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Tony travels back to the 1800s, meeting a 13-year-old girl who worked 14-hour shifts in a match factory, a woman who worked down the mines, and one of the first employees of Marks and Spencer.
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@sweaterpause7862
@sweaterpause7862 3 жыл бұрын
"harsh fines on things like sitting down, being untidy [...] or even just going to the toilet without permission." So she was a Victorian era Amazon warehouse worker. Got it!
@glitterboy2098
@glitterboy2098 3 жыл бұрын
thought the same thing.
@Goodkidjr43
@Goodkidjr43 3 жыл бұрын
England ruled the world at the expense of making their own citizens worse than slaves.
@skyeef4351
@skyeef4351 3 жыл бұрын
@@Goodkidjr43 as a black person, I'm gonna have to say "calm down" to that one buddy.
@co2addicted788
@co2addicted788 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@LathropLdST
@LathropLdST 3 жыл бұрын
@@skyeef4351 just because we cannot disagree with you guys without being torn down on reactionary social media, doesn't mean that I canmot disagree on that matter. There was also white slavery, people from the poorhouses, coal miners, chimney sweeps and many, many more, that were indentured to the same type of life of a POC slave. Even corporal punishment was not spared on them if they stepped out of line. You just learn the history as it's convenient for you...
@jonnaborosky8836
@jonnaborosky8836 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a retired nurse. It was normal to work 14 hour shifts on my feet. In one hospital, I literally had to run the whole time. I wore a pedometer for a while and learned I was covering, on average, 36 miles a day. I had to cover more than a marathon every time I went to work. And people wonder why nursing shortages come up.
@HollieMoodie
@HollieMoodie 3 жыл бұрын
You also got paid way more than 16 pounds a weeks.
@patriciaroysdon9540
@patriciaroysdon9540 3 жыл бұрын
@David Wood Working those glutes, son.
@tegan5593
@tegan5593 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@rosieanox7557
@rosieanox7557 3 жыл бұрын
These replies suck ..l thank you for your work :)
@Agaettis
@Agaettis 3 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to take after my mom and be an RN but I can't even do an 8 hour shift on my feet, so I gave it up long ago
@SocialBurrito3
@SocialBurrito3 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather always read us the story of "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Anderson every year at Christmas. He never could finish reading it, by the last few pages his voice was so choked with tears it was barely audible. He would sit with us, hug us and cry. He was so tender-hearted the thought of a child suffering made him weep. The story is so sad but also full of hope. It's beautiful, yet heart breaking. I miss his sweet soul daily.
@avengerscap
@avengerscap 3 жыл бұрын
It was the most heart-breaking story ever. I cried a river of tears as well.
@shable1436
@shable1436 3 жыл бұрын
He sounded wonderful
@SocialBurrito3
@SocialBurrito3 3 жыл бұрын
@@shable1436 Thank you, he was. The kindest and most gentle man that ever lived I believe.
@DD-du9ip
@DD-du9ip 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. And him. I will look this book up.
@SocialBurrito3
@SocialBurrito3 3 жыл бұрын
@@DD-du9ip You will need tissues.
@jobellecollie7139
@jobellecollie7139 3 жыл бұрын
Beer was probably the safest and most sanitary drink available.
@4jp
@4jp 3 жыл бұрын
Beer quenches thirst while also providing calories. It sort of acted like an early form of Gatorade. The people in olden times were expending thousands and thousands of kilocalories per day. They needed a cheap source of fuel. Bread and beer/ale filled that role for hundreds of years.
@tjack3172
@tjack3172 3 жыл бұрын
@@4jp Man I must be the fittest man on the planet! This is peak performance! The ideal male body!
@thomasthedoubter6813
@thomasthedoubter6813 3 жыл бұрын
@@tjack3172 You gotta swing a pickake twelve hours a day for it to work, shagua.
@thomasthedoubter6813
@thomasthedoubter6813 3 жыл бұрын
She's right. milk wasn't pasteurized, and the water came from wells dug right next to the outhouses, or from streams that were full of sewage and chemicals.
@CyberSway
@CyberSway 3 жыл бұрын
@@tjack3172 that is rough bro, glad you're past it.
@yashistampedes5849
@yashistampedes5849 3 жыл бұрын
this must be where amazon got its employee management ideas.
@sherryyyberryyy235
@sherryyyberryyy235 3 жыл бұрын
This is like the 3rd Amazon comment like this I’ve seen. All I can say to that is democrat owned & ran. Get used to it I do suppose.
@TheMorganVEVO
@TheMorganVEVO 3 жыл бұрын
@@sherryyyberryyy235 Okayyy. Even if they were republican-owned, they’d still be making a profit with those same ideals because both parties are capitalist. 😂
@seanleith5312
@seanleith5312 3 жыл бұрын
I am not British, but I am ken to find out how Britain turned from the ruler of the world to a nonfactor. It didn't happen in a day. Britain more and more oppose the very reason that made it rich: capitalism. You may say UK is still capitalist country. Not the same free society it used to be. The same as EU countries. They forgot what made them rich. The decline will continue if there is anything left. Adam Smith made UK rich and strong. His descendants destroyed it.
@sharonscott4574
@sharonscott4574 3 жыл бұрын
@@sherryyyberryyy235Trump hates democrats. Do you think when he had the tax reform written, that he would do it knowing the top profiting business in our country ,would pay zero in taxes for 2018 and 19 AND ALSO BE DEMOCRAT? They followed his lead after all.Along with many others. They are above paying taxes. - Or how did he say that again? Oh that's right, "smart". Lol - parasites
@ToneyCrimson
@ToneyCrimson 3 жыл бұрын
I was about to say..this reminds me of amazon warehouse! xD
@87jello
@87jello 3 жыл бұрын
i like that line at 2:07, "Because the unsung heroes who REALLY put the 'Great' into Great Britain, were just the ordinary folk who had to cope with the dramatic changes the world has ever seen."
@Shyfish_0922
@Shyfish_0922 3 жыл бұрын
That says everything
@ameliacadieux-rusan3623
@ameliacadieux-rusan3623 3 жыл бұрын
And all the Britain's colonies who's ressources were being exploited
@freddymarcel-marcum6831
@freddymarcel-marcum6831 3 жыл бұрын
@@ameliacadieux-rusan3623 because Africa had so much going for it😀
@Superlegalyutube
@Superlegalyutube 3 жыл бұрын
@@freddymarcel-marcum6831 it had much more going for it before Britain than after
@freddymarcel-marcum6831
@freddymarcel-marcum6831 3 жыл бұрын
@@Superlegalyutube they couldn't make fire, get the fuck outta here 😆
@kaylag6015
@kaylag6015 3 жыл бұрын
"If Sarah ever got sick, tough luck. The factory was perfectly entitled to discard her like a spent match." Sounds a lot like how American businesses can treat employees still today.
@riss6734
@riss6734 3 жыл бұрын
Literally not true, take your privilege elsewhere. Complain when you’re working in sweatshops and have no rights.
@michellebeckstrom6110
@michellebeckstrom6110 3 жыл бұрын
spot on, I've personally experienced a disturbing trend of firings despite showing up on time, professionally dressed and while putting solid effort into every thing I do for work.
@utej.k.bemsel4777
@utej.k.bemsel4777 3 жыл бұрын
All over the world still!
@PRmoustache88
@PRmoustache88 3 жыл бұрын
@@riss6734 You are seriously warped. Were you born warped or did you do a lot of stoop labor kissing butt?
@debbiew.7716
@debbiew.7716 3 жыл бұрын
That is unbelievable! Where have you heard that? You cannot truly believe that Americans work under that same conditions as these folks in the 1800's. There are people all over the world that live and work in terrible sweat shop, sex trafficking. Do not compare American business to that.
@Lady_Cassandra
@Lady_Cassandra 3 жыл бұрын
It puzzles me how little men thought of women's capabilities when they had a woman as reigning Queen for decades. You'd think that would've put out of puff in their chests. So confusing.
