Man living in the 1930s home - where everything is 1930s

have you ever been accused of living in the past there's a man in blackpool who does just that aaron white's side is obsessed with the 1930s so he's decided to live there permanently ian haslam has been to meet him [Music] it might be july 2022 but this house in blackpool belongs to a whole other era hi i'm aaron whiteside and this is my 1930s house tell me how all this love of the 1930s came about well bizarrely as far as i remember and what my mom told me was from the age of five when i was being going around the junk shops the music and the way people looked the style of the you know the era seeing all the old stuff it felt like i already knew it [Music] i grew up across the road from the age of seven and the lady lived in this house opposite a lady called mrs parkinson she kept this house like it was and i just always thought you know i'd love to get in that house one day there's some things i've absolutely crucified myself for to try and buy um financially and other things mainly from junk shops and stuff you know you say junk one man's junk is another man's treasure well it's treasure to me but probably some other people they'll be like oh god the people on this footage certainly wouldn't this is how aaron's hometown looked in the 1930s here we are in july yet the fire is on just a little fire like that will will he heat that water for the house but even that is keeping true to the 30s isn't it yeah why not i don't want to be having paying for gas can be boiling prices could catch on this in the current climate 1930s kitchen i take it there's no food in here dating back to that period it's going to be on the turn by now even in a can 1929 revolt cooker i've restored it myself and it does the best yorkshire puddings in the world just flick the switch on there it lights up and then go away grill oven two abs and kettle who needs 20 22. and how about this room look at this the parlor ah yeah you're very lucky only the queen's allowed in here obviously during the 1930s in most houses all the mothers and fathers great grandma's furniture got handed down and put into the best room which only was ever allowed at christmas or or like say if the queen came round for tea so we're really privileged being here right now aren't we i like it do you feel you're born in the wrong era almost do you wish you were born in that era i'd like to go back visit and then you know come back if they did a time machine one day then i'll go in it one for a future programme perhaps ian haslam bbc news oh i adore all that 30's furniture lovely ian haslam reporting there

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Length: 2min 56sec (176 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 10 2022