February 26, 2023 • 5 mins
Parenting Advice From The 1900s Was.... Violent?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Robin Terially kid On Brisbane's Kiss ninety seven three. It's
Robbe Terry and kiff On Kiss ninety seven three Doing
It four Jetstar at eight forty. I want you to
imagine my mom's house. She lives in Abbotsford, which is
a suburb of Sydney, and we've lived in the same
house my whole life. Anyway, she's finally deciding to move
while she's still healthy and can downsize. And so my
(00:24):
mum has in our attic just literally trunks that would
have been handed down, So my grandmother would have had
these trunks of letters and papers, and Mum's just taken
these trunks. And so now my sister and I are
spending time. I'll be going to Sydney probably once a
month to help mum sort all this stuff out. And
she wants to keep the things that maybe have some
historical relevance and maybe donate them to libraries or and
(00:47):
then there's family.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Stuff as well.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
But the thing, I've got this letter in my hand
that's dated June twenty fifth, nineteen eighteen. Now can I
tell you she also has the envelope that came in
and the stamp on the envelope and I'm saying, Mum,
we should probably try and find someone that would really
want one hundred and five year old stamps, because.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Someone will so anyway.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
But this letter is amazing because it's actually my great
grandfather and his name was George Llewellyn James, and he
lived in New Zealand, and he was writing to his
nephew whose name was David. Oh great, you've got music
sets of music for the scene here, I assuming who
liked to swing. This is just a couple of months
(01:34):
before the end of the First World War, it says,
dear David, when I call you young man, because you
will be twelve and only one year off your teens
by the time you get this.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Of course it's a letter. That's the only way they communicate.
Good takes months.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Now, don't tell anybody, but about the same time I
shall be thirty years older than you.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
One can learn a lot in thirty years.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
So here are a few things which I have learned
in that time, and I give them to you so
you will benefit by my experience. It is much better
to learn from someone who knows than to have to
learn everything by one's own experience. It is pretty rotten
if one makes mistakes in a crowd and someone draws
attention to it in a loud voice. It makes one blush,
(02:21):
feel silly and want to chop that's someone's neck off.
Oh all right, now, what I have learned are a
few things which go to the making of a man age.
Size and cash have nothing to do with it. Men
of count do not bother about how much you have
of any of these. They just note how a fellow behaves.
(02:45):
A clean pair of boots means that you keep the
rest of you tidy and have tidy habits. A clean
face and hands show that you are not ashamed to
be seen.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Clean thoughts will give you.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
A clean mind, so you need not mind who knows
what you think.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
If you have these three things, men will want you.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
And when men want you, they will pay for you.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
As a company. The comforts of life comes as a
matter of course. Wow, do you want me to keep going?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Please, clean shoes and clean hands and clean mind. Explain
about clean thoughts.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Clean thoughts also mean that you will do your best
in whatever you take up for a living. Clean thoughts
mean clean dealings, and businessmen are always looking.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
For men they can trust.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Friends take on a man they can trust the country
is always looking for this kind of man, and that
is the kind of man every country wants for its premiere.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
For his premier.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Wow, so he's talking about maybe becoming prime minister just
by having clean face and clean boots. Talk about yes,
and good manners follow good thoughts.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
They are great power.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
The chap who only puts his manners when he goes
out is no good. He is a crawler and has
not go very fast. Sorry, it's really hard to read.
Before he gets bumped.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Where the Christmas Turkey gets the axe? More head chopping?
It's it's got fermitive. Do you want me to jump
forward to some of the parenting? Okay?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
When my girls, so that's my grandmother Florence and her
sister Berwin. You think like they like a young man.
His manners in my house won't count at all. What
I shall find out is how did he treat his
home folk? And if he did not show good manners there,
then I shall have no time for him and give
him the order of the boot.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
The order of the boot is a bounder. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
The harder you are thrown, the higher you will bounce.
Be proud of your blackened eye It isn't the fact
that you fought that counts.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
It is how you how. It is how did you
fight and why? I mean a lot of that advice
is good, like a lot really so.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
I know, but it's sort of encapsulated in this weird,
sort of one hundred year old It does sound like
if you want to, if you want to find yourself
a dude, this is how to do it, buddy, you
want to? I am sure that long George Llewellyn jos
James was not telling.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
His twelve year old there some buddy I had to
pick up. Is Marty Garre in two weeks buddy?
