My great grandfather survived two world wars. He had dementia on his final years. Telling me stories over and over again, I never complained. Just listened and asked questions. Miss those lazy afternoons with him. He passed away at the age of 107. So lucky I had the best times with him.
@Danielle20-s8h2 жыл бұрын
107 wow! He would have seen so much in his many years. I bet his stories were amazing
@indyrawr17562 жыл бұрын
107?! What a trooper! You've got some great genetics in you! I'm so l glad you have his stories and time together to look back on!
@ithoughtyouknew70362 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother passed at 103. I remember her telling me about the depression, ww2, pearl harbor. Playing uncle wiggly while eating tea cakes, Christmas with home made treats and fruit in our stockings (in reused gift bag). I miss all the sweet things she would say. Us just taking the time to share things with eachother. Pop rocks was an exciting day (I can still hear her laugh). I was blessed to have those moments and miss them as well.
@SpanishPrincess892 жыл бұрын
My daddy great Granddaddy lived to be 107 or 109 he told stories about what it was like being a slave in America my daddy almost 60 now he would say never look a white man in the eye unless u ready to die.
@nicolestarkoniski5674 Жыл бұрын
Wow a long life indeed! What a strong man he must have been too!
@gerberjoanne2663 жыл бұрын
These families were really well selected. They had no preexisting issues that would have interfered with the story line, and though they weren't actors, they played their roles very well. I guess the middle class family didn't have much of a challenge, as they're middle class, anyway. But I found myself really seeing the Taylors as upper middle class; they fit the role so well. It was a shock to recall that the father's an electrician in real life, and the mother a nurse. It was easy to forget the Meadows' real station in life, as well.
@ainoilona56113 жыл бұрын
I agree
@georgiebennett33363 жыл бұрын
Indeed. They were really able to immerse themselves through the experience. The casting obviously did a great job selecting participants for the show.
@hosealegit26443 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@ashkeeoh2 жыл бұрын
agreed. no real life family drama involved. they all nice families
@kaleahcollins4567 Жыл бұрын
Wym pre-existing issues ? Such as?
@singenstattatmen50963 жыл бұрын
I absolutely adore Mr. Meadows and his daughter Saskia. Just feel like they could make it through absolutely anything with their fighting spirits, smarts and positive attitude. The little sister seems to take more after her mum.
@onespiceybbw3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but there's still hope for her.
@louwinters5083 жыл бұрын
I was very impressed with the older sister. But the younger one isn't too bad. She's still young.
@aryll-nya89513 жыл бұрын
She’s 15, so I understand why she’s acting the way she is. Honestly, I was the same as her when I was 15 😂 so I think I’d act similarly if I was doing this stuff too haha
@hollyh3143 жыл бұрын
In the very beginning of the show I had a much different impression of The Meadows because of them being entrepreneurs with their Polo business but they have completely changed my mind especially the father and the oldest daughter. I thought that they were going to be completely against being in the lower class and we're going to grumble the entire way but instead they rose to the occasion and totally changed my point of view about them.
@a.s.19983 жыл бұрын
Same here. Absolutely respect Saskia's attitude and her father's as well.
@LauraTeAhoWhite3 жыл бұрын
Kid: Holds the rabbit like a baby Also Kid: mum, I don't mind if you kill 1. Everyone: 👁👄👁
@bunnymad50493 жыл бұрын
lol. Pragmatic child!
@staytuned2L3373 жыл бұрын
@@bunnymad5049 I was gunna say that she was pretty brave for saying so, and also realizing pretty dang quickly that that's what they were there for 😅
@zoesolanki9613 жыл бұрын
That did make me laugh
@cruisepaige2 жыл бұрын
I want that girl on my team
@cindimams4394 Жыл бұрын
It’s all cute and cuddly until someone is hungry 😂
@SarahGreen5233 жыл бұрын
So happy Adele got her moment to shine! This was her era. Can't wait for the Meadow's family to get a real kitchen stove in the next era. That woman has worked hard this entire show. She needs some comfort.
@oppaloopa36983 жыл бұрын
The children truly are privileged to get to do this. Not only does it foster a love of history and education in a way that will 100% stick, it teaches them a very important lesson about empathy. They learn young that there’s a bigger world out there. That folks come from walks of lives that they likely never thought bout. No one can walk away from this experience and be a judgmental or self centered person. THIS is why history and art are invaluable. Absolutely History is incredible. Very good job!!!