@Lady_Cassandra
@Lady_Cassandra 3 жыл бұрын
@Okiroshi Yes, but she was a very successful queen and did bring a lot of prosperity. I'd expect her accomplishments to speak for the capabilities of women to men, but sadly it was not so.
@avengerscap
@avengerscap 3 жыл бұрын
"Reigning" doesn't mean "running."
@Lady_Cassandra
@Lady_Cassandra 3 жыл бұрын
@@avengerscap It means she held the role of Queen and as Queen she did do good things for the country.
@elfin2865
@elfin2865 3 жыл бұрын
I imagine they considered the queen to be on a different level with different standards, thanks to, you know, her being to queen. She was royalty and therefore SHE could be capable and powerful, but “normal” women couldn’t be. Or something like that. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time people made up some rationalization to justify maintaining in a certain worldview even when the facts contradict it...
@LjuboCupic1912
@LjuboCupic1912 3 жыл бұрын
@Okiroshi bringing prosperity to the people =/= bringing prosperity to the country. And if you don’t believe me, just look at Margaret Thatcher.
@poptart6662012
@poptart6662012 3 жыл бұрын
lets never forget that working conditions only improved because of unions! corporations would still be treating workers like this if it was up to them! no company is moral, at least, not for long.
@4jp
@4jp 3 жыл бұрын
And unions killed off much of British industry in the 20th century. Turns out that everyone is selfish.
@4jp
@4jp 3 жыл бұрын
@@AP-su9oc Work stoppages had nothing to do with it? Poor productivity and sloppy work did not exist? Foreign competition won because Brits were putting out rubbish in the rare instances they were building anything.
@qwertpoiuy430
@qwertpoiuy430 3 жыл бұрын
@@4jp dude it doesn’t matter if the products where quality or not. Companies are in the business of making money, and if they can cut their expenses they will. Chinese products are not know for quality, they are known for being cheap. And yet they are the most dominant manufacturer
@phxcppdvlazi
@phxcppdvlazi 3 жыл бұрын
@@4jp you're delusional and have been brainwashed.
@teebosaurusyou
@teebosaurusyou 3 жыл бұрын
@@AP-su9oc If British businessman were patriotic?? If British citizens were patriotic they would only buy products made in Britain instead of only buying things for the lowest price. They did it to themselves.
@valenciacarlin2357
@valenciacarlin2357 3 жыл бұрын
This era sounds scary. I'm surprised that my great grandparents and grandparents survived through all the daily deadly tasks and lived til their 80's and 90's.
@yashironene7904
@yashironene7904 3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised anyone survived the Victorian Era, it's like everything was trying to kill them, even their wallpaper lol
@Amy_the_Lizard
@Amy_the_Lizard 3 жыл бұрын
Mine survived by living in the countryside and running a small farm. Fewer things trying to kill you there. Provided your bull isn't trying to kill you of course
@io-fu9zn
@io-fu9zn 3 жыл бұрын
People were a HELL of a lot tougher back them, because everything wasn't done for them. Most western countries wouldn't survive an attack today. Ya ready??
@updownstate
@updownstate 3 жыл бұрын
People say that in the past life was so much better, the proof being that people lived long lives. Yeah, they were the lucky few with a train of dead people behind them. When my grandfather was born in 1897 his life expectancy was 49 years. He lived to be 88.
@monkeynumbernine
@monkeynumbernine 3 жыл бұрын
People were tough, the human spirit is so resilient.
@cobaltflynt7736
@cobaltflynt7736 2 жыл бұрын
"These girls are working in the mines, crawling for 14 hours staright in near darkeness, we must do something about it" "I don't see the problem, frankly..." "They are partially nude sir" *Monocle pops off, jaw drops*
@AditiSingh-ie6fy
@AditiSingh-ie6fy 3 жыл бұрын
_"There was nothing the Victorians loved more than setting fire to things."_ *"People?"*
@AlexSDU
@AlexSDU 3 жыл бұрын
"The women and children too." - Anakin
@germantennesseean8438
@germantennesseean8438 3 жыл бұрын
@@AlexSDU lmfao that one killed me 😅
@germantennesseean8438
@germantennesseean8438 3 жыл бұрын
@@AditiSingh-ie6fy you do not get the reference do you
@sherannaidoo2712
@sherannaidoo2712 3 жыл бұрын
Oh you haven't met South Africans yet.....
@mingpingsan
@mingpingsan 3 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed that people could cope to live with 16 hour workdays (in horrible workplaces), then doing nothing but chores on your day off. There's literally no time to live or enjoy life. It's a wonder that everyone didn't just off themselves, that seems like a enjoyable option in comparison.
@tessicat
@tessicat 3 жыл бұрын
You should watch the Most Dangerous Ways to School documentary series to really have your mind blown. The daily life of the school kids is insane, and they’re modern stories. They’ll literally walk/climb hours a morning on treacherous terrain or in extreme weather, go to class, do the trip again, do chores and/ or go to work, do homework, and go to bed. Rinse and repeat. It’s always really sad when the teachers talk about how much they’re struggling in school, because they deserve a fair go at education :(.
@verybarebones
@verybarebones 3 жыл бұрын
Well, suicides were common, in fact suicides by poisoning yourself with matches specifically were a thing for example
@verybarebones
@verybarebones 3 жыл бұрын
@Eduard Medrea same issue as right now. Office workers in mental works are shown to be much more productive on 6hr shifts max, yet many employers would rather have them for 12hr shifts as long as they didnt have to pay more. In the industrial revolution there were some businessmen who improved productivity greatly by improving labor conditions, but it didnt catch on because most businessmen were/are rather shortsighted. Profits now, worry about accidents/mistakes/burnout later.
@babyruthless9670
@babyruthless9670 3 жыл бұрын
one of the reasons for that is that they didn't know there was an actual life to live and enjoy, have hobbies, days off, etc... all they knew about life was to go to work, humans have been brainwashed for so many generations. Also, those who knew there was more to life were few but eventually the unions were created and people started demanding better conditions. If it wasn't for that we'd all still be living on 16+ hours of labour a day :/
@vividdaydream1516
@vividdaydream1516 3 жыл бұрын
That's literally what people _still_ have to cope with in certain jobs. I was a CNA for 7 years, and during that time I worked 14-16 hour shifts, 6 days a week. I was paid minimum wage the whole time and never saw a cent of overtime pay. Is that legal? Probably not. But I would have lost my job if I tried to report it, so I kept my head down and kept working. The only reason I was able to get out of that hell was because my parents were willing to let me move back in with them after I quit and supported me while I looked for another job.
@Author.Noelle.Alexandria
@Author.Noelle.Alexandria 3 жыл бұрын
Programs like this always make me wonder what people a century or two from now will look back on from today and think we're behind the times when we think we're ahead of them.
@joeylombardo3884
@joeylombardo3884 3 жыл бұрын
It would probably be like a victorian era person looking back at rome
@ElectromagNick
@ElectromagNick 3 жыл бұрын
With the rate of improvement in medical and life extension technologies, you might very well be around to see it. I hope I am. Despite it all, I try to be optimistic about the future. Things tend to improve over time because most people want better, and want better for everyone. Not all, but a solid majority.
@Author.Noelle.Alexandria
@Author.Noelle.Alexandria 3 жыл бұрын
@@ElectromagNick Death is a necessary part of life. We die so that those who come after is can have their chance.
