Woman Born in 1878 Talks About Her Childhood in Los Angeles, California in the 1880s
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0:00 Introduction
1:35 Rowena (Belle's Niece) Speaking
2:25 Belle Buford Thom Collins Speaking
This is Belle Buford Thom Collins, born in 1878, speaking about her childhood in 1880s Los Angeles. Her father, Cameron E. Thom, was the Mayor of Los Angeles between 1882 and 1884. Mrs. Collins' niece, Rowena, is the person speaking in the beginning of the recording. Audio has been remastered. This was recorded on November 26, 1964. The original tape contained several gaps, so some areas begin in mid-sentence. All photographs are of early Los Angeles, between the 1870s to the late 1890s.
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Thank you.
All these beautiful old world buildings. Thanks
@@snoberg8784 FREE WILL , whence is it given, whence does it end?
GOD created us 1stly in SPIRIT then formed our flesh in our mothers wombs.
Free will starts on the day you born here and ends on the day you depart from here. it is not given nor found earlier, as earlier you didn`t exist.
earth is testing ground, as it has became lucifers kingdom.
testing ground for us, to show GOD whom amongst us shall be deceived by lucifer.
All the answers are pretty clear ones - aren´t these? - MANY are deceived and FEW are not.
None of us can`t drag free will beyond humans earthly life, as it is not earlier nor after found nor given.
Jeremiah 1:5 KJV Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
FREE WILL is given for the choices which are here on earth to make.
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Since making choices and being deceived takes place here on earth, free will does not go beyond human earthly lives.
The oldest person I ever met was 107, a woman who’d outlived three husbands and seven of eight children. She was nearly deaf, but read lips and loved tell stories of her life and experiences growing up and living all her life in the same place, a small upstate NY town. She was sharp as a tack, well-spoken. She passed away later that same year, in her sleep in her own bed, same room as where she was born! That was in 1978. RIP Miss Helen ❤ 😇
When my grandmother died she was a couple months away from being 104 years old. I used to like to hear her stories from the old days
As a kid, I was scared to get close to old people because I saw them as being close to death.
About 20 years ago, I started a job working with the elderly and realized what I'd been missing out on. They are a delight to talk to and hear their stories. I've learned so much about how things used to be and realized what an asset they are to the community if you give them the time to share their experience and perspective.
I've had the privilege of hearing first hand accounts of historic events I previously read about in history books. I no longer fear death or getting old. I don't look forward to losing my health but hope to live a long and full life.
That's awesome. I knew a helen too . I think she made it past 100. And another lady who lived till nearly ninety grew up during ww2. I loved listening to their stories.
"Ohio Town" by Helen Santmyer is a really good read
I"m Anita: I would love to hear her stories of growing up, As a Grown Woman and how times and scenery have changed. My husband was born and raised in Up State NY and I was born and raised in Tenn. I met him in Tenn. and married.
It’s amazing how her niece recorded this for her grandchildren- little knowing that thousands would take interest in the years to come. ❤️
…hundreds of thousands will hear her voice…she had no idea then. Never take anything you do for granted…it may live well beyond you.
@@hertzair1186June 2023
I'm very greatful coming across this video !!! It was such a different life back then...blessings to the family members, for sharing your life...❤🙏
That was the whole point
millions
Can’t you just hear,how much she’s loving this chance to tell these stories,from her lovely childhood.It’s beautiful.
My grandmother was born in 1924, her mother was born in 1890 so it’s not far off from this woman. Anyhow, my grandmother died almost 25 years ago. Some of my fondest memories as a child were staying the night at her house and she’d tell my brothers and I a bedtime story that often times was similar to this, reminiscing her childhood in New Jersey. Nostalgia that I cherish and miss oh so much.
Beautiful.
My children’s pediatrician was Dr. Leila Denmark. She lived to be 114 years old. What a gem she was! She continued practicing, in-office, until 108. Later giving advice by phone until 112 years old. Always ‘sharp as a tack’! No one like her!
That's amazing.
What a Gem you met someone who saw so much change
I have got to know her secret!
They didn't eat the contaminated food breathe contaminated air and drink contaminated water
Horse and wagons , no roads , but somehow constructed amazing churches , cathedrals, hotels ... all with no workforce . Nothing odd at all
She has a voice like a warm cup of tea. I could listen to her all day. :) Sounds like she had a fabulous time growing up in old Los Angeles.
Sounds like her family was not poor. They would have had servants to do all the menial work. Even in the UK someone like a shopkeeper would likely have at least one servant.
More to the point, she sounds very educated and at age in her 80s? Has all her faculties and l agree her voice is like warm milk and honey. I wish l could have met her. Love from the UK.
@@helenamcginty4920 now they call them employees, haha.
Yes she certainly does. It's so comforting. I listen to this every night and drift into a calm sleep and sometimes dream of her idyllic landscape of memories.
I've been in LA my entire life and I can relate with her feelings of watching the city continuously devolve over time. It has become like a scene from a dystopian movie now, full of homeless, crime, trash and even worse smells now.
The buildings were beautiful back then. This video and her narration is as close as we can get to time traveling back to a simpler time, a better time in LA's history.
I was a dementia nurse. Many of the patients in long term care however are not there for memory loss. Getting to hear the stories of their lives, and the stories from the family members of those who had no memory anymore made that job very interesting. We fail in this country, to show enough intrest in our elderly. They have so much to offer us.
My grandmother died from thirst here recently while in the care of san diego county home for elderly citizens it breaks my. Heart
So true. We need to change that and capture more of their insights and wisdom.
The culture needs to change. The loving elderly deserve to stay with their kids and never regarded as an ounce of hindrance. Just as parents took care of us for 20 years to prep for life we take care of them for the last 20 years at the very least.
Beautiful...
Very interesting for a fan of America's history.
@@HighExplosiveDualPurpose40mmmy condolences. I live in San Diego. What senior care facility was she in?
I love how she described her shoes and clothes. Embroidered undergarments, button up shoes, beaver trimmed coat from New York. And her embarrassment at school when her brother said the word “belly” during his little poem and that she couldn’t go back after that. So innocent.
I know, soooo sweet.
Could you Imagine if they could see todays youth 🙈
My father will be 102 in December and I still can't get him to talk about his life. This recording is pure gold!
Maybe make up some stories and he will “correct you”…. Wink wink
@@karieberry1070 HAHA you are a genius! I'm going to try that!
Ask him about his grandfather and grandmother, and where were they born. Earliest memories? Did he ride a horse to school? who were his best friends as a kid, first dog, first job, first car, first kiss. Keep trying.. record it on audio or vid instead of writing it down.
