Living in the English Countryside
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- A year or so ago, Julia and I visit the Rural Life Museum in Surrey, and find that England's historic countryside was a hive of activity. Our huge thanks to the staff of the Rural Life Museum for making it happen, and the many volunteers too, especially Tony Stent, who made it possible.
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Marvelous!! “People worked with their hands, relied upon one another. They lived in the open and made friends with nature.” That’s what we need today! Greetings from rural Missouri!😊🌱
In the 70's as a kid i grew up in a road that had all the family run shops that you could think of A couple of green grocers with seasonal fruit and veg, A butchers, a couple of Bakers shops, an Iron Monger, Shoe repairers, Sweet shop, Post Office, Fish and Chip Shop Chemist, Pet Shop. News Agent, 2 Pubs, Hair Dressers, 2 Launderettes, and a Coop. All within 5 minuets in each direction of our flat above our own shop which my dad ran as a shop akin to super drug general stores. Everyone knew everyone, all the children would play together A real community. Every shop had its own very distinctive smell which i really miss in the big supermarkets.
Beautiful memory! That kind of lifestyle has deliberately been slowly demolished by all the evil agendas…to separate us and take out collective power away…
Yep👍
That sounds exactly like where I used to live in the 70s when I was a kid! It was in South East London. They really were happier days.
Life was simpler and life was better. Thanks!
Just wonderful.
Brings back memories I had the cane many times, along with my cousin. Hit with a wooden ruler on knuckles, smacked on the back of my head regular event the teacher would sling the board rubber at a misbehaving pupil, he never missed. Sports great get it wrong a couple of whacks with the teachers pumps got it sorted. Loved my school days 😂😂😂😂
Hi guys. Love watching your channel, yes holding on to the ways of old is a huge key to continually evolving as the world around us crumbles. Kind Regards from New Zealand ❤
Fantasticly entertaining.
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When i was at middle school in the 70s, we had those ink well desks but they wasn't in use, pencil n biro was the in thing, thankyou Richard n your's lovely video
I do long for the days of 1940-50s. The clothes and horses etc. The simplicity of it all. Thank you for taking us back. My grandparents were shop owners and you looked just like him in his brown work overcoat.
Such a lovely & relaxing watch. Didn’t know this place existed in Surrey where I live. Marvellous.
In 1969 I was 11 years old. We lived in a terraced house, no bathroom. A communal back yard shared with 2 other houses. There were only 2 outside toilets shared between 3 families. Mum used to bath me in the kitchen sink. In winter the bedroom windows used to freeze INSIDE. No central heating. The houses were compulsory purchaaed in the early 70s and demolished. By that point they were classified as slums. That is not that many years ago in the great scheme of things.
Love to see both kinds of your videos guys.
Love truth and light
23:16 i remember the green Anderson shelters . My nan had one in her back garden
I'd like to see more of your videos like this,very pleasant trip back to almost times I remember
You should look at his videos from a couple of years ago. This is what this channel used to be, but he had to change tactics to earn a living.
Mr. Vobes explained to us that he changed tac with his videos and monologues after the lockdowns, as he felt compelled to speak out regarding the injustices that were happening 😊
A blast from the past, yes I remember as a child watching the horses shoed at the village blacksmiths, he put their hoofs on a kind of swing and there was an abandoned Sedan chair from the nearby hall at the side of the blacksmiths. The abattoir was at the end of the cul ce sac and was assisted by the local farmers daughter. There were also a set of stocks on the village green now long gone. Hard to imagine now but still in my living memory.
At one time I had my granny’s copper poss for that washing job…born in 1952 I remember so much of this way if life….thank you!
That was great Richard,and Julia, i'm glad that you did that video for us just to remind us the truly good days need to come back.Everyone seemed to be pleased by the life they had in those times.A rural life although tough at times was the best, people seemed more content and helpful to one another,us as kids had the fields,woods and forests as playgrounds.In the summer i used to up first light and away all day with my friends or on my own,walking miles to see other towns and farms eating along the way or finding foraged snacks, asking at local houses for a drink of water when thirsty.Swimming in rivers sandy banks, catching fish with bagging twine and staples from magazines to cook over stick fires a fat trout or other.Even the sweets were better,as were home cooked cakes.In villages people knew each others children and were caring and kind, oh those were the days.You two are a good team.
Amazing show Mr.& Mrs Vobes 😅
Fabulous 🎉
Everyone knew each other in the villages and towns. When my family moved from London down to EK and settled into village life it was peaceful with the small village gas lit shop and post office served by two elderly spinsters with the baker and milkman making regular deliveries and a bus taking people into town once a week. Children were free to roam and play… A wonderful time and wonderful life. The smell of the forge and the distinctive clink of the hammer, the local dogs coming along too steal the cut off hoof… Happy memories, happy days.
I grew up in Whitstable. I went back there after 30 years recently and hardly recognised it.
