Victorian Servants Lived in Shocking Squalor (Slum Houses of London's Marylebone)
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- Опубликовано: 15 июн 2024
- Victorian London's servants lived in horrible slums hidden behind grand mansions in wealthy Marylebone, West London. These mews houses were often rooms above stables for horses of the rich. Imagine the smell and dirt of working class families living cramped in these lofts. Find out, in this eyewitness account by a Victorian journalist, what life was like for servants and tradesmen in 19th Century London surrounded by wealth, yet living in poverty and squalor.
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Strangely enough, I could not comment, the "add comment" is not available!?
The only way was to comment under another comment... Just thought you'd want to know.
Thank you for such brilliant content Sir!
Thank you for kind words. I'm glad you're interested in the history here. I can't see any issues with comments at the moment. Viewers are making comments.
Seems like we are sliding back into those living conditions with cuts to social services, healthcare and the rising numbers of impoverished and homeless. Many of the common Victorian illnesses are making a comeback too.
I believe we will go back to somewhere near this disgusting life the way the country is in now. Even now government is wanting to take 75% of people off PIP payments. Same old story the rich get richer and the poor get poorer I despair for us all.
This comment should have 2mil likes.
Ill heart your coment because you took the time to say what you said and its the sad truth.💚
I know here is nova scotia canada 🇨🇦 I'm paying out my ya, to pay 4 Rat infestation. This used to be Canada 🇨🇦 😢
We don't have to bring the past alive , we will relive it all over again like we always do
R.I.P. Robert Hussey 1860.🥀🌻
Nice video, great editing, this could be broadcast in television
That’s so nice of you to say. Thank you for your comment.
Yeah!!!! 🎉 Lisson Grove?!? Isnt that where 'Eliza Doolittle' was from? 😂
I lived in Lisson Grove as a child on the Lisson Green estate
Love this channel, thank you 👍
That’s great! Thanks for watching.
And we're coming full circle
I went to school in Marylebone, 1976_1981. Didn't live too far,Lisson Grove..
I need longer videos! I love hearing the stories of the past and how people lived then
Glad you’re interested in this history! Lots more to come.
I agree
I wonder if the Marylebone Mews houses were former news where the rich paid falconer’s assistants to keep their raptors ?
😊Nothing new under the sun. The photo at 4:19 reminds me of an impressionistic painting.
Just like today’s social scene…but now there are more people sleeping in the streets…
I live in Marylebone.
See them days was there no in between, you were either rich or poor? it seems like that to me, I like your booming voice, the way you narrate your stories, I'm glad these tenement buildings got pulled down, it was a cesspit for disease, among the populous, this is Paul in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Thank you Paul. Much appreciated!
Very well done!!! 💗👏👏👏
Thank you so much! I appreciate it 😊
Always a great listen! And the images to go
Very much appreciated!
I have heard of The Great Stink of London. 1850s.
All human waste was dumped into the Thames River causing a horrible stench in practically the entire city of London and everywhere else the Thames flowed through!
Another 👍 Presentation😀
Are you or is anyone familiar with Telford Mews in Northwest London? My GG Grandmother lived at 10 Telford Mews in 1891
I taught in a school that opened in 1907, until the sixties they kept a daily log book, which were absolutely fascinating. They called the youngest children the babies class. Too often now we expect a lot from little people who haven't long since learned to walk and be potty trained.
I don't work there now, but we always had cushions, beanbag s and blankets for the 3-5 year olds to have a nap if they wanted to. A tired child can't learn to the best of their ability, after a very long week who would consider building a complicated piece of flat pack furniture?
Madonna used to have a place in Marleybone: there was a placard hanging outside, “Someone Famous USED To Live Here!!”
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Great Britain for the wealthy , the upper classes , Royalty , the elites and professional classes not so great for the poor working classes .
😊 Always interesting 😊
Glad you liked it! Thank you 😊
The beginning of the London Metropolitan Police Force in 1829.
In 1829 Legislation was passed by Parliament to establish the the new police force in London.
Sir Robert Peel 1788-1850.
These videos are always worth a rewatch and ugh crazy how some of the things they faced then are re occuring i had to buy rat pellets.. for my .hobbit hole of a apt..( low income housing in Tx) and the hole the little creep comes in I'm fixing myself with a cheap piece of peel and stick linoleum 😂since our landlord barely fixes major crap let alone minor things but our home thank God isn't a dirty pest hole like in these videos or angelas ashes its an old well kept to a point building from the 1950s lol..but its sad to see how people sufferd then and still do i had one apt that was pretty close to something like what these folks lived in it was a old motel and 680$ a month abp for 450 sq ft of filth and mold and we used to think the bed bugs and roaches were on the lease but they weren't the worst parasite we dealt with it was our land Lord..at the time so I guess my place now is a step up lol...but I always cant tell if I saw this video or not so if i re watch just means your videos are that good and worth it 😂
I'll preface my comment before I write it: I'm Not knocking mental unwellness, I've been in an extremely bad place at times. I'm not ridiculing anyone or saying what caused them to be mentally unwell isn't 'bad' enough of quantifying someone's cause. Not an I saying that now we shouldn't have anything to be depressed about etc, etc. I've heard the latter many times.
How on earth did these residents cope with the conditions, I can't imagine getting up every day in a bed, maybe with bed bugs, very likely mould on a 'Matthew's possibly with straw or horse hair, a while family in one bed. At times no windiws, a lack of bedding, clothes & pillows, very little money. A constant struggle to survive every day.
