Untouched for 25 YEARS ~ Abandoned Home of the American Flower Lady!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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It has been a quarter of a century since the last person Josephine spends her last moments inside the house, now the place lays desolate and forgotten waiting for its inevitable demolishment.
Together with her husband Patrick, she started living here in the 1930s and over the course of six decades, they raised two beautiful children, got married, and lived a long life with beautiful memories. At the start of their relationship, Patrick was a truck driver and worked countless hours away from home, this led Josephine to find something of her own and she decided to put her passion for flowers into a business. Josephine started a flower shop in town, and it was a great success from the very beginning. At a certain point, Patrick decided to give up his job to help Josephine in the business.
They both lived inside the house until the very end, Patrick passed first and Josephine lived out her last days alone until she passed away in 1997.
She turned to the age of 96 years old, and at that age, she was still taking full care of herself, while living inside the house.
After her passing the children and grandchildren did not show much interest in the house, after the filming of this video we talked to one of the relatives and asked him why it was left like this, he said he just didn’t care too much about it. This left us clueless as to why…
Today we will show you the remains of what once was there everything!
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So sad how the families don’t clean up the trash and dispose of things properly. Also it feels disrespectful to the people who have passed on. So much to learn from how the lived. I love seeing these videos.
it amazes me as well …… we had a rental property next door …… until it got sold ……. the owner was stuck with cleaning it up of all the furniture and trash the renters left …….. older generations would never think to leave a place dirty - trashed - full of furniture ….. its mind boggling …… even today - people selling their homes have no idea how to clean and clean up
Most of the "trash" is the pass possessIons of the lady who lived there and her family it is sad 😢 but the actual trash on the floor and such is probably most likely from squatters and people who are unauthorized to be in there especially in the winter....we don't truly know what happened in the past and what caused the complete abandoned of this family's home. xo💞🙏
These homes make me mad at the families. They are left to rot. Sell everything or donate stuff and sell the house. It’s like throwing away money.
It's just sad when all is left no matter what the the family feels I was very sad when I had to clean out my childhood home but I had so my dad could sell
It’s decay that makes the house look messy. It doesn’t look like it’s been looted.
And yes….that was a bedside radio or a portable radio, both popular up until the 80’s. I,had one as a child when I went camping (1960’s).
Everyone has or had a story - some are shared, some are not - thank you for letting us see these time capsules and the stories of those who lived there love your work -merci beaucoup
It looks like they took what they wanted and left everything else behind. So sad, so much of that beautiful furniture was left. I have never understood, why people don't empty out the houses, particularly when they know that they don't want them and have no plans to maintain them.
I don’t get that either. My mom & my Aunt lived together Aunt passed first & then my mom. I gave away a lot of their stuff to my cousins. The rest we sold at a garage sale & what was left donated it to charity. We had to sell it because she had taken a second mortgage that I couldn’t afford to pay. I felt bad about that.
A lot of cash left behind …should have an estate sale…people are kinda stupid.
The master bedroom that was Josephine’s bedroom looks immaculate almost like she would be still sleeping in there every night, what a beautiful house when you look past all the decay, such a shame it’s just left
If it's truly been abandoned since 1997 then it must been in excellent condition when she passed. It's a shame no one wanted it.
Exactly!
😢 that’s the same thing I said too.
Vielleicht haben Sie es nicht nötig gehabt das Haus zu übernehmen, aber man hätte es ja verkaufen können.
Each time I watch these videos I see more how fragile life is.
And no matter how long we lived one day we have to leave this earth whether we want to or not.
Appreciate the life you have it's a gift with an expiry date on it.
Gratitude Gratitude Gratitude
Thanks for sharing well appreciated
The stool with two steps is called a step stool in Louisiana where I was raised. You can sit on it as a stool or fold down the two steps and step up on them in a standing position to reach something off a high shelf. You & Danny are great together. Thank you for another wonderful abandoned home video!
this Canadian loves your commentary and the respect you show for these properties. Thank you Lesley.
Same here. Hello there Linda how are you doing with your family i do hope you’re safe from the Covid?
