These people are the back bone of what it means to be a American! Unfortunetely...my generation doesnt have a clue...What a neat lady! Thanks! ---subbed--
In 1943, my mother was a teenager visiting her grandparents farm in Keokuk, Iowa. One afternoon, while the men were working in the fields threshing wheat using a giant steam-powered machine, my great grandmother Ester asked my mother if she would like to take an airplane ride. My great grandmother told my mother she had always wanted to take a ride in an airplane. She had saved up some money by selling eggs, so away they both went to a local air field. Together, they flew above the fields where the men were working. Later that evening at dinner my great grandfather Chester was asked about his work in the fields that day. He said "it was fine except for that airplane that kept buzzing around us!" My great-grandmother looked at my mother, gave her a wink and said nothing.
God bless you dear,my mom was born in 29.She was an orphan by age 4,raised as a foster child on a dairy farm.Have to laugh sometimes when I hear kids complain about cutting the lawn with a power mower,they have it so hard now,lol
People, LOOK at her, and see what a happy sould she is! You know, I am a baby boomer, and I grew up pretty poor, and I never heard my Mom or Dad complain,, I never Knew we were going without.. We always had "Just Enough". my mom is a singer and songwriter and sang for years on the Calgary Stampeed, and she even wrote a song titled "Just Enough".. It is In our ATTITUDE!! This lady is a Bright Soul!! Wish we could clone her and rid our country of the Narcisstic ( sp) Drones!!
What a sweet lady. I am 66yrs old and remember my grandpa would make wooden toys in the garage and they also had a garden he broke the beans and butchered pigs and cows. Tell her thank you for sharing some great information.
Thanks for sharing. When I was much younger I asked my grandmother to tell me about growing up in the Depression. She said out of all her grandchildren, I was the only one who asked about it. Boy am I glad that I spent hour after hour listening to her as I was growing up. Now that she is gone, I can share what I remember with my children. Great video.
I am afraid people were more civilized then. People grew victory gardens, rationed their food and pulled together. Today when disaster strikes there is lootings and rioting in the streets. People today have more of a 'give me' attitude than a 'help ourselves' attitude. Very scary to think what will happen if shtf.
Her lifestyle still seemed relatively easy during the depression. My parents who were born in 1916 and 1919 and were raised on small farms in southern canada spoke of having $5 to get them through the winter. In order to purchase their school supplies, they caught gophers for their tails and turned those over for a penny. Christmas gifts were made versus purchased.
My grandmother was born in 1903 and she would tell a story about boiling hot cocoa in the lightshade of their college domatory back in the day. If the wanted chicken they'd have to kill one . If they needed soap they'd make it. Family was the most important. I once asked her at 96 what the meaning of life was. She said 'having fun' which at the time I didn't think was very deep but then I realized that having fun was hard to come by especially during WW1 and WW2.
I was raised on a chicken farm in 80’s and we always butchered our chickens. Don’t think we ever bought any chicken. My mom would chop off the heads and then us girls would dip them in hot water after they stopped jumping around in the yard! And we butchered them in the house 😂
well thank you to both of you for this video series and i will enjoy the rest of them my father talks about how the war rationing didnt effect him because he grew up on a cattle /dairy farm they needed tires they traded they needed fuel they traded it was the barter system
I was born 30 yrs after the Depression and raised with most of those practices. I still clean glass with crumpled newspaper & vinegar. I also think it's fun to see how many years I can go without buying gift wrap
My kids make fun of me I save the tissue paper, bows n wrapping paper. Last year at Christmas I was surprised to see them taking off the bows and throwing them on the table, folding up the tissue paper n there was a pile in the middle of the living room of the wrapping paper. And not one remark of me using last year's bows, tissue and paper. Guess they now see the value of not buying these items to just throw away.
