Victorian women | Life in Victorian times | 108 year old woman | Money Go Round | 1977

Joan Shenton speaks to Mrs. Florence Pannel born in 1868 speaks to about life for women in Victorian times, and also what it was like setting up a Beauty care business during those times including her life in Paris. This is the complete section of the interview that appeared in the show.
First shown: 25/02/1977
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[@ABC_DEF]

Someone should have spent a week interviewing this woman. A couple of minutes is not enough.

[@aprilmoore2917]

Hear, hear!

[@dankhnw8]

Ikr!!!!

[@mabel8179]

Yeah I was just thinking that. More specific questions too.

[@pneron2032]

@@mabel8179 The interviewer's questions were so moronic.

[@louiselill1528]

I totally agree I could of spent a long time in her company listening to her . I still remember some of the stories my nanny told me as a child not many sadly .

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Imagine being able to casually say, “if I recall correctly, it was 100 years ago.”

[@wadel.2465]

The Night Watcher I’ll be happy if I can say 80 years ago, lol.

[@mimi-zz9nf]

That would be so funny 😂

[@Melissab704]

Hahahahahaha

[@3alaiyer]

Wade L. I’ll be happy if I can say 20 years ago

[@timidequinox1789]

I rather die today

[@TweedSuit]

She's recalling a 100 year old memory from her childhood. I cant remember last week.

[@LumenP1023]

at 108 years old, and to be coherent? You can bet her level of wit and intelligence was unmatched when she was in her prime.

[@handavid6421]

I heard as you get older you remember better of time when you were young

[@mrsfahrenheit]

househansa of course not because after our childhood nothing really rememberable happens any more.. at least not every week like it used to back then

[@ReturnOfTheJ.D.]

I can remember a few things from when I was 7, but only very few. Visiting my grandfather in hospital - just seeing someone going from being quite robust to lying in a bed still complaining and then suddenly, no longer around. Also remember an argument with a girl in school when the teacher got a bit involved - all this was in 1979. It's quite hazy before that - I remember only a few things before that.

[@blacklight310]

i disassociate most of the time so i’m sure when i’m old i won’t remember much either lol

[@bag3lmonst3r72]

Florence Pannell. Born in 1868, the same year as Tsar Nicholas II. Older than Churchill by 6 years. France still had an Emperor. 18 when the Statue of Liberty came up, 21 when the Eiffel Tower was built. 35 when the first airplane flew, 46 when WWI started, 59 when the first TV broadcast was made, 77 when WWII ended, 89 when Sputnik orbited the earth, 101 when humans landed on the Moon, 111 when the Shah of Iran was overthrown, and died in 1980, the same year as John Lennon. She was the oldest person in Europe at the time of her death. What a ride.

[@goldmund22]

Top tier comment. Amazing to see that - already had lived 100 years and witnessed humans landing on the moon. Absolutely wild

[@Web3Z]

Now that’s perspective

[@Samstar369]

Feels like a Vsauce bit for his illusions of time. Such a fascinating timeline

[@vapordreams983]

Older than fucking Vladimir Lenin, Calvin Coolidge, Joseph Stalin, Douglas Macarthur, and Mao Zedong

[@P1984-z5i]

I know you are referred to her life and how she lived when you say"what a ride " but that phrase can also be picked up wrong depending on where you live 😂

[@jk.2464]

imagine asking about the 60’s and then being asked which one

[@simonecosta4447]

And the 70s

[@jk.2464]

@mr red r/Woosh

[@jk.2464]

@mr red well, you must be fun at parties...

[@aoifecanning25]

😂

[@nicholasirvine6693]

mr red I guess someone pissed in your Cheerios

[@Chicken_Consumer]

This lady lived through Tchaikovsky AND the Beatles Damn

[@mrcheckhammmer]

she probably didnt know anything about/ didnt care about the beatles

[@rmilrta]

Wagner and Bowie even. Berlioz and post-punk at the greater extreme...

[@sageantone7291]

And the sex pistols.

[@aprilmaaarsters]

And there to see the beginning of the Jackson five, sadly not there to see the rise of Michael Jackson (little Michael as she may of known him by)

[@Caladras]

And Black Sabbath.

[@fayeritenburg568]

I am 82 years old, and when I was young, my grandfather told stories of young men waiting at street corners waiting to see a woman’s ankle when she stepped off the curb!

[@ayeshapyesha7301]

Oh my god!!! As a Muslim woman I find this hilarious for some reason :D

[@subhadramahanta452]

Please tell us more about your experiences and the war, before it and its aftermath.

[@RA-ex7ir]

LMAO imagine those men now , women now wear next to nothing . those men would have a field day in this era.

[@happytofu5]

so no matter how conceiling the clothes, creeps will be creeps - . -'

[@reinal7896]

Faye Ritenburg Oh how I wish they could see today ! Although, prostitutes always existed. Older eras really weren’t as naive or “prude” as we make them out to be lol

[@effyiew7318]

"Mother, when I grow up, shall I have to be married?" To think that 130-140 years ago some little girl made that statement and never thought of it again but it survived for more than a century to be told in this video. That some little girl from the victorian era had a conversation and it still survives.

[@redbirddeerjazz]

The scene she described was a cartoon in the magazine Punch. Although I’m sure many conversations like that were had!

[@RisingFlag100]

But when the internet is eventually lost even that will disappear. When the last traces of our civilization inevitably burn after some disaster or war, we all will be forgotten. Even the very species he belong to and planet we call home. So the value you find is temporary, but so is all things.

[@KaliMaaaaa]

@@RisingFlag100 Or when oil runs out (coming soon) EVERY modern technology, transport and machine will no longer work. As everything relies on oil. 99.99% plus of all species that ever existed have gone extinct, and our species is also on the way out, we are currently DE-evolving as is obvious from listening to people from 100 years ago and more and more biological markers in humans are proving this true.

[@RisingFlag100]

@@buongiorno9714 Haha. Good stuff.

[@rachelrowell1920]

@@RisingFlag100 everything is temporary yes, except out spirits, the real us. When we die out body will fade away but the real us will be alive on eternity. Just wanted to tell you that Heaven and Hell are real eternal destinations for every human spirit, and that Jesus Christ said 'I AM the Way, the truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father but by Me'. For God so loved the world (us) that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but receive eternal life. God didn't send Jesus to condemn the world, but that through Him we might be saved.

[@craftingwithcarter2261]

she lived to be 112. imagine being 80 years old and still having another 32 years to live

[@danieladams4561]

😂

[@drdr76]

I am 62, that's what keeps me going, hope.

[@jayray7230]

I'd rather not

[@missjenny1953]

Only if you have a sharp mind like her

[@eajaros]

That’s the goal!

[@karthik7282]

Imagine listening to the actual voice of a person from 1977,who was born in 1869 and listening to it in 2021.

[@mickyeverton]

Exactly what I was thinking!! 🙋

[@fridrichrotman1385]

150years

[@user9]

1868*

[@mariemiller456]

That's what makes this so effing cool!

[@overdozze1226]

Imagine reading this comment 30 years from now even cooler

[@NemeanLion-]

This woman had lived through the most breakthroughs in world history. Imagine seeing it all. She was a child before the lightbulb was ever invented and was eventually able to see men walk on the moon.

[@amiqai]

Damn.

[@develynseether4426]

Boer War, 2 World Wars, Russian Civil War, Easter Rising, 6 British monarchs, light bulb, radio, airplane, zeppelin, moving pictures, cars, colour photograph, zipper, television, atom bomb, space rockets, Coca-Cola, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, women's votes, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Titanic, Hindenburg, San Francisco earthquake, JFK assassination.....the list goes on!

[@helostcontroll]

holy shit, i got goosebumps for real!