I know almost nothing about my mom's parents, and nothing at all about HER grandparents. Regrets..
@KMVS8686 He was 55. Had my little brother when he was 79. I'm hoping he's finally done lol
@@egyptsflame8368 damn pops ain't no joke. Had your brother at 79. He must've been rich asf to be hitting them youngins 😂😂😂
A good friend of mine is going to be 97 this month. Born in 1926. He is the "baby" of his family who are now all gone. He has long outlived 2 of his 3 children and his wife. His last living sibling passed away 25 years ago. He has more energy than most people i know at my age! Still splitting wood, still gardening and loves to fabricate with metal. He is the grandfather i never had! I am 42 years old and i enjoy every minute listening to all of his stories, even if I've heard them already. And I've learned quite a bit from him
You should record him
Record him!
David Attenborough is also 97, and still going strong. Same with Dick Van Dyke, who posts new videos on YT every so often.
My grandmother was born in 1929 and she's still alive and mentally well 😊
@@SweetyPrincessMarghe interview her too! so much knowledge that we can now preserve with recordings. I wish I had interviewed my grandparents when they were still around.
I grew up in the L.A. area so I found this particularly interesting.
When my grandmother was little, her great-great grandmother Hannah lived with them. Born in 1801 and died in 1905, she told the children bedtime stories of her lifetime including the civil war. My great aunt, who was 12 years old when Gramma Hannah died, and remembered her very well, had the foresight to write down the stories and later typed them up, giving copies to family members. They are a treasure for our family.
That's absolutely awesome
What a blessing. Such a treasure
What a treasure to have in the family.
Wow! What a treasure you have there.
Those are the best! I have a copy of my GGG Grandfather’s life story. He came from Ireland during the potato famine to the US. After retiring he and his wife moved to Los Angeles to be with their daughters and grandchildren.
My great grandmother passed away at 101 yrs young. Her daughter my grandmother passed at 100. The stories they would tell of their time growing up as lil girls were awe inspiring. My great grandmother came from England and to hear her talk about England in the Victorian era was something else, especially when I got to play with trunks up in the attic of all her old long dresses & gowns with the bustles and corsets and high lace up boots with her big hats from that time.
Something about this audio is so grounding. And humbling. This was recorded so many decades ago. And this lady is loooong gone. To hear the humanity in her voice... her perspective. Reminds me of just how short life really is. I enjoyed it.
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Well put!
I feel lucky to have basically grown up in a nursing home. All through the 80s and 90s we'd go to work with my mum, and later, I worked in health care. I've met WW1 soldiers and survivors, holocaust survivors and WW2 veterans, heard stories about the depression and how they survived, and much more. If you can, go make friends with the elderly. They enjoy the companionship, and you'll learn a lot.
Christina you are so correct! I was a LVN for 27yrs & loved caring for our elders.. so many life stories!
This is just unbelievably depressing and sad.
@@Ludydobrywhat?
@@Ludydobry We find it depressing because we worry about ourselves. If we can overcome this, we can serve the elderly better.
So true. Most of them are overjoyed to speak about their life..and tell you their stories. Rich or poor..they had GRACEFUL ways..and believed in GOD.
I think it’s so cool that she contributed to this somewhat obscure recording and now 60 years later it’s been listened to by a million people
40 years.. not 60... 1980 was only 43 years ago
@@amandaburleson2035
Based on the video title and description, the recording was made in 1964, almost 60 years ago. The woman speaking was born in 1878, not 1978.
Math is hard tho 🤷♂️
@@_dalbit ok youre ruight. ii was watching this video on little sleep very late at nigjht
It kind of makes you think about what we could contribute to the future
So amazing. This recording inspired me to ask my mother, born in the 1930's to record her, and then my father's history. She lived through the times when wood burning stoves were still common, the end of the depression, WW2, and the developments since. The grand and great-grandchildren would love it.
She sounds like a professional narrator… but it’s just her story! My goodness, how people used to talk back then! ❤
My great-great grandma was born in 1892 in Ohio. At 19 and a newlywed, she and her husband rode in a covered wagon to Kentucky. Her life as a farmers wife was starkly different than this lady, as were their children.
The only thing store bought was flour, coffe and cornmeal twice a year.
She lived to be in her 90's. She was very sweet, kind and smart. She taught me a lot.
Thanks for this lady's story. Fascinating!
Wow, how much they must have bought of those items if it was to last for 6 months!
@@aewtx
They rode into town in the spring and fall and that was an all day trip.
They lived off the land. No running water, electric or indoor plumbing. Farmed corn and tobacco for money, (which bought those goods), and had a garden.
She canned food outdoors using a big tin tub. Sulphured apples, slaughtered their own meat, had a spinning wheel to make material for clothes, linens and towels. Their mattresses was filled with corn husks.
It was a hard life. Compared to them, and most everyone else during that era, we have it easy.
It is obvious someone more advanced built all of this not these people with horse wagons, barrels of flour etc. There are also modern looking electric poles. The real question is what happened to all the people that used to live there, big city very few uncultured people living in a modern world setting doesn't add up.
@@rowingtothedream
Actually it was large sacks. During the Depression the sack companies made the cloth with pretty patterns so she used them to make clothes with, too.
Their house didn't get electricity until near the middle of last century because it was far away from the town and way out in the country.
During WWII my great-great -grandfather bought a radio. The battery was as big as a car battery! Once a week they listened to war news to save the battery.
@@rowingtothedream Just as today, the big monopolies of the day occasionally brought inventions from the urbanized East to the more rural regions out West.
Remember that the 1870's was not only cowboys and farmers. The megacorps in New York were producing all kinds of inventions and exported them West when the frontier closed.
The wealth disparity was infamous even then - 1% of American families owned 51% of the country's land property - hence the term "Gilded Age."
I could listen to her for hours. What a memory!
Amazing
Me too❤
I don't believe this is a real recording- it's a scam
Nah
@@anymongus if you watched til the end, she pauses to collect her thoughts then starts up again also at the end, the creator of the video states there were many pauses they put it all together with some points starting at mid sentence.
This is wonderful.I could listen to her talk all day.Her voice is mesmerising. I love how she ends some sentences with “ that was that.”❤
My great-grandmother came to this nation from Sicily in 1893. She used to tell us stories of her childhood in the small village she grew up in, coming to this nation by steamship, and growing up as a young woman in Cleveland, OH during the boom years of that city.
She passed at age 103.
