1910 House Tour

Welcome to the Anchor Maker's House, set in 1910. Women don't yet have the vote, there's a new king on the throne, the first radio broadcast is about to air. But if you're here in the Black Country, you're at the heart of the industrial world. From outside toilets to carbolic soap, join our Duty Manager Kev as he takes you on a tour of every day life!
Black Country Living Museum is a 26 acre living museum located in the heart of Dudley, and tells the story of the first industrialised landscape in the country.

[@krystallovesclassics508]

I wish we took better care of our historic homes here in America.

[@addeenen7684]

At 4:00 there is a bucket on the wall. On Saturdays in 1970, this tub was filled with warm water, and I (the cleanest) was washed in it first, then my three younger brothers. Unfortunately, I then had to bring my father food to work.

[@velvetindigonight]

So touched by the shelf decoration/paper lace made out of newspapers...............

[@catherineloftus1376]

I do hope this museum is still in existence, its so important everyone has an opportunity, to experience our ancesters way of life. This home would have been classed as people who live there were very comfortable, definitely a step up from working class family.

[@BClivingmuseum]

We are still here, Catherine! Hope you can come for a visit soon.

[@Baconbasher]

My grandpa and grandma‘s house in Turkey look like this

[@Undertale_1111]

Çok merak ettim

[@aprilshowers6752]

My aunts lived in houses similar to that in the 1960's. You went down the entry to get to the houses and they had a brewhouse and a toilet in a block down the back. The houses were in a terrace and opened onto a rear fold where each had a section of garden. Some of the houses were a bit bigger and slightly posher ( they didnt share an entry) . My grandmother ( dads mother) was a nail maker and had a shop at the back of her house. She lived in Cradley Heath ( born 1878)

[@jonathanwhite460]

my grandmothers family were Cradley chainmakers in that period, thank you for the insight.

[@markjones4704]

about 5 million mainly working men did not have the vote due too the property qualification

[@Ukshuffler22]

I live in a house just like this , interesting seeing it

[@JulietGermanotta]

I would totally love to live in that house full time. I'm so done with today's technology I want to go back to the old way.

[@gatocat3336]

You can spend a weekend in the back to backs in Birmingham city centre.

[@riggs20]

Go for it! You can live without current technology today if you’re willing to put in the work.

[@denniscostabile4264]

I would be willing to bet that the stove was not a typical wood fired in 1910. It's beautiful and ornate. Most middle or lower families would never be able to afford that.

[@michelles2299]

My nana was born in 1910 she woyld talk about the dolly tub and dolly blue to get the whites white she also called the hot water tub a copper also a donkey stoneto cleanthefront step she had an outside toilet called it the lav i wassurprisedto knowthat oosh people call the toilet the lavatory even though shewasnt well off likeall her neighbours they kept everything clean i remember her taking the bed to pieces andcleaning the iro frame with a block of soap a scrubbing brush and hot water she used to have a curtain at the open front door to keep out flies she never locked her door until she went to bed itwas opened in the morning andstayed like that all day ❤

[@BClivingmuseum]

Aw, thanks for sharing her memories!

[@loopylee9781]

Well done kev brilliantly done and well done Michelle mekkin chain

[@KARINA29534]

Such a beautiful house 😍 I Love all things vintage

[@traceyszostek6264]

Thank you for this video and of your fantastic knowledge!

[@BClivingmuseum]

We're glad you enjoyed it!

[@3810-dj4qz]

I thought the first mistake you made when entering was not scraping or tapping the crud off your shoes before coming in! They use to have little metal bars by the doors for that.

[@jacquelinecartwright9538]

Great job Kevin, can't wait to be back showing visitors around this house.

