remains inside the house and the strangest of all is that the electricity still turns on. Together with her husband Wallace she started living here in the 1930s and over the course of six decades, they raised four beautiful children, got married, and lived a long life with countless memories. Unfortunately, her husband passed away in the 1990’s leaving her to fend for her own. She lived here in relatively good health until the year she turned 102, at this point, she was called to leave planet earth and her beloved house.
Today we will show you the remains of what once was their everything!
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My mom called you her boys . She loved watching your videos . She spent hours watching all your houses. She thought you were so respectful and handsome young men . My mom passed away in December she was 82. We really enjoyed watching your videos together. You helped her pass a lot of enjoyable time. My mom was in quite a bit of pain so all she had to pass her time was tv . You were one of her favorites and I want to thank you so much for posting all these videos. She would of just loved to of known you made it to the United States . She would of loved having you into her little house for tea . It makes me smile to know you made it over here . Enjoy your stay !
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God bless her and may she R.I.P.
Your mom sounds like she was so lovely.💝
Deepest sympathy 🙏 may her memory be a blessing
I can relate I feel much the same My Boys lol I call them too My Boys love there explores and how polite and respectful they are I began watching when I was diagnosed in April 2020 with stage 4 lung cancer that had spread into 4 other organs before Ieven got sick and when treatment started it helped me fill alot of time and they truly make you feel like you are right there with them across the waters as they say,lol I'm too so glad they made it to America 🇺🇸 ❤ 💙 I'm deeply sad for you losing your mother. She was blessed with a loving daughter 💕
The loneliness of the elderly is so often overlooked. Thank you for acknowledging that
It is criminal that elderly people are left to themselves like that!
I live to this day with a regret that makes me nauseous to my stomach. Never visiting my divorced grandpa ( living four hours away) as an adult after meeting him only a handful of times growing up. I realized he was getting old at 19 and called him but he puts the phone to the radio if he doesn’t know the number. My dad said you have to e-mail and give him your number but I didn’t have internet at the time. When I was 26 he passed away. Never having called or visiting once. I hate that I let that happen. He passed away off a heart attack with a meals on weals driver there. My dad lives in his house now , his childhood home.
@@renataostertag6051 capitalism and money are more important.... Employers don't want to hire people if they take any time off from a career to care for parents.. You are 'supposed' to put them in a nursing home that costs on average $14,000 a month
@@NickLeeds Yes, it costs a lot. They should pay to a grandchild only a fraction of this. Thus all would be happy. The elderly person, the children and grandchildren and the wider society.
@@NickLeeds Ahem. Money perhaps...capitalism..not so much. Elderly people are isolated and uncared for VASTLY more in socialist contries...every eastern european bloc country was/is much worse.
Adda was 102 years old living alone in a very old house, with very old memories. It's hauntingly sad, and bittersweet. If the walls could speak, I can only imagine the stories they would tell.
RIP Adda..
Also, I love how sensitive and respectful you are. "Give honor to whom honor is due".
My grandmother died in 1998. My grandfather lived until he was 99 years old. He passed away in 2009. When my grandmother passed away he dismantled all the tables in the living room where we used to get together with our entire family during the weekend and holidays when she was still alive. It was his own way of mourning the loss of someone he had shared his life with. I do not believe it is sad. It is a quite romantic way of showing respect and love, something that maybe would be considered outrageous in our society. At night, he would sit in front of the fireplace for hours, silent, just staring at the flames. He would not even sleep in their bed anymore. He made his own bed (he was a handyman who fought during WWII and escaped in 1943). When he also passed away, his son decided to rent the house. To me, it was a very sad thing to do. It used to be the place where we shared beautiful moments. So, I understood, that families nowadays have lost all the values their parents tried to pass over. They were part of a long-gone generation, people I will always bring with me, in my heart.
Seeing those family photos that were left to decay just broke my heart. With all the canning jars, no doubt this wonderful lady was very industrious. She likely had a vegetable garden, then canned and stored food in the cellar.
I absolutely think the same, she prepaired for harsh times!
@@BrosOfDecay I would have loved being in the kitchen with this woman. And I just want to let you know how much I enjoy your adventures. Oh, and the poem on the wall wasn't meant to demean others who had no food. It was meant to remind those who had much to count their blessings and not to complain. I saw that poem a lot growing up. They were sold in the variety stores for decades.
@@HanaRose22 I just can't imagine that.
@@BrosOfDecay back in the day it wasn’t preparing for harsh times, it was just away of life. You grew a garden and put it into jars for winter. We do it every year. During WWII everybody had gardens and everybody canned everything. Each person planted a huge garden and traded veggies and such with each other. They had canning parties too.
I know how you feel about it breaking your heart my family is probably the most weirdest family ever they don't care about one another they don't care about family photos they didn't care about anything that my grandparents did or rode or anything it's just like my grandparents never existed I'm the only one out of all of them that live exactly the way my grandparents did when they were raising me it's sad
Beware turning on electricity in these old houses. If there are compromised electrical wires and mice have nested around them, it could start a fire. I speak from experience.
Also rats habitually chew electric wires causing many fires.
