Living in a tower block | Living in Victorian Times | Pensioner | Report | 1971
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- An extract from the the award winning 'Report' series.
A local resident born in 1882 speaks about how living in her new flat is like "living in clover" compared to old days when she would have either been put in the workhouse or living in a house with no bathroom and having and outside toilet.
First shown: 29/06/1971
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Jesus I miss this generation! I miss their stories, their cooking, their smell! I miss the hell out of people like this in my life 😢 the world is a sadder place without these tough old wise people 😢
They'd be about 130 by now so it's probably for the best.
We're lucky to of had them in our life bud. The further we get from the genuine old timers the worse communities seem to be.
And now we get gen Z... Can we swap them all?
God that generation had it hard. Two world wars the Great Depression and wages only started to go up when they retired. Huge respect to my great grandparents. They made the peaceful Europe we live in. Their greatest gift to us
Don’t forget the Spanish Flu pandemic from 1918-1920.
They would be turning in their graves if they saw what the EU have done with open borders. Europe is totally destroyed
@@EssexWolf1993 and that was about as real covid lol 😂
Exactly ❤️
Lmao colonisednthe entire planet and we must feel sorry for you
Going from the Victorian workhouse to a modern flat with electricity and hot water is bigger difference than moving from a council flat to Buckingham palace
How would we know? It is a big difference though.
The lady would have had more opportunities than the Queen believe it or not.
Victorian terraced houses werent the mae west... damp from lack of damp proofing, no central heating. Shared wc out the back etc...
@@mrcostelloe5802 I remember Icicles inside my bedroom window, my Mum had to dry clothes on a line in the house. But we were bloody well fed and She cooked all day for my Daddy coming home from the Mine.
I could have a bath 2 inches cause my Dad had to have his and absolutely right, then My Wonderful Mother had to wash his Pit Clothes and dry them on a boiler.
My Daddy in 48 years never complained, he hD a garden and did decorating our home after a 12hr shift. No Computer, No TV in my bedroom. I ended up as an Naval Officer. Retired and Honoured.
Thank you all and to all a goodnight. 🇬🇧🇫🇴🇬🇧🇫🇴🇬🇧
@@sylviasimpson3280 my heart goes out to you.
Find Time. If you see someone old an alone, say Hello. Life’s short.
I've always loved old people. If you help them they so grateful.
True
@@nellybranth eversince I can remember I had and have always preferred the company of our elders as they have so much to share and many life teachings.💗
Do more then say hello, they need company. No one should be on their own 24/7 unfortunately this is often the case
In all honesty in modern times of this millennium loneliness is not just reserved for our elders/ teachers but has also deeply affected to many whom are down to many generations younger.
To put this woman’s age into perspective; she was nearly 20 when Queen Victoria died, lived in the age of Sherlock Holmes (1880’s) and was 30 when the Titanic sank.
She would also have been a girl of about 7 years of age when Jack the Ripper was terrorizing the East End of London.
I’m pretty sure she said she was 89 years old so she would have been about 18 at the turn of the century.
She was born in either 1881 or 1882 as she said it was her 89th birthday on Xmas day - programme went out in 1971 and there was snow on the ground outside, so not clear clear whether she was 89 on Xmas day 1970 or whether this went out a few days after Xmas day 1971. Either way, this old bird was a blinder🏆♥️
@@heatherceridwen160This is a British working class slang adjective, which means something that is brilliant i.e. something or someone who shines.
@Heather Ceridwen no she said Christmas after she told her accident when she was 89 so she might have been a little bit older when she recorded this.
The amount of people watching her now who would love to sit and talk to her and give her company would overwhelm her. Bless her, what an hardworking woman, i’m glad she was happy with her little flat.
I was thinking the same dear, the very same.
Excellent thought, I would be one of those people to sit, talk and listen.
Rare a joy I loved so much as a child, to sit and go through my grandparent's picture albums .. the old black ones, where the pictures were held in place with corner tabs of sorts. I remember the faces, names and stories ... they brought such a special feeling to see.
@@theblissfullone Makes you wonder what they'll say when we are... yano.
@@ltipst2962 Yes, that's for sure.
Go and visit her then. She’s still alive
If ever I'm feeling sorry for myself I think I should watch this; such stoicism is rare.