[@kolo5836]

@@develynseether4426 nerd

[@develynseether4426]

@@kolo5836 guilty

[@JasonParmenter]

She mentioned "Punch". "Punch" was a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841 to _2002._ It played a significant role in the development of the British sense of humor and is often cited as a landmark in the history of humorous magazines. It is largely forgotten nowadays.

[@crowbar9566]

A bit of a bold statement to claim that one publication played a significant role in the British sense of humour. I suspect our dry wit has been this way for centuries before Punch ever published it's first edition - it's just a quirk of our culture.

[@TPH250290]

@@crowbar9566 Yeah, I think Punch reflected British humour (and adapted to it) rather than developed it.

[@Boy-pf3cm]

@@crowbar9566 True. Otherwise how would a publication like Punch even come into existence it beggars belief.

[@PanthraxIV]

I'm guessing that's where "punchline" comes from?

[@crowbar9566]

No, a punch line is the conclusion of a joke after being set up by misdirection.@@PanthraxIV

[@samwalsh8299]

She was 72 when WWII started. That’s unbelievable!

[@labelledamedumanor4876]

She lived through both World Wars, AMAZING!

[@dreamthedream8929]

Are you crazy? How come that is unbelievable? Of course there were people around that age and older when the war started! It didn't affect only young people for goodness sake!

[@samwalsh8299]

Dream TheDream89 it’s crazy to think about. No need to get so logical.

[@JAF1323]

She was 70 when World War II started and 71 when America entered the war.

[@rich-qk7dc]

@@dreamthedream8929 You completely missed the point, actually talking to someone who was that age and lived through it

[@jasmynjohnson4346]

“In Paris, nothing mattered” How grand

[@Lea_Kaderova]

Sad THAT Paris is gone for good...

[@Lostouille]

@@Lea_Kaderova ...no. ?

[@jasmim9194]

@@Lea_Kaderova wdym?

[@GangeHrolfr]

@@Lea_Kaderova No worries Lea, I went to Paris for the first time recently and I saw quite a bit more than ankle on those splendid Paris streets. So whether you wanna dress light or you just wanna look at hot girls, no matter, still no such thing matters in Paris!

[@ALeaud]

@@jasmim9194 She means that it's full of non-white people now.

[@snozer6966]

For being 108 years old she actually looked pretty good

[@angelinaduot1709]

Ikr look she’s was actively movin and everything and u can actually understand her talking

[@misscoutts6193]

@@angelinaduot1709 is there any reason why you should not understand🤔

[@etienneditolve1567]

​@@misscoutts6193 A lot of old people, even way younger than her, can't speak properly anymore, they can't put together a logical speech, or can't articulate words in a clear way etc.

[@misscoutts6193]

@@etienneditolve1567 why!?

[@nathanchung27]

miss havisham The older a brain gets, the more it deteriorates.

[@Tiago211287]

"Nothing is the same. Everything is changed". She is a real life time traveler. Let that sink in for a moment.

[@jaffa3717]

Well by that logic, we're all technically time travelers

[@Crgather]

@@jaffa3717 When she says that it’s obviously because she was born sometime after the First Industrial Revolution and was giving that interview at the beginning of the globalization in the middle of the Cold War… That’s a journey we would never be able to understand

[@crmay72]

Imagine being born three years after the Civil War in the United States ended and living to see Star Wars come out! Absolutely incredible!

[@stephentresca3536]

Yes your right.

[@shameon_us]

Same thing with us. Our technology is moving way too fast...Imagine saying in 1977 that everything is changed.

[@freqeist]

she was born 26 Dec 1868 and died 20 Oct 1980 111 years, 299 days

[@riccardos2955]

Thats almost WR by today standarts

[@commanderstarstrider7176]

I was a month old when she died.

[@darklightangles]

That is astounding! God willing I make it that long

[@777jones]

She would be 150 years old now

[@airnoiphongsavath8509]

Wow, can you imagine if we all knew how long we had to live? It changes the game completely. If someone were to tell her has a little girl 111 years and 299 days, I wonder what she would hav e thought.

[@theesotericcunt5029]

She was 19 when the Jack the Ripper murders took place and 100 when we landed on the moon. Amazing.

[@swaneknoctic9555]

Who landed on the Moon?

[@thrillseekanz7874]

Swane knoctic seriously dude don't start that.

[@swaneknoctic9555]

Ha ha sorry Thrillseeka New Zealand. Just looking for an argument.

[@ryszard68]

Swane knoctic - arguments are next door, this is abuse in here, you spotty big-nosed twonk.

[@swaneknoctic9555]

How do you know I have a big nose? Colin sir.

[@sally1111100]

I wish this was longer. I wanna hear everything this woman has to say about her life and the people/world around her.

[@chimmichurri6940]

fucking cheers to that

[@LionhartM]

I was thinking the same thing. Video cut out so quickly :/

[@marcucciofoster]

I feel the same. I just wanted to hear her keep talking and telling us stories.

[@olapyza]

i wanted to hear about the business.!

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

Florence Pannell's tales. The transformations she's witnessed are truly mind-boggling! 🚀

[@elizagaskell7957]

108 years old and still her mind is sharp as a tack.

[@onlyniceviar]

They were focus enough (with the moments infront of them) unlike us we spent too much time here on the Internt..

[@Jayyy12738]

@@onlyniceviar Boohoo phone bad

[@cutebunny6690]

@@onlyniceviar neoboomer

[@cutebunny6690]

@@onlyniceviar btw On the internet you can choose between watching 5 minute crafts and reading scientific literature. It's your will that makes the difference

[@xoranginho]

@@cutebunny6690 you know they only do dumb shit without utilizing the potential of the internet. they're just projecting it onto others.

[@GreenBananaz]

I wish I could plug her brain Into a computer to see EVERYTHING she’s witnessed In her life. Amazing lady. I bet all those years ago she would never believe people from the future would be watching her on their electronic devices commenting on her life. Crazy!

[@sky-et6md]

Now , this is a Great idea ! I can't believe this is not possible yet ... fascinating .

[@GreenBananaz]

Ms. Christina fiolle Or like when you just want to show someone the dream you had so they can fully understand it 🙈🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jackieholmes5587]

Wayne Lucas she is wonderful‼️❤️

[@garethalford682]

Like the Animus

[@matadordeleoes]

one of the best comments

[@naelyneurkopfen9741]

I wonder what she'd think if she knew I was sitting in my car on my lunch break at work, watching her on a phone in my hand in 2019?

[@CarissaConti]

Just saying "2019" to somebody who was used to dates starting with "18" for the first 32 years of their life would probably seem really trippy!

[@tomaskacerovsky3366]

Dont you think that moon landing was a bigger deal?

[@pile333]

She would say that if you have it in your hand now, it is mostly because of people born in 19th century. We should all thank them.

[@mrsrunningmommy]

My sentiments as well!!! My daughter and I are watching in the car on her lunch break at school. What would she make of my sending this video to my 85 year old Aunt, who will watch on her iPad. I wonder what the world will be like when we are centurions (hopping that we will be so fortunate)? Here’s to Enjoying lunch in our cars with technology!:-D

[@ArizonaFerrets]

I am.doing the same lol

[@thejudge-kv2jk]

I love how I was born 118 years after this woman yet I can completely understand her and would easily be able to hold a conversation. She saw massive change in her lifetime.

[@unholylemonpledge9730]

Ye people could speak english 118 years ago. What a shock

[@Robert_Daniel]

she was Born in 1868 when the Titanic sunk she was 44 years old the fact that we can even see a video in color of her speaking is mind blowing and remarkable it shouldn’t be possible but it is.

[@x66Hawk66x]

It's pretty mad, however we may be lucky to experience the same level of change in our lifetimes.

