Lord I can imagine sitting in that living room listen her talk with the smell of peas cooking on the stove! enjoyed this so much, so sorry an sad about her daddy and hard times tho.
When she said the word "extra" as "extry", that made me smile. My Nana was born and raised in East Stone/Big Stone Gap Virginia and she said that word exactly the same. :-) The first thing I remember my Nana saying to me when I was a small child was, "Lindy, eat yur ceral... (Eat your cer-ea-al) :-)
My grandmother once told me they lived like this...as a young kid..and everyone in the area came to visiting them..and if there were ever an emergency in the wee hours of the morning..they always knew where to go for help..her mother would be up mostly all night..mending the older childrens clothes for school.She would always have the hot coffee brewing on the old wood stove.
I enjoyed this so much. What a sweet lady! My Mom would talk about the depression with tears in her eyes. They had it really hard. The bank took their farm because granddaddy got hurt and couldn’t work it. Grandmother was not in good health either at that time. It was hard times. My mom used to save everything like twist ties from bread, the bread sacks, butter plastic dishes. I asked her one day why she kept all these things and she said it was from the depression. They saved everything and found a use for it somewhere. I loved to hear her tell about it, just as I enjoy this sweet lady tell her story. It makes me appreciate what we have today.
thank you for posting this interview with your grandmother watched all three and loved them i really enjoy older people they have so much to share.........
My grandmother was born around Wise--Roaring Fork to be exact. Her story is a lot like this lady's story. Her dad died when she was around 7 and her mother had about 8 kids to support by herself. These people should be teaching our children history before they're gone forever.
Am I the only person who thinks this type of chronology should be viewed on mainstream television instead of the usual pointless, meaningless trash that is on now?
Very few people have any memory of, or can imagine how difficult it is to prepare the ground for a garden manually, without a tiller or anything. Sod is very difficult. Even something that's been previously the season before, this is backbreaking work. And holy moly does it take forever just to put in 6 by 6 ft! And if you were lucky enough to have a beast of burden to pull an old fashioned tiller, it still was no picnic LOL. Still backbreaking.
My Aunt and her 4 sisters lived in an old Victorian house. Kerosene heat and cook stove And they all lived on the first floor in the winter. Goose eggs and chicken dinners. They were all spinster ladies
I was born and reared in Omar, WV, and my daddy was born and reared in Pine Creek. I daddy was James Norman Bailey and he was the son of Huda Lane Bailey and Dixie Mae Curry Bailey.
She is precious! The only thing wrong with these videos is that they're not long enough. God bless you sweet lady!
I'm 44 years old and I often thank about how nice it would be to live in that simpler time, God bless this lady for sharing her story.
Love this wonderful lady. She is my great aunt. Elmer, her brother was my grandpa.
what a sweet lady , I just love older people and their stories
What a sweetheart! We could learn a lot from these old timers!🥰
Lord I can imagine sitting in that living room listen her talk with the smell of peas cooking on the stove! enjoyed this so much, so sorry an sad about her daddy and hard times tho.
What a gracious, classy and gentle lady. The world was a better place for her being in it. Thanks so much for this wonderful series.
The Lord bless this gentle lady 💔
When she said the word "extra" as "extry", that made me smile. My Nana was born and raised in East Stone/Big Stone Gap Virginia and she said that word exactly the same. :-) The first thing I remember my Nana saying to me when I was a small child was, "Lindy, eat yur ceral... (Eat your cer-ea-al) :-)
These stories are so important. I'm young but I'm already chronicalling my life for my kids. I want them to know what times we live through now
My grandmother once told me they lived like this...as a young kid..and everyone in the area came to visiting them..and if there were ever an emergency in the wee hours of the morning..they always knew where to go for help..her mother would be up mostly all night..mending the older childrens clothes for school.She would always have the hot coffee brewing on the old wood stove.
I enjoyed this so much. What a sweet lady! My Mom would talk about the depression with tears in her eyes. They had it really hard. The bank took their farm because granddaddy got hurt and couldn’t work it. Grandmother was not in good health either at that time. It was hard times. My mom used to save everything like twist ties from bread, the bread sacks, butter plastic dishes. I asked her one day why she kept all these things and she said it was from the depression. They saved everything and found a use for it somewhere. I loved to hear her tell about it, just as I enjoy this sweet lady tell her story. It makes me appreciate what we have today.
A lovely, brave lady. God Bless her.
What a sweet, sweet lady 💕
What a valuable legacy. So glad that you recorded and posted this interview.
God bless her!
thank you for posting this interview with your grandmother watched all three and loved them i really enjoy older people they have so much to share.........
I'm from Wise, VA area. God bless you for sharing this.
My grandmother was born around Wise--Roaring Fork to be exact. Her story is a lot like this lady's story. Her dad died when she was around 7 and her mother had about 8 kids to support by herself. These people should be teaching our children history before they're gone forever.
History being presrved...
I love your granny.
Am I the only person who thinks this type of chronology should be viewed on mainstream television instead of the usual pointless, meaningless trash that is on now?
This sounds like a blessed life. ☺️ As hard as it was still seems a blessed life. Lodie
Very few people have any memory of, or can imagine how difficult it is to prepare the ground for a garden manually, without a tiller or anything. Sod is very difficult. Even something that's been previously the season before, this is backbreaking work. And holy moly does it take forever just to put in 6 by 6 ft! And if you were lucky enough to have a beast of burden to pull an old fashioned tiller, it still was no picnic LOL. Still backbreaking.
My Aunt and her 4 sisters lived in an old Victorian house. Kerosene heat and cook stove And they all lived on the first floor in the winter. Goose eggs and chicken dinners. They were all spinster ladies
she is a treasure
thanks for sharing your family history treasure this video it is a part of your life as well
This makes me feel close to my grandpa
My dad is from a Town Called Clintwood,Va.
Hard Times. But Simpler Times.
Loved this ty
I was born and reared in Omar, WV, and my daddy was born and reared in Pine Creek. I daddy was James Norman Bailey and he was the son of Huda Lane Bailey and Dixie Mae Curry Bailey.