In the 1800s Irish people fled poverty and hunger to live in the slums of East End London. Here, the streets were a rabbit-warren of dark alleys and hidden courts flanked by lofty and decaying wooden houses into which crowded peddlers, costermongers and labourers, often more than one family to a room. Find out how they lived in this first-hand account by Victorian journalist Henry Mayhew.
📣 JOIN to support the channel as a Member: / @factfeast
👍 Support the channel (donations): Send a Super Thanks from the video page
Do you like history? SUBSCRIBE and click the bell icon to keep up-to-date. Please support the channel by sharing this video on social media 📲 ✅ It really helps the channel grow so we can bring you more content to watch 📺 Thank you
▶️ Victorian documentaries (Playlist):
• Victorians
▶️ Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist): • Edwardians
▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist): • Worst Jobs in Victoria...
▶️ Criminal Past (Playlist): • Criminal Past
▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist):
• Victorian Workhouses
▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist):
• American Slums and Ten...
Credits: Narration - markmanningmedia.com
CC BY - O'reilly's kentish town by Jim Linwood; Drury Lane. From an original sketch in 1840 by Wellcome Collection
CC BY-SA - Bundesarchiv Bild 183-Z1012-315, Heimarbeit am Webstuhl by German Federal Archive; Irish 2011 census by SkateTier
#VictorianLondon #VictorianDocumentary #VictorianLondonDocumentary #VictorianEraDocumentary #VictorianLife #Victorian #19thCentury #VictorianEra #VictorianSlums #HistoryDocumentary #FactFeast
Негізгі бет Victorian Irish and the Notorious East End Slums of 19th Century London
Пікірлер: 96