Life in a Horrible Victorian Workhouse (Real Account of Terrible Conditions and Food)

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[@FireMedicJason]

We all know of the classic “more” line from Oliver Twist, but It is dreadful to wonder just how many lads actually had the gall to ask that question, and were immediately beaten, starved, etc.

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

Dickens was a social reformer things didn't just get better many had to push for it to get better

[@vickywitton1008]

This is heart breaking! How people could be so cruel to children I just cannot understand!

[@FactFeast]

Yes, sadly, and a true account of a boy's experience. Thank you for your comment.

[@robnewman6101]

Oliver Twist 1968 and 2005.

[@rambo-cambo3581]

Abhorrent, yes. Uncommon, no. This still goes on today, where do you think your clothes and shoes come from? Please don't be so niave

[@smith2781]

Unfortunately a lot of working class children had to go out and work to help put food on the table. But even so your right the cruelty was something else. They obviously never heard of health and safety back then, the children were worked like adults.

[@annalisavajda252]

Or why people kept breeding more poverty victims.

[@Garbeaux.]

I’ve always wondered why they were served so stale, rotten, or spoiled food at workhouses. We always think people cared so much about one another back then but that’s complete bs. How much the entire society cared when children, disabled, and the elderly were forced into these place. What happens is people were *accustomed* to seeing indescribable poverty with such regularity it became the norm.

[@victorlolxd7347]

A very close Friend of mine i go to School with lived most of her life in Afghanistan as a lower class She was very surprised when everybody at School acted friendly and greeted her since nobody trusted or cared for anybody else back in her home country especially their “inferiors”

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

Just HORRIBLE !!!! These poor kids and parents !!! The good old days my Arse!!! People have no clue how bad life was before our times..We got it GOOD .. What was done to poor people over Millenia is absolutely HEINOUS and the sad part is that child labor is still prevalent in many Countries !

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

My dad used to tell stories of docks gang masters, making men fight for jobs outside The East Surrey Docks, during The Great Depression of 1929. This bunch we've got in at the moment won't be happy until we're back here again.

[@barukkazhad8998]

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 they would do it still if they could get away with it, don't think for a moment it's out of love for humanity .......

[@Ynnep-Chan]

I wonder if baby farming will be covered! Hmmm. Great video!

[@patricialong5767]

How awful that people actually had to live like this! Poor people!! We people of this century are indeed fortunate to have so much good food available to us!

[@alancrane4693]

Unfortunately there are children going to school hungry and parents unable to provide due to current UK government policies towards the poor today 2022! UK G7 country only one that has food bank's that even people who have a job has to use. Sanctions to those on welfare, the highest child poverty in G7. People reliance on the pittance of the so called benefits looked upon and treated as vermin.

[@rambo-cambo3581]

Your words are dripping in privilege These conditions still exist today, even if you're lucky enough to have it hidden from you This and worse still happens all over the world in some way, shape or form. You fund it everytime you buy branded clothes, or shoes Tuberculosis is still the number one cause of death in some countries Wise up

[@rambo-cambo3581]

It has absolutely nothing to do with century

[@merlin9314]

​@@rambo-cambo3581it was way worse in the 1900s. disabled people have a lot more opportunity for work today

[@DenWell-SeedsOfChaos]

I love your videos! You have a way of narrating that makes me feel like I am there, back in the past, watching the story unfold.

[@FactFeast]

It's great to know you think they hit right atmosphere for Victorian times!

[@alancrane4693]

Most definitely the narrative is brilliant!

[@ajalvin2012]

Agreed 👍

[@rambo-cambo3581]

The narrative style is excellent But to suggest it makes you feel like you're actually there? I'd argue is disrespectful to everyone who went through it, you couldn't possibly imagine unless you actually were there, or have experienced the places on this earth that still see these conditions and worse

[@workonesabs]

How cruel it was then.

[@FactFeast]

Very much so - I've got a video on my channel about the struggles of his family even before he had to go into the workhouse.

[@alancrane4693]

It truly was 😢. Thankfully for the those great men like William crooks who helped establish reforms towards those who need help. Managing to get support in parliament to help the less fortunate is even a struggle today 2022 nevermind back in Victorian times. William crooks MP a true great man.

[@moondancer4660]

Still is for many....You just don't see it

[@robnewman6101]

Oliver Twist 1968 and 2005.

[@rbrowne2998]

It was. But can you imagine what would happen if it happened today? There would not be a single illegal immigrant in a 5 star hotel here today. Swings and roundabouts.

[@yourgodemperorofeverything1354]

If I remember well, Charlie Chaplin was in workhouse at some.point when he was a child? Terrible thing

[@FactFeast]

Yes, he was in Lambeth workhouse when only seven years old.