Kat Sew stfu
Kat Sew shut up
I work in a deprived area, I see this stoicism every day. It's humbling.
Exactly what i thought!
@EastEndery Snowflake DESTROYED!!!! 🤣🤣🤑🤪😭
My grandmother is 93, as a child she had no electricity, running water or shoes. She lives in a flat now and is contented with it
I was told many residents in London still didn’t have running water after WWII. People took baths in a metal tub. Would they have had to draw bath water from downstairs and bring it up?
My granny was very like this lady, I remember a few years after my grandad passed away. I asked my granny if she ever thought of getting herself another man, she laughed and said no thanks, I’m no picking up his dirty pants to wash, and listening to another man moan all the time. She said I might live alone, but I am not lonely. I miss her so much, she always made me laugh, even when things were going wrong in her life, she always said if you’ve got food on the table and a warm house, you’re a millionaire!
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She sounded wonderful!
This world is missing the matriarchal Grandmother 🙏💕
@@aprillroberts as we move ever further away from nature, we move ever further away from all that is natural. It's not natural that kids parents have to both work all day, and quality time is an absolute luxury and the grandparents are in homes and strangers have to be paid to look after the young and old! Families were never meant to be 2.4 children or whatever that figure is now - it was meant to be a bosom of warmth and support that the whole family needed, and grandma and grandpa embodied that! It's a sad loss!
@@gee-wizz.5050 I’m thankful that all my siblings are law abiding citizens but then we did have a wonderful mom who stayed at home to bring 5 of us up on her own. My Father thought the grass was greener and we didn’t really know him at all. So all credit to mom. She’s blind now so it’s our turn to care for her. Blessed 🙏
A Dignified woman who is grateful for what she has and the reality of what she had prior to this which was absolutely nothing!!...People like her and that attitude are a distant memory these days
@boris blade So true. Makes me count my blessings. I am in awe of these people from the distant past.
boris blade they’re a different breed, strong & dignified. No whinging, content with her life & what she’s made of it. Luv ‘em!
Brilliant lady, so wise
@@annem9195 yes! when you walk in their shoes you are grateful. We came home to Ireland in '83 to my grandmothers and we lived as she did out in the sticks until my parents got a house, an out house toilet and no running water. Creamery cans of water taken from the lake to drink and wash dishes and washed our hair in freezing water with our mum holding us off a wooden jetty. To say we had gratitude when we moved into a house of our own would be an understatement. These old people were as tough as they come.
Suuure then everybody was great and now everybody's an arse. Everyone is the same in one time period because personality only depends on the time of birth. Please reflect your nonsense before inflicting it on the world ;)
Women like this kept the home fires burning through the hardships of two world wars.
She's tough. I love how she takes pride in her self-reliance.
She was, I doubt she's around anymore.
@@kjsbadfkjlasbdg She would have probably passed away in the 70s.
@@jackwalker8424 I thought the same Jack, doubt she saw the decade out bless her heart
She didn't really have a choice
What a great lady. We can learn a lot from her generation.
@@lopezdecastilla
Or, somebody will say "she's white, I'm glad she's dead". Sad, sad world with people who bring nothing but bad tidings.
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@@lopezdecastilla Bollocks to them.
@@lopezdecastilla yes because they have too much, never had a hard life to contend with,
Efraín Fernando López De Castilla Achata you say the exact same thing I keep saying it’s a world full of highly offended people it’s a world that you have to watch what you say crazy
Liyani Bernier we live in the West, in an age where statements of common sense of wisdom known down the ages are now considered blasphemous and the offender subject to ostracism and public humiliation. The so called education system brain washes our children into believing politically correct lies with the intention of destroying everything our ancestors betrothed us.
She sounds like my grandmother she was from England. She died when I was 16 I'm now 65.
Did she emigrate, please?
Flower gal Power Time flies, huh? One day there will be people saying the same about us. I’m 43 this month. I wonder how many generations it will be until I’m forgotten forever?
@@cappsie1 whether you like it or not you've already made a mark on this planet, you just walking out the front door changes the world forever (butterfly effect). So although not forgotten, you're there one way or another. As a knock on effect or energy.
This may sound weird but since I'm younger, if you were never born I'd have never been born.
