I live in 1912 style house and i've 30yo ;). But I haven't TV, dishwasher machine, ecc.. when I are out my house, i'm a normal Person like all other peoples.
Reynaldo Rivera uhhh idk wut your talking about. There have been many massacres since the forties and 80% men responded to them. For example, chernobyl liquidators risked there lives all to minimize long term damage towards the disaster. I mean if you want to call that not a man, go ahead...
Along with that it's really typical English style living in a country overgrown so much with multiculturalism that even people like John Cleese wonder where the Londoners are in London. So seeing this it almost seems like a last stand for English culture in a previously English country, a situation in which being English in England almost has become an alien thing to do. Multiculturalism destroys the beautiful diversity we had in Europe for so many years by destroying our own cultural identity, and I frankly hate it. Seeing these people just gives hope for the national identity of England to remain English.
God Bless Him!!! He recognizes and sees so much that other people can't see!!! And, he's happy in his life, which is more than most people can say in this day and age!!! Great man!!!
Apart from the crushing austerity and continuing food rationing, you mean? Not to mention all the soldiers back from the war with PTSD. Nostalgia glasses have rose-tinted lenses.
The US had a good time in 1945 morale and victory were at an all time since the 30s and depression. But for Britain they were just starting to recover from bombings and war rationing.
Chris Hall That’s true about the 1930’s and the depression era. It was a very hard time. The Midwest not only was going through the depression but they had the big dust bowl too! They couldn’t grow food to sustain themselves. Many had to give up everything they had to move halfway across the country to get away from the dust!
He hasn't changed a bit over the years and I love it. He recently did another interview with a gentleman on here still the same living in his vintage home
I'm more a 50's girl tbh because I feel like the forties are too romanticised, at least by British people, but there was a lot of hardship because of the war. But yeah, I prefer that time to now
I grew up in this time period in a small town. Not much money but we eat and had clothes and we knew all our neighbors. Back then there usually 3 to 5 kids in a famailie . When out of school doing chores and plenty of play time outside we stayed in shape and healthy. By the time i was 13 had my own paper rout, mowed laws and picked black berries to make spending money. I still had plenty of time to play with friends. Such as baseball at the old sandlot where an old Cathoilic Church once stood by my Greatgandfathers home, maybe later in the day we would go swim in the creek and after supper play hide ad seek or maybe listen to the radio. When i see todays families I am so glad i grew up in the 40s and early 50s.
I'm jealous of you! When my grandmothers talk about their past, they mostly say good things about it, even it was hard, but which eras are not? Being born in the 2000s, the only good thing about this era is that I can get my life extended and can go back in time. But finding old furniture and clothes is not an easy task.
I understand that feeling of rejecting certain modern things in my environment. My home reflects a mix between the late 1800s through the 1940s. It's just whatever makes the home environment feel cozy for us. He's right that doing things manually brings you closer to the mechanics of living. We've lost a great deal of that sense with modern innovations. So an eclectic environment that incorporates certain luxuries i.e. toilet, a/c, refrigeration with historical elements is very calming and unique. I love it.
Yeah it wasn't great for England either what with constant air raids and the blackout. I do feel like the forties is terribly romanticised. SO much of it was just war war war for everybody except maybe America and Australia, lucky devils.
My parents have kept a lot of furniture pieces from my grandparents and great-grandparents, over a 100 years old, and we still use them every day. They are the sturdiest things ever, they don't even creak. How can these be compared to the quality and value of Ikea... 🤔🙂
This was my favorite decade. We still had steam locomotives in service, fast sleek passenger trains, amazing steel cars, streamline design and the fascinating years off WW2.
Have you seen 1940s house? It was a show. Library has it. I know it's an idealized idea of the past, but reality wasn't so great, tho there were great things about it.
Ben now has a male partner and is happy in 2021 living a 1940s life from the other videos on YT. GREAT news all round. Living his best life. FANtastic.
I love the mid-century, and the clothing in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Don't even care about the show, I just gasped when I saw the clothes! Minus maybe the polio and stuff shown in Green Book (great movie).
I agree with the idea of getting closer to people and the community. I also agree that we spend a lot of time engrossed in technology. But the one technology I’m truly grateful for is the washing machine. It makes life easier especially if you have chronic pain like myself and need to conserve a lot of energy to do other things.
I would love to express my love for the 40’s through fashion. I was anxious that I would be judged (and of course people will judge no matter what) but these kinds of people give me courage that I shouldn’t care about others opinions.
