What was life like for the elderly in 1960? | RetroFocus 

Queen mom lived a whole 50 years after King George died! I don’t wanna imagine that

She could have been 20 years younger than him, married at 16 and he was 36?

@@XXB4XX it’s would not been unusual.

Good life? No not much, I had too many children. 😂 straight to the point

@@eleanorrigby7914 wow crazy

102 and 3 months, recorded April 1960. That means she was born in 1858.

Mark Mauk 102 Years and 7 months not 3

bless her

She was alive when Lincoln was assassinated. Wonder if she was alive when Kennedy was assassinated...that woulcbe the rarest of clubs.

@@simontowart6639 You don't even have to be over 100 to be alive when both Lincoln and Kennedy were assassinated. Lincoln died in 1865 and Kennedy died in 1963. Only 98 years apart.

I wonder how it feels to live so long that you would have wanted to die many years ago

They didn't call it the Great Depression for nothing.

Your age must be at the hay days age with a chronicle or genetic disease instead of death by natural. Come On.

Lol

Hahah

She was delightful! Lol

Makes me glad for birth control lol

@@rivertam7827 And choice. And women's rights.

They got nothing handed to them in life & that made them strong, Not like the snowflakes we have today !

Katie O Reilly nice to see you using the interwebs grandma!

@@katieoreilly7846 you sound like a boomer

@@katieoreilly7846 Isn't the point of life to make our kids life easier?

Katie O Reilly who created the “snowflake generation” Your kids did. you really have to ask yourself how did your generation fail so badly that your children had to make drastic changes

Heartbreaking :(

And probably most of her children too. My father said, you get to an age where you go to more funerals than weddings. Poor darling, she is just sitting around, lonely, alone, blind, no family and wondering when it's her time to go. Hope she is happy across the rainbow bridge.

You said it so well. Tragic indeed.

True, she witnessed the civil war, great depression, world war 1 and 2 and even the Vietnam war but she did get to experience good times like the roaring 20s and 1950s

She was 90 in the 50s so probably didnt really enjoy it@@Onetruenugget

Ha ha, they would have felt like a movie star 🌟

That's the ABC's job.

Where do you get that nonsense from? They’re clearly not...

@KA- BOOM!!! yes but these people clearly aren’t depressed...

I understand this man. I don't mind the occasional company, but I don't want to be called or put upon. He makes sense to me. He was probably the same. As a former Jockey he may have also perferred the company of horses to people. I am the same, so I can understand that, too. We groups tend to only mingle with one another, but not too long as it feels cumbersome.

I feel the way he does.

@@vegastrina very well said . Cumbersome is a great description

He’s an introvert. He likes company in small doses but too much becomes stressful. He needs alone-time to recharge.

time flies so fast eh?

They were elderly and being filmed...

Yes, we still CAN'T judged our life is better than them at different incremental age of the life and time. None could guarantee tomorrow. Look at that hockey's life. Very simple but still got the passions on horse in his life.

My grandmas 64 :)

The no swearing stood out for me too.

Well, the slow delivery could depend on her being 102 years old.

September 1857 actually which means she was 10 years and 4 months when the last convict ship docked in the country! Which means old enough to remember that! And 1960 wasn't even THAT long ago! 🤯 and most of these could be children thereof, which explains their accents!

And I think it's both, honestly

Someones gotta like boomers I guess

@@blackflagqwerty She's not a boomer, darling. Her grandchildren would be. She would have been in her 30s when WWII was happening!

'Not like when I was a girl.' So enthusiastic and lovely.

She is, I know her very well

God had blessed her with long life ! She was a mother of 8 children .That is amazing to me.

@@tishleigh7026 She didn't seem to consider herself blessed. She wished she had died when her husband died.

@@VioletJoy tbh she did everything a person should have naturally done, now there's nothing left for her apart from death so I'm not surprised. She said " but it's not to be", so clearly, she knows it wasn't her time. Odd one.

Hiii Feeeooo, thhhankyou for asking, you're a fine young lad. My eyes still aren't the best sonny but the technology is better and I've reinvented myself. Next year I will consider identifying as an indoor plant, lets hope the government supports this movement. Can anyone tell me is it illegal to prepare a dog to eat here in Australia, I'm not planning on doing that, I was but theres a hole in my bucket list.

82, not 92.

Thanks to the other replies to verify your audio listening comprehension was WRONG and mine is RIGHT, 82. Seriously speaking, you ain't studying this ancient hi- tech, Quantum. Hahaha

Sadly she never got to see it. Rip😔

I wouldn’t say never

I was born on 8 April 1960. I loved the positive lady in the white hat and glasses. What a sweetie. She was grateful.

April 9th 1979 mine.

I was born in 1999. A year before the 2000s.

I was born in September 11, 2001. I believe I'm the only millenial here :|

Roddy you wish u were a millennial...

She saw life very differently

I think she said she was 92yo

She is 20 years younger than the other sweet lady and seems to have a lot of social support which is very important when we age

@simp hunter he was actually in his early 30s...people looked, dressed, and behaved older than their real age back then. He can still be alive.

That was Ray Taylor. He died in 2011 at age 83, which means he was around 32 at the time of the interviews.

Ok

Yeah called the church and good neighbors

@@judahtribe7 Sorry, but meals on wheels is a secular organisation. Meals on Wheels wasn't very old in 1960, at least in Australia.

