dont know if any of you have seen the ad for this its going to be on BBC 2 soon
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My great grandfather, born in 1847, lived in what must have been a slum in 136 Scotch Row in Oldbury. a tied cottage to some glassworks with 8 children, at one point an eight year old had their occupation shown on the census as 'labourer' - poor mite.
I will be watching with interest and I suspect some degree of horror.
Thank goodness the world has moved on.
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I have 3 wonderful photos of children in school Toms mum and Sisters are amongst them
school2.jpgschool1.jpgPauline at school.jpg
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Hi
Really enjoyed it but got a bit confused with the money. Grandad earned £10 for his day's work, very little in today's money & far too much in Victorian wages. The watercress was selling for 9 pence a bunch (old or new money?) & to "hang on a rope in the dosshouse" 2 pence (old or new money?) It was interesting when they said that single women/widows often turned to prostitution to earn a living & I have a strong feeling that my gr gr grandmother did just this in the Limehouse area of the East End. Luckily due to a bequest in her sister's will her later life improved & she lived into her 70s being "of independent means" in later census records.
Moggie
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Last edited by Guest; 11-10-16, 16:26.
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I think they said that they were giving the amounts in modern money terms - so that we could see how little they earned against the average = eg £10 for the very long day which grandad worked, would be well below "breadline" compared with today's "national living wage" of £7.20 an hour or £57.60 for an 8 hour day and at 9 pence a bunch they would need to sell 640 bunches of watercress in a day to achieve the living wage.Judith passed away in October 2018
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I enjoyed it but didn't agree with the money, surely they should have used the amount it would have been in those days? Make it truly authentic.
I am thankful that none of my mine were in the slums shown, however the Phillips side would have witnessed it because they lived a few streets away from there. Then again everyone in those days would have been in a house classed as a slum wouldn't they?
If you are interested here are the photos of Stockton's Slums- Housewives Lane they called it.
Last edited by lennon2011; 11-10-16, 18:48.Lennon. Phillips. Thomas. Peacock. Tubridy. Burton.
I am the girl from that town & I'm darn proud of it.
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