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Man, my office used to be in the basement of an old 1950's court house here in the states, and the amount of weird stuff I'd hear working overnights, boots on tile steps, keys jingling, furniture moving around when there's no-one else in the building. I can only imagine what that place is like on a quiet night. So cool to watch!
looking at those roof cavities, with that fluffy insulation. Would probably be best to replace all that with more modern insulators and then board it over the top to add a little extra, and also add more storage space and not have to worry about falling through the ceiling below.
Two years late, but not only the insulation fibers. Any rodent droppings or urine stirred up in the air can be a major health hazard. It was the cause of a lot of deaths in the US in four neighboring states back in 1993 until the cause “hantavirus” was discovered.
Hi Billy, that "new" valve SHOULD NOT BE DRIPPING WATER. It is either a second hand one or it is faulty. I just sit riveted to the screen watching this series of yours. Absolutely wonderful. Regards from South Africa
@@ThePethericks that’s good I noticed that also good it is fixed now You such a Amazing person Billy you see potential where no one else sees ……Looking forward to see you tackle this project….Blessings Billy
I was curious about the label "Grosse etoffe". Google translate said it meant "big fabric" but a native French speaker friend clarified it meant "thick fabrics". So the boxes of linen scattered about would be consistent with thick or heavy fabrics in storage. I also wonder if maybe the portioned off space was used as a bedroom or even a hospital room depending on what was going on in the community at any given time. The picture of Christ on the cross was a nice one, not a simple label for storage. It was meant for contemplation or an aid to prayer. Also it looks like there was an old fashioned nightgown hanging on a nail or hook in the corner of the partitioned off space.
I translated Grosse etoffe from German and I got "Big Things." In English "stuff" is also used to describe a fabric. Maybe it was a place for storing bed linens. It reminded me of the saying "from litte things, big things grow." It also reminded me of those motivational room decor-things you can get at the dollar store.
Grosses etoffes are big cloths, so that would cover anything from table cloths for trestle tables to cloths used to cover and preserve furniture when a room was not being used.
If you removed all of the old insulation from the attics, you just might find some interesting artifacts from the days when the place was actually in use as a convent. Then it would just be matter of replacing the insulation with new.
Loving this video! Ghost cam and Nun cam 🤣! Those funnel shaped weights I believe could be for sewing to hold down the fabric when cutting it out. Maybe the nuns made the garments for several churches around the region? Such an exciting project! 🤗❤️🇨🇦
I like that you examine mundane things, appreciate them and put back where they were. Thanks for letting us explore with you. The convent is a treasure.
Another wonderful video! That staircase is amazing, and goes all the way up to the attics, I wonder who paid for all of that. I have come across some old photos of the convent and hospital online. It seems that Sadie apartment was an add on..u can see that the present wall with the gate is not symmetrical and to me has always looked off.. the front wall,of ‘Sadie’s apartment is the left side of the original gate. Can’t wait to see what you have found in the way of iron gates. I have found census record for the town of Ernee, a census was taken every 5 years, they date from 1836 to 1936. The names of the people who lived there are listed and what their jobs were. All very interesting and I have been down a few rabbit holes of religious history and the history of hospitals inFrance.
I agree, that staircase is gorgeous...what a fun expedition, wonder if anyone on the outside saw you open that window...the ghost perhaps...lol...exciting about the bell and gates, I'm just blown away by all the exterior work you've done already...those roses, DIVINE!!!
The linen fabric you found probably was used by the nuns to make their habits , as well as altar cloths for the 💒 ALSO since it was a hospital long ago Bed sheets and bandages. The rope lines in the attic may gave been to dry bandages in the winter since the lines were not very high from floor. We are used to disposable bandages but they could not afford all that linen. They would have boiled the diety linens. Also as women they needed sanitary napkins which women made from old bed linens and they were washed also 8n boiling hot water but to dry them...they would have been discreet.
Yes, I believe you are right about sanitary napkins. Bandages would have been kept closer to the hospital areas, no point putting them up in the attic.
Wow! That attic was creepy! You wouldn’t have caught me dead up there rifling around. I give you lots of credit and look forward to your videos every Sunday.
Everything is moving along nicely Billy! I do wish you would wear a mask when you go up into that attic that worries me for your lungs! Fantastic video as usual and grateful for the take along😊Keep them coming... you have us all captivated and on the edge of our seats! Do you take care of yourself see you on the next one.🥂🙏
Progress, progress, progress! Interesting to see the arch forms! Seems like the nuns ran a textile mill of some sort. Not uncommon for nuns to make lace or linens. Crack on Billy!
The hand-hewn wooden beams, old masonry frames, & discarded bits & bobs that say so much about the past are all priceless. Not spooky up there in the daytime, the attic echos with history. Cheers to another fab update & good luck getting the bell & gates.✌
Hi Billy😎 you’re so brave up there exploring by yourself haha I wish you would wear a mask to protect from mold spores… thanks for sharing your journey through this spectacular project
There are but not as many tribes in the land that became the u.s. made permanent structures like mexican/ central/south American indigenous people did. (Aztecs etc.)
What's most interesting about the attic is the level of detailing on the bannister etc. Almost as though they came from another older structure and the nuns used it because it was cheaper than having a new staircase etc being built and installed. Otherwise why would you go to the bother (& expense) of installing such ornate work just for an attic?
