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Yes it gets so boring about every one being dead like people need to be told that, excellent enhancements really puts you back in time and get a flavour of things no graffiti excess signage or litter a much better place than now
Very interesting. I'm saving the video because of the gate (I've never seen one here in Ireland) - not because of Shakespeare. He could barely write his name.
Much is still the same, just the highstreets are ruined and the housing estates are an eyesore - villagers spend nights awake worrying about one being built near them and stuffed with half the world who have no investment whatsoever in the country other than to milk it for all they can get.
Most of the cities or working class areas (ie 99% of the county) did not look like like this. They looked like hell on earth. You can see other films from the same period to prove it. You are incredibly fortunate to live in the current period, most people back then would kill to swap places with you.
There were some downsides too ;-) The general wealth of people, medical care, life expectancy, stuff like that wasn't so great. Nowadays "poor" people have cars and mobile phones. Back then they might have had literally nothing...
The “some gate” is the Stepping Gate in Charlecote Park, Charlecote House and Park still very much exists and belongs to to the National Trust. Closed through Covid but hopefully will be opening again very soon.
@@arlosmith9504 If it's still there it's to the left of the entrance to the garden centre, on the opposite side of the road to the entrance to the park. It's not the original gate, of course. There used to be a sign describing it. It can be seen on Street View if you use the clock feature to turn back a few years.
It's great example of an old stile. There are a few other variations, some resemble offset circular stairs (if that makes sense), that I've seen in older photographs of England, and on older estates and historic sites here in New England. There is an excellent book on the subject and so much more, called The Forgotten Arts and Crafts, by a gentleman called John Seymour. I believe you can purchase it online or through a used bookshop for fewer than $40 USD, or £50 GBP
For me, watching summons the most incredible melancholy memories of a paradise lost. Not, one of rose-tinted spectacles, but of a genuine recollection of a purer world in ways most of us humans hold dear.
That, so very very sadly is the price for having lived, loved and felt.....To live and love...aye, so fine...but to have feelings in favour, feelings so intense they almost begin to hurt because as it were they remind you of another truth that feelings lived and discovered for the very first time cannot be re-lived in the same way...Knowledge and knowing have taken over and that’s all right and birth has been given to....memories, souvenirs...Desirable but of course and splendidly so; but that world...that universe of difference between not knowing and then discovery, happy revelation, that is supreme.
I know it's pretty incredible to put time into perspective like this. The world didn't change for millions of years, but even 50 years ago seems like another universe.
Well, on the surface yes. But it's all visuals isn't it. These mansions lining the inner city routes, were created and paid for by the very rich. I was informed of this on a TV programme a few days ago. MANY homes of the poor were demolished. A copy of the Parisian Boulevards , by German architect , Haussmann.
Beautiful, but heartbreaking. Stratford -Upon-Avon has been turned into a Theme Park, and much of the countryside has been lost to Motorways and the High-Speed 2 vanity project
@@jimjiminyjaroo300 Rather a platitude, isn't it? Every time in history is less comfortable if you're poor than if you're rich. One the whole though, each age improves on those before them. Today's English working class live in luxury unimaginable to English royalty six hundred years ago.
It would have been for the wealthy, they were living in paradise until the war. If only the poor had been paid more money or there was a welfare state. It seems the working class have always been treated like scum apart from after WW2 for a brief period.
I would give anything to have lived at that TIME of LIFE.....People Dressed so BEAUTIFUL and LIFE had to be a little more slow than the way we live today....The men crossing over the gate the FIRST ONE OMG how HANDSOME that Young man was and the other were also BEAUTIFUL and so well DRESSED...I just LOVE seeing how life used to BE......I do not know WHY but when I see this they make me what to cry 😢.....
The flip side to this 'perfect lost England' is life in cities, not so beautiful at all. Very hard lives and a short life expectancy, 50 if you were lucky.
Crazy to see people just living their lives over 100 years ago and knowing every single one them is no longer with us. We all will eventually be there one day as nothing lasts forever 😔 If only the buildings and castles could talk ❤️
Now 110 Years later we see a little moment in their lifes, they never thought about this. I always think, what have they done after this and in the rest of their live. That is overhelming for me.
Hauntingly beautiful music and scenery. So evocative and poignant. So serene. Little did the people going about their daily lives know what lay ahead of them. Those poor young men would probably have gone to fight in the first world war. The young boys would have fought in the second world war. Unimaginable grief. Thank you Rick for your work. I am so glad your chanel found me. From Dublin.
Yes, the young men at the time would have been enjoying a fairly quiet life, only to be transported in a few years time to another world of unspeakable horror. Reminds me of that classic song by Edwin Starr, War, What is it Good For? Absolutely Nothing!
CZcams never ceases to amaze me. Thank you so much for sharing this incredible amazing quality film of a bygone period. Obviously it was coloured at a later stage, but whoever did it was a true expert.
This is lovely I was born in Stratford upon Avon and my parents and grandparents worked the land and infact my father has just retired at 82 and by the special gate I think it could be charlecote park it's a national trust place now, this is very interesting this is really nice
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;" (1.Timothy 4:1) "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;" (2.Thessalonians 2:3) "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." (2.Timothy 3:1-5) KJV
I am the first brazilian to comment in English, what a beautiful image, one of the stages of the great writer Shakespeare. Wherever he went and created his great works.
@@yiman7370 I wish I lived there in this beautiful country, where the Royal Family lives mainly the legendary figure of Queen Elisabeth and get to know the huge culture of all of Britain up close.