I havmt even watch it, but just seeing ya ring the bell was brilliant. Thank you guys
Thank you Richard & Julia, loved the video! As a child of the 70's in the suburbs of Manchester, I remember the variety of shops and running errands. I went back for a visit last year and it's flats and sheltered housing now. The "countryside" was a couple of miles down the road, where we would go blackberry picking. That's now replaced by the Trafford Centre!
Wonderfully nostalgic. So entertaining and great fun to watch. So much work you and the wonderful Mrs Smith have put in to craft a little piece of days gone by, not to mention Tony and all the amazing individuals that run this place. Well done and thank you. Pure heaven. ❤
Thanks toeknee. Is that a clever way of saying Tony?
@@tonystent6132 correct, we are namesakes.
1883 cricket hut made me smile, it is the same year the village of Lefkara in Cyprus became a Municipality and released us from the Ottoman rule, thanks to the British.
What fun!
I grew up in a tiny village.. Just one road with country cottages on both sides.. The farmer was right across the road.. We had a postoffice/newsagent, a grocer, a butcher and one pub.. And then we were surrounded by beautiful fields and farmland for miles..
It has all been built on now, incredibly sad 😢
A grand day out eh! Thanks for sharing x
I would love to personally experience that ,thankyou richard and julia for sharing your experience. ❤❤
Wonderful video, not only charming and informative but you looked like you both had a good time making. Would love to revert back to this way of living alas I don't think it'll ever happen now 😢
Fun thank you
That was brilliant..thanks 😊
BRAVO RICHARD
I really enjoyed that! Good to have some light relief 😁
Thanks x
My Dad told me you can move to live in the countryside but the town or city will come to you eventually, if you build everywhere then where will you grow food, I heard what he said and I did listen to him but until now it hadn't made sense, we ever got on and at times I hated him but it seems he was a very wise and forward looking man, God Bless Dad you armed me with the intuition to see and prepare, 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thank you for coming to Surrey! 😊
Those were the day's we thought they'd never end God bless you all
Thank you, that was delightful... bet you had a grand time being there... lol...
Enjoyed that. 😊
Oh this was enchanting
That was absolutely brilliant. What great actors you two are. I wish we were back in those days now.
Fabulous loved it. 😊
Enjoyed this thankyou to the both of you 👍❤
Thank you that was fun going back in time.
The Lovely Julia and the Magnificant Ricardo
Lovely place, really enjoyed this video
Excellent program, really enjoyed it, plus the low brow jokes. It's great that there are people who are doing this memory reconstruction of how relatively good things we're back then.
Fantastic, so much of it reminds me of my childhood. It made me feel very nostalgic. Thank you both ♥️♥️
I live in the North Yorkshire countryside, all English for now 🤞🏻just hope it stays this way.
Our foreign friends don’t like the smell of pig muck!
And soon every village will be holding cricket matches on Saturday afternoons. That sound, of cricket being played, is just so English.
Its the visuals too, of everyone in their cricket whites.
Grew up in Hull North Yorkshire in the 1970's and lives as in the 1930's.....
Grew up in Hull North Yorkshire in the 1970's and lives as in the 1930's.....
Grew up in Hull North Yorkshire in the 1970's and live as in the 1930's.....
Grew up in Hull North Yorkshire in the 1970's and lives as in the 1930's.....
Thankfully my shopping experience is still very much like this. They special order things in for me if they don't stock it etc, they even run tabs for people they know well!
What a fantastic video Richard, I love the way you filmed this.
I loved this episode....genius you snd Julia
Oh super thanks for sharing ♥️ God bless you , Time was much MORE slower then ❤
Well done guys, another fun and informative video. Options are it👍😊
Fabulous, I love both your acting. Kind regards from France
Growing up (born in the latter part of the 50s) we had an Anderson shelter in our garden,, which my father turned into a shed. He built a coal bunker section at the back of it,, in brick, with a wooden lift up flap at the base. Down one side were wooden barrels with kindling in, which had lids that I could sit on top of. On the opposite side was my rabbit's cage. I used to sit in there for hours imagining what it would have been like during the war and feeling miffed that I was born too late. I still feel like that now and I no longer recognise many parts of this country.
My grandfather, before and after WW1, was a blowlamp maker and he carried on this business until he died, aged 84.
By the way, we had a clothes wringer at home too, but Richard was letting the clothes drop into the water that he had just wrung out! The idea was to hold onto the clothes and just let the water go into the container!
❤ My mom had that same laundry set up during my early years in the USA (1947-1954 or so).
Thank you so much, Richard and lovely Julia.
Loved the episode ❤
Fantastic tour of British past times & life styles, equipment and Guildford is amazing 😍 talking from experience
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The house I grew up in in the 70s, our next door neighbour's house, had an Anderson shelter in the back garden. I used to play in it. Great video. I must visit. Very poignant. Take care. X
I remember a lot of this 😂 I did grow up in Ireland in the 1960s was wonderful. People were much fitter then.
Very professionally done IMHO. Things were so much slower and less complicated then.
