Victorian London's Brutal East End Slum - Filthy Old Nichol Street (Bethnal Green/Shoreditch)

The Old Nichol Street in East End Victorian London had a brutal reputation as a filthy and crime-ridden slum. Its road was rotten with mud and water; its houses were dirty and repulsive; and, if you were a stranger, sinister faces looked at you from behind blinds and dirty curtains as you walked its rugged pavement. Work was the exception and robbery the rule. Discover what wretched living conditions people endured with a vivid description of the sum as told by an intrepid Victorian author who ventured into its streets.

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[paulcarmichael]

I have to say that you have one of the best history programs in early Britain. Being from the States and a historian I enjoy these programs. In 2013 I retired from work and planned to travel to Britain and other countries in Europe, but it was meant not to be I have MS and had a major relapse which has put me down since.. Because of YouTube, I have been able to continue studying my topics of interest. Keep up this good work

[debbief]

Doing my family history, I’ve recently found that some of my predecessors lived in this street in Victorian times. My relatives appear to have lived in the poorest parts of East London, and just about anywhere else that I’ve found them. What a struggle it must have been.

[alantaylor]

I suffer from PTSD/anxiety & depression & I often feel sorry for myself.... Watching videos like this makes me think twice.!

[lindyc.]

These readings of these first hand accounts are just incredible...to be able to present so much detail as to the lives and sufferings of these poor souls.
I love these first hand readings!
Good job!
Excellent video for anyone who loves the nitty gritty details of history!

[carmenatudorei]

Nothing makes me more sad than children living in misery and starvation, and parents unable to offer them a better life. It's heart breaking 🥺

[justmyopinion]

they still dressed as respectful as possible and stayed as warm as they could during colder weather. These were my great granparents in the great scheme of things in the UK and my grandparents told me about days before the second world war and what it was like for their relatives in UK during the first world war and before it too.

[kathleendolan]

Abject poverty in Victorian times.Very rarely shown on TV dramas.These mostly feature the middle and upper classes.Charles Dickens highlighted the real poverty in the UK at the time.

[ahuddleston]

That's my area, Shoreditch! I'm going to tell all of my neighbours about this. I love learning about local history.

[OddMavis]

I love history but I’m obsessed with the British History. Always so interesting. Thanks for all your uploads. It’s appreciated! ✌️

[mckenzie]

Most cities were like this. My mother grew up in abject poverty. 8 people in one room. It should have been 10, but two siblings died. It left her with life long health problems.

[Jyotee-ub]

I suffer same and extreme depression.
Not easy to overcome in spite of pills.
Specially when you feel abandoned by your own flesh and blood.
YouTube helps me get through loneliness and surviving alone.

[brianoneil]

Cooking (and appreciating my good fortune), and listening to Fact Feast. The only way it gets better is by being able to replay it AND watch, while things are simmering!

[tombillard]

The vocal presentation makes me feel like actually being transported to those times, awesome my friend

[Mercmad]

2 3rds of my English ancestors hailed from the east end. My Great grand parents moved out in 1880. I have lots of Huguenot ancestors who started arriving there in the 1600's from Languedoc in France. Whole streets of the east end were full of my relatives from Bermondsey to Spittlefeilds . My Great grand mother lived at 250 Bricklane and the original house with a shop at street level still stands.

[Babyjohn]

Your voice is gruff, unique, and nice. Very entertaining. Keep up the good work!😊👍

[helenamcginty]

Doing some research for an older friend (she just turned 90) we discovered that her own mother had grown up with her parents and older sister in one room of a 2up2down house in Oldham Lancashire. The working poor never did share in the wealth they created for the mill and mine owners etc.

[Robotina-eu]

I knew it was a horror story to be poor in the East End and in other parts of London (St Giles, Seven Dials, Saffron Hill etc). Have you been reading Henry Mayhew's London Labour and London Poor? I like your narration, by the way. Thanks for the upload.

[mitchamcommonfair]

Most cities and large towns were like this in England in the 1860s. Thanks for the video. Really interesting

[lindab]

My own father lived in Bethnal Green, as did all the family, because in those times families stayed together. I have a photo of my father his bro and his mum and dad, outside their house here. And yes grandad was a shoe maker, my Nan, and her sister were hat makers, ( milliners) . My dad became a watchmaker who worked in Bond Street LONDON . So it’s lovely to see real photos of a time past.