@@Isleofskye oh no. I'm 16 but I already feel like time is out of reach. One day I'm turning 10 years old and now I'll be 17 this year. Your comment is making me panic. I know that growing up is a part of life, but honestly I'm scared for the future. My family members will eventually die, my friends too. And I have to figure out what on earth to do with my life. Honestly I want to stay young forever.
vivi im 14 and i have this crisis nearly every day its absolutely horrible to be constantly plagued by these thoughts
This lady was 89 and is happy in her own little home, did not asked for much, comes from a time when people had little, you can see she has made this home her own little paradise, had pride and made the best of what she had. Such a wonderful vid to see, thank you.
I'm an American, but I can remember, vividly..visiting two elderly ladies when I was about ten, to fifteen years of age. Their homes were kept perfectly clean...even though one was legally blind. Both ladies kept their old pictures in trunks. I would ask them about their families and they loved talking about them, but I never saw them visiting. Anyway, I saw a picture of both..when they were very young and they were beautiful. While I was holding one of the lady's beautiful pictures, she had a far away look in her eyes and told me how her husband always loved watching her sitting at her dresser...brushing her hair at night. I felt like crying. The antique dresser was sitting in the same spot...with the same silver handled hair brush on top...no telling how many times she had used that brush. Her husband had bought her the brush and a silver handled hand mirror to match. Their homes looked like "Victorian" homes...on the outside and the inside. It was like stepping back in time. I will never, ever forget those two sweet ladies. This was in a small town..in South Carolina. They were the epitome of style, humility & grace...two "Southern Belles". People seem to forget...that we were all very young once...for a brief & shining moment 💙
Lovely
Thanks for sharing! Great story! Wish there was pics of their house! Or a book! Beautiful!
Gorgeous. Thank you for sharing xxx
What year was that?
Beautiful put. They were you for a short while. ...
it's incredible to think that this old dear was 6 years old when jack the ripper was killing prostitutes & the elephant man was being exhibited as a freak. wow!
And 30 when the Titanic sank
How old is she now ?
@@wellmike3369 Description says she was born in 1882, so she'd be 137 this year.
@@StateOfErin not a bad innings
@@wellmike3369 I fear she was bowled out some time ago.
Ah bless her! Salt of the earth! Wish she was my nan! I would give her all the tea in China! Never mind a quart! Shame on her fam!
...Hear Hear, @tamarafeliz
Indeed!
Totally agree! What an amazing woman, she had such a hard life but never complained, I would have spoiled her rotten love her.
@@mehhandle I THOUGHT THE WAR ENDED IN 1945? 🤔
@@popesarmyyeehaapopesarmyye1499 Yes but Britain was under rations for some years after the war.
Poor lady, my heart breaks to see her struggling alone at 89. Love her humour and determination! I hope she is much blessed by all the angels and found eternal peace after her long journey in this world. God bless you sweetheart 💛
Happens today if not more so with the privatisation of everything and councils abandoning any pretence of providing services unless they can be seen ticking some Woke Box. They spend more time discussing pulling down a statue than whether they should increase funding of meals on wheels
Alexandrina Rose o'Learty You would offend a woman of her grit and determination by feeling sorry for her.
Everyone here knows of a old lady or man in their neighborhood. This Christmas day i challenge you all to go knock on their door and wish them a merry christmas, or make them a cuppa!
Yep 👍 great idea ... Awwwwh on her own at Xmas wen she couldn't even walk from broken hip terrible .. I would defo invite an older person 2 dinner I dnt know anybody elderly and on there own ... 💚
@The Englishman Gimmegrants thats a gudun, will remember that lol
I've lived in my house for 15+ years and I don't even know a single neighbours name. Welcome to the UK.
Of course they won't. Too wrapped up in themselves and their hellish mobile phones and televisions. Thoroughly despicable and malevolent 'society' .
Too true
People these days truly don’t know what they have and how fortunate they are.
People like this lady built Britain, now its falling apart without them.
Ben C u are so right! This is why I hate today’s world, because this generation are gone!
Cheer up! Go spend 5 minutes in Syria, then you'll know what falling apart is! Things are grand here...
So her generation were the ww1, ww2 era, great depression, cold War, mass genocide, mass death from poverty and severe wealth gap, sexist, homophobic and racist and built a Britain built on a racist empire. Add to that the fact the UK couldn't even keep the lights on in the 70s and had food shortages in the 40s to 50s.