There are a few of these guys on RUclips, 30s, 40s, 50s. I think they are all a credit and really interesting. I grew up in the 50s and remember much of the furnishings and the era very well.
I was cheering all the way until the modern bathroom - get a 40s bathroom! It's not like it's hard to find the right pieces. When I was in my 20s I rented a 1930s house and filled it with 1930s; toaster, washing machine, hoover, furniture, everything; and the bathroom was original. The only 'modern' bits were the 50s fridge and the 70s tv. Good times.
Penny- Elizabeth Neil it's hard to do a old fashion bathroom. It's easier with modern, I do agree with you when it comes to recapture the historical authenticity, some things aren't meant to be recapture lol. I really want to do a 1920s English interior design.
I don't see why it's hard - I could understand if it's the sort of house you want to sell in a few years, but a 'forever home' is different. Even here in Australia you find reclaimed pieces so England should be just as well stocked, even free stuff online. There's nothing about a modern bathroom that the 40s can't provide. You want 1920s, go for it! I'd love to go 1920s in mine (period of the house) but it's a rental. One day I'll have an Edwardian one!
In some places in the world it's actually hard to find the right pieces, but when a time machine will be available, I guess you wouldn't need that because you could travel back in time.
But they are from different eras to the 30s, the fridge and TV. Still, I didn't care much for his modern bathroom, for me I would have tried my best to get repro 40s bathroom suite, even just a classic white one would have looked better with some 40s film posters up framed, and rag rugs, wicker laundry hampers etc.
Amazing, I used to love to listen to my Grandmother talk about the WW2 years in East York, Ontario, Canada. Including black out drills a little bit of rationing, fat drives, hanger drives, etc. Oh and the win the war cookbook! We still use one of the recipes, macaroni with cheese and canned tomatoes. Just love it!
Me too! I have some good news: Time machine is mathematically possible, and even many mainstream physicists don't rule this out, we just don't have the technology just yet, but it will be here soon.
So strange... I seem to be afflicted with the same fascination for the 40s -- the music, the styles and all. Cool to know there are others! And Ben so eloquently expresses the attraction of that era.
Britain was at war from 1939 to 1945. Aside from the bombing of most British cities, there were serious shortages of everything. meat, sugar, butter, clothing, petrol, everything you can think of - and it was strictly rationed, Austerity as it was called lasted well into the 50s This looks more like the late 30s
@@ashleysmith8402 He could've been a factory worker, government official, homeland defense (police/firefighter), or just ineligible for service. And if that town really is that far out of major areas, there's a good chance the war would never really "reach" that part of England. (I'm not trying to be rude or anything, I'm just a WWII historian that loves the same time era.)
Old things never die. I heard a funny story. A fella of mine said, that he wanted to buy a 10 something-year-old car, and it was all rotten. 1920-1930s cars are still like new! Who else is waiting for that time machine?
Bawhahah , Did a dna test and found my Grandfathers 3 children from his Secretary at work. He stayed married to my Grans the whole time. People got around more than you know back then. And thought those lies would never see the light of day.
I’m a pinup who if I could live back in the late 1940’s / 50’s it would be a dream come true . I do love modern things from today but I also love love love vintage things clothing , furniture , cars , you name it
He's rather like the couple who live in Washington state. They prefer the 1890s to modern day. These young people dress in 1890s clothes, and do not own a car. They are very interesting, just like this young chap.
Again, it's very idealized. See Green Book. And if you're female and your husband left you, you were screwed. You couldn't buy a house or have your own credit. It would be hard to support yourself alone. Not to mention if they were abusive. And things like polio vaccine, which changed the world. It was almost completely eradicated, too. In modern countries.
Oh my goodness I wish I could dress like that. I suppose as a girl most dresses would be fine but I wouldn't know where to get a hold of them and my mother would probably ridicule me. I'd love to live in a cosy 1940s home and sit with my husband on a late night listening to Frank. Oh God I just relate to him far too much.
Thank goodness for the touch of humour at the end (.tv, fridge and bathroom.) I was a child in the 1940s ,not an affluent house like this one and believe me it's no joy. Even in the 60s I still boiled nappies and washed by hand. The decor however is wonderful .
Fanstastic. Read about him in the book "Air Raid Shelters of the Second World War" (he happens to be on the cover). Looks like he may have moved, he used to have an Anderson shelter. I am also obsessed with wartime Britain. This is truly amazing, great job Ben!