@ElectromagNick
@ElectromagNick 3 жыл бұрын
@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria We're not even close to the carrying capacity of the solar system. A proper Kardashev 2 dyson swarm with O'neill cylinders and terraformed planets, all possible under known science and maybe even practical within a century or two (the O'neill cylinders part, terraforming is a centuries or millennia-long application of sheer brute force), has a carrying capacity measured septillions. Thar's just this solar ststem. Throw in the hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way, and the fact that we can conceive of propulsion systems that would make travel the galaxies in our local cluster also possible, and the seeming absence of any other life in the universe (there's something, somewhere, almost certaintly, but the Fermi Paradox is complicated), and we could conceivably support every human to ever live even if no one dies anymore, right up until the heat death of the universe. And hey, for anyone that decides that kind of a lifespan isn't for them, or if they get bored with life, there's always an exist stategy. Just stop using the life extension technology. Sorry, I just never get the "people aren't meant to live that long because it isn't natural" argument. Nothing in our modern world is natural. Even our "all-natural, non-GMO" crops were genetically modified by selective cultivation over generations. They're about as artificial as whatever building you're in, whatever device you're using to access the internet, and honestly, about as natural as you or I.
@Quantum-Bullet
@Quantum-Bullet 3 жыл бұрын
Cyberpunk 2077
@debbiew.7716
@debbiew.7716 3 жыл бұрын
My 5th Great Welsh Grandmother worked in the mines. She left behind a life story. Her husband adored her and she him. It was a true love story. His co workers would say to him, "If anything happens to you, I am going to marry your Mary!" He was sadly killed in a mine accident and though she raised 7 of his children alone she never did remarry:)
@Ozziecatsmom
@Ozziecatsmom 3 жыл бұрын
It sounds like she had a very hard life but a lot of love.
@racheljennings8548
@racheljennings8548 2 жыл бұрын
What a strong lady
@corablue5569
@corablue5569 2 жыл бұрын
Smart smart Woman. She knew how men could be…not all were bad, but surely she heard and saw the suffering of other women and didn’t want to allow that kind of torment into her home.
@AndyBonesSynthPro
@AndyBonesSynthPro 3 жыл бұрын
"The pay was 28 pence a day, the modern equivalent of about 8 quid" Sooo how much money is that say, outside Middle Earth?
@i.cs.zamodits
@i.cs.zamodits 3 жыл бұрын
~9€, or ~11$.
@KaterynaM_UA
@KaterynaM_UA 3 жыл бұрын
Left me wondering too xD
@leonm8906
@leonm8906 3 жыл бұрын
@@i.cs.zamodits and how much is that adjusted to prices? I mean a 16h day for 56 to 69 cents per hour wouldn't let you survive in modern days.
@i.cs.zamodits
@i.cs.zamodits 3 жыл бұрын
@@leonm8906 I believe it was adjusted in the video, I just translated the currency.
@dave2808
@dave2808 3 жыл бұрын
What's a quid? Is it slang like a buck for a dollar?
@danielbordeianu5841
@danielbordeianu5841 3 жыл бұрын
Actual photographs, sketches, drawings from the period are so rare in those vids.. I've stopped the narration countless times just to take in the "otherness" of the people, postures and settings. Good work!
@Lily_and_River
@Lily_and_River 3 жыл бұрын
yes me too, fascinating!
@minkminky
@minkminky 3 жыл бұрын
I hear that. Love old non posed photographs.
@sabineb.5616
@sabineb.5616 3 жыл бұрын
Daniel, I agree! However, you need to realize that many of the pictures shown here are not from the Victorian era but are much more recent. Still, it is a very interesting documentary.
@TJ-bu9zk
@TJ-bu9zk 3 жыл бұрын
I just wish they weren't accompanied with silly dialogue or silly sound effects. The photographs are remarkable on their own, and the comedic sounds just come off cheap
@sabineb.5616
@sabineb.5616 3 жыл бұрын
@@TJ-bu9zk , I completely agree! I stopped watching after a while because of the silly comments and sound effects!
@blaketracy4377
@blaketracy4377 3 жыл бұрын
How did men and women ever time time to meet anyone outside their own family? You'd think no one would have time to have a relationship or let alone having children.
@laurielyddy4890
@laurielyddy4890 3 жыл бұрын
It actually makes me wonder if that's why the practice of arranged marriages weren't fought as much. I mean if you wanted to get married and have children, you probably appreciated any help in finding a person to marry. At least in some of the cases
@Alsemenor
@Alsemenor 3 жыл бұрын
What people dont appreciate is how many festivals and holidays they had, in the middle ages for example. And communities were quite tightly knit.
@Mike-tg7dj
@Mike-tg7dj 3 жыл бұрын
Humans find a way!
@nastya0987
@nastya0987 3 жыл бұрын
I think love and lust was a distraction form all the hard work, so it was actually relatively prominent. I mean when all you do is work, with no distractions present, sex is a good way to let off steam and love is a good pass time
@ladyfame1430
@ladyfame1430 3 жыл бұрын
@PdrMarc lol......
@cadiordu
@cadiordu 3 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, I read a story from a children's book entitled the The Match Stick Girl. It was the 1st time I read a sad story because she died in the cold with a basket full of matches and an empty stomach. She finally got to feast endlessly when she passed on with the food she could only dream of eating when she looked through the glass windows of warm homes. 😭
@ranjapi693
@ranjapi693 2 жыл бұрын
Hans Christian Andersen. The little Match Girl. I cry everytime i read it. So so sad.
@stillmagic714
@stillmagic714 2 жыл бұрын
If you hated that story as much as I did, you should really read "Hogfather" by Terry Pratchett.
@seekingthelovethatgodmeans7648
@seekingthelovethatgodmeans7648 Жыл бұрын
A tragic tale that pointed to the existence of an eternity where scores are squared by God.
@15Anime4Ever15
@15Anime4Ever15 2 жыл бұрын
"14 hour shifts, virtually all of it on their feet, can you imagine it" i don't have to imagine it. welcome to the american service industry
@Canuck13
@Canuck13 3 жыл бұрын
My dad’s mom and dad were trained tailors from Liverpool and got the heck out of England in the early 1900’s and made their way to Toronto Canada. They made a small fortune and my dad grew up in relative luxury. That would never have been possible had they remained back home.
@alexia3552
@alexia3552 3 жыл бұрын
@Horny Step Mom - Videos omg
@hiimryan2388
@hiimryan2388 3 жыл бұрын
Horny Step Mom - Videos you have some explaining to do for Saint peter
@cindyl3297
@cindyl3297 3 жыл бұрын
Risk has its rewards
@venus_envy
@venus_envy 3 жыл бұрын
Toronto then, while not perfect by any means, would have had much cleaner air and water than Liverpool or London, a more sanitary place on the whole. Your grandparents made a good choice I think.
@2ndchancehypnotherapy
@2ndchancehypnotherapy 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, my grandmother was a refugee in the UK from Estonia and moved to Vancouver, Canada during WW2. I just spent three long years in England. I was not a fan of the place and way too crowded! I missed the big mountains.
@sandyviewcottagelakeeriedu7330
@sandyviewcottagelakeeriedu7330 3 жыл бұрын
But banning women from the mine didn't stop them. They worked illegally so the mine owners were able to pay them less.
@stolasish1184
@stolasish1184 3 жыл бұрын
Oh that’s a good point, so many things like that regrettably keep happening whether or not it’s legal
@lucyann1573
@lucyann1573 3 жыл бұрын
From a long line of Lancs and Mancs. Can confirm this was a thing. Also the coal mining industry is the reason motorcycles were and are so big in the north of England
@twistedtrees4175
@twistedtrees4175 3 жыл бұрын
Just gotta strap the tatas down and lower your voice..back in the day. Suddenly I'm a man.
@SPACECOWBOY_Hej
@SPACECOWBOY_Hej 3 жыл бұрын
So what sandyview? Beggars cant be choosers.
@SPACECOWBOY_Hej
@SPACECOWBOY_Hej 3 жыл бұрын
@@twistedtrees4175 they’re british, they don’t have to lower their voice 😂 most british women already sound like men
@loricarter2394
@loricarter2394 3 жыл бұрын
I’m an American, but I absolutely love Tony Robinson, he is one of my all time favorite television hosts. I think he could make anything super fun and interesting lol.