[@ladybolski]

Wonderful video. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@angelakneller2880]

Lovely, we have carbolic soap which we haven’t used yet but it’s white soap from beamish x

[@angelakneller2880]

Ps my Nan had a mangle I remember using it when helping her out x

[@joelmonkley6177]

Loved that house I would of liked to spend cold evenings in the kitchen would of liked to see upstairs

[@riggs20]

I definitely want servants if I ever have to live back in 1910! 😂

[@franceskronenwett3539]

Most fascinating documentary.

[@BClivingmuseum]

Thank you!

[@popsgarageuk]

Nice one Kevin can't wait to be back

[@colinmoore7460]

As I understand, front doors were used three times, and women were carried each time. When you were born, when you were married and when you died.

[@agirlherdogdonald7618]

Thanks for this video

[@carlmcphee9947]

I love Carbolic, its very clean.

[@tinterlight-iz5tl]

Wow - never heard of the lady chain makers strike - going to look it up! Thanks for this!

[@BClivingmuseum]

Happy to help!

[@serenanina9547]

I really enjoyed this video as I love history!! - Australia

[@kawaiikawaiianimegirl4144]

Love it

[@user-vx7fq6gi2q]

This houses layout is identical to ours.

[@Letsgoooooo645]

Super

[@rickybaumgartner5635]

I love the wood kitchen stove

[@BClivingmuseum]

Us too!

[@mariacarvalho8419]

Esses móveis são muito bonitos!

[@DebbiePotter-xh7kv]

There was no being lazy in those days. You didn’t eat if you were. Everyone had to work

[@radicalthunder5740]

Real discipline back then and tough love. Wish we still had that

[@nette9836]

Oh yeah? Tell that to the 1% who sat at the top doing absolutely nothing other than exploiting others for profit back then...just like today. They certainly ate, and ate gluttonously.

[@bonnieparkertheoutlaw7353]

We’re very spoiled now.

[@Lily-ok9lp]

Remember this is also the era of valets and ladies maids for the upper class and cooks and maids for the working class- meaning the poor were the only ones that couldn’t be lazy. The rich would be fed, dressed and cared for by others which is exactly the same as today let’s not pretend the past was something it wasn’t.

[@keithbrown8814]

It took a tremendous amount of work to attain to even this standard of living...

[@kasharacarter597]

Hollis means stop ❤❤

[@blueXRPdynamite.]

In Netherton they made the anchor for the Titanic.

[@rexeldridge3702]

They need to add a patrion page to allow people to make donations to the museum

[@riggs20]

Go to their website.

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

How did they get rid of the waste in the outhouse ? Did they move the outhouse around ?

[@dogewood5499]

It became an earthen compost that was gathered by workers and either sold to whomever would purchase it or it was disposed of elsewhere on the outskirts. Wouldn’t be surprised if all of those back-alley gardens used it for growing local produce.

[@MrNathenTayber]

Would this also by a typical american home in the 1910s?

[@kerryjames6312]

What country

[@BClivingmuseum]

Hi, we're based in Tipton, West Midlands :)

[@rickybaumgartner5635]

Black Country, No bathroom inside the house?

[@rickybaumgartner5635]

Black coutry, Who is Bassie Hawkes?

[@Hidaya1986]

Damn they were having a bath once a week even in the 1910s meanwhile many 3rd world countries were far more advanced and bathed regularly.

[@dogewood5499]

I wouldn’t call bathing in a river as filthy as the Ganges daily cleaner than with English well water in the early 20th Century once a week.

[@serenasmith1662]

Do u onow if the middle class had alarm clocks?

[@frugalmum7943]

Not cleanest first, it was based on hierarchy. Generally 'Man of the house' first

[@bluevalkyrie8981]

Really depends. If the man of the house is the filthiest, then there was no point in everyone else in the family taking a bath after him as the water would be all mucked up.

[@davidfarmer2049]

A pity about daft music.

[@ad6417]

Shocking that this is clearly a middle class home. In the US people on welfare live better than this.

[@helpingothers1741]

Black country living but no black ppl 🤦🏿‍♂️🤣🤣 but good video