I was born in Warwickshire, it is "home" to me. This video was utterly delightful as I saw places that I know. I am amazed at how little has actually changed in the parts that I know best, especially Stratford. The scenes outside the Birthplace, the grammar school and Anne Hathaway's could have been taken from a recent film set in the period. The deer park at Charlecote was instantly recognisable as was the view along the Avon towards Holy Trinity. I did not need to use my imagination to see myself there in 1910. People believe that this country is now a worse place, yet whilst it is not perfect, much is better than during 1910. Grinding poverty was commonplace. People died of diseases now controlled, or from working conditions now regulated. I certainly would not want to give up my central heating, double glazing, fridge, freezer, nor Internet to live in the rose-tinted times that never really existed. My grandparents lived then, and after the FWW moved into the house that is now mine. If I could go back and show them life today I'm sure that they would choose my version of the house instead of theirs. As Gladys Knight says at the start of the song "Try to Remember": Hey, you know, everybody's talkin' about the good old days, right Everybody, the good old days, the good old days Well, let's talk about the good old days Come to think of it as, as bad as we think they are these will become the good old days for our children So many look back, usually through rose-tinted glasses, and think the past is better than it was. In some ways it was, in many ways it was not. Much as I enjoy watching a video like this, getting a buzz of "feel-good" from it, I'm very happy to have the benefits of today. I certainly would not want to be transported back.
my grandparents era My grandad born 1897, joined up when he was 18, got gassed with mustard gas, was a fire warden in 2nd war died age 62 My nan born 1899 also served during the war in the cipher room. they married in 1920, grandads family wouldn't speak to nan as grandad "married below his class" [nans family were middle class] they had 5 children [my mum and her elder brother both served during the 2nd war] all survived the war Nan and grandad worked hard and saved and were able to buy their own house in 1946
My grandfather was born in 1901 so 9 years old at this time . He was working class but formal , strict and stoic , I'm sure this is how these people were as well.
Just to be able to step into the screen and take in the scenery and the peace that was then, no noisy cars, buses, trains or airplanes, a few yes maybe early vehicles but non compared to now, just the birds and bees of nature, pure bliss.
This is why they call it the good old days, a time when the world was a more simple place and respect and decency ruled. Not saying everything was perfect, what is? But today’s world is rather shocking in comparison
The present age has witnessed an absolute collapse in standards all across the board. If folks at that time could be transported to our time they would be appalled at the manner of dressing, which has declined to an abominable state. The lack of common civility, common morality and just common sense. Any culture that deems it normal for people to outwardly, and surgically change their genders or even to remake themselves into something resembling animals is in no position to be judging the people in this video. Its laughable that any lucid and sane mind would render our inverted and disoriented times as "normal."
I just found you completely by accident, and it’s made my day ! My dear old Grandfather was born in Warwick , he used to tell me many stories of his younger days in the area including visits to the cape ( possibly a pub near water , I believe) ..... how wonderful those way gone times were for him . He later went to work for Vickers Armstrongs as an Engineer throughout WW2 with his sons . I’m now in my seventies, so this really is a real delight to see . Many thanks for bringing life into my memories. 🙏🏼❤️
Not sure why this popped up in recommended, but I have lived in the area (Stratford-upon-Avon and Wellesbourne) for almost 40 years. And its fascinating to see all these local places in the past! Thank you for uploading. Awesome video!
Great film , thanks for taking the time to do this.. On all these old films it always amazes me how clean the streets were. The effects of no fast food waste and people really caring about the places they lived in.
Enchanting it's like being in a beautiful dream. I wonder if the people in this video realized just how fortunate they were living in such a magnificent place & at a very special time.
This was phenomenal. I don’t have the words that will express the emotions you provoked. I was lamenting about a distant place, in a storied history back in time and I was longing for days in places I’ve never lived. That’s an accomplishment of some of our greatest film makers. I liked the virtual excursion of a tiny segment of British history. If I may, “good show”.
This is beautiful. To be fair, like today, most people lived in cities, and even with far fewer cars, the air pollution was shocking (and had been since the industrial revolution over 100 years before), healthcare limited and real leisure time (for the vast majority of people) really only emerged in this Edwardian era. Stay healthy and good luck to you.
Something wonderful always strikes me in these old films. All these people are long dead. And soon, so will you and I. Get living today. Don't engage in activities that divide us. Ignore the noise of the media and pursue the things that make you happy. This life is short but sweet and every day above the dirt is a good one. The void of infinite oblivion is forever. All we have is now.
Yes, our old way of life was taken from us, and it can be hard to watch footage like this and realise just how much we have lost, but do not forget, we can get this back, there is always hope.
Thank you. Such beautiful rehabbed footage. Well done. So romantic to be transported to a time before major technology when people talked and went for strolls in their finest clothes. I am almost envious even though I know they had their challenges. Light to all. 🙏💜🕊
These videos are pure gold... I will never get tired of watching them, everything seems so calm, beautiful and different, it's like seeing another completely different world. Thank you so much for your work! If it wasn't for this channel and others, I wouldn't be able to see these coloured and restored old videos.
How peaceful it all seems without the wholesale invasion of the internal combustion engine. The "gate" at 3:22 is called a "clapper stile" if I remember my "I-Spy in the Countryside" book correctly - you wouldn't want to let go of the "clappers" when you were astride it, that's for sure! The caption writer at 4:11 wants to brush up on his grammar "Grammer School". I ask you! The young lady outside Marie Corelli's house at 6:24 looks a bit "fast", no wonder the lady in the black dress is having a stern word with her! The location??ed at:4:46 is the original Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, rather than the ancient building which is captioned as such. It was built in 1879, but destroyed by fire in 1926. Fotunately the Library and Art Gallery survived, and the treasures including Shakespeare first folios, and historic paintings kept therein were saved. The rebuilt theatre reopened in 1932.
I clicked this to see the fashions, and was delighted to get the surprise of seeing Marie Corelli's home! I really did not expect that, but how wonderful!