Amd you think the modern world is worse? Her world was horrible and you know it. We have built a better world.
Shane Hughes don’t think so! Disgusting world we live in now
pollypineapple28 give some examples of why?
Oh man, I'm crying. I'm a real softie when it comes to old folks. Love this lady and grateful she got to share her story x
It’s not being soft! It’s called,compassion and empathy!
Youlle be old soon. Will u like people saying they are softies over you lol. Probably not
Bless her 😞
I really think that these films should be shown in schools
A lesson in gratitude. What a great lady. Terrible her own people didn't even call to her. Tower blocks are isolating, but her own people knew she was there and didn't call. Sad.
Hello are you doing today Tracey
Selfish boomers.
I think you are now drinking a nice strong cuppa 💗💗Lord love you and keep you well 🙏🙏 they should be ashamed.
The family proberly were all dead. She was 89yrs old and came through the 1800s.
@@tristanthomas5006Boomers? Do you realize this woman was 89 in 1971? 😳 her children were likely elderly themselves and born well before WW 1. They were not boomers. How about learning some history?
My gran was just like this. Considered herself fortunate for everything she had, having lived through coming from Ireland with nothing then surviving the Great Depression here as well. So sad to see she was literally dumped out of hospital with no help at home after a hip surgery and broken arm.
@Chris Dooley There is a resilience to these people from the past that would put most people to shame these days. They just don’t make them like that anymore. God Bless their souls ♥️
My nan spoke like that but she moved out of London and she had her teeth in. Miss my man
Did the family look after her?
Mrs.G moh
@Caroline The genocide did not last until 1905, it ended in 1852. I am from Mayo, Ireland and you have no idea what you're talking about. Secondly, it wasn't the "Irish rebellion of 1916". It was the Easter Rising of 1916, which was a disaster and did nothing to progress Ireland. Nothing but a few thousand Irishmen, many of who were American and socialists launched the uprising. Meanwhile, 250,000 Irishmen were fighting for the Empire in Europe. Easter Rising was a terrible and stupid incident that did nothing but ensure that Ireland would be divided. You probably didn't know more Irishmen died in the Irish Civil, Irish men killing Irish men. But yeah, you comment on a British TH-cam channel with your American-Irish rubbish. You're not Irish, you're American.
Tough old bird.... I guess at least she was happy in her little flat but it's sad that nobody helped her after her accident.
Ha - I just wrote exactly that - 'tough old bird'. It suits her, meant most respectfully, don't you think?
@@MsZoedog66 Indeed!
Exactly like our families who lived near the £20 Billion new complex being built at The Elephant and Castle in South East London. These new builds are replacing the tower blocks that in the early 1960's replaced our Terraced Houses.. My Nan lived in a house backing onto ours at the bottom of the garden.Our Aunt in the same terraced street. We were all re-housed.We ( I suddenly right NOW am realising HOW lucky !!) as we were put in a lovely small British block where anyone could come in or out right over a very busy market ( Put in You Tube "East Street 1971" and that was us, not literally. lol but the others were put in isolated tower blocks which got vandalised and those walkways made the elderly very vulnerable. The flats were nice but soulless and they were cut off on the 8th and 12th floor,respectively after living in a very tight local Community.
By The Way the indigenous British have long been replaced in those Council blocks and now our lovely 24 Flat block has CCTV AND TWO seperate security numerical systems and even then some of the ground and 1st floor flats have grills on their windows.
Progress,innit ! Innit? lol
So, I'm just gonna put this out there: I hear that the elderly in the UK are fed up because invaders are taking their pensions.
@@Isleofskye what is/was 'the british culture' you talk about?
This is very sad, but that woman is very strong spirit. Gif bless her. Thanks THAMES TV for Share us!!
Yes, she is truly a woman of very strong spirit. Many people today could learn something from her, God bless her wherever she is now.
@@paulph12002 Gif*
@@paulph12002 Given the video was first shown in 1971 it is pretty safe to assume she has passed on by now.
@@andrewnoonan4044 she may have passed by now but is representative of many seniors on our/their own.
Andrew Noonan 😭
I’m American and she reminds me of my American grandma from the same generation. Very tough women with nothing to complain about. She was mowing her grass with an old fashioned push mower into her 80s and walking a mile to pick up her mail and back everyday until her death.
