Abandoned- 100 years same family. 4 old homes in Millswood with History and Mystery
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- čas přidán 2. 09. 2022
- Hey house lovers and explorers!
Today we look at 4 old dwelling that all were situated in the suburb of Millswood here in Adelaide, South Australia. 3 were on Mitchell Street and the other close by at the end of Alexander Ave.
The first 3 homes are all classic early 1900 sandstone and red brick cottages/villas and I was able to uncover some history on all 3 and find a few old items within the dirt which enables a good old goose chase on Ancestry to unlock some of the mystery and questions it lead me to ask.
Joining the dots was easy on some aspects but not so much on a few others which you will see.
These old homes can tell us so much about days gone by and how people went about their lives back in the good old days.
The last home was a little more recent being and early 501s build and I do also show what has taken the place of a couple of these old gems and you all can feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Hope you all enjoy the video, cheers for watching :-)
Can't believe that nobody saved the glass, hardware, wood trim/doors, etc
Hi Jessica :-) Yep sometimes time is a factor on how much gets save :-(
My thoughts too.
Hi Paul
Was amazing to see the houses.
I grew up in Mitchell Street and knew Bill Schofield as he was a very good friend of my father's.
My sister and I used to ride our bikes in Alexander Street as it was a dead end and we were safe to do so.
It brought back many memories of all the people who lived around us.
It is such a shame the houses could not be refurbished as the styles were so unique.
Thank you for the memories.
Thanks so much for sharing your memories Christine. Love hearing from locals and knowing more information :-) Do you know if Bill is still living or if he has sons? Cheers again. 🙂
I will never get over the beauty of Australia's builds, stained glass, archways, and the beautiful lace work, seemingly in common labor homes, you won't find that in the US.
Cheers Debra! :-) So glad you enjoyed
Yes its out here, but most is gone i to love the craftmenship in all thees buildins
I agree.
🌟Wonderful nostalgia to look back on so beautiful history gone forever ♾ it breaks my heart that rotten developers happily knock these places down without any care. A lot could be saved and enjoyed by future generations they should be heritage listed. Thank you so much again. 🌟🤗❤️
Totally agree 👍
Hi Megan! Cheers for the kind support and for watching again. Hopefully people can enjoy these videos and old homes longer now. Thanks again :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 you are so very welcome 🌟
My mum's neighbour house got knocked and replaced with a triple 2 storey lego block when the Italian 1st owner passed away, this in Paul Crt Fulham GDNS
Amazing job, Paul, as usual! I always love the job you do to personalize the people, jobs, neighborhoods, and real estate photos of the houses you document. Would love to visit Australia and Adelaide would be the first place I’d go! Your love for what you do is so evident in your videos.
Hi Lori :-) Thankyou so much for the nice support, really glad you appreciate and enjoy the stories these old place have to offer. Many more to come :-)
The lower tub is what they called a sunken tub. Popular late sixties early seventies. They did the living rooms too. Like all the windows. So cheerful with all the light coming in and pale yellow walls. The last replacement house fit right into the neighborhood.
You are the only urbex explorere that really gets your teeth into all the history on the properties. I love to see the pictures from when it was lived in. You go so out of your way to give us all the history on the houses. Got so engrossed in this one,I forgot I had my potatoes on the hob,oops 😁😁. Awesome job Paul, so look forward to my Sundays just to hear your voice 😍😍
Thanks heaps for the support Jane :-) I do you gigging up history on the homes and people and have more ones like it on way, they just take more time! :-)
The pictures you showed of the new homes are better than just a square concrete cube! Nothing will ever compare with the beauty and character of the old homes unless you build one just like them! Thanks!
Yep I agree there totally Susie :-) Cheers for watching
Fascinating history of the homes in Millswood.
A lovely poem for Walter James Poole. Love your explores Paul.
Awesome video Paul, every old home has a story to tell. It's great these homes with loads of character, documented for future generations to see ,how simple life was back in those days and how people lived. My son and l luv watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
Cheers for the great support John, so glad you can enjoy watching these old homes and with your son. Many more to come :-)
Loved the waterfall style of the last house ❤
What a beautiful old home, lots of childhood memories of the old houses we lived in. I am very sad to see these old homes demolished, I wish they could all be restored.