@bryn494
@bryn494 3 жыл бұрын
My maternal grandma remembered the sheer joy of moving to a village with gas when she wed during WW-I and her first non-fire cooking experience
@msviv3122
@msviv3122 3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me alot of the radium girls!
@sashaconrad3939
@sashaconrad3939 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, me too!
@AmandaHugandKiss411
@AmandaHugandKiss411 3 жыл бұрын
That is exactly what I was thinking!
@nativeamericanfeather9948
@nativeamericanfeather9948 3 жыл бұрын
Lol agree!
@scottmantooth8785
@scottmantooth8785 3 жыл бұрын
*very much so*
@julz3tt3
@julz3tt3 3 жыл бұрын
Aside from the better pay and conditions the radium girls thought they had...they were allowed to sit and have a lunch break, go to the toilet etc but they were ingesting horrific poison that killed or disfigured them 😔😨
@halosaskew6001
@halosaskew6001 3 жыл бұрын
Hhmmm, a strike at a match factory.
@AmyLynnRiley
@AmyLynnRiley 3 жыл бұрын
I'd say they were "on fire" for change!
@updownstate
@updownstate 3 жыл бұрын
Omg
@Cramblit
@Cramblit 3 жыл бұрын
@@AmyLynnRiley Yup, they weren't about to let themselves get "boxed in".
@chrischris4827
@chrischris4827 3 жыл бұрын
I see you have a flare for puns.
@updownstate
@updownstate 3 жыл бұрын
@@chrischris4827 Stop it, you're hurting me.
@JoeMotionVideos82
@JoeMotionVideos82 3 жыл бұрын
This guy is one of my favorite hosts. To say these people were knackered after work, is an understatement.
@julz3tt3
@julz3tt3 3 жыл бұрын
Sarah's life was a living hell. The constant danger and awful work conditions which offcourse nothing was done about. The horrific sexism and torture of work hours and literally no rest would have killed me mentally first. Then all the work the women had to do at home without thanks or a break. I'm glad the women who worked as match girls did strike and stand up for the right to a decent working environment. Not that the Victorian Glaswegians had it much easier. Disease and sewage rampant and cleaning it 12hrs a day non stop by shifting 20tonnes of earth for 25p. Shit what are we complaining about?
@feralbluee
@feralbluee 3 жыл бұрын
they worked to make our lives better and now we've gone backwards. we need to organize Unions again - Amazon, Walmart, etc.. .
@venus_envy
@venus_envy 3 жыл бұрын
@@feralbluee Yes, society is sorely lacking in class consciousness these days. Working class people need it, and feminists need, like we had in the 70s (look up the strike Icelandic women went on).
@elizabethpeterson7165
@elizabethpeterson7165 2 жыл бұрын
Jules XD White Privilege was wonderful, no?
@joysoyo2416
@joysoyo2416 2 жыл бұрын
@@elizabethpeterson7165 lol I don't think these ppl knew they were privileged lol.
@coreym162
@coreym162 2 жыл бұрын
...sexism? ...what about the mistreated boys and men? You're a joke. You didn't even know or care about this before this video. The sexism lied in women being "protected" from the workplace rather than have their workplace reformed. Women's Suffrage was responsible for most of these women to change into Prostitution. Get out of here with your wrongly placed sexism when it was elite women of first-wave Feminism that unemployed hard-working women because, they didn't want to break a sweat like their governor daddy and wanted to vote without property for no reason. Not because, women were actually losing their limbs nor for women to expand job opportunities.
@tinypants7895
@tinypants7895 3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Knoydart Scotland and I was told about the horrible jobs my grandfather Alistar Wallace had to do just to help out after the first world war... not as bad as these jobs but close. I pray for these poor kids that had to works and suffer
@tinypants7895
@tinypants7895 3 жыл бұрын
These jobs and how I was raised serve me well. I wish everyone would learn. We are all human...when I was bean I was told gender doesnt matter... wealth and Status may be nice regards to a full belly and a nice house... what you do for those that are in need mean most.... pray for those just trying to feed their birth and be humble and provide for others. Working class is the most responsible and respective in my eyes
@CM-hp4pz
@CM-hp4pz Жыл бұрын
Those poor matchstick girls remind me of the radium girls. They developed a very similar condition through their constant contact with radium paint, which they used to paint "luminous" watch face dials. They were trained to make fine points on their brushes by rolling the brush between their lips. The radium would then absorb into their body and acted very much like calcium, so it slowly replaced the calcium (often in their faces, but in other parts, too). Ultimately, their face bones were riddled with holes and would shatter or fall out. The poor women suffered horribly. But despite the company's knowledge that radium was very deadly, they were never told...just like the poor matchstick girls. So sad.
@Goodiesfanful
@Goodiesfanful Жыл бұрын
They also developed radium jaw, so reminiscent of the phossy jaw.
@jananderson672
@jananderson672 Жыл бұрын
I was reminded of that hearing about the match workers too.
@Beth_Alice_Kaplan
@Beth_Alice_Kaplan 4 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. I can’t even imagine it.
@matta5498
@matta5498 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked in the coal mines when he was 12. My dad told me that he would drive the mules pulling the coal cars and got paid 10 cents a load. This was around 1920.
@riicecakes2468
@riicecakes2468 3 жыл бұрын
“Imagine that”. Meanwhile I’m already working 14 hour shifts on my feet 6 days a week and making minimum wage. Go figure
@BallHeadFreak
@BallHeadFreak 3 жыл бұрын
And yet you are a weaboo.. I figured you wouldn't have enough time to even watch anime with 14 hour shifts.
@AC-Slater
@AC-Slater 3 жыл бұрын
Isn't America wonderful?
@hwasacansteponme
@hwasacansteponme 3 жыл бұрын
@@BallHeadFreak so she shouldn't even be allowed to enjoy things? smh let ppl do what they want
@VRILSHAMAN
@VRILSHAMAN 3 жыл бұрын
@@BallHeadFreak fu!
@bonjovirocks24
@bonjovirocks24 3 жыл бұрын
Get some ambition
@ChristelVinot
@ChristelVinot 3 жыл бұрын
16:10 "we don't have any photos of her, but she might have looked like this lass holding a giant tambourine" what lass?? what tambourine???? lol it's a blurred image
@kittenfuud
@kittenfuud 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah! I went looking for that tambourine, thank you!!
@yohannbiimu
@yohannbiimu 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was a bit gob-smacked at that too. A poor edit perhaps?
@sarahanderson9850
@sarahanderson9850 3 жыл бұрын
YEAH, I was wondering about that as well! I was like, "tambourine??? And, WHICH young lass?? There are like 5 or 6 in that photo?!" :/
@greyeaglem
@greyeaglem 3 жыл бұрын
The only thing I can think of is one girl has her hand on the shoulder of another, so maybe that girl is the giant tambourine, as in a joke?
@ChristelVinot
@ChristelVinot 3 жыл бұрын
@@greyeaglem Is that a thing? Calling someone a tambourine? lol... what would that even mean
@johnopalko5223
@johnopalko5223 3 жыл бұрын
"... people would bleat and moo and baa." Heck, I do that while I'm in line at the airport waiting to go through security. Some things never change.
@phatmonkey11
@phatmonkey11 3 жыл бұрын
"The lure of the sea was like human catnip" Still is.
@everythingrebekahlorraine
@everythingrebekahlorraine 3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing anyone survived these times. Then again, I think in 200 years, people will be saying the same thing about us...if there are still people.
@ianbeddowes5362
@ianbeddowes5362 3 жыл бұрын
The navvies ate well, better than most workers at that time.
@janethanna9023
@janethanna9023 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah & I'd rather have watched a bunch of screaming kids than working in the coal mine 😆
@2ndborn283
@2ndborn283 3 жыл бұрын
And they molested children too
@feralbluee
@feralbluee 3 жыл бұрын
even though they worked the butts off, the servants got good food, too. and clean placess to live. far from perfect, but as bad, i think.