@@doloresprichard5088 wee shytes
Especially those in country with old well pumps my parents bought an old farm house fixed up a bit and used it for there summer home and would winter in Florida yes (Snowbirds) my daughter stayed there the first winter and every time they turned the water on the fuse box would shut trip n shut off the power turned out it was the old well pump wires chewed up good thing the house had a updated fuse box with safety breakers saved them from a fire 🔥 Thank God 😊
They have not unplugged the cord. The man is careless in handling the electricals.
That was really well done. I think you did a great job paying homage to this woman and her family. It reminded me of when my wife and I bought our most recent home in 2012. An older Japanese woman had been living there, but she was now 97 and had to go to a care home. Her son , who was himself about 70, was cleaning the house up preparing to put it on the market when we found it. We told him don't do anything else and we'll be back that day with an offer. And we did come back and shook hands on a price and bought that house without it ever going on the market. When we got the keys and started to move in, we noticed little things like magnet hooks for dish towels, and a little row of coat /jacket hooks shaped like apples that she no doubt put up when she was a young woman just first making her home for her family decades before. It really made my wife and I stop and think, we were parents with 2 young children moving into that house, and she probably felt just like we did when she moved in. It told us to appreciate your life as it happens. We kept all her little knick knacks as a tribute to her and still have them to this day.
So nice to read how young people appreciate the little things in life others cherished for years. We live in a "throw away" society where only the new is acquired and the old is discarded. Now, with the department stores closing perhaps people will have a renewed appreciation for "new to you" used items.
Very 👍🙂 nice
This is amazing!!!💗
Nice videos and all but do me a favor pleaaaaseeee! STOP TOUCHING THINGS AND STAGING THINGS FOR PICTURES AND VIDEOS. ITS very des respectfull.
The poem on the kitchen wall was about being thankful that you have enough to eat. That sort of sentiment was very ingrained in the people who went through the great depression and was a reminder for them to be humble in prosperous times.
The Farmer’s Almanac is still used today. People use it to know when to plant in their backyard gardens and to know the weather for the coming year. It also has useful household tips.
Also their weather forecast is often quite accurate
@@RetroCaptain They have a formula for predicting the weather and have kept it secret all these years.
Exactly
I've got this year's book on my coffee table 😄
I'm surprised in the states they left the electricity on nobody's paying it they're quick to shut off the electricity when you're living there and you're not paying it so why shouldn't they be quick to shut it off when you don't live there and you're not paying it makes no sense to me when you think of why or hear of why let us all know and it's interesting that you live there for so long and her family didn't do something with the house like have a demolished or whatever thanks for showing this video I always love the videos you bring us I always love when you discover something new in the states that you don't have and Europe it's refreshing it's like a child in a daycare learning something for the first time the Wonder and excitement on her face I love saying that when you learn something new for the first time you didn't know in Europe please keep coming to the states and exploring we have a lot to show you and we even learn stuff as you show these videos we don't know what all either it's great Sharon together
The poem in the kitchen was not making fun of people who had little food. It was a reminder that rather than complain about there always being dirty dishes to wash, you should be thankful that you had food to eat.
You made me tear up when you said Americans are some of the most patriotic people in the world. It doesn’t feel that way for the last 6 or so years.
Thank you for reminding me that I am.
Sadly many that are patriotic also have a tendency to be very narrow minded. Proud yes, Patriotism--- we can live without.
Oh the irony
It's sad to think that this grandma spent her final years alone. No children or grandchildren around to help. Even looking at all the items left in the house and the fact that the power is still on, testifies to the fact that things were not properly, respectfully or lovingly taken care of by anyone. Sad. 😢
I'd love to know the backstory...what happened to the family?
This is my first time watching your channel. I found it fascinating, albeit, rather sad. I would love to know her real story. Did you look up the person’s history beforehand (I’m curious as to how you knew her name, her husband’s name, and that they had four children)? As interesting as this was, combining it with well-sleuthed facts would give her more honor. My grandmother’s sister lived to be almost 100, and she outlived her children, so one of her grandchildren took care of her until the end. She really was deeply loved. So we really don’t know what happened, or if this woman was taken care of by someone who truly loved her but left immediately following her death (and didn’t care much about her material things - although the antique photos were amazing). At a practical level, do you get permission to go in? If not, would breaking and entering laws apply in cases like these? Thank you.
Published every September, The Old Farmer's Almanac has been published continuously since 1792, making it the oldest continuously published periodical in North America.
Everyone, farmer or not used to purchase one. They are not as popular since all the information can be found on the internet, but I used to purchase one every year in the 70s & 80s.
That sound interesting, hi Mary how are you doing with your family I do hope you’re safe from the virus?
You can still get a monthly Kindle subscription to the Farmer’s Almanac online.
@Sandy McDonald hi
What a wonderful place. Seeing all those photos left behind broke my heart, too. I'm the genealogist in my family and every photograph is a treasure.
Great to hear that you cherish the history of your family! You are a great person...
Focht/ Fogt is my gg paternal grandmother's maiden name
I live in Sydney Australia
They emigrated in the late 1800s to northern NSW
and this is our old villa! look th-cam.com/video/cAbaru-diBA/w-d-xo.html
Iam sorry for the children How they cane left the house when they was living End left the picture memory.? That the time vas everything very good kvality. sorry for my incorect english gramer
I feel the same as you and I am the keeper of old photographs going back three generations. I also, cherish "instant ancestors" I have one photograph of an employee from the Titanic which sunk in 1912, as the son never married and had no children to leave the photograph to so he sold it to me. Later, I found out his father was a hero on the Titanic and responsible for saving hundreds of lives. Photographs are memories and memories are worth cherishing for a lifetime and beyond.
