Refrigeration in the Victorian era

[@MithrilMagic]

My husband’s grandfather worked for an ice delivery man when he was about 9 years old or so. He had some really good stories.

[@raggedyantoinette]

No matter how new or modern, my mother has always called a fridge an icebox lol

[@edelmurray1260]

If our teachers at school were as interesting as you in history we would all have been amazing teachers if we wanted. You have such a soothing nature 🙏

[@technician122]

My Great Grandfather was an Ice Man in the late 30s. He met my Great Grandmother delivering ice.

[@mastersadvocate]

My Mother has told me about how they lived on a farm in Olalla British Columbia. They didn't have electricity until after mom moved away. So an ice box was the norm, and there was a root cellar under the house, where preserved vegetables and fruit were stored. I love those stories, and seeing your wooden ice box, reminded me of the one that my Grandmother had in her pantry room. After they got their first electric refrigerator, the old ice box was turned into a cupboard. Waste not, want not! I love your videos, dear, because they remind me of my childhood visits to my Grandparents' home! Stay safe! ~Janet in Canada

[@jackhamlett68]

Praise the Lord for another great video! Speaking of ice boxes, if I recall correctly, my Father as a young man in the 1940's had a job delivering ice to families for their ice boxes. I believe this would have been in Detroit. At the time, the majority of Americans probably still had ice boxes rather than electric refrigerators. I believe Father said he would start delivering the ice at 3AM in the morning. As there was little crime due to the nation's Christian heritage, people rarely locked the doors of their homes. Thus, Father might be delivering ice, putting it in a family's ice box for them, while they were still asleep at 3AM in the morning.

[@karen4you]

I can remember my husband who lived on a farm, telling of ice houses, with lake ice, stored with sawdust, that kept through the summer. Electricity didn't reach farms until later.

[@RC-Flight]

My grandparents farm did not get electricity until the early 1960s if you can believe it!

[@timefortea1931]

@@RC-Flight Some rural homes in Britain and Ireland were the same. In fact there is a lady in Ireland who lives in a 200 year old cottage that has never had any electricity, running water, a cooker, a fridge or a bathroom. She uses oil lamps and beeswax candles for light, cooks on an open fire in cast iron pots, and I presume has an outside earth toilet. She has lived this way all her life! ireland-calling.com/lifestyle/blissfully-happy-irish-cottage-with-no-electricity/

[@Kate42]

Once again another wonderful video! I love the end when your husband was helping you with filling the icebox with ice. It's always fun to hear about the technical part of how things actually worked back then.

[@Happyday0974]

I love ur life style..19th century most awesome days

[@skromnypani23]

There is still a coal and ice plant in my hometown. I do remember being able to get huge squares of ice -- like a giant ice cube - from the plant when I was a kid. I think they were used to keep things cold during the town fairs and other special events.

[@jacquec9768]

My grandparents were born in the 20's in rural Canada and many did not have electricity even then!

[@RC-Flight]

My grandparents didn’t get electricity on the farm until the early 1960s and they weren’t that far north of Toronto, in Vaughan

[@desiderioelielton2051]

My family and I did not get electricity until 1989.

[@timefortea1931]

Same in rural Britain and Ireland!

[@Bean56_]

Your such a breath of fresh air. ❤️

[@lauracapelete9336]

Dear Sarah, thank you for the amazing content 💕 hope you're safe, love from Brazil

[@desiderioelielton2051]

Brasil aqui também. 🥰

[@gabrieldemendoncafalcao4315]

Olá muito interessante ver pessoas conterrâneas brasileiras admirando como é a vida ou melhor as vivências de um casal que vive no seu dia a dia o explendor de experimentar a vida em uma época tão bonita !

[@nelleeb1]

Very enjoyable, Sarah. FYI, my Dad (your Great-uncle) told me that at Christmas in Alberta, they got walnuts and an orange in their stockings. Nelleene

[@cordiscoscorner]

Sarah, VERY COOL. ( pardon the pun ) Halfway through "A Trip and A Tumble". What happens to Peter?, guess I'll have to find out.