This channel has quickly become a true favourite Paul 👍 I have always loved the old home's and was fortunate enough to have owned a 1863 cottage myself a number of year's ago now (, it's still standing up better than I haha). I love how you have the appreciation of your viewer's, as I imagine how many lives went on through the year's myself. They had such style ❤️ and of course your in Adelaide 👍🇭🇲
Hi Susan :-) Thanks so much for the kind support, I am really glad you are enjoying this channel and the old homes. Glad to know you owned one and it is still standing too! :-) Many more videos to come
The man with the greatest abandoned houses video! Too bad it was taken down.
Anyways, I kind of understand your perspective regarding this old house at the dead end, and I am sure plenty of viewers share your sentiments, and I don't intend to insult anyone, but using that house as a car repair shop, was something that made me go, Great! That house was abused, as you said " Was probably used as a place to sleep" I am so glad that this poor house was finally treated well and got herself a brand new gown. Here in the USA, we say, out with the old and in with the new.
@giggles8458 cheers for watching and yes very much here at the moment it is out with the old and in with the new! Cheers for your support 🙂
You are providing a great record of these sweet houses and their stories.
What a heartbreaking shot with the old home in the background and that dreadful yellow devil trying to shadow it- and the empty lot is always so sad. Paul, your research, respect and documentation of these beautiful old homes is a credit to you.
Thanks so much for the nice support Vicki :-) More to come. :-)
According to the real estate website, the house is on 410 sq metres and was built in 1900. An incredible price for the property. Must be land value. Also sold when house prices are still high.
that ginger bread trim is beautiful=the house looks like a fancy pastry.
Australia looks so beautiful even out in the countryside
Hi Paul , so very sad to see so much of your countries heritage being swept away. We are getting similar things like this in England including woodland being flattened. Thanks for the wonderful documentation you do on these beautiful old properties.
That was amazing Mr indigo!!! Thank you so much for the effort you put into these videos!! I love how the history kind of pulls everything together, even tough sometimes history asks more questions than it reveals!!! i hope you are having an amazing week ahead!!
HI Heather! Thanks heaps the support! Yep digging in to history opens up a whole bunch more questions and avenues to explore! Cheers :-)
How amazingly beautiful!!! Like you said the character in these homes is just stunning to see!! Beautiful video😂❤❤
Thanks for sharing. Have a great day and be safe.
My pleasure Lab Rat :-) Thanks heaps for watching
I like how you mention the “ summer kitchen”, brings back nostalgic memories of my Dad and his stories of growing up on a farm in Ontario Canada, they had no indoor plumbing or electric and he said they had to have a summer kitchen as the main house was too hot to cook in the summer.
My mom's parents had a summer kitchen too. Same reason, too hot in summer to cook indoors. That was big canning time too. My grandmother was so glad when she and my grandfather sold the farm and moved into town with AC. 😂
such a waste of stuff! As an owner/renovator of 2 old homes in my time, seeing floorboards, fireplaces, red bricks, lead-light, doors etc just being scrapped is so upsetting! I'm all for saving as much as possible... very sad:( :(
It’s so nice that you have these old homes on film forever!! 🥰🥰🥰
Cheers for watching Robyn :-)
I have a question,do they save the windows ,doors ,and hardware,since they salvage the floors.? What a wonderful find behind the mantle.Ive heard of a lot of things being found in the walls,and attics,and under floor boards Very interesting stuff.I like the older homes best ,like you said they had character,let you wonder about who lived there,what they did,if there was children,lots of wonder.thank you.The last home looks like 50s to me too.Very cool .👍❤️🇺🇸
Yes they do Gayle but not always, time is usually the factor on how much is saved. :-( Thanks for watching and your support :-)
loved that last 50s house
Love the glass over the front door 😢
that white kitchen-wow fantastic,
Agreed Elizabeth! Cheers for watching :-)
You are so good at tracking down people and their ancestors I reckon you could find my late father's relatives in Adelaide somewhere lol
So much history here shame they had to go, i love hearing about the former occupants of houses, great work on the research. Awesome Cheers MM:)
Glad you enjoyed it MM :-) So glad you enjoyed all the details. Many more to come
@@urbexindigo5164 Yeah history on people and places is great I'm sure if the people departed could see you you bringing them back to life they would be fair chuffed. 😉 nice work. 👌
That's so sad to see that first house go I want to eventually I think what they've been doing you is wrong to tear down such I'm so glad that you are here to document it ♥️🐈 Melbourne Australia
Hi Cat-b-w :-) Thanks for watching. I can try look in to your late relatives if you like :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 I don't no much about were dad lived in Adelaide offer how long I don't know Bedford is kind of I think common English I went to school with a girl and her last name was Bedford but it's the only person I didn't know what that name 🐈
Thank you for showing us so much of the details.