[@yourgodemperorofeverything1354]

@@FactFeast Oh yeah... that time was one of many things that inspired him for making "The Kid"

[@alancrane4693]

I remember the passing of Charlie Chaplin on the news, I was at my Nan's who lived in Epsom and it was the ITV news 5:30pm.

[@ThatPersonK]

You’re channel is a true gem and one of my favourite channels. I have always loved social history and your narration really brings history alive!

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[@laurieb3703]

This was fantastic!! Your voices bring it all to life! I'll be binging 😊❤️

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[@alancrane4693]

Thank you for a great history video of a great man. William crooks MP who helped reforms towards workers rights help for the disabled and give the labour party a patriotic stance. He led the national anthem song to be sang in parliament during WWI! So criticism of sir Kier strammer getting the labour party to sing the national anthem he knows the true history of the labour party. William crooks MP a great politician who's life should be remembered thank you for a fantastic history lesson.

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[@catherinebirch2399]

One of my maternal grandmother's was admitted to the Pancras workhouse in London when she was 8nyears old after her father died.

[@FactFeast]

So young. It must have been incredibly tough.

[@michelleduplooymalherbe2837]

Thank you so much for the very interesting information you give us.

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[@moondancer4660]

I was born in 1962 and never had a "meal " until I was married off in 1978 . In the USA, so please don't think this doesn't still happen.

[@blueneeson9888]

Thanks a Brilliant Video From Blue

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[@steve29roses]

My Great Grandfather was practically raised in the workhouse. It is said that some children never saw a park or a setting sun. He was moved out at age seven and sent to St. Mary's Catholic Orphanage for Boys at North Hyde. It was a rather progressive place by the early 1900's, complete with a self-sufficient farm and a swimming pool! By 13 he was too old for the orphanage so he was sent to Canada. My mother says he never spoke once of the workhouse (no one knew until we got the records). Thank you so much as always.

[@FactFeast]

That's a very hard start in life. Perhaps he didn't want to remember such times. Thank you for your comment.

[@TDR85]

Another superb video from an excellent channel.

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[@BeeLZBeeb]

Just subbed, your channel is right up my street. Like many, I grew up near an old workhouse, it always equally horrified and fascinated me, still does. I tried digging into its history but didn’t find a great deal. Great narrating, love it ⭐️

[@FactFeast]

Welcome to the channel! I’m great that you enjoy the content. Which workhouse did you grow up near to?

[@BeeLZBeeb]

@@FactFeast it’s called stow lodge union workhouse, built in 1781. It’s in stowmarket, Suffolk. I have downloaded some old historical texts about the area a few times and there used to be a KZbin video where the man shows you around the outside, I’ve also seen the records of the people in the workhouse. I think there may have been an explosion at one point … but I might be getting it muddled with another site in stowmarket, memory isn’t my best feature lol Thanks for the warm welcome.

[@Knaeben]

That diet was terrible. When you don't get enough saturated fat in your diet, you stay hungry all the time.

[@jenniferkennedy4773]

How am I only finding this channel now? Love it

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[@saydvoncripps]

My grandfather was in the workhouse in Hounslow, from age 12 to when he lied about his age and joined the army. Oh god, the funny cockney accents made it a right larf, it did.. Ffs.

[@Perfidious_Hollow]

Thanks for the vid!

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[@kevinadamson5768]

It's a sad indictment of the Victorian times that it was deemed a crime to be born poor. There was enough wealth to go around from the Empire but little of it whittled down to the poorest of our society but was creamed off by the aristocracy and ruling elite who built vast estates on the back of the workers, sad to say not much has changed. We don't have work houses but we do have food banks, minimum wage and zero hour contracts . Absolutely shocking the state of our country.

[@dondamon4669]

It's not much different! I had lots of friends that had no food!

[@janesykes4483]

Brilliant as always 😀🥰

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[@michaelbeams9553]

Wonderful video . Thank you.

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[@fludderkiddie]

I love this… Usually these stories are Just Somber… But this one goes to show that it truly doesn’t matter how humble your beginnings come from… Sure, it HELPS to come from privilege, but all the same, you Never Know..

[@rosierose5996]

I'm.so pleased that, in the main, you've reduced the ridiculous voices. They really add nothing & take away from the hard work you invest & research you do. Thank you.

[@zoe486]

This history must be taught in schools. Try to watch An Inspector Calls, with Alistair Simms, from the book written by J B Priestly .

[@mijiyoon5575]

I watched the movie/s you mentioned many times *Oliver Twist*

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Timeless stories.

[@dylvasey]

The poor Iaw schooI in Sutton buiIdings stiII stand today. I often wonder if the peopIe working in these buiIdings today reaIise the crueIty that was once common there.

