I lived in a Victorian flat. Very large rooms, high ceilings, no central heating. Just two fires. We either clung to the fire, or froze. My grandmother was the same, I would cycle a few miles in all weathers to put her coal fire on, or get it going again if it was banked up. She got free coal as my grandfather was miner. All the sandstone buildings were black with the soot. Then in the 1970s smokeless zones were established and central heating installed. I got central heating in 2002.
@thinking-as-I-wander Thank you Jeff I remember coal fires and smoky fog. The days before central heating arrived in every household. And some very cold winters.😊💖
So much pollution in the air back then! It was interesting to learn that the London planetree was able to survive because it shed its bark. We have a lot of those trees here along one of our streets. They were planted in memorial of the soldiers lost in the World Wars.
Good to see you back with another video Dave. Interesting subject. Do you feel that we, as a society, have become too sterilised to be able to handle things which were once commonplace?
@stationmasterschoice-walku1307 Perhaps the younger alphabet Gen do , Bernie. It is the instant click of a switch era we live in. Not that it is bad it is just a reminder that everything comes at a cost, which is usually not calculated. Thanks Bernie 💖
Yes Mr stationmaster, I wonder the same thing.... How long would people last if they had to cut their own firewood and grow their own food? How would people survive if they had to stable and care for their own horse for transportation?
@thinking-as-I-wander Yes Some would struggle because our current education system is failing to prepare them with normal life and survival skills. Thanks Jeff💖
@@thinking-as-I-wander These skills are no longer handed down, as they might have been to our generation, because the parents haven't been taught them these days. Hence the tale of a pupil in a school being asked where milk comes from and the reply was Tescos (other shops available). That's sad.
In the 60s and 70s I lived in a slum in Nottingham no bathroom open fire outside loo it wasn’t much better than the 19th century I bet more food but still pretty basic.
@robdog246 Yes, the old outside loos used to freeze in winter plus scraping frost off the inside of the bedroom window so you can see out..Thank you for your comments 😀 💖💖💖
I lived in a Victorian flat. Very large rooms, high ceilings, no central heating. Just two fires. We either clung to the fire, or froze. My grandmother was the same, I would cycle a few miles in all weathers to put her coal fire on, or get it going again if it was banked up. She got free coal as my grandfather was miner. All the sandstone buildings were black with the soot. Then in the 1970s smokeless zones were established and central heating installed. I got central heating in 2002.
@@akula9713 Thank you for sharing those memories.😊 💖💖
I enjoyed that very much😊
It was a very interesting subject that you picked.
@thinking-as-I-wander Thank you Jeff I remember coal fires and smoky fog. The days before central heating arrived in every household. And some very cold winters.😊💖
So glad we don't have that level of pollution now. Still a way to go though! Keep up the good work TWP! 👍
Yes I remember the smoky fog where I was raised in the fifties and sixties😊💖
You get used to the cold. It doesn't really get too cold in England anyway, a few degrees below zero is easy to deal with just by wrapping up
Yes unlike Scotland -10 ⁰ and more 😊💖
So much pollution in the air back then!
It was interesting to learn that the London planetree was able to survive because it shed its bark. We have a lot of those trees here along one of our streets. They were planted in memorial of the soldiers lost in the World Wars.
@agesadventures Yes, I was raised in the fifties and sixties and I remember all the smoky fog. Thanks Age 😊💖
Good to see you back with another video Dave. Interesting subject. Do you feel that we, as a society, have become too sterilised to be able to handle things which were once commonplace?
@stationmasterschoice-walku1307 Perhaps the younger alphabet Gen do , Bernie. It is the instant click of a switch era we live in. Not that it is bad it is just a reminder that everything comes at a cost, which is usually not calculated. Thanks Bernie 💖
Yes Mr stationmaster, I wonder the same thing.... How long would people last if they had to cut their own firewood and grow their own food?
How would people survive if they had to stable and care for their own horse for transportation?
@thinking-as-I-wander Yes Some would struggle because our current education system is failing to prepare them with normal life and survival skills. Thanks Jeff💖
@@thinking-as-I-wander These skills are no longer handed down, as they might have been to our generation, because the parents haven't been taught them these days. Hence the tale of a pupil in a school being asked where milk comes from and the reply was Tescos (other shops available). That's sad.
In the 60s and 70s I lived in a slum in Nottingham no bathroom open fire outside loo it wasn’t much better than the 19th century I bet more food but still pretty basic.
@robdog246 Yes, the old outside loos used to freeze in winter plus scraping frost off the inside of the bedroom window so you can see out..Thank you for your comments 😀 💖💖💖