[@Taima]

​@@unholylemonpledge9730You crackhead. Clearly they're referring to how little our language has changed in the past ~150 years. If we were to have this woman talking with someone her age in this video when she was say, 10 years old, they would have been born in 1771. There's a greater difference in language between 1771 and 1879 than 1869 and 2023. Basically every century you go back the change is more dramatic

[@wedemgoyz7678]

@@Robert_Danielit wasnt titanic though, it was replica Olympic afaik it was planned to kill big names before going to Usa look it up

[@Dana-xv9ru]

Did anyone else feel really disappointed when the video ended, I could have listened for hours

[@80SivaD80]

YES! Such a shame! They should have hours and hours of this woman’s stories preserved for posterity! I googled to see if I could find more on her. It said; this is all that is known of her “live interview” wise...so sad. An amazing lady!

[@judithcallejasmeza6491]

X2

[@justmilfy]

The reporter though lol...the lady was giving such informative commentary of societies of her time and the reporters just like ok yeah have you been on a plane though?

[@blackdiamond860]

I felt exactly the same

[@citytrees1752]

I want more.

[@kasper7194]

Imagine having 100 years of memory. No wonder old people want to tell stories.

[@margo-pl1ww]

And here I am, legit can't remember what I did last week.

[@0r0r0]

Always listen to an elder's story if they want to share.

[@yvonnewalesuk8035]

It's a privilege to listen to them.

[@DragonQueenThalatte]

And I'd be there to listen to her

[@elizabitty213]

I love conversing with the elderly community they are magical with their stories 😍

[@rburk854]

For more weird facts, the woman giving the interview is now 76 (as of 2019)

[@finessindanny2417]

Who was the interviewer

[@rburk854]

@@finessindanny2417 Joan Shenton

[@citywok9579]

ASG66 same

[@i_hate_f8074]

@Strelok hahahaha yah i wondered either why he thought about that HAHA

[@cooterhazzardbhogg8236]

@ASG66 she would let you, she's more adventurous now.

[@maxizac7]

Just remember that Florence was 48 years old when the first wold war, and 77 when the second. And she still lived 35 more years after that event. Incredible.

[@ennatubic4897]

your math aint mathing huh

[@unholylemonpledge9730]

Ok

[@floridadude9546]

If Mrs. Florence was 108 in the year 1977 that means she probably was born in 1869. World War 1 started in 1914 so she would have been 45 and then World War 2 started Sept. 1939 so she would have been 70.

[@nitrowolf17]

Her date of birth- 1868. And death is 1980. This is what the events she lived through- Ten years war (1868), Spanish American war (1898), world war 1, world war 2, even Korean and Vietnam war . Dang

[@gamesvideo200]

@@nitrowolf17 living during the victorian era was a war itself

[@brigadierharsh1948]

Imagine being old enough to be skeptical of airplanes back when they “first came out”

[@politereminder6284]

She was 35 yo by their invention date.

[@DiceDecides]

I wouldn't blame them for being skeptical, many people died in planes in the beginning.

[@yae5063]

@@DiceDecides and people still do die

[@lylecosmopolite]

For several decades, airplanes could not fly safely at night. Had no cabin pressurisation. Were not very fast. Had a poor safety record. Before the DC3, no airplane made a reliable profit. The first models that clearly showed that aviation was fast, comfortable and profitable were the DC6 and the Lockheed Constellation. Before 1946-50, one had a right to be a bit sceptical of civilian aviation.

[@UggNINE]

she was around when EVERYTHING first came out lol

[@Zeldafan1ify]

The minute she starts talking it's like the whole Victorian era is alive in her voice. Like a time machine. Fascinating!

[@lindaireland2751]

Me to I don't know why but I feel attach to that time for some reason can't explain it

[@fc_hunter1365]

@playlists she adapted to modern languags yet retained the amazing classic victorian accent

[@widbear3703]

She has an amazing accent that you would never hear in England nowadays. Utterly charming. Wish she had had the chance to talk a lot more.

[@sadia2395]

Why did her accent remind of Eliza Dolittle from My Fair Lady 🤔

[@bleh1569]

Ikr

[@k3kboi665]

I think there should be a program to interwiev the oldest members of any generation to preserve these kind of things.

[@eliegbert8121]

That sounds great

[@docyoutv5020]

We've done exactly that! First older person will be online very soon.

[@Travisbig7]

@Hernando Malinche Exactly! People of the future all they need to do is scroll through KZbin 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Travisbig7]

@Hernando Malinche That's cool I get what you mean, i was born in 97 so the early & mid 2000's I'm very familiar with but even with it comes to the olden days all I had to do was watch a movie from the 60's 70's, 80's, etc. And KZbin even has videos of what life was like in early 1900's even the late 1800's. So if you really think about the future generation pretty much has the industrial world all the way up to the modern world all mapped out for them really.

[@Travisbig7]

@Hernando Malinche I wonder why, but every generation has movies that accurately protrays how the life and times were. You just have to find those good movies or documentaries really. Gotta expand you're horizon a bit more than vlogs young grasshopper lol.

[@lenka.luciferian]

So I'm currently 16, I have this rare heart disease and doctors have recently told me I probably have 3-4 years of time. Watching these kind of beautiful and heart-touching content makes me cry a bit. I'd do literally anything to have more time on this Earth, but you can't change your fate, they say. This lady is very inspirational and I hope she enjoyed her long life. Rest in peace

[@rghaw]

I'm sorry you have to watch the time count down. I hope you will be able to lay in the house of the Lord once you're gone. That is much much much better than having to be on this earth. I'll pray for you.

[@themoocher3029]

Wow so sorry god is with you spend as much happy memories here on earth as you can keep smiling 🙂

[@lenka.luciferian]

@@rghaw Thank you for your kind words. I suppose, I won't suffer that much when it happens, so it makes dying a little bit easier. I've had very active and productive life, I've enjoyed it. I hope, that my soul will be finally at rest and if there is any afterlife, I'll make sure, that I throw a hell of a party when I'm there.

[@lenka.luciferian]

@@themoocher3029 Dying is something you'll never fully accept. However, I've made peace with it. I've had very active and productive life and I will continue doing it until my last breath, of which I don't have that many unfortunately. I'm smilling as much as I can, because some dying people can't enjoy their lives. I don't have that much time. My dreams are like a clouds, that I could never reach. My deepest dreams are basically destroyed. Whereas, I'll try my best not to spend my final years worrying about it so much. Life shouldn't be something taken for granted, it's not. That is fate, that is unchangable. Thank you for your kind words, stay positive, which is the key to everything.

[@rghaw]

@@lenka.luciferian You are very wise. You are completely right. No one can prevent it if it's destined to happen. Obviously, miracles can happen, but that doesn't mean that it is certain they will. You're doing a very wise thing by accepting it and being positive about it.

[@averylle8574]

no one's gonna talk about how shes still strong and talk clearly like shes in her 80s? [edited] everyone thank you sm for the likes! ^^

[@michaeltnewyorknights8413]

Thank you..and how she's still attractive at 108!!?!

[@jordanfuller5732]

Her skin is phenomenal for 108!

[@waynej2608]

Yes, she is extremely well preserved. Grand lady.

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

Michael T. Your comment is a bit creepy.

[@michaeltnewyorknights8413]

@@eccremocarpusscaber5159 There is nothing "creepy" about my comment. However, your immature interpretation of my comment is quite telling.

[@chilionkel4489]

She died October 20th 1980, she was 111 years and 299 days old. Imagine the things she has seen. 🤗🤗

[@pyeltd.5457]

she died last year due to Covid but i still think she survived that and all

[@tixmatt]

@@pyeltd.5457 if she died last year she would've died in her 150s lmao

[@deeznuts8659]

she lived to see star wars :O

[@icemanire5467]

On her 111th birthday she disappeared and was later found at Rivendell with the elves.