Wow. I thought British grandmas were completely different than American grandmas. Thanks for letting us know!
@@dickiegreenleaf750 really curious-in what way did you think they were different?
I was born in 1971. We had nothing. Kids growing up today have 100 times what I had. But even with nothing I had 100 times as much as she had. I had the NHS, schooling, house, heat and food. All the essentials.
In 1971 Albert Steptoe said "kids today spend more on crisps in one week than my mother had to feed a family of 4"
Kids in 2021 now spend more on data/ wifi than my mother had to feed a family of 5.
Bang on, puts it in perspective doesn’t it. We live in a time now where we have a generation that thinks the world and everyone else owes them a living! Don’t appreciate anything. Drives me nuts. I was born 71’ too.
@@Thorny5718 I don't think that's true. Young people are now poorer than they were, because wages have not kept pace with living costs, which must also mean they spend less. Not to mention housing crisis. You lived in one of the most prosperous times in human history. It is not the norm. People assume things can only get better, progress, but as it stands things will only slowly decline and never recover (socially too).
@@skyworm8006 there are inequalities at present, and the numbers of 'breadline poor' are increasing since the 1970s (see Dorling et al., 2007, Joseph Rowntree Foundation report). However, it would be utter folly to compare the living conditions of people born in the Victorian era and through to the mid-1950s to today. They did not have the basic amenities and essentials at that time such as food, heating, sanitary facilities, and housing which was not overcrowded.
My Nan's generation in the East End of London. I remember visits to her in the early 70's. My Aunt lived there too and between them the house was kept in immaculate condition .The furniture was ancient but carefully repaired and the front parlour covered and kept for "special" . To me, they seemed to have a Dickensian way of speaking and looking at the world. After they passed away, the whole street was swept away to build modern flats. As tough as life was, I am relieved that they were not shunted into a high rise flat.
This made me cry. I hate that she had no one and struggled all alone after her accident. She's taking it better than I am, she would roll her eyes at me 😂 Lovely tough little cookie.
I'm just so glad we looked after our old neighbour, i wouldnt be able to sleep knowing a poor old lady was living next to me and not even bring her a cup of tea!! 😭
I called my neighbour my 'adoptive granny'. My kids would always help to get her shopping from the car, even though she would refuse, but then I would gently whisper to her that she was helping to make them become gentleman. She would instantly step aside with a dignified cute smile.😍
I miss my adoptive granny....she later moved into an old people's home - thanks to her very own children who found it burdesome to keep an eye on her even though she was 99% independent! She deteriorated so quickly after.😪
Their independence is what keeps them strong, I've always seen that.
It's Saturday night and I'm crying. We treated the elderly like crap then. And we are still doing it.
It depends which culture you come from bro because in the Indian culture we will never let our parents, grandparents go through what this poor lady went through.
@@IYC0370, that will depend on which indian "culture" you are talking about. I work in healthcare and 20 yrs ago I would have agreed with you. But sadly, there is a generation now that do not seem to care as much as the ones before them. Western life have caught up with most of us unfortunately.
@@IYC0370 Nah not true. My mom & grandma never had any good relationship so she forced my grandma to live in our other house, which was old house (and originally my grandparents') even tho a part of the cost our house we currently live in was paid by my grandmother
@@junior2404 I blame them Saas-bahu vale serials. Some braindead audiences watch it & get influenced by it. Yes I've heard of such cases too
Exactly true.
A spirit of this country that has sadly long gone , rest in peace lovely lady 😘
I agree!... very sadly long gone due to the immigration policies that ruined that stoic spirit and replaced it with “ entitlement”.
Miss ppl like this.
My friend's grandfather died recently. He was 100yo & had been taking care of himself in his own home until the end.
Where did the old people like her go then??
Aww what a wonderful legacy 😊
Aw, people like that are epic : ) I love their quick wit and their energy. These were the people who knew how to party, and in the days when everybody took a turn at singing. God I miss those days and those people. It's all so different now. God bless your friend's grandfather, he sounds lovely : )
"You've got to make your own company" 👏 I love this lady!
Hello are you doing today Elinas
She is right no one is really your friend when you are in trouble.
