Rugged Living in 1940s Cornwall and Devon | Everyday Life

[@Kevin-Brent]

My great uncle, a WWII Veteran spent time in Cornwall. He fell in love both with Cornwall, and a lovely lady from Cornwall. They married and went on to have 5 children together. Because of his US Navy career, they resided in the US. But, they both made sure that their 5 children maintained both US/UK citizenship. She passed away from cancer in the late 1960's. He never remarried. When he was nearing the end of his life in 2006, he instructed the 5 children that his ashes were to be interred with her in Cornwall. And, that's where they both RIP now. I never knew her, (I was born after she passed). But, my uncle used to speak of Cornwall as often as he spoke of her. He seemed to feel it was more a 'home' than where he was born and raised here in Virginia.

[@garybrockwell2031]

Many Road's weren't built until the 60s🆘💪👏🤫📽️ I go there often although it's a long journey 🧐🗣️📢🇬🇧😏😁😍🥇 Beautiful part of our iles..🥰🇬🇧

[@samchapermann]

he was a Celt in another life;.. who knows...

[@NeaFrea]

Thank you so much for sharing your family's story. Best wishes from Bavaria ❤

[@Kevin-Brent]

@@samchapermann His family ancestry is both English and Scot. So, could be.

[@Kevin-Brent]

@@NeaFrea Thank you!

[@AnonNomad]

Imagine traveling back in time and explaining to one of these men and women about the scale of change that their country and culture would undergo in less than 100 years. Unreal to think about not hearing the constant rumble of jet airliners in the sky, nor the background roar of car traffic day and night. Different country, like a fiction almost.

[@Sam88-l4k]

Or the fact life expectancy is 80+ now not 60

[@john07973]

UK in 2024 is a multicultural cesspit

[@Kayaoffshore]

Imag8ne telling them they where really cornish! 😮​@samuelstevens248

[@MJMC56]

And that £10 would only buy a couple of pints of beer - if you're lucky - not rent for a year.

[@TheMijman]

Clovelly is in Devon, not Cornwall

[@Lucan-ve6zc]

Well said Sir. As a Cornishman I was about to point that out.

[@OldeJanner]

Londoners showing their ignorance and lack of concern for anything rural.

[@liamkatt6434]

I went to the Blue Anchor in Helston in 1972 with my brother after we read an article in the Daily Mirror about their Spingo Bitter. Been back many times since. Not changed a bit. Great pub and great beer.

[@DeuceDropper927]

MORE OF THIS KIND OF CONTENT PLEASE!!!!!!

[@sianwarwick633]

You mean, inaccurate content ?

[@helenswan705]

A shame not to hear Cornish and Devon voices. But I guess this was typical for Pathé.

[@JaneRoss-ff3wp]

Clovelly is in DEVON

[@LaysAndLore]

Um Clovelly is in Devon not Cornwall 🤔

[@timwannell6477]

Damn straight!

[@jmflyer55]

St Ives Corwall is where I believe this is.

[@LaysAndLore]

@@jmflyer55 we are referring to the text that popped up on screen at around 0:52 ("Clovelly Cornwall - 1948"), the footage and note refers to Clovelly which is in Devon.

[@BritishEngineer]

They might not have invented words yet when you went to school.

[@richardcummins5465]

And Clovelly is STILL in Devon .

[@EdLeslie-h4w]

"Back in the day" (the 60s) Us London lads where always in north Cornwall surfing (before it became Tourist hot spot). One year we were there at Clovelly for a visit and the fishermen had cought a shark and straight away they laid it out on the jetty with a bucket and a sign saying 'Please remember the Fishermen '... 😊

[@Clare-kz3cb]

Bet everyone of their houses are holiday homes now.

[@nigelcarren]

Which should never have been allowed. It's the same here in France. Whole villages empty for 90% of the year, and now thanks to Airbnb, the place is treated like a dump when 'someone' is here!

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Literally. Anyone I know that lives in Cornwall under 50 isn't doing so hot.

[@nathanjones7429]

Plenty of us are doing fine ,we gota stop playing the victim and pull our fingers out. Cornish born and bred. Kernow bys vyken.

[@kenbrooks7794]

Was Clovelly in Cornwall in 1948 then? 🤔🙄

[@UKCoastwalk]

Clovelly is North Devon, not Cornwall!

[@harbourdogNL]

Back when you could buy a fisherman's hovel for about £100 quid and not a million like today.

[@dayvidmathews1182]

Theyre still hovels .. I stayed in one 😂😂

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

So a cheap one then?

