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#OnThisDay 1970: Two nonagenarian women recalled growing up during the Victorian era, in Yesterday's Witness: Two Victorian Girls. pic.twitter.com/YmMGkkjl2D
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Craig73
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Frances E Jones (the typing cyclist) was 95 when this was filmed and was 17 in 1892 when she began as a typist. Berta Ruck (the drawer) became a romance novelist. (Radio Times listing 8th June 1970 BBC2 on at 10:10pm) genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcoβ¦
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3.stripes.4life
@3_stripes4life
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Jun 8 |
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Absolutely fantastic I could sit and listen all day. The stories these pair of old timers could tell. πππ
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ymeqk
@ymeqk
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Jun 8 |
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Of course there was no such thing as anything but of course
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Phil
@fearless1952
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Jun 8 |
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Lovely to see these two venerable ladies from a bygone and less angry time.
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Will McKinley
@willmckinley
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Jun 8 |
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This is the most charming thing I have watched in a long time. β€οΈ
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Z
@strega160
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Jun 8 |
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there's a sllightly longer version (2 parts) on youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=dYW7-gβ¦
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Craig73
@SargeCraig667
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Jun 8 |
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Berta lived to just over 100 (1878-1978) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_Ruck
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Paul
@T800_m0del101
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Jun 8 |
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I felt really sad when the video ended! I could listen to these two all day. Brilliant video from what would now be two very very wise old owls.
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Jim Clark
@greatpoets
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Jun 8 |
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Amazing the original Hinge and Bracket.
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J.P. - Writer
@Scribe_Ephemera
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Jun 8 |
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I loved listening to them. Thank you for posting this video clip.
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The Spooky House
@RtrnToSpielburg
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Jun 8 |
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"Ooh"
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Tonya Rice π ππΌ
@tonyalit
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Jun 8 |
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Loved their humor, too!
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Nicholas Cannon
@andgrace64
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Jun 9 |
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Indolent and feckless! Wonderful. Iβd love to see the whole thing.
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Gail Marshall
@gm181
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Jun 10 |
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How absolutely amazing actually to hear voices from a decade I've studied and read about for so long. Thank you
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Christine Robbins
@ExhibitionsGM
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Jun 8 |
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Lovely!
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Frank Wells
@FrankTracy
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Jun 8 |
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I love this. Thereβs something to be said for an era when everything took just a little more time.
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Dr_Athena
@Dr_Athena
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Jun 9 |
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Brilliant women! However, isn't anybody angered by the lack of basic freedoms for them in their youth? Berta was lucly enough to have a father who recognized she could only flourish in what she loved. How many other girls' ambitions and dreams were smothered ?
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Hypertalking βοΈπΎ
@hypertalking
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Jun 9 |
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@mwichary the beginning of this is relevant to your interests
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