When i was brought up, we shared a house with an elderly man who took my grandmother in as part of his family when she was young. He was born in Victorian Britain, worked on farms before widespread mechanisation, fought in the first world war, worked in the second world war,and served in the home guard, and worked into his early 70s. Wonderful man,always cheerful, like a surrogate grandad, and tough as nails. In memory of Thomas John Walters, born in Kentisbury, Devon, they don't make them like that now.
My mother was pregnant with me when this was broadcasted, such wonderful individuals with a story to tell. I could listen to them all day so much better than sitting in a history class. God bless them all. 🙏
I was born in 1963 in a London suburb. There was a corner shop 3 minutes away. I was approx age 7 and mum would send me to the shop with a list. I had to pass a house where an elderly woman lived - my guess is she was 80+. She would pay me a penny to buy her things like bread or loose tea. She wore black Edwardian dresses that reached the floor at all times. What I found strange is we were the only bi racial family in the area. In those more racist days and her age, I thought it odd she picked me out of all the white kids that walked by. I must have an honest face.
I agree with these lovely old folk. I don't think our children should look after us, but I think they should look out for us. Pop round, stay in touch and help when it's needed. That's what I did for my mum.
when my mother had to be put in a nursing hom as she had dementia and needed 24/7 care, I visited every evening..... I Know it helped her...and she used to say my name constantly... when I asked why she kept repeating my name, she said she was afraid she would forget it... I didn't react at the time, but later it hit me and I broke down in tears...
@@orionxtc1119I remember my mother saying she couldn’t find herself at the end. She had to go in a rest home in the end but it was only a few weeks of hell. Her dementia got really bad but she always knew who I was. Sadly she had 3 of my brother. One when he was small, the real one and then she separated the one who lost his temper or made her do what she didn’t want to. He was her main caregiver and found it very hard. These ladies remind me of my grandmothers ( the same generation) luckily they past on before they got really sick. .
My Grandparents were born between 1906 and 1916 and I feel blessed and privileged to have known them 🙏 To have also had that link to my great grandparents through the stories they told us was incredible! My eldest grandparent remembered the days before electricity was in every household and when horses and carts were still on the streets 😮 He retired a few years after this documentary was filmed. I am 55 and can definitely remember older people like these when I was a child. I love these glimpses into the past as they bring back many memories. My eldest living relative was born in 1938 but still clearly remembers her grandmother (my great great grandmother) who was born in 1865. Im asking as many questions as possible while i have the opportunity to do so ! ❤
Please please record her because those recordings will become so valuable to you. My grandparents just died aged 94 and 97, within a month of each other.
Really good to listen to all the comments of the elderly. They are pretty interesting and helpful in their comments. Being active is important not just rotting away.
@ I’m stating facts , don’t mean any disrespect but when u think of what these wonderful ppl went through in their lives , two world wars , & im sure hunger & loss & cold but they weren’t complaining or bein a victim , I know what anxiety is like & I feel for those who suffer frm it ,, just saying these were wonderful strong brave people & they don’t make them like that anymore !
Do you want to explain why it’s considered necessary to “show respect”? According to the dictionary anxiety is no more than a feeling or concern - it’s not an ailment. Yet people nowadays speak constantly of “having anxiety” as though it were on a par with measles or some other medical condition. It’s not, and people should not always be expected to make allowances for those who have it.
Wow! The elderly lady with the black hat mentioned going into Birchin Lane for her father…..I started my first job in Williams & Glyn’s Bank there on the 3rd September 1979. Now I’m 64 and retired…..My paternal grandmother was born in 1896 my other grandparents unfortunately I never knew. These documentaries are a great insight into a Great Britain that was, alas, no more……Sure times were tough and still are….it’s called life!
I remember many people like these in my childhood. They were the Victorians. They dressed very differently from my parents generation and they spoke differently. Life had changed so much during their lifetime's and they had experienced so much eg 2 world wars, the growth of the motor car and airplane, the beginning of the NHS etc. They appreciated life and the improvement in living standards.