محزن جدا عندما تتخيل ان هذا المنزل في يوم من الأيام كان عامرا بالحياة
اشكرك يا ليزلي انت وداني على هذه المغامرات
That is 💔 that the family didn't sell the place for someone else to love. Thank you for the respect shown while touring. Her work desk looked just like my Mother and Father in laws. Brought back cherished memories. Her vanity stand was absolutely beautiful.
Hello Lesley 😀 I can't wait to see this amazing place! I might have to watch it later due to working this afternoon. The house reminds where my grandpa was born. 📷🎉
You are an old soul Lesley. I love how you make up stories about how they might have lived.
While in my home country Philippines, there are so many homeless people. Some live in tiny houses in the slum area or nipa huts in rural areas. Its also common that in one house, there are 3 to 4 generations living. I just feel sad seeing big houses and mansion just being abandoned,. This mostly happens in the first world countries.
Thank u both for the wonderful tour. The decorations hanging from the gold bedspread are called tassels. So sad to see things left behind. Love u guys.
You should go in wearing a mask. That air has spores that can affect your lungs eventually. Stay safe.
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Where is this?
7:20 dude is 25? He is fine.
I love watching your video when Danny is around because you two can laugh each other and can share ideas to each other along the way of exploring...❤❤❤ you guys are cute together...
The stove from florance was maybe south Carolina distribution for that stove people were still using them in early 60s.late 50 to 60s lot of homes were just getting inside bathrooms I was born in 59 I can remember when my grandmother got a toilet and bathtub put in her house
Rest In Peace ! Josephine and Patrick
That chair with the fold out steps IS actually used as a step stool to climb up and reach things in cupboards as well as being used as a chair.
That chair in the kitchen is absolutely a convertible chair & step-stool combo. I remember them fondly.
I'm honestly the most surprised that nobody (family or strangers) took any of that beer! Lol!!!
Cheers 🍻
The seat with steps is a step stool to climb. Lol y'all are adorable. Love you guys.
Looking at this place somehow i had this mixed feeling,its beautiful and sad also the nostalgic feeling this house give me,im breathless(i literary Cried)so enchanting its lovely.
Sad this house left to rot and falling apart but can't believe its right in front of power lines the family most likely didn't want the house because of memories or just didn't want to take care of it.
I love the flowers on the curtains!! The way that the colors are in the room!
Those cloths are called doillies . Love your work. And the chair in the kitchen with the steps in them was a step ladder and a chair. People use them as both. You could sit on them with the steps tucked underneath and when you needed a step ladder you just dragged it around and used the steps to reach something high in the cabinet. Thanks and keep it up.
Oh gosh….the beautiful piece of crochet in the table is called doilies. The color of the door and around the window looked like lavender, you make everything in the houses you explore sound so romantic! Amazing how some rooms didn’t have any decay……incredible. The things that were left….very sad how the family didn’t care about it, the history there would be so worth it to me, and the furniture! Maybe the pain of loosing them kept them from going there? It’s possible.
The Florence cook stove was actually so named for Florence, Massachusetts, the location where the kerosene burner was invented. The manufacturer dates back to 1880's. Cool explore!
The other bedroom was for the grown-up daughter when she came to help her mother.
Thanks for your kindness of Florence Korecen Burner 1880 year. Invented
I always feel I need a shower after watching one of these videos. You guys do such a great job and I love your accent. I’m female. ❤️
That’s a stepping stool/chair, to keep in the house, specially in the kitchen, instead of a ladder, and you can use it as chair too, it’s to reach top cabinets, over the fringe, a closet of stuff, clothes, etc., very practical and useful! 13:51 I love the kitchen sink in the other kitchen!
J’aime votre respect et votre humanité , si au moins tous les jeunes étaient comme vous. Prenez soin de vous et merci pour ces beaux voyages en direct du passé.
What a lovely find, the poof we call the same, it’s a footstool. The tortoise with the holes is to put a flower arrangement in and the lettering you found would be for either funeral wreaths or flower arrangements. Love your channel Lesley your such a polite and respectful lad. ❤
The turtle is a pommander the holes are way too small for flowers
Oh, that step stool!!! We had one when I was little!! Same color red cushion!!!❤️❤️
God Bless this dear old lonely lady I am glad she is with her husband
Lots of character in that old house! I love it!I could imagine life there
Abandoned homes fill me with such sadness...how can a building be allowed to deteriorate?!!!!