Great news about the bell and gates. Looking forward to that adventure! Love all the work being done, it is so nice to see this lovely old structure coming back to life.
Spectacular videos, Billy! I think a whole family sleepover in the convent would make some great video!!! 😁😁😁 What an outstanding property! And all your new discoveries! I can’t wait for the bell replacement and the new gates! Cheers! 😊❤️🎶👏👏👏🏆💡💡💡🇨🇦🇫🇷
Billy, so cool discoveries!! The carry thing you found that looked like it was meant to carry something? This typically would have been used to parade a Sacred Heart of Jesus, Virgin Mary or a patron saint figure in a pilgrimage. Depending on the convent it may have been richly decorated or gilded the cushions would have been elaborate or not, as would the statue in the old Catholic tenant's this convent would have fallen under. It's something that belongs in or near your Chapel.
It is called a bier...they have been used since ancient times. Our church used one on Christmas eve with a baby Christ child ...the priest would go before it with incense. It was draped 8n white satan , rather ornate. ALTAR BOYS CARRIED THE BIER.
Looks like cleaning out that attic to discover and organize all its treasures, and then replacing the insulation, definitely needs to be added to the "to do" list! (Although I'm sure that list must be very long already!)
Fascinating tour! I believe the old linen pieces were worn out garments that are ripped up and used for rags and cleaning. Anyone that lived through the early part of the 1900’s knew how much they saved everything and reused it. My mother had rags like that her whole life. You are correct the ropes were for hanging wet laundry. I recognized that right away. I am sure they hung the laundry up there especially in the winter or rainy season.
A spooky huge attic to say the least and I’m not the least surprised that you feel itchy after being up there. Huge step upgrading the plumbing. The convent grounds look better and better as the weeks go by. xx
Always so fun to see these rarely seen parts of an old building. I would be fun to put all the found items together and see how they can be reused or displayed somehow. Thanks for sharing once again Billy.
Given the large amount of fabric, ropes, and sewing/spinning tools, I'm guessing the nuns ran a business in this particular space. The room might have been a workroom and the attic at large used for storage for the business. I wonder if the order has records of a business being run? That said, hospitals need lots and lots of linen.
Hello Billy, The building is so huge, every time I watch your fabulous videos I am amazed. All the time you were in the attic I was wishing you had a special mask on. 😷 Fibre glass too, please wear one in future. I would have been terrified of mice or rats even though there is nothing to eat. Buy something has been or is nesting up there. Ditto another comment the drip from the new water pipe connection isn't very reassuring. I hope the plumber sorted this out. It's very interesting to watch these historic discoveries. Xxxx🌟🥰
From the drone footage we can see the amazing improvement to the yard. You really are moving at an amazing space. When you say there are part of the convent you are not going to use, what do you mean?
As they died, where did the bury the nuns? Can you check a nearby cemetery to see if you can find their graves? That would be interesting. Do you have any of their names? It would be great to research to see who they were and how long they were there for. Would love to know the back story. The history of the nuns and priests.
I was wondering this too. Often nuns would be buried in the grounds of their convents, but that doesn't seem to be the case here, unless they are in the part of the garden that has not been cleared yet.
That was really interesting Billy! I was so nervous about you walking around on the insulation, because usually attics have areas that might not be boarded. I assume the entire floor is boarded? If they used to dry sheets up there, maybe the little 'room' was a place to sit and rest, must have been hard carrying wet sheets up those stairs!
Was so looking forward to this as I am each and every week! Loved the pun when you found the old pack of cigarettes and said it's an old "habit" to break! With all that insulation up in the attic, do you wear a mask at all? And walking all across the attic on that insulation. I'm sure the flooring is sturdy, but man I would be leery. Great job and love your videos! I sure hope you get the bell and the gates! Thanks Billy!
That attic is a huge renovation project regarding getting all that failing insulation out and putting in new stuff. So excited you might have found a bell and new gates. Looking forward to next weeks vlogs. Thanks for sharing 😍😘
Hi Billy, I’ve been watching Sadie’s Vlog to see some work going on. She and Mo are working hard. I even saw a flash of you when you came upstairs and sat on the floor at the end of the vlog. Sadie said you are getting the main floor apt ready for a family member but she said you’d tell us who it is. So… who is going to live in the 1st floor apt and can we watch you finish it up, Please? Thank you 🤞
I wonder if these little cubby holes you find, decorated with saintly artwork, might have originally been used as somewhere for a few moments of quiet prayer out of the way of everyone and everything!!
Enjoyed wandering the attic - thank you! - but you should wear a ventilator up there. The insulation could have asbestos or spun glass, which has no way to be cleared from your lungs... you and your family are as hard a working group as I've seen! Patti from central Kentucky - Horse country - USA
Watching you walk through that insulation made me very itchy ☺️ thanks for sharing as you explore the convent. So happy you were able to source a new bell and gates for the convent. Steve is doing such great work clearing the courtyard and the buildings of the old dead ivy. The place has come a long way in a short time!
Billy, thanks for showing us the creepy attic, you’re brave going up there on your own. The cones filled with sand could have been stands for religious statues, to give more stability to the icon.