The algorithm paints the black costumes black, but it paints the trams purple. Why is that? It's fantastic to see Guy's Cliffe, when it had not fallen into disrepair yet, and before it burnt down. What a magnificent, magical place !! Same goes for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, before the fire of 1926.
A. I. software does struggle with colours of clothes and machinery at present, but the more it is trained, it will improve over time. (I use A. I. software for various photo applications)
This is amazing to watch. I worked in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2014 and when I walked to work I always wondered what it used to look like 100+ years ago. Thank you for this ❤
Starting to see motor cars; a lot less people. The 20th century changed civilisation so much, & our brains still haven't caught up! Thank you so much for posting this 👍
I enjoy all your videos it takes me into the past that i never lived, it looks so tranquil and at ease, no BS that we are currently witnessing and no Tech either, i would love to time travel back to the late 19th or early 20th century.
It wasn't an easy nor tranquil time at all. Everyone's life was very hard, everyone fought hard to survive with the exception of some rich, powerful people who had it alright.
ÞórlæifR with the exception of the 1% most people's life was tough. The lucky ones had poor paying jobs in service with just one morning off a week to go to church, no holiday, no sick pay, no rights. There's no NHS, no antibiotics, nasty diseases like diphtheria, sleeping sickness, the pox, small pox, tb etc.etc.
God knows, i’ve seen so many colorized films, that have been enhanced, over time and yet that were very well done, but never as good as this one. As opposed to some other colorized movie films, appearing to glossy and leaving to much of a tinted purple reflexion shade around the images, the colors on this motion picture seem so revealingly beautiful, but most of all very natural. Thank you. Johnny, Montréal, Canada.
Amazing footage, so poignant only 4 years until WW1. Nice vehicles love the motor bike and sidecar on the bridge and that gate !!!! want one of those. 🥰👍
I used to live there in the 70s, it looks so different from then but it was busy in the summer and the Mop fair week. Sadly now it doesn't look like that, it's full of cars. How beautiful was the theatre, can't believe how it changed 💜 Shottery looks so quiet. Thank you really enjoyed this.
@@Rick88888888 hi Shottery is where Anne Hathaway's cottage is. It is north Stratford, a beautiful village, thatched cottages. I lived just down the road at Brookside and Drayton ave, Shottery Brooke ran at the end of the ave. We played there and the fields, now it's a housing estate. The mop was a funfair that filled Stratford town and stayed a week, then a smaller fair called the runaway mop. So many memories 👍
@@doctorbritain9632 I know you were. I was also being a little tongue in cheek. Someone somewhere is going to work out how to express tone unambiguously in text - and that someone is going to make millions!
@@creamwobbly I'm not talking about modern science , I'm talking about general deportment and the way of life. I can't believe you took so much time to completely miss the point. The idea that all "progress" is good is ridiculous. Let's talk about death by obesity and diabetes then. The numbers are exponentially higher than people with gammy legs from 100 years ago.
4:29 Being a student at this very same school of Shakespeare's, I've had lessons in that very building. Quite extraordinary I must say! However now it has been turned into a museum and so lessons no longer take place there.
I feel it was a different time in that they may not have felt the nostalgia and lost world if they, the people in the film, had looked back a 100 years from then. Feels like a time of quiet acceptance....and why are there no more beautiful profound buildings, castles being built? It's all concrete and steel.
Sadly, I think that it’s by design. Ugly architecture helps create an ugly ambience. It’s amazing how surroundings can affect the collective energy. All artists, architectures and creative designers know this ...
It's obvious that the film was heavily damaged by the time the restoration began. The fact that it looks this good is a testament to your skills. Thank you for sharing.
I was born and bred in Sona and this is better than what I was taught or even saw - photos are awesome, hope (with locals) to render truthful the comments.
Much beauty here to be seen. Thank you for showing us! There are some aspects of these times that are to be envied. However, not all is worse in the 21st century. For example, that gate is quirky and clever, but inaccessible to wheelchairs or prams. Disabled people now have a lot more freedom to enjoy the outdoors, never mind the ostracism etc. I also noticed the finery of the pedestrians. The poor are not featured (hidden). I think there is much to be thankful and much to lament about different times in history. Let's do that as we try to navigate this challenging time in our history, looking with hope towards our future and our children's future.
I've been to stratford upon avon a few times I never get tired of walking around there, it's so lovely I only wish it was nearer because I live in southport it takes about 2 to 3 hours to get there.
Stunning video, l wish we could go back in time when life liked so idilic, slow and easier than today. Thank you so much for sharing your video. 😊😊😊😊🐱🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
A delightful work, indeed. You have reminded me of that funny tale of Henry James entitled 'The Birthplace', and since he is for me the writer par excellence, you have given me a double pleasure. On the other hand, the film on Berlin has truly been mesmerizing for me, not so much for the image as such as for its mixture with the beautiful music. A wholehearted thanks.
Beautiful. So much knowledge and craftmanship in buildings and gardens and clothes. Lost today. The carefull thoughtfulness and tidy work at no great cost.
All those sheep will be dead now! Another lovely film, a joy to watch, they transport you back to a much different era. A beautiful area which l have visited, and thankfully is still lovely today. Thanks again.
@@soldierofchrist888 The ' Star ' mentioned in this poem is symbolic to a personal quest a long sort after object or state of ' being ' it's as simple as that. Tell me , why the religious rant ? Your raving has nothing to do with the beautiful nostalgic film or my comment thereof , so again , what is the meaning of your stupidity because that's what it is ?