@jordanamezcua8464
@jordanamezcua8464 2 жыл бұрын
What’s a Navi
@jalapeno1119
@jalapeno1119 Жыл бұрын
@@jordanamezcua8464 the blue avatars
@benscoles5085
@benscoles5085 3 жыл бұрын
Next time I feel self pity for my life conditions, I am going to review this vid, that should bring me back to reality quickly
@AdrienneMint
@AdrienneMint 3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree! Here I am being annoyed that my apartment is a little chilly today!
@sashaconrad3939
@sashaconrad3939 3 жыл бұрын
Very wise words!
@greyeaglem
@greyeaglem 3 жыл бұрын
Next time I have a back ache from my sit down job, I'm going to remember those women crawling on their hands and knees 14 hours per day. Can you imagine?
@mackinacisland3825
@mackinacisland3825 3 жыл бұрын
I am only half way thru. I cannot imagine having to live like this. No more fussing for me.
@lindsaybrewer3689
@lindsaybrewer3689 3 жыл бұрын
Good outlook sir👏👏👏same
@Thoroughly_Wet
@Thoroughly_Wet 3 жыл бұрын
It's still pretty normal for people to work 12+ hours on their feet. Longest shift I was on was 17 hours with maybe 45 min of rest all together.
@PranksterGL25
@PranksterGL25 3 жыл бұрын
im so used to historical mystery videos, i assumed Edward's wife was going to be found dead when he got home lolol
@mksabourinable
@mksabourinable 3 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one lmao
@lindajamshidi
@lindajamshidi 3 жыл бұрын
I thought the same. Lol.
@laethe230
@laethe230 3 жыл бұрын
I thought she was dead that morning and he was just like welp guess I'm going to the beach on my own!
@venus_envy
@venus_envy 3 жыл бұрын
Same! He shook her to wake and she didn't get up, I was like "oh no she died in her sleep" but then he went on his vacay and the video just ends???? 0_o weirded me out
@chrish6001
@chrish6001 3 жыл бұрын
7:07 Up until this time "the fastest thing around had four legs and ate straw." Horses are fed various grains and hay, ideally allowed to graze on grass. Straw is what's left over when certain crops, like oats and wheat are harvested. It has no nutritional value but is good as animal bedding. Hay is long grass that is grown, cut, allowed to dry before being stored. It's essential food for horses, cattle and other animals who otherwise aren't given access to pasture or browse. Hay doesn't make good bedding and straw isn't good as animal feed.
@conniecrawford5231
@conniecrawford5231 3 жыл бұрын
Yashiro Nene Knowledge and truth are power! Get educated on a variety of subjects!
@nozecone
@nozecone 3 жыл бұрын
@@yashironene7904 Did you watch the vid? Only the first five minutes are about women who worked in match factories.
@evangeline77x
@evangeline77x 3 жыл бұрын
@@yashironene7904 Despite the misleading title this is not entirely about match girls. OP's comment is in response to a quote in the video's final segment.
@gurubhaikhalsa9337
@gurubhaikhalsa9337 3 жыл бұрын
I always wondered what the difference was!
@alexw.7097
@alexw.7097 Жыл бұрын
GOD. I hate when this sort of thing happens in vids. Like the host carelessly says a word that they think is interchangable with another, and to someone with the particular knowledge it's So Annoying. #1 example for me is how many people don't know the difference between poisonous and venemous. 😩😩😩 The burden of knowledge.
@cici3147
@cici3147 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, the cliffhanger! What happened when Edwin got back to his wife?? I've obviously seen too many crime documentaries, cause as soon as they say she didn't budge, I figured she was dead.
@CatalinasIsland
@CatalinasIsland 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh! I had the exact same reaction.
@veronicafaber143
@veronicafaber143 3 жыл бұрын
I found some info on www.edwinwaughdialectsociety.com/waugh.html. It says that Edwin's wife moved back in in 1850 and they separated permanently in 1855. So thankfully, his wife, Mary Ann was not dead as it seems from how they phrased it in the show.
@AlexSDU
@AlexSDU 3 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing too.
@cindyknudson2715
@cindyknudson2715 3 жыл бұрын
@@veronicafaber143 Thanks for the info 🙂
@pennierkaide4985
@pennierkaide4985 3 жыл бұрын
When he said she wouldn't budge, I thought she somehow died in her sleep from take your pick of the dangerous drugs and chemicals that were considered "healthy and safe."
@necordektox879
@necordektox879 3 жыл бұрын
The resilience of our ancestors is stunning. Even today I'm filled with thoughts of suicide, I don't know how you manage to go on when your life is nothing but suffering.
@Julia-sp2kt
@Julia-sp2kt 2 жыл бұрын
Suicidal thoughts are a pain in the behind. I hope you heal and are doing well. It truly gets better. God bless you:)
@jacknasty6940
@jacknasty6940 2 жыл бұрын
Oh boy
@megalodon4586
@megalodon4586 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear this and hope you do well by now. But to answer your question, I think it's because they got too much work to contemplate about their life all too often. I assume, that's why people managed to do surprisingly well during these times....or experienced some kind of burnout and fell into alcoholism.
@alexw.7097
@alexw.7097 Жыл бұрын
Honestly! As awful as it sounds, I just *don't* understand where these people got the will to live and keep working like this, even though it was extremely unlikely their life would ever get much better. (How they could convince themselves to bring children into the same life....)
@AndyBonesSynthPro
@AndyBonesSynthPro 3 жыл бұрын
A man drinking a gallon of beer every day does make some sense out of why Glasgow set out to build such a massive sewer system
@ch64621
@ch64621 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@tammycenter8757
@tammycenter8757 3 жыл бұрын
This is what a lot of the world's rich would love to take the world back to.
@zofiajutro7930
@zofiajutro7930 3 жыл бұрын
It wil be possible after covid19. Perhaps the world goes back to the time of slaves.😥
@gurubhaikhalsa9337
@gurubhaikhalsa9337 3 жыл бұрын
Seems to me they already do live off the backs of the poor and middle class. They can't even clean their own toilets.
@pennierkaide4985
@pennierkaide4985 3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. The trumpheads would love to keep us in our place doing yard work or watching their snowflake kids.
@tammycenter8757
@tammycenter8757 3 жыл бұрын
@@pennierkaide4985 , so would the Democrats. If you are grown and still haven't learned that both sides are evil then you aren't very bright.
@verybarebones
@verybarebones 3 жыл бұрын
@@tammycenter8757 the "both sides are the same" argument only shows how privileged you are
@snuggies8037
@snuggies8037 2 жыл бұрын
It’s unimaginable how these people coped! I could not manage a single day!
@kittyb275
@kittyb275 3 жыл бұрын
The women of the past were true warriors. I'll remember not to complain about my 8 hour work days. Feels like an insult to these amazing ladies.
@caeandstars
@caeandstars 2 жыл бұрын
agreed, but you can still complain, a 8 hour shift can be tiring too!
@deadinside8781
@deadinside8781 2 жыл бұрын
40 hour work weeks leave you little time to enjoy your life and life is short and temporary. You're allowed to complain, be sad, and feel discouraged, and most importantly you're allowed to be happy. Be kind to yourself.
@CRYSTALCLAWED
@CRYSTALCLAWED 2 жыл бұрын
Complaining is the exact spirit they wanted though, not letting your employer force you to work your life away when you could be spending time with family is exactly what they did!
@kittyb275
@kittyb275 2 жыл бұрын
@@CRYSTALCLAWED these women spent more time working. That was the point of my comment. House work took hours. Just think of a washing clothes. You think they had time to spend with kids and husband? Now women get paid for their work. Not sure why that offends you. Now they have time to spend with their family when most of the day was spent doing house work. Edit: and now men are stepping up and doing house work. Which means women today have more time and money.