@louwinters5083 жыл бұрын
I loved going to an old school house museum with my class in primary 7 on our week away. We all had to dress up and take an old fashioned lesson. I had to hand out the slates. Dropped them because they were so heavy and the teacher acted really harsh like they would have been back then. Made me sit in the corner and wear a dunce hat. I was a bit upset but he explained why he did it after. To make it look real and feel real. He acted like a dictator the whole lesson. I liked Mr Gillas. He was a complete nutter but he cared about kids and teaching. That was an amazing week. Transport museum, ghost walk. Water park. Shame children rarely get to do these things anymore. Health and safety regulations.
@mrs.g.98163 жыл бұрын
This "Turn Back Time" series sure makes history come alive. My mom and dad talked about being children in the Great Depression. They were used to doing without, so as young adults they coped with rationing during World War Two. My dad fought as a sniper in Europe during the winter of 1944. He was wounded and sent home few months before V-E Day. But people who lived and died under the Blitz really had it hard!
@zafferung44403 жыл бұрын
As opposed to what the Allies did to the German civilians?
@mqryqmzz2 жыл бұрын
There's another series like this called “Turn Back Time: The High Street” if you haven't seen it already, I would really suggest you give it a try!
@clioflano421 Жыл бұрын
@@mqryqmzz the high Street was fantastic have you caught up with The time crashers it's on absolute history too.
@clioflano421 Жыл бұрын
@@zafferung4440 now now community guidelines.
@mqryqmzz Жыл бұрын
@@clioflano421 not yet, but it’s on my watch list do hopefully soon!
@SENelson03133 жыл бұрын
This is literally one of the best series I've ever watched. It's so informative but also entertaining.
@hollyh3143 жыл бұрын
I agree with you 100%!!! The people that put the show together really really did a top-rated job!! The way they changed the house is out with the decor and the appliances Etc. Just absolutely wonderful.
@patriley94493 жыл бұрын
These programs bring back the old times and emotions as much as could possibly be done in our current time .I really appreciate that these folks would re-enact the past so that the rest of us can get at least a little sense of what people went through in the past. Thanks so much to all of you for doing this.
@h0rriphic3 жыл бұрын
Well said Pat! I couldn’t possibly agree with you more than I already do. ;)
@breshannondevereaux57122 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree with you more, Pat. This exercise would do us all a world of good to participate in! We could learn so much by walking in our ancestors shoes. I envy these families' opportunity. I've done s little Civil War re-enacting, but THIS would be very educational ( and fun!) Again, a HUGE THANK YOU to all the families who participated in this exercise for our benefit! WELL DONE EVERYONE!!
@caitlinlabranche88943 жыл бұрын
I had to send my 4 year old away to his grandparents for 10 weeks at the start of COVID while I worked at the hospital and that was hell even with phone calls and visits behind glass doors. I can’t imagine sending them to Canada or hundreds of miles away during an active war.
@cruisepaige2 жыл бұрын
I can’t begin to understand what that was like for you. Thank you
@d0lph1n63 Жыл бұрын
My heart goes out for the families who waved goodbye to their loved ones who were called upon to fight on the frontlines and never came back.
@nerrissarichards3 жыл бұрын
The kids made me cry, because to think this was daily life for people in war times, not knowing what will happen next is just so emotional.
@sierrab50103 жыл бұрын
They were wonderful, all of them! So well behaved and understanding and hearing Adele cry about not being able to hold them made me lose it 😭
@IonIsFalling72173 жыл бұрын
Lily and Alice are the most precious little people. This episode really brought home what a life changing event becoming a Land Girl was for city folks.
@breshannondevereaux57122 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine, moving your family for safety and having it be the ULTIMATE mistake?? Wow. Who would want to survive after losing your husband and ALL 3 of your children? So sad. WWII cost so many people so much.
@CJ-ft9yo9 ай бұрын
This story was really awful beautiful family
@LauraTeAhoWhite3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather who served in WW2 on a battleship grew up as an orphan in Devonshire. For Christmas, he was given an orange which was a luxury item at the time. After the war, he moved to New Zealand where he ran and owned his own pharmacy. Now his grandchildren including myself have followed in his footsteps obtaining our science degrees (or currently in the process of getting one). I miss my grandad and his west country accent.
