June 17, 2022 at 3:30 pm
Women in Their Nineties Talk About Being Teenagers During the Victoria Era in a 1970 Documentary
This clip from a 1970 BBC documentary called Two Victorian Girls (Yesterday’s Witness) features two women in their nineties, Berta Ruck and Frances “Effy” Jones, talking about growing up as teenagers in England during the Victorian era (1837-1901).
Take a look at the BBC Archive on YouTube to watch more of their historical videos.
