A Night In The Open - The Homeless of Victorian London 1894.
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- In August, 1894, a journalist set out to spend a night amongst the homeless on the streets of Victorian London. Moving from Trafalgar Square to Oxford Street, and then down to the Embankment, via the Adelphi Arches, he spoke to any who were willing to tell him about themselves.
In this video you can hear their stories, accompanied by evocative photographs of those who had fallen through the crack of 19th century society and ended up on the streets.
An out of work servant, a job-seeking navvy, an itinerant flower seller, as well as the habitual loafers, to whom the benches on the Embankment provided a place to sleep, all got to tell their stories in heart-rending detail.
Richard Jones, a true story teller. These little gems are just what we need on a cold dark december evening. Those poor souls...
Very kind of you, Lucas.
Chimes very well with jack London people of the abyss
It's disgusting and disheartening to think that 127 years later that people are living like this in the 21st century! The photos of those down at the heel Victorian folk are so heartbreaking! They say a picture speaks a thousand words. Their faces say so much more!😔😔😔😔
I really could listen to these stories told by Mr. Jones all night long.
Very kind of you, Clay.
You’re a wonderful narrator. I am heartened that your channel is branching out from the Whitechapel murders into Victorian life more generally, amongst the unfortunates and down and outs.
Thank you for your kind words, Bobby.
Beautifully narration of a subject that’s unfortunately still very much with us / no idea how in the 21st century… a really well produced piece of work - thank you
Many thanks!
A homeless fella I recently sponsored said it's no easier these days either. Waking to an angry policeman sounds like a bad end to restful dreaming.
very poignant story told really well as always richard. how sad that we havent improved things much after all these years. still so many people on the streets struggling.
Thank you, Andy.
Well done Richard your stories and your narration are poignant as usual. Although your channel is called "Jack the Ripper Tours" and you do talk about that monster and his murders; you also shine a light of humanity in that dark abyss that is nineteenth-century London. It's been 127 years since the story was first published. The journalist and the people he met and spoke with are long dead. My hope Is that these nameless, faceless and forgotten men and women had their unfortunate situations improved. But if it didn't I hope they met their deaths in peace. God rest their souls 🙏
Thank you.
Aw, what a lovely video. Hearing these stories reminds me how truly blessed I am compared to these poor souls. Thank you for sharing this with us x
You are so kind
1894, the year my grandfather was born in Poplar, London. He left for New Zealand, alone, in 1909/10 and never saw his family again. He was part of a group of young men sent here to work by Rev Sedgwick as far as we have been able to find out.
So very sad. Many of these people no doubt died in their impoverished condition, being moved back and forth by police constables, both London city and Metropolitan, all their lives like a tennis ball in a court passing between players, because even the space they occupied on a park bench was only temporary.
I always look forward to your videos. It’s a real pleasure to take a trip into the past with you!
Glad you like them!
Most of the comfortable believe in two myths, that they got where they are all by themselves. And that those that didn't make it have only themselves to blame.
We’re all to blame for creating a society that does not take care of one another.
How sad! Credit to the newspaper for telling it in the first place.
Very evocatively told and you can already imagine yourself walking there and seeing the deep inequality unfold before your eyes. It’s like to think things are better now but I’m sure if you know where to look in London you don’t have to look far to see such unfortunate scenes.
Thanks Richard 👍
Thank you, Omar.
@@JackTheRipperTours You're most welcome ☺
As the saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Thanks.
Interesting but sad--nothing has changed. Didn't realize there were so many homeless people back then though I knew there were a lot of poor people who didn't get enough to eat.
Sad,beautifully narrated tale,poor souls.Sadder still,it still happens today.
Thank you.
This absolutely breaks my heart, especially the pictures of the vagabonds curled up sleeping. There’s a reason the songs Underneath The Arches and While London Sleeps get my eyes all misty
Thank you great interesting video.
Very welcome
Sadly somethings are hardly any better 120 yrs later. Was a sad reflection on society just as it is now!
Tragic story, truly tragic that nothing has changed every city ,every country has this truly sad story ,
Mr. Jones you are outstanding!
Thank you.
Beautiful Richard…thank you 🇦🇺👍🏻🇦🇺
Very welcome
Just discovered this wonderful channel. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge,Richard. It is highly appreciated!
Glad you enjoy it!
I've commented elsewhere on your story telling but must say again how much I appreciate it. Kudos.
I'm really noticing your excellent scripts too and really appreciate your skill and work to bring us such high quality productions.
PS If you ever tire of Tubing (heaven forbid!) you'd do very well at audiobook narration!
Great article and heartbreaking slideshow. I hope those people found peace if not in life then in death.
The past will always repeat, whether we remember it or not.
Brilliant
Thank you.
@@JackTheRipperTours Great watching these
Very sad indeed!!! :(
Im looking forward to this 👍🏻👍🏻
Richard Jones is my favourite ripporologist and historian. Love these uploads 😀
I like your videos.
So sad! In most places I've been, I rarely saw a person sleeping in the streets and hardly never a woman. In this part of London it was a common occurrence every nite.
How very, very sad. These souls are better off dead. Now their struggles are over. Then 50 was considered elderly. Now "60 is the new 40".
Better off dead? Why not better off housed, healthy, and alive?
A wonderful video. Thank you….
Glad you enjoyed it
Luv the video Richard , Hope you are well.
Thanks, you too!
Very interesting video! Thanks for posting : )
My pleasure!
I'm only two n a half minutes in but paused to say, as other commenters have, how infuriating it is that over a century later, nothing has really changed.
Very sad indeed
Man's inhumanity to man...
Not addressing poverty and homelessness is not necessarily a crime if that country simply doesn't have the means. But this was and still is a country relatively well off in world terms. Unfortunately just as in the victorian era we seem set on building an economy around cheap labour and poor working conditions. For a lot of people the result of this is an existence that hangs by a thread just as it did then. This is the real issue. All it can take is a change in domestic circumstances or redundancy and then the thread breaks with telling results.
Another lovely video. I have only one complaint Richard. Since when are ladies of 50 regarded as very old? 😂
Well spotted, Joanna! As someone of advanced years myself I noticed that, and said it through gritted teeth!
@@JackTheRipperTours 😂😂😂
50 was apparently “elderly” at that time since the average life expectancy was much shorter.
Shameful , shameful , shameful .
We all need constant vigilance of the
political class or else these dark days will all too willingly return !
They are already here. It’s never changed. Where have you been?
"Elderly women of fifty years old..."
Read ''People of the abyss'' and weep.
Who is the journalist?
Thank our lucky stars we didn't live back then . Although in a way we did , our ancestors passing on their Genes to us must of experienced this degradation. I don't think anyone in my family tree was rich back then , some of my relatives came to England around the time of the potato famine in the 1850's . Yes I count my lucky stars .
Our Queen Elisabeth II saw to it this ended
God weekend
Wouldn't it be nice to say our homeless situation has improved... But alas no.
I would say it has improved greatly. I know homelessness is a terrible situation but at least there is some help these days.