Victorian Underground Slums! The 'Cave' Hovels of London's Poor

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[@fastinradfordable]

Love your channel. Thanks!!! I’d live in a cave.

[@SellieM6970]

It would be lovely if you would cover the great rent strike in Glasgow in 1915, that would be so interesting!!! ❤

[@thisperson5294]

The comfortable will always call the poor "lazy". Surviving in those appalling conditions would take massive effort.

[@DJ-Illuminate]

Yup and we are stupid because if we were smart we would not be poor.

[@throow]

Not much better for poor and sick people today. Businesses, government, counties, aso, goes out of the way to deprive them a bench to sleep on. Disgusting

[@janstaz]

Oh come on, of course it is.

[@SkyeSage17]

This is why our world is in shambles. The poor always suffer horrifying lives ...

[@Chardonbois]

Brilliantly narrated and produced. Thank you for this vivid image of life in Seven Dials.

[@yvonnevanhek5199]

Thank you for this video, it's really interesting, as always.

[@FactFeast]

My pleasure!

[@gmaureen]

The People of the Abyss - Jack London (1903) “Of all my books, the one I love most is The People of the Abyss. No other work of mine contains as much of my heart.”

[@johnbruce2868]

Another fascinating Fact Feast narrative. Thank you for really bringing history to life. Dudley Street is now Shaftesbury Avenue and there's a print of it by Gustave Doré in 'London - A Pilgrimage' (Dudley Street Seven Dials). It's amazing to realise how deprived this West End London street once was.

[@FactFeast]

You're welcome, thank you. The Dudley Street print is shown in the video.

[@schnikamckissic7703]

I enjoy all your shows. Your voice is comforting to me.😊 ha ewarn alot. Thank you

[@bobcosmic]

Here we are once again stepping into the past. It’s not a Sunday evening if there isn’t Fact Feast. Thanks

[@FactFeast]

Thanks Bob! 😊

[@bobcosmic]

@ Thanks to you for making my Sunday evening enjoyable

[@b_ks]

lol Wound up being my Saturday evening but I'll second that. 😊

[@SellieM6970]

This is a bit later but I do wish you would cover the great rent strike in Glasgow in 1915 from I believe March to December, 1915? They passed a tenet law after that. How the poor were prayed upon!!! 😢😢😢😢😢

[@FactFeast]

Sounds interesting.

[@b_ks]

I've never heard of it. I would very much appreciate a video about it.

[@coconutsmarties]

This is such a great find, and a relatively obscure one at that. How do you do it! Great work

[@FactFeast]

Many thanks! I really appreciate it.

[@yvonnevanhek5199]

The Medical Officer didn't lie, there was not but one. There were many 😂 the media's always been creative with language to soothe the conscience of the fortunate

[@mauriceclark4870]

I. Don't. Think. English. People. Were. Treated. Very. Fairly. It was not. The. Royals. That made. Britain. Great. Or nobility. !! It was. The. Working. Classes. And. Soldiers. Sailers. And. Working. People

[@joycebarricella3050]

I agree with you.

[@mrladoucier1534]

Naw, look what they did to native Americans.

[@b_ks]

Who is they and what do they do?

[@jeanplunkett5580]

@@mrladoucier1534Aren’t they equal?

[@angr3819]

Thank you

[@FactFeast]

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@nomansgoddess]

I am working toward my degree in British Literature and folklore however I am compelled by the British Victorian era. I am decorating a room to be a replica of a London Close or narrow alley. I was wondering about the street through the alley? does or did it look like grey cement or concrete? I have my gas light replicas and my bricks right but still yet have not done the street

[@michaels7566]

I think I’ll go grab a beer. Merry Christmas!

[@tonibarrone854]

What happened to the people when the slum was pulled down? Thank you ❤

[@FactFeast]

It is likely they move to other poor neighbourhoods in West London, which would have added to overcrowding.

[@chrisfallis5851]

Did the Luftwaffe help with urban renewal in this area during the Blitz?

[@ABeautfulMess]

Poverty sucks

[@ok-qt5qj]

Seen this title and mad me think of Catherine Cookson book the Dwelling place

[@Khatoon170]

Thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel. Actually as I read slums came in many forms . In early 19 th century, as London grew and pressure on house rooms increased. In 1864 parliament was presented with 250 different underground schemes. New committee recommended on second railway deeper . New underground lines had formed circuit around central London and extended out into suburbs by 1880s . World first tunnel under river built by engineer Marc Isambard Brunel . In 1860 s another engineer Peter borrow conceived idea of second subway under river , using brunel principle but with circular shielded . In 1870 railway closed , tunnel is still in use carrying telecommunications cables . In 1880s technological development, electric motors , first deep level electrical way . London Underground is oldest in the world. Merry Christmas happy new year.

[@FactFeast]

Thank you for watching Khatoon.

[@jasonhare8540]

Wait a minute . Are we talking about Victorian London or modern London .... Pretty sure the pogues have a song about this

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

Lullaby of London?

[@brianoneil9662]

But remember, the poorest gutter rat was still a citizen of the greatest and grandest empire ever, and thus superior by associations to most other citizens of the world

[@Thetruth588]

Where there’s greedy rich people there will always be poor suffering people.

[@raquellofstedt9713]

There were regular floodinga of the Thames about this time. What happened to these people then?

[@johnhenderson131]

11:56 Living under those filthy conditions has got to expose you to many diseases and terrible air quality. What I’m curious about is what happens to the abhorrent domiciles when it rained?! The must have filled with some water which would be filthy from the horrible conditions of the dirty floor making the inhabitants more susceptible to disease and infection (Their immune system was likely already weak) greatly reducing their life span. Too bad Queen Victoria didn’t spend less time mourning the death of her husband, Price Albert and more time improving these inhuman living conditions. All the money she spent erecting statues of her late husband could have been used to improve the insufferable living conditions of her subjects and possibly even motivate others to follow her example. However, she was either indifferent or completely out of touch with all the suffering. She did erect enough expensive statues of Albert to improve the life of thousands but that doesn’t seem to have been her priority.

[@louisepowell1793]

What was Queen Victoria doing? I know Albert was very concerned with the poor 😢

[@janstaz]

He was indeed, sadly died to young to help. Not sure if Victoria did anything, don't know enough about her,

[@box1007]

Where did they do their poos? 💩

[@LissyVee]

Use your imagination

[@GreenHeet]

You must be new to this channel if you're asking that.

[@Sk8Bettty]

Chamber pots.

[@ktm42080]

A chamber pot, my friend. What they did with it is up to your imagination.

[@queenligoo7556]

In their hands Cupapoop

[@mauriceclark4870]

I think. The. Slum. Regions. Were. Gradually. Phased. Out. Mostly. Wooden. Houses. Were. Destroyed. And. Brick. Built. Houses. Were. The. Norm. Fire. And. Wood houses. Close. Together. Fires. On wooden. Dwellings. Some. In. Medway towns were bad. Hence. Change. To brick built. Homes. And. Factories

[@leafiddick2976]

Why are there periods after all of your words?

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[@mauriceclark4870]

What. You. Needed. To. Have. Changed. Those times. Was. People. Queen. Victoria. For. One. Too put. Their their hands. In threir. Very. Deep pockets. And. Care. For. Her. Subjects. !!!

[@mauriceclark4870]

You. Would. Think. It. Was. The. Peoples. Fault. Living. In squalor. From. Writings. Of. Majew. And. London. But. It. Was not!! It the. Inifference. Of. Wealthy. People. In. Uk and. Usa it. Was. The. Im. Alright. Jack. Syndrome. !!

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