Hello Rick Several years ago we have been in Stratford upon Avon. It's a nice town but very crowded for everybody wants the see the house where Shakespeare was born and the Holy Trinity Church. Also visited Anne Hathaway's cottage with a nice garden, so this movie is for us a flashback in time although it was made in 1910. So Rick thank you very much for bringing back the memories. Weer prima gedaan , dank je wel 😀👍🏽
@@ronaldmondriaan897 Ja, maar vooral het Beeld En Geluid archief. Het moet ook Public Domain zijn, anders blijf ik ervan af. Voor mijn internationale kijkers gooi ik regelmatig een niet-Nederlands filmpje er tussendoor, alhoewel oud Nederland ook bij hen erg wordt gewaardeerd.
@@Rick88888888 Nou ja dat filmpje over het oude Engeland toen het nog een wereldrijk was doet het goed en ja de overtocht van Vlissingen of HvH naar Harwich heb ik persoonlijk goede herinneringen aan .
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Marvellous job.🙏🙏
Fantastic job Rick, can I ask, what is the music for the beginning? I know it's probably a stock song but me wife luvs it so. Please?
@@SunshineAndSails The music titles are under the 'SHOW MORE' button
Yes it gets so boring about every one being dead like people need to be told that, excellent enhancements really puts you back in time and get a flavour of things no graffiti excess signage or litter a much better place than now
What music is this?
The gate system at 03:24 fascinating
Yes, never seen that before!
It's called a clapper style.
Very simple, but effective.
Very interesting.
I'm saving the video because of the gate (I've never seen one here in Ireland) - not because of Shakespeare. He could barely write his name.
@@tonyjohno7570 lol.
How beautiful England was. So calm, peaceful and serene.
For the middle and upper classes shown here. The working class were too busy dying down mines to be boating.
@@fredbloggs545 And for the middle and upper classes life still is the same as it was, calming, peaceful, and serene
Much is still the same, just the highstreets are ruined and the housing estates are an eyesore - villagers spend nights awake worrying about one being built near them and stuffed with half the world who have no investment whatsoever in the country other than to milk it for all they can get.
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There speaks a NIMBY.
Indeed, and not a single two-stroke strimmer, leaf-blower or chainsaw to be heard! 🙏🌞
Watching this made me quite emotional... What have we done to our world.
Wish the country still looked like this. Only when everything has been ground down can we see what has been truly lost.
True
Most of the cities or working class areas (ie 99% of the county) did not look like like this. They looked like hell on earth. You can see other films from the same period to prove it. You are incredibly fortunate to live in the current period, most people back then would kill to swap places with you.
@@importantjohn You’re wrong, life in the big cities could be harsh but overall life was better
My grandma said life was easier back then
There were some downsides too ;-) The general wealth of people, medical care, life expectancy, stuff like that wasn't so great. Nowadays "poor" people have cars and mobile phones. Back then they might have had literally nothing...
The “some gate” is the Stepping Gate in Charlecote Park, Charlecote House and Park still very much exists and belongs to to the National Trust. Closed through Covid but hopefully will be opening again very soon.
Mr bean should go over that stepping gateshead could get tangled up in it be so funny.
Is that gate still there?
@@Rick88888888 Yes.
@@clearlake3492 Where? I've been to Charlecote, never seen it.
@@arlosmith9504 If it's still there it's to the left of the entrance to the garden centre, on the opposite side of the road to the entrance to the park. It's not the original gate, of course. There used to be a sign describing it. It can be seen on Street View if you use the clock feature to turn back a few years.
I've never - ever seen anything like that some gate before . It's genius .
@Cian MacGana I think 'some gate' and the road just before that, is going past the grounds of Charlecote Park.
It's great example of an old stile. There are a few other variations, some resemble offset circular stairs (if that makes sense), that I've seen in older photographs of England, and on older estates and historic sites here in New England. There is an excellent book on the subject and so much more, called The Forgotten Arts and Crafts, by a gentleman called John Seymour. I believe you can purchase it online or through a used bookshop for fewer than $40 USD, or £50 GBP
Clapper gate. We have them in Kent too.
@@rackpunch4026 Of course it's called a clapper gate!
Electric trolleys, bicycles, and sheep for lawnmowers-- we're now trying to get back what we had 110 years ago.
So true I heard Britain is removing Diesel and petrol car by 2030.
@@nepnamja6686 And the native Britons by 2050, is it?
@@adamnoman4658 the native Britons were pushed out 1,000 years ago I believe. Depends how far back and what timescale you consider.
@@user-jt1jv8vl9r Pushed where? Into the North Sea?
@@adamnoman4658 Shut up
For what was and is no more, I could weep.
Me too
For me, watching summons the most incredible melancholy memories of a paradise lost. Not, one of rose-tinted spectacles, but of a genuine recollection of a purer world in ways most of us humans hold dear.
So beautiful and full of tranquility.
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That is so beautifully said, thank you.
That, so very very sadly is the price for having lived, loved and felt.....To live and love...aye, so fine...but to have feelings in favour, feelings so intense they almost begin to hurt because as it were they remind you of another truth that feelings lived and discovered for the very first time
cannot be re-lived in the same way...Knowledge and knowing have taken over and that’s all right and birth has been given to....memories, souvenirs...Desirable but of course and splendidly so; but that world...that universe of difference between not knowing and then discovery, happy revelation, that is supreme.
Wow, Thank you so much, This old world we see wasn't that long ago but is so so different from any thing today, what a contrast.
No, there are still parts of England like this.
I know it's pretty incredible to put time into perspective like this. The world didn't change for millions of years, but even 50 years ago seems like another universe.
I love this passage, I will make the same in my fence.
Well, on the surface yes. But it's all visuals isn't it. These mansions lining the inner city routes, were created and paid for by the very rich. I was informed of this on a TV programme a few days ago. MANY homes of the poor were demolished. A copy of the Parisian Boulevards , by German architect , Haussmann.
@@stumccabe But fashions in clothes have changed a bit!