I wonder what these wonderful humans would make of life today. The children mentioned, in the 7 Up series, will be knocking 70 years of age themselves by now. Tempus Fugit.
Yes, I'm more or less the same age as those children in 7UP, and I was always envious of them because I thought how wonderful to have your whole life documented like that ❤
Yes the next film in the 7 up series will be when they are 70. A film of how these children grew up, became adults and lived their lives was made every 7 years. You can get the whole set of these films on DVD.
If you enjoyed this would highly recommend the 7 & Up series. Fascinating documentary filming a group of 7 year olds in 1965 and meeting up with them every 7 years after.
I was born in 1954. There was an elderly lady on our road who wore full black long clothes. Her family did call around often. Her daughter's were even old to us.
Wonderful to watch and great to see how the community supported the elderly with the warden system, but I'm horrified by that woman at around 20 mins who said she thinks the elderly all live too long and that we must have euthanasia because 'we don't want them'. Keir Starmer, take note and God help us!
I learnt my morsls from my great grandmother and still have her last lettet she wrote and photo. The country should look back on these days as better days ......
One thing I've noticed whilst watching World In Action documentaries or similar is the way the interviewees maintain near constant eye contact with the interviewer without appearing awkward. I think nowadays people spend so much time staring at their phones that face-to-face interactions seem either unnatural or disconcerting.
I don't think that's the case at all. TV styles change but I don't think there's anything unsettling or odd at all to modern eyes in the way these people look at the camera.
I come from a large family. When my parents were in their 80's, I, my sisters and my parent's adult grandchildren all helped and supported them in some way. Of course, many people don't have this support network, even large families. I don't expect my own family to 'look after' me. If they want to, that's great but I don't expect it.
Both of my grandfathers died some years before I was born and my grandmothers were born in 1890 and 1907. Both of them saw WW1 and WW2. My dad's father had served in the trenches in WW1 and had suffered from the Germans' use of poison gas. Both grandmothers were inclined to be stoical in the face of any and every adversity.
The lady who said the government should install telephones to be used for help, only. Of course now retirement complexes all have 'emergency' call systems in place.
I like the idear that old people can stay in a hotel they don't have to go in an old people's home go to the sea in there car drink at the bar choose there own doctor and dentist are free to do what they want and eat healthy food and don't take pills so they live longer and aunt controlled by the nhs😅
That one chap (used to be a dancer!) who was ‘only 67’ looked more like 87, i nearly fell off my chair! 😂 My 66 year old hubby would be classed as a medical phenomenon by those standards!!
People looked older imo because they were not properly fed, and a ritual skincare for most people was unheard of. People didnt use sunscreen. Although a lot of women wore hats and gloves..no dental care. Plus hair was usually left to color naturally. Lots of reasons.
I was brought up in an old people's home (The Grayhurst Rest Home, Edgbaston) with people like this, and now I'm almost their age. I was in my 1st chapter of life and they were in their last. I have nothing but fond memories of all of them, and I only wish I had some photos to remember them by. Their faces are so vague to me now.
They had much lower expectations than we do today. They had endured the privations of two World Wars. Many didn’t own their own homes. Many had to be frugal as they did not have anything other than the state pension. Many had not been able to save for their old age because wages were relatively low. The things we take for granted (holidays, cars, new clothes) they didn’t have. The great thing the elderly in the 1960’s had was the NHS which then was working as it should, and they knew they would be cared for.
@@FionaBruce-vs8ngthe great things they had were more freedom, less censorship, less Marxism, less immigration, more control over their country and a true sense of who they were and their belonging to their nation
Mrs Dorothy Rose's grandchildren resented her giving book tokens for birthday and Christmas gifts, so they used them to buy her all of Ayn Rand's books as revenge 😜
I am 86 playing tennis, riding my bike, water aerobics and yoga. Life is good. Val Australia.
