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The Aristocracy - Letting in the Hoi Polloi: 1945-1970 2nd part 

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The Aristocracy series was originally aired on the BBC. Each episode explores a period in the history of Britain's noble classes. Focusing on the decline of this class in the modern world, each tape offers a glimpse into a world only the privileged are intimately familiar with. In this particular episode, viewers explore the post-war years and their effects on the upper classes. For most families, times were hard and led many to open their doors for tours, and to mix, for the first time, with the common people of Britain. ~ Rob Ferrier, Rovi
First broadcast: 1997

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@OrganMusicYT
@OrganMusicYT Год назад
It's always sad that some of these houses never made it. They were, and are, monuments to the artistry and craftmanship of our ancestors, regardless of who owns them.
@madeleine8977
@madeleine8977 6 лет назад
I seriously love this guy...he was a survivor and had a sense of humor to boot!
@citizen1163
@citizen1163 4 года назад
Sir Charles Wolseley reminds me of James Hewitt. Charles kept his sense of humour to the end despite losing everything in his attempt to build a business to maintain his 1,000yr old ancestral home.
@truthseeking6611
@truthseeking6611 Год назад
2.5 million pounds for a 10 acre garden? His wife was right, she should've kept her mouth shut. It only takes one dumb decision to piss off a fortune.
@williamcahill2487
@williamcahill2487 5 лет назад
I've seen this man Sir Charles Wolseley on television before I came across this same "video" on RU-vid. I admire his stoicism; his wife's, as well.
@deeppurple883
@deeppurple883 Год назад
I'm Irish and proud of our building's regardless of who owned them. Same in GB. ✌🏻☘️
@davidhappybagstravel3843
@davidhappybagstravel3843 5 лет назад
When I view these I can not help but wonder how it must feel to be so privileged for some that never know anything less. I'm guessing that for most, they could not have survived the real world as most really know. I am also so inspired by all of these homes and the people who to them are just home. Much abundance to all of you who pass here.
@mscott3918
@mscott3918 4 года назад
Of course they can survive in the real world. The aristocracy will flourish because it can adapt to change. Running an estate isn't easy. It takes hard work and dedication. Something lacking from quite a few people in what you call the real world.
@senecaknowledge2274
@senecaknowledge2274 Год назад
Precisely right
@jearnott
@jearnott 3 года назад
Gosh how things have changed! Every stately home that’s opens to the public is a business and needs to be run like one, preferably not by the family who live there. But Lord Hertford certainly was enterprising!
@mehandas
@mehandas 11 лет назад
It's quite interesting that a large number of aristocratic families have lost their status and esteem. But then this was something that happened all the time: noble families would die out or become common and common families/ new money would become noble (This is a theme in Hardy'sTess D'Urberville). But I suppose what happened in recent times was the decline of a large number of prominent families all of them together, with the sudden rise of the influence of a large number of new money.
@saskgirlly
@saskgirlly 8 лет назад
Aristocracy call it a grant, the rest of society call it welfare, or, public assistance, lol. All kidding aside there is importance in history and the preservation of it, but what gets to be preserved and at what cost, and who pays.
@rubynibs
@rubynibs 4 года назад
Aristocracy call it a grant because suddenly their homes are not their own; they now belong to the public.
@ThomasHarding1990
@ThomasHarding1990 Год назад
Her Grace The Duchess of Devonshire 👑❤
@simplelifelost
@simplelifelost Год назад
9:55 Lord Hertford bought the car instead of reducing his overdraft. I love that aristocratic sense of humour. I’m sure His Lordship was wonderful company, I would have liked to have a brandy with him.
@franklandsman3436
@franklandsman3436 11 месяцев назад
The great guitarist & lutenist Julian Bream twied to tawk like him!
@franklandsman3436
@franklandsman3436 11 месяцев назад
Whoever thought of the title cannot have known ancient Greek, as hoi = the.
@jamiesculley1026
@jamiesculley1026 7 лет назад
maybe I was naive but I assumed that the money from giving house tours would go to the upkeep of the home so less taxpayer money would be necessary. but no, he goes and buys a car! I wish my bank were so "understanding" about my debt if I were to decide to buy something nice rather than pay down my debt. that's some privilege!
@mscott3918
@mscott3918 4 года назад
How much collateral can you offer?