It's so funny to hear you guys as foreigners trying to figure out items from our culture like transistor radios! You're too young to know what you're seeing sometimes. I like your videos very much! I can feel the love you have for the value of things, not just material but the sadness that comes from a family not taking care of their past.
Another fun fact: in the late 1800’s & early 1900’s, you could order a whole house from Sears!
In Salem Oregon there are still a couple of the Sears homes still standing.
@@vickirhoades9655 do you know where? I’m 30 mins from Salem and curious to see them if I’m ever in the area.
I'm sorry I don't, I was taking my father to a medical appt. He pointed them out. I would ask but unfortunately he passed away in March.
@old school boxing see comment above
My house came from Montgomery ward catalog around 1930s and standing strong. The house was remodeled back in 2017 but still has a lot of the old fixtures. If you are ever in San Francisco go to sac fifth avenue store and go to top floor and towards macys roof. There is a house on on it because macys use to sell home kits back in 50 and 60’s.
Even though there is a lot of dust and spiderwebs, this remarkable lady kept a very clean home. The kitchen is adorable. She did a lot of food "canning" during her lifetime. All of the jars are very old. There were some interesting finds in this home. All of the photographs were beautiful and obviously treasured, along with her cards. She loved her home and took good care of it. Thank you for this wonderful tour.
Absolutely Lissanne! Lovely to hear that you enjoyed the video!
@@BrosOfDecay
Oh, you're welcome.
Yes, several Vaccum cleaners
You could see she was a simple woman. She loved the Lord and her children. And apparantly loved to sew. I believe her children took a few momentos and their probably pretty old themselves. And the house needed so much work I think they abandoned because not worth paying the taxes sometimes. Thanks for the nice tour. 😊
My aunt is 102 now. She keeps an immaculate house. She and my uncle never had children. If Ada was a 102 when she died, that picture of a wedding wasn't theirs. That's a 1950s type wedding. The electrolux was probable '30s or '40s. We had one. They were great. I still have my ceramic tree. That is what she probably used as she aged. The room where those pictures were is a sun room. Her children are either very old now or could be gone. My grandmother lost 3 of hers, before she died. Thank you for this.
My 19 yr old son asked me the other day if his grandma had a mom, I died. My ancestors were German, Danish and Irish mostly so a lot of my dad's side came from the Netherlands.
Oh my Goodness. That was the first Washing machine I had to wash simple clothes in I was 4 years old. Take the items out of the tub of water and place them through the rollers to squeeze the water out. Then to the basket and out on the line. Always had to use a step stool.
Hey patrica how are you doing?
Root beer is a type of soda, like coka cola but with a different flavor. "Bicentennial" refers to the 200th anniversary of America's independence. This lady most likely knew how to preserve vegetables...this would explain the jars that would contain the vegetables. There are very old appliances in this home.
Thank you for your tender appreciation and respect you pay to this lady and the life she lived. That you recognize the loneliness that many older people endure is very moving to me.
Your reverence for her home and her things is heart warming. I still have that ceramic Christmas tree that I made with my grandma when I was a child.
I have my mom with me in my home.
I’m 60. She’s 80 and she’s a widow.
I don’t want her to ever be lonely if I can help it.
I'm 62 and my Mom is 86.. we've been living together the last 10 years
👏👏👏❤
Mrs Focht may have been 102 but she kept her rather large house very tidy.
I love that you take care to not disturb things in these places. Your respect and enthusiasm for people’s past lives is charming. Would love to hear more about your overall impression of your trip to the US.
Good morning 🌞! Am so glad to find you.Would love to go with you guys & explore these homes They are huge,lots of room & space for children at play,a garden,milk cow & hogs etc.All pitch in daily activities( kids too),families as it is in those days gone by.Happiness abound in those days in my run- away imagination Nostalgic,thank you & keep on sharing please.Appreciate you leave everything in place & as is Sadly, most of these lovely homes with thousands of memories in their time are demolished.
It’s sad that this home has been left to decay. Perhaps she outlived her children or perhaps the children could not come to an agreement about the house. My parents had an Electrolux like the one you showed, it was a workhorse. I used it up until the 2000’s until I sucked something up in it and burned the motor up!
My Mom and I made a ceramic Christmas tree together and I treasure it as she’s been gone for almost six years now.
We had an Electrolux too until my Dad installed a system that collected the dust in a large canister in the basement. The Electrolux never died. My mom gave it away when she got the new one. Same with the old Kelvinator refrigerator. I remember her defrosting the freezer compartment regularly, down on her knees sopping up the melting ice. She was thrilled when she got a frost free refrigerator. She gave the old fridge away to a friend. My parents set the example to share what they could with others. Blessings to you.
Those ceramic trees are collectibles now. I'm amazed that one still lit up or that it was even still there!
Hey Lisa, wonderful to hear that the video brings back memories for you :)
@@shawshankredemption29 I know!!
My late gma had an Electrolux , too. It quit working back in the 90s one day as I was cleaning up my dad's house. We had to get a new vacuum.
Also, when it comes to living alone, living alone does not mean the person is lonely, as Im 49 yrs old and I have lived alone for over 15 yrs now.
