Victorian Irish and the Notorious East End Slums of 19th Century London

In the 1800s Irish people fled poverty and hunger to live in the slums of East End London. Here, the streets were a rabbit-warren of dark alleys and hidden courts flanked by lofty and decaying wooden houses into which crowded peddlers, costermongers and labourers, often more than one family to a room. Find out how they lived in this first-hand account by Victorian journalist Henry Mayhew.
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[@larrygarrett724]

Love history. This is great history told very well.

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[@bobcosmic]

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Love the old photos, thanks.

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Another winner.❤

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[@user-whu]

2 of my 4 great grandparents were Irish, dockers from Canning Town, I’m more than proud of my east London English Irish heritage, never took a penny out the state ( total grafters ) no one has contributed more in building all the great British cites than the Irish , 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪

[@lynnemurphy114]

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[@garybrockwell2031]

As a LONDONER 🇬🇧 The term A ROOKERY... I think was about the noise, and a lot of Crows are known as a MURDER OF CROW'S....⚖️🆘😓 Irish built an awful lot of railways, canales, big powerful men. Not ONLY here but across the pond 💪🙏🇬🇧 We should be helping them at this point in time 🆘😓 History 🥇 or HIS-STORY 🥇 GREAT STUFF 💪 THANK YOU.

[@PurpleSnakeScumBags]

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[@firecracker187]

Bravo my friend

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[@SentMyOwnWay]

The Victorians lived hard lives

[@Badgerlust]

We're heading in that direction fast

[@ranjitverdi5702]

Nothings really changed much in reality has it.

[@robnewman6101]

Yes. Those were very hard times. Really Difficult & also Tricky.

[@G02372]

I thought this was “who do you think you are?” With Micky Flanagan 😂

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[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

My grandpa grew up in hell's kitchen which is the same story irish slums just in NY instead of London

[@JustAnotherGoddess52]

Fantastic woodblock prints. Can you cite the sources for these please? I learned a lot from this documentary. Thank you

[@robnewman6101]

Victorian Era 1837-1901. Edwardian Era 1901-1910.

[@trishmcl9055]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="900">15:00</a> Sounds like my brother and myself.

[@Khatoon170]

Thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel. As always iam gathering information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s in 19 th century 1865 1, 000 inhabitants Jennings buildings 800 were either Irish migrants or their children, made up part of 100, 000 Irish migrants of London mainland Britian . Late 1840s number had massively increased. Majority of new migrants were driven by hunger . In 1845 Irish potato crops staple food . Most of eight milion inhabitants was destroyed by blight . Mass starvation ensued . British government expected Ireland, already poor country to support own starving population, but was possible task . Between 1846and 1850 estimated one milion Irish people died of starvation. Furthermore Irish landowners took opportunity to evict small tenant farmers from their land in order to grew more efficient crops . In one area Ireland alone 4, 000 were evicted in few months . Small wonder , in 1866 - 51 two million Irish emigrated to North America , but very large number to Britain mainland.male Irish migrants of Jennings’s buildings found work in Kensington helping to construct housing for rapidly expanding area of middle class London . They worked as Fruit pickers in surrounding orchards . Many women worked as laundresses, cleaning clothes of their wealthy neighboring , they had depended upon local government poor relief . Despite their hardwork and their contributions to resign on economy, including pay high rents for their slums . Generally was believed not to share respectable British values as Catholical and Protestant country . They drank or found recreation streets, it’s widely moral failing of Irish migrants rather than result of their having no room in their homes to seek relaxation, or arrest for more vulnerable to arrest for public in order offense proof they shared criminal culture .

[@Khatoon170]

Last part of my research in 1873 local medical officer reported slum lack of lavatories was actually advantage , regarded being medical examiner was simply echoing widely new . Irish poor in general were underage of help , in other word their misery believed to be brought on by their own fall rather than any material misfortune that might have befallen then . Presence of Jennings buildings with population of Irish immigrants and their descendants was viewed by many to pose threat of bringing diseases, disorder, criminal activity to respectable tensions . In year 1873 wealthy individual Albert grant Irish migrant , but banker , friend of royalty bought building from highly respectable local owners grant bought buildings , in order to demolish them . Make way for construction of Kensington house , which was on complete , most expensive house in London . Former residents moved in other London slums and ten years later Albert grant went bankrupt and died in relative poverty Kensington house . As I read Irish migrants were paying high rents for slums , after starvation in their home land many of citizens moved to North America but majority in England , they worked there . Thank you for giving us chance to read and learn new information. Best wishes for you your dearest ones .

[@brianoneil9662]

Hmm. This could hit close to home. Time to find out...

[@robnewman6101]

R.I.P Queen Victoria.

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Love your channel. Great "optics" and many quoted primary scources, read in an interresting, human, voice which pronounces 95% of the words competently, which is a high score in this day and age. Bravo. And, until this broadcast, No Wokeness. 😊 Yay!! Please don't join the current trend of rewriting history l so it doesn't make some modern day emotional cripple take offense or 'feel bad', whatever tgar means. There was a bit of something at the begging of this one that got under my skin a little. Don't do that! Please😮

[@andrewheaney6858]

Very interesting the link between the Irish potato famine resulting in Irish “ immigration “ to London England, during the Irish potato famine the Irish were part of the United Kingdom, probably the most reluctant members of of that country for sure, so how can you be an immigrant if you move within United Kingdom ? the Irish simply moved from one part of the UK to another they weren’t immigrants as stated, in today’s world there’s a stigma rightly or wrongly towards immigrants, this stigma seems to be a lot of times back-dated nearly 200 years towards the Irish, not in this well presented documentary I may say, apart from “immigrants “

[@sammoore8445]

What about my life or many others before and after us

[@dc5342]

@factfeast, I've been extremely curious if you have any accounts of the hard lives that the homosexual communities would have faced in the 19th century? I watched Gentleman Jack but she was a noble person and was treated as such, but what about the poor? Tipping the velvet and fingersmith had very little information about the poor lives and horrible treatment that the gays faced. I know that the lesbians were called "Jacks" and the gay men were called "Molly's". I'd appreciate hearing any true accounts for what it was really like for them.

[@IconTitan]

I must have Irish blood,, I LOVE POTATOES 😅

[@williamwallace4924]

You must have Peruvian blood, that’s where potatoes come from. Hee Hee Ha Ha.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Everything said and thought of blacks were originally said about and thought against the Irish until they forget their own history for privileges

[@Jenifer_G]

Mo such thing as the potato famine, this was made up to cover how the English stole all the food and sent it to England off the Irish. So get the facts straight.

[@civillady13]

Citation please.

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

That's one of its commonly known names. You can argue about the response to it, but it doesn't change that.

[@G02372]

@@civillady13 Read any book on the subject, they all agree.