[@brazendesigns]

@@icemanire5467 *one hundred and eleventieth ;)

[@markfindlay8636]

It's a shame she was not interviewed in more depth as she's a talking history book.

[@Leyla7292]

Very impressing that she are so clear in her mind, head, at a age over 100 years!!!!

[@obligatoryusername7239]

mark Findlay, any time an opportunity like that is passed up, it is a crime against not only her homeland of Britain, but future students of history around the world. Inconceivable that so much life experience, especially spanning the time from a few years after the end of the American Civil war, to the Zulu engagements, to WWI, WWII, and the space race, isn't recorded in depth. Would have loved to hear what she thought of tanks, the A bomb, space race, modern Britain's new culture, the collapse of the British empire, etc.

[@SonOfExcess]

@@obligatoryusername7239 The British empire did not collapse so much as it did gradually break apart.

[@fabclark123]

She grew up around people born in the 1790s ... !!!

[@Em_Elizabeth]

I once interviewed an old woman who is 108 years old. I wanted to ask more in-depth questions but she is hard of hearing. I still have the recording.

[@andrewfields8556]

Her accent is not at all like the English accents we hear nowadays. So vintage and classy sounding, she even R-r-r-r-r-rolls her R's sometimes. An awesome piece of history.

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@andrewfields8556]

@@edithbannerman4 good n u?

[@Akumutiba]

Imagine: This Video/Interview is also 47 years old !!!

[@stuartyd77]

Same age as me.

[@hanphilnoffz8827]

Or she 43 year dead

[@Akumutiba]

@@hanphilnoffz8827 No, she died in 1980 with 112 years

[@daisymay6505]

Holy moly, good for her though, wow I’ll be happy if I can just reach 80 😌

[@wbnxd5856]

Daisy May true idk how old you are, but I am 16 rn, and I would be 80 years old in 2083, so if We live that long, I think we’ll have extraordinary events between those years, i mean 2020s started off crazy, I think we’ll have a lot to tell our grandkids about this year and the years to come, but I also hope to live up to 80 years of life, if I live up to 100, the year would he 2103, I wonder what type of events ill have if I live that long 😬

[@margo6433]

Imagine being born in the era of queen victoria and living enough to watch star wars like bruh tf

[@ispvencer954]

Imagen

[@newdykung6775]

Space Odyssey's amazing enough tho

[@msjonesforestrangerlearning]

🤯🤯🤯

[@empresspalpatine8792]

That's a lovely picture. 🥰

[@muffinman5741]

Born before planes existed, lived long enough to see men on the moon.

[@이바디-f5f]

She is older than Hitler, Stalin, Roosevelt and many other historical figures and survived long enough to be interviewed on color tv. wow

[@itachi-kun7736]

shes also older than Mahatma Gandhi, Philippines' 1st President Emilio Aguinaldo who were both born 1869 and she outlived them

[@fartedonmyfamlastnight2243]

Do you mean Stalin?

[@ikejugend]

Who the fuck is Starlin 😂

[@mmjahink]

@@ikejugend Poster child for the Soviet Union, haven't you read your history? A STARlin is born

[@florjanbrudar692]

1. It's Stalin 2. Yes, wow!

[@Illustraful]

For anyone who's interested, Florence lived to see the start of the 80s. She died on 20th October 1980 at the age of 111.

[@garetcrossman6626]

So she saw two lots of 80s. Then again, she went through her own 80s, so that's three lots.

[@iiii12345]

that’s such a great age to die

[@BloodMoonASMR]

Born in 1869, imagine going from seeing the first steam train and industrial revolution to watching Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson and Madonna on a TV.

[@Illustraful]

@@BloodMoonASMR She died before Thriller and before Madonna hit it big.

[@phsemburitberpisahtiada5757]

🤗

[@Marchant2]

"Nothing is the same. Everything has changed." She's 100% right, but it's amazing to see someone who actually got to experience all that change.

[@charlotte1100]

Macsen Wledig grass couldve been a different colour, maybe yellowish. how would you know? you werent around in the 1800s

[@oc8636]

@Macsen Wledig But for example fruit and vegtables were different. Different forms and more seeds

[@jimbopaw]

I tried to compare old and new photos of the same place, and one thing I noticed is that all the little things change. However some things don't change. I'll give you an example: compare a very old picture of a street with recent one. You will see that the sidewalk tiles are different, lamp posts have moved, the sidewalks has moved a bit, the road is different, shops are different, many buildings are gone, the way people dress is totally different, plants are gone, etc. However the same road still runs there, you can still see people crossing the road, going to work, maybe, holding hands, same shit. Some roads can be traced back to roman times!

[@SteezyRedStars]

No period in history has drastically changed us more as a species than the 20th century. I don't think the 21st century would beat the 20th century in terms of huge technological improvements. Just saying.

[@elimalinsky7069]

@@SteezyRedStars sure the 21st century can beat the 20th century in technological advancement, we just need a couple of world wars and a long cold war for that to happen. Nothing advances technology as much as global armed conflicts and arms races.

[@coocoo_qt4130]

Watching a video of a lady born in 1868 that was broadcasted in 1977 in 2019. In a way we've already created time machines.

[@daraj02]

This woman is iconic, she was born 10 years before the light bulb was invented, and yet she still managed to outlive Elvis Presley

[@pumpkin6429]

This comment has been stolen in a million different ways on this comment section alone. I feel like I'm going insane.

[@jamesbovington8218]

This is rooted in our own deepest longings.

[@eneco3965]

@@pumpkin6429 I don't get comments like this. It's not like someone else could think the same thing, am I right?

[@Stefan_Van_pellicom]

And quite possibly it will still be available for viewing in 3019 ...

[@Someone_RandomV8]

Sharp mind for a 108yr old, would’ve liked it if the interview was longer then 3mins, the stories she could tell.

[@killianoshaughnessy1174]

here here

[@MaddieSchnitzel]

Her mind, and body at that, weren't poisoned by chemicals in food and air.

[@madicaputo4109]

Helga von den Schnitzelbergen this is kinda funny because in Victorian times science and even the microscope was new so they unknowingly used poison and bad chemicals in most of their food and parts of everyday life

[@madicaputo4109]

Helga von den Schnitzelbergen also this was the Industrial Age so much of the UK and parts of Europe was full of smog

[@MaddieSchnitzel]

@@madicaputo4109 still no GMOs, no hormone-packed meat and no artificially manufactured diseases. And no pharma.

[@novaparadoxx9043]

From 1868-1977. She witnessed the Victorian age, the Industrial revolution, the Titanic, invention of the Teddy Bear, the first tour de France, the first modern Olympics in Greece, invention of the Airplane, Hawaii joining America, Pluto's discovery, invention of the US national anthem, the first FIFA World Cup, WW1, WW2, MLK, Malcolm X and the Civil Rights movement, the Korean independence and the Korean war, the Vietnam War, JFKs assassination, the birth and death of Elvis Presley, the Hippie movement, Michael Jackson, Invention of the Compter.. What a life

[@Ellis-zr1qd]

More than that.. She probably didn't witness American stuff so much, had more important things to witness

[@francoisdaureville323]

A lot of those things are american movements that had very little relevance in britain Who is malcom x??

[@haphazard_traveller]

uhh hawai'i did not join america. they were a sovereign nation that was overthrown. they are still, understandably, upset.

[@chrisstucker1813]

She’s British lmao. The fuck would she care about Hawaii joining America

[@r903_1]

**very eurocentric (even more american) comment**

[@imme4810]

That old victorian accent😍😍

[@vickygi2197]

Yes...i like very much.

[@vickygi2197]

@@bekkerz7789 yes.its thrue.

[@zweij]

sound a lot like John Hurt, the late actor

[@youknowsnow1452]

Oh yes yes

[@MeanOldLady]

@@bekkerz7789 - & the Brits rag on the Americans now for preserving that R in many dialects...