Hello Billy boo 😊 Long time no see" Very excited to see how all is coming along.... Ahhh brilliant 👏Truly I was just going to sagest Buying Camaras lol lol 🤭 I do believe my dear friend Just a few ghosts about Billy Making sure all is well.... Ahh Don't be scared... I find this Just fascinating 👍 Lovely video boo please do more Soon I'm missing you all so much Really... I'm actually on the mending from a accident so I need to see More of your daily videos please 🙏 Will ttfn: give my love to the family please 💞💐
I think those funnels were used as weights, probably for holding down scenery pieces or props for ceremonies and events etc. They're portable and heavy, and the context (coloured paper and fabric) supports the idea that this is where they stored such material.
The first video about the convent got suggested to me, and since I started watching yesterday I am absolutely invested. I wish I was a professional ghost hunter, because I would LOVE to spend a few nights there and ghost hunt, hahahaha. Absolutely gorgeous building and I appreciate that you are restoring so much of the old features! Good luck on all the work that everyone still has to do!
So many stories in the attic, don't you wish we could find out how it all got there. thanks for the interesting tour, and I cannot wait to see what the camera find.
I hope you're wearing a mask when you're in the attic. As for the footsteps you're hearing and other things, maybe you could get the convent saged to get rid of anything negative.
Saged? No, I think perhaps a blessing by a local parish priest would be more appropriate, with a small donation to the church for this short traditional ceremony. A few spoken prayers by the priest, plus his (optional?) sprinkling with holy water, should do the trick! 🙏🙏 When I was a child, a parish priest came to our new home for a house blessing, which was common at the time but not so much now (depends on local and/or one's family custom).
Would love to see you let the dogs loose with the trackers on in the Convent. Imagine they find something new and unknown 😳. Also they can reach new bits in the gardens to. Even a gobro fixed to either just for fun. Plus love the dogs forest exploits 😆.
Thank you Billy,it mad me feel itchy too. I would be inclined to move all the old Linen and wood from the attic ,and may be you could use the panelling some where, the small Arch formers could make nice decoration for somewhere, very interesting,xx
Absolutely fascinating stuff. The staircase is beautiful. I can see some osmo coming its' way in the future. Pau is a long way for you to drive. It is a beautiful city and full of history. You may want to plan a day or so there for the vlog. It is where Napoleon used to go on holiday, so it should be worth the trip. I wonder if those ropes in the attic were for drying personal items. Can't have the nuns underwear on a washing line in full view! The convent does have a creepy feel to it, but it is very old, so lots of creaking wood. Good luck.
cameras is a fantastic idea. only way to make sure there're no intruders other that Spirits, rats, and spiders. the attic makes me itchy just watching this.😱
I've said it before but it bears repeating...I LOVE these convent vlogs! Such an interesting place and I can't wait to see what you do with it. Thanks for your hard work, Billy!
So interesting Billy The posts on the attic stairs are beautiful it’s a pity they’re up out of sight. Thanks for another snoop in the attic. Look forward to next weeks vid
Walking through attic with the flashlight is so creepy, especially when you find obvious signs of humans/animals being up there. Like any second you are going to come across some Gollum-type troll creature hiding in a corner that’s been living up there for 50 yrs. Bleaahhh! Thanks for the tour though!
Hi Billy & family Awesome video shout to California USA yeah love the hat. I'm from California living in Texas USA. Billy you're the best owner for this building, stay healthy and lots of happiness 🌟👍❤️😁
Very interesting place. Will you try to clean the linens to showcase some of them. Some may be altar linens others perhaps sheets for the cots. It would be interesting to see if they would clean up at all. Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed day.
Those funnel looking things... They look like the items that you would put on windowsills or up on the ridge line of the roof to keep birds from roosting or nesting on there. I live in the United States in the state of Pennsylvania and I worked across the street from our state capital. My job took me into the capital rather regularly. They had those on all the exterior windowsills and at different points along the roof where they had issues of pigeons roosting.
That attic is huge!! I think like others that maybe you should replace the insulation. You never know what treasure you could find 😁👍take care all, Jan 👍🥰
Fabric, that the is what the sign says and the items that look like funnels I would say are bases for flower arrangements. A block of foam used on the spikes then flowers stuck into that.
Wow Billy it’s amazing how your channel is growing like crazy. Look at the views on the last few videos and subscriber numbers are high. You’ll be at 1 million before 2023z
Billy : sometimes you make a funny and you don't even realize it and then just carry on.....I chuckled when you said " the nuns must have been smoking , its a hard HABIT to quit ".......nuns wear habits so it was a double entendre.....you make me laugh , thanks Cherryl from Canada
ATTIC: It would not have been uncommon to use that enclosed attic space as temporary traveler, or worker, or servants quarters, or to house a girl hiding her pregnancy while under the care of the convent until she birthed and gave the child up for adoption, or even 'punishment' by separation for someone who had 'misbehaved'. During periods of persecution individuals could have been hidden there. In the case of the Convent every one of those, if not all of them, are reasonable expectations.
Not necessarily "punishment". It's possible that a nun could have used that as a brief hermitage -- a place to separate herself not just from the world but from the community as a whole in order to immerse herself more deeply in the Passion of Christ. It would have been a spiritual discipline, maybe even as something done by a novice before taking her final vows to joint the order.
