Sunday, 13 April 2008

Housing conditions in the Victorian period

Factory workers in the 19th century lived in tenement buildings in slums. Have a look at these.

Notice how narrow the streets were:


This small attic was occupied by a family of ten.

Factory workers had to go out to the streets for water. Remember they had to share a few water pumps.

Compare the housing conditions above with the following Middle Classes Terraced houses and villas which can still be seen nowadays:


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  1. Anonymous13 April 2008 at 11:17

    It's really interesting how did they live.Their housing conditions were terribles...very good pictures!
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  2. Anonymous13 April 2008 at 23:09

    In my opinion this pictures are very interesting, becouse they are going to help us to imagine how did they live, how were their housing conditions, the differeces between the factory workers and the middle classes...

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  3. laskostudent15 April 2008 at 22:21

    hi!
    in my opinion the photos are great!
    they help us imaging how the lived in the middle ages and the 19th century.
    thanks for this fascinating pictures they are very good!

    thanks for all!

    bye,bye!

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  4. English Department15 April 2008 at 22:33

    Hi Laskostudent

    this message is for the last writer. Who are you? Please, give your first name whenever you leave a comment. If you don't know how to do it, check our post of the 20th February "how to write a comment in this blog".

    Anyway, thanks for your comment

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