A lot of people like myself are the happiest when at home and alone. But I do have 3 dogs and 3 chickens 😄🥰
Alone but not lonely. 🤗
Living alone but not being lonely is a testament to being happy within one’s self. Some of our best times are when living alone.
When he picks up the bottle of a Murphy’s oil soap and says stepping back in time it made me giggle a little, their bottle hasn’t changed a bit. Really cool house tour, you guys are very respectful of the space. Also the chair toilet is called a camode lol
Thank you, yes that's right, commode was the word I couldn't remember. It comes from the French word for "convenient." True story. Probably the same French word "accomodate" comes from
This house is amazing. Very little decay, to the roof is intact, no water damage, most things are still functioning. Just amazing I was dumbstruck from the moment the television was turned on. I can tell you I have a tv from the early 2000, and it won't even come on. This was a beautiful adventure. Thanks guys.
My grandmother had that poem above her sink. I have it now that she's passed. That generation went hungry lived during the great depression. That poem was very popular among that generation. The meaning is when you want to complain about the dirty dishes, don't, be grateful you have food to dirty them with.
Leslie you remember she was 102 years old the poem meant to her be glad for dirty dishes for she had food for her family to eat. She came from a time when food had to be grown and meat was scarce. She was not making fun of people who had no food, she probably once had not much food to eat. Good explore. Reminds me of my grandmother’s home. Lots antiques.
She also lived through the Great Depression.
@@sueregan2782 My grandmother had ration stamps for sugar, flour and shoes etc…she was so frugal she didn’t spend them all once the Great Depression was over, I now posses them as my mother has passed and I inherited those stamps.
A kitchen prayer of thanks because they did have food.
Yes, you find many kitchen prayers of gratitude like those in the USA. So, lovely!
Correct the saying is just reminding you not to be bothered by the mess of dirty dishes because you were graced with food while others may still be hungry. It's not to be offensive to those who go hungry at all. It's a reminder that you have more than others so be grateful for it.
Hello from Ohio, USA. Thanks for the interesting tour. You’re so funny with your fascination of vacuume cleaners 😂. The machine on the second level of the home was a carpet, or rug shampooer. The small radio in one of the rooms was called a transistor radio. It was battery operated. The SOS boxes were a famous brand on steel wool cleaning / scrubbing pads. My favorite things you found were the old photographs. Safe travels to you!
Farmers Almanacs are useful and fun to read. My mom had an Electrolux from the 70’s that she passed onto me, lol. They are probably the best vacuum ever made and if you look on EBay, parts still sell for a lot!
We had well water too, as well as our own source of natural gas to heat our homes on our farm. My dad could fix computers, heating units, cars, he was a farmer & worked building roads and keeping snowy roads safe.
Our family farms supplied pigs & cows. My papaw bush hogged the land until he died. We had gardens all over the place. Out in the countryside, when I was a child…everyone had gardens.
I guess we are fairly independent and naturally off grid in some parts of the US even still
The gas stoves like what you saw can be lit even without power.
SOS pads are very abrasive scrubbing pads with the soap already inside them.
The poem has strong religious context. They are implying that you won’t go hungry if you have God.
Root beers are very sweet, I’d suggest going all out and having a root beer float!
That tiny side room with the tennis rackets was the telephone room. Pretty common. The chair and table combo was what was the phone chair
Yes that chair and table is a telephone table or also called a gossip bench. But the room itself is a sun porch.
It breaks my heart to see children abandon their parents. My father is 90 and his health is declining my mom is 85 and forgets everything but we as their children are here for them every step of the way.
I always feel a sense of melancholy after I watch your videos, especially ones where family photos, letters, and heirlooms have been left behind. I attended an estate sale one time and there sat the old family Bible. It had notes, letters, dates and all kinds of info on the family. I thought, “surely, this must be a mistake!” I approached the family member about it and he said, “no, everything is for sale.” It just made me so sad. Thank you, young men, for being so very respectful, and thank you for coming to our young country. ❤🇺🇸
I think this is amazing home of 102 year's old elderly woman.. Thank you for sharing this.. No cussing or no bad language.. Bless you both.. It is called beside toilet or a potty chair.
Love going through abandoned places. I find the histories interesting. Also find myself sitting here trying to tell you what you are looking at. LOL But I do find it heartbreaking when no one wants the photo's or the stuff in the houses. She was 102 when she passed which means her children were probably in their 70's & 80's. Thank you for sharing.
She may have outlived her children as well. She might have been lonely but she kept so many memories and photographs. Her grand children, or even great-grandchildren, should take interest in them. These days many Americans are interested in their family geneology.
Her children may have passed on before her n maybe that's why they were left
What about grandchildren
The ceramic Christmas tree is valuable and the Sears catalog. The potato chips tin is valuable. The stove is Kenmore brand from Sears. The child high chair is valuable. The kitchen buffet furniture looks of antique solid wood. Many valuable antiques.
How about that camel back trunk?
@@brushcreek42 very valuable
@@Yvell is there literally no way to safe these antiques?
@@kelvinsurname7051 must ask am antique dealer. I'm sure that location is very important for the wood items.