@@jkcarroll Yes, I should have added that to the list of possibilties. My point being that there are a lot of reasons why the attic would contain a sleeping space for someone who wanted a bit of isolation, or the community wished to be isolated from, or the community wished to isolate from others outside of it.
@@ce1581 Just for yuks: I do a little recreational research for people because I wrote one of the first skip-tracing systems, and am pretty up to date on the geneology apps. Pattern: If a person is hard to find it means there was a 'loose woman' or criminal man in the tree somewhere. Almost every time. I've started to warn people that 'if someone is that hard to find there is a reason they didn't leave the same records responsible people do." ;)
@@TheNaturalLawInstitute I agree , genealogy is not all rainbows and roses. My husband has some interesting history being related to Jesse James. People think that's so romantic and exciting. But as the family progressed they also had to survive the Great depression and war rationing which led to some very cold cruel hard hearts. My husband is 74 and I've heard stories of how violent and hard his mother was and his dad's brother was so hated in his community that he was a hermit til somehow the sheriff went to check on him found him dead and took him to the mortuary and the mortician identified him and refused to deal with his body because of an ancient family feud. All the surviving family ,my in-laws n husband have really horrific stories of survival. Like another uncle that hunted n trapped during the depression . He would take squirrels n rabbits to Louisville KY and sell them to city people. If he didn't kill enough to make the money he needed ? He would kill the barn cats skin n dress them and the city people thought they were buying rabbits. Of course if your starving it doesn't really matter. But some history is pretty darn harsh.
Pau is really nice, enjoy yourself there. With some nice weather there are beautiful views from the Boulevard de Pyrenees. And get yourself some chocolate with basque pimento.
Highly recommend putting a label tag on all of the valves so everybody who ever works there always knows what goes where.
And mapping it out.
That first one was dripping!
@@silverforest4682 Mapping and color coding in the building wherever distributing points are accessible.
@@heenanyou Yeah, he said - hopefully there is no leaks - well there is a leak right there lol
Smart
Man, my office used to be in the basement of an old 1950's court house here in the states, and the amount of weird stuff I'd hear working overnights, boots on tile steps, keys jingling, furniture moving around when there's no-one else in the building. I can only imagine what that place is like on a quiet night. So cool to watch!
They decorated the staircase all the way up to the attic. Remarkable. Thank You for sharing.
In the 18th century all that fiberglass wouldn't have been up there, so it might have been considered a much more habitable space.
looking at those roof cavities, with that fluffy insulation. Would probably be best to replace all that with more modern insulators and then board it over the top to add a little extra, and also add more storage space and not have to worry about falling through the ceiling below.
I would recommend wearing a face mask 😷 while in the attics. Insulation fibres are nasty to breath in 🤔
@@davemac3081 agree fully there
Two years late, but not only the insulation fibers. Any rodent droppings or urine stirred up in the air can be a major health hazard. It was the cause of a lot of deaths in the US in four neighboring states back in 1993 until the cause “hantavirus” was discovered.
Hi Billy, that "new" valve SHOULD NOT BE DRIPPING WATER. It is either a second hand one or it is faulty.
I just sit riveted to the screen watching this series of yours. Absolutely wonderful.
Regards from South Africa
don’t worry the plumber sorted it the valve just needed tightening slightly
@@ThePethericks that’s good I noticed that also good it is fixed now You such a Amazing person Billy you see potential where no one else sees ……Looking forward to see you tackle this project….Blessings Billy
Has the greenhouse garden been cleared?
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I was curious about the label "Grosse etoffe". Google translate said it meant "big fabric" but a native French speaker friend clarified it meant "thick fabrics". So the boxes of linen scattered about would be consistent with thick or heavy fabrics in storage. I also wonder if maybe the portioned off space was used as a bedroom or even a hospital room depending on what was going on in the community at any given time. The picture of Christ on the cross was a nice one, not a simple label for storage. It was meant for contemplation or an aid to prayer. Also it looks like there was an old fashioned nightgown hanging on a nail or hook in the corner of the partitioned off space.
It occurred to me that that might have been meant as a quarantine room for someone who needed to be isolated from the rest of the population.
Good detective work, thank you
I translated Grosse etoffe from German and I got "Big Things." In English "stuff" is also used to describe a fabric. Maybe it was a place for storing bed linens.
It reminded me of the saying "from litte things, big things grow."
It also reminded me of those motivational room decor-things you can get at the dollar store.
Grosses etoffes are big cloths, so that would cover anything from table cloths for trestle tables to cloths used to cover and preserve furniture when a room was not being used.
Could also have been the cloths used to cover the statues during Lent. It’s an older practice.
If you removed all of the old insulation from the attics, you just might find some interesting artifacts from the days when the place was actually in use as a convent. Then it would just be matter of replacing the insulation with new.
Loving this video! Ghost cam and Nun cam 🤣! Those funnel shaped weights I believe could be for sewing to hold down the fabric when cutting it out. Maybe the nuns made the garments for several churches around the region?
Such an exciting project! 🤗❤️🇨🇦
I thought that they may be used for washing, drying and forming headdresses or wimples for the nuns. Just a thought!
