Street Life in 19th Century Victorian London (A Photo Documentary of Hard Lives)

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The hard reality of Victorian street life for everyday people in 19th Century London told in photographs and with the genuine words of the people in them. This is an accurate documentary of everyday Victorians recorded in 1877 by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith. Thompson was a talented and influential photographer who joined with Smith, a journalist, in a project to photograph the street life of London’s poor. Their volumes were an early example of social and documentary photography. The descriptions really bring to life the photographs that accompany them and paint a picture of Victorian era poverty – in a time before moving pictures could do the same. From chimney-sweeps to flower sellers and musicians, their words allow us a mirror into the lives of people struggling to survive on the unforgiving streets. What’s more remarkable is that the authors were careful not to varnish their words for an audience – what they saw and heard accurately reflects their interactions with everyday people and, with ambience and sounds, genuinely immerses the reader in authentic Victorian street life.

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Video Time Stamps:
0:01:40 Street Doctors
0:04:23 Covent Garden Flower Women
0:06:06 Cast-Iron Billy
0:07:38 Dealer in Fancy-Ware
0:09:26 An Old Clothes Shop, Seven Dials
0:10:01 Caney the Clown
0:12:09 Strawberries. All ripe! All ripe!
0:13:04 London Nomads
0:16:27 A Convict’s Home
0:16:58 The Sellers of Shell-fish
0:18:36 Old Furniture
0:19:21 The Dramatic Shoe-Black
0:21:05 Street Advertising
0:22:07 The Temperance Sweep
0:24:26 Covent Garden Labourers
0:25:26 Clapham Common Industries
0:27:41 Public Disinfectors
0:28:11 ‘Tickets’ the Card-Dealer
0:30:07 London Boardmen
0:31:55 Halfpenny Ices
0:33:57 The Wall Worker
0:35:25 Black Jack
0:36:46 Workers on the ‘Silent Highway’
0:38:05 The Crawlers
0:39:41 Sufferers from the Floods
0:40:02 Italian Street Musicians
0:42:46 Hookey Alf of Whitechapel
0:44:51 The Cheap Fish of St. Giles
0:46:51 Recruiting Sergeant at Westminster
0:49:29 London Cabmen
0:50:43 Mush-Fakers and Ginger-Beer Makers
0:53:35 The Water-Cart
0:55:13 November Effigies
0:56:32 The Street Locksmith
0:58:13 The Independent Shoe-Black
0:59:42 The Flying Dustmen

Credits:
CCBY - Dutch Stock Exchange by Tuig, footsteps down long Victorian hospital corridor by odilonmarcenaro, WALLA PARK AMBIENT by costaipsa

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✅ 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 👍

FactFeast

The old coach driver was a sad tale. Worked all his life until he could literally work no longer, then discarded like refuse. I'm sure that happened to tons of people.

TheGreatMoonFrog

A fantastic hour of time travelling, thank you.

poolofzenda

I had a great grand mother, who was born in Kent and came alone to Australia and married here at the age of 29. When I was learning about England in the 19th century, my grand father suggested I speak to her about the hardships people had in England. She was 98 in 1969, and her reasoning was
'what hardships"!? We were happy and it was what it was and we knew no better. My grandfather said, That's why I said to ask her, as history runs with the author, so speak to the horse not its Ar#e!!

graemeross

It's extremely interesting to have a real insight of these peoples lives portraited here.

michelblanchet

48:35 Sgt. Titswell and Sgt. Badcock, what a pair of names

ShastaOrange

This whole channel is very well done. The narrator is a pro 💯

dyskelia

These poor people must have been so tired of life and worn out 😞.Long long hours for rubbish pay.Mind you, some jobs are still like that.

scratchy

My paternal grandparents emigrated from England to the USA in the early 1900s. I hadn't realized the economic hardships during that time. Thank you for posting.

pepperco

Brilliant insight into London of old, well put together and well worth the you for the post.

Muirton

My God I adore YouTube, thankyou for putting this up

Josh_J

It’s lovely to see even at the worst times in history people still come out to make people laugh imagine haw hard it would be then to see something funny must make a bad day just that little bit better

jasminerussell

Looking through the comments I wonder how many of us have ancestors who immmigrated to North America or elsewhere to get away from the grinding poverty of the UK? I know my paternal grandparents did. They move to Canada for a better life in the early 1900s. Things went well for them until the Great War broke out.Fortunately my grandfather came back home in one piece but suffering from shell shock He was able to work though. Then came the 'Dirty Thirties' and the family of five were struggling until WWII. Things only got better after that. The family was never rich but they were comfortable. Certainly a lot better than if they had stayed in England. This is a really great channel with superb narration. I have subbed and 'liked'.

ktkat

Thankyou for posting this! The first gentleman with the eye inflammation, sounds exactly like uveitis.. makes me really think “wow”. I suffer with chronic uveitis and with the hospitals knowledge I have saved the majority of my sight, but having it back in the Victorian era, I would of gone blind by now!

emmaeden

I’m currently listening to the audio book, “The Victorian City” by Judith Flanders. It’s about a 16 hour audio book but it’s kept me on the edge of my seat thus far. I adore, and am intrigued in the Victorian era. Your voice is very soothing and yet your inflection at times makes me feel like I’m at a play. It’s fantastic! Keep up the good work.

Dorky

This channel is so underrated. Love the voice narration! Keep up the great work!!!

Meme-vwue

I love the subtle use of street sounds and your accents are applaudable.
Regards and best wishes from Loutraki Greece

francisnewmarch

Excellent thanks for your time and I'm sure you are right about the royal blue 😂..( this was all auto spell lmao) but I likely this ..man's voice is the best story sound. History was always my favorite subject spectacular & fascinating👍

sherri-jean

My mining cottage home was built in the 1870's and my Grandfather was born in 1883. This is a fascinating insight to the lives of our relatives and what they went through to survive.
Thank you.

petesouthwales

Why would anyone give this a Thumbs down?

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