I'm seeing more and more people embrace alternate era lifestyles and I love it. I live in a 1858 farmhouse and am restoring it to as close as I can to its era best decision ever. I do have fridges, a washing machine and other electronics as I run a sanctuary so going all out 1800's isn't possible but I'm having fun 😊
In my growing up days it was considered the ultimate compliment to have said of a housewife: "she hangs a nice wash!" or "She sweeps a nice yard." My mother, a bride of the '40s took great pride in both.
He seems very normal to me, not eccentric, just enthusiastic about an era in history, and has dedicated himself to it. I'm a fan of 50s Americana and have some 50s style clothes, I like faux leopard coats, red lipstick, blonde waves etc, this era is dull, uninspiring and hostile, especially in the South of England. Fair play to him, he's living a lifestyle that he loves.
same here. If I had the money I'd so redo my house like that. Well, at least my living room because I just painted my kitchen bright yellow and I love it.
I loved listening to my mum talk about the 40s and what it was like during the second world war in Australia. It's amazing how many people have a passion for the vintage lifestyle, myself included
Simply awesome and most especially the deco upholstered chairs, which are the most stylish I've ever seen. Pure class. But please, buy a washing machine:-)
Don't think i'd like 40s but I'd be happy with 50's. Started to find great sounding Hifi then. Big Horn drivers, triode valve amps and vinyl. Lovely natural sound and some F.M. stations! Washing machines, vaccum cleaners and Fridge! Fantastic sports cars/bikes. Land Rover. No tax, classic insurance.
Ha, I remember this guy. Because he talked about his "partner" and works in his modern job as cabin crew for an airline, everyone assumed he was gay. Apparently not.
Buy a big fishtank. When you clean it, you can use the old water for your plants (omg, they LOVE it!) and flushing the toilet. Just pour it in, under a gallon and you'll see it flush. Used bathwater also works for the toilet. In a pinch, you CAN drink the water from the cistern in the back of the toilet tank where all the mechanisms are...it's clean.
Just think: The record industry began in the late 1800s with piano rolls then went on to phonographs and started a world wide multii-billion dollar industry that lasted all the way from the 1910s until the advent of high speed internet which absolutely ended it forever. How ironic that technology would end one of the most beautiful inventions of all time.
Nice to see a modern man with some old time class.
Agreed!
When men were still men and acted like it.
I live in 1912 style house and i've 30yo ;). But I haven't TV, dishwasher machine, ecc.. when I are out my house, i'm a normal Person like all other peoples.
I'm from that era born late forties recall marching music before the news beautiful music growing up.thanks l.o.l.vidal
Reynaldo Rivera uhhh idk wut your talking about. There have been many massacres since the forties and 80% men responded to them. For example, chernobyl liquidators risked there lives all to minimize long term damage towards the disaster. I mean if you want to call that not a man, go ahead...
I love this! They choose how to live and they are not hurting anyone with it. It´s so cool and refreshing. I´d love to visit those people. Epic.
I agree :)
pridden76 me too, I want to get a house and make it into a 1920s English interior.
We need to bring the fedoras back.
Along with that it's really typical English style living in a country overgrown so much with multiculturalism that even people like John Cleese wonder where the Londoners are in London. So seeing this it almost seems like a last stand for English culture in a previously English country, a situation in which being English in England almost has become an alien thing to do.
Multiculturalism destroys the beautiful diversity we had in Europe for so many years by destroying our own cultural identity, and I frankly hate it. Seeing these people just gives hope for the national identity of England to remain English.
@@LogiForce86 Ever think that this guy is living the way he is because he likes it and not because he's making some sort of "statement"?
when your wifi goes down for 1 minute
God Bless Him!!! He recognizes and sees so much that other people can't see!!! And, he's happy in his life, which is more than most people can say in this day and age!!! Great man!!!
Just avoid fully reliving 1940-1945 for obvious reasons lol.
Late 45 would've been a good time.
Apart from the crushing austerity and continuing food rationing, you mean? Not to mention all the soldiers back from the war with PTSD. Nostalgia glasses have rose-tinted lenses.
The US had a good time in 1945 morale and victory were at an all time since the 30s and depression. But for Britain they were just starting to recover from bombings and war rationing.
Chris Hall That’s true about the 1930’s and the depression era. It was a very hard time. The Midwest not only was going through the depression but they had the big dust bowl too! They couldn’t grow food to sustain themselves. Many had to give up everything they had to move halfway across the country to get away from the dust!
