Victorian Ladies 1/2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2009
- A fascinating glimpse into victorian lives through these very spirited ladies memoirs.. Again not a ghostly video, But as I love history (as you have probably guessed by now !) I thought Id add a couple of these videos to my channel. I recorded them back in the 90's off the BBC and thought they were little gems.
I feel incredibly privileged to have heard these women's stories straight from their mouths.
Thanks a lot for uploading! What an amazing piece of history that is.... I am in my late 50s and I was lucky enough to know that kind of charming old ladies who were born in the 19th century.I just loved to listen to her stories of a far distant time... But how will my generation be like in that age? It is not only that we all have the same boaring life style of "modern times forever young girls" but I very much doubt that we will be as charming old ladies who have aged gracefully, looking like Miss Marple (not like a botoxed timeless plastic doll), loveable old grannies, with a wrinkled face and lively eyes, grey hear and oldfashioned style. Despite my gratitude that we meanwhile discuss the importance of a modern Silver Generation in our time - something went wrong... I miss the old grand ladies and gentlemen and their style and attitude. We are likely to end up as a foolish forever-young-teenanger generation if we do not go back to acting like matured grown up old and wise persons. That is the aim of evolution!
“Mud everywhere. Of course hansom cabs slurring through the mud... and where there wasn’t mud, there was fog... and in between was us... enjoying ourselves.” That’s amazing!
Love it too)
So London climate. Wet and fog
This is what TH-cam was invented for! Fantastic stuff!
Actually I’ve hear stories of the guy(s) who invented TH-cam doing it because he couldn’t find a good shot of some celebrities slip up
Still, this video is friggin fantastic
@@BobSheepbob and maybe cat videos. And fails.
*stares in cringe compilation*
Actually TH-cam was invented because people wanted to watch the video where Justin Timberlake exposes Janet Jackson's breast at the Superbowl
@@BobSheepbob it’s was Janet Jackson at a concert bc someone who she was performing with pulled her bra down
I did some research on the clip. It was filmed in 1969 for the BBC Program, Yesterday's Witness:Two Victorian Girls and was released in 1970. Berta Ruck went on to become a successful writer who authored some 90 romance novels and died in Northern Wales a few weeks after her hundredth birthday. Effie's full name was Frances E. Jones and was born in August of 1875 and according to the England and Wales death registry died in Hillingdon, London between January and March of 1975 at the age of 99.
Berta Ruck (1878-1978)
Frances "Effie" Jones (1875-1975)
How wonderful that you carried out this research. Thank you for reporting your findings. I loved this video but found myself wondering ... when was the film made? ... and who were these women? And now you have provided very full answers. Meanwhile, I think I would like to be an ... indolent and feckless girl!
Such incredibly long lives, and I’ve seen another where the lady was 109 and counting. I’d have thought the 1800’s onwards weren’t the most liveable times due to disease and poor diets but clearly something was working and I wonder what it was?
Thank you for sharing your research.
D L one of my great grandparents lived to 108
Thanks so much for the interesting post
How brilliant are these women. Very progressive for the times. I’m glad her father actually supported her drawing and desire to study art.
D L Privileged.
They did have money. It was one of those things where they didn't know what to do with their kid, so they threw her in art school.
@@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918 yes, she should have been made to flagellate herself and wear a hair shirt afterwards for not being black transgender, intersexed and in a wheelchair, that goes without saying.
I was born in the early 1990's. Seems strange that one day, many decades from now, when I'm required to give my date of birth there will be a raised eyebrow when I mention '19..', With the person expecting me to say '20..something'
Dean I’ve often thought of that lol. We’re already from the last century.
I was born in 84 and already I feel old haha
@@MrClassicDoctorWho The last millennia too.
I was born in 1999. Hope i could tell my stories in 2099 like these people
Only if you are lucky
A story I can recall was when my French grandmother would casually stroll with her umbrella near the railroad tracks as the buggies would often pass. She would purposely twirl her parasol to catch the eye of one particular gentleman who was quite dashing and owned not one but three buggies quite a tidy sum of money in those days. Fast forward .... they were married six months later and lived in a lavish mansion with 11 servants, a butler and a footman. During the Depression era when money was scarce she went shopping for food and came home with not one bit of morsel just a large, solid statue of a peacock spreading its wings. I still have the statue which weighs about 30 pounds and truly it was her prized possession. She was unpredictable, vivacious and full of life and loved beautiful things especially peacocks!
She sounds wonderful!
I can relate but it was great grandmother and born in 1902 and she was Swiss but wealthy
i love the story- really love it
"Where there wasn't mud, there was fog, and inbetween was us, enjoying ourselves."