Wow nice intro
Hi Ethan, glad you enjoy it! :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 thanks I loved the video too and it can't wait for the next one
So cute and cozy
the screen door took me back to my childhood so did the old tv
Im glad azyhbe :-) Cheers for watching
Amazing video. Loved this one! Beautiful homes, what a shame to see them go. I do really love the house they have put on 48 though! Unique
Thanks for the support Emily :-)
Some good old exsplores
Great history
Once again thank you Paul, enjoy your explores love to hear the history as well.
You have a passion with these old homes, keep up the good work.
Glad you enjoyed it Judy and thank you! More to come :-)
Wonderful story , thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it Wander Lust :-) Cheers for watching
I think this could be my new favourite channel . Sorry ;Camping With Steve' I still love you bro ....
Welcome to the channel ironsnake 😁 glad you are enjoying, Cheers for watching 🙂👍
This video was very cool. Love the extra info on the homes and the people who resided there. Thank you Paul for sharing. Take care. 😁
Glad you enjoyed it Cynthia :-) Thnks for the nice support :-)
Excellent work Paul!
Glad you enjoyed it Dave, thanks heaps mate! :-)
Very interesting episode - loved the pieces of old history!
Glad you enjoyed it Bill Still , cheers!! :-)
I’ve admired your videos for a few years from a distance. The homes in this video are lovely. I adore your voice and attention to detail.
Thank you so much Delores :-) Many more still to come :-)
In each house i love the original dwelling best.
I have barely begun to watch and I know this is going to be heartbreaking. Especially the two gorgeous brick homes.
Hi Jennifer :-) Thanks for watching
I loved it Paul unique design but look what they are doing knocking down our h past and history❤❤
Great video thanks for sharing with us all ❤️
You are so welcome Bianka R :-)
Hello Paul once again a really great video I like to thank you and Michael for bringing this video to us especially memory card that you found stuck in the wall where the fireplace was that was a great find again thank you so much for your hard work I enjoy the video very much love from upstate New York
Glad you enjoyed it Nancy! Thanks for the nice support and watching :-)
Excellent footage and history well done.
Glad you enjoyed it Bean sprout and thankyou!!! :-)
Such beautiful homes I love the old lead light glass panels I have a similar one I made to those patterns lol the weeping tulip lol
Cheers for watching Pete :-) Glad you have some old lead light too! :-)
The first home was so beautiful on the veranda. Love the sandstone and the stained glass.
Agreed Brenda, cheers for watching :-)
Paul I would like to take this time to Thank You for your love of exploring such a beauutiful gift you really make my day. Thanks for all the history of these homes. Always enjoy each and every one. Thank Michael too. Be safe see you on the next one.
Thanks heaps Patricia :-) Many more to come
Charming old Adelaide homes, 🏘with well researched interesting history. I really enjoyed your discoveries.😊
Glad you enjoyed it Julz! Cheers for watching and the support :-)
First of all THANK YOU for your hard work Paul. It is so sad to see these old houses being destroyed, these walls that have soaked up stories for centuries, what makes these houses so charming and gives them soul and character. Modern houses can only give us a roof over our heads, but never the feeling of being at home. I hope you get what I mean, I can't put it any other way. Thank you 🤗
Hi Ulrike :-) Thanks for the nice support so glad you enjoy the video and I agree about the older homes. Many more to come! :-)
I love the '50s home. The kitchen was fantastic!
Yes it was! cheers Kate :-)
Howdy Brent how are you?Tell Mike i said hello to thank you. Thank you for the explores of these ol homes? Take care your friend Barbara FL. USA
Nice ones, Paul. That first one, and the history of the one family living in it all those years, really was amazing. To think of the stories that those walls could tell! Even the pit in the old garage...just seeing the ladder to get in and out of it got me thinking about all the hands that grasped those rungs over the years - amazing! Thanks, too, for taking the time to do the background history on so many of these places. It really adds texture and perspective to these grand old ladies that you explore, making the finds (and the shares) that much more interesting and significant. Keep up the grand work!