Beautiful, but heartbreaking. Stratford -Upon-Avon has been turned into a Theme Park, and much of the countryside has been lost to Motorways and the High-Speed 2 vanity project
A video like this certainly makes one feel that the world was very much more beautiful one hundred years ago.
It was very much more beautiful!
If only we could turn back the hands of time!😩😢😫
Shit time to live. Awful. Unless you were the aristocracy. If you were a pleb, it was nasty.
@@jimjiminyjaroo300 Rather a platitude, isn't it? Every time in history is less comfortable if you're poor than if you're rich. One the whole though, each age improves on those before them. Today's English working class live in luxury unimaginable to English royalty six hundred years ago.
It would have been for the wealthy, they were living in paradise until the war. If only the poor had been paid more money or there was a welfare state. It seems the working class have always been treated like scum apart from after WW2 for a brief period.
I would give anything to have lived at that TIME of LIFE.....People Dressed so BEAUTIFUL and LIFE had to be a little more slow than the way we live today....The men crossing over the gate the FIRST ONE OMG how HANDSOME that Young man was and the other were also BEAUTIFUL and so well DRESSED...I just LOVE seeing how life used to BE......I do not know WHY but when I see this they make me what to cry 😢.....
This is beautiful. It is the England I imagine... even as I live in the England of 2021.
This must be such a blessing for English folks to see.
It really is
More depressing if anything. The England that was stolen from us.
@@td370 How so?
Sadly its not. Streets were never cleaner for one thing apparently
The flip side to this 'perfect lost England' is life in cities, not so beautiful at all. Very hard lives and a short life expectancy, 50 if you were lucky.
I live in Stratford so watching this was amazing! Loved the curiosity from the young boys watching whoever was filming.
I live in a neighbouring village. Stratford is a lovely place still on a summer day out boating down the river. As long as you get there early :)
Crazy to see people just living their lives over 100 years ago and knowing every single one them is no longer with us. We all will eventually be there one day as nothing lasts forever 😔 If only the buildings and castles could talk ❤️
Now 110 Years later we see a little moment in their lifes, they never thought about this. I always think, what have they done after this and in the rest of their live.
That is overhelming for me.
No shit. How original.
Hauntingly beautiful music and scenery. So evocative and poignant. So serene. Little did the people going about their daily lives know what lay ahead of them. Those poor young men would probably have gone to fight in the first world war. The young boys would have fought in the second world war. Unimaginable grief. Thank you Rick for your work. I am so glad your chanel found me. From Dublin.
Yes, the young men at the time would have been enjoying a fairly quiet life, only to be transported in a few years time to another world of unspeakable horror. Reminds me of that classic song by Edwin Starr, War, What is it Good For? Absolutely Nothing!
Thank you very much!
@@keithjones6023 88.5% came home. Just 2% of the UK population died in WW1. As a percentage of population more died in the English civil war {over 4%}
that is a very observant comment. all true too. this is a wonderful and beautiful film. truly.
I love the clip also, fascinating. From Wicklow!
CZcams never ceases to amaze me. Thank you so much for sharing this incredible amazing quality film of a bygone period. Obviously it was coloured at a later stage, but whoever did it was a true expert.
I restored and colored it, thank you.
@@Rick88888888 Take a bow Rick, you did a wonderful job! Thank you so much.
@@Rick88888888 a winner and a 10 and then some EXCELLENT!!!
Yeah, CZcams recommending this actually is kinda nice. :D
This is lovely I was born in Stratford upon Avon and my parents and grandparents worked the land and infact my father has just retired at 82 and by the special gate I think it could be charlecote park it's a national trust place now, this is very interesting this is really nice
This is wonderful. Thank you. England before the collapse of civilization
True, you hadn't been born yet.
@@andrewwigglesworth3030 ...and it would seem you were only born yesterday.
@@smokingzen good come back !
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;" (1.Timothy 4:1)
"Let no man deceive you by any means:
for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;"
(2.Thessalonians 2:3)
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." (2.Timothy 3:1-5) KJV
I am the first brazilian to comment in English, what a beautiful image, one of the stages of the great writer Shakespeare. Wherever he went and created his great works.
Your English is excellent,
welcome!💐
So is yours Isabelle👍😁
@@Boudicca165 even better than Shakespeare's English : )
Calm down. I live in UK, u wouldn't like the weather and the lifestyle here.
@@yiman7370 I wish I lived there in this beautiful country, where the Royal Family lives mainly the legendary figure of Queen Elisabeth and get to know the huge culture of all of Britain up close.
Beautiful, and irenic. I'm sure their daily lives were challenging like ours, but man, everything was so beautiful.
Apparently a lot of this area remains unchanged.
The young boys are fascinated by the camera, so perfect it almost looks like a movie set
There's a lack of genuine emotion in today's world, the spoilt lives we're living. Therefore seeing this is such a relief...
I was born in Warwickshire, it is "home" to me. This video was utterly delightful as I saw places that I know.
I am amazed at how little has actually changed in the parts that I know best, especially Stratford. The scenes outside the Birthplace, the grammar school and Anne Hathaway's could have been taken from a recent film set in the period. The deer park at Charlecote was instantly recognisable as was the view along the Avon towards Holy Trinity. I did not need to use my imagination to see myself there in 1910.
People believe that this country is now a worse place, yet whilst it is not perfect, much is better than during 1910. Grinding poverty was commonplace. People died of diseases now controlled, or from working conditions now regulated.
I certainly would not want to give up my central heating, double glazing, fridge, freezer, nor Internet to live in the rose-tinted times that never really existed. My grandparents lived then, and after the FWW moved into the house that is now mine. If I could go back and show them life today I'm sure that they would choose my version of the house instead of theirs.