That's a great opening line.
Mt Victorian grandmother was born in 1890. My father had me rather late in his life. I asked her all about Titanic and history from that time. I have photos from her side of the family that date back to the mid 1840s. Tintypes. She was so, so elegant!
Very Interesting
She would be considered Edwardian.
@@NightbirdTributeTV You think? Is 1890 considered Edwardian then? I always thought it was still Victorian.
1890 is considered Victorian but she was born in the Victorian era technically but Edward (Her son) took the throne when she died. She would have been around 10 years old when he did. Her teen years and young adulthood would have been in the Edwardian times on up. My great grandmother was born around the same time. I really consider her youth to be Edwardian. Now your great grandmother would have definitely lived in the Victorian era. I don’t know. It’s how you view it I guess. Your grandmother would have remembered just a tiny bit of the Victorian era. Titanic was Edwardian as well.
@@thebrookealyson Makes sense yes. I totally agree with everything you said.
I see you sing songs from one of my favourite bands 😀. Fantastic!
I love hearing older men and women talk about their lives.
I do too.
This is every historian's dream!!😍 I feel so privileged watching this.
Would u marry me
@@matrixdude7714 Respect you for shooting your shot.
Me too love it
Can you understand Latin 😆
Wow. She was asked what we are put into this world for. And her answer was i dont think any of us really know...what a wise woman
ER K It just goes to show that humanity really hasn’t changed at all...
@BobsAndVagene honey im not anywhere near 14...
@BobsAndVagene ive never heard that before...thats a new one...interesting...not sure how to react to new insults but they are always amusing when they are so far from the truth
BobsAndVagene trollllll. Get off the Internet today, man.
@BobsAndVagene no i didn't exaggerate the importance. You dont really know. If you did you would be god. And this is going into a philosophical conversation im not gonna waste having on a youtube clip. Bye!!!
I love these Victorian ladies! There were so many Victorians still alive when I was young - a poignant interesting connection with the past. It's a sad thought that they're now all gone.
I knew a lady many years ago born 1898. I used to love talking to her about her
youth when l was young back in the mid 1960s.Now l feel old thinking that she
was a Victorian.She was originally from Peckham and was working class.
my nan was born in 1899
Imagine what they might make of being seen and heard on the internet !
Jamie W They would probably have loved it.
Something tells me it wouldn't phase them in the slightest.
I bet they’d be right into Instagram/Snapchat/tiktok...
I like how they call them "90s" girls lol
Also, wow the difference in culture! The fact that they were fined for just out riding their bikes... Wow
and for having shorter dresses to avoid mud on it and then getting ridiculed for being slutty for that .... its just insane how society acts even back then
its wonderful to watch this, a time we will never see again, just so good that you can hear the voice of these ladys and it brings you right back to other world, very special indeed. Bless them.
Well, they were pretty girls back then, full of life and fun! We think we know it all today but they saw and experienced the same thoughts and emotions, just the things were different.
If they had talked about theirs grand parents that would have been something . They were you have been born in the late 17 hundreds
there is this short interview made in 1929 un the USA, to a man borned in 1826.
He mentioned his parents and grandparents, borned in the late 1700's.
th-cam.com/video/E099nYOMraM/w-d-xo.html
1890s slang - Ripping, Foul & Rotten....
2010s slang- lol XD lmao
@@gaminglegend now time for 2020's (I hope we will call it the double twenties) slang
But I tend to talk like that. O well
This is absolutely priceless. God how I love these women, their humor strength and wisdom!
My Great Grandad was born in 1888. He fought in the Great War and raised me till I was 4.He took me to the Market and the bank and then after for ice cream every week.
My parents emigrated to Australia in 1967 .
When he was dying,he wanted to see me one last time. He flew to Brisbane in 1970. He was scared to use the telephone,but loved the Aeroplane. He used to ride a Penny Farthing bike.
I have a lot of his personal things. Rosary beads,prayer book ,tin from Queen Mary presented to the troops 1914.
A small stool he made and some furniture.
All of it tells me a story and makes me feel he is still around.
I feel blessed. He taught me so much.🙏🏻❤️
I wish there were more videos talking to women who were born in the late 1800s. Everything has changed and it would be interesting to hear their perspective on some of those changes.
These ladies were delightful! I could listen to these ladies all day
Effie looks like queen victoria in her later years
she does
Love this piece of history. My grandmother was born in 1885 and she told me about the societies morays then. What she told me I thought was rather rediculous. I can't believe women in 1903 stressed out about weather or not her ankles would be seen by a man if she held up her dress when coming across a puddle of water. But then there it is!