Loved it! My Mother (born 1916)did all these things except the powdered milk/reg milk mixed(we had a cow). I still prefer the sugar/maple flavored syrup to store bought. Your a gem.
omg i was born in 73 and my parent use to use newpaper for the cars windows and our home also the mirrors in the bathroom wow but we had windex lmao you dont lie layaway is much better than credit and taking stuff on base on payback later it also makes it time able so if you change ur mind on a perticular item it can always be exchange also it is much easier on the pocket.. wow this lady and my parents would get alone just fine i was thought to save water and pour water in a bucket wash the dishes with sopy water and then rinse them out in another bucket full of clean water dry them with a towel and place them back wow and i am way younger than this lady it proves to me how i been feeling all this changes and this things i can explain what a horrific feeling it is to see how life was and see what life has become i wish it all was as it use to be once there was love and admiration for do it your self and making the best of what you had.. we use to use old bread in our coffe or to make stuffing and other stuff too, i still do it sometimes its hard in the city but i love my hard bread with coffee..lol..i still today well when my kids where small i use to do it mix half powder milk with half of cow milk it did not taste bad and it safe in coast if my little one drank milk today i would do the same but thank to god he does not and gave it up milk at the age of 2 so we do natural fruit juices and other juices ofcource i add more water than normal to diluite any additional sugars..shame now a days everything is technology we no longer appreciate the little things..god bless you.
Syrup recipe. 2 cups sugar 1 cup water. Then boil and add flavoring to taste. I prefer vanilla but you can buy maple flavoring g as well as others. My kids loved it. My husband said it did not make his stomachs hurt like store bought. I am a diabetic, I have some ideas on a sugar free one that I am going to try. There are also other recipes like this if a person is willing to search.
Yes, I used to clean glass with the newspaper, my grandma showed me how!! Baking soda is a great item for the food storage and I have HUGE bags of it!! Join Restaraunt Depot, if you have a business license, get a tON of Bulk foods Cheaply, and anything to run a food business.. I am canning more tomorrow, Chicken and beef and stew!
@bobinmissouri Me too! And I taught my kids...they find coins all of the time. We put them in the spare change jar and at the end of the year we have an outing with the money we found and saved. And I will confess...we check the "Coinstar" machines too.
My father was born in 1929 in Hollis Oklahoma. He said he grew up on black-eyed peas and cornbread. His grandmother owned a farm and he said that is why he did not starve. He worked on the farm on the weekends. My grandfather was a WW1 war vet. On my father's last year of school, his father took the family to Amarillo and lived in a trailer so that my grandfather could be closer to the VA hospital. His lungs were ruined by mustard gas and smoking. One week after his 17th birthday my father joined the Navy and made a 26 year career there rising in rank to Lieutenant Commander. My father attended school with returning soldiers from WW2. Many quit school to join the war. My father joined before the formal end of hostilities was declared so he was a WW2 veteran. He was also a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Life was hard on him growing up, but it helped to build his character. He was a good provider and worked very hard. In the service, he took correspondence courses while out at sea and was knowledgeable on many subjects. Dad was given hugh responsibilities in the US Navy and was a Mustand - someone who started as a Seaman and became an officer. He was a line officer and commanded much respect. I was the first in my family to get a college degree.
From Mom- Your family had hard workers & veterans & obviously bettered their stations by classes taken & you having graduated from college should be very proud of your family & yourself! Congratulations!
I use to use news paper for cleaning windows and wiping after #1, we used backing soda for teeth brushing, we grew a small garden... I must have grown up poor.
I have ALOT of baking soda stored and alot of vinegar!! Alot of Borax, too, I have 2 yrs of food stored and I can meats and stews and jellies and I have Many canned goods from the store.
Why not stay with parents for 122 years and pay rent to parents in a multi-generational home to save more than $1 million of mortgage interests and investment opportunity costs per generation so your parents and eventually yourself when you are old will have funds to pay the doctors for medical bills and surgeries to extend your life by a year to see your grandchildren? Why not pay your children or grandchildren a monthly salary, so they let you stay with them and nurse you until you pass away?