I thought those "funnel shaped weights" were lightning rods to mount on the roof! 🌩🌩
I think that you will be doing that town a huge favor by updating the convent. What a great thing Billy and Gwendolyn ❤
I like that you examine mundane things, appreciate them and put back where they were. Thanks for letting us explore with you. The convent is a treasure.
Billy you’re a brave man. I’d be too afraid to be alone anywhere in a place like that. Always cheering you on from this other side of the camera!
This man has a lot of "heart" for any and all undertakings. He's most definitely a Renaissance man.
waiting for something to jump out!
Another wonderful video! That staircase is amazing, and goes all the way up to the attics, I wonder who paid for all of that. I have come across some old photos of the convent and hospital online. It seems that Sadie apartment was an add on..u can see that the present wall with the gate is not symmetrical and to me has always looked off.. the front wall,of ‘Sadie’s apartment is the left side of the original gate. Can’t wait to see what you have found in the way of iron gates. I have found census record for the town of Ernee, a census was taken every 5 years, they date from 1836 to 1936. The names of the people who lived there are listed and what their jobs were. All very interesting and I have been down a few rabbit holes of religious history and the history of hospitals inFrance.
I agree, that staircase is gorgeous...what a fun expedition, wonder if anyone on the outside saw you open that window...the ghost perhaps...lol...exciting about the bell and gates, I'm just blown away by all the exterior work you've done already...those roses, DIVINE!!!
The linen fabric you found probably was used by the nuns to make their habits , as well as altar cloths for the 💒 ALSO since it was a hospital long ago
Bed sheets and bandages. The rope lines in the attic may gave been to dry bandages in the winter since the lines were not very high from floor. We are used to disposable bandages but they could not afford all that linen. They would have boiled the diety linens. Also as women they needed sanitary napkins which women made from old bed linens and they were washed also 8n boiling hot water but to dry them...they would have been discreet.
Yes, I believe you are right about sanitary napkins. Bandages would have been kept closer to the hospital areas, no point putting them up in the attic.
Wow! That attic was creepy! You wouldn’t have caught me dead up there rifling around. I give you lots of credit and look forward to your videos every Sunday.
Everything is moving along nicely Billy! I do wish you would wear a mask when you go up into that attic that worries me for your lungs! Fantastic video as usual and grateful for the take along😊Keep them coming... you have us all captivated and on the edge of our seats! Do you take care of yourself see you on the next one.🥂🙏
I thought the same way re...masks.
@@donnaballantyne6584 No masks RESPIRATORS!!!
Was thinking exactly the same. Who knows what is in the dust he’s breathing in!
Hunta virus from mouse droppings.
Hello Pethericks I hope this beautiful Sunday finds you all in good health.💞
Progress, progress, progress! Interesting to see the arch forms! Seems like the nuns ran a textile mill of some sort. Not uncommon for nuns to make lace or linens. Crack on Billy!
I’m wondering if , during the war, people would have hidden from the enemy up there in those spaces. If walls could talk ❤️🇨🇦
The War ? this was there before the French Revolution.
Who was hiding in the attic then?
@@wuggacrt the World Wars?
During an aerial bomb raid, the attic is the last place you'd want to be.
Or a secret tryst with a sex hungry nun.🧝🍌🍒
@@rookmaster7502 I believe she's talking about WWII and hiding people from the Nazi's.
Just got to tell you Billy, your trailers are totally awesome! Very very well done. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Anxiously awaiting your vlog.
I am completely invested in this renovation! I look forward to seeing you pop up every time!
Another great discovery. I would definitely clean the attic out, install updated insulation and then put up a door. Your convent is so pretty.
The hand-hewn wooden beams, old masonry frames, & discarded bits & bobs that say so much about the past are all priceless. Not spooky up there in the daytime, the attic echos with history. Cheers to another fab update & good luck getting the bell & gates.✌
Hi Billy😎 you’re so brave up there exploring by yourself haha I wish you would wear a mask to protect from mold spores… thanks for sharing your journey through this spectacular project
Yes I thought so too, fibre glass or whatever its made of will ruin your lungs.
I worry that it may be asbestos 😬. Please be careful..
Or hanta virus from mouse and rat poo… 😱
Being from America, where nothing is really that old, this whole series is amazing! I can't image handling objects that were hundreds of years old.
I can imagine holding old pieces as I had a pocket watch from 1915.
Go to new orleans.
@@ah5721 that's relatively young
@@tagladyify Relatives dont count 🤣😂 lol
There are but not as many tribes in the land that became the u.s. made permanent structures like mexican/ central/south American indigenous people did. (Aztecs etc.)
Wow, one of the best trailers I’ve seen for a while. You sure do have a knack for creating intrigue…. Aaah the anticipation…..
What's most interesting about the attic is the level of detailing on the bannister etc. Almost as though they came from another older structure and the nuns used it because it was cheaper than having a new staircase etc being built and installed. Otherwise why would you go to the bother (& expense) of installing such ornate work just for an attic?
I wonder if that section was considered part of the public areas and therefore nicely finished (because it was visible from below).
@@Ragnar8504 Unlikely unless the attic was used as overflow accommodation for travellers or visitors.
Steady progress and lots of new discoveries in the old convent. Great job filming, editing and scoring the music. Thanks Billy🙏🏻❤️
Your vlogs are sooo good. Thanks for all the hard work you put in.
