Marvellous. I love people like you on youtube. Just purveyors of GREAT vintage content (that otherwise would be locked in BBC/ITV vaults). Have a beer on me fella.
Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand. Wow, No bathroom, No toilet, I always wondered why the Victorians where classed as dirty individuals. I imagine there was a wash room, together with an attached toilet outside at the rear of the property, as I remember growing up in the early 1960's & living in an old Victorian terrace house the bathroom & toilet were located outside the rear of the house. I grew up with 3 brothers & often experienced a hot bath in a small bath tub (in front of an open fire) shared with my brothers in the living room. God bless my beloved mother for her shear determination, strength & ability to look after us boys. We originally lived along Baddow Road, Chelmsford, Essex. England & sometimes visited relatives in the Essex country side. Such profound childhood memories indeed. Thank you so much for sharing, certainly brings back so many fond memories of old England.
not sure if on youtube but try Victorian farm, Edwardian farm both are of 3 historians and archaeologists spending a year doing as the real people at that time did to make a farm
Actually, the reason why Victorian terraced housing had outside toilets wasn’t for the sake of not having it on the inside, because Cholera and many other diseases spread, the Victorians wanted therefore to have toilets on the outside so that the germs would not spread inside the home
Edwardian. No different to European conditions. Wealthy Victorians were a bit different. They believed in the "healthy" and bracing cold swims and baths.
There was a chamber pot in a cupboard near the bed. Baths were in portable baths which were filled with hot water brought up in cans from the kitchen. Ladies and gentlemen bathed every day . They washed at a wash stand in the bedroom where there was a large bowl and a jug of water. They changed clothes before dinner. So they weren't filthy.
In Henry 8the time they would move mansion house to mansion house once they had done using it and filling all the latrines. They left all their mess for the servants to clean up.
The York family accused their housekeeper, Ellen Penketh, of stealing and took her to court. The poor woman was cleared and it turned out she was buying from traders on credit for the family, who were not wealthy, but entertained very extravagantly and beyond their means. I don't think her picture is in the servants quarters, as it was a scandal to the family and it was also said that the servants wages were below average in this household.
Thank you. Maybe there weren't enough funds to improve the landscaping. Even a few evergreens would prevent the exterior from looking so austere. Better yet, some flowering shrubs along the perimeter of the house...?
What a sad house children had very minimal contact with their parents. No live or affection shown to them. So sad . Any wander the English suffer from insecurities depression neglect nihilistic etc. Awful and do sad.
You still see that to this very day in affluent families. The nannies raise their children instead of the parents, and you wonder why they’re screwed up later in life? Different centuries, same issues.
I love these programmes
Fascinating. Thank you. I want one of those carpet sweepers, great for keeping weight down, for the person pumping!!!
What a treasure. Very interesting to see how a house was runned. Thank you for posting. Very enjoyable view.
cor8129 Thank you - and glad you enjoyed it.
Marvellous. I love people like you on youtube. Just purveyors of GREAT vintage content (that otherwise would be locked in BBC/ITV vaults). Have a beer on me fella.
What a gem! I could watch people work all day! Nice one 😁
Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand. Wow, No bathroom, No toilet, I always wondered why the Victorians where classed as dirty individuals. I imagine there was a wash room, together with an attached toilet outside at the rear of the property, as I remember growing up in the early 1960's & living in an old Victorian terrace house the bathroom & toilet were located outside the rear of the house. I grew up with 3 brothers & often experienced a hot bath in a small bath tub (in front of an open fire) shared with my brothers in the living room. God bless my beloved mother for her shear determination, strength & ability to look after us boys. We originally lived along Baddow Road, Chelmsford, Essex. England & sometimes visited relatives in the Essex country side. Such profound childhood memories indeed. Thank you so much for sharing, certainly brings back so many fond memories of old England.
not sure if on youtube but try Victorian farm, Edwardian farm both are of 3 historians and archaeologists spending a year doing as the real people at that time did to make a farm
Actually, the reason why Victorian terraced housing had outside toilets wasn’t for the sake of not having it on the inside, because Cholera and many other diseases spread, the Victorians wanted therefore to have toilets on the outside so that the germs would not spread inside the home
Edwardian. No different to European conditions. Wealthy Victorians were a bit different. They believed in the "healthy" and bracing cold swims and baths.
There was a chamber pot in a cupboard near the bed. Baths were in portable baths which were filled with hot water brought up in cans from the kitchen. Ladies and gentlemen bathed every day . They washed at a wash stand in the bedroom where there was a large bowl and a jug of water. They changed clothes before dinner. So they weren't filthy.
In Henry 8the time they would move mansion house to mansion house once they had done using it and filling all the latrines. They left all their mess for the servants to clean up.
Amazing to see the work that went into running this. Thank you so much, well done!!
Best way to learn how an Edwardian House was run is to watch the 1970s television series “Upstairs Downstairs”.
Where ca one find that much beloved series
Thank you so much, gosh that was work very interesting so thank you for your time downloading this 😊
One of my relative s used to work in this sort of house about 120 years ago
I will never complain about housework again.
Interesting to note that aside from the children, the residents of the house never appear onscreen...
I really enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing.
Rugose Texture Thanks for the comment - glad you did.
Very watchable.
Wouldn't it be lovely if our post arrived at 5.30AM these days. I'm lucky if mine is here by lunchtime 😂
People these days would never work that hard or that well
The York family accused their housekeeper, Ellen Penketh, of stealing and took her to court. The poor woman was cleared and it turned out she was buying from traders on credit for the family, who were not wealthy, but entertained very extravagantly and beyond their means. I don't think her picture is in the servants quarters, as it was a scandal to the family and it was also said that the servants wages were below average in this household.
Poor Ellen ,
Thank you. Maybe there weren't enough funds to improve the landscaping. Even a few evergreens would prevent the exterior from looking so austere. Better yet, some flowering shrubs along the perimeter of the house...?
How very sad, all those slaves to care for so few, what a terrible existance.
Nobody complained. It's how we used to live. Either that or begging or prostitution.
they called it service, looks more like slavery. the peasants serving the privileged.
A very romantic version of what really was not too far off slavery back in the day
What a dreary house. They missed the best part, what they ate!
They did fuck all
What a sad house children had very minimal contact with their parents. No live or affection shown to them. So sad . Any wander the English suffer from insecurities depression neglect nihilistic etc. Awful and do sad.
And here we are in the age of the scamdemic.. Nothing new under the sun moon and stars.. Sadly.
You still see that to this very day in affluent families. The nannies raise their children instead of the parents, and you wonder why they’re screwed up later in life? Different centuries, same issues.
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Brilliant!!! All decent folk go to bed around ten!!