Bless the old girl, just gets up and gets on with it, happy for what shes got. Todays shower could learn some valuable lessons
Problem is, the majority of people who vote now who are her age (75+) do so in a bigoted way (eg, Tories, Reform, etc) to keep people in poverty and give money to the already richer in society.
I suspect this woman would have not done that as she knew what it was like to suffer, unlike those born frm late 1940s to mid-60s who had the best the state could provide. And they are STILL not happy!
The gratitude is amazing. We can all be more like this lady.
Her eyes would burst if she could see how we live now!
Gratitude..that's the word that came to my mind almost instantly..real organic Gratitude is a rare thing in our world today..RIP sweet mama.
Sweet lady but so sad no one came to help her or check on her. She sure has a great outlook on life at her age, we would all be like her.
This lovely old lady comes from a time that was the backbone of this country, our history and identity. As the older generation passes, our heritage dies with it. There is hardly anything of our culture around anymore. One day it will no longer exist and that is very very sad.
This video should be shown to everyone who is talking about 'poverty today' and the hardships of living on benefits. Maybe they would start counting their blessings......or maybe not. We as a nation have lost our backbone.( Now is 28th December 2022)
You say that she was the backbone of the UK, but even during her time no one even visited her! The 'other cultures' you deride have something which many of the English have lost due to changing values, irreligious attitudes and family breakdown - that being community and respect for elders. These values were ushered in by English people and Europeans, cannot blame "other cultures" for that my dear fellow.
Such a shame nobody come and looked after her when she come out hospital. I'd gladly have helped, but wasn't born until 1983. I would have loved to have known her. Bet she had loads of stories to tell. At 90 her mental state was 110%! She was full of life and had all her marbles intact! Don't see many of her like today.
incredible stuff, a terrible shame people like this don't exist anymore.
Moss Foster they do, just that no one visits them
There will always be old people, maybe you need to check them out in your local community.
yes, they do, they're called people
Freeatlast, Moss was referring to her positive attitude, not her age.
@@maunster3414 I've worked with elderly for over a year now and they are definitely still like this.
A lot of elderly in my street growing up were just like this lady. That generation had so much resilience.
She reminds me of my dear old Nan that was born in 1904 and was a Cockney. She loved her porridge and could "tell" when it was not cooked on the stove and cooked in the microwave. She wouldn't eat it cooked in the microwave. She also lived in a block of flats in London. I miss her.
This old girl remembered the late Victorian era, that's amazing.
No one should struggle in poverty or alone but that ladies heart warming attitude of being grateful for what you got shows pride, strength and wisdom. Older folks are amazing valuable people with a lot to share about life .
“Go up there when HE is ready for you”... that I believe. And this lady is delightful.
I'm very glad Boris is in Power. Thank you all and to all Goodnight, now going to have a large G&Tand a Cocteau Sabroni.
@@sylviasimpson3280 are u alright sylvia?
"But I managed"
Thank you the inspiration 💞
Strong character. Survived alone with a smile.
I have such admiration for this sweet lady. May your memory be eternal, Grandma. The people of her generation lived through the worst of it and still managed to do their bit in putting the world right. Greetings to the indomitable people of Britain from Greece! 🇬🇧🇬🇷
Poor thing. She was a survivor! Bless her.
My generation could learn a thing or two from this. I lived with my papa for all my adolescent years and he was raised in the slums of glasgow, he knew what struggle was. Glad I had him to drill hard work and respect into me, but now feel alienated from my generation who totally lack that.
Yes I understand your feelings.
Old Generation of today are rude and weak and behave like Zombies in the UK.
This is very humbling viewing, and she was so right to call people out for having short-term memories. Yes, life can be very challenging for some, and we can't always have a smile painted on, but if we're even able to sit in a warm room watching this video, we're very privileged. I'm glad she was comfortable later in life.
Tough old bird, that generation was amazing so strong 🙏❤️🇬🇧
Love this woman. Strength, independence and joy in the little things. Gratitude for everything she has. She's amazing and we could all learn a few things from her.
An amazing lady.
I was a seventies Northern child.. Seen these times... Lived in damp back to back terrace and toilet outside, cobwebs and all. Going to show my kids this video.. Telling and them hearing it is one thing but seeing this video is another.