@calihartley2010 There's no connection between showing ankles & having class.That's silly.You can wear clothes u feel comfortable in & still be classy.
@@raunakkumar2247 Nah
....btw, *morés, Darlin’...:)
@@suzannereilman4516 thanks
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My grandfather was born an unbelievably long time ago. So it’s amazing to hear someone born almost the same year and telling an interesting story of life then.
"A good glass of gin for tuppence ha'penny!" Oh my word,this is an absolute treasure! Two delightful ladies of a bygone era,parts of which we could benefit from today no doubt! And given that the Victorians used to cover up their piano legs,lol,the fact that Effie wore short skirts whilst cycling must have given folk an attack of the vapours,lol.Gawd bless 'em!
“Mud everywhere! Of course hansom cabs slurring through the mud. And where there wasn’t mud, there was fog. And in between was us, enjoying ourselves.” 😂😊 What a gem of a video. I especially love Berta’s personality...so much spunk!
It’s crazy that the Eiffel Tower wasn’t even built. It opened in 1889. I can’t imagine how many unbelievable changes they saw in their long fruitful lives ❤
What a lovely couple of ladies. God bless them!.
This lady, with her hand on her face. I LOVE her !! What a legendary woman. What a super insight.
"Don't you want any children ?" I nearly fell off my chair lol !! Absolutely wonderful.
totally fascinating to listen to woman that can actually describe their life from that era. Its all very different hearing it from a documentary. This is a hidden gem
My mother's mother was born in November 30, 1899. When I was a little girl I used to think Grandma was wonderful! She would tell us stories of the days when she was a little girl in England, before her family came to Canada. She was a bit of a ringleader, when it came to getting into trouble, and she had had such an interesting life! I miss her, and her stories! Listening to these women was almost like listening to my Grandmother! Thanks for sharing this!
If these speeches were given in schools children may learn more how lucky they are today .especially the girls who had even more things to fight for
i don't think it helps the progress of society that gave us these rights to focus on how much worse things could be
I think standards and times change but we are always fighting for something. That doesn't ever end.
I dont think girls in particular should be made to feel lucky, its equality, its what we should expect.
I could sit and listen to these ladies all day, it brings back found memories of my grandma and the stories of her days in service,
Thank you for posting this video
This is so interesting. I would love to be able to time travel back to that time to experience what it was like to live then for a day.
These women are just DELIGHTFUL!!! Thank you for downloading this. I wonder when these interviews were made....1950s-60's?
ibrake4butterflies 1969
Thank you! Wonderful time capsule. Facinating really. ☮
These 2 videos are in my top five favorite videos I've EVER SEEN in my life! I love them!!!
So very charming. I love these ladies. In general, I love to hear older people tell their stories.
Why do British television producers/editors always try to drown out the speaking with the "background" music? I'll never ever understand that. Otherwise, a delightful video.
It's such a shame, because the program content of British television is generally excellent. I watch it often.
@I know it all. I know it all. Even so it's just too LOUD!
Just loved listening to them! Thank God you have them on video for ever...
This is SO awesome! I absolutely LOVE history too! Thanks so much for putting this up! Feel free to put up as many history videos as you can find :)
Great video... I knew my great grandmother born in 1875 "in Coffee County, Georgia"... always quite proud of herself... we came from southern aristocracy...and she still saw herself that way. She died at 88, but was healthy and lively until the end.
Thank you I love this upload. To hear from women who were there is beyond words wonderful.
Thank you so much for this wonderful glimpse into the past!! It was thoroughly enjoyable!
What a wonderful video. They remind me of the endless supply of batty great aunts that I used to run into at family weddings.
Marc Owen did you have an auntie Doris? Everyone seems to have had an auntie Doris. I did.....batty as you like, but wonderful. She would whisper in my ear “you’re my favourite” lol. I often wonder if she told all the great nieces and nephews the same thing. I was lucky enough to meet my great grandmother too.....what a wonderful woman. She told me about long skirts, and tough times.
@@pommiebears I got one of those as well. She claims she can sense and talk to "spirits." At first it was endearing but after awhile of her mentioning it in a few inappropriate situations, you start to get a little sick of it. Still love her to death though!
Cool Cool she sounds like my nan. She honestly believed she could curse people...how nice is that? Lol. Of course you love her. I have learned so much from the elders in my family. I’m becoming one of them now...😂👍🏽
OMG thank you soooo much for adding these! I love history too! And the Victorian Times are my favorite!
They were adorable! Thanks for uploading this.