She was a sweet and wonderful woman who loved having so many grandkids, great grandkids, and great-great grankids all around herand I still miss her to this day,
I hate I'll never have that, that's all I've ever wanted was a family and to become a great grandma. I hate this whole world
This is my personal account of an elderly woman I met years ago. It’s fairly long, so TL;DR: 109 y/o woman broke her wrist and spent a few days in the same hospital I happen to be in recovering from a car accident.
1993 - I was recovering from a near fatal car accident. This was a three week ordeal that started at one small town hospital for the first surgery, had me transferred to another for two more surgeries, and found me back at the first hospital again to recover.
The last week I was there, a 109 year old lady came in (she referred to herself as G-ma). She was there because she had broken her wrist and needed surgery to pin it together. I was just relearning how to walk again, so as I got out in the halls more on my own, I got to meet her.
The staff at the care home G-ma stayed at warned a new intern to never take her teddy bear from her because it was the only thing she had left in this world seeing as how she had outlived her entire family. Well, the first night shift the intern worked, she took the teddy bear away. G-ma broke her wrist when she punched the intern square in the jaw and knocked her out cold.
G-ma stayed at the hospital for 4 days before she went back to the care home. She was a strong woman who still cared for herself for the most part. She showered and dressed herself, fed herself, walked with just a cane, and she could crush your hand if she caught you off guard when shaking hands…something she liked to do to unsuspecting people as a joke.
I would spend hours in her room just listening to her talk about her life and everything she had seen and done. Those were some of the best hours of my life. She basically told me her history from the late 1880’s to the present (1993). She traveled the globe many times, married once, had two kids, and three grandkids.
Unfortunately her parents, her one brother, her husband, their kids, and grandkids all passed away before the 1960’s from various illnesses and fighting in wars. She lived on her own until her early 90’s. Once she could no longer drive, she decided to live in a care home to be safe.
After I was released from the hospital, I tried to find out where she was staying at, but because I wasn’t family, no one would tell me. I’ve never forgotten her though. The history I learned from her was more valuable than just about any book I’ve read or documentary I’ve watched.
She fascinated and enriched your experience while healing up....I hope you know that by sitting and just talking and spending time with her, you ALSO enriched her last days (or wks/months/years) too...why??? Because you haven't forgotten her even now even after all these years and she told you herself that she'd outlived everyone so there was nobody else to remember her...I really wish the staff would have taken your info/phone number/address and THEN delivered it TO HER so you both could continue your visits, however they would have happened. I'm sure she would have loved that......
Can you tell us some highlights about life back in the 1880’s as recalled by her conversations? 😊
@@MezzoMamma1 yes, I’m in a lot of pain right now, but I will put a few things together later today. The one thing she spoke the most about was the automobile. She absolutely loved cars and the advancements in technology get applied each year.
Thank you for that story.
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Thank you for sharing this beautiful and funny moment. I bet seeing a car or plane or electricity for the first time was as profound a paradigm shift as me experiencing the internet for the first time in the late 90s.
We have elderly people all around us right now with great memories and stories to tell all we have to do is make the time to listen to them speak.
Very true
So often, the belief is that younger folk aren't interested in what elders might share, because that is the impression they give > disinterest.
This "society" now encourages people to think of elderly people as mentally deficient and having no wisdom.
"They" don't want us to listen to the wisdom of our elders.
1:00 some sh!t don't change this is a refernce to the CHP and how they can add heights to a plot of land and change the rules if you want to
I want to change the rules dipshit i wanna do whatever the fuck i want to do boo hoo
I forgot dude's name- he was annoying though
Listening from Los Angeles. This warms my heart so much.
This was absolutely delightful. I'm so happy her niece recorded it for all of us to enjoy.
I just didn’t know how needed to hear this dear woman speak of her life in such dulcet tones. I bet she could’ve never imagined that this recording would reach over half a million people ❤
Most certainly she couldn't have. Dear lady !
@@TREVASLARK, she knew. Everyone wants their stories told.
she does have a beautiful voice.
This is an 86 year old talking??? What a beautiful voice! And she must have seen so much change.
My grandmother lived to be 101 years old! She loved to tell us scary stories and we loved hearing them. She was born in 1902. I miss her so much! I love this video!
I just can't help but to absolutely adore Pembroke myself. What a marvelous thing to do in recording this first-hand account of history for not only your family but now to share it with all the rest of the human family here as well. These historical memories are a such a wholey unique and priceless treasure.
Its incredible hearing people from those times speak on camera so even though they have long since died their stories will live on forever
Yes, it is
A priceless gift to us. ❤
There's a video of a man who had witnessed Abraham Lincoln's assassination. It's mind-boggling that we can see someone from the 1800s now in the 2020s. (He was a child during the assassination and the video was made in the mid-20th century when he was old.)
The most amazing lady I met in hospital in 2007 when I was in for a hip replacement in my early forties . The lady in the opposite bed was 88 and in for the same operation. She was the first child her mother had birthed in 1920 . Her mother had seven miscarriages one after the other. All because she was a maid in a well to do house in the early 1900s . Part of her job was to black the big kitchen ranges every morning. After she left the house to get married the doctors found she had been suffering from lead poisoning . This had caused repeated miscarriage until finally her eighth pregnancy proved successful and she had given birth to the little old lady in that ward who was now 88. How people suffered in those days !
My paternal grandfather was born in 1877… he had the most wonderful stories of coming to the Indian Territory in a covered wagon.
My Great Great Grandma was born in 1860 and she used to tell us stories about "the old days". I loved to hear what she had to say. I wish now we had recorded her stories with a tape recorder. As a child I never thought about it back then.
There are so many people today who can't believe it one you say you spoke with someone born before 1900. I do not know the year my own great great grandmother was born, or even what her name was but while she must have been born in the 1850s or so, even my great grandmother was long gone before I was born -- very few people have met there GG Grandmother as you have.
@@animalntelligence3170 The truth is, in the grand scheme of things, that wasn't that long ago. My grandpa was born in 1880 the year before the OK corral. My dad was 8 years old when Wyatt Earp died. My dad was taken by grandpa to the funeral homes to see Bonnie & Clyde. 72 years later, I had supper with Clyde's nephew. Time marches on.
@@PAUL-pz3rz I agree but also much is forgotten. I have wondered if also we have genetic memories. In my own case, I was fascinated by the title of a reader in first grade; it was only decades later that I discovered that the title of that book was the same as the street my grandmother had lived on as child, now much more than a century ago.