When i was brought up, we shared a house with an elderly man who took my grandmother in as part of his family when she was young.
He was born in Victorian Britain, worked on farms before widespread mechanisation, fought in the first world war, worked in the second world war,and served in the home guard, and worked into his early 70s. Wonderful man,always cheerful, like a surrogate grandad, and tough as nails.
In memory of Thomas John Walters, born in Kentisbury, Devon, they don't make them like that now.
What an amazing bunch of people, great outlook despite having been through 2 world wars.
Lovely esp the girls in the hats x
My mother was pregnant with me when this was broadcasted, such wonderful individuals with a story to tell. I could listen to them all day so much better than sitting in a history class. God bless them all. 🙏
@@BiffI101 you can see the hardship on their faces but wer decent citizens and i hate to see this generation going to pots..take care
Fascinating to see elderly women here wearing what looks like Edwardian fashions, high collars and hats, in the 1960s.
I never saw anyone dress like that in the 1960s!
I was born in 1963 in a London suburb. There was a corner shop 3 minutes away. I was approx age 7 and mum would send me to the shop with a list. I had to pass a house where an elderly woman lived - my guess is she was 80+. She would pay me a penny to buy her things like bread or loose tea. She wore black Edwardian dresses that reached the floor at all times. What I found strange is we were the only bi racial family in the area. In those more racist days and her age, I thought it odd she picked me out of all the white kids that walked by. I must have an honest face.
I was born in 1958 and it was a bit of a shock to me fairly recently to realise I was born only 13 years after the end of world war II 😂
So by today's reckoning, world war II ended in 2010, which feels like yesterday
O think that one lady was dressed up for s choir or old time event.
I agree with these lovely old folk. I don't think our children should look after us, but I think they should look out for us. Pop round, stay in touch and help when it's needed. That's what I did for my mum.
when my mother had to be put in a nursing hom as she had dementia and needed 24/7 care, I visited every evening..... I Know it helped her...and she used to say my name constantly... when I asked why she kept repeating my name, she said she was afraid she would forget it... I didn't react at the time, but later it hit me and I broke down in tears...
@@orionxtc1119I remember my mother saying she couldn’t find herself at the end. She had to go in a rest home in the end but it was only a few weeks of hell. Her dementia got really bad but she always knew who I was. Sadly she had 3 of my brother. One when he was small, the real one and then she separated the one who lost his temper or made her do what she didn’t want to. He was her main caregiver and found it very hard. These ladies remind me of my grandmothers ( the same generation) luckily they past on before they got really sick.
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Quite brilliant. Astonishing memories. They teach us something about philosophical acceptance.
My Grandparents were born between 1906 and 1916 and I feel blessed and privileged to have known them 🙏 To have also had that link to my great grandparents through the stories they told us was incredible!
My eldest grandparent remembered the days before electricity was in every household and when horses and carts were still on the streets 😮
He retired a few years after this documentary was filmed.
I am 55 and can definitely remember older people like these when I was a child.
I love these glimpses into the past as they bring back many memories.
My eldest living relative was born in 1938 but still clearly remembers her grandmother (my great great grandmother) who was born in 1865. Im asking as many questions as possible while i have the opportunity to do so ! ❤
Please please record her because those recordings will become so valuable to you. My grandparents just died aged 94 and 97, within a month of each other.
Really good to listen to all the comments of the elderly. They are pretty interesting and helpful in their comments. Being active is important not just rotting away.
Amazing footage!
God Bless them🙏
When common sense was the norm....and being GRATEFUL
I couldn't agree more.
Absolutely 👍 ..
Now everyone suffers frm “ Anxiety “ these ppl were wonderful & weren’t completely wrapped up in themselves .,.
