tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post5521893825423841712..comments2024-03-27T17:31:58.315-07:00Comments on Home Living: The Electric EdwardiansLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-15982373558696524652013-07-16T21:37:12.656-07:002013-07-16T21:37:12.656-07:00I watched a short 3 minute clip on Youtube and got...I watched a short 3 minute clip on Youtube and got emotional. There is such a sweetness and innocents that comes across. Every single person is dressed nice. No T-shirts!!! I'm so tired of looking at frumpy and sloppy dressed people in our modern day. Such a disrespect of themselves. <br />Loved seeing the horses working along side people a part of daily life.<br />I long for kindness, Shaolinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09111880135950533263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-75140384019076123052008-12-14T11:23:00.000-08:002008-12-14T11:23:00.000-08:00I can't help but wonder if they smiled more and se...I can't help but wonder if they smiled more and seemed to enjoy each others company because people were more interdependent back then. I live in the south and I notice that in the lower socioeconomic areas people are a lot more friendly and supportive with each other than say, the yuppie communities where no one knows their neighbors.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356420873078531863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-76210367960256141012008-12-10T13:01:00.000-08:002008-12-10T13:01:00.000-08:00I really enjoy your taste in films. Could you plea...I really enjoy your taste in films. Could you please give us a list of your favorites?<BR/><BR/>I did enjoy "The Magic of Ordinary days" you suggested sometime ago. However, outside of Jane Austen adaptations I can't find any feminine movies to watch this over this long winter.<BR/><BR/>And if it is not too much to ask a list of favorite fiction as well? I love Grace Livingston Hill, I have Amiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680434487043147053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-32881981304674559252008-12-07T23:17:00.000-08:002008-12-07T23:17:00.000-08:00Another thing amusing in this film was that appare...Another thing amusing in this film was that apparently the moving picture was a new invention. Often when being filmed, the person behind the camera seemed to motion for them to "move." They would stand still and pose, as for a photograph, as soon as they noticed the camera. Then, as though someone had told them to move, they would wave and smile and walk around.They might have been getting usedLydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-83730673553483180662008-12-07T23:08:00.000-08:002008-12-07T23:08:00.000-08:00The Electric Victorians was filmed before the war....The Electric Victorians was filmed before the war. Still, they appeared to be very comfortable and even casual with each other. LIke today, there may have been formal rules which common folk and working people did not pay much attention to.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-38884497297362883732008-12-06T17:54:00.000-08:002008-12-06T17:54:00.000-08:00Fascinating!-Christine from ArizonaFascinating!<BR/><BR/>-Christine from ArizonaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-90310900975370584562008-12-06T07:47:00.000-08:002008-12-06T07:47:00.000-08:00Until the end of the Edwardian era in England ther...Until the end of the Edwardian era in England there was a substantial difference between the customs and manners of the nobility and gentry, and those of the middle and lower classes.<BR/><BR/>On the subject of greeting in the street or other public places, it used to be the custom for a gentleman to wait to see if the lady bowed or smiled at him first before he responded, in case she might not elderflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140365242447378301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-42420388557951562922008-12-05T12:20:00.000-08:002008-12-05T12:20:00.000-08:00My mom always told me people didn't smile in pictu...My mom always told me people didn't smile in pictures, because they didn't have nice teeth!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-88811097057641894912008-12-05T08:00:00.000-08:002008-12-05T08:00:00.000-08:00I also wanted to say thanks for often including ar...I also wanted to say thanks for often including artwork and photographs depicting black Americans. Sadly, we don't see enough of this, especially in school textbook and history programs, etc. As I said, I'm a history buff, and I've had a special interest in African American history, so thanks for digging up these treasures!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412744189611967954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-56048336246473682092008-12-04T18:19:00.000-08:002008-12-04T18:19:00.000-08:00I want to see that. I would like to see some smili...I want to see that. I would like to see some smiling Victorians and Edwardians. I love the clothing of late victorians and Edwardians. Technically Like evry thing up to the earky 60's but the Edwardians had it going on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-48275340321818869082008-12-04T17:44:00.000-08:002008-12-04T17:44:00.000-08:00I was going to say the same thing that Armchair Ho...I was going to say the same thing that Armchair Housewife did. We have many old family photographs, and I asked my mother why they didn't smile in them. I got the wrong impression that people in the old days never smiled, but that was most definitely not true. I should have known better, as some of those folks were still alive -- albeit very aged -- when I was a child, and I have nothing but Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429722263321739095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-67267672592916044182008-12-04T07:21:00.000-08:002008-12-04T07:21:00.000-08:00As a history buff this sounds like a fantastic fil...As a history buff this sounds like a fantastic film to me! My understanding of the reason that folks didn't smile in pictures back then was because it took a few minutes for the picture to develop on the film and so everyone had to stay completely still. As a result, photographers would tell people not to smile, because it is hard to hold a smile for five minutes, and in the end people's faces Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412744189611967954noreply@blogger.com