@@PAUL-pz3rz BTW, if your grandfather was born in 1880, would it be be great grandmother or great great that you meant? 1860 is only 20 years before.
@@animalntelligence3170 This was my Great Great on my Mothers side. The Grandpa I speak of was on my Fathers side. He was 41 when my dad was born in 1921. Two different sides of my lineage.
This recording have an infinite value. It's a true time machine. Thank you for uploading it!
I enjoyed this so much! My great grandmother (born in 1901 and passed away in 1992 at 91 years old and I was 12) she was such an amazing woman and i loved listening to her stories of growing up in the rural mountains of North Carolina! I wish I had known to record her and ask more questions back then! I still have her daughter, my grandmother, who is now 83 years old and I need to document her in this way, so we always have something to cherish. She’s the strongest and most loving person in my life. The world would be such a better place if people still carried some of these morals and characteristics from old days gone by… we obviously need progression as well, but I believe there’s a balance between the two. Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone! Over a million views! How remarkable! 🙏🏼💗💯
I could cry...her voice is laced with wisdom and grace.
Wooden sidewalks, she saw us go from horse and buggy to cars...
Her shoes, with the tassels...😏 She absolutely transforms us to another time. "I must have been a sight!" She is absolutely precious. Nowadays people record every mundane thing...and they're saying nothing of value.
She's amazing. And she would be amazed that we're so impressed. And we are. 🌹
She be ashamed of what america has become.
wee done Mia
@@oRealAlieNo Sounds like she already was by then lmao
Yes, precious !
I don't think her contemporaries would have thought what she was saying was important at the time.
In 80 years, people might find the videos we make quite interesting.
“I’ve been bullied, by my beautiful niece…”
That made me smile because I know the world bully meant something different. Her niece persuaded her with the insistence.
This whole video made me smile
it didn't mean anything different. She was just using it in a playful way. Remember, this was the 60s, 30 years after the little rascals dealing with Butch and his gang. The concept of "Bullying" was nothing new.
This was the kind of "playful", teasing speech that generation would use. I know by experience, mom and dad would be around 100 now, my grandparents around 120.
It's a standard meaning of "bullied" - pushed
She was trying to be funny/satirical. It meant similar back then. The unusualness of saying it essentially is the point of the joke. No trigger warnings or trigger word worries were popular back then so it would have been more acceptable to joke about getting bullied then than now. Now, people would worry about the joke offending or upsetting someone and thereby losing its intended comedic effect.
This is absolutely marvelous!! Rest in peace dear Mrs. Collins. Thank you for sharing your story and making a piece of history come to life. I'm so glad your niece bullied you into doing this.
I used to work at a veterinary clinic and one of our clients was in her late 90s. Whenever she came in she would talk about what times were like when she was younger and she had such interesting stories. I remember her saying getting to her age is bittersweet. She was happy she had lived so long but sad because she can no longer share memories with the people from her memories. Everyone she knew (family, friends and even her children) had passed. I had never thought about that. Wanting to reminisce with loved ones about the past but there's nobody left.
nonagenarian talking golden retriever and other fantasies, by daisy glaze....
@@YungItalianHandz I said one of our clients, not one of our patients
@@YungItalianHandz
Re read the comment.
Beautiful but yes sad.
There is a picture of Belle aka Jett Collins in public genealogy trees. She married in 1901 to a wealthy man (Arthur Collins) from England and moved to England with him until he passed away in the 1930s. Prior to that her father, and her beloved Pembroke had died in Los Angeles. She moved back to L.A. and was the last surviving child of Belle (her mother) and Cameron Thom. She had no children of her own. She died in Beverly Hills, CA. Her father was one of the original landowners for what is now Glendale, CA.
Thank you for sharing the details. I was wondering what happened to her. Do you know where she is buried?
Do you know what in business her father was employed? It sounds like he made or had inherited wealth from the East that he brought to the Los Angeles area.
@@kitchenskills5427, I just looked him up and he's got a Wikipedia page. He was a lawyer and a Confederate that had originally gone west as a 49er. Pembroke died in 1934 at age 53 and Rowena was his daughter.
@@kitchenskills5427 He first came out in 1850 for the Gold Rush. When that didn' t work out I believe he studied for the Bar Exam in California. He had a law degree from his hometown in Virginia. While practicing law, he was transferred from Sacramento area to Los Angeles. That is how ended up there. He was the mayor for the years she (the speaker, Belle Thom Collins) describes being very young and supposed to hand out the flower bouquet in the 4th of July parade. 1882-1884. He worked in the public (city attorney) and private sector. He was disbarred in California because he went back home (to Virginia) in the 1860s to fight as a Confederate in the Civil War. His first wife died by the time the war ended and he came back to California. That's when he found out the California had disbarred Confederate sympathizers. So he was really down on his luck and no money. He borrowed $300 and built back his reputation and married his wife's sister. Who was about 20 years younger than her sister (his first wife). She is the speaker's mother. Both the speaker and her mother were named Belle. Thanks for your question :)
@@MezzoMamma1 As far as what happened to her. She married a famous theater manager named Arthur Pelham Collins. He managed the Drury Lane Theater in England. This is where things get a bit shady, especially this being Victorian times...he was married and had a son. His first wife was alive when they married in 1900 in Manhattan, New York. I don't know if there was an issue with a divorce or ????? But 10 years later Belle aka Jett Collins was introduced as his wife when she then moved to England. She lived there with her step son and several servants. When Arthur died in the 1930s (so did his first wife) . Belle aka Jett moved back to the L.A. area (California) . By then her father had died and so had her beloved Pembroke. If you listen to the recording at one point she is pretending to be her younger self at school and calls herself "Jett".
They recorded this for the grandchildren, but thousands have a chance to listen. So cool! Pembroke sounds like a blast, too.
Pembroke was a wildman!
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It really touched and inspired me that the first thing she mentioned was God and the many blessings of her life🙏❤️
She went on to describe her childhood and 1880s Los Angeles in vivid detail! Thank you so much for putting this on UA-cam!
Hey you, Life in the 1800's, thanks a bunch for doing this video & posting it for us all to enjoy.
@2:42 "I've been bullied all my life by my niece to do this..." Oh my, how wish that we could reach out & thank her for doing this. What an absolute _sweetheart_ of a woman & such a great sense of humour too. 🤗💕💕
I love this. I can’t wait to get my teacher’s license in 2025, because I will definitely show this to my students in my social studies classroom! They deserve to hear this lovely lady say this wonderful testimony!