[@user-vp5py5eo8x]

Interesting note: Her husband died in 1905, when she was 36, and she had a son who was living and around 78 at the time of this interview. She ended up outliving her husband by 75 years.

[@hasanmuhammad6651]

(°○°)

[@takaishima_24]

That's why she lived so long (jk)

[@NeroSparda99]

@J M he gave her a son, so probably not lol

[@NeroSparda99]

@J M good friends during your teenage years and a love you shared a child with is a bit different, I imagine she looked back on him with fond memories

[@NeroSparda99]

@J M I understood fine.

[@therealzilch]

"In Paris nothing mattered!" Just lovely.

[@therealzilch]

@J .S Tesla died in 1943, long before videos existed.

[@HostileLemons]

@@therealzilch please tell me you are joking...

[@therealzilch]

@@HostileLemons Okay, I was only considering digital video cameras. My bad.

[@HostileLemons]

@@therealzilch no problem

[@therealzilch]

@@HostileLemons I agree with you anyway, I think. It would have been great to have a film of Tesla, but as far as I know, none exist, nor are there recordings of his voice. A pity.

[@wickedchild8501]

This is amazing... 108 years old and she speaks with such clarity and confidence in her voice. I'm very proud of this lady and amazed by how much story she must have lived

[@frederickson7879]

Everyone is amazed that she’s living, but what’s more shocking is that at 108 years old, her mind remains *fit as a freaking fiddle* in a world that must be unrecognizable in comparison to the one she explored in her youth. Her intelligence is seemingly above what many adults today cannot achieve. This is not an old woman, no - this is a godsend. I hope that she rests in peace.

[@MaximC]

I agree with this perspective, although I think any human can be this "quick" until the day of death. The issue of dementia, Alzheimer disease, etc, is only "normal" today, and I think these "diseases" are mainly manmade (we poison ourselves nowadays, through amalgams, vaccinations, food, water, air, you name it, and diet that we have nowadays itself - even if today's animal derived products were made in a completely healthy way, amounts matter - before we ate very little animal derived products).

[@frederickson7879]

Maxim C. You say we are poisoning ourselves and I’ll agree with certainty, though it seems you’re getting at the idea that we’re poisoning ourselves to such an extent that we’re - health wise - worse off than people in the Victorian Era, which is simply untrue. Modern medicine has made wondrous bounds that simply can’t be denied, and the life span of human beings has increased at an exponential rate which puts the Victorian Era to shame. And that isn’t to mention the numerous ways Victorians unintentionally killed themselves using every day products and foods laced with arsenic. While I agree that any old person *can* grow to be elderly and yet still fully functional as the woman in the video above is, the chances are low - even today, and especially in the Victorian Era.

[@MaximC]

@@frederickson7879 In many ways we are better off, in many other ways - worse off. And the extent of both possibly are dramatic (the more technologically advanced we are, the more potential damage we can inflict, to the environment, and to ourselves). Take amalgams, take vaccinations, both weren't used prior not so long ago, let alone so widely. If we messed up say these two (which it's clear to me we did), the extent of how much they affected humanity's physical and mental state cannot be overestimated. Longer life doesn't necessarily equal more quality life/more healthy years. Not to mention life expectancy is now starting to go down it seems. In any case, look at learning disabilities and difficulties, autoimmune disorders, chronic illnesses, mental illnesses, cancer, etc, etc - that have been increasing.

[@sickwidit7562]

I tell you Hwat, its the diet. Food was damn REAL back then

[@gutz323]

@@MaximC I do agree with you, but I believe a lot of things had no real diagnosis especially mental illness and learning difficulties, you was either just mad or stupid and lazy.

[@santinoalfredo7290]

this lady was was 1 when charles dickens died - 12 when billy the kids iconic photo was taken - 13 for the gunfight at the ok corral - 13 when jessie james was murdered - 17 when tower bridge was built - 18 when sherlock holmes first appeared - 19 when jack the ripper sent his first letter - 43 when the titanic sunk just incredible

[@buddi3z]

santino alfredo Wow

[@stavrosgazis5824]

Lol... it's insane when you put it in perspective... Absolutely amazing

[@bonkujo]

In the same year when she was interviewed, the first Star Wars was released.

[@santinoalfredo7290]

@@bonkujo i wouldnt brag about knowing that

[@MerryOlSoulGigglesmith]

Sank

[@mattlufcy1254]

I love her precise speech, with the rolled "R"s. Very formal, enunciating every word. I wish we still cared about our speech this way.

[@mr.mcnuggies]

She was born one year after Canada was founded as a country (July 1st, 1867)

[@meiasabine4517]

And 33 years before Australia was 🇦🇺 (1901)

[@EdouardPicard0224]

A dark era

[@Spineless-Lobster]

Damn, this lady is almost as old as my own country!

[@rosekapali817]

@goff0103 hi pls tell me this was a NCT reference.

[@Kiki-qm9jg]

She was also born a year before the American Civil war commenced (1861 - 1865) my mind is blown

[@applejellypucci]

"What's the biggest change you've seen?" "Ev'rrrythin'!" Love this

[@vinicius2uiciniv]

Right in the best part of the interview and it just ends abruptly :(

[@HopeNazir]

And a lot if it fir the worse I am afraid

Nothing is the same , period.

[@tortinwall]

Such as? @@HopeNazir

[@Derek-no8fu]

When she said nothing is the same and that everything has changed, I almost started crying a little.

[@NotMyName10]

She was born when Germany and Italy both were still being formed/unified. She also lived in the 60's, twice.

[@thebenis3157]

Italy already existed as a country in 1868. Sure, it wasn't as big as it is now, in fact it didn't even own Rome, but still

[@betelehemt]

@@thebenis3157 1861...

[@thebenis3157]

@@betelehemt Yeah, I know, that guy said that Italy wasn't a country yet when this woman was born in 1868, I was just telling that, by that point, Italy existed already. I know the year where my country was unified...

[@betelehemt]

@@thebenis3157 infatti ho scritto solo l anno,non volevo apparire una che corregge anche se in fine...appare che l abbia fatto. Ma capisco anche perche lui abbia detto cosi. Alla fine quell unificazione è cosi recente che potresti sentirla nell aria italiana ancora, susseguitasi da conseguenza.

[@IndianaJoe0321]

She also was alive when jeans, the typewriter, vacuum cleaner, sliced bread, antibiotics, radar, radio, television, the ballpoint pen, nuclear power, rockets, microwave ovens, computers, Star Wars, etc. were all discovered/invented/created.

[@fluffythebluepersian4888]

I wish this interview were much longer. She was bright, so interesting and so charasmatic. They could've made this at least a half hour, she had so much to share with us. My great grandma was born in 1898, my grandma was born in 1929. Both lived to their mid 90s. My grandma just passed away last month at 95. Sadly she lived in a nursing home for 9 YEARS, she should've never been moved there with nearly a decade of life left, and lost both her mind and physical abilities shortly after moving there. Was essentially a living vegetable her last 5 years.

[@robiking011]

There's an african proverb that says ''When an old person dies, it's library that burns down to ashes''.

[@arous22]

isn't like 80% of Africa illiterate?

[@zddxddyddw]

@@arous22 Doesn't mean people don't have tales to tell or knowledge about certain things.

[@warmaathgabriela8435]

@@arous22 says who?!

[@chocolexii]

​@@arous22 So I guess the only exposure you get to Africa is from the commercials on TV asking for 1 cent a day, huh? That's a whole fuckin continent you're joking about, my guy.

[@texasred2702]

I thought it was from Borges the Argentinian writer.