Hi Tara :-) Thanks heaps for the great comments and support, glad you are enjoying. More to come :-)
Enjoyed the history!
Cheers Susan! :-)
Goodness the old West end can! And an airmail envelope, mum and dad had plenty of those from relative's back in UK, I still have a shilling as well 👍. This has been such a treat dear Paul, thanks so much 🙏
So glad you enjoyed it Susan, thanks for the nice support :-)
I would love to see more across from the beach please
Hi Paul! I love the stained glass. This is one beautiful feature you don't see in the houses of today. Imo these old homes have charm and character. Thanks for sharing
Thanks heaps for watching desert rose :-)
Awesome work!! So much information about the old beautiful homes,thanks!! You made always interesting Videos with so much respect! It's a shame all the Beautys are gone!! Thank you for the Videos!! Greetings from Germany!
Glad you enjoyed it Beate :-)Thanks for the support and for watching. More video to come :-)
Ohhh you have updated your intro!!!
Cheers again Heather! :-)
Urbex Indigo thanks my friend for sharing this video with me i really enjoyed it so much it is always intresting to watch your videos of the home you explore i enjoy your channel and i will show you support i enjoy this video about Abandoned- 4 old homes in Millswood with History and Mystery and i am from the U.S.A and i can't wait to see your next video an God Bless.
Glad you enjoyed it Wayne! Thanks heaps for your family support :-)
Very enjoyable,, great effort mate ,,
Glad you enjoy buddy, thanks for the support :-)
😢This first home Paul what a beauty you did the biography so well mate it’s sad to see this one go. And the second one it’s amazing what you find in all those old places chilling you makes you wonder how much more hidden treasures you can find in loving memory of Walter yer it would be heeps good to honour Walter James Poole 😢 loved the way you honoured him mate great videos cheers my friend and I love your new intro ❤
Hey Werner! :-) Cheers for the support mate. Yeah I really am trying to dig in to history now, just takes more time :-) Keep up the great work on your channel too mate! Cheers :-)
Watching these videos remind me of mine and my husbands first home that was knocked down after we moved out (we rented it). It had the lean to back bathroom, toilet and laundry with the old copper pot in the corner.
I understand why some of the homes get knocked down as sometimes they just can’t be saved structurally (the huge floor to ceiling cracks aren’t a good sign) but it always makes me so sad to see it.
Great Video Mate very information gull of History such a shame that no one decides to save most of these houses great history research 👍
Hey mate cheers for watching! Thanks for the support and yes it is a shame that a lot of these do not get restored instead. I certainly would if had the money :-)
Magnificent.
Hey Les! Cheers for the support mate! :-)
They left the beautiful windows!? 😢
Mr Poole may have been a friend of the family...
The new house is very different looking, but not out of place.
New homes just can't compare to the classics.
I absolutely love when you're able to do a history on a home.,
great video
Glad you enjoyed it elmin82 :-)
Oh ! My! Such beautiful gingerbread! Shotgun house.
I love you video
Thank you so much Anne :-)
Liked the first place, it was very attractive from the outside. Pretty basic inside, loved the stained glass. I can't remember the second place. Last one was okay, the kitchen cupboards were pretty amazing. I don't care for modern construction or style very much. The construction is usually cheap and there is usually no charm or distinguishing features. Thanks, Paul
That first house make me feel depressed...not that it is demolished but that someone lived in it like that.
Really enjoyed this again. Love the history you are able to pull upon them. I am thinking that the gentleman who died aged 44 (Mr Poole) was perhaps a relative of another Poole who did live on the street but the deceased never lived there himself? Just maybe?
The new builds look alright.... but I agree that they just don't have the character and charm that the old homes used to have. That last one would've been a very nice home to see before salvage with the old 50's style decor.
Great work as always Paul.
Hi ClarkoVision :-) Yeah I think I have come to accept it was a close friend of one of the relies that received the mourning card. Glad you enjoyed! :-)
Love the Rococo Revival style ceiling medallions, fine for hiding the soot, from kerosine down lights, from Victorian are.