As Gladys Knight says at the start of the song "Try to Remember":
Hey, you know, everybody's talkin' about the good old days, right
Everybody, the good old days, the good old days
Well, let's talk about the good old days
Come to think of it as, as bad as we think they are
these will become the good old days for our children
So many look back, usually through rose-tinted glasses, and think the past is better than it was. In some ways it was, in many ways it was not.
Much as I enjoy watching a video like this, getting a buzz of "feel-good" from it, I'm very happy to have the benefits of today. I certainly would not want to be transported back.
Thank you for your long, interesting comment.
I would like to have a conversation with the people in this film, to understand their thoughts about life and the world.
Ps, the house on the river is Guy's Cliffe. The Mill is known as Saxon Mill.
my grandparents era
My grandad born 1897, joined up when he was 18, got gassed with mustard gas, was a fire warden in 2nd war died age 62
My nan born 1899 also served during the war in the cipher room.
they married in 1920, grandads family wouldn't speak to nan as grandad "married below his class"
[nans family were middle class] they had 5 children [my mum and her elder brother both served during the 2nd war] all survived the war
Nan and grandad worked hard and saved and were able to buy their own house in 1946
Got close the conversation. My father was born in south Warwickshire in the year this film was made.
My grandfather was born in 1901 so 9 years old at this time . He was working class but formal , strict and stoic , I'm sure this is how these people were as well.
@@creamwobbly I doubt he is but you sound like a bit of a knob for asking .
Just to be able to step into the screen and take in the scenery and the peace that was then, no noisy cars, buses, trains or airplanes, a few yes maybe early vehicles but non compared to now, just the birds and bees of nature, pure bliss.
This is why they call it the good old days, a time when the world was a more simple place and respect and decency ruled. Not saying everything was perfect, what is? But today’s world is rather shocking in comparison
So true😔
You mean when most people in the UK lived in grinding poverty and died young.
The present age has witnessed an absolute collapse in standards all across the board. If folks at that time could be transported to our time they would be appalled at the manner of dressing, which has declined to an abominable state. The lack of common civility, common morality and just common sense. Any culture that deems it normal for people to outwardly, and surgically change their genders or even to remake themselves into something resembling animals is in no position to be judging the people in this video. Its laughable that any lucid and sane mind would render our inverted and disoriented times as "normal."
@@ObakuZenCenter i think you know what we mean! Could have learned so much from the past but look around..
@@CroBer09 You're right. todays world is disgusting... a synthetic world...
I just found you completely by accident, and it’s made my day ! My dear old Grandfather was born in Warwick , he used to tell me many stories of his younger days in the area including visits to the cape
( possibly a pub near water , I believe) ..... how wonderful those way gone times were for him . He later went to work for Vickers Armstrongs as an Engineer throughout WW2 with his sons . I’m now in my seventies, so this really is a real delight to see . Many thanks for bringing life into my memories. 🙏🏼❤️
My pleasure!
I find these restored, colorized, films fascinating.
It really makes history come alive for me.
Thanks for this.
Not sure why this popped up in recommended, but I have lived in the area (Stratford-upon-Avon and Wellesbourne) for almost 40 years. And its fascinating to see all these local places in the past! Thank you for uploading. Awesome video!
thats awesome, do you feel like any place is still the same in the video?
Great film , thanks for taking the time to do this.. On all these old films it always amazes me how clean the streets were. The effects of no fast food waste and people really caring about the places they lived in.
Enchanting it's like being in a beautiful dream. I wonder if the people in this video realized just how fortunate they were living in such a magnificent place & at a very special time.
And one day people will watch videos of life in 2021 and wonder how it was so beautiful back then.
This was phenomenal. I don’t have the words that will express the emotions you provoked. I was lamenting about a distant place, in a storied history back in time and I was longing for days in places I’ve never lived. That’s an accomplishment of some of our greatest film makers. I liked the virtual excursion of a tiny segment of British history. If I may, “good show”.
My grandpa was 1yo and my grandma (his "future" wife) was about to be born yet... Unbeliavable, thank you so much for upload ❤️❤️❤️
So beautiful. A reminder that things don't always get better and better.
Back when England was .... well, England.
R.I.P. Old Blighty. We miss you greatly.
This is beautiful. To be fair, like today, most people lived in cities, and even with far fewer cars, the air pollution was shocking (and had been since the industrial revolution over 100 years before), healthcare limited and real leisure time (for the vast majority of people) really only emerged in this Edwardian era. Stay healthy and good luck to you.
@@nickharvey7233 And you brother. Good health and glad tidings to all English people everywhere.
Ah! a "Little Englander".
@@narabdela Ooo a bloody foreigner.... x
@@theshamanarchist5441 You disappoint me. I thought "Johnny Foreigner" was the correct phrase.
Something wonderful always strikes me in these old films.
All these people are long dead. And soon, so will you and I.
Get living today. Don't engage in activities that divide us.
Ignore the noise of the media and pursue the things that make you happy.
This life is short but sweet and every day above the dirt is a good one.
The void of infinite oblivion is forever. All we have is now.
‘Some Gate’ is still there and the same design, still used today, to walk alongside Charlecote Garden Centre 😃
Yes, our old way of life was taken from us, and it can be hard to watch footage like this and realise just how much we have lost, but do not forget, we can get this back, there is always hope.
The old way of life where 2 million children were forced to work in industry for very little money? Yeah, it was so great back then!
@@fredbloggs545 You know that is not what we mean.
@@smogland7933
I only know what is in your comment. I am not psychic.
Thank you. Such beautiful rehabbed footage. Well done. So romantic to be transported to a time before major technology when people talked and went for strolls in their finest clothes. I am almost envious even though I know they had their challenges. Light to all. 🙏💜🕊
These videos are pure gold... I will never get tired of watching them, everything seems so calm, beautiful and different, it's like seeing another completely different world. Thank you so much for your work! If it wasn't for this channel and others, I wouldn't be able to see these coloured and restored old videos.