[@dayvidmathews1182]

@@harbourdogNL no ... just a hovel

[@jdaze1]

Ever wonder why most lighthouses arent built really high so shis can see the light way beyond the curvaturure. Most are no more than 40 feet above sea level.

[@stobbinsboy]

Interesting! I thought so the waves wouldn't topple em'.

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

Fog is the main obstacle to vision - and the cause of most shipwrecks. The lower the light, the best chance of freedom from fog. "40 feet" can't be right though - you have to include the cliff or rock beneath the the lighthouse too.

[@ChrisSpriggs-rj2ys]

My mother grew up at that time and the reality was rationing and poverty in Cornwall but anyway jam first 😊

[@TMGold60]

Clovelly you now have to pay £9 entry fee... affects families on a budget! Love the old footage though

[@Lightw81]

Love that postie rowing out in his shirt and tie.

[@jude175]

The music during the pounding waves on the rocky coast was chirpy. Whose idea was that?

[@mccmusicus]

Lovely footage thank you. Ditch the cheesy music in the beginning & the Monty Python cartoon continuity hand - they undermine the beauty & dignity of this historical archive.

[@jujube8067]

Hard working men.

[@gertagi110]

Hardworking women too.

[@markwilliams5654]

No plastic wowsers

[@peterjhillier7659]

Well, Clovelly is in Devon and apart from the extremely irritating Commentary some beautiful shots of what used to be.

[@101Volts]

What's the name of the music in this film? I'm curious about the guitar that starts just after 0:37.

[@sianwarwick633]

Maybe this is a selection of films about Cornwall, and Clovelly, Devon

[@user-ve3gh5xg9q]

True hardworking

[@Torana-gz5ls]

They certainly knew how to put in a full day of hard work then.

[@magesalmanac6424]

People are still working a full day and more today. My coworker just got off a 12 hour shift. He is exhausted. Don’t talk smack about the younger generations we are working just as hard.

[@PeppermintPatties]

Yes, they were doing practical things that are useful. Most of that has been outsourced to other countries now. An enormous folly. No wonder there are 9 million economically inactive people of working age in the UK.

[@nigelsouthworth5577]

Clovelly is in North Devon, not Cornwall.

[@thebonsaiprojectkernow]

My wifes grandfather was featured in one of these, dr blood of stratton and bude

[@izbreez9615]

Thought this said “old cornball” for a sec

[@RocketDog73]

Back when the Fringe Surf shop in Newquay was just one of Stevo’s childhood dreams 😂

[@ChaimkeProductions]

nowadays in a interview about britain, we would need one trans, one black, one ethnic, one disabled all interviewed, because the channels are desperate to show how inclusive they are. also we would have alex scott with her wonderful pronounciation like `runnin and rowin` apparently not pronouncing the g and saying words like innit show how diverse we all are, and if we dont accept it with open arms, we are dinosaurs and racists!

[@magesalmanac6424]

⬆️ Triggered conservative snowflake

[@marynadononeill]

time to push back

[@mrmaxwellgeorge]

Don’t get yourself all worked up.

[@GazB85]

Bigot's always moaning about imaginary things.

[@Joachim2012]

I couldn't agree more - the same stuff here in Germany and it's that annoying!

[@gmvn19]

They had their night's sleep well . They worked hard .

[@loolfactorie]

Beautiful, crazy how much it's changed in the last 10 years. Kid's don't even speak with an accent anymore.

[@mqs695]

Has the Cornish not been reintroduced into teaching?

[@neildelaney5199]

They do but it's not an English accent

[@DC-wt2vi]

​@neildelaney5199 English accents have wiped out the accents of Cornwall and Devon as places are bought by strangers from England.

[@neildelaney5199]

@@DC-wt2vi Very true, I once found a website from some university that had recordings of old local accents, you could not understand most of what the people were saying, even close counties were so different

[@Kayaoffshore]

This was cornwall 1998 ❤

[@CaroL-nf5rs]

Was St Michaels Mount the inspiration for Agatha Christie’s “Then There Were Seven”?

[@arthurmorgan2906]

My name is leviticus cornwall

[@Csdograu7]

its jonh marston micah!

[@Rabbitthateats]

A better time when things were safer, kinder and cleaner

[@JOINERSARMS76]

This was one year after WW2. They certainly had problems back then too.

[@Rabbitthateats]

@@JOINERSARMS76 true. problems of society's own making to turn things for the worse for the next 80+ years

[@GazB85]

Life is far safer today even globally. You just have to look at health and safety laws here and murder rates globally. Legacy media wants you afraid cause you're more likely to vote how they want and less likely to think.