There will be no classrooms in 2025 online only ! Lol
You will most likely not be teaching,the school systems are heading to non existence with all the wake agenda BS
That's if they let you show this. Could be propaganda by then.
@@melindasmith3713 I hope not! Lol
@@jaywilson2600 you never know
Amazing. Her memory was so clear and so detailed, and she talked about her memories so beautifully, as if she was on stage and holding the audience spellbound. It is a privilege to hear her talk about her life.
Interesting thing is that she mentioned Henry Joseph Vanderlick but he wasn't born until 1900.. Grown up to be a incredibly prominent guy as she said in California, LA..
She must have meant his father or something
At the time of this recording in 1964, she was only 86 years old. At this age most elderly people still have good memory
I can't recall much of my childhood. Amazing how she remembers in such detail
Long term memory is not effected as much as short term memory. I'm 91 years old and remember more of what happen 70 years ago than what happen 7 years ago.
That is a sign she was an elite child during that time.
This brings a huge smile to my face. Such simple times and she seems so happy. I almost wish there was no internet bc I feel this is where we fail in a way. Too many choices now. Too much for us to see that we probably shouldn’t see. We can’t cure everything and shouldn’t see everything
Just a beautiful voice. She could not have an idea we would be listening to her today. God bless her heart and i never heard her curse not once
People from that era, especially ladies, men less so, avoided cursing. Cursing was considered very low class behavior.
@@MarinCipollina
Was born in late 60s and was brought up the same by a no who had me when she was older. She didn’t like the word hate either. Always said that’s a very strong word be careful how you use it. Now? Most don’t even know the true definition.
But she said belly! I'm still washing out my ears...
Of course not she had manners and respect no foul language
She's very well spoken, and descriptive. It makes me realize that we have pretty much lost the art of storytelling as a society. Great quality recording! Thank you!! (I'm from the Los Angeles area too, but born 100 years later)
Yes, everybody just does texting
Love the sound of her voice
I didn't hear her say, and like we went shopping like everyday, and like I loved it like so very much..😊
I'm from Los Angeles too 🙂
Who's we?
I feel privileged to have met my great grandmother who was born in 1884. She died when I was 7 in 1977. Time passes by so quickly doesn’t it? This stuff is so interesting. I love hearing old stories. And her voice is so sweet and soothing. Such a gentle and dear lady.
Wow, I wish I could of met someone who experienced living in the Victorian era but there is no one alive now who was alive during that time. The oldest person I met was my great grandmother born in 1916 but she died long ago when I was 5. You learn about WW1 in school so the early 1900s don’t feel so distant but you don’t hear a lot or see a lot about before then. The 1800s feel so far away, so foreign. It’s weird to think about how people actually lived in those times and experienced it themselves, it’s not just fiction from tv. I wish I could of talked to someone who experienced living through that time, the actual Victorian era, and ask them questions about their life.
Wonderful story
I was lucky to meet my great grandmothers from my mom’s family. One died when I was 4 the other when I turned 11yrs.
My great grandmother
was born in 1879.
I was 16 when she died before turning 96.
I asked her everything that I could think of!
My Great grandmother born 1887 babysat me and passed away in 1972.
Oh my gosh, I just sat back and let it play on a speaker, it was amazing. She really transports you there with her. I could listen to so many episodes of her life spoken like this. It's a shame we only have these few, but I'm so grateful we do!!!!
This was magical - eloquent storytelling is a lost art these days. Thank you for sharing!
This lady is so beautifully spoken. So clear and articulate. If only people spoke like this now.
So true! And I love her gratitude and lack of entitlement. People today seem full of knowledge but void of character and wisdom in comparison.
The way she speaks, like "bahskett" for "basket" and the way you can tell how she loves her memories, when she says, "Now! What do you think?" to punctuate her narrative.
Just because you've never met them doesn't mean they aren't well spoken. Maybe it's a reflection of you. Not everyone spoke like her!
@FC-hj9ub what you are trying to say.
Like the coffee shop girl.
I am so grateful Rowena thought to record her aunt's memories while she could! This is incredible.
I could listen to this woman talk for hours - she had the most beautiful speaking voice! Am so looking forward to Part 2. Would love to hear about her teens and young adulthood...
She's so well spoken, recounting these stories so smoothly. Gorgeous recording.
I sat with my eyes closed listening and I could picture it all. I smiled several times listening to this lovely woman.
@@TomTom-bh2wf that was a good one.. haha haha
At 86 she still had a good memory.
Same! 😌
Same here- I closed my eyes!
Thank you for posting. I did the same and thoroughly enjoyed this recording. Have a great week and remember that you are not completely dressed unless you are wearing a smile. 😊😁
This brought back so many memories. I am 40 years old. My great grandmother Stella was born in 1889. She died when she was 103 years old. I loved hearing stories between her and my grandmother, Lorna. Great grandma Stella told me about growing up in an old church house. She had "stick dolls" made of sticks and cloth. Her favorite past time was sitting by the fire playing marbles with her siblings. Eventually, she inherited her childhood home, that became a boarding house. She ran the boarding house her entire adult life until she wasn't able to in her elder years. My Grandma Lorna told me wild stories about the boarding house and how she met so many interesting people. When I was little, they talked alot about the depression era. They had kept ration books and other trinkets from that time, and passed them down to me. My grandpa Charles was in the Navy during WW2. Grandpa Charles and Grandma Lorna met shortly after he returned from WW2. Grandpa was one lucky guy. He was transferred off the USS Arizona, to another ship, ONE day before it was bombed. My grandparents bought their home in 1946, raised all 8 of their children in their 3 bedroom home and lived there all their lives. My dad is the 3rd oldest, out of 8. I also have so many fond memories of my dad's childhood home and spending time with my grandparents there. I can still remember every nook and cranny of that old house.
Bless you ma'am, & your Grannie. I actually live in my grandmothers house, which also happened to be built in 1946. We live in florida, so it's what we would call a "cracker house", which is just a simple little wood frame home. My family has lived on this property for 5 generations. My parents, who are in their late 70s, live next door, & the have many good stories, but nothing like the stories my Neena would tell. She was born in 1918, & died in 2011 from dementia. I miss her so much. She was the best friend I ever had. She was a professional seamstress, one hell of an amazing cook, & if she loved you, it was fierce. ❤
How few people had conversations with people born almost a century before them.
Yikes! My Great-Grandmother Stella lived to be 102. Born in August, I was able to be there for her 100th when I was 7 in 1970.