You are not showing respect to those who suffer
@ I’m stating facts , don’t mean any disrespect but when u think of what these wonderful ppl went through in their lives , two world wars , & im sure hunger & loss & cold but they weren’t complaining or bein a victim , I know what anxiety is like & I feel for those who suffer frm it ,, just saying these were wonderful strong brave people & they don’t make them like that anymore !
Do you want to explain why it’s considered necessary to “show respect”? According to the dictionary anxiety is no more than a feeling or concern - it’s not an ailment. Yet people nowadays speak constantly of “having anxiety” as though it were on a par with measles or some other medical condition. It’s not, and people should not always be expected to make allowances for those who have it.
They didn't have marxist brainwashing then
Wow! The elderly lady with the black hat mentioned going into Birchin Lane for her father…..I started my first job in Williams & Glyn’s Bank there on the 3rd September 1979. Now I’m 64 and retired…..My paternal grandmother was born in 1896 my other grandparents unfortunately I never knew. These documentaries are a great insight into a Great Britain that was, alas, no more……Sure times were tough and still are….it’s called life!
This was fascinating, thanks for the upload 💛
Wow, an old Barnardo's Boy and the Lady's tale about Bismarck! Amazing.
I remember many people like these in my childhood. They were the Victorians. They dressed very differently from my parents generation and they spoke differently. Life had changed so much during their lifetime's and they had experienced so much eg 2 world wars, the growth of the motor car and airplane, the beginning of the NHS etc. They appreciated life and the improvement in living standards.
Aww bless em. I really enjoyed watching it. Made me smile
I wonder what these wonderful humans would make of life today. The children mentioned, in the 7 Up series, will be knocking 70 years of age themselves by now. Tempus Fugit.
Yes, I'm more or less the same age as those children in 7UP, and I was always envious of them because I thought how wonderful to have your whole life documented like that ❤
Yes the next film in the 7 up series will be when they are 70. A film of how these children grew up, became adults and lived their lives was made every 7 years. You can get the whole set of these films on DVD.
My grandmother took part in one of these programmes. She was filmed in Blackpool. I would love to see it again if you have more in the series.
If you enjoyed this would highly recommend the 7 & Up series. Fascinating documentary filming a group of 7 year olds in 1965 and meeting up with them every 7 years after.
I wonder if they’ll do a follow up since the original producer died. 70 up next
@ I hope so🤞
I was born in 1954. There was an elderly lady on our road who wore full black long clothes. Her family did call around often. Her daughter's were even old to us.
I love to see this generation again..ty for sharing..i miss them.
The younger generations could and should learn so much from the elderly. In general, they're wonderful.
The original 7up series will be 70up shortly, I hope they do an update
The director died. The series will need to hire someone else.
"What I'm doing now...breathing"
😂
and expelling wind...
Lovely documentary - I'd like to watch the longer version and follow ups if any were filmed. Used to watch 7 Up back in the day
I LOVE 7 Up. a marvellous series, and a great idea!
Aren’t they lovely?
I dread to think what these old folk would think of our Country today? my God they would be horrified!!
@@Jkk55 oh give it a rest ffs!
Yeah I'm horrified and I'm only 40
Wonderful to watch and great to see how the community supported the elderly with the warden system, but I'm horrified by that woman at around 20 mins who said she thinks the elderly all live too long and that we must have euthanasia because 'we don't want them'. Keir Starmer, take note and God help us!
Bless them
I learnt my morsls from my great grandmother and still have her last lettet she wrote and photo. The country should look back on these days as better days ......
9:43 This poor man looks more like 87 than 67 !
It's the lack of teeth that helps makes him look ancient. Dental health was terrible back then.
One thing I've noticed whilst watching World In Action documentaries or similar is the way the interviewees maintain near constant eye contact with the interviewer without appearing awkward. I think nowadays people spend so much time staring at their phones that face-to-face interactions seem either unnatural or disconcerting.
I don't think that's the case at all. TV styles change but I don't think there's anything unsettling or odd at all to modern eyes in the way these people look at the camera.