When she was talking about how happy that her complexion cleared up because she's able to bathe regularly and then teasing about how some people get like old horses & did that little impression. I just wanted to give her a big hug. So pitiful & sweet at the same time.
Watching this in 2021 during 3rd pandemic lockdown. Feeling ashamed of myself for complaining so much after listening to this wonderful woman!
She was as hard as nails. What a great attitude she had.
What a lovely lady! It must have been so interesting to live in the 1950s to 1980s and have the chance to meet people like her who had stories about living in the Victorian era. My Great Grandparents had all passed on by the time I was born.
i was brought up by elderly relative,s & used to love to sit & listening to them talking about what it was like when they were young.. & how they rememberd their elderly relative,s & how they lived & earned a living, that were long dead, by which obv,s they were my ancester.s too, & i would ask if they could show me where they where burid, which they did, (which i still visit their grave,s aswell as the grave,s of the realative,s that showed me, & if you just asked questions & showed interest in what they could talk about(which i was 100% & learnt more off them, than i ever did at school), of which i was never interested in, but the difference now to back in the 70/80s.. young people mixed more with older generations, when i started going out for a pint in local pubs with mate,s same age,( age 18 ) we would sit & mix & have a laugh with people in their 70s etc, not like now, if ya happen to say hi to younger people today, if they can be botherd to look away from their phone, this is all you,d get, a funny look, cos they are prob wondering why yer speaking to them when they don,t know you..its sad, cos this generation will never learn anything from older folk, cos they are to engroced with their phone..of which i think they,ll learn nothing from.
Seriously, what low-life would "thumbs down" this video? It is just an interview of a person who is long gone and who shared her experiences. I thoroughly believe that if someone posted a video of puppies playing some troll would give it a "thumbs down."🙄
My nan was born in 1890 and died in 1985, I used to have fascinating conversations with her. She pretty much saw the first of all the mod cons we have today. The first telephones, airplanes, television, washing machines, central heating and even computers. There was no electricity inside her own home. When microwave ovens came into the house, she refused to use it . They delivered neighbours babies because healthcare wasn't free. they had teeth out without anaesthetic because it was only a penny compared with sixpence with it. She lived with us all of my life until I left home. Compared to my Nans early life, there are no hardships today except one, life is more complicated.
My nans nan lived til 95 too. Born she was in 1878. My parent remembers of her knitting a scarf like the one the doctor who at the time. Her family suffered much tragedy during her lifetime I know so probably what kept her so sharp up until that time plus she literally had the same red colour hair she had at 20
Life was tougher back then..yet people were happier, odd..I really respect the older generation for their honesty and strong hearts
My Nan was like this lady; a joy for me as a child. She was a Victorian; I still miss her. I am now 72; my austerity years were not as harsh as my Nan's childhood in London.......
Self reliance and robustness sadly missing from large parts of society today
Tough as old boots, these victorians were such characters,,, so sad they are no longer around, hurts my heart to think this.
God rest her cockney soul. X
The older generation today in the UK are sheep's and don't have their own minds or backbone .
@@jonesroberts3640 And any one of them is still worth 10 of you.
It's absolutely true that nowadays we don't know we're living. Sad to say that too many people in the world still have poverty-stricken ghastly lives. The thing is that when we become better off we then take it all for granted and assume that we have a right to it. People who have plenty still " need more " - a car per person, several holidays a year, dining at rip-off restaurants etc. It's not that these things are wrong but everything we have is precious and we should know that to have it , we should also appreciate it. God bless this old lady and all like her, anywhere in the world.
So heartbreaking. I hope she knows that decades on that we still feel for her 💗
What a gem this woman was with her hardship memories. We have nothing to grumble about today.
What an amazing lady with a attitude to match, long gone generation, god bless her!
Poor woman 😔 It's not the fact that she was lonely that came across, but that she wasn't even supported when she was most in need....not even by her own people (family or friends) So sad.
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Rest in peace dear lady.
I would give up anything just to have one conversation with that incredible lady. I could listen to her stories a day and the amount of questions i would ask her.... 😪 rest in peace you wanderful lady whoever you were. I am so sorry i never got the chance to know you.
My gran was born in 1896! Amazing to think about the changes she saw. She died aged 98, bless her ❤️
I can beat that! My paternal grandfather was born in 1884!