Wow, that story is amazing! God spared him for you when Pearl Harbor was bombed, I bet he thanked his lucky stars and God for saving him. He must have had a specific plan for him in life! Bless you dear. ❤
@@jackmessick2869 That's amazing!
Whenever i come across something like this, i am so filled with all sorts of emotions.
First i am astonished that these documents exist, where people tell about their youth and lives, sometimes audio only, sometimes video even, made from old film and its so interesting to hear about those times long gone.
With video and audio, you get so much more than just reading about something in the past. It somehow always stays distant if its written words, but if its a real person, telling it, it becomes alive and you get all the nuances of dialect, breathing, pitch, trembles in the voice and so on.
And it then always dawns on me that these people are long gone aswell. They are here, talking to me, but long gone the same. Thats somehow a miracle too.
And then i always think about my own life and experiences, which are increasingly further away aswell. Im not american, but dutch, but even during my 63 years on the planet, things have changed SO much that thinking back to how things were, is not only a travel in time anymore, but a travel to another world. I tried to explain it to my children when they were teenagers, how much things have changed, and even though they listen and try to understand, the true realisation and the consequences of it all, dont dawn on them. Its to them, i suppose, another planet, which cannot be understood. Typing this now, i realize im probably closer to this lady in Los Angeles in 1880, than to the world here and now in 2024. I guess im increasingly becoming a relic from the past.
It always makes me sad aswell. But at the same time, some form of happy, that i experienced this, as a breeze gently moves the leaves of a beautiful flower and then the storm blows it apart. The memory is still there. I can try to explain the flower, but youd have to see it. And it wasnt all easy and fun either, bc there were many thorns aswell.
Still, all in all, id go back to that world any day. Im so homesick, longing to go back to that world, every day. I obviously dont like this one.
Maybe i feel too much. I remember as a kid and youngster, even young adult, i was always amazed that my mothers grandfather was born in 1889... and he was still alive till the 1980ies. I couldnt talk much with him, for one, bc as a youngster not seeing him all that much, when adults were talking, you werent supposed to say anything.
It always amazed me that he was born when nobody had ever flown even. Heck, even my own granddad was born in 1910, before humans could fly. There were no cars here. No telephone. No washing machines. I remember being at my grandparents in the 60ies and 70ies and life was still so peacefull, quiet and content. Nobody said 'im in a hurry, quick quick quick. busy busy busy'. People always found the time for some words. But they didnt waste time either. They were hard workers and needed to be. Nobody was overweight. Nobody talking nonsense. People didnt lie, bc if caught in a lie, oh my, youd be austracized. You instantly would have a bad name and nobody would trust you again. People also cared. Nobody was left behind and complete strangers would help you. Everybody was friendly. Life was pretty simple.
I dont envy youngsters living now. I hate my body starts to fail me, hate getting old and weak. But other than their physical strength and beauty, i dont envy them, bc they are living in an increasingly sick and depraved world. And it doesnt look like its getting better anytime soon. In fact, it looks like its going to horrible things very fast. No, i dont envy them. I pity them and fear for my children. The path we are on is not good at all.
Wish you all the best
from an old dutch relic that once was.
You think a lot like some of us who grew up with great parents grandparents and family yes i fear for my grandchildren the way society is changing for the worst God help us
@@armandogonzales1365 Indeed, God help us.
What a recording treasure! I loved listening to this grandma’s memory tour. Such a talented storyteller!
I recorded my great grandma telling about her and my great grandfather's history as they were San Diego natives. She was born in 1898. I have a video of it actually, I recorded it in the early 90's. I consider it a priceless piece of our family history, and we all still live in San Diego.
you should most definitely upload that!
Please share it!
We need authentic history. Please share it. 🙏
Yes please!!
Oh that would be great to see
You get the feeling this woman has never cussed or used vulgar language, EVER. pure class and refinement.
I wish more people would aspire to that now.
"Ohhhh FIDDLESTICKS! The blasted cow kicked over the kerosene."
@@alansands256 🤣
@@alansands256 For sure! 😂😂
Would be great if more were still like her today.. Sad that just about anything goes in today's society. 😢
I love this ! It’s so informative and nostalgic! Before she mentioned she was rich with a mansion, I already guessed it by How articulate she was. The best part to me, is her sense of humor. I love that about her. The way she explained and expressed some things are just absolutely Funny. She’s so adorably cute! What a good memory and recall she had! Makes me wish I could go back in time!Thank you for sharing!
i'm grateful for this recording ❤❤❤
What a sweet woman! This is a treasure to keep forever. Her voice is so soothing! I loved when she said: " thank God there were no sirens back in those days". She seems to have been a very good-hearted, sensitive old lady.
Yeah! She opened with gratitude to the Lord for her life. Such grace and respect. ❤
Such a wonderful lady 🥰
There were sirens but they were Hand cranked and not readily available.
But WARS make everything available and cheap.....
As a Brit, I find this fascinating. The rhoticiy and precision of her speech is the most fascinating thing I've heard. I've always wondered where the American accent came from, but this shows a continuum from an English to an American accent. It does sit somewhere in the middle of an English and American accent.
I did notice she lengthened her "A's" a bit like the English pronunciation, but this was not the average way of speaking. This lady came from a wealthy society family and at that time it was fashionable for the elite to have an almost pseudo- English accent as a sign of their "class". All private schools taught their pupils to speak this way and it came to be known as the "Mid-Atlantic" accent. This lady does not have it completely, because by the time of her recording it may have worn off a bit. For a good example of a true Mid- Atlantic accent, watch any of Katherine Hepburn's early films.
I agree. Obviously she was from a well to do family. Probably from back east. Nonetheless, charming.
I just watched a documentary on Ethel Kennedy, the wife of RFK called “Ethel”. She was also born into a very wealthy family but her father was a completely self-made man. Ethel is still alive, but I think the documentary was made around 2010 or earlier. Anyway her 11 children called her and RFK Mummy and Daddy just like the Brits! It wasn’t Mammy and Daddy like the Irish. She referred to herself and her husband that way while being interviewed by her children. She also had a mid Atlantic accent but she was from a very upper class family. She is warm, intelligent, high spirited, resilient and a great sports woman who was still slim after after birth, due I imagine from the amount of exercise she did. She was famous in the family for being highly competitive and always playing to win, even with her own kids! She did also clearly have a household of domestic staff, although unfortunately that reality wasn’t examined closely in the documentary.
@@viviennedunbar3374 just wonderful remembering special and things that made them special and wonderful for the rest of the family! God bless them all!
Yes. The old “posh” American accent was like English-light.
Delightful, thank you. She had a lovely speaking voice, I could listen to her for hours.