@rosierennie58673 жыл бұрын
It's the best accent, isn't it? it soothes the soul like a warm cup of tomato soup I loved my Granddad's accent for as long as I could
@georginaeve34002 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother (may she rest in peace) was given 2 oranges during the war, we were told of how these were given to her mother. Her stories were always my favourites, and were very interesting to listen to. So many questions left to ask. But they’ll never be answered. Good luck with your science degree
@katbagley321413 күн бұрын
I think that's where the tradition to put an orange in a child's stocking at Christmas comes from, because they were luxuries at the time.
@lilivonshtup38083 жыл бұрын
Amazing series. The families were all honest and true. I'm a bit jealous because the British have this kind of reality tv that's full of class and history and we Americans have Desperate Housewives.
@chelt1888 Жыл бұрын
A Brilliant comment ;)
@katbagley321413 күн бұрын
This is rare, most of our reality TV is dumb people from Essex arguing with people all the time, celebrities eating bugs in the Australian rainforest or the ghastly love island!
@Bamboule05 Жыл бұрын
I love these series, and I love the families they chose to relive their anchestor's pasts. They are all so sympathic and realistic. No pretence, and no stupid attitudes. The failed marching was really funny to watch. Seriously, the Brits are such a lovable bunch.
@darya57293 жыл бұрын
This series is great, I'm so happy I've discovered it. And all members of all three families are such lovely people, it's just so nice to watch them, you can see how touching all the experiences are for them, and it's touching for me, too. Thank you!
@cruisepaige2 жыл бұрын
I just started watching this, but I’m so touched by the kids’ willingness to sacrifice and their feelings after the air raid. Great job parents, the kids are empathetic not only outside their selves but across time. I’m crying like a baby watching this. This is such a beautifully, thoughtfully created project. Holy smokes!
@miss.l.1563 Жыл бұрын
Crying!? 😂
@CassidyStarke3 жыл бұрын
Sir you’re to old for WWII but that means you probably fought in WWI so props to you!!
@Tiger89Lilly3 жыл бұрын
If he was 50 in 1940 he would have been 24 in 1914. Exact right age to have been sent to the somme.
@MadTracker3 жыл бұрын
In the USA my grandfather was aged perfectly between the world wars to be too young for one, and too old for the other. Instead he became a steel worker’s union leader.
@KittinPyro3 жыл бұрын
Damn he was lucky 👁👄👁
@questionmark98193 жыл бұрын
The families are all lovely, I hope they stayed in touch with each other after the series ended.
@Hotshots28903 жыл бұрын
The war letters hit hard... Then Adele all in the high of being the Mother, Kitchen, Housewife.... stunned face her husband might not come back.. the dream shatters again
@ChoccyMilk9543 жыл бұрын
I can't express how much I love this show. Very underrated.
@hollyh3143 жыл бұрын
I agree with you completely and it's almost like I could watch it over and over again. The way the different houses were decorated it looked like the actual real deal and I just fell in love with this series completely.
@emmapulford61412 жыл бұрын
When the 2 women wave good-bye to the children broke my heart ❤️ But what an amazing documentary thanks so much for uploading this x
@lafillenoir3 жыл бұрын
So sad about the 3 Cassler girls - all the civilian casualties in Britain and Europe, just trying to live their lives, lost as a consequence of war.
@Ahonya6663 жыл бұрын
I'm sobbing...maybe it is because I've seen their faces on the pictures and then they told us what was their fate
@candaceroberts3238 Жыл бұрын
Seeing the picture made it real, not just a story.
@cindy-ml7vo2 жыл бұрын
I've heard parents say "oh, they are too young to understand" (some talking about 12 years old). These young ones did really well in these situations. Yes, it's theatre, but they understand and gave their thoughts more eloquent than many adults.
@katbagley321413 күн бұрын
My 6yr olds school is one of the oldest in our town, it's over 180yrs old and there is a air raid bunker underneath the school, occasionally they get to go down there and have a look around and the teachers explain what it was for, my daughter being as inquisitive as she is, asked me more about it and I told her. I told her that many many years ago Britain and Germany were at war and bombs got dropped on houses, shops, schools, she asked if people died and I was honest and told her yes, lots of people died. I agree that it's important for children to know about the history of the country they live in, and what their ancestors done for them.
@cindy-ml7vo13 күн бұрын
@katbagley3214 Absolutely, they need to know history. Great job mom! Plus it's their history. They should know what their grandparents or great grandparents did. They have alot of cool stories.