Hi Leslie & Danny, that was a cut ceiling not decay! 10 yrs abandoned in Pennsylvania, some things were 1950`s & others 1970`s! Last Sears building was 2021 in Illinois USA! Yes usually kitchen cabinets were metal in the 1970`s & covered inside & outside with colorful sticky paper! Silver aluminum coffee & sugar containers., starting 1950`s! Non Alcohol is Root Beer a soda! Where you saw the blue violin glass container...is a crystal dish I still own! Bi Centennial license plate was a Big Thing in USA 1976 & special Quarters were made that year! Was 1926 then 1976 next is 2026, on behalf of the British people the Queen gifted to the United States the Bi Centennial Bell a Replica of the Liberty Bell that hangs at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Jars in her basement were made yes for vegetables & fruits..we call that Canning & it is still done today in 2022! New Furnace for heat to house was in basement! Carpets yes are still popular in houses mostly now only bedrooms & the kitchen & bathrooms is tile floor & the rest of rooms is laminated or hardwood floors! RCA Victor back in 1950`s was a radio handheld but all thru the 1960` -1970`s other handheld radio`swere popular! Now in Ice Skating... Men`s Ice skates were Black & women`s were White still the same today! In the attic you call chest , we call trunks! Very good video, thanks so much for sharing & hope my info helps you! Take care you 2 & stay safe, Love from Central Illinois USA😊🤩
Hi from Jamaica. I am totally fascinated with this home. Such a pity the children do not understand the value of what they have abondoned. A museum of their home with these ethnographic pieces would have served well in this community. Hope someone will try and reach out to them. The value of what some deem as nothing is treasure to others.
I thought Your Name was Veronica.
I admire the care and respect you show for the property and the people of the abandoned places you visit.
Always Christine :)
I notice this too. He loves his work and shows such dignity regardless of the home.
What a rare find to see the American flag that has 48 stars on it just lying across the sofa... The whole house is a rare find in itself.. She mustt had had credit on her power bill because you don't see that here in the states...
What if the grandkids are keeping insurance up to date. They often insist that the electricity remain intact. They I think are hoping to keep some usability or value as most times once the power is cut next thing the roof falls in and it's a big pile of trash to pay to get rid of instead of a fixer upper heritage home.
I love your tour of this home and how respectful you are of Ada when you lovingly tell her story. I think she would be pleased with the tribute you gave her. I jumped when I saw that Life Magazine with Edmund Muskie on the cover. He was a US Senator from my home state of Maine for many years before becoming Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State. Regarding the poem on the kitchen wall: Americans who lived through The Great Depression were always reminded never to take having food on the table for granted. Even when I was growing up in the 1970's, being raised by people who remember the Depression, I would be told to clean my plate (finish my meal) because there were children in Africa who were starving who would be happy to have it. It's just an American thing at that time to be grateful for having food so the poem means not to look at dirty dishes as a mess to clean up, but as a symbol that they were blessed to have food to eat.
Lesley @ 15:18 that Christmas tree is awesome. To find one that works like that is even better! They do go for good money, if no chips, no missing lights, and it all works. Love seeing some of the artifacts left behind by the previous owners
Wonderful , Lesley and Danny! SOS you found in the kitchen sink is a scouring pad for pots and pans. I have them and they are still hugely popular. All the cleaning products you saw are currently used here. Built in closets are the norm here. Fabulous. So much better than a wardrobe furniture unit. I love you both ! Thank you from Ft Worth
Thank you so much Denise for the great information, very helpful!
and this is our old villa! look th-cam.com/video/cAbaru-diBA/w-d-xo.html
Hey guys! The photo you two found that was on metal…… it’s called a tintype. A tintype, also known as melainotype or ferrotype, is an old style of photograph that creates a photographic image on a thin sheet of metal or iron that has been first coated with a dark lacquer or enamel.
The tintype photo was introduced in 1856 and popular until about 1867. But tintype photo studios were still around into the early 1900s as a novelty.
So there ya go! 👍🏻
And oh my gosh my grandparents had a ceramic Christmas tree exactly like the one in this house, actually we had one too for a while, also, exactly like that one. Lol lights up just the same & everything! 🎄☺️
my paternal grandmother actually made ours in a ceramics class & gave it to us as a gift. She was very crafty.
Great episode! This place is so adorable. The way you guys tucked away that beautiful antique/vintage photo album in the drawer with the Bible was so sweet. You’re so right about photos like that, they are memories and history etc. I feel like they’re so beautiful that they should be preserved by a local historical society or something.
I remember my mom having an analog tv with no remote in the 80s and it caught on fire one day! It was only smoking and no flames, luckily. It was worn out.
What wonderful find. The poem on the wall just meant to say how blessed they were as a family and that they were thankful. It wasn't meant to be disrespected to others. I'm from the states and we see many homes like this abandoned. So sad that someone didn't come for the picture. That's for being so respectful to people's homes. God's speed.
I don't think it has been any years because there is zero spider webs
@@allenburris3740 It depends on what was used as an insecticide. I visited homes that the families had used things from the farm that are now illegal. Old folk felt that the government was making their lives harder by outlawing "The Good stuff" (strong insecticides as well as other products) by saying they could cause cancer. These folk would buy the products in bulk when they received word of such laws being made and would continue to use the products. I've seen it too many times. I recall entering my great-grandmother's home after she had left it 10 years and there were very few spiderwebs. I on the other hand try to use natural stuff to keep my spiders down and if I've been gone a few weeks they look like they have had a party on my ceiling. 🥳🙄
Hi Lesley and Danny…
I never understand how people leave pictures behind…especially of your parents…it makes me sad…it’s depressing to see…a choice between furniture and clothing…I’d pack the pictures to take with me.