Wow, what a great memory this woman has! Loved listening to this. Some of my family history is out of L.A. Glad I came across this!
Her CORRECT vocabulary, her PROPER diction, is spellbinding. People seemed to speak differently now compared with how she sounds.
She's just enchanting.
You never hear mothers telling their children to 'speak clearly and distinctly'
People now speak like degenerate uneducated animals. I don’t even know what people are talking about half the time, because they are either mumbling, or making up words that totally don’t exist. Unfortunately, this is what happens when the unions get involved, the federal government gets involved, and even the state government. They dumb everyone down, and the more of a degenerate you are, the more you are praised.
@@deborahdean8867In general, no. Some, however, do.
I wish I knew elderly people like the woman from this video. Today's elderly are bumbling fools who believe all the nonsense they read online on fb or hear from Tucker and most of them have no good stories to tell either.
People today have no idea how to behave and are losing their soul. Back then God was important. Society is losing this.
My grandfather was born in 1876 and died in 1965. He was a farmer and owned a livery stable when he was young and served as postmaster in town when he got older. I remember him as a kind and hard-working man.
What a contrast of development between 1876 to 1965 he really lived from the first industrial revolution to the second woooow that is a HUGE change
my great great aunt lived to 101 died in 2021 her husband lived until 100 died in 2015 their stories were amazing and I miss them
I love how she talks..reminds me of my grandmothers, especially great-grandmother. I love how she says, "and that was that!"
I had a great great grandmother that turned 100 in 1996 she told me about traveling in wagons and how life was when she was a little girl! It was so neat! I had never known someone who lived that long ago and was amazed by it!
She passed away right before her 101 birthday. I had another great great grandma that lived to be over 102 as well
This evokes memories of my Grandmother, recounting tales from her youth. I cherish those moments and miss her dearly.
This is so wonderful to listen to; reminds me of the beautiful stories my grandmother used to tell. She was born in the 20s and was a proud first generation American. My deepest regret is not recording her...we foolishly thought we would have more time with her. Thank you for sharing!
I’m in awe of her very descriptive storytelling of her childhood. I don’t know about how any of you feel, but I feel like I was there when she was growing up, like I was born in that era instead of being born in 1970.
She had such an amazing childhood. I’m so very, very grateful that her great-niece had her record what her childhood was like, because that’ll be preserved for generations to come. I’m honored, in some way, to have heard such brilliant words coming from a phenomenal woman.
May she rest peacefully in her eternal slumber.
That’s how I would feel listening to my own grandmother’s stories. I really felt connected to that time period as I listened to her talk about the 1920s and 1930s.
I agree with you. It was humbling to listen to Mrs Collins’ recollections of a bygone era and yes I was right there with her. I’m from the U.K. and found it fascinating.
❤❤ I can listen to this wonderful woman day long!! She reminds me of my Mother, she use to tell me her stores as a child and I loved her for it, and ask for more. Is this the only recording of!!! Any one knows please?
@@lorencast Im in the UK Loren and here in our local history centre they keep recordings in their archives of local people talking about their past, so maybe you can find something similar where you live. Libraries could help you perhaps. Wasnt this fascinating? I remember asking 95 year old grandmother to tell me a bit about her earlier days, but sadly she couldnt remember a lot as her memory was going. So I missed an opportunity there. I have a lot of time for older people, I could listen to them for hours just talking about their earlier lives.
My grandmother, born in 1912, spoke in much the same fashion about her childhood in Cleveland, Ohio. My great grandmother was born in 1889, but sadly she would mostly lament about how things had changed instead of sharing stories of her youth. Her home was like a time capsule, filled with fine antiques, mostly things that her parents and grandparents had owned. The majority of those items my grandfather drove to the city dump when she passed. I never knew why.
I loved her story about the dog pulling her brother from the water "by his britches" and I loved how the pet parrots would call out "Pembroke," and little Pembroke (such a great name!) would come running, only to find he had, once again, been duped by the parrots!
I could listen to her for the whole day and I am so grateful this was posted. She sounds like she was truly a lovely person.
It's so, so sweet to hear her talk about how much she adored him 🥹❤️
How wonderful. I absolutely loved listening to this amazing woman. Having lived in Los Angeles for 10 years, I laughed out loud when she said, "...and it's crowded and smelly, smoggy now..." because L.A. reached 11,000 people in population. What a lovely lady Rowena and her niece are. Thank you for preserving such a terrific piece of history. Wonderful.
I’m so excited for the second part of this! I’ve shown so many people this video. I Just think she’s so charming.
The way she spoke w such love & adoration for her baby brother made me sad in the best way. I wonder how Pembroke passed away, she spoke of him in the past tense. These type of recordings are priceless. ❤
Yes-that was so sweet of how she spoke of her little brother. ❤
Pembroke...he lived on in her heart...🌹
@@miapdx503And now he lives in ours ☺️
I loved how clear and understandable she talked it really helped paint the picture! I love how beautiful and quiet was the picture she painted of the story. One with nature,1800 hundred's things were very simple yet you still had to work very hard to get by,
Literally...
I sometimes think about how much more quiet the world was back then.
@@PAUL-pz3rz
Which is why sane people live in suburbs… until it gets ruined by two specific demographics moving in, and then my peeps flee to a different suburb/small town that hasn’t been tarnished as much. Never ending continuous Wyt flight.
My family used to live in L.A. county, and we moved to a fantastic suburb 25 minutes north when bussing of us kids to a terrible deep part of LA to force mix us started in the ‘70s. I thank the stars that my folks made that wise decision, giving me a great childhood.
In her formative years there was no media like radio, TV, and movies to distract from life in the present. People would spend their days interacting with one another and that would include sharing with others what they had seen or did. This likely contributed to developing stronger conversational and observational skills.
@@vidpie
And stronger tight knit families and communities!
They don’t call it TV “programming” for nothing!
This was absolutely wonderful to listen to. Her retelling her memories really paint a picture. Plus her diction & general speech are so sweet. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Feels weird to hear about Los Angeles being a town tbh. Buts it’s neat to hear about what things were like back then
Really remarkable to have someone tell us memories of their life from the 1880s- 140 years ago. This makes that era come alive.
My dad was born in 1911 and his father was born one year after the end of the civil war. One thing I remember my dad telling me and whether it's true or not I have no way of knowing. He said his dad told him when he was a kid people didn't carry around guns everywhere when they were in public. He also said that the "bad guys" generally didn't have any face-to-face shootout, they usually got shot in the back when people got fed up with their bad behavior.