Great news about the bell and gates. Looking forward to that adventure! Love all the work being done, it is so nice to see this lovely old structure coming back to life.
Spectacular videos, Billy!
I think a whole family sleepover in the convent would make some great video!!! 😁😁😁 What an outstanding property! And all your new discoveries! I can’t wait for the bell replacement and the new gates! Cheers! 😊❤️🎶👏👏👏🏆💡💡💡🇨🇦🇫🇷
Oh yes to the camp out overnight! Ghost movies and stories included. Good Halloween venue eh!
@@jennifercampbell7698 Perfect! 🎃
Fun discoveries. Agreed, the staircase is a work of art.
Billy, so cool discoveries!! The carry thing you found that looked like it was meant to carry something? This typically would have been used to parade a Sacred Heart of Jesus, Virgin Mary or a patron saint figure in a pilgrimage. Depending on the convent it may have been richly decorated or gilded the cushions would have been elaborate or not, as would the statue in the old Catholic tenant's this convent would have fallen under. It's something that belongs in or near your Chapel.
It is called a bier...they have been used since ancient times. Our church used one on Christmas eve with a baby Christ child ...the priest would go before it with incense. It was draped 8n white satan , rather ornate. ALTAR BOYS CARRIED THE BIER.
Looks like cleaning out that attic to discover and organize all its treasures, and then replacing the insulation, definitely needs to be added to the "to do" list! (Although I'm sure that list must be very long already!)
it’s definitely added too the list…. removing all that loose insulation would make a huge difference to the attic
Fascinating tour! I believe the old linen pieces were worn out garments that are ripped up and used for rags and cleaning. Anyone that lived through the early part of the 1900’s knew how much they saved everything and reused it. My mother had rags like that her whole life.
You are correct the ropes were for hanging wet laundry. I recognized that right away. I am sure they hung the laundry up there especially in the winter or rainy season.
I remember when people didn't have paper towels. Seems impossible to live without them now.
I could understand needing a shower. Thanks for the tour, interesting. Blessings.
A spooky huge attic to say the least and I’m not the least surprised that you feel itchy after being up there. Huge step upgrading the plumbing. The convent grounds look better and better as the weeks go by. xx
You are like a "boy in a toy shop" wandering around looking at everything!
Always so fun to see these rarely seen parts of an old building. I would be fun to put all the found items together and see how they can be reused or displayed somehow. Thanks for sharing once again Billy.
Given the large amount of fabric, ropes, and sewing/spinning tools, I'm guessing the nuns ran a business in this particular space. The room might have been a workroom and the attic at large used for storage for the business. I wonder if the order has records of a business being run? That said, hospitals need lots and lots of linen.
Hello Billy, The building is so huge, every time I watch your fabulous videos I am amazed. All the time you were in the attic I was wishing you had a special mask on. 😷 Fibre glass too, please wear one in future. I would have been terrified of mice or rats even though there is nothing to eat. Buy something has been or is nesting up there. Ditto another comment the drip from the new water pipe connection isn't very reassuring. I hope the plumber sorted this out. It's very interesting to watch these historic discoveries. Xxxx🌟🥰
From the drone footage we can see the amazing improvement to the yard. You really are moving at an amazing space. When you say there are part of the convent you are not going to use, what do you mean?
As they died, where did the bury the nuns? Can you check a nearby cemetery to see if you can find their graves? That would be interesting. Do you have any of their names? It would be great to research to see who they were and how long they were there for. Would love to know the back story. The history of the nuns and priests.
I was wondering this too. Often nuns would be buried in the grounds of their convents, but that doesn't seem to be the case here, unless they are in the part of the garden that has not been cleared yet.
@@prokkle4765 I have a feeling they are buried somewhere on the property unless they moved them to a cemetary.
That was really interesting Billy! I was so nervous about you walking around on the insulation, because usually attics have areas that might not be boarded. I assume the entire floor is boarded? If they used to dry sheets up there, maybe the little 'room' was a place to sit and rest, must have been hard carrying wet sheets up those stairs!
Was so looking forward to this as I am each and every week! Loved the pun when you found the old pack of cigarettes and said it's an old "habit" to break! With all that insulation up in the attic, do you wear a mask at all? And walking all across the attic on that insulation. I'm sure the flooring is sturdy, but man I would be leery. Great job and love your videos! I sure hope you get the bell and the gates! Thanks Billy!
It's amazing and odd that people would go all the way up to those attics to throw random things! These videos are fascinating!
great vlog exciting to hear you found a bell and gates👍
That attic is a huge renovation project regarding getting all that failing insulation out and putting in new stuff. So excited you might have found a bell and new gates. Looking forward to next weeks vlogs. Thanks for sharing 😍😘
That attic is eerie! I would not be up there alone! You are much braver than me, thats for sure!
It would be really nice to have a room for a museum of some of the items you have found at the Convent.
And housing to be used as AirBnB.