Very nice. Thank yuens.
There was an old fashioned (manual) clothes wringer at the open air South Bay swimming pool at Scarborough, for wringing the towels and trunks. Don't remember how I managed to get my fingers nipped between the rollers, but they throbbed for a while afterwards! Things were simpler in thise days! ❤
This was fantastic, an absolute pleasure to watch. Great stuff Richard & Julia 😊
Exactly what it says in the book we have to go back to the old days or were all had it
I've been saying for some time now that i believe the only way we can go forwards is to go backwards. Theres so much we can learn from the past.
Lovely 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
When you can Richard,pop in and meet the village saviours of the White Horse Pub in Suffolk..4 Men that took it upon themselves to bid against greedy developers to save their village pub..Such a positive story in these times where such a positive community spirit hopefully inspires others to do the same! Please read below for more from a youtuber named The Wandering Turnip.
"We Bought A Pub I got a message recently from a guy asking me if I wanted to come visit the pub that a community had brought back from the dead. This sounded awesome to me as I love pubs and I really hate seeing them decay all around the UK. I had no idea what it would be like, and I couldn't believe what I ended up stumbling across. The community down there at the White Horse Pub was amazing. It reminded me just how important places like this are for so many diffeent people. They stopped this place from being turned into, probably, a lot of houses. And in doing so, managed to create something really special. I found stories, jokes, characters, gambling, generousity and friendship. All things that can come from a good pub. I really hope you enjoy this, it has been my favourite video to make. Thanks."
I have watched David The wondering Turnip , I think that's where Dave has visited. So beautiful they got it right at The White Horse, I would love to go and see for myself.
Thank you. That was fantastic!
My grandparents way of life and I miss it massively ❤
Thank you sooo much for making me going back on time ❤
cheers richard , i remember those days in the past when life was a lot simpler.
Good job 👍🏼
I can never forget my mums mangle ...trapoed my fingers in it as a snall one. Loved those days. Take me back
That was absolutely wonderful viewing. 👏Thank you Richard and Julia. What a beautiful place to visit. Watching you do the washing brought back memories of my nan, who used to have a dolly tub, dolly peg and mangle. I used to help her mangle the washing then hang it on the line outside or on the rack on the kitchen ceiling if it was wet weather. Lovely lovely times ❤
My mum remembers having to go into their air raid shelter as a child. When the sirens went. She said it was very exciting as a child and she was given a drink of Horlicks inside which was a treat
Wow, that was really cool.
Wow, what a top quality video - well done you two👍🏻
Marvelous video
Enjoyed this loads. I have a washing dolly like the second one Julia used for my off grid washing system I intend to get together for this summer
Did I hear the bell ring ,was it ringing for a 'Purpose'. Maybe that's what's on show here and missing in today's society. Well done you two.
What a lovely video thankyou
Cool 🙏❤
Like the Episode I was cained at Primary school, and Secondary School. We got a choice of hand or bum , stung a wee bit. But I have Respect now I'm 53?. Think that's what wrong with kids today. I no a lot won't agree ? Freedom of my past and speech ❤
I had much the same now 77 year old, loved my school days 😂
I would not like to go to schools today?
Well done!
lovly thank you both
Absolutely brilliant…. A blast from the past
I live in an 1815 house now. You can tell it was colder back then. By all the winter sporting goods. They should preserve the wagons. I do everything manual on my organic farm. Horse thieves can be shot on site here still. I was expecting older stuff.
At 12:15 you made me laugh and spit my tea out!
Julia is a luvly woman your such a sweet couple.😍
Typical English country side life. It reminds me how our forefathers lived. It's really nice we are not forgetting how they lived. Our forefathers lived better life than we do
I was today amusingly thinking about Mrs Smith, how she acted when yer man made a 'ram-rod' comment and she looked quite flustered 😂... golly gosh!
I've looked for it and I think you must have taken it down, understandably 😅
Well mam definitely likes her Massey 20, must be the revs 😮
Anyway, Lovely to see ye olde crafts kept alive and both of you of course, not that yer auld crafts.
Hugs xxx
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Charming pastiche+ fantasy. Very entertaining. That was how life was in my childhood and i well recall how eager and rapacious pretty well everyone was,to move on from it!
Lol brilliant, mom would have loved this episode
Come to Exmoor Richard and Julia, we’re not so far away from this time as the rest of the country!
I want to live there 😂🤣😂🤣
Wonderfull 😊
So expecting Mrs Wick to request 4 candles 😂
Great! I'll take it. The one with the TV in it for you tube. Thanks I'll move in tomorrow. Just put the key under the mat. By the way can I bring my cat? . Kind regards Si ✌😎.xxx.
Women, known as Land Girls, replaced male farm workers who fought in the war. Coming from all backgrounds, Land Girls were critical to increasing the country's food supply, here's one.. ----> 18:46
What fun! 😁
😀😀😀😀😀😀. Brilliant. ❤x
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