What you wrote is very identical to what I wrote on another video about Ben. I said he isn’t hurting anyone, so same thing. He comes across as highly intelligent and dedicated to something that he has made his passion. No harm in that. He’s a likeable fellow.
This made me smile so much, especially when they read the book and we’re getting excited I couldn’t stop smiling. I’m glad there’s people that still do this so the history isn’t lost as long as people still keep it alive :)
We always had meals together, we had a large garden and grew our vegetables. The kids friends loved to be here at mealtime. They sat in astonished silence as we talked, laughed, shared and debated. They still mention it now 5 years after graduation, how they enjoyed the feeling of family our home shared with them. I had no idea every family didn't live this way, I just thought it was daily life.
Anytime I've seen any video, with Ben, I immediately stop and watch it. He is such gentleman. So well dressed, well spoken and a lovely personality. Plus, I truly love seeing him and his home. As someone that dresses and decorates in vintage style daily, I appreciate what it takes to live the type of life that makes you happy. I have to say, it's difficult sometimes when people assume we live the way we do because it's some kind of fetish or that it's because we seek attention.
There is actually a very big community of us who dress vintage or have a vintage lifestyle. I think a lot of people aren't aware of how many of us there are. Its also worth noting vintage style, not vintage values.
@@bhs3871 it the case of simply posting online- Instagram is the best place and with hashtags you’ll attract a following. That and following brands who reproduce vintage clothing helps
@@charliestevensmee9324 we are online actually. It isn’t a physical group you would join online or anything but a community that will have people following each other like on Instagram etc. We also have brands that we all wear, we go to trade shows and events and meet up etc as well
I absolutely loved watching that, thank you for producing it. Ben is so lovely, if I knew him I would be making excuses to pop round for a cuppa regularly just to lose myself for a while in that warm vintage home and enjoy his company. Too right we all love a bit of English eccentricity ❤
It was through a BBC news report on RU-vid that brought me to your channel and I think you did a great documentary on Ben and his hobby! You asked him some very good questions and he answered them really well…. I think for me, he made some excellent points as to the way modern life is but he has to sometimes come into the 2020’s whilst preserving a bygone era! I really am impressed with his dedication 🙌
I can’t believe the book part!! I was gobsmacked! It was literally him and his house!! From that book!! I just loved that...never seen anything like it b4, and I think I have read that book as a child...it looks familiar.
He's such a lovely guy. I'm just a little obsessed with all things 1940s too. There's a big scene in the East of England with a huge 1940s Weekend in Huntingdon that people from all over the world travel to. (Present circumstances not withstanding). Looks like this guy has a lovely balance in his life. Power to him.
I have always loved the aesthetic of that book, too!! We had the board book, and my third child ate it (lol), so I've just ordered another copy to make sure I have it around for my grandbabies. What a blessing to have had such an adored childhood and Nan, and such a treasure to be able to preserve it in the aesthetic and style of one's home. I don't think there's anything loopy or weird about it at all.
I first saw a short interview on bbc with Ben was so glad you spent more time with him ! If he ever needed money he could open his house up for tours ! It really is amazing !
This was lovely! His house looks so much like my grandparents' house did. So many happy memories of sitting near the fire while I dried off after a bath as a small child, and of bringing the coal in, laying the fire (feeling very growed up) and the like. Even then, inthe 80s, it was like stepping back in time. I'd love to spend a weekend there, cooking forties food and experiencing my grandma's lifestyle - if nothing else I suspect I'd appreciate all the modern time and labour saving tech HUGELY afterwards! May your gods bless you Ben, and your fella and your little dogs too
I found this short film of Bens home so, tranquil ,and soothing, it so reminded me of my grans home, no grand possessions, just real honest reflection of how things were, thankyou Ben for transporting me back to happy childhood memories, long may you continue, best regards
I've really enjoyed this. What a really lovely fella and you two seem like you get along wonderfully. I can imagine you becoming really great pals. I hope you stayed in touch.
