A channel about people & places near and far; traditions old and newer
I’m a retired university lecturer. I like to :
🔸 share social history videos to show how things used to be for everyday people so we can learn about and remember those people and times
🔸 help people to learn languages by sharing language learning videos, information about culture and history of their target language to help them learn and remember
🔸 share information about some disabled folk who are often forgotten so we can learn about them and remember them.
I’m interested in the way things were, and in the way they are now - both at home and abroad.
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This is amazing, it reminds me of my family photographs… we don’t have any video, it’s amazing you have got such great footage. People were dressed up so smart then… I remember my dad always wearing a hat. Thanks for sharing this and I hope you make more 👍
Thank you. I like to watch it because all those children look so sweet. Nearly all of them lived in a poor, industrial part of Leeds, yet somehow their parents/grandparents managed to get them all complete outfits from top to toe. I get a bit sentimental and hope that they have all had good lives. 🌺
Survey of twelve tourist nations Urlaubtours asked 8,100 Germans about their assessment of tourists from twelve nations. In addition to their own compatriots, the survey focused on the British, Chinese, French, Italians, Japanese, Dutch, Austrians, Poles, Swiss, Americans and the aforementioned Russian citizens. The British are in no way inferior to the Russians The poor manners also play a decisive role in the low popularity of the Brits, who occupy the penultimate place in the list of favourites. In addition, 42 percent of those surveyed consider the eating habits of the British to be inappropriate and perceive them as rather unattractive.
Please note everyone. There was an error in the video. Bonfire night is on 5 November every year, although some people prefer to celebrate it on the weekend instead of midweek
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I remember going around all the neighbour's houses wearing our new Whitsuntide clothes with an old childhood friend. We were often given a thru'penny bit or a sixpence as we did a twirl for our audience :-)
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I’m glad if you enjoyed the video. I made it because my mum and I were in lockdown and I couldn’t see her. I had to miss her 90th birthday. I was desperate for her to understand how much I love her. I’m the little blonde girl in a white dress in the old cine film. My brother, my mum, and her parents are in the cine film, too. I added the other photos of all the other children in their Whitsuntide clothes to remind everyone of what a lovely time it was. Happy memories.
