Children were favoured because they could fit into tight spaces that adults couldn’t. Therefore, many children worked in factories, coal mines and as chimney sweeps. 9) Before the Victorian era, most of Britain’s population couldn’t read or write and had limited access to education. Queen...
Life of children working as chimney sweeps was arduous. Some of the children were only three years old. Their physique enabled them to get inside the narrow chimneys. This work was one of the most onerous for children. Their first climb down the chimney was painful with scrapes and scratches...
Childbed Linen Warehouse Keeper or Dealer A person who hired bedlinen for use at child-birth as most children were born at home in the 19th century. Children's Boot Maker made boots for children Chimney Sweep or Sweep Swept the soot out of chimneys China & Glass Dealer sold china and gla...
'The Poor' were invisible. Those members of England who worked as chimney sweeps, ratcatchers, or spent their days in factories had no place in the echelon of the upper class, although their services would be needed from time to time. Mom cooks food for her children. Date: 1894 ©Walte...
Essay Sample: Victorian poems show love to be very strong and overpowering. This is expressed in many different ways, they include negative imagery and, on the other
This Bay Area tradition has been going strong since 1970, and features elaborate sets depicting the streets and alleys of 19th-century London, non-stop musical and theatrical performances, and hundreds of costumed living history performers depicting everyone from street urchins, chimney sweeps, and sa...
Poor Victorians would put children to work at an early age, or even turn them out onto the streets to fend for themselves. In 1848 an estimated 30,000 homeless, filthy children lived on the streets ofLondon. Boys became chimney sweeps, worked the narrow shafts in coal mines or were employ...