@coreym162
@coreym162 2 жыл бұрын
The whole Feminist movement is an insult to women. A woman's strength and importance that wasn't reformed with suffrage but, outright banned and unemployed women and girls to become whores on the street. They pretend women never worked with men for equal treatment and pay. Good or bad. They just favor one other the other. These women would laugh at where Feminism is today because, it fails to recognize these dark chapters in history for women.
@oliviauzquiano7392
@oliviauzquiano7392 3 жыл бұрын
Really makes you rethink how “advanced” countries like England really were back then.
@MajesticSkywhale
@MajesticSkywhale 3 жыл бұрын
well i mean, they essentially invented everything, so
@derricklangford4725
@derricklangford4725 3 жыл бұрын
Off the backs of their poor
@ivonastrukar4715
@ivonastrukar4715 3 жыл бұрын
@@derricklangford4725 Literally. Slaves and peasants were the backbone of society. And today it's chinese factory workers
@AnieNiusika
@AnieNiusika 3 жыл бұрын
Let me remind you that England was way ahead of its time because the industry developed fairly quickly compared to other countries.
@Cecilia13241
@Cecilia13241 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I meant this is just the western, sort of white imperialistic idea of what is advanced. "If you don't live how we do, you're backward heathens blablabla". I feel like a lot of people today still think this way. Other countries, other cultures who have different ways of living aren't any less advanced, just live differently. There are cultures that are kind to the environment, where people don't eat sugar and have healthy teeth. Maybe they could learn from such cultures instead of looking down on them.
@nancymontgomery8897
@nancymontgomery8897 3 жыл бұрын
Appalled by the factory's indifference to phossy jaw, the Salvation Army campaigned for the use of safer red phosphorous. I have one of their matchboxes, which says something about lighting the way to a safer life.
@janetsides901
@janetsides901 3 жыл бұрын
He should do a video about the little kids who sold matches. Rather sad times for kids.
@jm1361
@jm1361 3 жыл бұрын
That's what I thought this was going to be about but none of that.
@AlexSDU
@AlexSDU 3 жыл бұрын
The very reason why I clicked this video in the first place. I thought it was about those match girls that we heard in the story of the Little Match Girl.
@X-Prime123
@X-Prime123 3 жыл бұрын
I read The Little Matchstick Girl by Hans Christian Andersen as a child. I read it to myself. And then I cried and cried and was depressed for days. After being used to Disney movies and cheerful kid's shows, I was absolutely stunned at what I was reading. That story had a permanent impact on me. To this day I can't read it without sobbing as a grown man. 30 seconds in and i go into full sob-mode. A mere mention of it and something gets tugged inside. There's a reason it was never made into a full feature film like Han's The Little Mermaid. Nobody would be able to sit through it undisturbed. You'd have people walking out of cinemas with panic attacks and wailing uncontrollably. It is "the" saddest story ever written. It has a lot of nuance to hit you in the feels in just the right way, with gentle and tender words that stick you like daggers. The fact that type of suffering really happened makes it even worse. The reality that story presents is a disgusting stain on humanity as a whole, to think that people are ok with exploiting each other, and to such extremes too.
@Liesbeth22
@Liesbeth22 Жыл бұрын
This story is in our themepark over here as an attraction to listen and watch to story. It's in a fairytale forest and little children with their parents watch it.
@kramgabberson9572
@kramgabberson9572 Жыл бұрын
lol p😢
@alexia3552
@alexia3552 3 жыл бұрын
I'd be really interested to see a series on the history of daily life of the lowest common denominator in the countries that Britain had under their control during this time. How was life for the average person in India when it was under British rule, for example? I love looking into the history of the non-elite, it's so easy to look over, but like you said, their backs were what the world rested on.
@feralbluee
@feralbluee 3 жыл бұрын
it's not much different for the very poor and Untoucnables right now either, in India.
@Highice007
@Highice007 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, probably not to different from living under the local Raj, or the Mugal dynasty or the Marata Confederacy. The poor suffer under the rich no matter the country or who is in power.
@srig3649
@srig3649 Жыл бұрын
I agree, people talk about how the country is developing fast but the don’t mention how only half the population is moving up. For every one step up the disadvantaged seem to be moving two steps behind.
@tresilewis5925
@tresilewis5925 3 жыл бұрын
Just love Tony....he makes history fun.
@joeyr7294
@joeyr7294 3 жыл бұрын
Not just fun, he makes it every day conversation.
@allissonjacobisaacson6190
@allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 жыл бұрын
I am absolutely thrilled for this to be on here. Cannot wait to watch them all!!! Finding his worst jobs episodes back about 9 years ago, as a American was absolutely life changing.
@jayg1438
@jayg1438 3 жыл бұрын
the groom of the stool!
@allissonjacobisaacson6190
@allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 жыл бұрын
@@jayg1438 when I hear that, I think of someone using a fine tooth comb to go through someone's poo
@naturewandererZ
@naturewandererZ 2 жыл бұрын
I have so much respect for every single one of these people. And I thank this man for not only respecting the men but respecting the women involved too
@rainangel159
@rainangel159 3 жыл бұрын
Wish I had history teachers like this guy.🙂 Everything was so interesting. Shame they always made it feel boring.
@constancemiller3753
@constancemiller3753 3 жыл бұрын
Coal mining women? See French film "Germinal" based on Emile Zola's stories of working in 1800's mine. Hell on earth.
@maxdecphoenix
@maxdecphoenix 3 жыл бұрын
There's other video about working in the mines in this era. Particularly about kids. The mine shafts were not fully open start to finish, every so often there were sets of doors, they used children to mind these doors. Girls as young as 7 would sit in the pitch-black for 12-hours waiting on a little bell or chime to tell them to open one door or the next as a cart rolled through. Fighting off rats trying to eat their lunch of bread and cheese or biting them in the dark.
@MsCValentiner
@MsCValentiner 3 жыл бұрын
I have that book and read it twice (in English). It's an early social realism novel - and it's shockingly well written, you ARE in the corridors in the mines with endless tons of mountain on top of you. Then there are the horses who work and are stabled underground....they go blind after a few years in the pitch black. The living conditions are also vividly described.
@AbuHajarAlBugatti
@AbuHajarAlBugatti 2 жыл бұрын
@@maxdecphoenix longnosed factory owners just putting the white people into slavery on the excuse of wages without which they wouldve starved. Nothing ever changed
@williamschlenger1518
@williamschlenger1518 3 жыл бұрын
This happened in America as well.Only the rich get mentioned for making money off of labor.
@hiimryan2388
@hiimryan2388 3 жыл бұрын
William schlenger where did it not happen, please tell me
@DINKY77142
@DINKY77142 3 жыл бұрын
And... so? Enterprise...
@venus_envy
@venus_envy 3 жыл бұрын
@Jeshua Satterlee Ahhahahhah, no, that's not how that works. that's so fucking dumb.
@servraghgiorsal7382
@servraghgiorsal7382 Жыл бұрын
I'm a retired RN and it blew out my left shoulder and neck from holding up and squeezing IV fluid bags. I remember crying on the way both to and from work. I ended my career working in. Inpatient psychiatric units in 2 different state prisons, which was actually the best jobs I ever had. I had the most autonomy and was escorted on rounds and contacts by an officer. I never felt unsafe and the inmates would tell other guys to knock it off if they got mouthy. Glad I'm retired!!!
@jobellecollie7139
@jobellecollie7139 3 жыл бұрын
It’s Angus & crew that made civil life possible. My Great-Great-Great Grandfather came to Plymouth Colonies as an indentured servant from County Cork. He fought in the American Revolution and died an American. He earned his freedom and bought land in what is now Vermont. He and a Mr. Sergeant settled Chester, Vt and set current Vermont boundaries. I’m proud of my family history.