@senecaknowledge2274
@senecaknowledge2274 Год назад
Precisely right
@Bernie1927
@Bernie1927 9 лет назад
These people are putting on a brave front. These little ventures are doomed to failure in the long run. How many people are regularly attracted to watch a duke water ski or play with railroads? But, let's give them credit for trying to save what they inherited.
@kellyvaters1689
@kellyvaters1689 9 лет назад
+Bernie1927 , in the case of the 8th Marquess of Hertford, people were likely as drawn to him as to the house: he comes across here as a charismatic figure with a certain humour about his lot in life and a willingness, in the words of some, to take the piss out of himself. Were he alive today, I'd half expect him on a hoverboard or paragliding. The selling point at Ragley was in seeing a peer, supposedly so staid and proper, water-skiing and really selling himself as a modern man. It worked a treat: Ragley Hall continues to support itself as an attraction and event venue some fifty years later.
@bunney3272
@bunney3272 9 лет назад
Some people refuse peerages. Sir Robert Walpole did not want to go to the Lords and wanted to serve his premiership from the Commons. Sir Winston Churchill did not accept a peerage as he was afraid it would affect his son's career in the House of Commons. Charles Grey was not happy that father General Grey accepted an earldom as it meant that he would one day inherit and have leave the Commons for Lords. (That was what happened)
@edronc2007
@edronc2007 6 лет назад
Voice of Reason So?
@phtevlin
@phtevlin 7 лет назад
During this time, how many people were evicted from their homes due to an inability to pay the mortgage?
@elizabethferguson7002
@elizabethferguson7002 5 лет назад
FOR CERTAIN!!! "...Welsley was given the largest grant at the time..." (100,000 pounds) Holy cow, in the 1950s, that was well over a million in comparison. That much money could have 'paid off the mortgages' for a thousand families. The estates are beautiful but gained on the backs of the poorest in the land. All this does is showcase the "GREAT DIVIDE"
@allegoricalfactal1691
@allegoricalfactal1691 3 года назад
People rented - not many had mortgages nor where they easy to get. During that time, slums were being cleared and millions of decent homes were being built.
@truepenny2514
@truepenny2514 8 лет назад
Perhaps this is an ignorant question (I'm an American), but why were the homes demolished instead of just left to go into ruin (and become interesting ruins)?
@truepenny2514
@truepenny2514 8 лет назад
chanctonbury63 What a waste :(
@stewartw.9151
@stewartw.9151 4 года назад
Death duty - plus ongoing rates and other property taxes.
@claudiosaltara7003
@claudiosaltara7003 4 года назад
You right on that. If Rome didn’t have its ruins there would not be no tourism.
@marysolcruzii8414
@marysolcruzii8414 8 лет назад
Please add subtitles in spanish, for better understand. Thank you and congratulations on your videos. Have a nice day.
@shirleyhowley4721
@shirleyhowley4721 3 года назад
Yes but is not true that some of them only opened 1or 2 days a year !!!!! What are they like
@elizabethferguson7002
@elizabethferguson7002 5 лет назад
(9:11) - (9:45) Pretty obvious some of those pouches of money didn't go to reduce the overdraft, but rather to BOSLEY'S Hair Transplants.
@rsilva43
@rsilva43 9 лет назад
It certainly sounds like anti-Catholic rhetoric was at work in the decision of who was helped and who wasn't.
@elizabethferguson7002
@elizabethferguson7002 5 лет назад
How about it..."The wife ... Catholicism with wild unkempt hair" SAY WHAT???
@rubynibs
@rubynibs 4 года назад
@@elizabethferguson7002 "...fuzzy, unbrushed, catholic hair of our hostess." This means "many things; mixed," NOT Roman Catholic. Honestly, how silly.
@elizabethferguson7002
@elizabethferguson7002 3 года назад
@Molly McCullagh oh. I've never heard that term. Guess you do learn something new everyday. And I posted that comment a year ago, sometimes lessons come slower than others. LOL! Thank Molly. Be Well, Be Safe
@kefaad
@kefaad 11 лет назад
If you mean ΟΙ ΠΟΛΛΟΙ in greek that means the majority, the most people if you like. Perhaps it has the meaning of the people, the mass, the commoners.