Those clips were fantastic! Thank you, KD
It makes me think about our lives, i was born in 1984, someday someone will ask us what it was like to be in the 90's, what it felt like to celebrate a new millenium and a new century, what the 20's were like (next year), what technologies we discovered etc. And to think if we will get to see the 60's,70's 80's of the future, how the word "time" changes depending on the perspective where you see it.
If I'm honest, in the future there will probably be history lessons on the millennium and 90s
@@LincolnTheLabrador Yup
So far the 20s have been truely terrible, lol
@@hopeysballs Oh God i forgot about this post, lol how the tables turned!
To, the general public :
hello ! my date of birth is 1919. Cor Strewth I am Still here . im upstairs must think I am bad company . You young bright people are the future. One bit of advise : you have got to laugh. Happiness and laughter is the key to a successful life
And always believe In yourself. Don't let anyone in your life who takes persuasion.
And make peace not war the war you know is a lot diffrent to the one I knew.
Many regards
Flora Mary-Ann Buxton
I love this video! So fascinating to see those times
I really enjoyed hearing from the Beautiful Ladies stories !!! Thank you so much for sharing 😊💕
I can't tell you how amazing it is to hear these ladies and to see pictures of them I'm glad they were filmed of what they said and what they did they should have been much more of that before all those people passed into history just wonderful
How wonderful we have these live histories, better than reading about them. I love this!
Absolutely fantastic! Thoroughly enjoyed this
Aww, what a lovely pair of ladies. I'd love to hear more of their stories. Bless them 😁
You should all search Clara's depression cooking, buon-I-petiti and the little Hungarian oma that cooks. All treasures I wish I could have done with my grannies.
I love these Reel Victorians thanks so much for posting
Love these ladies! Thank you.
This is just lovely!!!! Thanks so much for sharing this!!!!
This is fascinating! Thanks for posting.
a gem indeed. beautiful documentary!
Thanks again GW for posting some wonderfully pleasing tidbits of a historical perspective! Its all here for ~ History lovers, Ghost lovers, Victorian lovers, Brit lovers...well, that about sums me up!
i love history too,i love listening to people who were there
I was born in 1960, my mother in 1920, dad 1921 and all of my grandparents in late 1880s early 1890s, 1960 doesn't feel that long ago either
Absolutely a hoot! I wish there was more.
I love the last comments of this video ".... of course there was nothing but of course"
Priceless ! wow, a glimpse, with the very people from our past, splendid !!!
Im so glad these exist
thank you for this, I enjoyed it a lot, great idea, I love history too
"Sometimes, I don't think any of us know" 😆 gold
This is great... thanks for uploading it.
My gran was born in 1901 she sadly died when I was 4 I wish I could have asked her all these questions great that these ladies could tell us what it was like loved it !
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Fabulous to watch. Thank you
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Loved this glimpse into the past
Hello Jackie, how are you doing?
This is so interesting! This is wonderful!
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Thank you for posting, fascinating.
These films are priceless ❤️
This is a great video it's really amazing to watch the history through people that lived in that era.
Project Gutenberg has books that were written by Berta Ruck, I'm going to read one!
Utterly brilliant, i love those two women!
Amazing I wish it was longer and I wish they’d asked about the Ripper !!!
Theres nothing like original photos or video tapes. I have complete luv for it . We are taken back into time. Very lucky 😍
It's very interesting that we have two ladies from two different social background. I like the ladies as they seem very strong willed human beings. Thank you for the upload.
Too bad these clips are so short!! I could listen forever to their reminiscences.
This is just about the best thing ever!
A fascinating glimpse into one of Britain's most interesting eras. Part two is equally fascinating. I imagine no-one from Victoria's son's reign as Edward VII is alive now, or from his son's reign as George V, well very few from George's reign. But of course, there are many of Victoria's descendants across Europe from numerous royal families.
The ladies were cheekier then I thought back then!
I love these little gems. I might be born in the USA but my roots are very much British and European. We have even found some Viking roots. I am so very excited that I live in a time where we can record the very voice and image of the people who were truly there in the midst of such an amazing time in the world. It is interesting to me that TH-cam and Tick Tock and such will someday overwhelm future historians and anthropologists and that this will be even more profound in that future. We have more information at a personal level than any other era past. Amazing and powerful stuff.
I love these small insights
Thank you for posting this! So lovely. -from a feckless friend
Brilliant !!
Amazing amazing love this so much
Just like my Great Great Antie Flo who lived into her 90s
She told me some wonderful storys about the victorian times
AMAZING!
The 40+ people that have 👎🏻 this whole video I fear for them,
for sheer ignorance and stupidity alone 😂
What a beautiful, insightful footage !
Wonderful video, thanks...
wow what a special piece of living history, thanks, i watch it when i need a fix
These ladies are awesome!