Every area was different.
A lot of people think tv and movies are factual
True. The other is Hollywood fantasy.
My G-G Grandfather was sheriff of Canadian County, Oklahoma Territory in the 1890's. He had jurisdiction over the lands of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes, the Darlington Agency, and Fort Reno. Things were much more violent there at the time, and his goal was trying to keep people from wearing their guns everywhere...even to church. Nobody felt safe without them. Not only the Indians, but those who would illegally trade with them. Then the itinerant outlaws passing through. If you're ever in Yukon Oklahoma, go to the main cemetery across from the old Yukon High School. It was built literally as a boot hill cemetery along the Chisolm Trail. You'll find plenty of people buried there who were murdered during that period. My family who lived there had the last name of Shacklett, and there's plenty of stories about them. One is of Stonewall Shacklett, who was framed for a murder at a post office. The point I'm trying to make is, some places weren't nearly as safe as your grandfather's area.
He was telling the truth. The wild west us pretty much dime store novel myth. Most cities and towns had strict gun laws. No open carry and if you were just visiting, the local sheriff made you turn in side arms till you left
This is such a treasure!
My great grandma was born in 1885 and my dad interviewed her in 1978 about her brothers and sisters and what her life was like as she grew up and got married. Her parents had come to America from Denmark, so she also talked about how her mother didn't talk much with the locals because she didn't know English and didn't want them to think she was stupid, so she kept to the Danish population in the area. I love that I have that recording on my iPhone now so I can still hear her stories and sweet giggle any time I want to!
A woman from my church passed away last week at 100 years old. It's amazing to me to think about the changes she saw in her lifetime and I've often thought about the changes my great grandma saw in her lifetime between 1885 and 1982. Amazing!
I wish we’d all done that incl my mom and dad to theirs and me to them. I don’t have kids so I guess it’s my niece and nephews if they want. Who knows.
I would have liked to have known Belle and Pembroke. Delightful stories from a sentimental heart. Her memories are a precious glimpse into a different world. I am enchanted by her telling of it.
I’m not American but I love this one. Her incredible command of the language, at the time she was “interviewed” is amazing. Her description of the time is detailed. She belongs to my grandmother’s age/era.
I hope there’s more of her “interviews.”
Thank you for sharing this wonderful recording. ❤️🇵🇭❤️
My microplastics-ridden brain will never be able to recall this much at her age. So glad records like this exist!
She grew up in a much cleaner world free of almost all nasty chemicals and pesticides. When I was a kid in the 1970's, my dad organic gardened before it was a "thing". I remember pulling a sweet carrot out of the earth, wiping it in my shorts and eating without washing it. The flavor was unimaginable. Man, we ate well and didn't know the difference.
Right?! 🤦♀️
This is the most clear crisp audio I have ever heard from 1964, almost makes me think this is ........
So great that her niece did this. I am 38, days away from 39. My wife never met my Grandpa. He was a wonderful man. I wish I would've done this with him. He could tell stories so great. He was so captivating. My youngest boy would have loved that.
So, so very cool that her niece insisted that she record her stories.
“Well that was that.” Love to hear this lady and the memories she shares. God bless her soul.
This was magical! Her accent was so eloquent, and her diction was beautiful. I wish her interview had been longer. Simply lovely to hear of her sweet memories…❤
Personally I think she sounded younger than her niece 😊
Her saying Hwite instead of White is very interesting. I imagine she got it from her parents, having moved from Virginia.
@JesusFriedChrist That pronunciation of wh was fairly common throughout all of the US until fairly recently, even outside the south. Nixon and Reagan, both of whom are from California, used that pronunciation. The simple w sound that we use today, was present mostly only in east coast cities before the 1960s.
Sounds like a mixture of british and American english it's beautiful
@@marshawargo7238YES!!!! I hear it too
So great to hear these stories. She sounds so humble. Thanks for sharing!!!
Her accent and speech are amazing! Wish they still spoke like this.
Truly, a beautiful thing ...a voice from the past.Her teacher, "...from between the covers of a Dickens novel".... Thank you Ma'am!
She actually said from in BETWEEN the covers. :)
@@LadyPashta ...well spotted if not a tad pedantic lol
This was a bit before my grandmother’s generation (sometimes called the Lost Generation) & they all still astound me. They went from this to an age of computers and space travel. They lost husbands and then sons in two world wars. Struggled through Spanish flu and polio epidemics & the Great Depression. Others also suffered under the terror of Jim Crow. My Grandma was a woman of few words. Very little could impress her. As I enter my 60’s, I truly begin to understand why.
Amen
Awomen!
Me too. 63 now, it goes so fast. My 4 grand parents were born from 1890 to 1910. I too am amazed what they had to live, the wars, depression.
They were not the lost generation. The lost generation consisted of the young adults that came of age during WW1. She was a member of the generation before the Lost Generation. The children of the Gilded Age
Exactly. I think of my grandmother, born in 1896, less than 8 years before the Wright brothers flew their plane at Kitty Hawk. Fast forward 73 years, and I sat with her watching men walk on the moon. Amazing.
Your own memories will, one day, seem this nostalgic and wonderful to younger generations. We are all unique and our experiences valuable and beautiful. Thanks to everyone willing to share their stories.
This is amazing! Thank you for posting it.
This interview reminds me of the talks I had with my great-grandmother in the 1970s. She was 92, at the time. She recounted the Chicago fire, and life back then. It was precious!
Mrs. Collins remembers so much! She is really a hoot! A wonderful storyteller. What a time to be alive and to have your father the mayor. She had many privileges I'm sure her peers didn't have. She really loved her little brother. What a sweet woman! Thank you for letting us hear about the good ole days! ❤
I am sure that any modern person who went into the past she is speaking about would miss very many things we have today. Most houses were still lit by open flame, telephones were rare and of course flying across country would be impossible for half a century -- driving across country took weeks until the highway system of the 1950s.
@@animalntelligence3170 Not to mention the lack of indoor plumbing and outhouses. We may have car pollution but horse manure everywhere is worse.
@@Lazcomeforth Well according to her it smelled much better in her day lol I think things just smelled different for her. I'm sure if you grew up with no plumbing, less showers and clothes changes, etc. one would be accustomed to the smell and what came later would be bad. Maybe we are too accustomed to the smell of smog and pollution that we hardly notice it.
What great stories and lovely storytelling.
This is absolutely wonderful! I’m so glad she was willing to record this! Delightful!
What an absolute treasure this recording is. Thank you for sharing!