@katbagley321413 күн бұрын
@@cindy-ml7vo absolutely! My Grandad served in the navy during ww2, he died when I was a teenager so sadly my kids never got to meet him but I have a picture of him in his naval uniform and have told them that he actually lied about his age so he could serve his country, and that he was aboard his ship when Hiroshima went off...myself and a few of my cousins have been looking into his military records, turns out he was on the same ship as Louis Mountbatten (or Lord Mountbatten), Prince Philip's uncle...it's incredibly fascinating.
@aidenp2653 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised this show didn’t go over budget. They redecorated all three homes for every year, they had to pay for real nice food, and had to notify the whole entire town that they will have a false air raid attack. I’m sure others on that street began to get annoyed that they were recreating every year.
@Ahonya6663 жыл бұрын
If I lived on that street I'd be annoyed to not be included as cast or something with era clothes 🤣
@mixe3 жыл бұрын
@@Ahonya666 Ikr! That would be a dream!! To roleplay through the ages! I love history and how people would live day to day not all the wars and battles that you hear in school so this would be fascinating to me!!
@dbseamz2 жыл бұрын
I'm more curious how they were able to create all that damage in the span of one night (for the false raid) without either a) breaking the immersion by having the families hear power tools and footsteps and such, or b) actually blowing stuff up, which I can't imagine would be allowed. Then again, the families are already dealing with a camera crew breaking the immersion, and the recorded plane and explosion noises may have covered some of the hasty-renovation sounds.
@emilygaddis23622 жыл бұрын
@@dbseamz i assumed they played prerecorded noises and just threw or put down already broken rubble
@ashkeeoh2 жыл бұрын
I would love to be part at least as an extra with era clothing if I were their neighbors!!!
@brentfarvors1923 жыл бұрын
"I'm not eating THAT, I would rather starve...!" My grandpa (who grew up during the war), who cleans the last scrap off his plate: "Wanna bet?" Once you see "that look"; you will NEVER forget it! Growing up telling my mum I "didn't like broccoli..." Him, with that "look", holding everything in to keep from interjecting: "If hungry enough, you would literally eat ANYTHING!!" BOTH, me, and my brother have never left food on our plates, since!
@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo3 жыл бұрын
my grandparents from both sides came from China to Singapore to escape the Japanese, but alas the Japanese invaded Singapore too, and they always told me stories of the war and how they look for food out in the jungle. we too learn to clean up the very last grain of rice
@Sushibites1603 жыл бұрын
@Dakota Stanley yeah, you guessed right. No one gives a damn about it
@cathycat49893 жыл бұрын
During hurricane Katrina, my family was without power for three months. We ran out of gas for our cars, and then out of MRE (meals ready to eat) rations. I was 12, I went for three days without food, and trying to muck out a ditch that was filling with dirt, I caved and ate mud. It felt better than nothing, and that night, my neighbors came to us with great news: Someone had accidentally hit a deer that had wandered into town, and were distributing the various parts. We got the guts, and were happy to have them. A neighbor who still had gasoline helped us cook them on their car engine. It was the best thing I had ever had at that time, just because of hunger. Hunger can make one do almost anything. Also, on a slightly unrelated note, but killing one's own food is more humane and makes one appreciate it more. Give the pig a treat and when he's not looking, shoot between the eyes. It's sad, but it's better than what they would get otherwise. Now when I do eat meat, I appreciate it.
@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo3 жыл бұрын
@@cathycat4989 wow.. Thank you so much for sharing that story with us, and yes I too feel when you're closer to how you get your food ,the more you'll appreciate it, and not waste it.
@bunnymad50493 жыл бұрын
Things are so different now. We don't know what hunger is. Even in NZ, during the war years, my grandmother raised chickens all year. She had enough for the family all year round and enough for each of the families near them for Christmas because my grandfather was wounded in WW1 and so couldn't fight in WW2, plus he had a business considered essential, so they were doing well and believed in sharing that.
@theduchessofspring23953 жыл бұрын
nice to see Mr. Golding did a complete 180 from his power trip in the first episode .
@gardenjoy52233 жыл бұрын
I watched that episode too. He was instructed to do so and admitted himself, that he didn't like it at all. He was just trying to give the viewers an honest idea of what it was like back then. He played a role! He was not himself. Can't believe how people were all over him for that. Shows they are much more vicious, then they ever believed he was.
@Krompierre.3 жыл бұрын
@@gardenjoy5223 I liked him for what and how he did it. Maybe it was a bit weird for us as modern people to see that but he tool the role like a spartan. He acted, spoken and did things like they were done, he was ruthless. My opinion is that he did a really good job showing how different it was and how hard did they all got it back then, people would think it was just "being a father" if he was still acting like it's 21.st.C.
