Living like a 1950s housewife for the day

I followed a 1950s housewife daily schedule and it was very interesting...what should I try next!?
Hope you enjoyed!

[Kari_Bex]

Really enjoyed this video Grace, it brought back many memories. I wasn't a 1950s housewife. I was born in the early 1960s. When I married and had my eldest daughter in the 80s, we couldn't afford a washing machine, so I used to do all of our washing by hand - even dirty nappies! I used to boil them in a massive pot. We bought our first 'twin-tub' washing machine when our daughter was a year old, and back then that was amazing. We didn't get our first automatic washing machine until my eldest daughter was 4. When baby number two came along, I really noticed the difference - When we first got it, I used to sit and watch the washing going around in the drum. 🥰

[Kelsbels]

This is my favourite type of video you do, entertaining & educational! PS I have started drinking hot water at work (as I was drinking FAR too much black coffee) and you are right - it’s so refreshing, warming and I feel like it’s made a difference to my skin! x

[SherryAnnOfTheWest]

That's pretty funny!!! My grandmother was a "50s Housewife" (she NEVER wore trousers, I think she didn't have any until the late 1970s) and her day went like this:
Her husband got up at 4 or 5 AM and made his own breakfast to go to work as a logger (and later, owner/operator of his little rural sawmill). I think she may have gotten up near the same time and ate a b'fast her husband had made ... then she drove 30 miles to her job as a school teacher (mostly 3rd grade for the bulk of her 45 year career). She got home around 6 PM each evening and her husband, who got off at 2 PM, had already made dinner! On the weekends they both cleaned the house, did the laundry (with an electric wringer washing machine) tended the garden or went out driving around doing fun activities.
I think they may have been unusual ... my grandmother almost ALWAYS drove the car (she loved to drive FAST) when they went out and, as a full-time working woman, she had a lot of autonomy.
They lived far out in the country where they couldn't even see lights of neighboring houses at night. They usually had two HUGE gardens and large flower gardens near the house. Some of my most cherished childhood memories was helping my grandmother pick flowers and put them in Mason jars full of water, load them in the trunk of her car and then going with my grandparents on Memorial Day weekend to clean and decorate graves of loved ones at several rural cemeteries .... we'd have picnic lunches and, if we saw a particularly good stand of wild blackberries, my grandmother always carried containers in the car so we could pick berries for pies or jams.

[KeaLynn]

I swear, cleaning always either takes way LESS time than I expect or way MORE time than I expect and no where in between. It always feels so good afterwards but for some reason I still always hate it while I’m doing it.

[meggankittmer]

Loved this video! Not sure if you’ve watched BBC’s “Back in time for dinner” but you should do your own version of that, with the food and outfits🥰

[melankak]

with the broken mug you can cut off the rests of the handle and use it as a plant pot or for brushes or something (considering it was one of your favourite mugs 😉)

[jennavdw]

I love your time period videos!! Your world war 2 ration video was the reason I became obsessed with your channel! I'm currently a dressmaking and textiles student and would love to make you a custom period outfit if you're ever interested:) your videos are so fun and lovely Grace! Xxx

[gdaybecYT]

That transition at 17:23 has given me life omgg, grack you're the best

[charlottedennison]

Yes!!! The first video I ever watched of yours was the 1950s diet for a week. I've rewatched your decade-inspired videos so many times!!!

[Jvel-bqqx]

We had a washing machine. And a wash board for smaller clothes to wash.

[carmen-]

THESE TYPES OF VIDS ARE MY EXACT NICHE!!! Pls pls pls make this a series! Love you Grack!

[GastroVulpes]

17:24 I love warming our plates! Individual plates and serving dishes. We have a large toaster oven, so I go between the toaster oven and our full oven to warm plates with whichever is available. I'll keep the plated food warm this way too for just the right moment to come. I figured this out when I was taught to keep a sheet pan in the warm-yet-safe-to-touch-oven to fill-up with pancakes as you make them. ✨🥞🍓🌿

[jeanlowen]

Love your videos. I was a 1950/60’s housewife, no electric kettle, no vacuum cleaner, no carpets, you have to wash floors on your hands and knees. don’t forget to do the shopping everyday, no fridge, no supermarkets either! I also had 2 babies, a year apart. and of course no disposable nappies. I believe housewives would work in the house for 10/12 hours a day!
Keep up the work with the great videos Grace! 😊 ps also no duvets or fitted sheets!

[tracylawrence]

I was born in 1969, grew up in the 70's and now.



D0idn't have a washing machine at home so all the clothes were had washed and we had a spin dryer that we plugged in to spin the washing to get the excess water out of the clothes, washing up bowel under the spout obviously hung the washing outside.

The bedding and towels were taken down the launderette every week to be washed and stuck in the

Most meals were cooked at home and to this day I prep my veggies either the night before (when I worked full time) or first thing in the morning....save so much time.

And I still use a hand brush to sweep the stairs them so much cleaner!

[milenej]

I loved this video! There’s something so satisfying about watching you potter about and get housework done lol. Thanks for all your hard work!

[lissistar]

Grace! If you haven't already chucked it out, use the broken floral mug as a little plant pot or somewhere for your pens and pencils or a pot for holding things. Just put the broken bit at the back where you can't see it. That's what I do when I break one of my favourite cups.

[blacktea]

Honestly, prepping your vegetables earlier in the day works great. I do this for my mom, who is the cook in our family, on the days she has to work, and it saves her a lot of time. I'm not sure why but I find these "living like a 1950's housewife" videos quite relaxing.

[WeekendCrooner]

Hi Grace. I love the video! Maybe you can 1950 grocery shopping list or you can do recipes from 50s as well, that would be awesome!

[tammystpierre]

I absolutely love when you do time period videos! You are so awesome at it! When I was in hospital a couple of years ago, I loved it when you ate foods from the 40’s etc! You were consulting your grandparents on it! I loved it!

[amandagreene]

I love these types of videos. My favs were the ones where you did the dinner parties from the different decaades. Please do more of these I love them!!