[@kinescope-zr8lh]

We’ve got one of these in an old house we use for storage. It believe it’s from the 1910s or 20s. I’ve been wanting to get it out of there for years. It’s really interesting to see one being used as originally intended. Nowadays people seem to have an obsession with turning old furniture (and especially victrolas) into mini bars😔

[@lucienneferbona4567]

Love this content ❤️ Thank you for sharing.

[@othmanechenguiti8119]

This is so great!! I learned so many things I didn't know!!

[@tonib3099]

I love your videos Sarah. I learn so much. Be safe!

[@lajoyous1568]

My great-grandfather was an ice cutter. My grandfather still had his father's ice tools in his work shop when I was a kid. It was great seeing them and imagining how it was done. Great video

[@treshaford1]

In my small hometown in the Texas panhandle the old icehouse is still standing. This was such a neat video.

[@YountPower]

The odd thing about this is that I just came home from my shift at a refrigerator factory, and you just so happened to post a video about refrigerators! 😆 I guess that's some of my crazy luck. Anyways, another interesting video.

[@natalieatkinson8602]

wow i didn't know that it was called a refrigerator before. My dad's family had an ice-box and that's what he used to call it :)

[@Suddenlyits1960]

The Kramdens had an icebox in their home on “The Honeymooners” in the 1950’s. Apparently the Gotham Bus company paid Ralph so little he couldn’t even afford an electric refrigerator like the Norton’s had.

[@MegaTang1234]

Very useful video thanks!

[@marcosaraiva9205]

Ice boxes! Still in use today.... In various forms, but the initial idea don't vary very much! Great vid.

[@pheart2381]

Oh my God,woman! I am so jealous right now,grrr! I converted my broom cupboard into a larder,Victorian style,and havnt used a fridge for about 4 years. Ive ALWAYS wanted an ice box!!! Grrrr......(grinding of teeth)......! 😣

[@pheart2381]

Update:I bought an old style wood bedside cabinet and made it into an icebox. Between 10oc and 4oc. Aaah...cold cheese,nicely chilled ham..bliss!

[@maxinegalloway3459]

Very interesting!!

[@MommyDontSeeMe]

There is a little town in New York where my grandmother was born that even recently still harvested ice from the pond in winter and saved it for making ice cream in the summer. I’ve always lived in the south, and it is so hard to imagine ice lasting so long, but if it could be shipped to tropical climates...! Oh goodness - just looked it up, and they’re still doing it. I would love to witness this: romesentinel.com/stories/millers-mills-gears-up-for-traditional-ice-harvest,91062

[@VanNguyen-rp4uk]

How do you spell the tales of chatsumaka? I don't know if I'm spelling that right. I want to buy that book on Amazon but I couldn't find it.

[@Victorianlady]

Tales of Chetzemoka :) www.amazon.com/s?k=Tales+of+Chetzemoka&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Happy reading!

[@beatakrasucka8181]

Hi are there still some sketches like if someone would like to build it on its own? Because obviously is not just wardrobe with ice.

[@nelleeb1]

Those Christmases would have been between 1916 and 20. N.

[@LauraPironi]

Oh, ma’am please adopt me

[@anikabaddeleyrollingbackwa7341]

Do you harvest it in the winter yourself?

[@cecilyerker]

I believe she said they get it at the grocery store, and that the nearest place that sells hard ice is three hours away.

[@survivalinwonderland5277]

I paused the video about 4 minutes and 30 seconds into it to go get a banana because I remembered reading about the ice/fruit trade thing when I was a kid and it made me want fruit. I got a banana and some mango clicked play then you talked about it in your video. Is that some kind of time traveling advertising or something? Or maybe I just wanted a midnight snack🤔🤷‍♀️. I will never know....Made me think you should make a video about Victorian advertising. Then an advertisement for a grocery popped up at the end of the video. double hhmm...🤔🤔🧐🧐.

[@summerdays831]

Love this video and all the others I wish u could meet you one day

[@edelmurray1260]

Just wondering sarah you look so beautiful do wear a corset? If not please tell us your secret to that fab waistline please 💞💞🙏

[@SamuelRodrigues-mn2ww]

Brazil 🇧🇷

[@monnicamarie]

Do you have electricity in your home 🏡? Wow 🤩 you truly live in Victorian times! Awesome.