How peaceful it all seems without the wholesale invasion of the internal combustion engine.
The "gate" at 3:22 is called a "clapper stile" if I remember my "I-Spy in the Countryside" book correctly - you wouldn't want to let go of the "clappers" when you were astride it, that's for sure!
The caption writer at 4:11 wants to brush up on his grammar "Grammer School". I ask you!
The young lady outside Marie Corelli's house at 6:24 looks a bit "fast", no wonder the lady in the black dress is having a stern word with her!
The location??ed at:4:46 is the original Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, rather than the ancient building which is captioned as such. It was built in 1879, but destroyed by fire in 1926. Fotunately the Library and Art Gallery survived, and the treasures including Shakespeare first folios, and historic paintings kept therein were saved. The rebuilt theatre reopened in 1932.
I think the conversation outside Marie Corelli's house was at 5.09 but I too was wondering why it was so abrupt.
Thanks for the clapper info....ingenious.
I clicked this to see the fashions, and was delighted to get the surprise of seeing Marie Corelli's home! I really did not expect that, but how wonderful!
The algorithm paints the black costumes black, but it paints the trams purple. Why is that?
It's fantastic to see Guy's Cliffe, when it had not fallen into disrepair yet, and before it burnt down. What a magnificent, magical place !!
Same goes for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, before the fire of 1926.
The purple haze is a problem in the DeOldify software.
A. I. software does struggle with colours of clothes and machinery at present, but the more it is trained, it will improve over time. (I use A. I. software for various photo applications)
This is amazing to watch. I worked in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2014 and when I walked to work I always wondered what it used to look like 100+ years ago. Thank you for this ❤
My pleasure!
Absolutely fantastic, and the music. Thanks from Australia
Such pristine roads, clear of all disfigurements !
When England was still beautiful England!
I'm mesmerized by old pictures and videos.the babies in pram have even grown old and gone.some how I can't explain my fascination with the past
The film was edited perfectly . Congrats mate for display it.
What a beautiful video of our green and fair land, or once was.
Pure golden era...
Then the war came and all things changed...
Those blue remembered hills..!
Absolutely beautiful, tranquil music.....despite WW1 being only 4 years away, the country seemed a much calmer place.....
This is so amazing, great choice on the music too, very mystical feeling.
How time is such an interesting thing
So beautiful, he sighed wistfully. And Stratford today..........
It's still nice
Marvellous. Thanks for sharing.
Anytime cutie
Starting to see motor cars; a lot less people. The 20th century changed civilisation so much, & our brains still haven't caught up! Thank you so much for posting this 👍
Tancks for your films.From Spain.🌍
What an idyllic world it looks. Wonderful, as you say!
I enjoy all your videos it takes me into the past that i never lived, it looks so tranquil and at ease, no BS that we are currently witnessing and no Tech either, i would love to time travel back to the late 19th or early 20th century.
It wasn't an easy nor tranquil time at all. Everyone's life was very hard, everyone fought hard to survive with the exception of some rich, powerful people who had it alright.
@@behindyou666 yes and four years later we all know what happened
@@altradecull9149 very true
ÞórlæifR with the exception of the 1% most people's life was tough. The lucky ones had poor paying jobs in service with just one morning off a week to go to church, no holiday, no sick pay, no rights. There's no NHS, no antibiotics, nasty diseases like diphtheria, sleeping sickness, the pox, small pox, tb etc.etc.
@@francessimmonds5784 Even for the 1%, life wasn't perfect.
God knows, i’ve seen so many colorized films, that have been enhanced, over time and yet that were very well done, but never as good as this one. As opposed to some other colorized movie films, appearing to glossy and leaving to much of a tinted purple reflexion shade around the images, the colors on this motion picture seem so revealingly beautiful, but most of all very natural. Thank you. Johnny, Montréal, Canada.
I was borne here ,and at 76 just moved back after living in USA Cornwall and lots of other places in U.K. .l love it and these old phots
How peaceful and unhurried it all seems!
1910 was the year when my grandmother was born. (She has passed away in 2002.) This was Great Britain`s most glorious period.
Amazing footage, so poignant only 4 years until WW1. Nice vehicles love the motor bike and sidecar on the bridge and that gate !!!! want one of those. 🥰👍
A beautiful reproduction. You are so talented and your channel gives so much joy. Thankyou again from the Midlands of England.
Just Brilliant, thank you....
I used to live there in the 70s, it looks so different from then but it was busy in the summer and the Mop fair week. Sadly now it doesn't look like that, it's full of cars. How beautiful was the theatre, can't believe how it changed 💜 Shottery looks so quiet. Thank you really enjoyed this.
Thanks! You mention "Shottery". What is that and where do you see it (time stamp)?
@@Rick88888888 hi Shottery is where Anne Hathaway's cottage is. It is north Stratford, a beautiful village, thatched cottages. I lived just down the road at Brookside and Drayton ave, Shottery Brooke ran at the end of the ave. We played there and the fields, now it's a housing estate. The mop was a funfair that filled Stratford town and stayed a week, then a smaller fair called the runaway mop. So many memories 👍
@@victoriatampling5049 Thank you very much
I'm not entirely convinced we've made what could be loosely termed as "progress".
Wheras I AM entirely convinced we haven't!
@@thomasm1964 I was being a little sarcastic, so I think we're in agreement here.
@@doctorbritain9632 I know you were. I was also being a little tongue in cheek.
Someone somewhere is going to work out how to express tone unambiguously in text - and that someone is going to make millions!
@@thomasm1964 let's do it...