I reckon the council had a bit to say about the new dwellings. Still there should be a law in place where these old beauties can not demolished. Nothing developed today has the standards of yester year. Thanks and please continue bringing these videos.
Hi Sasha :-) Yeah I agree they had to adhere to some coherency of the streetscape. Thanks for watching and the support :-)
There are some wonderful old houses with gingerbread trim on Martha’s Vineyard island on east coast Massachusites
I would love to see you explore some old homes in Gawler and surrounding areas!
Hi MGP :-) I would love to as well, I hear there are a lot?. Will have to make a few trips that way. Cheers for watching :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 I'm from the Gawler River area, there's a string of old farm houses along the river from Gawler through Angle Vale, Virginia and Two Wells. "Elizabeth that was" CZcams channel has done some interesting videos of the history of the area.
@@murrayguitarpickups9545 fantastic, I will organize to get out that way and try film some Will credit you and you. Let me know if you have any more info on any of them too. 🙂
@@urbexindigo5164 My great grandmothers house is still standing in Queen st Gawler next to an old bakery that my great uncle bought as a house, it still has the bakery signage. These houses are currently lived in so I dont think you could explore there. Of course there is the para para mansion but again I'm not sure if they still do tours of it, I believe its privately owned. One property I think might be worth looking at is an old farm house on Baker Rd Virginia near the river crossing in fact there is multiple abandoned properties in the area. I think you could have a word with the landowners and explore
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Thanks for watching Jolanta :-)
Love the new intro! I have noticed lately the houses you are exploring don't have root cellars. Is that because root cellars was fom homes in a more effluent area?
Good question Merril. It is funny as yes mostly more upper class ones seem to have them but I have found some in smaller cottages. Cheers for watching :-)
Man.... your Sherlock Homes !!
It definitely would be real nice to find these much older pre war homes. They do have that warm, we'll lived and once loved vibe to them.
My Nan and Pop had a mechanics pit. Which would have been useful. And was also a great place to stash eaten walnut shells, stored in the shed, that were freshly picked from the block🤣
Hi Prue :-) Yeah that olden days feel from these places is what I love. Cheers for watching :-)
Maybe Walter Poole's funeral card was posted to that house. They put it on the mantel and it fell in. They could have been wondering where it was.
The last one reminds me of Art Deco. What you are calling water fall
Definitely Regina :-) The 50`s art deco revival was also referred to as Waterfall style wCheers for watching
As time removes the various clues to lives past, the river of events leaves eddy's and currents to show patterns .Some nice records of working folks homes, Your mystery man's obituaries could signify any possibility from an attendee at a wake, to a romantic entanglement. To reconstruct the points of convergence may well be impossible now. Cheers.
Thanks heaps for watching Gary :-)
The first house, I hope they saved the stained glass. Looks like they tore down the lemon tree. I like the way you lined up all the little trinkets you found. What happened? All of a sudden you were outside after showing the pic's of the house. You didn't show us the rest of the inside. The last house, I would forget which cupboard had what.Now where did I put my mixer, lol.
Hi Blue Rose :-) Yeah I though I would just show the real estate pics of the back section as it was very plain and to reduce time of the video. Cheers for watching :-)
What is the old tune you play at the introduction would like to hear the whole song thanks
I've lived in similar era houses and even older. More character than concrete bunkers.
That building at 43 Mitchell St. (@40:00) --- I honestly thought it was a suburban branch of a bank. Ugly as hell. The house it replaced was so sunny and airy, just the best of 1950's style, that porch with the real windows that allow outside air, not plate glass so it's like you're in a terrarium
As for the rest, terrible to demolish them. And for the Scofield house, too bad it's no longer part of the family history but I'm sure there were reasons. Really good work in this video. Your homework on former owners, the commentary as you go, done professionally.
Cheers Dan :-) I have many more in depth videos like these coming, they take more time getting all the info correct and in the video. Cheers for the support :-)
,more beautiful old homes lost forever that last place they were not all original cupboards only the one,s with the circle vents were original
Cheers for watching again Kim :-)
Hello Paul
Thanks for watching Nancy :-)
its sad, people should be rewarded for restoring and not adding to rubble..
I'd buy that home if I was in s Australia