Hello Lesley and Danny! Sometimes I am love to see the condition of abandoned houses but I am thinking why the family if not need the items maybe it is better sale or donated since the person is not more here because someone can made good used of the items. Sale the house too and give the opportunity to bring good memories to other family. 😉🤗👍❤😍 . Stay safe
So glad your in the states. The house was magnificent. You could still see the souls of the people who lived there .
Here in the southern part of United States, there are so many abandoned houses. You will need a second trip.
Lesley, when you find the love of your life, will share your story with all of us? We would be so honored and happy to be a small part of it. I love the stories you tell if the people who are now gone. ❤
I think this house is telling you that you should move to US. 😉
I just love the way you touch things, I feel like I am touching it. Love from Nepal
I love you both very peaceful to hear you
It’s absolutely disgusting that all that beautiful furniture was left to rot and ruin 😢
Hi Gentlemen! It has been so long since I watched the channel. Been very busy. I had no idea you are in America. Welcome to America! I hope you enjoy your time in the states. How long do you plan to be in the USA?
7th month of 1997, you were born 2 months after I started my first job.
I agree with you 7:58 , I found people in US often use plastic cutleeys, plastic plate for entertaining their guest. In a country I lived, if we serve our guest with disposal plastic cutlerys, plates, glases that is kind not polite/not respecting the guest.
Just a little heads-up.. 7:37 you was wondering why they had disposable plates and cutlery. That's very pretty common, as you said. It's because people in older days had maybe a disease, not much energy in the body, weak, didn't able to move much etc. That's why they used disposable plates and cutlery, so they just could eat and throw it away - For saving their energy. In my birth country (I really don't know if this is the same in USA) but in my country water costs a fortune. When I lived there the water bills was 200e/month, for only me as a single living person. When I was a kid back in the day (I sound such an oldie, actually I'm only in my 30s lol) some of the old people I visited used disposable plates and cutlery to save money on water. Exapt when they had visitors, but you saw the disposable in their kitchen. Me as a curious kid just had to ask and that was always the answere - Either to save their energy or save money on water bills. I hope this comment gave you some idea. Have a great day :)
At 97 if you don't want to spend your last days washing dishes...then that's alright. Leslie is young and has probably never experienced arthritis or health challenges, so he just sees from a young persons' perspective. Plus, they really pushed these products on us in the 80s-90s as a convenience purchase. there was none of this talk about the landfills back then.
I’m looking at the decorative wood working on top of the window and between rooms. My dad made exactly that same pattern in the late 50’s early 60’s when he renovated our row home in PHILADELPHIA PA.
I was born in 87…. I remember many people having that couch set ha!
The upstairs rooms look better than my old room at my mother’s place.
The license plate on the front porch was from 1929; that's what the 29 was on the bottom of the plate. Base board heaters are very common in the U.S.
The floor model TV I grew up with. It’s the TV I heard when John Lennon died. The couch and foot stool/ coffee table we had too with a similar design. I’m glad you are here in the U S I love how respectful you are during discoveries. I’ve been admiring for years.
The stove would have been a wood stove. They used them in Canada also. My grandfather and uncle had one in their houses. The wood goes under the cook top. The round lace on table is called a doilie.
Oh wow!!! I had that exact Little Mermaid book as a young child. It’s from a collection called Golden Books (the spine is like that on all books in the collection) & they made literally thousands. I myself owned hundreds, all my family collected them for me from the time I was born & I still own some… Golden Books started being released in the 70’s. That particular Little Mermaid one I remember well getting when it was newly released in the early 90’s….
I live in Australia but I’ve always known Golden Books were a important part of childhoods in many countries & some even reached “paperback” & yes, actually got re-released in true paperback versions with flexible covers & off memory, the spines of those were silver, to represent “platinum” I guess….