It’s because the nazys
The sense of community and family values, thing he said is absolute true.
Him: *Watching some show from the 40s* “Have you seen this episode it’s so funny”
Friend: “Yeah, it came out 80 years ago”
He hasn't changed a bit over the years and I love it. He recently did another interview with a gentleman on here still the same living in his vintage home
wow, i am totally into the 1940's love that time period,,...
I'm more a 50's girl tbh because I feel like the forties are too romanticised, at least by British people, but there was a lot of hardship because of the war. But yeah, I prefer that time to now
Im more of a 90's person.
@@JixieDyeAuthor one more thing about the 40s *it was a battle field*
Yes very "PeAeFul"
I grew up in this time period in a small town. Not much money but we eat and had clothes and we knew all our neighbors. Back then there usually 3 to 5 kids in a famailie . When out of school doing chores and plenty of play time outside we stayed in shape and healthy. By the time i was 13 had my own paper rout, mowed laws and picked black berries to make spending money. I still had plenty of time to play with friends. Such as baseball at the old sandlot where an old Cathoilic Church once stood by my Greatgandfathers home, maybe later in the day we would go swim in the creek and after supper play hide ad seek or maybe listen to the radio. When i see todays families I am so glad i grew up in the 40s and early 50s.
I'm jealous of you! When my grandmothers talk about their past, they mostly say good things about it, even it was hard, but which eras are not? Being born in the 2000s, the only good thing about this era is that I can get my life extended and can go back in time. But finding old furniture and clothes is not an easy task.
I understand that feeling of rejecting certain modern things in my environment. My home reflects a mix between the late 1800s through the 1940s. It's just whatever makes the home environment feel cozy for us. He's right that doing things manually brings you closer to the mechanics of living. We've lost a great deal of that sense with modern innovations. So an eclectic environment that incorporates certain luxuries i.e. toilet, a/c, refrigeration with historical elements is very calming and unique. I love it.
Being German, our 40's were not so great, to say the least. But I do love the British 40's and I can totally relate to his lifestyle.
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Sweetheart, the forties weren't a great decade for any european nation besides Swiss, Sweden and Iceland!:)
We won 😁
Yeah it wasn't great for England either what with constant air raids and the blackout. I do feel like the forties is terribly romanticised. SO much of it was just war war war for everybody except maybe America and Australia, lucky devils.
Well, let‘s safe the nice things from that era, the music/clothes and the swing music to dance to ...❤️
All the beds in my house are over 100 yrs old, and still good as new.
Things were built to last in them days.
My parents have kept a lot of furniture pieces from my grandparents and great-grandparents, over a 100 years old, and we still use them every day. They are the sturdiest things ever, they don't even creak. How can these be compared to the quality and value of Ikea... 🤔🙂
This was my favorite decade. We still had steam locomotives in service, fast sleek passenger trains, amazing steel cars, streamline design and the fascinating years off WW2.
Have you seen 1940s house? It was a show. Library has it. I know it's an idealized idea of the past, but reality wasn't so great, tho there were great things about it.
"She said that he's into the 40s, but I didn't realise quite how much!" 😂
Seems like she regrets it now.
Must have a big ol ding dong
Ben now has a male partner and is happy in 2021 living a 1940s life from the other videos on YT. GREAT news all round. Living his best life. FANtastic.
Was abt to say that I got confused for a sec xD
So good to see a other person that loves the past. I am trying to do the same thing you are.
I love the mid-century, and the clothing in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Don't even care about the show, I just gasped when I saw the clothes!
Minus maybe the polio and stuff shown in Green Book (great movie).
This is brilliant - well done. Modern day living is shallow and without meaning. Nothing is built to last - it's a 'throwaway world''
agreed completely.
Love, love, love this 40s oasis!
I agree with the idea of getting closer to people and the community. I also agree that we spend a lot of time engrossed in technology. But the one technology I’m truly grateful for is the washing machine. It makes life easier especially if you have chronic pain like myself and need to conserve a lot of energy to do other things.
Super interesting. I love the 40s era myself. What a brave guy for being different. 👏🏻
I would love to express my love for the 40’s through fashion. I was anxious that I would be judged (and of course people will judge no matter what) but these kinds of people give me courage that I shouldn’t care about others opinions.
