I Lived Like a 1940's WARTIME HOUSEWIFE for 48 HOURS!

going to sleep at a reasonable hour: ❌ watching a lady live in the 1940’s: ✅

Let’s appreciate that her man supported her throughout this entire video. He dressed up and all! Great video!

Imagine 50 years from now when someone makes one of these videos about living life in 2020 during the COVID pandemic and they go out to stores wearing a mask and stay home to order groceries as a "novelty." Lol. Wonderful video. <3

I remember in the 70s walking to school and calling on the way for a friend of mine, she asked me into the house as she wasn't ready, I couldn't believe my eyes as I stepped in...... everything was in 40s style, wallpaper, furniture, everything in kitchen, it was so beautiful, her mum walked in the room and she was dressed in 40s, the windows even had crossed tape on them and they had a shelter at the bottom of the garden, I have never seen anything like it since and don't think I ever will again but growing up I have never forgotten just how beautiful it was.

its better to hang the shirts upside down that way there aren't odd marks on the shoulders.. and inside out to keep the sun from fading the fabric so fast. also hang slacks from the cuffs not the waist.. . i learned the tricks from my late mother in law, they really work

i love that james is always 100% in on these videos

She’s so adorable…. “I like the novelty of the washboard”. It wears out quickly, hun. As someone who grew up in Cuba until I was 19, with no washing machine or any implement to assist other than our hands and elbow grease, the washboard becomes a cruel mistress quickly 😂

I came across this video and really enjoyed it! I was raised in Canada by my Scottish WW2 vet grandparents. I was raised on these stories. Particularly, they could remember and recite for years ( into their 90s ) the size and shape of their ration book and exactly how many eggs and how much butter/sugar they were allowed each week for their family. They lived in Glasgow and when the air sirens went off, they had to secure their blackout curtains and hide under the kitchen table until the all clear sounded. When I remarked that was very scary, they would shrug and say “ it could be you or it could be the house across the street that got demolished in the bombing”. They continued to live life and occasionally attend functions but sometimes the street you walked home on determined your fate - as they parted with friends many times who took a different route home and died in a bombing. It was really inspirational the way they lived and their life long toughness and determination, they were always mindful of what they consumed and were conservative spenders and saved a lot, even in later easier years. I felt I had a little peak into their life in film by watching this video. Many thanks xo

My great grandmother was born in 1914 and she told me some amazing stories. Just as you said, to conserve water, her family would take baths all in the same bath water, oldest first and youngest last! Even at the age of 90 she still conserved her bath water. One time I went into the bathroom and the tub was full and I asked her what was going on and she said she saved the bath water from the night before to water her plants! She was the best

I have been a housewife for 17 years and I love it! It is such a blessing and all I ever wanted in life was to have kids and be a wife.

Hahaha! My Nanna told me she cleaned an elderly relative house and was offered soup. She said it was creamy and delicious. When told it was sheeps brain soup she promptly ran to the garden and threw it all back up! I miss her so much. And her funny stories.

I was born in the 90’s, but this makes me feel nostalgic, for some reason…? I guess because my grandmothers lived like this and carried some habits with them through life that I’ve been privileged to witness. ❤️

In my country we still have water shortages. A more efficient way to wash is to fill a bucket with warm water and use a dipper to wet your body, then you lather up and use the dipper to rinse. I've showered cleanly with 8 litres of water 😅

Back in the 40’s my grandmother was in her 20’s she was a air raid warden and all 6 of her brothers went to war all 6 came back alive.

Omg girl you look so cute with your head wrap and bow being tied up ❤️😍 I respect 1940s generation of men and women And I respect our war veterans who defended our country 🇺🇸♥️🥺 Thank you so much for your cooperative support and care of consideration..❤️

She has enough food for the two of them. Wonder how she would stretch it if there were children. My mother was good at doing that. When there was 'no' food in the house she found some and made us a hot dinner. Amazing.

I’m so grateful to have been born in the 90s. I’m reading The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger and there was a section on WWI and WWII rationing in the US and how housewives dealt with it. The ingenuity of women from that time is so incredible and inspiring. I had to close the book cause I was getting emotional remembering the stories by great grandma told me about that time before she died when I was a teenager. But there were some things she just didn’t speak of, she would go silent. I can’t imagine the shared trauma that millions around the world suddenly had to learn to live with, with ptsd research still in its infancy and mental health resources totally inaccessible for the poor. My family is German and many states granted German-American households fewer rations during the wars, which must have been especially insulting as my great Opa still went to war for America. Other ethnicities were also treated unequally in rationing such as the Italians, Chinese, Koreans, and the Black community. The Japanese had it the worst as many were displaced and forced into camps. My great Oma (and her mother) hand sewed quilts and clothes from flour and feed sacks cause they had no access to fabric during that time, we still have the quilts and they are worth more to me than their weight in gold.

Love this! My grandmother was a resistance fighter in occupied France, so she didn't have a ration card (she operated under a false identity). She and the other spies relied on the black market and clandestine supply drops from England. She told us all sorts of stories, but one that sticks out is that, during one particularly lean time, her mother convinced the butcher to give her a horse's hoof, which she cleaned and boiled until the gelatin came off. That's what they ate for dinner for a few days. Slightly less dire, for quite some time the only produce available was rutabagas. She never ate another rutabaga after the war!

“100 strokes a day” ❤ Brushing the hair with a soft bristle brush does help to massage the scalp and stimulate circulation from the derma papilla, which can help to boost growth. It also helps to brush the natural oils from your sebaceous glands down to your ends, which help to add as a natural buffer of protection over your hair cuticle. Your natural oil is good protection as even the natural elements can cause wear and tear on your hair. I very much enjoyed this video! Thank you for both for taking the time to create it. 😊

I loved this! I'm a housewife and we have a small homestead where we keep chickens and meat rabbits. I'm working on a garden too. My goals are to live simply and be as self reliant as possible, and I'm teaching my kids to be the same way. It's a beautiful and wholesome life. Thank you for the inspiring and enlightening video.