@peterwadham1425
@peterwadham1425 5 лет назад
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@tnakai1971jp
@tnakai1971jp 10 лет назад
I think it is not as simple as it sounds. The right of birth is for everyone. This, I think no one would argue against. The question is, how much of the asset should be treated as a part of that right. Who is to determine? What is the justification of the percentage? These things I wonder about.
@syhooverman5418
@syhooverman5418 5 лет назад
I had a row with an ex friend years ago who didnt agree with inherited wealth. He did NOT like it when i challenged him and said"so when your parents die youll be happy to send the proceeds of their estate to a profligate treasury eh? No answer!
@JimOverbeckgenius
@JimOverbeckgenius 3 года назад
It's the polloi [hoi = the].
@TheCWMHALL
@TheCWMHALL 8 лет назад
Labour !
@elizabethferguson7002
@elizabethferguson7002 5 лет назад
The grand country estates should be saved. The UK has a beautifully rich history. But the "Titles" should be retired along with unfair priveledges they afford.
@syhooverman5418
@syhooverman5418 5 лет назад
I could NOT agree more.Thanks to a greedy and profligate treasury, England has lost some REAL ancient treasures to pay for DEATH TAXES. Many estates going back 700 years and more. Dianas Ancestral Althorpe for one. These places and the treasures they contain MUST be preserved for English history and NOT taxed to exstinction. By the way im just a lowly workman so not "posh" by ANY measure. Im just concerned for ENGLANDS historical future
@stewartw.9151
@stewartw.9151 4 года назад
The families are the best custodians in most cases. Government administration will fail as do so many government schemes!
@p3tr0114
@p3tr0114 8 лет назад
I honestly don't believe that the taxpaying public are interested in maintaining those houses. Why would they? If the aristocracy are so attached to bricks and mortar they should pay for the upkeep.
@p3tr0114
@p3tr0114 8 лет назад
@ 2:20 It says the Gowers Report led to government cash to help with the upkeep on the houses.
@elizabethferguson7002
@elizabethferguson7002 5 лет назад
@@p3tr0114 WHERE DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT GRANT MONEY COMES FROM??? answer: TAXES!!!!!!!!!!
@19MAD95
@19MAD95 4 года назад
Hahahahaha they reinvented themselves to be welfare recipients.
@Edmund24
@Edmund24 9 лет назад
Heartbreaking to see those beautiful places being bull dozed. Aristocrats should be helped, they are custodians of our heritage, support them and not chavs & immigrants. Thanks.
@jamess6787
@jamess6787 9 лет назад
Dan Smith troll alert.
@Edmund24
@Edmund24 9 лет назад
Right, so you disagree with my comment and that makes me a troll?
@jamess6787
@jamess6787 9 лет назад
Dan Smith oh, you were actually serious. You came across as a moron or a troll. I gave you the benefit of the doubt.
@jamess6787
@jamess6787 9 лет назад
But you're a fucking moron mate. I mean I am 'wealthy', but through hard work. Why are aristocrats, many of whom are born into wealth more deserving of help than people unfortunate enough not to win the womb lottery, and who were born on an estate in an area where the manufacturing base, like shipyards has been closed down, they don't have a representative in government anymore, and the only hope of work is when a Tesco moves into town creating 2000 jobs and they get 10'000 applicants. I used to be a little right leaning in my dislike for 'chavs' until I got to understand that they are a result of broken Britain, not the cause of. For a start read chavs, by Owen Jones, then see if your understanding is a little better.
@rainman3377
@rainman3377 8 лет назад
+James S. you sound low and common.
@bobbrawley9439
@bobbrawley9439 8 лет назад
After the Civil War the Southern aristocratic let the Hoi pillo in because they had money. money to bail out the aristocratic buying up their ruined plantation. So uh how aristocratic does that make the aristocratic s
@martynelson8858
@martynelson8858 8 лет назад
THE PUBLIC PAID AND PAID AND PAID....THRU ADMISSION FEES AND GOVERNMENT LOANS TO THESE THEIVES.THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT AND SOCIAL CASTE SYSTEM HAVE NEVER MADE ANY SENSE TO ME.
@riverhuntingdon6659
@riverhuntingdon6659 8 лет назад
+Marty Nelson And don't forget all the chav layabouts, the royal family, and all the money given out to economic migrants, and yet more money senselessly spent on foreign aid and foreign wars ! Oh and the EU of course. All of them riding the gravy train. No wonder England's gone down the pan.
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