Hi Billy, I’ve been watching Sadie’s Vlog to see some work going on. She and Mo are working hard. I even saw a flash of you when you came upstairs and sat on the floor at the end of the vlog. Sadie said you are getting the main floor apt ready for a family member but she said you’d tell us who it is. So… who is going to live in the 1st floor apt and can we watch you finish it up, Please? Thank you 🤞
Fab trailer…. Looking creepy, you’re a brave man Billy 🙈
You need a couple of cats or let your jack Russell’s spend a few nights there, they’ll catch those mice! Enjoying the discoveries!
I wonder if these little cubby holes you find, decorated with saintly artwork, might have originally been used as somewhere for a few moments of quiet prayer out of the way of everyone and everything!!
The funnels are for flower arrangements on alter etc.
Good luck on getting the gates and the bell(s). Remember if you DO get new(er) bells to have them blessed. Blessed bells just sound better!
That rad picture of Christ looked like it had hinges on its left side... Please check it out. Blessings, Dot
I typed red and autocorrect changed it to rad
Enjoyed wandering the attic - thank you! - but you should wear a ventilator up there. The insulation could have asbestos or spun glass, which has no way to be cleared from your lungs... you and your family are as hard a working group as I've seen! Patti from central Kentucky - Horse country - USA
I love your vlogs Billy! I bet that place is haunted, I would be so freaked out being there alone.
Fantastic videos of buildings and grounds and the history on that place absolutely amazing watching. 👏
Watching you walk through that insulation made me very itchy ☺️ thanks for sharing as you explore the convent. So happy you were able to source a new bell and gates for the convent. Steve is doing such great work clearing the courtyard and the buildings of the old dead ivy. The place has come a long way in a short time!
Billy, thanks for showing us the creepy attic, you’re brave going up there on your own. The cones filled with sand could have been stands for religious statues, to give more stability to the icon.
Hello Billy boo 😊
Long time no see"
Very excited to see how all is coming along....
Ahhh brilliant 👏Truly
I was just going to sagest Buying
Camaras lol lol 🤭
I do believe my dear friend
Just a few ghosts about Billy
Making sure all is well....
Ahh Don't be scared...
I find this Just fascinating 👍
Lovely video boo please do more
Soon I'm missing you all so much
Really... I'm actually on the mending from a accident so I need to see
More of your daily videos please 🙏
Will ttfn: give my love to the family please 💞💐
I think those funnels were used as weights, probably for holding down scenery pieces or props for ceremonies and events etc. They're portable and heavy, and the context (coloured paper and fabric) supports the idea that this is where they stored such material.
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I miss the daily vlogs! I can imagine how hard it is to work and vlog but I sure miss them 😊
Such a beautiful building Billy and plenty for us to see still nice vlog good luck with what's to come x🤗💕
The first video about the convent got suggested to me, and since I started watching yesterday I am absolutely invested. I wish I was a professional ghost hunter, because I would LOVE to spend a few nights there and ghost hunt, hahahaha. Absolutely gorgeous building and I appreciate that you are restoring so much of the old features! Good luck on all the work that everyone still has to do!
So many stories in the attic, don't you wish we could find out how it all got there. thanks for the interesting tour, and I cannot wait to see what the camera find.
It's like a directive story
What great fun rummaging around in an old attic and finding the treasures. Thanks, Billy.
PG Tips If walls could tell the story’s of this place !!!!! So interesting such a great task for you and yours . Also exciting times Billy 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
I hope you're wearing a mask when you're in the attic. As for the footsteps you're hearing and other things, maybe you could get the convent saged to get rid of anything negative.
Saged? No, I think perhaps a blessing by a local parish priest would be more appropriate, with a small donation to the church for this short traditional ceremony. A few spoken prayers by the priest, plus his (optional?) sprinkling with holy water, should do the trick! 🙏🙏 When I was a child, a parish priest came to our new home for a house blessing, which was common at the time but not so much now (depends on local and/or one's family custom).
Would love to see you let the dogs loose with the trackers on in the Convent. Imagine they find something new and unknown 😳. Also they can reach new bits in the gardens to. Even a gobro fixed to either just for fun. Plus love the dogs forest exploits 😆.
Thank you Billy,it mad me feel itchy too. I would be inclined to move all the old Linen and wood from the attic ,and may be you could use the panelling some where, the small Arch formers could make nice decoration for somewhere, very interesting,xx
Just so interesting the large light you were carrying made it look spooky 👻see you in the next one 🤗
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My God! Just found this channel and I instantly subscribed. Fascinating…
THANK YOU for sharing. Very exciting!
Love'n every minute of this Billy Thanks again.
Absolutely fascinating stuff. The staircase is beautiful. I can see some osmo coming its' way in the future. Pau is a long way for you to drive. It is a beautiful city and full of history. You may want to plan a day or so there for the vlog. It is where Napoleon used to go on holiday, so it should be worth the trip. I wonder if those ropes in the attic were for drying personal items. Can't have the nuns underwear on a washing line in full view! The convent does have a creepy feel to it, but it is very old, so lots of creaking wood. Good luck.
I'm guessing it was to dry all the sheets from all the beds they had.
It would be hotter up there in summer than outside, the slate /tiles would absorb the sunshine and then let it out overnight.
It sounded like there might be birds chirping from inside the the attic. Or, they were outside and just really low loud.
cameras is a fantastic idea. only way to make sure there're no intruders other that Spirits, rats, and spiders.
the attic makes me itchy just watching this.😱
Amazing tour of the old attic! I am surprised that you can walk on that insulation without falling through to the ceiling of the rooms below!
