Great video..i'll have to watch all of them! I was watching Les Lokin's videos and saw your video come after it was done. The wisdom is great from your generation. Thanks from a Generation Xer!
This is a great video, I am looking forward to new stories and videos. I have heard many stories about the Depression and can not imagine having to live at that period in time especially with WWII breaking out just after it. Thank you for the insight.
Great video William . . . my mother was born in 1918 and grew up in a farm town in Kansas . . . she used to tell me how the kids could always tell which way the wind was blowing any given day, simply by the color of the DUST comin' in thru' the closed windows durin' the dust bowl years . . . red dust from one direction, brown from another, etc. . . . tough, tough life durin' those times!!!
Urgelt thanks for your comments! Perhaps we could somehow get the community interested again! Lord knows we try! I think the food and water were both healthier back when.
My grandparents used to tell me of how much worry and stress adults went through during the Depression. But they, too, spoke of people coming together. The alternative was often starvation. And the simple food available then tended to be healthier; less industrial processing.
It's a shame we've lost the sense of community we once had in our nation.
My Grandpa always talks about how my Great Grandma could feed 8 children with a head of cabbage and maybe some bread if they were lucky. He says they didnt realize they were that poor either. Great job the pictures made it cool.
Nice video Bill, it's sad that sometimes it takes hardships to pull people together and make them close. Both my parents were the 3rd in 13 kid families, and their parents took care of all of those kids throughout the depression. They were very close families and there was a lot of love for my grandparents. Today it seems families are fragmenting and there are so many distractions the focus isn't on supporting each other, but pleasing ourselves.
Great video, Bill! I would love to hear some more of the details of your childhood. I suspect youngsters today would listen with jaws dropped. :) Cornbread! Yum. Baked, fried, yellow, white, sweet or not, it's all good!
Certainly have enjoyed what youv'e said ** My father still has tripe and buttermilk even now
warabe53 4 years ago
Great video..i'll have to watch all of them! I was watching Les Lokin's videos and saw your video come after it was done. The wisdom is great from your generation. Thanks from a Generation Xer!
ienterpriseu 5 years ago
This is a great video, I am looking forward to new stories and videos. I have heard many stories about the Depression and can not imagine having to live at that period in time especially with WWII breaking out just after it. Thank you for the insight.
dstarrs 5 years ago
Great video William . . . my mother was born in 1918 and grew up in a farm town in Kansas . . . she used to tell me how the kids could always tell which way the wind was blowing any given day, simply by the color of the DUST comin' in thru' the closed windows durin' the dust bowl years . . . red dust from one direction, brown from another, etc. . . . tough, tough life durin' those times!!!
LifeJourneyGuy 5 years ago
Urgelt thanks for your comments! Perhaps we could somehow get the community interested again! Lord knows we try! I think the food and water were both healthier back when.
Bill
USA1928 5 years ago
My grandparents used to tell me of how much worry and stress adults went through during the Depression. But they, too, spoke of people coming together. The alternative was often starvation. And the simple food available then tended to be healthier; less industrial processing.
It's a shame we've lost the sense of community we once had in our nation.
Urgelt 5 years ago
Great video!
shirleyfilms2 5 years ago
Thanks a million Brad!!
USA1928 5 years ago
I still love boiled cabbage and cornbread! Blackeyed peas still my favorite!
Thanks for your comments Tommy!
USA1928 5 years ago
My Grandpa always talks about how my Great Grandma could feed 8 children with a head of cabbage and maybe some bread if they were lucky. He says they didnt realize they were that poor either. Great job the pictures made it cool.
Valpocade 5 years ago
Nice video Bill, it's sad that sometimes it takes hardships to pull people together and make them close. Both my parents were the 3rd in 13 kid families, and their parents took care of all of those kids throughout the depression. They were very close families and there was a lot of love for my grandparents. Today it seems families are fragmenting and there are so many distractions the focus isn't on supporting each other, but pleasing ourselves.
srstacy 5 years ago
Ever so true Stacy! Growing up in those hard times was not all bad for the youngsters. I have a lot of good memories.
USA1928 5 years ago
Great video, Bill! I would love to hear some more of the details of your childhood. I suspect youngsters today would listen with jaws dropped. :) Cornbread! Yum. Baked, fried, yellow, white, sweet or not, it's all good!
GrammaMe 5 years ago
Thanks Grandmame
My next video will get into the childhood more deeply!
USA1928 5 years ago