Love seeing Danny and You exploring together…this was a great find.
TFS!
I feel the same... Its so sad to see this memories left behind.
@@artemisiana especially pics of the parents…I don’t get it🤦🏽♀️
I purchase old photos and research them to find relatives to return them to. I was dying seeing all those family photo albums. Breaks my heart that no one wanted them.
@@sarahkelly9664what a great idea…I❤️love it.
I have absolutely ZERO family left. I am the end of my line, no children or nieces/nephews so all my family photos will end up either in an antique shop or in the garbage.
I love seeing stuff like that, she lived our whole life in that place with all the antique furniture and TVs they just made things to last back then, thanks for showing that it's very warming!
The Christmas tree is likely from the 60s or so. They are quite collectible and now sell for hundreds of dollars! I’m lucky enough to have one of them with over one hundred “lights” on it.Mines from 1983 and it was made for a friend of mine and given to me by her daughter after she passed.
I have one that I made in the 70’s. My mom, grandmom and I would go to ceramic class every week. They are so collectible I didn’t realize until I seen them on eBay and in some antique shops in Lancaster PA. My mom is so mad because she hated hers and threw it away years ago.
Loved it!! Your toilet chair is a bedside commode. ;)
Hello from a 74 yr old in Denver Co. You make me so happy with your videos! Thank you!!!!!!
The kitchen poem about not apologizing for dirty dishes is meant to show gratefulness for having food and saying thanks to the greater power for such. There is no intent in it to offend those who are not so fortunate. Thank you for your explores, it is always fascinating and I love your accents from the Netherlands. Oh, do you speak Friesian? Just curious as I am a fan of Follow the Herd Friesian Horses which I love.
The couple lived through "The Dirty 30s" "The Great Depression" era and no doubt saw a lot of poverty so they remained thankful for each day they had food and shelter
Most definitely, they were showing how thankful they were!
Prity!! Me encantó tu vídeo,es una pasada esa casa abandonada, muchísimas gracias!
T saludamos desde mi bello país PANAMÁ 😘😘❤️ bendiciones, bendiciones.
Danny camera skills are amazing. Lesley beautiful like always. And this home is so beautiful and Very sad for the loneliness. Amazing video thanks!
Lesley and Danny take us to an American ordinary abandoned house and the family´s story in a unique way!!!! How wonderful it is. Living again special moments of the family!!! Wow!!! There is no way to feel bored!!! Always expecting for the next surprise!!!
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Thank you so much :D We really appreciate it!
So where did they read this lovely family story?
@@jab2780 , you can say a lot of things about people when you see what they have built for their lives, what has been left behind. It is just a matter of going deep into blank pages. Lesley and Danny are incredibly creating possible stories about the inhabitants of these long time gone homes.
@@user-bs5ys4vo7e I would like to start hearing the truth instead of conjecture. How does he know the children "don't care". And I've heard him say the same damn thing video after video. It's like. Look around for some names and dates and paste a story together. He loves to use emotional words and tell us too how he is very respectful. In the end, we know nothing.
I love how you make the smallest and most simple of household objects sound so endearing.
You show such respect and reverence for this dear departed lady and her home.
I am from Pennsylvania and my grandparents were farmers. My Grandfather was of German descent and spoke Pennsylvania Dutch. Their farm house wasn't left abandoned because my Grandmother moved out and sold it years ago. It now has a "new" farmer's family living in it.
This brought back memories of my heritage
I've watched your European explores and this is so fun seeing this American one through your eyes!!
Thank you so much Elizabeth, I was a bit hesitant at first but I am glad my American fans like what we are making :)
I love it ! I had hoped one days these respectful young men would make it to America 🇺🇸 Welcome boys !
Haven’t heard the sound of that vacuum since my grandma’s house. Great find and awesome story…thank you. Welcome, travel safely and enjoy the US🇺🇸
As someone who grew up with an older mother in the country, things in this vid reminded me so much of my home it made me tear up a little. There's such a beauty to time capsules like this. I love seeing them unharmed and with in tact memories.
I love the way you so carefully handled her home and the items in it.
No, in fact, the man was careless. Plugging the cord and not removing the plug from the socket. Very careless man.
A kitchen table is the heart of the home, so a blessing plaque above the breakfast table is still very common in a country home. Rootbeer is soda water like Coca-Cola. Murphy Oil is still used today on wood furniture and wood flooring. The typewriter is from the 50s or 60s. Pennsylvania has many Germans who have lived there for hundreds of years. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has many Amish residents. This charming old German Christian home was once full of love and lots of activity through the generations. Thank you for sharing. Northern homes weren't so different from our Southern homes. GG from Texas.
I love the kitchen alots, hi ginger how are you doing with your family I do hope you’re safe from the virus?
@@andychris7647 All is well and very good. Thank you, Andy. Ditto!
@@GingerGrutzius sounds good,you’re welcome, would be preferable we talk much better on via email so we can get to know each other’s and share up some common interest as friends Ginger?