@samsmom4003 жыл бұрын
@@gardenjoy5223 He really did a splendid job of doing what he was asked and committed to do! Much different from some other shows like this where people rebelled against doing their role properly.
@perceblue39762 жыл бұрын
My dad was in the RAF during WW2 and my mother was in the land army. I can remember right up to the day she died age 93 a few years ago my mother was always in fear during a thunder storm. I once asked her why and my mother told me because it reminds her of the bombings during the blitz. For the participants of this show it was mostly an adventure but for those who lived through it were in fear for their lives everyday with an unpredictable future.
@antcommander13672 жыл бұрын
my grandad was military boy in 51th Searchlight Battery durind Winter war and Continuation War. he really didn't talk about horrors of war in civian front, but it showed how he absolutly loathed ruskies
@NealBonesАй бұрын
I just had a conversation with my mother about our lack of perspective on that. We live maybe 2 miles from an airport in Illinois, so I constantly see and hear planes overhead and truthfully have always liked watching them as it's a cool piece of engineering. That being said, I told her to some people just the sight or sound of that plane could instantly trigger terrible memories and feelings for someone. Thank you for sharing a very real life experience with that
@n.w.flannel34633 жыл бұрын
I thought it was really nice. Working-class-Mister-Meadows called upper-middle-class-Mister-Taylor his mate, yes - but also, business-owner-Mister-Meadows called electrician-Mister-Taylor his friend. I think that's why he was so touched!
@gabby30563 жыл бұрын
i can only imagine how close these families must have been after this
@katbagley321413 күн бұрын
My Grandad served in the Royal Navy during WWII and when it was over the rationing habit never quite left him, he swore by corned beef and spam, still used powdered milk on occasions and would still do a basic weekly shop at the buctchers, greengrocers and bakery despite having a massive Tescos down the road. Bless him ❤
@thedrunkenelf3 жыл бұрын
I think it’s really interesting that the rations were the same for everyone. Rich and poor families got the same exact rations. It really was equalising.
@pansprayers3 жыл бұрын
The Royal Family followed the ration systems as well.
@itsalwayshalloweenexceptwh51182 жыл бұрын
Rich people could afford to buy more of the unrationed goods, so there was still a class divide. It just wasn't as obvious anymore.
@MegCazalet3 жыл бұрын
Saskia has a wonderful attitude all through this! Every era!
@hollyh3143 жыл бұрын
I thought so too and at the very beginning I had a completely different impression of her. I thought she was going to be this uppity blonde spoiled princess so to speak and it turns out that she is a true person in her own right and very family-centered and a worker. Very impressed by her.
@aliztakacs93313 жыл бұрын
It is so crazy to think how in 100 years, they are gonna make a show about covid and the life during these times😅
@samsmom4003 жыл бұрын
That won't be too hard. Everyone sit in your home watch TV all day and don't go anywhere or do anything and for heaven's sake, wear your face diaper like a good commie!
@sabrinafehl78613 жыл бұрын
And to think they r catering to a rich mans narcissistic whims . When he wouldn’t even give a rats ass for them. And because of it they r dying as he Is dinning n his fancy motels and eating high on the hog. Not to mention tRump did get the vaccine n made sure his kids got an extra 6 months of secret service protection at our taxes expense
@lynnflynn55913 жыл бұрын
A hundred years from now, I'd like to watch a documentary on the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. I'd like to learn about the vaccine's ultimate effectiveness and how the virus eventually mutated. A hundred years from now, will it become as mild as a cold? I'd like to learn about the virus' true origin - a wet market in Wuhan? Or, a man made chemical weapon that escaped a Wuhan laboratory? I'd like to know all these answers, but not wait for a documentary in a hundred years.🤔
@jessynation82933 жыл бұрын
It would be a laugh of a show considering it would be much of a show our generation doesn’t know hardship
@samsmom4003 жыл бұрын
@@lynnflynn5591 actually that information is already out there. It’s been planned for DECADES. Read a book about the Freemasons/Illuminati and it will open your eyes. Hopefully. Go to YouBoob and listen to William “bill” Cooper or Alan Watt and they tell you exactly what’s going to happen ... Cooper was shot dead in 2001. Watt unexpectedly died in March 2021. Read Albert Pikes book written in the 1800s. He tells you what they’re going to do. Watch the documentary 911 to JFK A RICH MANS TRICK. good luck.