How on earth did they do it, during winter I feel blah, I'm not diagnosing it as seasonal affective disorder because I don't think it's that severe. I can't wait for spring to come, dark days, cold, wind....I need a little sunshine to at least look out at.
They lost children at what we would consider an alarming rate. I'm the cemetery where I live there are headstones with several children's names, their she's listed, very sad.
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Thanks firecracker! It’s really appreciated 😊
Funny , I used to work at Tesco and they had very similar charts of areas considered poor, rich, in between etc
Of course, the church and the crown owned such Slum Houses, and neither deserved the love and adoration the masses threw at them, those who hold the reigns of power today are nothing to be proud of and don't deserve any respect at all.
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It’s my weekly supplement from FactFeast as we hear about the not so glorious west end of London.
Thanks very much Bob! St. Giles and Seven Dials were infamous in the West End too.
@@FactFeast St Giles & Seven Dials? Oh so true funny when you walk through those places in 2024 they seem so trendy but as we know times change
my council astate looks worse than this ' they should think themselves lucky ' at least they have somwhere to live 🤣😂
You can trace it to the dissolution of that monasteries. The orphanages, hospitals and asylums were shut down and Henry VIII gave it all to his friends.
Fat Henrys Catholic paranoia had terrible consequences.
Whimsical despots never consider the consequences when they act arbitrarily.
Victorian Era 1837-1901.
Edwardian Era 1901-1910.
The chap staving to death on the streets Mr Fuller that is my Grandmother's maiden name Fuller.
It must be some detail about how the work houses operated that they took poor Mr Hussey to the work house instead of to a hospital. Did hospitals not exist there yet? Or was the guy too poor and wretched to be permitted inside of one... a real shame that this sort of thing still occurs today.
Sadly with the events of this video happened at least 50 years before the NHS was founded, as a result anyone whom didn't have steady jobs (aka decently paid, year round work) wouldn't be able to pay for a stay in hospital. So Mr Hussey being taken to the workhouse isn't surprising, the workhouse infirmary was the only place most people could afford to go for 'healthcare' as it was free. Unfortunately, as well as it being a place for women in labour (whom couldn't be gotten to the nearest mother and baby homes) and those near death many workhouse infirmaries were treated as a dumping ground for those with mental health issues and severe disabilities whose families couldn't afford to send them to asylums/ specialist colonies in the countryside
@@laurensteenkamp7693 Thank you for the response. It makes me think of the people in places around the world where healthcare remains primitive or nonexistent. We ought to be better than this. As always, it is far easier said than done.
THE COST OF EMPIRE! HAVE YOU BEEN IN MOST DOWN TOWN CITIES IN US LATELY.
AS THAT SAY, THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE ENGLISH EMPIRE::: NEVER RAISES IN THE SLUMS OF LONDON!!
Seems like not much has changed.. and like the great depression hasn't really ended . and the guilded age is more like the Botox age and rich yutzes are still trying to out do each other...and now living in a small historical old tenement with " character" in NYC is now chic and envouge..
Crazy...and this honestly wasn't that long ago..and I'm in the states and I can recall having a relative I believe in a Yorkshire work house as late as the 1920s.. and I understand dealing with the pawn shop just to get food..when I was a child in the 1980s/90's we had great depression poverty and mom and dad worked hard at what jobs they could get..but we made i think like 2$ over the requirements for any sort of assistance..but mom had a good wedding band and a crappy one from Kmart worth 50$ and she kept the Kmart one from my wonderful stepdad and took the good one to the pawn broker just to get 100$ for a couple of months worth of food..we had a modest apt but mom kept it clean and we never had leftovers but rarely went hungry and mom told me keep your person clean and your reputation and stay in school we might be poor but we won't be dishonest or stupid and don't have to live in a pig stye she told me make the best with what God gave you do your best and help others when you can..it's not what people call you in life it's what you answer to..we rarely could afford a Dr.. we relied on home remedies that weren't completely crap..and unless it was a high fever or bleeding we just didn't go to the er or dispensary unless necessary..
and I was born sickly and disabled and we just didn't even make enough to meet the qualifications for Shriners to help me..I'm in my 40s and paying for it in the health dept but my mom and step dad did their best it was just always a choice get your kid her leg braces or eat for a month??..but mom was always available to help any of our neighbors and friends in need I've noticed that when you are all in the same situation some worst some about the same you can help each other stay a float..I got hand me downs and it never hurt me any and where I'm from if someones brother shot a 10. buck there's a good chance they'd give their family some and they'd share with us..or others it's not just a southern thing..but I've noticed poverty keeps one humble and grounded and priorities kind and thoughtful.. usually..the irony is that folks in this video ended up in America most of them and their descendants aren't doing much better by today's standards but to our ancestors we must be doing quite well it's how you look at it I suppose..I'm half native American and hillbillies from the UK and both families weren't always treated well but still did something well for me and others to be here..I have food and a modest but affordable roof and I'm content it's a lot better than when I was a kid..so something to be grateful for I suppose.. please excuse my lack of punctuation my eyesight isn't the best take care and God bless..btw I love your stories and narration it's like enjoying an old radio show
Thank you for sharing your inspirational and very interesting story. You show your strength!
Tory dystopia!
And kneel to the aristocracy 😂😂😂 Wheres the Red Guard when you need them 😂😂
Dear me...Mar-lebone..I prefer Vo-zall.
Work Houses were fun!
Because you have been in one?