Thank you for your sweet and lovely words about our country. You made me smile. Loved seeing this house. Loved so much of the furniture! I'd love to have several pieces, like the rocking chair. By the way, we still have Sears but on a much smaller scale. Mostly appliances and lawn care machines.Also the Almanac is still very popular, but more than farmers keep them handy for weather info and planting of many different plants Thank you for your videos. You are always so very respectful of every property. God bless you!
You guys are great. You both are so very respectful of the property of others. I am very impressed by your professionalism. I've watch others touring abandoned property and leave doors, drawers, etc opened but you guys always make sure you leave things exactly as you find it. Thank you guys for restoring my faith in humanity. God Bless you both. Be safe in your travels & adventures. ♥
I was born in 1947, a few years after Ana. This home tour brings back my early years. The one thing I remember is all the brand names they used. Sears, Philco, Electrolux, Farmers Almanac, RCA Victor, Singer Sewing Machine, just a few. I have my Grandma’s treadle sewing machine. Loved this tour.
MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE BACK IN THE DAYS! JUST SAD THE CHILDREN DID NOT BOTHER TO LOOK AFTER THE OLD WOMAN & THE HOUSE THEY ALL USED TO LIVE IN !!
The children are likely in their eighties so we shouldn't judge what we don't know
It's heartbreaking to see this once beautiful in this condition!
@@angelaclements1244 I was a grandchild that wanted my grandparents' house after they passed. My grandmother actually had it willed to me (I saw the will), but my aunts coerced her into changing it right before hospice was called in. It's a shame none of the grandchildren wanted to preserve it.
You guys are so cute 🥰 Root beer is a frothy soda pop. I can never get a enough of you guys. Always positive the best attitude's, 💕 Love that.
It's called root beer because the flavoring is from the roots of the sassafras plant and is used to make the soda pop, the British call all soda pop a "fizzy drink".
The look on Leslie's face when he discovers the typewriter is so cute! He's so happy! 🤩
Absolutely beautiful! Also, I don't think any of the missing items were stolen. I think maybe the family, friends and grandchildren took the valuables after her death. Which is why there's no clothes, jewelry, or food. Maybe someone is also keeping an eye on the property which is why the power is still on. Someone is paying the bill.
I totally agree with you I think that’s what actually happened
But i wonder why they did not take the pictures
@@Jcandy20012 I agree
@@Ellenslife851 He did say in the video the family stopped going around to the house how sad if that was my mothers house I would go clean it up and make it a memory house of hers and lock the doors so no one could get in there. Make it like a museum and paint the walls
@@Ellenslife851 Especially if i grew up in that house I would also put a song Lyric on the wall that said I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing
Out here, it's like I'm someone else
I thought that maybe I could find myself
If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave
Won't take nothin' but a memory
From the house that built me.... That song is from by Miranda Lambert The House That Built Me i love that song
Wonderful picture showing a very cozy home with some beautiful pieces of furniture. Dear Lesley, I am already very excited
to see and hear you taking us viewers on tour through this house of a 102 year old lady. That is so amazing!
Wishing you all the best, peace and kindest regards.
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Leslie and Danny, you are so funny with the vacuum! 102 years old, she was a very strong woman. I still get the Farmers Almanac every year! It has the planting, animal rearing schedule, the tides, the Zodiac, the weather, recipes, and interesting articles and short stories. Be safe in your travels!
Same here they are absolutely amazing, hi Laila how are you doing with your family I do hope you’re safe from the virus?
Haha I bet the old lady must be so lonely though. Hi Laila how are you doing with your family I do hope you’re safe from the virus?
Absolutely amazing, I love how you have such respect for Ada's home and things left behind!
I hope her grandchildren will one day will find the pictures. Her children are likely no longer with us, and I can't begin to guess who might have inherited this home. But surely one day they will come and preserve the memories and the history. I feel like that's really important, something beyond the house itself and the objects in it. It's really mystifying to me how this can be like this. Obviously someone is paying the bills, so it's not a forgotten property.
Thank you for the house tour Lesley. Although it’s interesting going back in time, it’s also kind of sad seeing someone’s precious belongings just rotting away. I can’t understand why family or relatives didn’t take the old pictures. BTW, small fire extinguishers are still being sold. When my husband purchased our house, I found one in the master bedroom closet. An updated one of course. Old homes are absolutely fascinating. I enjoy watching your videos. Always interesting things inside these abandoned homes. 👍🏼
I love the respect you show to these places and honoring the previous occupants.
That home is straight out of the fifties. She kept a neat home! The last radio you showed was from the forties. I remember contact paper was popular those days, I think that is on the kitchen cabinets. Contact paper was like a sticky sheet of a coated paper that women would put on the bottom inside the cabinets. It lasted for years and was wipeable.
The ASMR when you were showing the pics was amazing. You're so respectful of everything. Such well mannered young men ❤️
I love the respect you have for the people who once lived in these abandoned homes. The care you take with each item they once owned. You bring us viewers into the lives they must have lived, not just walk us through a lifeless home. I was especially happy watching this visit to Pennsylvania. An honor to have you visit the USA! Love you guys!
Omg the vacuum cleaner! That was epic! Y’all are amazing to watch, and the respect you show these homes is quite admirable.
Ik vond het enorm interessant en deel jullie liefde voor oude , antieke plekken. En mijn complimenten voor de respectvolle manier waarmee jullie Ada's eigendommen hebben behandelt. Ga zo door!