Originally, they just released classic tales in the 70’s, such as Hansel & Grettle, Jack & Jill, Snow White, even Bible stories ect, but as they became hugely popular, available in every grocery store (where I got many of mine), they continued to release many dozens each year & would release modern stories & ones for new kids movies that’d come out, such as that Little Mermaid one for example…
The same company that originally made them also made another book line I had all of that my Mum & Uncle had as young kids too. Can’t remember the name but they made about 30 or so classic tale’s except in the back of each book was a Record which included the book in audio version for kids to listen to as they read the book, so they could have a “virtual” person reading to them & it was also designed to help kids learn how to read too. Was very “high tech” for its time… however, that book line was never really popular, probably just due to lack of advertising & not many people knowing about it …but when the company started Golden Books, I’m assuming they learned from prior mistakes & had those books available in every grocery store at the checkouts so Golden Books became huge!!! In fact, I actually saw some of the original Golden Books in a grocery store just a few years ago so I think they might be making a come-back in Australia at least 😁🤞
Who else remembers Golden Books?? 😌👌💜
I so agree with you about the plastic! That's quite a disregard for the environment. I noticed that in America they use garbage disposals a lot too, those are also really bad for the environment and just really not needed.
Garbage disposals are not bad for the environment.
I am always stunned when u found a turntable playee n viny. So rare
The small chair with the folding steps is a child’s high chair. I remember having one in our house back in the 1960s.
The things hanging on the gold bedspread are called tassels and only used for decor.
The purple You discussed is definitely a light purple or mauve.
Love your show and the story you tell about the previous owners and the work you put into connecting us with the home as well as the respect you show for everything no matter how decayed. Makes all the difference!
So sad to see sometimes but shows us how mortal we all are.
It's a shame to not respect the memory of the family and house that raised you, to leave you like that.
You are fun to watch! Hope to see you next time.
It breaks my heart whenever I see antique pieces left to rot. You just don’t find the same craftsmanship in modern furniture.
Another Sad story. What being happen to this passed Couples. The children will face the same thing when they get Older. Every of us will growing old if God gave us a long life. Thanks' Lesley
Tassels is the name on the Golden bed spread. That bed spread was one inthe same as what my grandmother use to have aww
شكرا لكم على مشاركة هذا العمل الرائع 🌹
انتم تقومون بعمل رائع جدا ومثير للاعجاب 🌷
Lesley its awesome discovering your Chanel I enjoy watching every time you explore .You're such a wonderful person could feel your disciplined personality in the way you deliver messages ,I never gets tired your videos till late at night till I get to sleep .Good luck for more discories for your viewers .God bless you guys ,from Philippines .🙏
The ceramic and cast iron stoves were used all over the country, I love finding them!!! I love antiques and history
That chair is a step stool/ ladder and chair. I have one and love them!
It's a foot stool/ coffee table in front of the couch.
It was probably raccoon feces on the living room/ family room chair
Those little tables are awesome. The doily is the thing on the little table, my mom makes them.
That place is awesome!
Eisenhower was a u.s president.
She must have been a florist or something.
Those wicker chairs and furniture last longer than today's crap furniture.
I bet that toilet closet was added later and plumbing is under the step?
That bedroom wall paper is seriously cool.
Those vanities are a dream❤️❤️😍
Readers digest was a big deal. Many authors got their start in those books❤️
The light radio was probably for bad weather, emergencies to see and hear weather when power went out.
The bedspread with the tassels was fancy back then.
Maybe a grandchild or niece lived there with them at one point.
That seat you found with steps were a combination stool and step stool. So they could reach the top shelves.
Yes, those are steps. My mother had a stool just like that in her kitchen. If you needed to get into a top shelf you had steps hidden away.
If the daughter is no longer interested in maintaining the home, she might as well just get the things that can still be saved and keep them for memories. I mean, the things in some of the rooms upstairs are immaculate. Such a shame to lose so many things that has been a part of her life.
That is indeed a step latter for the ladies to reach the top cabinets 😊
@21:19 That is called 'baseboard heating'. It is actually very expensive to heat that way and not very efficient.
The chair in the kitfchen was called a utility step stool used to get into upper cabinets and such. It was used for a high chair for young but older than a high chair age child. I have used it for papering for low ceiling rooms and getting to upper things like putting up curtains and such. Just things like you are going to be a few minutes at instead of heavier duty things . Nice little step stools but had to be kinda careful of tipping and holding too heavy a person.
The lacy white item under the glass of the small table...in engllish it's called a doily. Considered old fashioned, but very common for a home up to the 80's
So many beautiful things.
Are you ever tempted to take things with you from the houses you visit?
The houses are in such bad condition that they will fall apart or be demolished any way.