I come from a large family. When my parents were in their 80's, I, my sisters and my parent's adult grandchildren all helped and supported them in some way. Of course, many people don't have this support network, even large families. I don't expect my own family to 'look after' me. If they want to, that's great but I don't expect it.
That lady at 16:08 is very well spoken. It's nice to hear clear diction, isn't it
Hard times by the look of them.
You could live till a trillion fifty times and be none the wiser.
The lovely lady who was realistic about euthanasia xx
If they make another episode of the Seven Up series next year post the death of Michael Apted, that will also be called Seventy Up!
Both of my grandfathers died some years before I was born and my grandmothers were born in 1890 and 1907. Both of them saw WW1 and WW2. My dad's father had served in the trenches in WW1 and had suffered from the Germans' use of poison gas. Both grandmothers were inclined to be stoical in the face of any and every adversity.
I was born in 1965 😮
Lovely generation even the elderly attitudes have changed these days
9:40 Wow , people looked so much older in those days. He was 67 , Id have guessed 78- 82
The lady who said the government should install telephones to be used for help, only. Of course now retirement complexes all have 'emergency' call systems in place.
I like the idear that old people can stay in a hotel they don't have to go in an old people's home go to the sea in there car drink at the bar choose there own doctor and dentist are free to do what they want and eat healthy food and don't take pills so they live longer and aunt controlled by the nhs😅
That one chap (used to be a dancer!) who was ‘only 67’ looked more like 87, i nearly fell off my chair! 😂
My 66 year old hubby would be classed as a medical phenomenon by those standards!!
Lol I'm 66 and I hope I don't look like that!
No offence xx
They just got on with it, not like the snow flakes today.
All wonderful people we owe them so much for there care for us all today
I was born early 1959 i was surprised to see that some women dressed like that
20:00 She was right!😢
People looked older imo because they were not properly fed, and a ritual skincare for most people was unheard of. People didnt use sunscreen. Although a lot of women wore hats and gloves..no dental care. Plus hair was usually left to color naturally. Lots of reasons.
Shut up with your mumbo jumbo
Manchester the home of classical liberalism. Now socialist progressive Manchester sad times ahead
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I was brought up in an old people's home (The Grayhurst Rest Home, Edgbaston) with people like this, and now I'm almost their age. I was in my 1st chapter of life and they were in their last. I have nothing but fond memories of all of them, and I only wish I had some photos to remember them by. Their faces are so vague to me now.
Does anybody know the exact broadcast date of this episode?
27/4/65
The echoey, far-off singing at the beginning sounds ghostly.
Not a single mention of either war
Haha old people have always been moaning about how things were better “back then”!
I guess the elderly were better fixed financially and house-wise in the 50-60-70.
They had much lower expectations than we do today. They had endured the privations of two World Wars. Many didn’t own their own homes. Many had to be frugal as they did not have anything other than the state pension. Many had not been able to save for their old age because wages were relatively low. The things we take for granted (holidays, cars, new clothes) they didn’t have. The great thing the elderly in the 1960’s had was the NHS which then was working as it should, and they knew they would be cared for.
@@FionaBruce-vs8ngthe great things they had were more freedom, less censorship, less Marxism, less immigration, more control over their country and a true sense of who they were and their belonging to their nation
£4 pension a week! 😢
Equivalent to just under £100 a week in today's money
Thank God 70+ don't look like that now.
Wonderful genuine honest people who had inner beauty and kindness still miss all of them well meet again im sure 💚💖💜
@lizdoyle7158 What's that got to do with my comment? Nothing.
@C.Hughes-Lloydlol
Immigrants not a such an issue then.
Also they were allowed to speak their minds
No mention of their pronouns!
Mrs Dorothy Rose's grandchildren resented her giving book tokens for birthday and Christmas gifts, so they used them to buy her all of Ayn Rand's books as revenge 😜