You'd be more unique in the 1940s or even earlier fashion than 90% of the people now. I want to do just like that with some earlier clothes.
I love the 40s, one of my favourite eras
same here
There are a few of these guys on RUclips, 30s, 40s, 50s. I think they are all a credit and really interesting. I grew up in the 50s and remember much of the furnishings and the era very well.
Very inspiring. I love the 40s as well!
This man & I could be friends
Same here. I'm starting to dress more in 40's and 50's clothes and I love it. I feel so feminine and pretty
I would love that, but how could I get in touch with him?
This man and I could be more than friends
@@rubywolf1900 Damn grillll
I was cheering all the way until the modern bathroom - get a 40s bathroom! It's not like it's hard to find the right pieces. When I was in my 20s I rented a 1930s house and filled it with 1930s; toaster, washing machine, hoover, furniture, everything; and the bathroom was original. The only 'modern' bits were the 50s fridge and the 70s tv. Good times.
Penny- Elizabeth Neil it's hard to do a old fashion bathroom. It's easier with modern, I do agree with you when it comes to recapture the historical authenticity, some things aren't meant to be recapture lol. I really want to do a 1920s English interior design.
I don't see why it's hard - I could understand if it's the sort of house you want to sell in a few years, but a 'forever home' is different. Even here in Australia you find reclaimed pieces so England should be just as well stocked, even free stuff online. There's nothing about a modern bathroom that the 40s can't provide. You want 1920s, go for it! I'd love to go 1920s in mine (period of the house) but it's a rental. One day I'll have an Edwardian one!
In some places in the world it's actually hard to find the right pieces, but when a time machine will be available, I guess you wouldn't need that because you could travel back in time.
Nevada_US hate to rain on your parade by there is no scientific way possible a time machine could ever exist
But they are from different eras to the 30s, the fridge and TV. Still, I didn't care much for his modern bathroom, for me I would have tried my best to get repro 40s bathroom suite, even just a classic white one would have looked better with some 40s film posters up framed, and rag rugs, wicker laundry hampers etc.
Absolutely lovely!!! we need more of this kind of stuff this day and age..... 🥰🥰🥰
"I love the 40s" "I love this era" Ah yes, the 40s, when nothing totally happened in the first half of that decade...Very PeAcEfUl
Maybe he's also a Mosley fan
@@KrokLP WE LIVE IN A PERIOD
@@k-techpl7222 Industrial Society and it's future - by Ted Kaczynski
not really the point of this video, but okay
I want to live like the 1740's.
Casual Existential Despair 😂😂
Clap, Pox, bloody flux, consumption......
The Industrial Revolution and it's Consequences have been a Disaster to the Human Race
Just become Amish
I actually agree with you
Amazing, I used to love to listen to my Grandmother talk about the WW2 years in East York, Ontario, Canada. Including black out drills a little bit of rationing, fat drives, hanger drives, etc. Oh and the win the war cookbook! We still use one of the recipes, macaroni with cheese and canned tomatoes. Just love it!
I used here my grand parents talk about the Blitz, V1 and V2 attacks.
I love the 50s-80s and a bit of early 90s
For me it's 30's, 40's, 50's and 90's. I lived through the 90's and it was a fabulous time.
1920-1990 favorite era.
1-800- GRAMPS I love the renaissance time period and the late medieval era. I always like this whole medieval fantasy vibe. I also love the 40-60s
For me it’s 1910’s and 1940-1950s
For me, it's the late 40s through the mid to late 50s.
Wow, do I love this! I love the 1940's! What a beautiful home to come home to!
Made me chuckle seeing his secret hiding spots for the modern day stuff.
All in all, everyone has there limits ;)
Well, if this were you, why would you forgo say, soap 🧼 because you didn't have enough ration credits? Or a polio shot? :)
Lot to be said for simplicity and this guy for me has found contentment which most of us chase all our lives. 👍
Love it 👍🏼 so awesome if there was ever a time machine to go back into the good old days I would be #1 in line 🤓
Me too! I have some good news: Time machine is mathematically possible, and even many mainstream physicists don't rule this out, we just don't have the technology just yet, but it will be here soon.
The level of shame when he showed the television was almost too much to bear.
So strange... I seem to be afflicted with the same fascination for the 40s -- the music, the styles and all. Cool to know there are others! And Ben so eloquently expresses the attraction of that era.