@@creamwobbly I'm not talking about modern science , I'm talking about general deportment and the way of life. I can't believe you took so much time to completely miss the point. The idea that all "progress" is good is ridiculous. Let's talk about death by obesity and diabetes then. The numbers are exponentially higher than people with gammy legs from 100 years ago.
I have family living in this area and the video is amazing to watch…how beautiful England was!
Beautiful
It seems so simple, quiet and peaceful back then, also too it reminds me of some of the old paintings of famous artists
Wonderful countryside! And not overcrowded yet!...
4:29 Being a student at this very same school of Shakespeare's, I've had lessons in that very building. Quite extraordinary I must say! However now it has been turned into a museum and so lessons no longer take place there.
I feel it was a different time in that they may not have felt the nostalgia and lost world if they, the people in the film, had looked back a 100 years from then. Feels like a time of quiet acceptance....and why are there no more beautiful profound buildings, castles being built? It's all concrete and steel.
Sadly, I think that it’s by design. Ugly architecture helps create an ugly ambience. It’s amazing how surroundings can affect the collective energy. All artists, architectures and creative designers know this ...
If i could go back to when things were like that i wouldn't hesitate
This is so wonderful! And the song makes it even more nostalgic
It's obvious that the film was heavily damaged by the time the restoration began. The fact that it looks this good is a testament to your skills. Thank you for sharing.
I was born and bred in Sona and this is better than what I was taught or even saw - photos are awesome, hope (with locals) to render truthful the comments.
It's like a beautiful moving painting.
Incredible and to think that this is less than 300 years after Shakespeare's death.
Much beauty here to be seen. Thank you for showing us! There are some aspects of these times that are to be envied. However, not all is worse in the 21st century. For example, that gate is quirky and clever, but inaccessible to wheelchairs or prams. Disabled people now have a lot more freedom to enjoy the outdoors, never mind the ostracism etc. I also noticed the finery of the pedestrians. The poor are not featured (hidden). I think there is much to be thankful and much to lament about different times in history. Let's do that as we try to navigate this challenging time in our history, looking with hope towards our future and our children's future.
CZcams needs a ❤️ button for uploads such as these, rather than a generic thumbs-up.
Beautiful! The colour makes these scenes truely alive. Thank you!
The automotive industry changed everything. The people would be suprisingly similar to us. Time is a human concept.
I've been to stratford upon avon a few times I never get tired of walking around there, it's so lovely I only wish it was nearer because I live in southport it takes about 2 to 3 hours to get there.
Stunning video, l wish we could go back in time when life liked so idilic, slow and easier than today. Thank you so much for sharing your video. 😊😊😊😊🐱🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Proud to be born and bred in Warwickshire.... Super film Thank you
I love that fold down gate.........we don't have the brains these days!
A delightful work, indeed. You have reminded me of that funny tale of Henry James entitled 'The Birthplace', and since he is for me the writer par excellence, you have given me a double pleasure.
On the other hand, the film on Berlin has truly been mesmerizing for me, not so much for the image as such as for its mixture with the beautiful music.
A wholehearted thanks.
Beautiful, so rich in history, thank you for sharing
Beautiful. So much knowledge and craftmanship in buildings and gardens and clothes. Lost today. The carefull thoughtfulness and tidy work at no great cost.
All those sheep will be dead now! Another lovely film, a joy to watch, they transport you back to a much different era. A beautiful area which l have visited, and thankfully is still lovely today. Thanks again.
Keith those sheep probably ended up in the plate of those people in the film
@@edmundpower1250 mmm with some lovely roast potatoes and the trimmings with mint sauce 😋
@@keithjones6023 I'm a vegetarian!
@@keithjones6023 Lamb for me, no mutton.
‘All those sheep will be dead now.’ What a fatuous comment.
Beautifully nostalgic.
" Roam on, the star thou sort is shining still..."
The Scholar Gypsy.
@@soldierofchrist888 The ' Star ' mentioned in this poem is symbolic to a personal quest a long sort after object or state of ' being ' it's as simple as that.
Tell me , why the religious rant ?
Your raving has nothing to do with the beautiful nostalgic film or my comment thereof , so again , what is the meaning of your stupidity because that's what it is ?
wat mooi dit! En ook prachtig dat iemand in 1910 het fijne oog had, om dit vast te leggen.
Prachtig dat dit zo mooi bewerkt is. Dikke pluim!!
Ja, hè
En beseffend dat iedereen en zelf de kids in deze film niet meer zijn
Hello Rick
Several years ago we have been in Stratford upon Avon.
It's a nice town but very crowded for everybody wants the see the house where Shakespeare was born and the Holy Trinity Church.
Also visited Anne Hathaway's cottage with a nice garden, so this movie is for us a flashback in time although it was made in 1910.
So Rick thank you very much for bringing back the memories.
Weer prima gedaan , dank je wel 😀👍🏽
Graag gedaan!
@@Rick88888888 Vraag me af "struin" je het internet af voor zwart wit CZcams filmpjes om die in te kleuren?
@@ronaldmondriaan897 Ja, maar vooral het Beeld En Geluid archief. Het moet ook Public Domain zijn, anders blijf ik ervan af.
Voor mijn internationale kijkers gooi ik regelmatig een niet-Nederlands filmpje er tussendoor, alhoewel oud Nederland ook bij hen erg wordt gewaardeerd.
@@Rick88888888 Nou ja dat filmpje over het oude Engeland toen het nog een wereldrijk was doet het goed en ja de overtocht van Vlissingen of HvH naar Harwich heb ik persoonlijk goede herinneringen aan .
The gate alone is worth a subscription.
I have been looking for old footage of Leamington for a long time. I moved here from Ireland in 1994. This footage reminds me a lot of home.