@jamilafever81102 жыл бұрын
I love how the Goulding husband gave the wives major props at the end. He's such a stand up guy.
@Ahonya6663 жыл бұрын
11:22 And nowadays some people say "masks are uncomfortable" and other stuff....imagine have to wear that kind of mask!!
@akioaslan2 жыл бұрын
Damn this episode really hits. This series is SO good. Europeans are so lucky to have so much history and embrace it.
@MadTracker3 жыл бұрын
What a turn, Adele went from being lost and apathetic to her role in life to purposeful, a pilar of strength.
@Lynda-oo7ey7 ай бұрын
The Home Guard was simply wonderful.
@kyutnidye3 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate these family segments, you see the evolution of social and family structures. I am from asia so i am learning a lot from this.
@maddiejonas60153 жыл бұрын
My great grandma on my dads side lived through WWII. My dad told me that she had dementia, and because of that, she still thought she was living through the war and would say things like “have you heard about her at No.2? She got bombed last night” and other things like that. But the one person she remembered was my aunt, and when my aunt would walk through the door of her house and greet my Nan, she’d say “hiya Lynsey! How are you, love?” And my dad also told me that it was really odd and scary at times because it was as though she actually was living back in those times
@Canary2172 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine did a co-op placement in hight school at a nursing home. All the floors were tile except for one, because one of the residents was a German Jew. They carpted the floor she lived on because she'd have panic attacks if she heard shoes clicking on tile. The sound would trigger her ptsd, and she'd believe the SS were coming to kill her and her family.
@Rckstrroma53 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t imagine how the kids felt during war times Sad
@neshikot29813 жыл бұрын
I love these "Turn Back Time" series! Thanks for making them available!
@Sara-vn2kz3 жыл бұрын
I'm loving this! I'm sure when the last episode has been released, I'll want to watch the whole series again.
@jaidenjn3 жыл бұрын
I've been loving this series and couldn't wait to see the new episode!
@monacam93413 жыл бұрын
As i do so.Happy Eastern to you.Stay in good Health all of you.
@jaidenjn3 жыл бұрын
@@monacam9341 Thank You and happy Easter to you too!
@jessicaalexandra3063 жыл бұрын
How many episodes is there? And how do I find episode 1
@mackinzielizabeth8723 жыл бұрын
@@jessicaalexandra306 kzbin.info/aero/PL72jhKwankOgOfP_3pw7Lfvo_0yR7eh8v here's the playlist
@kasie680 Жыл бұрын
“DAD SHE CAN HEAR YOU!”😂😂😂😂😂
@histnut17763 жыл бұрын
I hope this series goes to dvd sometime. Absolutely love it
@Zaners821232 жыл бұрын
This looks like an amazing opportunity. I would love seeing my family how they lived.
@wolfencopter3 жыл бұрын
This one really touched a nerve. I can't imagine what it must have been like for the average family to have gone through what they did during WW2.
@mselsbethreads8927 Жыл бұрын
The train scene with the Mum's and kids....omg. Heartbreaking. I couldn't imagine.
@thomassmith8140 Жыл бұрын
this is definitely the best episode so far, i kinda wish one of the dads didnt come back at the end, and the family got "the letter"
@nenyaga Жыл бұрын
Lol they’ll be paying their therapist bills for years
@trishtomlin943111 ай бұрын
Best series ever. I wish there were lots more. Well done.
@BabsLongfellow3 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite so far in the series. Very eye-opening and moving.
@stephanie83272 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched a few episodes now and I can’t help but love the Taylors. Each family has their draw I must say though, but the Taylor’s are my fav
@bunnymad50493 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. Such a great series, and such great people. This one really means a lot as my father was a 75 Squadron bomber command pilot and 7 Squadron pathfinder. One of my uncles went missing. My grandmother went white overnight, according to my mother, after collapsing when she received the telegram. He was eventually found safe, but it took its toll and he came back with shell shock, diving behind the couch for cover when a car backfired.
@DieAlteistwiederda2 жыл бұрын
I'm German and this show would be very different and could turn very dark for very different reasons around this time but I would be very interested in seing how this would go. Half my family is very German and the other half is Silesian and Polish, my German grandparents were kids during WWII, my Polish grandpa was old enough to have lived through both world wars and my Silesian grandma was probably still the most traumatized because she never talked about what she saw during the war. She was a young adult and had to flee from her home to Germany, she was German but also not quite at least not to a certain population of other Germans. It's complicated and was definitely traumatizing for many people in her situation. Many people died on the journey or were raped and tortured.