Britain was at war from 1939 to 1945. Aside from the bombing of most British cities, there were serious shortages of everything. meat, sugar, butter, clothing, petrol, everything you can think of - and it was strictly rationed, Austerity as it was called lasted well into the 50s This looks more like the late 30s
Rhoda Miller I agree.
People hung onto their furnishings and clothes from before the war as long as they could make them last.
If he was really in the 1940's he would've been fighting in world war 2.
@@ashleysmith8402 And maybe one of the 382,000 men killed
@@ashleysmith8402 He could've been a factory worker, government official, homeland defense (police/firefighter), or just ineligible for service. And if that town really is that far out of major areas, there's a good chance the war would never really "reach" that part of England. (I'm not trying to be rude or anything, I'm just a WWII historian that loves the same time era.)
Old things never die. I heard a funny story. A fella of mine said, that he wanted to buy a 10 something-year-old car, and it was all rotten. 1920-1930s cars are still like new! Who else is waiting for that time machine?
no
The 40's man has a child out of wedlock?
It was rare compered to today having kids out of wed lock.
needles1987 It happened back then too and through out time. If you don’t think so, you’re fooling yourself.
Bawhahah , Did a dna test and found my Grandfathers 3 children from his Secretary at work. He stayed married to my Grans the whole time. People got around more than you know back then. And thought those lies would never see the light of day.
needles1987 I am sure they had out of wedlock children back in the 1940''s as well. Doesn't really affect this video.
Mitchell C 5 different men? Lol
Totally agree Ben. I live my life at home in the 1940s, as much as I can afford. You did a great job on your house!
I thought I was the only one but after seeing this I no there are other people who like this time period.. thanks
He should build a costume 40's box TV and stick a new 4K tv in there to match the furniture ✌🏻️
I’m a pinup who if I could live back in the late 1940’s / 50’s it would be a dream come true . I do love modern things from today but I also love love love vintage things clothing , furniture , cars , you name it
this is so nice to see :) you go guys!
Unlike today, social media has created millions of totally unsociable people who spend their free moments in a shopping mall on their phones 😀
Shopping mall? There are 14k abandoned ones in the States.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 that's a move in the right direction 😍
He's rather like the couple who live in Washington state. They prefer the 1890s to modern day. These young people dress in 1890s clothes, and do not own a car. They are very interesting, just like this young chap.
And sadly, (some) people are almost as rude and intolerant towards him than towards the Chrismans. 😨😯
I saw this again video just after seeing the same thing, a woman and her husband who live in the 50's. So wholesome.
Same
Again, it's very idealized. See Green Book. And if you're female and your husband left you, you were screwed. You couldn't buy a house or have your own credit. It would be hard to support yourself alone. Not to mention if they were abusive.
And things like polio vaccine, which changed the world. It was almost completely eradicated, too. In modern countries.
Im 13 and i dress like him everyday
ScienceWhizz04 do you live in a royal family?or you are just a classy person?🤔🤔
You're so lucky to be able to do that.
Potato Potato Many people dress like that,
Nice, I'm 13 too and I dress Vintage
Oh my goodness I wish I could dress like that. I suppose as a girl most dresses would be fine but I wouldn't know where to get a hold of them and my mother would probably ridicule me. I'd love to live in a cosy 1940s home and sit with my husband on a late night listening to Frank. Oh God I just relate to him far too much.
Thank goodness for the touch of humour at the end (.tv, fridge and bathroom.) I was a child in the 1940s ,not an affluent house like this one and believe me it's no joy. Even in the 60s I still boiled nappies and washed by hand. The decor however is wonderful .
I live in 90s 2000s era, baggy pants, spiky hair... walkman, flipphone, wallet chain
Yay what a great time. It was a great time to be alive. You go with it!
Fanstastic. Read about him in the book "Air Raid Shelters of the Second World War" (he happens to be on the cover). Looks like he may have moved, he used to have an Anderson shelter. I am also obsessed with wartime Britain. This is truly amazing, great job Ben!
I'm seeing more and more people embrace alternate era lifestyles and I love it. I live in a 1858 farmhouse and am restoring it to as close as I can to its era best decision ever. I do have fridges, a washing machine and other electronics as I run a sanctuary so going all out 1800's isn't possible but I'm having fun 😊
Love this! soooo precious! how very cool!
"Today machine's do everything" I hate to say it but its so true.