@afrosymphony8207
@afrosymphony8207 3 жыл бұрын
"the slums were so bad they were almost as disgusting as london's" 💀looool
@carriew2997
@carriew2997 3 жыл бұрын
14 hour shifts on your feet the whole time, can you imagine?!?! (Cries in American) 14 hour shifts are a very regular thing here
@beckyanderson988
@beckyanderson988 3 жыл бұрын
@Mary Christmas most nurses do 16-18 hr shifts with 1 15min break and 1 30min break
@paulthiessen6467
@paulthiessen6467 3 жыл бұрын
@@beckyanderson988 bs
@RockStar_Love
@RockStar_Love 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulthiessen6467 I am a nurse and she is absolutely right. That's why I am trying to open a business. I can't do this forever
@azed5764
@azed5764 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulthiessen6467 I am as well. She is very right.
@paulthiessen6467
@paulthiessen6467 3 жыл бұрын
@@azed5764 wow, whomever is in charge of scheduling should be fired. How is that safe?
@pcno2832
@pcno2832 3 жыл бұрын
In the story "The McGregor Affair", set in 1800s Scotland, dramatized in the early 1960s on both "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" and Boris Karloff's "Thriller", one character was a different sort of "match girl"; she'd sing a little song about selling matches, then a man would pay a seemingly exorbitant price for one match and walk away with her. Given what she was really selling, her job came with a different, but just as formidable, set of dangers.
@TheMorganVEVO
@TheMorganVEVO 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendations. I’m gonna look for those movies. 🙏🏽
@emiv592
@emiv592 3 жыл бұрын
This made me rethink the fairy tale, thanks
@scottmantooth8785
@scottmantooth8785 3 жыл бұрын
@@emiv592 *many fairy tales in their original form and telling are pretty dark*
@momouwu1937
@momouwu1937 3 жыл бұрын
32:17 some of us still feel selfconscious when we leave a store without purchasing anything
@mboyer68
@mboyer68 3 жыл бұрын
Horses don't eat straw. They eat hay and lay on straw.
@brianscott-dawkins6528
@brianscott-dawkins6528 3 жыл бұрын
I thought hay and straw were the same thing! Shows you what I know... 🤣
@mboyer68
@mboyer68 3 жыл бұрын
@@brianscott-dawkins6528 I know! What the hay!! I only knew that because my friend is a farmer and grows hay
@JeantheSecond
@JeantheSecond 3 жыл бұрын
I know the difference because I’m allergic to hay, but not straw.
@honeybunch5765
@honeybunch5765 3 жыл бұрын
The older I get the more pointless our way of living seems.
@robhogate2312
@robhogate2312 3 жыл бұрын
Ok that caught my eye i need you to explain
@gigahorse1475
@gigahorse1475 3 жыл бұрын
It’s a lot easier now than it was back then.
@robhogate2312
@robhogate2312 3 жыл бұрын
@@gigahorse1475 yeah in a lot of ways it is,im still missing the "more pointless our way of living seems" part....im curious what the poster ment,i mean there is definitely plenty about modern society that is pointless and arbitrary
@gigahorse1475
@gigahorse1475 3 жыл бұрын
@@robhogate2312 People who lived in those situations back then didn’t have the luxury of having existential crises. Today we have more time, energy, and resources to discover meaning in our lives. Not to diminish the fact that we still have our own struggles as well.
@robhogate2312
@robhogate2312 3 жыл бұрын
@@gigahorse1475 first you really think nobody back then questioned their lives??having an existential crisis has nothing to do with luxury....but i will concede that yes id assume its a way bigger problem these days,but i mean how many ppl are just faceless drones sitting in office buildings contributing nothing in the bigger scheme of things....going to do jobs that mean nothing in order to buy things they don't really need that will break with in a short time and be thrown away,masses roaming around especially in citys with no real skills to survive in life....the next generation being hobbled by the "adults" of society so they reach "adulthood" with even less tangible skills,back in the day by 15 16 they were capable of maintaining employment,households and families today ppl in there 30s 40s cant figure that out....the extreme forced conformity of society making ppl think and act alike because ppl who dare to stray from it are shunned and attacked,forcing them to hold these crappy pointless jobs in order to buy the right uniforms and the right toys....oh God then you get to those toys,technology has hurt society as much if not more then its helped Like i said there is definitely plenty pointless and arbitrary things about modern society....there was a lot bad about the past but there was also a lot that was good about it too,things that we have lost and need to bring back
@SarSantiago
@SarSantiago 3 жыл бұрын
Wow this sent back a flood of memories of this book our librarian read us in elementary school called ‘The Little Match Girl’ I was sad about it for weeks
@QuestForDetails
@QuestForDetails 3 жыл бұрын
ive learned so much history through the years with your voice narrating it, something so comforting in wandering through the ages with you. thank you for it all , cheers !
@naDu4653
@naDu4653 3 жыл бұрын
I just keep thinking, “oh hell no”
@Lily_and_River
@Lily_and_River 3 жыл бұрын
@Kabuki Kitsune the average age of entry into prostitution around the world nowadays is also between 12-14 years old, presumably younger (it's very hard to determine this)
@jonrau5988
@jonrau5988 3 жыл бұрын
They always seemed to show up in Christmas stories, and I never really knew what they were.
@updownstate
@updownstate 3 жыл бұрын
Hans Christian Anderson's story "The little match girl" is about an orphan who works on the streets selling matches for her living. She dies of exposure and starvation.
@Sigart
@Sigart 3 жыл бұрын
@@updownstate I don't think she wa san orphan? As I remember, she was scared to go home because she hadn't sold any matches and her father would punish her.
@updownstate
@updownstate 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sigart Doubtless there are many versions of the story. It makes sense that she would be afraid of her father. Thank you.
@Sigart
@Sigart 3 жыл бұрын
@@updownstate Hmm, not sure exactly what you mean with many versions... are you talking about adaptations or other derivative work?
@updownstate
@updownstate 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sigart What's the diff betw the 2?
@Mhidraum
@Mhidraum 3 жыл бұрын
If you haven't read the fairy tale "The little match girl" by H C Andersen, you should. It's a heartbreaking little story. Actually; I recommend reading all his stories if you haven't. They're so beautiful, but it feels like they're often overshadowed by their Disney adaptations.
@kunstnersjael
@kunstnersjael 3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Denmark, and a lot of us grew up being read these stories at evening, and still read them to our own children, they are beautiful as adult to read too, and his danish language is SO beautiful, So I somehow feel a little sorry for all the worlds people who can't read his original language, but has to read it in others
@kunstnersjael
@kunstnersjael 3 жыл бұрын
I have even read som of his fairytales being tranlsated to more modern danish, but it lacks his deep poetic sense, and very precise use of words, rythm etc
@queenlegitimate5015
@queenlegitimate5015 3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this guy. He makes everything so informative but fun! Lol you can tell he's thoroughly enjoying himself
@Ohne_Silikone
@Ohne_Silikone 3 жыл бұрын
21:48 it must have been hot down in those mines. No seriously, it really must have been stifling.
@wobblybobengland
@wobblybobengland 2 жыл бұрын
26:26 In the 1930's my Grandad worked for Gartsides brewery in Ashton under Lyne. He told me that a drayman was only paid by the brewery to deliver the keg to the pavement. If the pub didn't have a cellarman then they would pay the drayman in liquid form if he helped bring the kegs down to the cellar. Depending on the delivery run a drayman could have done a dozen drops a day. He told me of having seen one at the end of his shift fall 6' or 7' out of a steam wagon whilst asleep, still snoring as he lay on the ground!
@lindahockham5081
@lindahockham5081 3 жыл бұрын
Just found your site by exploring Mt Etna. You are doing a fantastic job of bringing history to life. Thank you very much. Working my way through your archives.❤️🇨🇦
@rinspo8076
@rinspo8076 3 жыл бұрын
Hans Christian Anderson wrote a tragic fairy tale on this and we study it in high school.