That is the most beautiful home I've seen in a long time I'm 62 years old and I would love to buy that house she must have been a very beautiful lady God bless her and God bless her home it is very unique and very beautiful thank you very much for bringing it to the internet and TH-cam to where people can see how people lived and how beautiful they kept everything thank you
She may have had the Farmers' Almanac because it was just something of comfort to read from her youth.
She must have been so active to have lived for so long!
They are still relevant today . And in print.
I love that you take time on personal details, photographs and notes that remain. It feels that the people who lived in and loved these spaces come back to life to a degree when given the opportunity.
Love the antiques, a modest yet loving home, I am from NY we had the same sign in our kitchen about dirty dishes, never meant to be offensive about those who go without, our family welcomed strangers to the table even during our own hard times, it's about gratitude to God for being able to put food on the table, and looking at chores in a more positive way. we trusted we'd always have enough and when we were down to our last can of food, someone generously and anonymously dropped off a box of food at our door. We appreciated it that much more when we almost had to go without.
The way the t.v. turned on it reminds me of a tv my grandfather had and he said it was a voice box that when he was lonely he would turn it on and talk to it and he could hear his mother and dad talking back to him he also said that he could hear other voices of people he didnt know coming through.
Very interesting video. There were three vacuum cleaners downstairs, the Hoover Convertible upright, a Hoover Constellation next to the chair you sat in Lesley and the Electrolux cylinder.
The other appliances you look at Lesley is a Shampoo polisher.
You guys work well together as a team. I really enjoyed this video. You're both so very good at what you do. I think I've seen all of the videos on both of your channels lol... I love that you called Sears the Amazon of the day; I never thought about it, but you're so right. What an incredibly long life she lived. I bet you're right, those pictures are her ancestors. Such precious albums she has! Great video again, guys - thanks for sharing and thanks for your work!
This is so sweet. You also have such class. ❤
Many many families in this country have Old Farmers Almanacs. It’s so much more than just farming tips. It has long term weather forecasts, full moon guides, tides, gardening tips etc. I could just listen to you talk and describe probably anything. You speak with such care and genuine interest. Not to mention that wonderful accent.
Shoutout to your camera guy Leslie, he knew the assignment!👍
Hi Leslie and Danny. Love your channel. The picture on metal is called a "tin plate". Popular during the mid 19th century. In the United States, many soldiers who were going to war during the American Civil War, would have one taken before they left to give to their families and sweethearts to remember them by. Unfortunately, most didn't make it back to them.
New subscriber here..I love your channel. I like that you pay so much attention to detail. Beautiful story of 102 year old Anna, thank you!!! That tiny radio in her room is called a transistor radio. I still have mine from my childhood 🙂 thank you and God Bless!
The Farmers Almanac is good for planting flowers and vegetables in small gardens as well. People in my area still rely on it. This one really touches my heart as it is filmed in the State where my Grandparents lived. Loneliness is a dark side of getting on in years. I promise, loneliness is extremely painful. When one gives so much through their lives to find that no one even remembers you are still breathing. People are too much about themselves in the US. They have lost the concept of family and respect. Guys, Root Beer used to be made from a root and was actually kind of medicinal. It is a non alcoholic carbonated drink that is a favorite of mine.
Beautifully said!
Great video guys! The pictures you found in her forgotten home, look like they're from around the Civil War era. I'll bet some of those very old pictures show some famous people in her family and from our nation's history. Someone should save all those for posterity. I hate seeing our collective history being allowed to disappear like this. We're losing our history every day. Hey, Lesley. That first Singer sewing machine worked! You just had the lever on the side of the machine set to its slowest speed. If you would have moved that lever, and then pressed the pedal, it would have worked. Strange her power is still on though. In the US, if you don't pay your bill, they shut you off! Someone probably made sure the poor old lady had power for as long as she needed and didn't disconnect her line Thats what I hope anyway.😊
Family still has this house. . Or it would have been turned off. It is very unusual . I think this house is in limbo as to what the family wants to do with it. perplexed 🤔
@@MichelleJohnson-tg5lx And in the meantime, if her family is deciding what to do, all those old photographs and things are rotting away. So sad...
You have the most thought provoking post 👍
@@iiatargetanalyst3046 Thank you. I love to think that there must be someone, somewhere who loved that person and would treasure their memories. We're all here for such a short time, then poof! Never to be seen again. And yet, we can't take one single thing with us.! An old man told me that the only thing you can bring with you, are your good deeds". So true. peace
@@MichelleJohnson-tg5lx I live in rural Central Ohio. There is a house 'in limbo' because one of the four children refuse to sell. So, it just sits there decaying with stuff in it. It is really sad and such a waste. I wonder if that is what is going on with this property.
Hello Lesley and Danny. The car license plate stated "Bicentennial State" and it was issued in 1976. It reflects the 200th anniversary of US founding year of 1776. Bi means two and centennial means hundred. I love your adventures. Thanks so much.
I wonder if she out lived her child or children. I once had a neighbor who died at 103. He had a daughter who was 83. I one saw him on a ladder, pruning an apple tree, when he was 98. ♥️
It's so refreshing to listen to your comments. Sharing your perspective brings energy to the abandoned home. Thank you!
Удивительное место. Дом давно брошен и много пыли, но видно, что здесь всегда был порядок и все вещи на своих местах. Поразительно, что есть электричество.💯👍