I love that book 'Peepo' by Janet & Allan Ahlberg & bought it for my son who was born in 1988. We loved the illustrations & the story. I still have it in my bookcase in the study. Shirley Hughes is another brilliant children's author & illustrator having created the Alfie & Annie Rose series although they were set later than the 1940's Loved this video, thank you for airing it ❤
As a gay man. Even though I don't live in period. But I find myself attractive to masculinity from different time periods. Today, men are somewhat feminized.
Originally from this video. I liked how he wore suspenders. They could really help frame a mans physic. The slick combed hair was very attractive. 1970's mens fashion, is another era I like. Shirts unbottoned to mid-chest. Facial hair and chest was very common. 1950's mens military haircuts. 1980's mens leather jackets and denim trousers were very attractive. Victorian mens swimwear is very inspiring. Today mens fashion is very androgynous and feminized. It doesn't suit a man, it remains in a gray area between man and woman.
@@troysierra5228 I know, sometimes you are not sure if you're looking at a guy or a girl. Men definitely lack masculinity these days, it's very unattractive.
I don’t live the 40s but I have mementoes because the 40s were my parents era and I was the eldest of 3 children so had the greatest benefit/impact of their life experiences and love that era-the styles, the music, the history... it feels like home.
Just said to my husband that me and this man would get on like a house on fire, I watch mainly old shows were my husband goes in another room and watches all the new icky tv programmes.
The journalist was very simple minded in that he chose to think he had the answers to it all with that children's book. It bothered him not to understand Why 1940's? WHY all this? So he found a quick fix to his frustration, and nearly convinced Ben with his "I know you" psychology. This is a good example of modern day ignorance and modern day fear-of-the-unknown.
I loved this that green crockery we had them in hospitals when I had my daughter in 1977 I don’t find you strange I love the 1950’s-1960’s style I love veg dresses I love rock & roll fantastic thank you for sharing sending love and prayers always keep safe xx❤️🙏🏻🇬🇧
100% ✔️ Good on you! I work for the National Trust and have lived in homes in the Victorian era and the 1940’s period, so I understand how living with your life surrounded by original items from the past makes you feel. Its Great! A piece of advise, Clean your windows 🪣🧽🚰 😉😀
If we live a completely digital life there will be nothing to show of you when your gone and the server's get switched off. Quite sad really. I think if we were sensible we could take a little of every decade and use it going forward for a better life. The past isn't always worth leaving behind.
I think he has made a wonderful life for himself. We all decorate in our own individual style. It’s must be such fun and interesting creating what is a perfect moment in time. It’s like a living museum ❤
Dress up? He dresses in classic men's style that is still worn today: shirt, tie, dress shoes, dress jacket. In the 40s boys dressed like men, in 2020 men dress like boys with their t-shirts and sneakers. "There is an iPad there!"...I'm sure if he looked out back he would find a certain iconic police blue box with a bit of space and time dust on it.
This was absolutely fabulous I enjoyed it very much and have actually ordered the book peeppo After seeing the show because I’m doing up at 1940s kitchen within my modern life everything he talks about resonates with me and my growing up
Peepo by Janet and Alan Ahlberg is still a popular today. My children always loved it and I have kept it for when they have children of their own. What a lovely man, very eco friendly too!
There's a thing called re-incarnation. It's a matter of believing in it or not, but in this case it seems rather obvious to me. That guy chose to live that way, because it reminded him of when he was really happy the last tim around. The fact, that he looks like that character in the book, it's not because he turned himself into him because he read it as a child. It's rather like that book was given to him in this life to establish that connection with his previous life. I've noticed similar things with people I met, and a lot of it can be explained that way. Maybe, in that past life, he had survived the war, happily returned home and that feeling was so intense that he carried it over to his present life. Something rather beautiful really.
I would love his house that is like the dream. I love the 40s to and am yet to accomplish a 40s home but it's a goal to incorporate more of the 40s aesthetic into my life instead of just the clothing i wear or the events I attended pre covid.