Love the old wood of the attic and the staircase, it's beautiful!!
I've said it before but it bears repeating...I LOVE these convent vlogs! Such an interesting place and I can't wait to see what you do with it. Thanks for your hard work, Billy!
So interesting Billy The posts on the attic stairs are beautiful it’s a pity they’re up out of sight. Thanks for another snoop in the attic. Look forward to next weeks vid
Walking through attic with the flashlight is so creepy, especially when you find obvious signs of humans/animals being up there. Like any second you are going to come across some Gollum-type troll creature hiding in a corner that’s been living up there for 50 yrs. Bleaahhh! Thanks for the tour though!
Thanks for that picture in my head... Now I will be expecting something to jump out from the pile of insulation any moment, lol. Blessings, Dot
Another great video, thank you, and have a great, safe week.
Hi Billy & family
Awesome video shout to California USA yeah love the hat. I'm from California living in Texas USA. Billy you're the best owner for this building, stay healthy and lots of happiness 🌟👍❤️😁
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Very interesting place. Will you try to clean the linens to showcase some of them. Some may be altar linens others perhaps sheets for the cots. It would be interesting to see if they would clean up at all. Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed day.
It's just absolutely fascinating to go on tour of that place. I eagerly await each of your videos.
Those funnel looking things... They look like the items that you would put on windowsills or up on the ridge line of the roof to keep birds from roosting or nesting on there. I live in the United States in the state of Pennsylvania and I worked across the street from our state capital. My job took me into the capital rather regularly. They had those on all the exterior windowsills and at different points along the roof where they had issues of pigeons roosting.
those metal cones with the spikes are most likely lightning rods for on the roof. at some point they might have been replaced with more modern ones.
I was also thinking they looked like little spire toppers or finials. Maybe the few with extra spikes were to keep birds off?
That attic is huge!! I think like others that maybe you should replace the insulation. You never know what treasure you could find 😁👍take care all, Jan 👍🥰
Fabric, that the is what the sign says and the items that look like funnels I would say are bases for flower arrangements. A block of foam used on the spikes then flowers stuck into that.
Fantastic video. Thank you much. Springfield, Missouri, USA. Suggest gloves if you are putting your hands on old stuff & a mask to ward off mold.
I love your videos, exploring the Convent is always so exciting!
Wow Billy it’s amazing how your channel is growing like crazy. Look at the views on the last few videos and subscriber numbers are high. You’ll be at 1 million before 2023z
Billy : sometimes you make a funny and you don't even realize it and then just carry on.....I chuckled when you said " the nuns must have been smoking , its a hard HABIT to quit ".......nuns wear habits so it was a double entendre.....you make me laugh , thanks Cherryl from Canada
ATTIC: It would not have been uncommon to use that enclosed attic space as temporary traveler, or worker, or servants quarters, or to house a girl hiding her pregnancy while under the care of the convent until she birthed and gave the child up for adoption, or even 'punishment' by separation for someone who had 'misbehaved'. During periods of persecution individuals could have been hidden there. In the case of the Convent every one of those, if not all of them, are reasonable expectations.
Not necessarily "punishment". It's possible that a nun could have used that as a brief hermitage -- a place to separate herself not just from the world but from the community as a whole in order to immerse herself more deeply in the Passion of Christ. It would have been a spiritual discipline, maybe even as something done by a novice before taking her final vows to joint the order.
@@jkcarroll Yes, I should have added that to the list of possibilties. My point being that there are a lot of reasons why the attic would contain a sleeping space for someone who wanted a bit of isolation, or the community wished to be isolated from, or the community wished to isolate from others outside of it.
I was thinking of punishment rooms also. So sad but definitely true girls could have been hidden away during pregnancy in awful places like that. ❣️
@@ce1581 Just for yuks: I do a little recreational research for people because I wrote one of the first skip-tracing systems, and am pretty up to date on the geneology apps. Pattern: If a person is hard to find it means there was a 'loose woman' or criminal man in the tree somewhere. Almost every time. I've started to warn people that 'if someone is that hard to find there is a reason they didn't leave the same records responsible people do." ;)
@@TheNaturalLawInstitute I agree , genealogy is not all rainbows and roses. My husband has some interesting history being related to Jesse James. People think that's so romantic and exciting. But as the family progressed they also had to survive the Great depression and war rationing which led to some very cold cruel hard hearts. My husband is 74 and I've heard stories of how violent and hard his mother was and his dad's brother was so hated in his community that he was a hermit til somehow the sheriff went to check on him found him dead and took him to the mortuary and the mortician identified him and refused to deal with his body because of an ancient family feud. All the surviving family ,my in-laws n husband have really horrific stories of survival. Like another uncle that hunted n trapped during the depression . He would take squirrels n rabbits to Louisville KY and sell them to city people. If he didn't kill enough to make the money he needed ? He would kill the barn cats skin n dress them and the city people thought they were buying rabbits. Of course if your starving it doesn't really matter. But some history is pretty darn harsh.
Pau is really nice, enjoy yourself there. With some nice weather there are beautiful views from the Boulevard de Pyrenees. And get yourself some chocolate with basque pimento.