[@Waxadisc]

I would have watched this for 3 hours if they had the footage, 3 minutes for a 108 years is an insult. They clearly didnt have enough tape in the cam

[@sparky6086]

Here's an interview from 1969 and broadcast in 1970 of a couple or Victorian Era ladies, where they speak more freely about their lives: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moq6aGCdqrqVgpY

[@edgravely3803]

Yeah but, 2:45 of it would've been her taking a nap.

[@Waxadisc]

@@edgravely3803 😂😂😂 probably

[@raphaaugust4138]

Waxadisc Music right?

[@llVIU]

gotta save the tape for all those 10000000000000000000000000000000000000 hours of royal british family footage

[@TheOGDominic]

As far as 108-year-olds go, she wasn't having any trouble speaking.

[@cormacmacsuibhne2867]

I was also suprised with that fact and the fact she could hear so well.

[@gerardcollins6621]

Same. She was spectacular looking for 105+, still could move well and only had to lean in to fully hear. Most centenarians who reach that age are decrepit.

[@mattw4496]

Or remembering

[@chloel.8007]

She speaks so nicely

[@mahmood03]

Hearing is very much genetic dependent. One of my patient whom I saw couple of weeks ago was 103 years of age with moderate hearing loss. The patient's memory was also excellent.

[@nessavee2205]

Imagine at 108 years old still having such an excitment for life as to say she would happily ride on a plane beacause "I'm more adventurous now". What an incredible woman!

[@BudderB0y2222]

She was: Born 3 years after slavery was abolished in the U.S. 35 when the airplane was invented 46 when WWI happened 71 when WWII started 101 when the moon landing happened And the U.S. was less than a century old when she was born

[@ApexCalibre]

Brendan Berney And more than 2 centuries old when this interview was conducted

[@Kaganath]

Imagine going from the invention of the airplane, to watching man step on the moon. I would've loved to ask her what she thought of it.

[@unknowndeoxys00]

Pin this comment yo

[@isla2202]

Why are you comparing a great british lady like this to that ignorance filled shithole the US

[@chamade166]

I slap chickens Not everyone in the US is ignorant and uncultured, although most people outside of a fee select areas are.

[@outsidersongs2682]

If this was 10 hours long it still wouldn't be long enough. Her memories are so fascinating

[@levimacdonald5188]

I 💯 agree

[@sirtinley-knot2944]

... and priceless

[@janeokeeffe5297]

Yes I agree

[@triciabarrett9621]

I want MORE !!!!!!

[@jimmydean9204]

This was the quickest 3 minutes ever. I wish the interview was longer.

[@jackwatson3944]

"have you ever been in an aeroplane" "when they first came out I didn't fancy them".

[@gjdud12]

sounds like electric cars

[@TimSlee1]

@@gjdud12 True, I find their technology fascinating but most petrol heads could care less about them.

[@gjdud12]

@@TimSlee1 im one of those, but I am also a tech head so i have mixed feelings...

[@TimSlee1]

@@gjdud12 What also fascinates me is the speed and acceleration of electric super cars, they perform just as well as petrol cars in those departments.

[@plazmica0323]

Tim Slee Not in range and acceleration... at least yet

[@AuntieMamies]

Her capacity to converse and her lucidity is incredible

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

When I was a little girl, our neighbor was 103. She would tell us stories of coming out on the Oregon Trail in a covered wagon.

[@moxiearcenciel1607]

Thats so interesting 🖤

[@laurieb3703]

That's amazing! How lucky you are!

[@michaelh.3516]

Actually crazy! When was that

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

@@michaelh.3516 Early 1960's when I was about 5 or 6. People still came out in covered wagons in the late 1800's because the trains were too expensive to transport an entire household.

[@alianaburgess1971]

@@kathrynmolesa1641 oh how I would love to hear her stories, you’re truly lucky and blessed to be able to hear stories from back then from your neighbor ❤️. I truly wondered what it was like to be living back in those days.

[@paulfasse8032]

She was 22 years old when Vincent Van Gogh passed away. Wow

[@djmotise]

For some reason, this has no impressive meaning for me.

[@user-yy7cw7fl8p]

darren motise same 😅🤣

[@morbidsearch]

The oldest woman who ever lived knew Vincent Van Gogh when she was a child and called him "disagreeable and badly dressed"

[@lulululu2109]

@@morbidsearch well she didnt "know" him. She met him when they were in an art shop and Vincent was buying his supplies.

[@56squadron]

@@morbidsearch - So Don McLean lied to us too?

[@JimmyMcGillsg]

Imagine her listening to her grandparents when she was a younger person thats like 1700s stuff dude :EDIT wooow 800 likes thanks

[@markbaadjies2034]

Damn that's deep.

[@yarpen26]

Her grandparents must have been equally shocked to see automobiles, trais, telegrams and electricity spring out of the ground in their lifetime, which they had started off when the fastest way of delivering messages through long distances was still Native American bonfires.

[@lephilosopheinconnu3952]

Now that's scary. Great

[@shittymcrvids3119]

crazy.

[@tomasvrabec1845]

Her grandparents we likely born in the 1800s at she was born in the 1867 and people usually gave birth between ages 20-30

[@burakcglynn]

it is really, and i mean really amazing that we have this footage. she was literally walking history and we are lucky to be able to watch this interview even though it's kinda short

[@jritz2743]

I’m 52 and the world is vastly different since 1977, when this was filmed. I can’t imagine how she felt living 1868 to 1980. The technological advances are astounding. When she was born, the telephone wasn’t invented yet, and she lived long enough to see men on the moon.

[@rijun14]

J Ritz I’m also 52 and can clearly remember 1977, and to think back them WW2 had ended just 32 years before, but as a kid 1945 felt like ancient history. Now over 40 years has passed since 1977 !

[@COLDoCLINCHER37]

@@rijun14 how old are you?.

[@colinsmith3666]

54 and the world today is for sure different than in the 70s when people today often behave like zombies in many thoughts. Wonder where it went wrong in that way. Have a nice day. Yeah, people dont say that any more either. ☺

[@savannahrose8380]

I'm 31 and even in my life time thus far so many things have changed.

[@freedomfreedom6306]

J Ritz yes!! you are right.thanks to God our world did not change over night but slowly step by step.not like in the French comedy "Hibernatus" 1969 I was born in 1971.our son 14 y.o. ask mom are you was born before WWII?....why?!....because in the family album a lot of photos are black and white....

[@draconian45]

I love the way she talked. That Victorian accent sounds so cool.

[@rachelwalsh3575]

The devolution of accents/language was exacerbated when they brought more regional accents onto TV and stopped being particularly strict at school about spelling, grammar, punctuation and pronunciation. Combined with children reading less classic literature or reading less of anything. Its a change I've seen happening over the last 30 years

[@piperhurtado4945]

Yes! I’ve noticed she rolled her “rs”, something that simply isn’t done in English anymore except in certain dialects... heck, even Louisiana French maintains the rolled “r” sound rather than the Parisian guttural pronunciation. I wonder why the rolled “r” has fallen out of favor over the last century or so. It sounds so dignified and special.

[@goosequillian]

Yanks are now making sure that English be butchered unrecognizably. It is rather saddening, isn't it?

[@kitt3813]

@draconian45 It's not a "Victorian accent" you fool, it's standard English - frequently found in England today

[@StellaMariaGiulia]

Kate Taylor except the sound did change quite a bit. Maybe not in some dialects, as someone already said, but more prominently those rs don't get rolled as much these days! I'm in no way a linguist, just an enthusiast, but they significantly have been dropped after the 50s/60s, so much so that in the southern part of England it's pretty much gone. I read somewhere that it's changing people's facial muscles, 😂 apparently not rolling your r leads to premature sagging of your neck and chin area

[@santiagopardosserrano9127]

This woman was already 46 when WW1 started, Jesus...