@sophiaschier-hanson4163Ай бұрын
@DieAlteistwiederda: I don’t know if there is a German-made historical reality show covering wartime social history but Dovolena v Protektoratu is a Czech one set in the Sudetenland with some of the most gorgeous cinematography I’ve ever seen on ANY show. Worth it even with a language barrier. :)
@soonmeekim930 Жыл бұрын
Living near a military base where you can hear missiles being launched or other army weapons 24/7… we have had pictures knocked down, the walls shake, we had our glass door (at a different base) sound like it could break from the noise. It’s weird how you come to normalize it. When we visit family in a different state, my husband and I both are feeling like something is off. Me, I’ve gotten used to seeing tanks or launchers or other vehicles drive down the road past me and hear missiles going off. Sometimes I find it comforting and I don’t know why. Maybe because it’s become routine. I’ve sat back and thought that how can one be ok with hearing it multiple times a week. It should be scary but it’s not; it’s expected. We have family days where we see what our spouses train to do. We see launchers launch missiles, other vehicles shoot, different military movements. It’s to be a fun day but I spend the day remembering that these things are meant to kill. Kill to save, but none the less, it’s to end lives of people who have family. I’m overly sensitive to things and over think it. The whole thing is emotionally confusing and exhausting. All of my husbands deployments, my daughter wasn’t there thank god. It’s so hard saying goodbye. Funny enough, this past one (he’s been gone around 2.5 months now), I had to rush home to use the bathroom and had to say goodbye and not see him leave on those damn white buses. It made it funnier and less painful thankfully.
@PopGoesTheology3 жыл бұрын
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” - Winston Churchill
@sarahnixdorf13 жыл бұрын
My Grandpa would've loved this esp. He worked on fighter planes during WW2, and was also married in 1943. Miss u.
@tessl17672 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely amazing!! Thank you for continuing to teach us our history in a time where some people are trying to forget!! 🙏🙏🙏
@carolinewoffard9822 жыл бұрын
This episode has made me extremely emotional 😭
@Riot_Bird Жыл бұрын
Has a mother of two little girls I know I would rather have died then go on without them... that part really got me
@jennylane66932 жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful series! My great grandfather, Norman Imray, was a chief engineer for the Union-Castle Mail Steam Company based in London during the 1930’s and 1940’s. He had to send his family to the United States when the war came to Great Britain as they were Americans living abroad due to his employment. He remained in London due to his British citizenship and his status with the shipping company. I have a few of his documents and letters that were saved by my grandmother. I have his certificate of registration booklet as well as many letters he wrote to the family. I also have the St Joseph’s Academy from Blackheath instructions for evacuation of the academy. ( My grand uncle Sonny attended this academy) Very scary times back then indeed. This series made these few items of my great grandfather seem so real now, not just some random pieces of paper saved all these years. 😔
@one_bone_4_life6473 жыл бұрын
This channel was a great find. Love how it has evolved into what it is now since the past year.
@cletcher82342 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome series. It makes your realise that we take soo much for granted in this age.
@PrettyPinkPersephone Жыл бұрын
My grandad fought Nazis in Italy as a partisan. He died clutching his rifle, shooting Nazis in a burning home until the roof collapsed on him. It means a lot to see people going through the war, even if it’s not in Italy.
@chikentendersandfries3 жыл бұрын
The home made weapon bit was too funny! 😂 Especially sir middle classes comment about the German nazis
@theeutecticpoint3 жыл бұрын
11:48- "are you my mummy?"
@Sara-vn2kz3 жыл бұрын
No. You've flipped the whole episode on it's head.
@rosierennie58673 жыл бұрын
I had the exact same thought. I even said it out loud 😂😂😂
@TheKasiaLin2 жыл бұрын
I've started rewatching this series recently and now this episode hit really different, especially being in central/eastern Europe
@graememorrison3332 жыл бұрын
The guy playing the 'spiv' (black market salesman) is frikkin superb!
@maggiesays78273 жыл бұрын
As an American my grandparents' stories were much different. I can't imagine 57 days and nights of bombings so close to home.
@dee41742 жыл бұрын
I had a great uncle who died very young after being a prisoner of war in Singapore. He returned home, but never recovered from the horrendous treatment he suffered under the Japanes. We should never forget!