[@Spudtron98]

Please tell me this is sarcasm

[@Rabbitthateats]

@@Spudtron98 obviously not. standards of living, worse (mountains of debt). health, worse (obesity and toxic chemicals causing chronic disease). mental well-being, worse (lowest female wellbeing on record, highest male suicides on record).

[@frankharris4694]

Visited Cornwall in 1990.🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@nathanjones7429]

Changed a lot since then pard. Not necessarily for the better 😢

[@ravenhill_the_crusader_1968]

back when britain was britain.

[@magesalmanac6424]

And you still had straw for a brain

[@marynadononeill]

@@magesalmanac6424 facts is facts and no amount of name calling will change 'em either

[@geoffsclassiccars]

​@@magesalmanac6424knob

[@JesusAlbizu6002]

What an interesting story

[@90293Mike]

Clotted cream ❤

[@JamesRogers-vs4vb]

England was amazing bk on the day

[@JJONNYREPP]

Rugged Living in 1940s Cornwall and Devon | Everyday Life 1930pm 19.9.24 smugglers and jamaica inn types.

[@sanjuskumar]

മലയാളികൾ ആരും ഇല്ലേ ഇവിടെ 😊

[@watch-Dominion-2018]

Now it's overrun with invaders

[@GazB85]

There's always a bigot.

[@adamroots3429]

Well said,my area is ruined.

[@KenwayJoel]

And not a pronoun in sight. Those were the days. I miss the times when people weren't all mentally challenged.

[@DC-wt2vi]

1) Please get your geographical locations straight. 2) Why does this channel appeal to fake history and other conspiracy theory bots and trolls? Needs the comments section tidied and some input from the channel creator to put right the nonsense.

[@sianwarwick633]

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[@oscaramorim7234]

👍

[@geoffsclassiccars]

👍👍for the upload. 👎👎👎👎geography

[@MoonshineSazerac]

Man the past looked f*cking awful.

[@indetrucks]

statistically, it has never been easier to be alive than today. So yeah, it was absolutely miserable back then in comparison.

[@greenfrogbad]

@@MoonshineSazerac Seek Canadian healthcare.

[@sarahlouise7163]

yeah, it looks terrible! all that beautiful scenery and what-not. and don't forget! life wasn't literally in black and white back then. we have it on good authority that colour did exist.

[@francisappiah8867]

It is actually the best ❤

[@A410-f1o]

Seemed to lived so peacefully while other parts of Europe were at war…

[@greenfrogbad]

Looks comfy. It could have continued much longer if not for Windrush. Thanks Attlee.

[@magesalmanac6424]

Triggered 😂

[@magesalmanac6424]

Revenge on Britain for the miseries of colonialism.

[@sarahlouise7163]

@@magesalmanac6424

[@greenfrogbad]

@@magesalmanac6424 Seek Canadian healthcare.

[@edbot456]

Windrush?? What the hell has that got to do with Cornwall. You must be some special kind of Ignorant!!

[@silasatlas3835]

and all the people in the video are all dead

[@ChaimkeProductions]

whats your point. weirdo. in 50 years youll be dead.

[@jeffkallis3390]

Not first

[@59patrickw]

the joy of woke free days/years locals lived and worked there not holiday homes and air bnb

[@hydorah]

Britain was fighting or had just fought a war for its survival and half the people in this video were subsisting and you think it's a joy, just because you can't see anyone who (outwardly) triggers your prejudices. They did mention artists you know. they can be a funny sort

[@sarahlouise7163]

@@hydorah

[@59patrickw]

@@hydorah no one triggered nothing to me I was brought up by both parents mother and farther who mother was evacuated from a sea side town and farther from the east end of London then both went on to serve in the RAF IN the latter parts of the war so I was brought up by parents that understood and lived through what you saw in the video and I was brought in times when thing was short to respect people feelings and space tell the truth some time the truth was not what people wanted to hear as it did not fit in with there believes so you had two options listen and engage in conversation or walk away we had no virtual signalling ,triggering cancel culture a simpler way of life if this dose not fit in with your way of life I believe we gone down a wrong path as in woke

[@GazB85]

​@@59patrickwYou were triggered in your first post mentioning woke when the video didn't. Pathetic.

[@59patrickw]

@@GazB85 as I have grown up before woke and DEI I believe I can say what the life was like before all that and the life from the time just after the video can you

[@jeffkallis3390]

First

[@andrewcitizennotsubject8897]

Most spirituat part of these islands shame its been taken over by rich londoners , leaving no where for young locals to live , was un Penzance recenctly lots of posh bew houses being built and trendy shops in the towns, sad decline of a unique cornish culture , cornwall doesnt need the likes of rick stein , gordan ramsey and richard madely buying up the houses

[@robsonmikael9310]

Oh 9th