[@FactFeast]

That’s interesting to know. Have they been converted to commercial use?

[@alancrane4693]

Probably a benefits building telling people they been sanctioned try the local food bank and be thankful that just because you have damp mould and no heating and Landlord might kick you and family out for any reason!! There is a food bank!

[@ahuddleston6512]

I live next to what was a workhouse...but now it's an office block.

[@FactFeast]

I assume that many that weren't demolished were converted to commercial or residential use, like textile mills. I have a video about the Strand Union Workhouse in London that was converted to residential use.

[@catherinebirch2399]

I can't help but wonder if those places that were once workhouses are haunted, because countless people died in those places.

[@garyhowtobluetoothjblheadp3583]

Very few do pull themselves out of poverty - and even more are either are to sick or disabled ? Awful society we live in?!

[@Westeross]

What a wonderful story 👍🏻🇦🇺👍🏻

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[@SheildWall-gu4gn]

My cousin did a deep drive into our collective history. It transpired the collective relations were actually in the work house. It was a bit of a shock our collective grandparents had never mentioned it. Even though they were only a few generations post workhouse perhaps the shame haunted them. I'm disabled now and it could have been my lot in those days. Britain has never looked after its own. All pomp and ceremony and ignore the poor.

[@jeanplunkett5580]

I wonder how many would have died if there was no workhouse.?

[@cobbler9113]

I won’t defend the workhouses as a system, but you do raise a good point. At the time there weren’t enough people paying income tax (or taxes at all) to fund a welfare state we would recognise on top of all the other things the British govt oversaw at the time.

[@tinyGrim1]

Thank you

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Thanks watching! Glad you enjoyed the story.

[@malcolmledger176]

"No handouts (for the poor), but tax cuts for the rich!" --- Liz Truss (UK Tory Prime Minister 2022)

[@81618j]

Did you already do a video on him? I remember him because of one of your videos, or do I?

[@FactFeast]

Yes - A family of 9 living in a 1 Room in 1850s Victorian London, which was about the beginning of his life.

[@sonjasleeper1511]

Always see these, same in France or other places around the world?

[@jenniferkennedy4773]

Thanks!

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[@garyproffitt5941]

The have and have not shameful for stale porridge & gruel.

[@janstaz]

Would these children be better off in workhouses? They did get something to eat at least. Must have been awful.

[@WifeMamaArtist]

I can see this happening again, but in the US…

[@sutty8526]

Here too mate. You're not alone. This is what they want for us again.

[@MAGAISKLAN]

Especially if a certain man regains the presidency. He wants to punish the poor by sending them canned food rations each month. Rather than letting them go to grocery store for meats, breads, fresh vegetables, only canned food for them and their kids.

[@kevinsantiago260]

Maybe we should do that in ALL PRISONS

[@RobertTaylor-sw7wj]

Now compare that to the present time,where single mothers on benefits live the dream,with free houses,massive cash payments,all care of the tax paying workers!

[@CrystalBbyUSA]

Did they make them break rocks just to make them do something or was there value in the broken up rocks?

[@Lucy-nw4im]

The rubble was sold, it was used to fix roads and the like.

[@Khatoon170]

How are you doing sir thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel as always iam gathering key points about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s workhouses were for poor people who had no job or home lived they earned their keep by doing jobs in workhouse also workhouses were for orphaned ( children without parents) or abanded children physically mentally sick disabled elderly and unmarried women . Food given to poor Victorians in workhouses potatoes, vegetables, pickled pork , bacon with vegetables meat rice or suet . Children in workhouses who survived first years of infancy may have seen sent out to schools run by poor law union. In 1948 national assistance act abolished last vestige of poor law and with it workhouses and workhouses buildings were converted into retirement ones run by local authorities

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[@Myles0Harcourt]

This is what the WEF have in mind for us.

[@DavidMcvay-yx1xf]

So basically these were homeless shelters that had onsight medical facilities for the poor and if you didn't follow the rules like ( finding a job or working certain amount of hours assigned to you in the workhouses) you didn't get any welfare..imagine that,holding people accountable for the choices they make for themselves in life.now I get it if you were disabled this would suck,but if you're perfectly able bodied to work,then you should work if you want state aid.

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[@terrykrall]

My family came from England to the US and worked in a workhouse... where are my reparations?

[@bugsbunny2944]

Why would people put up with this when they could go build a house and live off the land?

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[@kellysouter4381]

Quite large bowls though.

[@sharonharding3478]

It's like this now withe the tory government

[@fortimess2997]

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[@garyhowtobluetoothjblheadp3583]

Tory Britain .. still as vile it seems?!

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[@MisterSands]

Urrrrrggggghhhhh suffer the poor.

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