[@l.aw.t9727]

It's crazy to imagine lol

[@S0n0fCh4d]

@@mrtraa2639 Or even a great grandson

[@keicbell]

@@mrtraa2639 in WW1 even!

[@Terric90]

WW1 started in 1914 you dumbfuck.

[@Terric90]

And dont moan our godfather Jesus!

[@jahleelmonet6002]

Wow! Her memory and ability to carry herself the way she did. Remarkable. Love her proper accent.

[@juliad5559]

She honestly looks great for her age

[@sg7265]

Yes ❤️❤️❤️ she does.

[@Lloydy786]

GILF?

[@fabplays6559]

Lea Mijatovic Nah, she looks 90! Still young for her age.

[@Sharon-sw7mr]

She is so smart

[@Stella-cf4cl]

on top of that, her mind is still very sharp especially for her age and she has a lot of energy

[@TweedSuit]

Some Key Events from the Year 1977 - Elvis Presley dies (presumably) - Star Wars is released. - Disco is all the rage. - Mrs. Florence Pannel turns 108…

[@thejectorproject]

I was born.

[@jonashotger4456]

And France's last beheading by guillotine...

[@emperorryanii]

Jonas Hötger , wow. 😧

[@kbhprinsesse]

Maria Callas died.

[@Kurty94]

Lynyrd Skynyrd...

[@rp8889]

Imagine: She was a young woman in the 1880s and was interviewed in 1977.

[@Kopite4life12]

Remarkable!

[@trionabyrne72]

There's a lot of few old people age nearly 100 years old.

[@korencek]

There are also videos of people who lived in around 1820-1830. Imagine that.

[@TheJnkh]

plague

[@Maw0]

This woman was already 30 before the 20th century even began and we are seeing her clearly speaking and in a relatively clear video. I enjoy watching these videos of people from the 1800's. They've seen history change the most out of anyone in my opinion.

[@Chiffawndue]

She passed away 3 years after this was made. She was 111 years old. That's absolutely wild. It's kind of sad to think she may have outlived any potential children though

[@Mxyzptlksac]

That happens to a lot of elderly people. They outlive friends and family

[@IgnoretheButter]

I wonder if she ever got to fly

[@beanceline]

i once had a patient who turned 100 years old. i wished her a happy birthday and asked if she would celebrate. she said "with whom? theres no one left but me"

[@laylajackson99]

@@beancelineawww so sad

[@eman6940]

R.I.P. 🙏

[@Swordisk]

She lived through 6 monarchs Victoria Edward VII George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II

[@paddyp3457]

@Redblade That makes 7 of you then

[@johnecriteser7813]

Amazing to consider. Also, Redblade is an AH.

[@felox1715]

"The crown must always win"

[@mutantkitten7765]

@Redblade piss off republican piece of shit! long live the crown!

[@michaelh4227]

Sucks cause most of us will probably live through only one. The queen will outlive us all.

[@nickstonehenge]

Face and hands: 108 years old Legs: BRAND NEW

[@Msciwoj-j4x]

Legs always covered from sunlight and the elements.

[@sharicola8870]

Its definitely the stockings. My grandmother died at 102 and she always wore stockings and they made her legs look perfect

[@bobchapline8212]

She could definitely get it

[@jamie25288]

Wear sunscreen people

[@syrus3k]

You've taken this to worrying new places

[@kareemmohammad5221]

This is the real “Back in my days...” that really hits

[@marcello7781]

Having a grandma or great grandma like her would be a dream for many history nerds.

[@emitosy4530]

Marcello SDLT Ah yes, that would be so great. I would listen to her stories for hours and hours if I had a close family member like her.

[@rickross80]

EXACTLY, I would looove to ask her about everything she went through, her friends, how it was back then...

[@fortysomethingbadgirls2173]

I was fortunate to have a grandmother and great grandmother to pass on history. One never spoke english. Both were Native American.

[@ZainabProductions]

Wish I could talk to one. I love learning the history of my motherland. Both of my grandmothers died by the time I was 14. My mother’s dad died the week I was born and my fathers dad died in the 80s. Even alive I wouldn’t be able to communicate with them as I can’t speak my native language fluently. If you’re reading this and your grandparents are alive - please talk to them. Some people never get the chance to

[@BMoney8600]

My grandpa grew up during the Great Depression and fought in WWII.

[@PizzaRoyalty]

She is saying..."nothing is the same, everything has changed." That was 1977...here we are in 2020 and I can say the same thing being born in 1963. lol.

[@BuffOrpington7]

That's funny, because in many ways, I'm struck by how little has changed,

[@kennarajora6532]

I'll call you in 2071. Then you'll be about at old as she was at the time of this interview. It'd be interesting to see how much the world's changed at that point, considering how much it's already changed.

[@dilapnapunjabi703]

Yes, humanity is completely vanished.

[@LifeAmpHealth]

Even more changed now after 6th january 2021 We should keep this thread alive 🤪

[@barbalace8304]

@Zayed Goki Yes we do. They are called helicopters.

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

Absolutely fascinating! Her clarity of mind and storytelling skills are truly remarkable. It's heartwarming to witness someone with such a rich history share their experiences. She lived through an era of immense change, and her perspective is a treasure. 🌟

[@alannahashlie6761]

I can’t believe they only interviewed her for 3 minutes! She was a fountain of knowledge and genuine history, like her childhood and teenage years and courtship etc.... there has to be more footage!

[@IgabodDobagi]

When you are 108 years old you have to take naps every 4 minutes just to make it through the day.

[@alannahashlie6761]

Igabod Dobagi not this lady!!

[@Neontrifle]

How do you know how long she was interviewed for? Are you new to You Tube

[@00103042]

Igabod Dobagi lmfao slaughtered

[@KayPeaz97]

because the people interviewing/ watching at the time were boomers

[@chloel.8007]

She was alive when Jack the Ripper was considered the 1st serial murderer

[@jaymeehoffstar2621]

I realized that, imagining her in Ripper times London, she was in her 20s even then, whoa

[@suckmydingledong]

Jaymeehoffstar;) But who would suspect such a fine young lady?

[@TrailNation]

@KoivuTheHab germany was formed in 1871

[@genericname34]

he’s still considered the first serial killer, but get what you mean haha

[@jaymeehoffstar2621]

@@suckmydingledong har har 😜

[@nemumami]

I love how she pronounces things more eloquently.

[@gaminglegend]

she rolls her r's

[@Krissy_Bunnie]

Quite posh

[@inquisitiveone3579]

Nemo: You mean the way English is intended to be spoken? Sadly its a lazy language now especially in the US. For example, people say the word irregardless instead of regardless. But because so many people say this word incorrectly it has now been added to the dictionary.

[@takeurpills6024]

Inquisitive One But if it’s in the dictionary it’s not incorrect anymore

[@NewYorkNevada]

I was thinking the same, actually about both of them.

[@freyalw326]

My great grandad was born 11 years before Florence and my great grandmother the same year. We're over 130 years apart. It's amazing to hear stories from the time they were younger.

[@kaiserreichempireofohio834]

Imagine being in her position, starting life in the 1870s and being around in the 1970s. Stuff as simple as a walk down the street would be unbelievablely different for her, from seeing pedestrians in top hats, caines, or large dresses that nearly touch the ground to seeing people in shorts, sunglasses, and t-shirts, and everything inbetween. Her life experience has to be one of the most exceptional.

[@kaiserreichempireofohio834]

Like in her looking back on it later on

[@user-ji8ll1qn6o]

to seeing hippies on drugs and having sex in public

[@josephzagorski4344]

She really lived in the one of the craziest times. There's a historian that calls 1870 to 1970 the "special century". The industrial revolution, the wars, etc.. She saw everything, except the Internet.

[@fastertrackcreative]

I wonder if it's alienating? To see everything change so much, to feel out of time.