Speaker 1 (05:26):
So just if you want to hundred and five years ago,
they were very progressive. It's impoveant.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Terry and kid On Brisbane's chiss at ninety seventy three
Robin Terially kid On Brisbane's Kiss ninety seven three. It's
Robbe Terry and kiff On Kiss ninety seven three Doing
It four Jetstar at eight forty. I want you to
imagine my mom's house. She lives in Abbotsford, which is
a suburb of Sydney, and we've lived in the same
house my whole life. Anyway, she's finally deciding to move
while she's still healthy and can downsize. And so my
(00:24):
mum has in our attic just literally trunks that would
have been handed down, So my grandmother would have had
these trunks of letters and papers, and Mum's just taken
these trunks. And so now my sister and I are
spending time. I'll be going to Sydney probably once a
month to help mum sort all this stuff out. And
she wants to keep the things that maybe have some
historical relevance and maybe donate them to libraries or and
(00:47):
then there's family.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Stuff as well.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
But the thing, I've got this letter in my hand
that's dated June twenty fifth, nineteen eighteen. Now can I
tell you she also has the envelope that came in
and the stamp on the envelope and I'm saying, Mum,
we should probably try and find someone that would really
want one hundred and five year old stamps, because.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Someone will so anyway.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
But this letter is amazing because it's actually my great
grandfather and his name was George Llewellyn James, and he
lived in New Zealand, and he was writing to his
nephew whose name was David. Oh great, you've got music
sets of music for the scene here, I assuming who
liked to swing. This is just a couple of months
(01:34):
before the end of the First World War, it says,
dear David, when I call you young man, because you
will be twelve and only one year off your teens
by the time you get this.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Of course it's a letter. That's the only way they communicate.
Good takes months.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Now, don't tell anybody, but about the same time I
shall be thirty years older than you.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
One can learn a lot in thirty years.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
So here are a few things which I have learned
in that time, and I give them to you so
you will benefit by my experience. It is much better
to learn from someone who knows than to have to
learn everything by one's own experience. It is pretty rotten
if one makes mistakes in a crowd and someone draws
attention to it in a loud voice. It makes one blush,
(02:21):
feel silly and want to chop that's someone's neck off.
Oh all right, now, what I have learned are a
few things which go to the making of a man age.
Size and cash have nothing to do with it. Men
of count do not bother about how much you have
of any of these. They just note how a fellow behaves.
(02:45):
A clean pair of boots means that you keep the
rest of you tidy and have tidy habits. A clean
face and hands show that you are not ashamed to
be seen.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Clean thoughts will give you.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
A clean mind, so you need not mind who knows
what you think.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
If you have these three things, men will want you.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
And when men want you, they will pay for you.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
As a company. The comforts of life comes as a
matter of course. Wow, do you want me to keep going?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Please, clean shoes and clean hands and clean mind. Explain
about clean thoughts.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Clean thoughts also mean that you will do your best
in whatever you take up for a living. Clean thoughts
mean clean dealings, and businessmen are always looking.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
For men they can trust.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Friends take on a man they can trust the country
is always looking for this kind of man, and that
is the kind of man every country wants for its premiere.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
For his premier.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Wow, so he's talking about maybe becoming prime minister just
by having clean face and clean boots. Talk about yes,
and good manners follow good thoughts.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
They are great power.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
The chap who only puts his manners when he goes
out is no good. He is a crawler and has
not go very fast. Sorry, it's really hard to read.
Before he gets bumped.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Where the Christmas Turkey gets the axe? More head chopping?
It's it's got fermitive. Do you want me to jump
forward to some of the parenting? Okay?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
When my girls, so that's my grandmother Florence and her
sister Berwin. You think like they like a young man.
His manners in my house won't count at all. What
I shall find out is how did he treat his
home folk? And if he did not show good manners there,
then I shall have no time for him and give
him the order of the boot.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
The order of the boot is a bounder. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
The harder you are thrown, the higher you will bounce.
Be proud of your blackened eye It isn't the fact
that you fought that counts.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
It is how you how. It is how did you
fight and why? I mean a lot of that advice
is good, like a lot really so.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
I know, but it's sort of encapsulated in this weird,
sort of one hundred year old It does sound like
if you want to, if you want to find yourself
a dude, this is how to do it, buddy, you
want to? I am sure that long George Llewellyn jos
James was not telling.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
His twelve year old there some buddy I had to
pick up. Is Marty Garre in two weeks buddy?
Speaker 1 (05:26):
So just if you want to hundred and five years ago,
they were very progressive. It's impoveant.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Terry and kid On Brisbane's chiss at ninety seventy three
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