@X-Prime123
@X-Prime123 3 жыл бұрын
That must be one wet class.
@qweadd6987
@qweadd6987 3 жыл бұрын
Name of the fairytale?
@rinspo8076
@rinspo8076 3 жыл бұрын
@@qweadd6987 The Little Match Girl
@hallmt
@hallmt 2 жыл бұрын
Osteonecrosis of the jaw… oddly a side effect of bone strengthening prescription medications for osteoporosis of the entire drug class called bisPHOSPHONATES. - pharmacist here.
@alexeaton7497
@alexeaton7497 2 жыл бұрын
Love you guys and your videos so much, an accounting of the realities in history is something we are taught so little of growing up and it's really sad to hear how hard things could be for regular people. It's important to learn as the same patterns play out in different ways in our modern lives.
@samanthaesra4035
@samanthaesra4035 3 жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather had x6 big shires horses that pulled beer wagons in London. Also some of my family brought shell fish on boats down the Thames to trade. My great grandmother had a grocery store.
@Agiantpansy
@Agiantpansy 3 жыл бұрын
This is around the period my ancestors immigrated to the states, and dug out a hill house on the frontier. With conditions like this back in Britain, I can see how living in a hole in the ground in the wilderness probably didn't seem that bad. Least they wouldn't die of poisoning, might work fewer hours too.
@Slammy555
@Slammy555 3 жыл бұрын
I remember reading The Little Match Girl as a kid, it sounds like it'd suck.
@sashaconrad3939
@sashaconrad3939 3 жыл бұрын
That story always makes me cry.
@nunyabiznes33
@nunyabiznes33 3 жыл бұрын
@@sashaconrad3939 At least she was finally out of her misery
@LM-xw1hf
@LM-xw1hf 3 жыл бұрын
@@nunyabiznes33 What’s the story about? I’ve never heard of it.
@X-Prime123
@X-Prime123 3 жыл бұрын
@@LM-xw1hf oh...go read it then. It's a short story. The saddest thing ever written.
@LM-xw1hf
@LM-xw1hf 3 жыл бұрын
@@X-Prime123 can you tell me what it’s about?
@johnjohnon8767
@johnjohnon8767 3 жыл бұрын
What made Great Britain great, the ordinary working people. Same for the US.
@RattusSwedicus
@RattusSwedicus 3 жыл бұрын
Same thing for Sweden ( Railroads , Göta Kanal etc. . .www.gotakanal.se/en/the-gota-canal-history/gota-canal-history/ ) , and in many other countries . But history is , most of the time , about the ruling classes . . . :O) .
@feralbluee
@feralbluee 3 жыл бұрын
@@RattusSwedicus or anywhere there were factories or mining. Indentured servants were also slaves. they could be sold for what THEY OWED their "owners" for paying for passage over here and anything they broke or otherwise did wrong. a lot of them never did get out of debt. anyone remember this song? "You load 16 tons and what do you get? another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter don't you call me, i can't go. I owe my life to the Company Store." coal miners. . . Tennesee Earnie Ford, (1955), Johnny Cash. . .
@TheLordSheogorath
@TheLordSheogorath 3 жыл бұрын
That Taxi idea is ingenious! Something so simple, but so effective! I truly admire these people, ordinary people, with barely any education, they lived in much harsher conditions with barely any time off, and they managed squeeze time to think of these amazing new ideas.
@Casper61378
@Casper61378 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely one of the best directed and hosted shows on KZbin ! Bravo !!
@valeriebartz4549
@valeriebartz4549 3 жыл бұрын
I love this series!! But this one is particularly sad
@ultimatebishoujo29
@ultimatebishoujo29 3 жыл бұрын
I know right?
@nancytestani1470
@nancytestani1470 3 жыл бұрын
But it was reality, for a long time. So appreciate what ordinary people did for ordinary people today. It was a long fight for equality, child labour and lots more, even for animals was terrible.
@Milfuelle100
@Milfuelle100 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone who romanticizes the past needs to watch the videos on this channel. I am so grateful to have been born in 1993.
@adriennebolles711
@adriennebolles711 3 жыл бұрын
Love your show! The series is complete and I'm super grateful for that since I tried PBS Secrets if the Dead and Its bunk. They don't really have many videos. Speaking of mines, my dad got a summer job mining Uranium in Colorado. Que the bizarre songs about the Uranium Mining Fad in the early 50's (incredibly surreal ) So being a teen he chucked a stone in his pocket to keep, uranium seemed so Neat! It glowed. My gramps grabbed him and said, Boy, don't you go putting that in your pocket."
@rogersledz6793
@rogersledz6793 3 жыл бұрын
This was very interesting and enjoyable. Thank you, I learned a lot!
@a.a.s.3799
@a.a.s.3799 3 жыл бұрын
100 years from now they will make a documentary about "Why every british documentary starts with the presenter talking and walking towards the camera and i hope to be here for it.
@jennywagner8278
@jennywagner8278 2 жыл бұрын
"Working 13 hours on her feet, can you imagine it?" I'm an American so yeah, yeah I can imagine it. 😩
@mariaperrymanvasquez5655
@mariaperrymanvasquez5655 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent History program. Loved every minute. Thanks for sharing, safe and God bless
@Swissswoosher
@Swissswoosher 3 жыл бұрын
Such a great documentary. Informative, interesting and with a bit of humour.
@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG
@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG 3 жыл бұрын
Wait....What happened to Mary Ann? I thought he was going to say, "...and when Edwin returned home, Mary Ann was still in bed, where he left her...though _now_ he realized she was stone cold..."...
@mksabourinable
@mksabourinable 3 жыл бұрын
I thought she was dead too!
@ldhummingbird
@ldhummingbird 3 жыл бұрын
Same!
@Rehvengethedragon
@Rehvengethedragon 3 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear I'm not the only one that had that thought
@mhcvintage5227
@mhcvintage5227 3 жыл бұрын
So did I
@turduckenwrath6110
@turduckenwrath6110 3 жыл бұрын
Pro Tip: When the amount of ADs on your video makes it unwatchable, you lose out because people aren’t staying to watch all those damn ads.
@babydidabadbadthing903
@babydidabadbadthing903 3 жыл бұрын
Scroll until just a couple seconds until the end and press repeat. You're welcome :p
@hannahbanana570
@hannahbanana570 3 жыл бұрын
Just download “Adblock” on your computer, or phone and ads are blocked so no interruptions
@leechowning2712
@leechowning2712 3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, and this I know because of other channels like this, the BBC requires payment for permitting these old episodes. Those channels which do not add sufficient ads are quickly banned and blocked. It is very annoying.
@cbabick
@cbabick 3 жыл бұрын
Absolute Love for this series. Fascinating history with cutie Tony Robinson!
@nancygarcia9226
@nancygarcia9226 3 жыл бұрын
I'm happy I discovered this great microhistory show! So entertaining and illuminating. Love it.
@chrisvig123
@chrisvig123 3 жыл бұрын
Great documentary but the number of ads are excessive 😯
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 жыл бұрын
Skip past those 1st, silly.
@gorzkawodka
@gorzkawodka 3 жыл бұрын
it's good to remember how much we changed in just 100 years, from society living in extreme poverty, overworked, often starving, to society living in comfort, with stuffed fridge, 8 hour shifts, holidays and public healthcare... the size of this change is amazing.
@Amy-ky5wr
@Amy-ky5wr Жыл бұрын
I love history of common folk... much more engaging than squabbles and exploits of kings and queens and nobles. Because these are stories of the majority, my own ancestors among them. Pity history mainly focusses on the elite minority, which it gives a newcomer to English history a very skewed impression of what the country was really like. I love this kind of doco, especially when it has Tony Robinson presenting! I urge any T.V. producers: more of this kind of subject!!!
@rogersledz6793
@rogersledz6793 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me to get through the pandemic!
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