[@kaiserreichempireofohio834]

@@fastertrackcreative almost certainly is, I'd imagine

[@samhayes-astrion]

It blows my mind that someone born in the 1860s might have gotten the chance to see Star Wars.

[@joshalynkirkham]

Oh my gosh. Mind blown.

[@BehindStarWars]

Love this hahaha

[@Bent773]

Dude, this is insane. I love it

[@keicbell]

Wow. That contextualises it

[@lylecosmopolite]

My great aunt, who died when I was 13, was born at a time when the only technologies were steam trains and telegrams. No motor car played a role in her wedding. A few years before her death at age 90, she published an article in a journal of regional history pointing out that she had lived into the era of nuclear weapons, direct dial long distance, and astronauts orbiting the earth. She never drove, and she never mentioned seeing a movie. I have forgotten if she had a TV set. She stopped buying clothes in the 1920s. She had a secret vice: a bit of whiskey mixed into some hot milk, just before going to bed. It was for medicinal purposes, mind you...;) When she died, she left me a bit of money in her will. That bit of money enabled me to attend an Ivy League school without a scholarship. I remain deeply grateful to her.

[@Kairensclass]

1:13 "There was a woman crossing the road, holding her dress up, showing her ankle to there!" "Tut!" Oh this is so precious, truly a relic of a bygone era. Imagine those gentlemen now if they were to walk through Shoreditch on a Friday afternoon in summer, they wouldn't know where to look 😂😅

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

When she was born people like Charles Darwin, Vincent Van Gogh and Karl Marx were still alive.

[@davidcross9811]

Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central who wants to live with Karl Marx?

[@Golemoid]

@@davidcross9811 bernie's voters

[@dakotafawson1223]

David Cross me

[@foreverdumb7381]

David Cross me

[@BibleStorm]

@@f.th.4299 alright you fucking weirdo who touched you in the special area when you were a kid?

[@david18ireland]

i could sit and listen to someone like florence for hours

[@t_naubrey5583]

Me too! I want more!!!

[@tedcrilly46]

@@t_naubrey5583 Does she have a twitter account?

[@niix.2732]

@@tedcrilly46 Is this a joke?

[@camper1749]

@@niix.2732 Most likely a joke.

[@iamandrew2467]

Her accent is refreshing

[@alangeorge5592]

Imagine being born when you could talk to people from 1700s and dying when you could have talked to people alive today!

[@tomaskacerovsky3825]

That means that someone alive and not so old today could have been told a story about an event that took place in the 1780s or the 1790s only second hand. This is mad..

[@YorgosEU]

That's a proof that these times are not as distant from us as one may think.. As a matter of fact beliefs and ways of thinking present at those times continue to affect our lives today.

[@xtopia9758]

Wow

[@avonlave]

@@YorgosEU well said. Makes you think about the unbroken chain of ancestry, ie I was raised by someone who was raised in the 50s, by someone who was raised in the 20s, by someone who was raised in the 1890s, by someone who was raised in the 1870s, by someone who…

[@YorgosEU]

@@avonlave Hi Andy. I still have beliefs in my subconscious which were passed to me through my father through his grandfather who was born in late 1890s... And now imagine someone who being raised by parents who were raised by their grant parents... And put him in the same classroom with another person being raised by a teenage mother! I think I've judged wrongly many people in my life and overestimated others!

[@lindastarr4699]

Most major inventions happened during her time. For thousands of years things were pretty much the same. My dad who was born in1918 and my grandparents in late 1890s would say the same. My grandfather didn't learn to drive or care for cars, but my dad loved everything about them (new generation for cars). It reminds me of the kids now with all the knowledge of technology. I ask my niece about so many things. I wish we could hear more stories from this lady.

[@johnhoney5089]

Change has always occurred, albeit more gradually. Often I research the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, and one thing that intrigued me was how the whole civilization became completely unrecognizable to how it started, from small wooden huts to giant city-states and elaborate palaces like those at Babylon and Ur.

[@callumwells]

She was literally in her mid-twenties when Jack the Ripper was around.

[@SirVoltz]

Now he's just found in the stripclub and is now known as jack the stripper

[@Princess2Warrior]

*And Jonathan Joestar.*

[@therealdoctorwho942]

Creepy

[@adamamaru4535]

@@Princess2Warrior What If she's actually just Erina joestar

[@thehound3202]

wow of all the things that's what I thought about too

[@K-Riz314]

What a monumental shame it's so brief. She deserved an entire episode dedicated to her interview. She was eager to share her stories.

[@ajl8198]

Yes I would love to know more about her life and what she saw and experienced and also what were her secrets for longevity

[@user-td4do3op2d]

I'm absolutely certain there was a longer version of this interview on KZbin a couple of years ago but there's no sign of it now.

[@ericastier1646]

@Maria Santucci I'd say that her vivacious and direct temperament remembers me of my late grand father in his old age. For those very few of us humans who get to that very old age and still have all their senses, they've seen it all, they know the frailty and the mediocrity of humans from A to Z. They know how everything is, they'be lying if they pretended anything surprises them anymore.

[@Marco-zt2jj]

There's a timer on the top left corner, it seems like it lasted for more than 1 hour

[@Ratigan2]

@@Marco-zt2jj who's to say that it was just interviewing her?

[@stevieboy2009]

I could listen to her all day, I wish I could listen to all of her stories.

[@arbel7655]

I suspect a lot of them were from Punch...LOL

[@lindathetford3776]

ME TOO

[@alfwinnn4224]

There is a video where they interview people over 100 and they know how to use iPads lol.

[@lindaireland2751]

Me too lovely lady

[@jord19100]

She is a very good speaker

[@irinamordavchenko2031]

Florence Pannel is just awesome. It is sad we know so little about her.

[@raymouton6050]

Her English accent is so nice. That alone makes me feel like I am traveling to the Era.

[@boocchihitori4450]

She was there when the accent was created

[@PoutinePete]

I felt the same way while listening to her talk. Good comment!

[@raymouton6050]

@Tweaky Robin it is you're* (you are) not your because I do not own a stereotype. It's really silly if you to jump to that conclusion about me. Most of what I said was imagination... We all are allowed to dream and romanticize things if we want right?! I like to imagine the beauty of the Era, I know that they had illnesses, harmful chemicals used in households and sold over the counter and poor hygiene but there's still something very unique and beautiful about the Victorian Era.

[@MFvanBylandt]

She did not even die shortly after this. She lived untill 1980, dying at 111 and 299 days.

[@Pure-Crystal-Fire]

She loved God thats why :) today people just love themselves

[@nalgasasadas2232]

PureFire of God - Mum and Son In Christ we shall never judge people just bc they aren't religious ive known people who were atheist and lived till the 100th's :)

[@supersonic_tumbleweed]

“Today people just love themselves” Millennials and Zoomers: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@darul2652]

@@Pure-Crystal-Fire can i ask you some questions about god ???

[@darkduane1]

111 is a good sign

[@dianekennedy7086]

I can't imagine anyone living to be 108 and being as sharp as this woman is. Good memory, tells jokes out of Punch, etc. She is utterly amazing.

[@silentlyawake8471]

what is Punch? I didn't understand that part

[@dianekennedy7086]

@@silentlyawake8471 "Punch" was a popular Imagazine during the Victorian era. Other readers can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it was satire oriented.

[@woodrowwilson4126]

@@dianekennedy7086 the oldest person living now is over 110!

[@dianekennedy7086]

@@woodrowwilson4126 WOW!!

[@woodrowwilson4126]

@@dianekennedy7086 She is 118.

[@asiyaheibhlin7297]

This and the American 30's/40's cinema accent are my favorite accents. And her diction is beautiful. I will love to teach my son to speak like this so that he is easily understood. -Linguist