@cherokeegrandma41353 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this serious 👍🏼 couldn’t wait to see what came next 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 can’t even imagine what it must of been like back then.The families not only has to deal with their own emotions but also having to deal with the reality of what their own families from that time error must of been feeling as they were actually experiencing it!! You hear stories but really experiencing it put it in awhile different perspective!! At first I was thinking how is this going to affect the children then i thought ....The children will probably never forget this experience & maybe as they grow up and go through school they’re history lessons will take on a whole new meaning! As they are leaning new things about history they’ll be able to relate to them in a whole new perspective & the stories will be more real, no matter what they are or what they are about!! What an amazing learning & life experience for them 👍🏼
@LipglossAndLove13 Жыл бұрын
the moment at 27:40 was so sweet. lil smooch makes everything better
@nikinthemidwest19152 жыл бұрын
The air raids part, oof! That would be scary! Loving this series!!!
@decentlysmartforanidiot82843 жыл бұрын
the evacuation bit reminded me of Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" and now I've spiralled into listening to it on repeat-
@missk2494 Жыл бұрын
The little boy running to the air raid shelter with his bag was so cute
@michelleslifeonrepeat3 жыл бұрын
Very enlightening to see it as it was.
@chantalsscaleisafibber3 жыл бұрын
My dad was evacuated aged4to his grandad's who lived in Wales and who was apparently very strict and not very nice or caring towards the grandchildren. He absolutely hated it.
@Chlo-ee3 жыл бұрын
Even though the children didn’t cry, that train scene was heartbreaking.
@yikesgina2 жыл бұрын
I thought the boy was going to cry. He looked like it for a quick second. 😭
@sidneyh.l.58903 жыл бұрын
Mr. Golding won some points with his wife in the end of this episode;)
@katiebaylisward173 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this I have been waiting to watch this. I really enjoyed this episode it makes me think about my grandparents and what they lived through.
@hrooroo7503 жыл бұрын
Elderly in the neighborhood hearing that siren *flashback*
@eileenalholinna5310 Жыл бұрын
I love this series!! I love reading about the eras of WW1 and WW2.
@readMEinkbooks3 жыл бұрын
Gosh, this episode was heart-rending
@MegCazalet3 жыл бұрын
I’m so curious about the behind-the-scenes of the bomb shelter. Making the booms and the room shake. Must’ve felt real.
@michelleslifeonrepeat3 жыл бұрын
This is just facinating
@StephBer13 жыл бұрын
My mother-in-law grew up on a Scottish farm during the war. One day a 7 year old London boy was sent to live with them for his safety. She said he was scrawny and malnourished and her mum fed him up. A year later he was told his mum had died in an air raid and he was sent to live with family. After inquiries, Anne's mum found out that the boy's mum was found standing at the sink in the kitchen, with hardly a mark on her, where she'd died instantly when an unexploded bomb from the night before suddenly went off, where it had landed in the house next door. They said that hardly anything in the house had been touched but she'd died of shell shock. What a bizarre story and so sad for the little boy.
@brandicook9103 жыл бұрын
So sad 😭
@Lyndengeo3 жыл бұрын
God bless her.
@sidneyh.l.58903 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this episode:) so glad this show is on KZbin
@ardhanemeiswary99773 жыл бұрын
I love this series, i've been waiting for the update ❤️❤️
@sixacres61153 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@anneshields20103 жыл бұрын
That was so so sad about that family that were in Brighton hate to think what the mum went through loosing her husband and kids I imagine she’s passed now as she’d be very very old but hope she’s with her family and kids again
@KittinPyro3 жыл бұрын
At the end, in the next episode preview: Guy: “I can’t sleep here. This isn’t the way i was brought up”. B why are u here??? That’s kinda THE WHOLE POINT of the program, like what??
@agirly15033 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love 💘 these shows!
@baylorsailor3 жыл бұрын
I love this series. It is so fun to watch!
@louisethompson65483 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this, thank you !! ❤❤
@robnewman61013 жыл бұрын
Keep calm and carry on.
@eweiner143 жыл бұрын
My father was a Holocaust survivor. His first wife and children (two little daughters), as well as his whole family except for one brother, were murdered by the Nazis. He and my uncle survived in the forest and later as partisans. And he lost a leg.
@Lyndengeo3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry for your family's loss.
@justRuwanthi Жыл бұрын
The best series ever! Really enjoying these ❤
@MamaLinz1233 жыл бұрын
These programmes are an absolute joy and so well made and interesting!