Solid state TV’s were used during the ‘70’s. It didn’t have the old fashion tubes like the older ones.
The reason some people use paper or Styrofoam plates is, when you're older it can be hard to wash dishes.I feed my Cats using styrofoam plates.I don't have a kitchen so I have to wash dishes in the bathroom sink.It's crazy how people just leave their family home to slowly rot.That sofa is definitely from the 70's.We call that a foot stool or ottoman.It matches the sofa.All that water in the basement probably came from a broken pipe or the water heater.All though that much water is probably a broken pipe.Yeah I grew up watching TV from a floor model like that.We call that a doily inside that table.It's too bad someone did not want to save that bed in the master bedroom.That vanity is so pretty too.Someone needs to get it out of there.Love the way you guys are so respectful of the memories of the family that once lived there.Yeah there are a lot of coincidences surrounding you and that house, crazy.Thanks for bring us along with you on this journey.Be careful guys and,we love you too.
The kitchen was cool with ceramic stove 😍 it's on a very nice property. A sweet story.
Baru gabung jd nonton yg terlewati .suka saja .nonton.karna saya bukan orang mampu .sedih saja liat terbengkalai begitu .mengapa mereka tak berbagi ?begitu banyak orang kekurangan diluar sana
This was such a fun one as I share the same first name with her! I would have liked this Josephine, we share the same interests in flowers/nature. How lovely, but sad to see that my home and prized possessions will someday fall to ruin as well.
Thanks for your hard work
Wow, the down stairs is in such rough shape, I was so surprised to see upstairs in such good condition!
I'm so much crying 😢 😭 💔 my heart ❤️ is just broken maby before this house 🏠 very happy home 🏡 and sweet home avry I see side by side I amagination how to make happy this home the 1959😢😢 I'm soo very sadness 😔
I hope someone comes to take the furniture b/c it’s from the 40’s-50’s. My grandmother had very similar bedroom furniture and vanity.
We have an abandoned property next to us and it’s because they did not leave a will and the sons all live elsewhere and have their own homes and family. They visit the property but not sure why they leave it as is. Maybe to remember the memories? My sis and I have talked about leaving our childhood home as it is and not selling it.
On the bedspread are Tassels a universal ornamentation and decoration, seen throughout history in many cultures and countries around the world. Representing luxury and superiority in many cultures, embellishing clothing, blankets, draperies and furnishings, tassels date back to ancient Egypt.
Awesome thank for sharing.
That chair is a step stool. I’ve not seen one of those for years. And the coins haven’t rusted, the copper is oxidizing, it forms a compound called malachite.
The Eisenhower stamp is interesting, he was the SHAEF commander in WWII and later the president.
I would say the last bedroom was probably where guests stayed. The clothes were too new from the daughter, most likely a grandchild. The things on the bed cover were tassels.
Some of furnitures are still in good condition. People who make movies, they might need them. I wish could rescue them before fall down.
Ottomans are larger, the small ones are called foot stools. A pouf is usually a total fabric, stuffed foot rest or floor seating in the US south.
On the golden bed the hanging things there called sheer tasils. Love u guys . y'all need to explore Louisiana and mississippi abandoned houses u would be surprised of way u may find
The turtle was an incense burner. You put a cone shaped small incense under it and the fragrant smoke would come out of the holes. Or if it had a spout. It was a water sprinkler used in small gardens and such. ❤ your videos
thank you! you are the best.😍💜
So much in that house actually could be sold for money and the house could have been sold for something back when she died 25 years ago! Sad I’d strongly advise the family member to have stuff rescued and auctioned before it’s gone for good
i use dishes at home but for party's i actually use paper plates with plastic sliver wear
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I am guessing the house doesn't have much value..they took everything that has any value and left it to basically discard on its own.
You’re killing me making 1997 seem old af. I’m honestly hurt. lol
Sometimes it's just easier to use paper plates, especially for someone who may not have the energy to wash dishes all the time.
The toilet is raised because it was either raise the floor or build a soffit downstairs, not enough room for the plumbing between the floors. This home was likely built before indoor plumbing, thus the old stove in the one room and the more modern kitchen added to the house later. Also, the strange plumbing.
It its a gas stove and was possibly made in Florence, Alabama in the United States.
Hanging from the gold bedspread are called tassels