"I turned my home into an 1850s Wild West town"

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A man lives in a double time-warp house - with the inside set in the 1950s and the outside an 1850s Wild West Town.  Billy Gibbons, 68, transformed his home into a 1950s haven after his parents died in the mid-90s.  In his sepia lounge with rugged walls, he has an original Bakelite TV from as far back as 1949, supported by a cabinet from the early 50s.  Billy's kitchen features vintage cabinets in a bright technicolour with a black and white chessboard floor tiling.  He owns 10 fridges all from the 1950s - though only one is kept in his kitchen - as well as period radios, collectibles and ornaments.

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00:00Hello everybody, my name's Billy Gibbons and I live in a little village called Audlam in Cheshire. I live in a 1950s time war

00:13Over here is a complete work of art. It's my 1949 Bush Baker like television

00:23Not that long ago I

00:25Woke up one morning and I thought yeah, I live in the 1950s in the house

00:30But I actually want to live in the 1850s outside. I live in South Cheshire. I know it's not South Dakota, but nevertheless

00:38I've got a cannon

00:40You've got to have a cannon on you. I've got a Western style back porch. I've got a barber shop

00:46I've got a moonshine still. I've got a Western Union Telegraph office

00:50I've got a sheriff's office and I've got two two jails and I've got a livery and

00:57blacksmith shop

00:59the reaction to people that have visited me for the first time is well, there's three reactions really one is

01:07Wow, you need to get out more

01:10To it's like a film set or three

01:16It's like stepping back in time

01:21You

01:33Thank you for your visit to my 1950s house

01:37And of course the 1850s cowboy town ranch

01:41Cheers. Thank you

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