2020 Presidential Election Day :
She votes for Harry S. Truman
Victor Silva they’re... British😂😂😂
@@cobenhart3241
2019 General Election: Votes for Clement Atlee
Coben Hart *Votes for Winston Churchill*
In my growing up days it was considered the ultimate compliment to have said of a housewife: "she hangs a nice wash!" or "She sweeps a nice yard." My mother, a bride of the '40s took great pride in both.
What a lovely video : )
This is awesome. I've often think about this.
They are adorable. And people sure dressed better then. Damn...so sharp.
Wonderful old fashioned values !
what u mean
***** what u like about the old ways
Absolutely brilliant!
He seems very normal to me, not eccentric, just enthusiastic about an era in history, and has dedicated himself to it. I'm a fan of 50s Americana and have some 50s style clothes, I like faux leopard coats, red lipstick, blonde waves etc, this era is dull, uninspiring and hostile, especially in the South of England. Fair play to him, he's living a lifestyle that he loves.
Ohh that's my dream house, come true.
Such a beautiful family!!
same here. If I had the money I'd so redo my house like that. Well, at least my living room because I just painted my kitchen bright yellow and I love it.
I loved listening to my mum talk about the 40s and what it was like during the second world war in Australia. It's amazing how many people have a passion for the vintage lifestyle, myself included
I would love to visit for a cup of tea
This guy should hook up with that 1940s obsessed woman.
It's the same house, but I think he's gay...
1920s for me. great gatsby is ♡♡♡
what u like about it
Just keep away from the wood alcohol and radium.
Josie Alyvia what u think of the 40s
bill gatsby is better
Totally enjoyable, love the house
He's completely ready for off the grid living. I know he has electric but he probably doesn't need it
Simply awesome and most especially the deco upholstered chairs, which are the most stylish I've ever seen. Pure class. But please, buy a washing machine:-)
I want to do the same but have my house as if it's 1967.
Can't say I'm a fan of the 60's. I'm more a 50's girl
LOVE IT! I'm well on my way backwards, but i'm back into the 1800's as well
Awsome! We need more people like him....im so sick of seeing carbon copies everywhere!
2:13
Guy into the 40s: Hello dad!
Terminator: *Hello, son!*
This would be my dream home
I absolutely love that era
You are very lucky
This is AWESOME. My favorite time period.
Good for you, all the best.
Amazing, I would like to live in the 80s again
Stupidly, I checked to see whether this guy had an instagram account -_-
Didn't know they had RUclips in the 1940s
It's ten years since this posted. By now he should have updated his home with 1950's furnishings & appliances.
Don't think i'd like 40s but I'd be happy with 50's. Started to find great sounding Hifi then. Big Horn drivers, triode valve amps and vinyl. Lovely natural sound and some F.M. stations! Washing machines, vaccum cleaners and Fridge! Fantastic sports cars/bikes. Land Rover. No tax, classic insurance.
Nice! I'd like to sing up for this
Ha, I remember this guy. Because he talked about his "partner" and works in his modern job as cabin crew for an airline, everyone assumed he was gay.
Apparently not.
There's a more recent video of this guy. And he has found a boyfriend now
I whould love to live like this
He'd be better off with a 1940s pull chain toilet over these piddly little push button excuses we have for toilets these days that hardly flush!
weeeeell I think we're all kinda trying to conserve water. You don't need a waterfall to do the job properly.
Buy a big fishtank. When you clean it, you can use the old water for your plants (omg, they LOVE it!) and flushing the toilet. Just pour it in, under a gallon and you'll see it flush. Used bathwater also works for the toilet.
In a pinch, you CAN drink the water from the cistern in the back of the toilet tank where all the mechanisms are...it's clean.
This video taught me a leason as a young man (despite that I'm Asian and of Spanish descent), and that's having class
@@gw437 ooooo thanks for the trivia 😯
Heavenly!! I agree with him entirely. Glad she got on board with it too, sweet :)
Just think: The record industry began in the late 1800s with piano rolls then went on to phonographs and started a world wide multii-billion dollar industry that lasted all the way from the 1910s until the advent of high speed internet which absolutely ended it forever. How ironic that technology would end one of the most beautiful inventions of all time.
I could never wash my cloths like that but this is so cool
My Grandmother's and Grandfather's era....the 40s.....the war.....the post war world.....it was really something.
what a sweetheart :)
Fascinating-like Civil War Re-enactors. I'd like to live in the 1950s for a while
I would love to live in that house!
Pretty cool!!
Well done Ben !!👍
Tbh I would relly like to live in this time
Love it. Love his coat.