I’m 52, my fathers parents were born at the turn of the last century. The house they lived in, (which they brought their family up in) had no bathroom, and in their seventies they were moved into a new basic council bungalow as the houses in their neighboured were considered slums, and were being demolished.They thought they had it made and could not understand complaints from other pensioners. The furniture they had was very old and second hand, (which my Nana hated) they had basic food to eat, had a tv , heating and a bathroom.They thought they had won the pools.I wish I had known them better and for longer, but they where well in their forties when they had my Dad.God bless her and my Grandparents
Such stoicism! What a marvellous woman. We see nothing of the like nowadays. Must be from living through truly hard times. Too much victim hood now. Too much entitlement.
This comment made me sad. I work in a deprived area and I see this level of stoicism regularly. I find it very humbling.
That's exactly what it is. Humility and gratitude comes from suffering. We learn how to truly love through hardship. The quickest way to know someone has never experienced hardship, is to listen to how much they victimise themselves.
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Nowadays I am not hungry and I have a roof over my head and that is more than I could count on when I was younger and I am sure that it is because of the welfare state
@@alundavies8402 aka today's food banks and increasing homeless!
Such a sweet lady.....made me cry! Shame on her family!
I loved looking after the older generation, I learnt so many life skills and tips. Always keeps me grounded. Unfortunately they're few and far between now. Total different world today
beautiful, simply beautiful :) we know nothing of the hardships these people had to endure.
The lady is right living in a flat with its own bathroom and kitchen in a tower block must seem like paradise compared with life in about 1900. No pensions then for the old, if you couldn't support yourself or had no family that could you went into the workhouse. And I've just been looking at Spitalfield Nippers where the poverty of the children is heart breaking, many had no shoes. We've certainly come a long way..
Reminds me of my nan, born into a slum where families shared a toilet and tap and lived on top of each other. She was tough as old boots and never complained. I really miss her, she would have loved my daughters.
She had a wonderful, positive attitude.
I'm 37 and I've been saying it for years.. People these days are weak. They have no fortitude, strength, civility or morality. People bully eachother, make eachother miserable, make others lives a living Hell. People have it so easy these days. Technology and social media has made us weak. I didn't have a great life growing up, my family was poor, we didn't get fancy toys at Christmas but we were grateful for what we got as we knew its all our parents could afford. That life made me who I am.. It made me strong willed, it made me see the world for what it really is, it made me stand up to those who go around treating others like garbage. I'd not change it.
What a woman 🙏 God bless her soul xx
What a great woman.
Bless her heart. I hope she is comfortable and surrounded by love wherever her wee soul dwells.
Look at this great ladies attitude. A very modest existence and yet she see’s herself as a winner. 89, recovering from surgery, Xmas day and no visitors and she pulls herself round on the floor and yet still is an optimist-‘i managed’ she said. Look at us today-crying cause we have a bad hair day or ‘mental health problems. Mist people today don’t have enough real problems. These people were too poor to be so self absorbed. She seems like a great lady🙏
What an amazingly tough old woman. 89 years old and she's still got more fight in her than a lot of kids today ever had.
I like her she's wonderful .
Yes me too bless her (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
She must've gone through both wars.
Down to earth lady.
Fabulous lady. I'm so glad she was caught on film and preserved in some way.
Dear old soul, now looking down on us from her tower block in the sky, what amazing endurance and gratitude, bless her soul!😊
I've always found that the old generation - who actually lived in picturesque old buildings - were the most enthusiastic about 1950s tower blocks. It's sad how society since the 70s has changed the face of these estates.
Tough as nails. Natural survivors they were. Bless them all. 🙏
I am an American and would gladly bring her Tea every day and sit and listen to her talk about whatever she wants
Older people are so awesome to listen to. I love hearing their stories. I enjoyed visiting the rest homes as a child and teenager and listening to those people talk.
A difficult life yes, and a godly one, humble, grateful and well lived
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These are the people who made Britain GREAT.....if we had this generation we wouldn't be in half the trouble we are now...totalty amazing ...bless her heart xxx
Very wise woman. "I'm contented" .... Appreciative of everything and everyone around her. Great way to be.x
What a fantastic lady , with such a great outlook on life . Sad though that she had no one to call on her or give her a little bit of help ...