Yes they did. I grew up then and Nana did meals on wheels.

@@Monsieur405 they might be secular, but they clearly got the idea from the church. The church did it first.

At 99 years old that would make one epic interview!

I'm glad that a lot of these people didn't have to see 2019 😬😬

You just have to practice, and read a few essays written in that time. Take a course on speech then and now for instance. Good luck.

Before TV and the constant diet of mumbling Americans.

I think she may have been better off financially than the others and could enjoy life more

Older people like technology if it suits them, it doesn't suit everyone and they are more aware of the advantages of not having it, eg spending money on real life rather than life through a screen

Yes,,,,I bet she could tell some stories,, amazing how things used to be,,,hardship,,but in a weird way,,maybe better times than now,,

So sorry...I can understand..i miss my mother every day and night...part of what i miss is talking with her.

Wow thanks that really puts it in prospective thats really guide amazing imagine the questions she could of answered

Yeh the Poor darling and she outlived all of her Kids aswell

i think she said 82

And alot more racism and sexism

@@king94689 bruh RaCiSm

@@king94689 Always that one person that has to make everything about sexism or racism.

@@TwitchCronos100 My grandmother is a little racist and sexist, so she is right. We can't deny the truth. People always thinks that the old times were better, including me.

@@TwitchCronos100 Because some people are not white, nor male, nor straight. So straight white men have the privilige of fantasizing about old times without coming to the realization that you would live a terribly discriminated life and that most people would consider you inferior to them. So while a priviliged person might see a nice kind grandma, a black person or a gay man could easily imagine that the old lady would look at them strange and consider them anormal. Being of a certain race, gender and sexuality is a major part in people's lives and it's only normal to take that into consideration when watching most things.

General Frog haha I knew what this line was gonna be before I clicked it, agreed 😂👌🏼

Except he went on to say he would like someone to come visit him 😢

Mood

Listen one day you will be old if you live long enough.

there has not been a better time for life on planet Earth ❤️

The US was found way before that!!

So? I’m alone. I Frikkin Love it!

Speak for yourself! Both y parents live apart 2 hours travel from me in different directions. I visit them both 4 times a week. I have lived alone for 40 years and I've never had a visitor. Ever.

In my culture, I’m grateful we care for the elderly. Nursing homes are almost unheard of. Adults are frowned upon if they put their mothers, fathers, or grandparents in a nursing home. They are obligated to take care of them and provide for them all the necessities as a way to give back as to how hard they worked to raise us and provide for us as children. Old people are almost never alone here thankfully.

This lady has probably outlived some of her children and they are now elderly themselves. She is partially deaf, so she misses out on conversation. Her mobility is very limited, so she spends all day sitting in a chair. She is simply tired and bored with her life. I know, life is very similar for my wonderful 98 year old mother.

@@tessforbes8687 no shit sherlock.

@@user-ou1ff6fg6c My response wasn’t meant to be arrogant, just a comment in understanding.

It was insightful and empathic, and thank you for writing it Tess.

@@ParArdua Thank you

That’s your opinion! I love being alone!

life is ultimately sad

To be honest it’s much better to be alone in this day and age lol . Cause most people suck .

@@holographicc6974 Being alone and being lonely are two entirely different things.

He was a jockey, probably became lonely when he retired.

i can understand though... I'm a "techy" in my 30's and the fast pace of everything today is stressing me out, imagine being old!

they lived through 2 wars and the Depression and the 1st influenza pandemic for the working poor of that time life was grind no wonder she was hopeful in the 1960s

I remember these old timers too, they did have a hard life compared to mine

I agree, we are more 'Americanised' now I think, influenced from TV and movies.

@White Man very true

@White Man native born out numbered immigrants since the 1880's

@@AcePanno1 No, I don't think we're Americanised at all, never seen it when people say it. But, what I think they mean is the accent has gone from quite a Queens English to a dry "hazitgaahn" (how's it going). Because these people are sons and daughters of British migrants.

Nearly 30% of the population in Australia were born overseas. (As of 2018) With the influx of Chinese, Indian, Sudanese, Nigerians and many other none European countries, I believe the accent will be nearly completely different in 20+ years.. As with the Australian culture, of what's left (Mixture of European countries) will be changed to whatever they choose.

The young ones were outside more than they are today.

@ROthchilds cuhm dumpster The food will be gone once the insects disappear

Yes...to many liberals

I like it.

Child mortality is down worldwide, we die of way fewer diseases, fewer starve, we have more freedom, we live in the longest peaceful time in history, women have more rights now, we have so many possibilities, so much freedom... What I think mostly got worse is our sense of community. I'd like to have more of that :)

Thanks a lot. You had to say 2019 was the worse than ever, didn't you? Well 2020 heard you and accepted the challenge.

Yeeess thxs Eric ,a youthful optimism..

This was 41 years ago before I was born and now I'm new.

Yeah watch how fast it will go and you'll be saying the Same thing trust me.

Ya'll are just kids - I'm 71

Pedro Paulo Martins born in 2001? you shouldnt be allowed to have internet yet

John Bentley im 30 🙆🏻‍♀️ am i a kid?

@@Val-qm4br Thank God _!_

Because they just dropped dead earlier

Like a lot of elderly do today

@ sampsonskadoske A ton of our elderly still suffer like that today unfortunately just goes to show that our elderly still are NOT receiving the help they need.